In your charity, we ask you to pray for Father Richard Munkelt, who celebrates the Sunday  4 pm Traditional Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Sleepy Hollow, NY.  Father Munkelt suffered a stroke last week.

He wrote this update today:

“I am still in the hospital because of a stroke, but I am about to be discharged to rehab. The stroke left me partially paralyzed on the right side, but I can move around with a walker. I expect a full recovery, please the Almighty, and to be with you all again in a few weeks. In the meantime, substitute priests will celebrate the Holy Mass at IC.”  

The following churches in the area will offer Rorate Masses. The Rorate Mass is a beautiful Advent devotion: the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary is offered by candlelight just before dawn. 

Saturday December 6:

Georgetown Oratory, Redding, CT, 6:15 am, Rorate Mass, followed by a light breakfast and spiritual conference.There will be a free will offering.  Please RSVP to help us determine an accurate amount of food.

Immaculate High School Chapel, 71 Southern Blvd, Danbury,   6 am Rorate Mass.   Organized by Crew-Leaders for Mary, Inc.

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 6 am

St. Margaret of Cortona, Riverdale, Bronx, NY, 6:30 am. The Church’s address is 6000 Riverdale Avenue. There is a large parking lot adjoining the Church on its north-side.

St. Joseph Church, Troy, NY, 6 am

St. Stephen Church, Kearny, NJ, 6: 30 am

Saturday, December 13:

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 6 am

St. John the Evangelist Basilica, Stamford, CT, 6:30 am

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, CT,  6am High Mass. Social afterwards in the church hall with an Advent Spiritual talk. Please bring a dish to share. 

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 6 am

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, NY, 6 am, upper church.

St. Anthony of Padua Church, East Northport, Long Island, NY, 6:15 am

St. Mary and St. Andrew Church, Ellenville, NY, 6:30 am

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, NJ, 6 am

Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park, NJ, 6:30 am

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark, NJ, 6 am

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, NJ, 6 am

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 6:30 am

Corpus Christi Church, South River, NJ, 6:30 am

St. John the Baptisit, Allentown, NJ, 6 am

Saturday, December 20:

Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village, Queens, NY, 6 :30 am

Other dates:

Holy Innocents Church, New York NY will offer a Rorate Mass on the following days at 6 am: Dec. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Please see this revised flyer:

The Aquinas Institute, the Catholic chaplaincy at Princeton, is sponsoring an event with Cardinal Robert Sarah upon the release of his book, The Song of the Lamb: Sacred Music and Heavenly Liturgy (November 2025, Ignatius Press), in conversation with Peter Carter.

Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea is the former Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and author of numerous books including The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise, God or Nothing: A Conversation on Faith, and The Day is Now Far Spent.

Peter Carter is the Founder and Director of the Catholic Sacred Music Project and Director of Sacred Music at the Aquinas Institute. 

You must register to attend this event (either live or on-line): https://princetoncatholic.org/lecture/lecture-sacred-music-and-the-heavenly-liturgy/

This Sunday be the first Solemn Mass as an Oratory of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. The Sacred Ministers will be Monsignor Gilles Wach (Founder and Prior General of the Institute), Canon Matthew Talarico (Provincial of the United States), and Canon Andreas Hellmann (Rector of St. Josaphat’s).

Music for Sunday 9 November, Feast of Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – 9:30am TLM at St. Josaphat Oratory, Bayside
(with chamber orchestra)

Missa brevis in C major “Spatzenmesse“, K.220 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)

Prelude: Marche Pontificale – Charles Gounod (1818 – 1893)

Processional: Christ is made the sure foundation (WESTMINSTER ABBEY)

Offertory: Tollite hostias – Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)

Communion: Church Sonata in E-flat major, K.67 – Mozart
Adoro te, O Panis caelice – Johann Michael Haydn (1737 – 1806)
Locus iste – Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896)

Recessional: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (BILLING)

Postlude: Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Today a Solemn Requiem Mass was offered at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT for the departed members of the Regina Pacis Academy community.

Beautiful Solemn Requiem Mass was offered yesterday evening at St. Mary’s Norwalk for All Souls Day. A combined youth and adult choir sang settings from Faure’s Requiem.

The following is a schedule of churches offering Traditional Requiem Masses for All Souls Day on Monday, November 3. (In the Traditional calendar, All Souls Day is transferred to Nov. 3 when Nov. 2 falls on a Sunday)

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 7 pm Solemn Mass. St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum will be joined by the St. Mary’s Youth Schola to perform several movements of the Requiem by Gabriel Fauré.

Georgetown Oratory, Redding, 7 pm Missa Cantata

St. Pius X, Fairfield, 7 pm in chapel

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, 7:45 am and 8:30 am Requiem Low Masses; 6 pm Solemn Requiem Mass and Absolution 

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, 6 pm

New York

Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 7:30 am and 8 am Low Masses, 6 pm High Mass with absolution

Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Harlem, 7 pm

St. Josaphat, Bayside, Queens, 7 am Low Mass, 7 pm Sung Requiem

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, 7 pm Low Mass

Holy Trinity, Poughkeepsie, 7 pm, Sung Requiem

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, 7 pm

St. Anthony of Padua, West Orange, 7:30 am, 9 am, 7 pm High Requiem Mass

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Raritan, 7 pm

St. John the Baptist, Allentown, 7 pm, Solemn Requiem. The Mozart Requiem will be performed