There will be a Solemn Mass for the Feast of Pope St. Pius V at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan on Wednesday, May 5th at 6 PM.

by Andrea Tornielli,
From IlGiornale.it, April 29, 2010
http://www.ilgiornale.it/cultura/riccardo_muti_armonia_ratzinger/29-04-2010/articolo-id=441473-page=0-comments=1
Translated by Father Richard Cipolla

Riccardo Muti is a great ally of Ratzinger. The maestro confesses his admiration for the Pontiff who has made beauty, music, and the recovery of the sacredness of the litugy the monogram of his pontificate.

“ It is a great gift for humanity and for the Church at the beginning of the third millennium to have a Pope who has claimed a space and respect in the Church and in civil society” for music, “for this high expression of what it means to be human,” writes Muti in the preface for the book Lodate Dio con Arte (The Praise of God with the Arts) (Marcianum Press, 270 pages, euro 24, to be published in mid-May), which brings together for the first time all the writings and speeches of Joseph Ratzinger dedicated to music.

“ To sing is like flying,” confided the Pope on the occasion of a concert given by the Regensburg Domspatzen—“ a take-off towards God, an anticipation in some way of the song of eternity.”

Muti supports Benedict XVI who intends to rescue the fortunes of liturgical music: “ The Pope is right when on several occasions he laments the low level of music for general use, in particular of the music and songs used in churches in the last ten years or so above all by us in Italy. But the cause is the inadequacy of musical education. What is done in our schools is too little, and the optional and supporting activities are only for the fortunate few. In the parishes, then, at least in Italy, I think that education in Christian music is one of the least concerns of our parish priests and perhaps also of our bishops.”

The maestro, drawing on the writings of Ratzinger, hopes for the rebirth of musical education. “ I am indeed thankful to the Pope,” he writes, “for having brought back to its rightful place attention to music outside and within the Church, placing it simply as an essential part of human life. His own studies are illuminating above all with respect to sacred music. They clear away the terrain of equivicators and fundamentalists for and against, who in these years have created division rather than dialogue and a common seeking for the good of the Church and her liturgy. Ratzinger’s writings offer a rational reason for the uneasiness that so many feel when going to Mass. But they also make one hope in a revival of the musical arts that will be of great service to the liturgy and to the life of our world.”

Among the more significant passages cited in the book, there is the one in which Benedict XVI, reflecting on the theological basis of sacred music, affirms: “ If the Church must transform, to make better, to humanize the world, how can she do this and at the same time renounce beauty, beauty that is one with love and is with it the true delight, the greatest approach to the world of the Resurrection? The Church must be ambitious; she must be a house of beauty, she must lead the battle for “spiritualization,” without which the world becomes the “first circle of Hell.” Let the Church seek what is fitting for the liturgy and to the participation of the faithful, but let her do this above all because what is fitting is also beautiful and worthy of the most important action of the Church in which it is used.”

“ In truth a Church that makes only a ready-to-use musical product falls into being of no use and becomes herself of no real use,” affirms the Pope. The Church “ must be a place of ‘glory’ and in this way also a place in which the cries of humanity are brought to the ears of God….(She) must arouse the voice of the cosmos glorifying its Creator, and therefore beautiful, habitable, loveable.” This is a kind of distillation of the approach of the Pope to sacred music and in general to the liturgy.

Translated by kind permission of Andrea Tornielli

His Excellency Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa, Okla., has agreed to celebrate the first traditional Latin Solemn High Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in nearly 50 years. The Mass will take place this Saturday, April 24, at 1 p.m. to honor the five-year anniversary of the inauguration of Pope Benedict VI.

William Cardinal Baum, former Archbishop of Washington, will also be present for this historic Mass.

The originally scheduled celebrant was Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos. The Mass will be aired live on EWTN beginning at 12:30 p.m.

