St. Mary’s, Norwalk, will be celebrating a Solemn High Mass on Thanksgiving day at 9:30 A.M., the feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria.

The  German website Kathnews reports HERE that the long awaited “clarifications” to the motu proprio  Summorum Pontificum “probably” will be issued before Christmas.

The Schola Cantorum of St. Mary’s Parish, Norwalk, CT (David J. Hughes, director) will give the third annual St. Cecilia’s day concert on Friday, November 19,  at St. Marys’ parish. The schola will sing vespers (in the extraordinary form) of the feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary at 7:00 PM.  The concert will follow at 7:45 PM.  A festive wine and cheese reception will conclude the evening. Please see the link on this page to St. Mary’s church for directions.

The concert will feature sacred music of the Iberian and Latin American Renaissance from the Codice del Convento del Carmen, Mexico City. The suggested donation for the concert and reception is $25 ($15 students and seniors).  All proceeds will go to the St. Cecilia Society in support of the music program of St. Mary’s parish.

The late Msgr. Bugnini, architect of liturgical reform from the 1950’s  through the establishment of the Novus Ordo until his exile to Iran, seems to have fallen completely out of favor.  Sandro Magister tells us that, in one presentation at the current synod of the Eastern Churches,  the speaker referred (in English) to the “late papal nuncio, Archbishop Bugnini.”  But in the official Italian translation, reproduced  in the Vatican publications, this was reported as “the last papal Nuncio, Archbishop Banana.”  And in the French translation it was given as “Archbishop Boinini.”  How quickly the greats of yesteryear are forgotten – if only the same could be said of their handiwork….

http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2010/10/19/bugnini-impronunciabile-meglio-chiamarlo-banana/

You have undoubtedly noticed that we have a new face and a new address: https://sthughofcluny.org. The Society owes many thanks to Mr. David Hughes who designed the new website. We are also on Facebook now.

We know what occasioned the institution of this feast….

The battle depicted on the wall of a church in Seville – with the intercession of Our Lady.

On Sunday, October 3 at 2 PM, the St Gregory Society will sponsor the celebration of a Solemn Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. It will take place at St.Stanislaus Church, State and Eld Streets, New Haven CT. Music for the liturgy will include Palestrina’s Missa Ave Regina Caelorum.

For directions call 203-562-2828 or consult the St. Gregory Society’s website (in our links).

There will be a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel at 6 PM on Wednesday, September 29th, at the Church of the Holy Innocents
in Manhattan (37th St. between Broadway and 7th Ave.). Canon Wiener of the Institute of Christ the King will be the celebrant.

The Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, CT will be offering low mass in the extraordinary form each Tuesday at 9:30 am beginning on September 28. Father LaPastina of St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, also of Stamford, will celebrate this mass.

A Solemn High Mass will be offered at 5:30 PM on Friday, Sept 17th at the church of Our Saviour, E. 38th St. and Park Ave, NY. Music will be provided by the Schola Cantorum of St. Mary Church Norwalk under the direction of David Hughes. Mass will be followed by a reception and dinner at the Union League Club (directly across Park Avenue from the church) to raise funds for the continued restoration of St. Mary’s church in Norwalk CT. For more information about the reception please contact St. Mary’s parish office at (203) 866-5546.

This Sunday, September 12th, for the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, at 3 PM there will be Vespers in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite at the
Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan.
The choir will sing a setting of the Magnificat by Cristobal Morales.
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf will celebrate.