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.

For the first time,  St. Mary’s in Norwalk will offer a Rorate Mass before dawn on Saturday December 17 at 6:00 a.m. This is one of the wonderful traditions of the Church during Advent. The Rorate Mass is a special Mass during Advent in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This Mass is always celebrated by candlelight only and ends when the sun is just rising. The name of the Mass comes from the Introit of the Mass and the Versicle and Response every day at Vespers in Advent.

V. Rorate coeli desuper et nubes pluant justum.
(Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just)
R. Aperiatur terra et germinet salvatorem.
(Let the earth be opened and send forth a Saviour)

Rorate Masses are also scheduled for Holy Innocents Church in New York and St. Mary’s in Greenwich, CT. See our post.

Dear Friends,

As we begin the Advent season, on behalf of the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny I would like to extend our gratitude to you, our supporters. Your contributions have made it possible for our Society to achieve so much in 2016.

We would like to tell you what we have been doing this last year and ask you to remember us when you consider donations.

You undoubtedly have heard of the mass celebrated two weeks ago at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. It was the first Traditional mass in almost 20 years there. This wonderful divine service that would have been a revelation ten years ago now took place in the midst of numerous other major Traditionalist events in and around New York just in this same month of November.

The scale of activity today is such that it is very hard for one website to keep track of it – although we try!

This vitality is doubly surprising in view of the dire news constantly emanating from Rome. Yet, paradoxically, the withdrawal of official favor perhaps has fostered instead of hindered the development of Traditional communities.  We are starting to see after many years the beginnings of the fulfillment of the promises of Summorum Pontificum.

What has the Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny been doing in the midst of all this ferment? We continue to exercise two basic roles. First, we run a website that keeps track of the burgeoning Traditional scene in the New York area.

Second, we sponsor and organize Traditional masses and presentations by noted speakers on issues directly relevant to the traditional cause. This year has been one of the most active in our history. We have sponsored so far:

A Solemn High Mass in the Dominican Rite at St. Vincent Ferrer parish, accompanied by a lecture by noted scholar Samuel Schmitt on the music of the English recusants. It was the first Solemn Traditional mass there in ages.

A Solemn High Mass at the church of the Most Precious Blood in Little Italy at the feast of San Gennaro, featuring a Mozart mass. Again, this mass, which drew many people already in the area for the festival, was the first Traditional mass in that church since the Council.

Lectures by noted writer and Internet personality Fr. John Hunwicke at St. Mary’s, Norwalk and St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, New York. It was his first visit to the New York area.

A second Solemn High Mass at the Church of Most Precious Blood for the feast of Saints Simon and Jude.

Along with the Catholic Artists Society and the New York Purgatorial Society, the annual Solemn Requiem mass at St. Vincent Ferrer featuring a late polyphonic mass with 17th century instruments.

The Traditional Corpus Christi mass and procession at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, East Harlem.

And more besides! (All these events are covered in detail on the website of the Society)

In each case, given our limited resources, we try to bring the Traditional liturgy to new churches and to the wider public. The music performed at these liturgies has also been unique. It has been gratifying to us to see the public response to all these events.

These kinds of things do, however, involve the expenditure of money. We spend it overwhelmingly on the music involved in the liturgies and for travel expenses of the speakers.

We depend on the services of many people who receive no monetary compensation for the great work they do. And we always try to partner with another group or parish to share the costs – so far we have been very successful in this.

You can readily see compared to earlier years how the pace of Traditionalist activity has picked up.

We would like to continue this development and do much more next year!

Next year will be the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum and of this Society. We already have several very interesting events in planning. But we need your help!

Please consider making a tax-deductible gift to the Society of St Hugh of Cluny today!

Checks may be sent to the following address:

2 Tamarack Place
Greenwich CT 06831

Donations can also be made by Paypal. Go to the Paypal icon on our website www.sthughofcluny.org.

With best wishes for a blessed and holy Christmas,

Stuart Chessman
President

Attendance at Monday evening’s traditional Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

photo courtesy of Arrys Ortanez.

Thanks to Jim Morlino and the Catholic Artists Society, we offer you this video of last Monday’s Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, NY, featuring the music of Manuel Cardoso and sermon by Fr. Innocent Smith OP.

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Solemn Requiem Mass 2016 – Manuel Cardoso à 6 from Catholic Artists