This Wednesday, February 14 is Ash Wednesday. The followin churches will offer the Traditional Mass.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 8 am, 7 pm

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, 6 PM, music by the Viri Galilaei and followed by sung Vespers, as every Wednesday.

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridegport, 7:45 am low Mass; 6 pm Solemn Mass

St Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, 8 am; 6 pm

New York

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, New York, NY, 7 AM Low Mass, 7:45 AM Low Mass, 7 PM Missa Cantata

Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 8 am, 6 pm

St. Patrick Church, Glen Cove, Long Island, 7 pm low Mass.

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, 12 noon

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

St. Mary St. Andrew, Ellenville, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Jersey City, 8:30 pm

Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park, 6:15 pm

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, 7 am, 9 am, 12 noon, 7 pm

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, 9 am Low Mass; 7 pm Missa Cantata.

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Raritan, 7 pm

Corpus Christi Church, South River, 6:15 pm low Mass.

Father Richard Cipolla, chaplain of our Society, released a statement concerning the cancellation of the Traditional Mass in New Haven. He encourages whomeover can make it to attend the final Mass, which is this Sunday at 2 pm at St. Stanislaus Church.

Dear Friends,

The recent announcement from the Archdiocese of Hartford that the Traditional
Mass is suppressed at St. Stanislaus in New Haven is a source for me of deep
sadness. The St. Gregory Society was founded 38 years ago to offer the
Traditional Mass, especially in the beauty and depth of the Solemn form, as a
positive response to St. John Paul II’s Indult allowing the use of the 1962 Missal.
Not only did the Society play an important role in the regular restoration of the
Traditional Mass but also brought back Beauty as an intrinsic and central element
of the celebration of Holy Mass. The Society of St. Gregory’s importance to me is
indeed great, for it was at my first celebration of the Traditional Roman Mass over
twenty years ago in Sacred Heart church in New Haven that I first understood the
transcendental power of the Mass and its deep relationship to the Beauty of the
person of Jesus Christ who is both Priest and Victim.
I am convinced that despite the foolish and painful attempts in this pontificate to
radically suppress the Mass of Catholic Tradition, Beauty is stronger than
ignorance and oppression. In a real way the parishes that have offered and still
offer that Traditional Mass are in debt to the St. Gregory Society for its leadership
beginning 38 years ago to the present time. I would ask that as many Catholics
who love the Traditional Roman Mass attend the “last” Traditional Mass in New
Haven at St. Stanislaus Church on Sunday 14 January at 2 p.m. For the laity to
show great support for the Traditional Mass is necessary at this time to counter the
forces of reaction within the Church that have deliberately forgotten that the Mass
is not self-worship but the worship of the transcendent God in the person of Jesus
Christ.

Oremus pro invicem.
Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla, Ph.D., D. Phil.(Oxon)

(Above) Herodias, Salome and the decapitated St. John the Baptist as depicted in the leading baptistery of Catholic New York located in St. Ignatius Loyola Church.

Recent commentators have drawn attention to the contrast between Fiducia Supplicans and the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist.

But Gustave Flaubert in his 1877 novella Herodias had aready juxtaposed the use of specious and sophistic reasoning (as well as perverse biblical exegesis) on the subject of adultery with the story of John’s death. In the following exchange, the tetrarch Herod (Antipas) and his entourage try to talk away the fiery denunciations made by John (Iaokanaan) that they have just heard:

Herodias glided away and disappeared within the palace. The Pharisees were scandalised at what they had heard. Antipas, standing among them, attempted to justify his past conduct and to excuse his present situation.

“Without doubt,” said Eleazar, “it was necessary for him to marry his brother’s wife; but Herodias was not a widow, and besides, she had a child, which she abandoned; and that was an abomination.”

“You are wrong,” objected Jonathas the Sadducee; “the law condemns such marriages but does not actually forbid them.”

“What matters it? All the world shows me injustice,” said Antipas, bitterly; “and why? Did not Absalom lie with his father’s wives, Judah with his daughter-in-law, Ammon with his sister, and Lot with his daughters?”

Aulus, who had been reposing within the palace, now reappeared in the court. After he had heard how matters stood, he approved of the attitude of the tetrarch. “A man should never allow himself to be annoyed,” said he, “by such foolish criticism.” And he laughed at the censure of the priests and the fury of Iaokanann, saying that his words were of little importance.

Flaubert, Gustave, Herodias (included in Three Tales(1877)).

In the traditional calendar, Saturday, January 6th is the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord. The following churches will be offering traditional Masses. Please inform us of other churches in the area that are offering this Mass.

January 5th, The Vigil of Epiphany

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 8 am Low Mass; 9:15 Solemn Mass for the Regina Pacis community, all are welcome to attend.

