The Traditional Latin Mass at Corpus Christi Church, South River, NJ, will be discontinued, effective the first Sunday of Advent. Until Advent, the Sunday, 3:00 pm Sung Mass and the Wednesday, 6:15 pm Low Mass will continue as scheduled.

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November 1, All Saints Day

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass, 7 pm

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, Low Mass 7:45 am; Missa Cantata 6 pm

St. Pius X Church, Fairfield, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

St. Margaret Bourgeoys, Brookfield, CT, Solemn Mass, 6 pm followed by a convivium.

Sacred Heart Oratory, Georgetown, CT, Missa Cantata, 6 pm

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, Low Mass 8 am, High Mass 6 pm

St. Augustine Church, North Branford, CT, 6PM Sung Mass

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 7 pm

New York

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, NY, Low Mass 7 am and 7:45 am; Solemn Mass 7 pm

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, 8 am, 6 pm.

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, 12 noon.

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, NY, 7 pm (lower church)

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Low Mass, 7 pm

St. Josaphat, Bayside (Queens), 7 pm

St. Matthew, Dix Hills, NY (Long Island), High Mass 10:30 am

St. Rocco, Glen Cove (Long Island), Missa Cantata, 7 pm

St. Mchael the Archangel, Farmingville (Long Island), 8 am and 7 pm

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, 5 pm

Our Lady of Victory, Harrington Park, NJ, Low Mass, 5:30 pm

St. Antony of Padua, West Orange, 9 am, 7 pm

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, 7 am, 9 am, 12, 7 pm sung Mass

Corpus Christi Church, South River, NJ, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

Shrine Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Raritan, NJ, 7 pm

November 2, All Souls Day

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass, 7 pm

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, 7:45 am, 8:20 am; Solemn Mass and Absolution at 6 pm.

St. Pius X Church, Fairfield, CT, Missa Canata, 6 pm

St. Margaret Bourgeoys, Brookfield, CT, 6:10 am Low Mass  (no sermon), 6:30 Low Mass (English Sermon), 7:00   Low Mass  (Spanish Sermon)

Sacred Heart Oratory, Georgetown, CT, Missa Cantata, 6 pm, followed by a Bede Roll for those remembered with Soul Lights immediately after. Soul Cakes will be distributed after prayers offered.

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, Low Mass 8 am, 8:30; High Mass and Absolution 6 pm (note: Communion given only at 8 am and 6 pm Masses)

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 7 pm

New York

Most Holy Redeemer, New York, Solemn Mass, 7 pm. Music: Messe de Requiem, Gabriel Faure.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, Low Mass 7 am and 7:45 am; Solemn Mass 7 pm.

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, low Mass 8 am; high Mass 6 pm

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, 12 noon.

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, NY, 7 pm (lower church)

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY, High Mass, 7 pm

St. Josaphat, Bayside (Queens) 7 pm

St. Matthew, Dix Hills, NY, Sung Requiem, 10:30 am

St. Rocco, Glen Cove, NY, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

St. Michael the Archangel, Farmingville, NY, three Massesa in succession, starting at 8 am.

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, 7 pm

Our Lady of Victory, Harrington Park, NJ, Low Mass, 5:30 pm

St. Antony of Padua, West Orange, 9 am, 7 pm

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, 7 am, 7:30, 8, 9, 9:30, 10, 12, 12:30, 7 pm high Mass.

Corpus Christi Church, South River, NJ, Sung Mass, 6:15 pm

Shrine Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Raritan, NJ, 7 pm

Tomorrow (Saturday, October 22nd) at 9:30am, St. Vincent Ferrer’s Church in New York, will have it’s first regular traditional low Mass on Saturdays. 

