Amid the towers and new construction of the London City – a stark reminder to the obsequious servants of mammon. The churchyard gate of St. Olave’s, Hart Street.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (Phil. 1.21)

The New York Chapter of the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Prompt Succor will have its annual Traditional Latin Mass (a missa cantata) for the Feast of Our Lady of Prompt Succor on Saturday, January 14th, 2017, at the Church of St. Simon and Jude, Brooklyn, NY at 9:00am.

The celebrant with be Father Stephen Giulietti and it will be preceded by a silent Holy Hour at 8:00am, followed by Benediction with the pastor, Father Fred Marano.  The Mass will be offered to Our Lady of Prompt Succor for the conversion of the United States to a culture of life.

We received this note from a reader:

“There is  an every Sunday TLM at 9:00 a.m. at the parish church of Saint Anthony, 1496 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx, NY 10460. On holy days of obligation that don’t fall on Sunday, the TLM is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Since July 2016, the administrator (i.e., pastor in all but name) of Saint Anthony parish has been Father Louis J. Anderson. Just like his predecessor, Father Miara (now pastor of Holy Innocents), Father Anderson is a strong advocate of Tradition. The lack of support that Saint Anthony’s nearly decade-long commitment to the TLM has received from Trads within easy driving distance of the church is most saddening.”

Tomorrow, Monday, January 2, Holy Name of Jesus Church will offer a Missa Cantata at 3 pm for its patronal feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.  The church address is 245 Prospect Park West.

This window is in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Harrisburg, PA

The following churches will offer traditional masses for the Feast of the Epiphany, this Friday, January 6:

St Mary Church, Norwalk, CT
Solemn Mass, 6 pm

St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT
Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven
Low Mass, 8 am

Holy Innocents Church, New York
Missa Cantata, 6 pm, includes blessing of chalk and Epiphany water. Please bring bottles of water to be blessed labeled with your name

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine, New York (East Harlem)
11 AM, Low Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament All Day
6 PM – Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
6:15 PM – Blessing of Epiphany Water – Bring your empty bottles or bottles of water to be blessed!
7 PM – Solemn High Mass and Indoor Procession with the Christ Child
Noveritis Proclamation – Announcement of the Date of Easter and the surrounding Feasts
Blessing of Chalk, Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
Blessing of Statues and Religious Articles brought by the faithful
Distribution of Epiphany Water, Frankincense and Chalk

St. John the Baptist Church, 3026 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City
7 pm, Fr. John Perricone, celebrant
Within walking distance of the PATH train station, Journal Square
There is a parking lot behind the church on Huron Ave

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

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

In the current published financials of St.Agnes parish we find this:

“Contribution from St. Agnes to Archdiocese of NY 1,250,000”

That’s a remarkably large amount from a parish – as its 2015-16 financial report reveals – so deeply in the red. And that’s in addition to the Cardinal’s appeal and the Archdiocesan assessment. Perhaps an explanation is in order?

A number of churches in the area have revived the practice of Rorate Masses, a traditional Advent devotion wherein a Votive Mass to the Blessed Virgin Mary is offered in candlelight just before dawn.

The Church of the Holy Innocents in New York has had a number of Rorate Masses in Advent. The last is scheduled for this Thursday, December 15, at 6 am.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Saturday, December 17 at 6 am.

St.. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT,Saturday, December 17 at 6:30 am.

Our photo was taken last year at the Rorate Mass at St. Mary Church, Greenwich.

This year, St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk had the annual mass and procession for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the vigil of the feast—this afternoon. Tonight there will be all-night adoration in the church and Mananitas tomorrow at 7:30 am.