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, 7:45 am Mass; 6 pm Mass and blessing of Epiphany water

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, 8 am Mass and blessing of Epiphany water

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, 7 am Low Mass, 7:45 am Low Mass; 10 am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament all day; 7 pm First Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, blessing of Epiphany water, chalk and scaramentals

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, NY, January 5th, blessing of Epiphany water at 7pm, bring empty bottles/vessels, which you will be able to fill from the larger vessels in the Sanctuary after the service. 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, 8 pm blessing of Epiphany water

St Josaphat’s, Bayside, Queens, 5pm Blessing of Epiphany water, 7pm Mass.

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, NJ, 9 am Mass followed by blessing of Epiphany water

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, blessing Epiphany water at 6 pm.

St. John Vianney Church, Colonia, NJ, Holy Hour of Reparation to the Sacred Heart, 3-4 pm; Blessing of Holy Water at 4 pm. Bring 1 gallon bottles of water.

January 6th, Epiphany

Connecticut

Mary Church, Greenwich Ave, Greenwich, CT, Missa Cantata 8 am in the lower chapel followed by First Saturday devotions.  The chapel is accessed through a separate entrance to the left of the church entrance.

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, CT, Low Mass, 8:30 am; Solemn Mass 10 am

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, 10:15 am

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, 8 am

New York

Church of Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 6 am, 1 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, 7:45 Low Mass; 9 am Missa Cantata; 7 pm Second Vespers

Most Holy Redeemer, New York, NY, Solemn Mass, 12 noon.

St. Vincent Ferrer, New York, NY, Solemn High Dominican Rite Mass, 9:30 AM

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 9:30 am

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, 12 noon

Sacred Heart Church, Esopus NY, 11:30 AM

St. Mary/St. Andrew, Ellenville, NY, 12:30 pm

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, 11:00 am – blessing of Epiphany water followed by Mass

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, NJ, 7 am, 9 am

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 9:00 am – low Mass, 11:00 am – High Mass of Epiphany  (N.B. Blessing of Epiphany water will occur on Friday, Jan. 5th at 6:00 pm.)

Shrine Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Raritan, 9 am

Corpus Christi, South River, Solemn Mass 12 noon

The following churches will offer Traditional Masses this Monday January 1, the Feast of the Circumcision, the Octave Day of Christmas.

If you know of a Traditional Mass to add to our schedule, please notify us.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 9 am.

St. Pius X, Fairfield, 7 pm, in the chapel

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, 12 noon, Bishop Frank Caggiano preaching. 

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, 8 am Confession; Low Mass 8:30 am; 9:45 Confessions; High Mass 10:15 am.  (On New Year’s Eve Holy Hour and Te Deum at 6 pm)

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, Low Mass 12 noon

New York

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 9 am Low Mass; 10:30 am High Mass (n.b. there are no Confessions on New Year’s Day)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, 10:30 am Missa Cantata

Our Lady of Refuge, Bronx, 1 pm.

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 10:30 am

St. Rocco Church, Glen Cove, Long Island, Missa Cantata, 11:30 am

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, 12 noon.

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, 4 pm low Mass

Sacred Heart Church, Esopus, 11:30 am

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, 9 am.

St. John Vianney, Colonia, Missa Cantata at 12AM on January 1st and a Holy Hour just before Mass.

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, 7 am, 9 am, 11 am, 1:30 pm, 5 pm

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, 9 am Low Mass, 11 am High Mass

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, 10 am

St. John the Baptist, Allentown, 11 am

January 6, The Feast of the Epiphany

St. Mary Church, Greenwich Ave, Greenwich, CT, Missa Cantata 8 am in the lower chapel followed by First Saturday devotions. The chapel is accessed through a separate entrance to the left of the church entrance.

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, CT, Low Mass, 8:30 am; Solemn Mass 10 am

Church of Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 6 am, 1 pm

Most Holy Redeemer, New York, NY, Solemn Mass, 12 noon.

St. Vincent Ferrer, New York, NY, Solemn High Dominican Rite Mass, 9:30 AM

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, NY, January 5th, blessing of Epiphany water at 7pm, bring empty bottles/vessels, which you will be able to fill from the larger vessels in the Sanctuary after the service. 

St. Mary/St. Andrew, Ellenville, NY, 12:30 pm

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, 11:00 am – blessing of Epiphany water followed by Mass

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 9:00 am – low Mass, 11:00 am – High Mass of Epiphany (N.B. Blessing of Epiphany water will occur on Friday, Jan. 5th at 6:00 pm.)

Bishop Athanasius Schneider has launched a spiritual crusade asking God’s help for the Church.

This crusade was announced on Bishop Schneider’s website for the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima. See link.

“In the face of the tremendous crisis now afflicting the Catholic Church, the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima is launching a worldwide spiritual crusade consisting in the daily prayer of the Holy Rosary and practice of the Five First Saturdays, to implore, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, God’s help and intervention, particularly for the Holy See in Rome.

“This spiritual crusade will begin on the first Saturday of January 2024 (January 6) and conclude on the first Saturday of December 2024 (December 7).”

We urge our members and readers to attend First Saturday Mass and devotions beginning on January 6, 2024 as well as reciting the rosary daily for Bishop Schneider’s intention: “to implore, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, God’s help and intervention, particularly for the Holy See in Rome.”

