Regarding our prior report – from the July 17, 2016 bulletin of the Basilica of St. John, Stamford:

LATIN LOW MASS: In the Extraordinary Form each Friday at 2pm. Everyone is welcome.

(The mass does not appear in either the mass schedule or calendar of the parish)

The following churches will offer the traditional mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which is on Saturday, July 16.

The Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 448 E. 116th Street, New York
Friday July 15 5:30 P.M. – Vigil Low Mass 1962 Missal followed by Exorcism of Salt and Blessing of Holy Water
7:30 P.M. – 1st Solemn Vespers and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament 1961 Breviarum Romanum; Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9 P.M. – Outdoor Candlelight Procession with Our Lady
Saturday July 16 12:01 A.M. – Solemn Midnight Mass – 1962 Missale Romanum
In addition, the annual traditional pilgrimage to the shrine will take place on Saturday, July 23, 2016 from 10 A.M. – 3 P.M. The focal point of the Pilgrimage will be the Entrance of Pilgrims and Solemn High Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Missale Romanum at 11 A.M. More details about the pilgrimage

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (259 Oliver Street),Newark NJ, 12 noon, Solemn Pontifical Mass. The celebrant will be Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of the Diocese of Paterson. Mass will be followed by a street procession through the Ironbound.

St. Antony of Padua Church, Jersey City, Missa Cantata, 11 am.

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Peqannock, NJ, 9:00 am, followed by the clothing and the profession of the Third Order Carmelites. This will be followed by a reception.

Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist, Stamford, CT, 9:30 am. This is the anniversary of the date the Church was declared a Basilica by Pope Benedict XVI and a special indulgence is granted to all who visit the Church that day and go to Confession, Holy Communion and recite prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father eight days before or after the visit.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 9:00 am

Beloved statues of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the area.  At top, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Newark; just above, Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 116th Street, New York

The fifth annual Traditional Mass Pilgrimage at The Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York,  will take place on Saturday, July 23, 2016 from 10 A.M. – 3 P.M. The focal point of the Pilgrimage will be the Entrance of Pilgrims and Solemn High Mass celebrated according to the1962 Missale Romanum at 11 A.M.    The shrine address is 448 E. 116th Street, New York, NY.

Pilgrims will be welcomed at 10 A.M. by our Pastor, Father Marian Wierchowski SAC, a Priest of the Pallottine Fathers. Spiritual Talks of a Marian Motif will be delivered by priest pilgrims. We also will have priests hearing confessions before and during Mass for pilgrims who wish to avail themselves of the Sacrament.

There will be a Plenary Indulgence granted by devoutly visiting the Shrine, Receiving the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion within twenty days, being free from attachment to sin, and praying for the Intentions of Our Holy Father.

Pilgrims may choose to process down the nave of the Church walking on their knees or discalced, or remain in their pews. Thereafter, the Solemn High Mass will begin. The Mass to be Celebrated will be the Second Class Votive Mass of Our Patroness, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which can be found in your hand missals under the Proper of the Saints on July 16.

Following the Mass, Pilgrims may elect to have Lunch in one of the many neighborhood restaurants, or have lunch in the Parish Undercroft, during which the Martyrology will be Chanted and spiritual talks delivered, a venerable practice adopted from Seminary Refectories, Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries.

At 2:15 P.M., Pilgrims will be invited to Enroll in the Brown Scapular by the Pallottine Fathers. It is said that those who are faithful and die wearing the Brown Scapular will be released from Purgatory on the Saturday following their death, known as the Sabbatine Privilege. Pilgrims will have an opportunity to Recite the Most Holy Rosary. The Pilgrimage will conclude with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and Farewell of Pilgrims.

10 A.M. – Welcoming of Pilgrims
10 A.M. – Sacrament of Penance, Confessions Heard
10;15 A.M. – Marian Spirilual Talks
11 A.M. – Entrance of Pilgrims
11:15 A.M. – Solemn High Mass – 1962 Missale Romanum
12:45 P.M. – Pilgrims may have an Independent Lunch in the Neighborhood or have Lunch in the Parish Hall, during which the Martyrology will be Chanted (a practice observed in Seminary Refectories, Convents, Monasteries, Abbeys etc) and a Spiritual Talk delivered by a Priest
2:15 P.M. – Investiture in the Brown Scapular by the Pallottine Fathers;
2:30 P.M. – Eucharistic Adoration; Recitation of the Rosary; Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament
3 P.M. – Farewell of Pilgrims

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Bus Directions: M116 or M15 SBS Buses to 116th Street and 1st Avenue; Walk East Past First Avenue to Church
Subway Directions: 6, C, 2 or 3 Trains to 116th Street; Wait for M116 Bus or Walk East Past 1st Ave to Church

Parking is Available in the Neighborhood, as well as the Costco Shopping Complex East of Pleasant Avenue

The Shrine is also nearby the Tri-Boro RFK Bridge to the Bronx and Queens,
the FDR drive along the East River, and the 125th Street Metro North Station

Other Traditional liturgies on the schedule for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel:

Friday July 15 5:30 P.M. – Vigil Low Mass 1962 Missal followed by Exorcism of Salt and Blessing of Holy Water

Friday July 15 7:30 P.M. – 1st Solemn Vespers and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament 1961 Breviarum Romanum; Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Friday July 15 9 P.M. – Outdoor Candlelight Procession with Our Lady

Saturday July 16 12:01 A.M. – Solemn Midnight Mass – 1962 Missale Romanum

This Sunday, July 3rd, a Missa Cantata will be offered at Immaculate Conception Church in Sleepy Hollow, NY, for the external solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.
Following the mass, the newly ordained Rev. Jon Tveit will give his first priestly blessing, and a reception will be held in his honor.

