4 Apr

2021

Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Norwalk

Posted by Stuart Chessman

Above and below: the celebrant and the sacred ministers process to sanctify the new fire

above and below: the blessing of the new fire

Above and below: The deacon changes from his penitential folded chasuble into the white dalmatic of joy and takes up the triple-branched reed. A taper is lit from the new fire and a precession is formed. The faithful follow the clergy into the church.

Three times the procession stops, and one of the three candles is lighted from the new fire.

The great Easter proclamation, the Exsultet

The deacon takes up the reed and lights the Paschal Candle with its flame, which itself was lighted from the new fire.

The dedication candles and the lamps of the church are now lighted from the Paschal Candle.

The Twelve Prophecies are sung by a series of lectors to their own tone.

A procession is formed to the baptistery led by the Paschal Candle.

The celebrant plunges the Paschal Candle into the water three times.

The celebrant circles the church to sprinkle the faithful with the Easter Water.

The acolytes prepare the altar for the festive Mass of Easter.

Above and below: Toward the end of the litany, the sacred ministers return.

During the singing of the Gloria, the church bells are sounded and the images of the church are uncovered.

3 Apr

2021

Good Friday

Posted by Stuart Chessman

At St. Cecilia Church in Brooklyn, New York.

(Above and below) The singing of the Passion according to St. John.

(Above and below) The conclusion of the Passion.

(Above and below) *Ecce lignum crucis*….

The veneration of the cross – in Coronavirus times, at a distance.

(Above and below)The celebrant and the other ministers retrieve and venerate the Blessed Sacrament.

The procession with the Blessed Sacrament.

25 Mar

2021

Holy Week Traditional Liturgy Schedule

Posted by Stuart Chessman

Please help us to complete this schedule by sending in information about traditional Masses in the area.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT

Palm Sunday: 9:30 Solemn Mass. (no 11:15 Mass)

Wednesday of Holy Week: 7 pm Tenebrae

Holy Thursday: 7 pm Solemn Mass; 9 pm Vespers and stripping of altars; 9:30 Vigil before Blessed Sacrament in altar of repose in upper church

Good Friday: 3 pm, Mass of the Presanctified; 7 pm Tenebrae and the burial of the Body of Christ

Holy Saturday: 12:30 pm Blessing of Easter food; 7 pm: Great Vigil of Easter; 11:30 pm festive reception

Easter Sunday: 9:30 Solemn Mass; 11:15 Missa Cantata

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, CT,

Palm Sunday: 8 am Low Mass; 9:45 Solemn Mass

Holy Thursday: 12 noon Solemn Mass; 6 pm Tenebrai

Good Friday: 12 noon Mass of the Pre-sanctified; 3 pm Stations of the Cross and Veneration of the Cross; 6 pm Tenebrae

Holy Saturday: 12 noon: Easter Vigil followed by blessing of Easter baskets (Aaron 3:15)

St. Joseph Church, Danbury

Palm Sunday, 11:30 am Solemn Mass

Wednesday of Holy Week: 6 pm Tenebrae

Holy Thursday: 6 pm Solem Mass, all night adoration

Good Friday: 12 noon Traditional Liturgy

Holy Saturday: 10 pm, The Great Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday: 11:30 am Mass

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven

Palm Sunday, 2 pm, Missa Cantata, Fr. Richard Cipolla celebrant

Good Friday, 12 noon

Easter Sunday, 2 pm, Missa Cantata

New York

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY

Holy Thursday, 6 pm, High Vesperal Mass followed by all -night adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Good Friday,, 3 pm

Holy Saturday, East Vigil at 6 pm followed by a festive reception in the parish hall

Easter Sunday, 9 am Low Mass; 10:30 am, Missa Cantata followed by Benediction, Festive reception in the parish hall after the 10:30 am Mass

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY

Palm Sunday, 10:30 am, Missa Cantata

Holy Thursday, 9 am Tenebrae; 7:30 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper 1962 Missal

Good Friday, 9 am Tenebrae; 3 pm Liturgy of the Presanctified

Holy Saturday, 9 am Tenebrae; 7:30 pm Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter 1962 Missal

Easter Sunday, 10:30 am Missa Cantata

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY

Palm Sunday, 3 pm Solemn Mass. (only one Mass this Sunday)

Easter Sunday, 2 pm Missa Cantata. (only one Mass this Sunday)

St. Cecilia Church, Brooklyn,

Good Friday, 3 pm, pre-1955 liturgy, Fr. Richard Cipolla, celebrant

New Jersey

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City,

Palm Sunday, 3 pm Missa Cantata

Wednesday of Holy Week, 7 pm Tenebrae

Holy Thursday, 5 pm

Good Friday, 3 pm

Holy Saturday, 10 pm Easter Vigil

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ

Holy Thursday, Confessions 7:00 pm; High Mass 8:30 pm; Adoration at Altar of Repose
Good Friday, 12 noon Stations and Confessions; 3:00 pm Mass of the Presanctified
Holy Saturday, 4:00 pm Confessions; 5:00 pm Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday, 7:30 am Low Mass 9:00 am Low Mass 11:00 am Sung Mass

24 Mar

2021

Sunday Traditional Mass now on the Schedule in at St. Joseph in Danbury

Posted by Stuart Chessman

Traditional Mass is now offered every Sunday at 11:30 am at St. Joseph Church in Danbury, CT by Fr. Michael Clark. Saint Marguerite in Brookfield also has a weekly traditional Mass every Sunday at 12:30pm.

23 Mar

2021

Michaut X 2

Posted by Stuart Chessman

The Viri Galilaei, under the direction of David Hughes, will be singing two Masses for feasts of Our Lady later this week. The first will be on Thursday, March 25th, at 6:00p at St. Joseph’s in Danbury, for the Feast of the Annunciation. The second will be on Friday, March 26th at 7:30p at St. Josaphat’s in Bayside, Queens. At both Masses, they will be singing Machaut’s magisterial Messe de Nostre Dame, the earliest polyphonic Mass by a single known composer. According to David Hughes, “As part of our Lenten practice, we’ve been working on the piece every Saturday this Lent, and hope that it will bear good fruit at these Masses.”