A Missa Cantata is offered every Saturday at St. Mary Church on Greenwich Ave in Greenwich in the downstairs chapel at 8 am, concluding with recitiation of the Rosary. Please consider attending this Mass for the First Saturdays in 2024 or another Mass of your choice.

This is the schedule for the Traditional Latin Masses to be celebrated at Our Lady of Sorrows.

Sunday, December 24, 2023, 4^th Sunday of Advent. Mass at 9 AM

Sunday, December 24, 2023, Midnight Mass – Choral Service at 11:30 PM followed by the Missa Cantata

There is no TLM the morning of Christmas, 12/25/2023.

Sunday, December 31, 2023, Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, Mass at 9 AM

Monday, January 1, 2024, Feast of the Circumcision, Mass at 9 AM

Our Lady of Sorrows is located at 75 Claremont St., Jersey City

Parking lot is across the street from the church.

I feel the need to comment on the extraordinary remarks of Cardinal Wilton Gregory on the traditional Mass at Catholic University (CUA). For those who do not know, the Washington diocese (and that of Arlington) had had one of the most active traditionalist scenes in the country, with celebrations of this Mass in certain churches going back for decades. Gregory then imposed some of the harshest restrictions anywhere in the country under Traditionis Custodes. 

A student representative asked Gregory about the Traditional Mass – in the context of a “diversity” conference no less! – since the most common question he gets is why no Traditional Mass can be celebrated at Catholic University, Cardinal Gregory’s response was, in essence,  because the Pope and he ordered it to establish one uniform rite. No further explanation is given – nor is there the slightest welcoming or sympathy extended to those who wish to attend this Mass. But I felt the Cardinal’s response was more remarkable for two further comments of his.

First, the Cardinal observed that:

Tradition dies a slow death, sometimes a bloody death.

In other words, the Cardinal makes very clear with this startlingly violent language that he and the pope are engaged in a war. And that their objective is the annihilation of the prior Tradition of the Catholic Church.  What Pope Benedict called the “hermeneutic of rupture” could not be more forcefully stated.

Second, the cardinal added this spontaneous remark:

I also want to add something. In many of the places where it grew, the Tridentine rite, it grew because priests promoted it, and not because— In other words, if you had a guy that came into the parish and said, ‘well, I like this rite, I’m going to do it,’ and he gathered people together, and now all of a sudden he created the need in places where there wasn’t a need there. So, I think that the Holy Father is right to say: deal with the priests.

I recalled that the late Archbishop Rembert Weakland used almost identical language in his memoirs. ( I unfortunately do not have that book readily at hand).  Archbishop Weakland in that book claimed that there “was always a priest” behind any of the lay protests and petitions against the many deviations (not just liturgical!) that took place under his rule. But what do Weakland and Gregory mean by these remarks?

I interpret them as an attempt to disparage, to deny legitimacy to the desires and initiative of the laity. Gregory is, in effect, saying to the students at CUA that you don’t know what you are talking about, that these wishes for the Traditional Mass you express have been implanted in your minds by some (obviously malevolent) priest. It is supremely clerical! For both Rembert Weakland and Wilton Gregory are prime American examples of servile ecclesiastics who ascended to prominence by navigating the clerical,  bureaucratic structures of the Church. This is their entire world. They cannot imagine the laity making any contribution of their own to the Church (other than money). 

Strange: those, like Pope Francis, who relentlessly denounce clericalism, are in fact its most extreme practitioners! It is the traditionalists who exemplify lay initiative and lay involvement. Why, as early as the mid-1960’s, to the wonderment of the secular media, it was a group pf laymen who organized the first American Una Voce chapter in defense of the Latin Mass. And today, almost 60 years later,  it is students of CUA who are asking uncomfortable questions regarding the persecution of the adherents of that same Mass. 

The remarks and a link to a video of the interview can be found here:

Cardinal Gregory: “Tradition dies a slow death, sometimes a bloody death”

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 8 am low Mass; 7 pm Solemn Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 6 am Saturday Dec. 9.

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

Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, 6 pm followed at 8:30 pm by candlelit Compline featuring the Oratory Girl’s Choir

St. Stanislaus, New Haven, Low Mass, 5:30 pm

St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, 8 am low Mass; 6 pm Solemn Mass

New York

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY, Low Mass 8 am; High Mass 6 pm.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, Low Masses at 7 am and 7:45 am; Missa Cantata 7 pm.

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 7 pm

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

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

St. Paul the Apostle, Yonkers, NY, 12 noon

Annunciation Church, Crestwood, Missa Cantata, 7 pm lower church

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

St Mary and St. Andrew Church, Ellenville, NY, 7 pm

Sacred Heart Church, Esopus, 11:30 am

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City, 5 pm

Our Lady of Victories, Harrington Park, 5:30 pm

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

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

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Raritan, 7 pm

Corpus Christi Church, South River, 7 pm