The image of Saints Paul and Peter appears on the baldecchino of the Basilica of St. Ambrose in Milan.

On the occasion of the visit of a relic of St. Anthony of Padua to the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, there will be a sung mass in the extraordinary form Tuesday, June 14 at 10 am. The flyer below lists other devotional events surrounding this visit.

On Saturday July 16th, at 12 noon there will be a Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (259 Oliver Street) in Newark NJ.

The celebrant will be Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of the Diocese of Paterson.

Mass will be followed by a street procession through the Ironbound.

This photo was taken from the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in 2013.

For the first time since Vatican II, on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., at Holy Face Monastery, 1697 Route 3, Clifton, New Jersey, there will be celebrated a Solemn High Mass with Gregorian chant in honor of Our Lady of Sacro Monte of Novi Velia, Salerno at her shrine. Following Mass there will be a grand procession on the monastery grounds with the statue of Our Lady, her canopy and authentic cinte (Italian candle-houses), all accompanied by the Tony Neglia Italian Feast Band.

The miraculous image of Our Lady of Sacro Monte of Novi Velia, crowned by pontifical decree in 1889, rests atop Mount Gelbison in the town of Novi Velia in the Cilento region of the Province of Salerno, Italy.

Love for the Madonna of Sacro Monte was carried to the United States by Cilentano immigrants who arrived in the United States at the turn of the last century. In Jersey City, where many of them settled, an annual devotion was started. In the late 1960s the devotees from Jersey City moved their celebration to Holy Face Monastery in Clifton, New Jersey. At the Monastery they constructed a stunning outdoor shrine to the Madonna and brought a small statue for veneration.

The annual celebration at Holy Face Monastery ended in 1980. It was revived in 2012 by Cilentani and their descendants in New Jersey.

Musical entertainment will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a performance of the Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, followed after Mass by the Tony Neglia Italian Feast Band, Italian American singing sensation Maestro Marcantonio Pezzano, and DJ Stefano. Delicious meals and desserts will be sold throughout the day and there will be activities for young and old to enjoy. For more information about this grande festa, you can contact us at info @ madonnadelsacromonteusa.com (remove the spaces when addressing your message) or call Pat at (201) 658-0775.

Father Thomas Rosica, PR assistant to the Vatican and aggressive proponent of the Francis agenda, is visiting Brooklyn. In the past he has often clashed with pro-life forces,  especially on the internet. He has this to say of his critics – including liturgical Traditionalists:

“Many of my non-Christian and non-believing friends have remarked to me that we ‘Catholics’ have turned the Internet into a cesspool of hatred, venom and vitriol, all in the name of defending the faith!”

Often times the obsessed, scrupulous, self-appointed, nostalgia-hankering virtual guardians of faith or of liturgical practices are very disturbed, broken and angry individuals, who never found a platform or pulpit in real life and so resort to the Internet and become trolling pontiffs and holy executioners!” Rosica said.

“In reality they are deeply troubled, sad and angry people,” he said. “We must pray for them, for their healing and conversion!”

It’s the vintage, inimitable style of Francis: pouring personal abuse and calumny on opponents – almost exclusively Catholics – while whining about the alleged injuries these enemies have inflicted.  But it’s been the modus operandi of progressives and “liberals” forever.

Thank goodness Pope Francis has had an entirely different approach!

“Prior to Pope Francis, when many people on the street were asked: ‘What is the Catholic Church all about? What does the pope stand for?’ The response would often be, ‘Catholics, well they are against abortion, gay marriage and birth control’,” Rosica said.

“Today I dare say that the response is somewhat different,” Rosica said.

“What do they say about us now? What do they say about the pope?

People are speaking about our leader who is unafraid to confront the sins and evils that have marred us,” he continued.

“We have a pope who is concerned about the environment, about mercy, compassion and love, and a deep passion, care and concern for the poor and for displaced peoples roaming the face of this earth,” he added. “Pope Francis has won over a great part of the media.”

The pontiff “has changed the image of the church so much that prestigious graduate schools of business and management are now using him as a case study in rebranding,” the priest added.

So “our leader” confronts the sins and evils that have marred “us” (the Catholic Church?) And he has won over  “a great part” of the (secular) media and “prestigious schools of business and management.”  “Abortion, gay marriage and birth control” no longer are issues, apparently. Rarely has the entirely secular course of Francis been as blatantly presented.  I also seem to recall that the (alleged) Founder of this Church had an entirely different view of pleasing the world and seeking to conform to the opinion of men.

In conclusion,  of course, “who am I to judge?” We can no longer say any individual is sinning:

“May our way of communicating help to overcome the mind-set that neatly separates sinners from the righteous,” he said. “We can and we must judge situations of sin – such as violence, corruption and exploitation – but we may not judge individuals, since only God can see into the depths of their hearts.”

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Father Rosica is in Brooklyn to receive an award: “Rosica was presented with the Brooklyn Diocese’s St. Francis DeSales Distinguished Communicator Award by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio (of Brooklyn). And the fawning, uncritical report from which we have quoted was prepared by Crux staff (Crux  (John Allen) is now sponsored by the Knights of Columbus). So the Catholic Establishment, lay and clerical, is making its peace with the most aggressive supporters of the Francis “revolution.” You should remember that – if you are a Traditionalist – when  donation time comes…..