For more information go to the website of the sponsor, the Paulus Institute: http://pontificalmass.org/bishop-slattery-celebrant-a2997

There will be a Solemn Pontifical Mass (extraordinary form) for the 5th Anniversary of the Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI at 1 PM this Saturday, April 24th, at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC celebrated by Darius Cardinal Castrillon. For more information about the Mass, clink on this link: WDTPRS.
The Confraternity of the Sacred Heart is looking into chartering a bus from NYC for those who want to attend the Mass if there is enough interest.
Depending on how many people want to go, the bus would probably cost between $35 and $50. It would leave from the mid-town area at 7:00 AM Saturday, April 24th, and would return on the same day to the same place by (depending on traffic) between 8:00 or 9:00 PM.
If you are interested please respond today to info@sacredheartconfraternity.org

There will be a Solemn Pontifical Mass (extraordinary form) for the 5th Anniversary of the Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI at 1 PM this Saturday, April 24th, at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC celebrated by Darius Cardinal Castrillon. For more information about the Mass, clink on this link: WDTPRS.

UPDATE: We understand that the Cardinal will NOT be celebrating this mass, and that the organizers of the visit are attempting to find another bishop to celebrate this mass. The news media and professional “advocates” for abuse victims had been preparing a warm reception for Cardinal Castrillon, and the Archdiocese and the Shrine management had denied any involvement in the event….

A Traditional Catholic Conference will be held at St. Martha’s Church in Enfield, CT on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 9:30 am. The conference will feature the following speakers: Sidney K. Olhasuen, International Society of Bible Collectors, Rev. Canon H Fragelli, Institute of Christ the King, Rev. Frank Parrinello, FSSP, Rev J. Daniel McElheron, Archdiocese of Hartford. It will also include Solemn High Mass, Confessions, and Eucharistic Adoration. For more information and to register: http://conference.stmartha-ct.org/

The new sanctuary at St. Mary’s disposed for the celebration of the Traditional solemn Mass.

Our coverage of 2010 Holy Week at St Mary’s Norwalk ends with Solemn Mass on Easter Sunday morning, celebrated in this parish’s newly restored sanctuary. It was a triumphal week regarding both the beauty of the services (the music, the vestments, the choreography) and the immense response from the parish. Great thanks are owed above all to the pastor, Fr. Greg Markey. We look forward to the further development of the Traditional rite at St. Mary’s and the continued restoration of the church.

The new sanctuary as arranged for the Novus Ordo at the 8:00 AM liturgy at St. Mary’s.

The new statuary – from a destroyed church in the Bronx – now stands unveiled.

Solemn Mass at the altar.

The blessing of the food at the festive breakfast after the Solemn Mass – stealing a page from Byzantine customs.

Indeed He is arisen!

The 2010 Easter Liturgy at St. Michael’s Russian Catholic Chapel. A church that probably accomplishes the most liturgically with the least resources of any parish in New York.
A Russian rite in union with Rome was established in the early 20th century building on the philosophical work of Vladimir Solovev. The Vatican gave instructions, upon its recognition of this rite, that the Byzantine liturgical books and traditions were to be precisely and completely followed. That is why St. Michael’s is renowned even among the Orthodox for its uncompromising, faithful adherence to the Eastern Tradition.

More about this parish here.

The Traditional Good Friday Liturgy as celebrated at St. Mary’s Norwalk. The congregation overflowed the church and accompanied the sacred proceedings for over three hours.

The reading of the gospel according to St. John.

The Sermon.

The Great Intercessions.

Ecce lignum crucis….

Veneration of the cross by the ministers.

The veneration of the cross by the congregation.

Ombrellino and clapper.

The procession with the Blessed Sacrament while the “Vexilla Regis” is sung.

We have a video of the beginning of the Wednesday Traditional Tenebrae service at St. Mary’s on Youtube. The installments are:

Tenebrae I

Tenebrae II

Tenebrae III

Tenebrae IV

Tenebrae V

Tenebrae VI

Tenebrae VII

Tenebrae VIII

Tenebrae IX

Tenebrae X