Father Donald Kloster has announced the following schedule at St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, 138 Candlewood Lake Road, Brookfield, CT:

07:00  Tuesday October 18th Low Mass Feast of St. Luke

18:00  Tuesday November 1st Solemn High Mass followed by a convivium in the parish hall

6:10 am  Wednesday November 2 Low Mass, All Souls Day  (no sermon), 6:30 Low Mass (English Sermon), 7:00   Low Mass  (Spanish Sermon)

Saturday, October 15th at 2:00 p.m.Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 259 Oliver Street, Newark, NJ

Pontifical Requiem Low Mass for the 2nd anniversary of Monsignor Ambrosio’s passing
Celebrant: Bishop Arthur Serratelli  

Father Donald Kloster will be celebrating the Traditional Mass on the following days at St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, 138 Candlewood Lake Road, Brookfield, CT

Friday October 7th, 7:00 am Low Mass, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

Monday October 10th, 7:00 am Low Mass

Tuesday October 11th,  7:00 am Low Mass

Wednesday October 12th, 7:00 am Low Mass

Pope Benedict’s enemies have never relented.  He remains for them the mortal enemy – in the past but also now. Does not his continued presence act in some way as a restraint – if not a very effective one – on Bergoglio? One apparent response of the clerical establishment was Frederic Martel’s In the Closet of the Vatican (2019), which features defamatory insinuations regarding Pope Benedict, Gänswein, Cardinal Burke and Cardinal Muller. The author seems to have enjoyed discrete Vatican cooperation in his “research” – up to a point. 

In Benedict’s homeland of Germany, the situation is far worse. Earlier this year a massive study was released on clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich. Of course, the main focus and purpose of the study was Ratzinger’s tenure as Archbishop, and even his handling of one specific case, Fr. “H” (his real name can be found by searching English language media). Of course, Pope Benedict did himself no favors with his implausible responses, fashioned by his incompetent legal and public relations team. Probably the truth of the matter is that Ratzinger was doing the same as all his colleagues in the episcopacy. The reactions of the German media, both secular and Catholic, were hysterical, and it was even suggested that Pope Benedict might be sentenced to a life of “prayer and penitence.”

Now, a German court has initiated a procedure directing Pope Benedict, the Vatican, the Archdiocese of Munich and some others to submit written responses regarding a claim of one of the victims of Fr H. This abuse happened in the 1990’s but the victim alleges Ratzinger shares responsibility by introducing this priest into the Munich archdiocese in 1980. I do not hold myself out as an expert in German civil procedure, but several things must be emphasized immediately. First of all, this is a civil, not a criminal case. Second, the action taken was not at the initiative of the court but was a consequence of the filing by the civil claim by the alleged victim. Third, the court’s action seems to be like our practice of discovery. It is intended to ascertain if facts exist that would support the claim of the plaintiff and permit his case to go forward. Now what is interesting is that, under German law, the plaintiff apparently can pursue his case even if his substantive claim has been barred by the statute of limitations (by the passage of time). Under German law, a civil claim can be pursued simply to have a court reach a determination regarding the facts of a case even if no damages can be obtained.

The purpose of this claim is perhaps just to force the Catholic Church, and Pope Benedict himself, to respond “on the record” to the court’s inquiry. One response would be to assert the statute of limitations. But this might be embarrassing for Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church to do, because they might be seen as relying on a technicality of procedural law to avoid responsibility.

The court’s action, of course, once more aroused a storm of agitation against Pope Benedict in the German media – including those of the German Catholic Church. It is one thing for someone to bring a civil action against Pope Benedict; it is another to have the facts reviewed by a court pursuant to a kind of summons. Andrea Titz (sic!) is acting as the spokeswoman for the court having jurisdiction of this case. She is a judge and somewhat of a local celebrity in her own right, having been involved in a number of high-profile legal cases in the German state of Bavaria. These prominent forces in the media and the legal bureaucracy assure that this case will continue to generate adverse publicity and embarrassment for Pope Benedict.

Poor Pope Benedict! His enemies give him no respite. Like Cardinal Zen, he must experience even in his last years the truth that “the life of man upon earth is a warfare.” (Job 7:1)

On the entire legal situation, see this article (in German) in CORRECTIV.

On the nature of the court’s recent action (in the German Wikipedia): Feststellungsklage

On Andrea Titz: German Wikipedia

(Above and below) Cardinal Zen during his visit to New York (February 15, 2020)

Please pray for Cardinal Zen, on trial now in Hong Kong. He was our guest in New York just 2 1/2 years ago.

Our annual pilgrimage to Auriesville, New York – this year, unavoidably, in advance of the official “Pilgrimage for the Restoration.” The weather was glorious, but very few visitors or pilgrims were about. Often, however, the grounds of the shrine are most impressive, the experience most spritual, when visited in silence. The shrine in the best condition I have seen in years – the current management is a vast improvement over the Jesuits.