Friday, November 1 is All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation. Saturday, November 2 is All Souls Day. The following churches will offer Traditional Masses.

All Saints Day, Friday, November 1

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Low Mass at 8 am, Solemn Mass at 6 pm.

St. Pius X, Fairfield, CT, 7:30 pm, Missa Cantata.

St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport, 6 pm high Mass.

St. Patrick Church, Bridgeport, 7 am low Mass

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Bridgeport, Low Mass at 7:45 am, Solemn Mass at 6 pm.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, 5:30 pm, low Mass.

St. Patrick Church, Waterbury, CT , 8 am low Mass and 7 pm high Mass.

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 7 pm

St. Francis Church, New Britain, CT, 7 pm

New York

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 6 pm.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, 448 E. 116th St., New York, NY, Low Mass at 7:45 am; Missa Cantata at 7 pm followed by a procession, litany of the saints and veneration of the relics of the saints.

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 7 pm.

St. Paul Church, Yonkers, NY, noon.

Annunciation Church, Yonkers (Crestwood section), NY, 6:45 am.

Our Lady of the Way Chapel at the Culinary Institute, Hyde Park, NY, 10 am.

St. Matthew Church, Dix Hill, NY (Long Island), 10:30 am

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 7:30 pm followed by compline and adoration.

St. Rocco Church, Glen Cove, NY (Long Island), 7:30 pm

New Jersey

St. Joseph’s Church, 511 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City (parking lot on Magnolia Ave.), Missa Cantata, 7 pm

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel,  Pequannock, NJ,  7 am, 8 am, noon, 7 pm

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory,  West Orange, NJ,  9 am, 7 pm

St. Catherine Laboure,  Middletown, NJ  9 am.

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament,  Raritan, NJ  5 pm

Corpus Christi Church,  South River, NJ,  7 pm.  Father Damian Breen’s first Missa Cantata

Mater  Ecclesiae,  Berlin, NJ,  8 am and 7:30 pm.

St. John’s the Baptist, Allentown, NJ, Solemn Mass at 7pm with a good reception to follow.

All Souls Day, Saturday, November 2

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 9 am

Pius X Church, Fairfield, CT, 10 am Missa Cantata, 12:30 pm, Missa Cantata.

St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport, CT, Solemn Requiem Mass, 2:15. (there is also a one-day silent retreat led by Fr. Michael Novajoskey, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, $25, see flyer below to register)

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, CT, Low Mass at 7:45 am, Solemn Mass at 10:15 am.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, 11 am, Solemn Requiem Mass.

St. Patirck Church, Waterbury, CT, 8 am low Mass followed by a consecutive low Mass; 10:30 am requiem high Mass.

St. Francis Church, New Britain, CT, Missa Cantata, 1 pm.

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, Low Requiem Mass, 9 am

New York

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 1 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, 448 E. 116th St, New York, NY, Requiem Missa Cantata, 9 am.

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 9:15 am

Discalced Carmeline Nuns of Brooklyn, 3 pm.

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY., 11 am

St. Paul Church, Yonkers, NY, noon.

Annunciation Church, Yonkers, NY (Crestwood section), 9 am

Our Lady of the Way Chapel at the Culinary Institute, Hyde Park, NY, 10 am.

St. Joseph Church, Middletown, NY, Solemn Mass, 12 noon, followed by a procession through the parish cemetery

Sacred Heart of Jesus, 33 Water St., Albany, NY, 8 am

New Jersey

Assumption All Saints Church, 344 Pacific Ave., Jersey City, 12 noon. Parking lot adjacent to the church.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory,  West Orange, NJ,  9 am

St. Catherine Laboure,  Middletown, NJ  9 am.

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament,  Raritan, NJ  11 am.

Corpus Christi Church,  South River, NJ,  Noon.

Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ,  8 am.

St. John the Baptist, Allentown, NJ, Solemn Requiem Mass, 10 am.

This past Thursday, Fr. Richard Cipolla celebrated a Missa Cantata for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East at the Church of the Holy Family adjacent to the UN. Fr. Benedict Kiely of Nasarean.org was the homilist. Members of the Constantinian Order of St. George were in attendance. A reception followed in the church hall. Photos courtesy of Peter Clemente.

An Act of Witness to and Thanksgiving for the Catholic Tradition October 9, 2019, Corpus Christi Church, New York City

And, I rejoice to say, to one great mischief I have from the first opposed myself. For thirty, forty, fifty years I have resisted to the best of my powers the spirit of liberalism in religion. Never did Holy Church need champions against it more sorely than now, when, alas! it is an error overspreading, as a snare, the whole earth; and on this great occasion, when it is natural for one who is in my place to look out upon the world, and upon Holy Church as in it, and upon her future, it will not, I hope, be considered out of place, if I renew the protest against it which I have made so often.

Those words of Cardinal Newman from his Bigletto Speech when he received his red hat from Pope Leo XIII are remarkable to read today in a Church that has been infected with the Liberalism that Newman defined and fought against to a depth that Newman could not have imagined.  There is some irony in the fact that Pope Francis will officially canonize Newman on October 13.  We should presume that very few if at all of those who have embraced that Liberalism that Newman saw as a real danger to the Church in the future have actually read anything he wrote.  They may, in a cynical way, try to co-opt Newman by referring to his great work, The Development of Doctrine, as if it is a blueprint for destroying the Tradition that lies at the heart of the Catholic Church.  Some of those who are entrusted with Catholic Tradition at the highest levels today seem to have adopted the world of fake news  and fake facts in their drive to refashion the Catholic Faith in their own “liberal” image.  The fact (real fact) is that Newman gives them no comfort in what they are trying to do.  One hopes that they will not read the Bigletto Speech or The Development of Doctrine before the canonization ceremony.  If they should do so, they might call the whole thing off.

The Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny is sponsoring a Solemn Traditional Mass on October 9 at 7 p.m. at Corpus Christi Church in Manhattan adjacent to the Columbia University campus.  This is fitting in many ways.  First, one of Newman’s great works is The Idea of the University.  Secondly, October 9 is his feast day, set when he was made “Blessed”.  Most importantly, this Mass is being offered in Thanksgiving for the Canonization of this remarkable man of the Church on October 13 in Rome.

I urge strongly all of the readers of the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny website who live near New York City to come to this Mass as witnesses to the Truth for which John Henry Newman testified through his whole life.  The presence of both clergy and laity are important in this act of worship and witness.  Please spread the word to family and friends about this Mass.  Thanksgiving and witness is vital to the living Tradition of the Catholic Church.  

Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla

Rev. Mr. William Rock, FSSP will be ordained to the Holy Priesthood on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 538 Broadway, Providence, RI 02909 . The ordaining Bishop will be his Excellency Athanasius Schneider. 

First Blessings and a reception will follow.

More information, including lodging information, can be accessed here

If you plan to attend the Ordination Mass, please RSVP here  so that the organizers can prepare enough food for the reception. (Reservations are still being accepted in spite of the Oct 14 deadline)

First Mass information:

• Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. : St. Mary’s Church, 538 Broadway, Providence, RI 02909
• Friday, November 15, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m.: St. Aloysius Church, 219 Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell, NJ 07006. First blessings and dessert reception to follow. If you plan on attending, please RVSP hereby November 1, 2019. 
• Sunday, November 17, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m.: Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 W. Franklin Ave, Pequannock Township, NJ 07440