Fr. Donald Kloster has announced that there will be a Missa Cantata every Sunday at 12:30 at St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Church in Brookfield, CT. He is in need of altar boys. He said, ” The Mass is new, so I am hopeful to have more boys or train some to help with the Sunday Mass.”
The address of the church is 138 Candlewood Lake Road, Brookfield, CT.
Great news from the diocese of Trenton, New Jersey. Starting yesterday there’s a new TLM scheduled at St. Dominic’s Parish in Brick – that’s the name of a town – at 12 PM, every Sunday. But this good news is just the tip of the iceberg. Catholic Traditionalism in Trenton has grown by leaps and bounds, and the diocese now offers its own official website for the TLM:
The Diocese of Trenton: Celebration of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Traditional Latin Mass)
It contains an enormous amount of information, such schedules, contacts and as this user-friendly introductory guide to the Traditional Mass:
The Extraordinary Form: A View from the Pew
The Traditional Mass is currently celebrated at the following locations in the Trenton Diocese:
Saint John the Baptist
Roman Catholic Church
1282 Yardville-Allentown Rd
Allentown, NJ 08501
Wednesday: 7:00pm Low Mass
Friday: 8:00am Low Mass
Sunday: 12:30pm
High or Solemn Mass
Lunch Convivium will resume
when COVID restrictions are lifted
Holy Innocents Church
3455 West Bangs Ave.
Neptune NJ 07753
Third Sunday
3:00pm Sung Mass
The Church
of St. Catherine Laboure
110 Bray Avenue
Middletown, NJ 07748
Monday and Friday: Noon
Sunday: 9:00am
Holy Cross Church
30 Ward Avenue
Rumson, NJ 07760
As announced.
Saint Dominic Church
250 Old Squan Road
Brick, NJ 08724
Sunday: Noon
Missa Cantata
It’s been quite a journey to here from the initial days of the “Latin Mass” movement in the Trenton diocese. For example, in the mid 1980’s, thanks to the initiative of the laity and several priests, Novus Ordo Latin Masses were celebrated at St. Paul’s parish in Princeton – after discussions with the diocese. Sadly, many of the pioneers of those days have passed away.
Then, in 1989, the bishop gave permission for the celebration of a Nuptial TLM in the chapel of Princeton University – reputed, perhaps wrongly, to be the first such Mass in the US since the 1960’s. The late Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro was the driving force behind that. I later heard, however, that the bishop was quite irritated when word of this mass got out – was the wedding supposed to be secret?
Obviously, in the new era of Summorum Pontificum, these doubts and reservations have been largely dispelled (at least in the Trenton diocese). I look forward to reporting many more inspiring stories!
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Feb
A Beautiful window by the famous firm of Franz Xaver Zettler. Along with those of its main competitor in Munich, Mayer & Co., the firm’s windows adorn innumerable Catholic churches in the United States – but this example is in the Trappist abbey Tre Fontane, Rome.
La splendida vetrata «Madonna Assunta» all’Abbazia delle tre Fontane di Roma.
The (Brooklyn) Tablet recently carried an informative article by Joaquin Badajoz on the devlopment of Traditionalism in the Brooklyn Diocese:
Latin in Mainstream TV Series and the Newly Thriving Mass of the Ages (The Tablet p.29, 1/30/2021)
Despite the title, the article deals almost exclusively with the blossoming of the Traditional Catholic liturgy. As Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon (“known for its massive Latin Masses” ) says to the interviewer:
“There is a definite increase in the youth interest in the Extraordinary Form Mass…. One thing anyone who attends or celebrates the Extraordinary Form Mass notices is the high percentage of young people and young families that are present.”
Archbishop Sample believes young people are looking for a more supernatural experience.
“The beauty of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass offers them a transcendent experience which touches hearts and minds,” Archbishop Sample said. “The reverence, the ceremony, and the sacredness, all contribute to this.”
And Vincent Bongiorni, 28, who has been serving at the altar for ten years and helped organize a Latin Mass at St. Finbar’s parish, witnesses:
“My generation is growing up in such a chaotic time where the oneness of God is more evident in the traditional form to us. This Mass connects us to thousands of years of Catholic worship. It’s like coming home to a family that’s awaiting us. Our chaotic culture doesn’t exist in that Mass. The culture of our work, our social life, our entertainment. This Mass supersedes that. You feel that sense of completion that makes our minds focus on God. And it’s almost like therapy in a sense.”
I am grateful to Joaquin Badajoz and The Tablet for this most favorable report – but not everything is perfect. Badajoz focuses on interest in the Latin language as the main motivating factor in the revival of the Traditional Mass – it is much, much more than that (as the people he interviewed make very clear)! Our author seems to think that the 1984 “special indult” Quattor Abhinc Annos is the governing decree authorizing the Traditional Liturgy – he mentions Ecclesia Dei only in passing and Summorum Pontificum not at all. Indeed, the procedures of the Brooklyn diocese as set forth in this article seem to be very much an indult-style regime.
But please read the article! And below, from The Tablet, is a schedule of the Latin Masses in Brooklyn and Queens.
TRADITIONAL MASSES IN THE BROOKLYN DIOCESE:
Thanks for the tip to Prof. Walter Petrovitz.
Friday, March 5, 2021 at 7:15 PM EST
Price: Free
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook. To access the event go to https://www.facebook.com/events/289596409255454/
A lecture by Charles Weaver, Music Director at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT
Much music composed for the Roman Catholic Mass over the last millennium and more has found a wide and appreciative audience outside of its original liturgical context. Listeners with little or no connection to the Church often react favorably to the transcendent and timeless qualities of plainchant, and sixteenth-century choral settings of liturgical music are a staple of concerts and recordings by vocal ensembles. In this talk, Weaver will relate this music to the gestures and ritual actions of the Mass of the Roman Rite as practiced from the sixteenth century to the present day, with an aim to enriching the understanding of modern audiences from outside of the Western Catholic tradition. He will also discuss the role that liturgical music (especially plainchant) played in older, Church-run models of music education, and how these might be adapted for use in teaching music to children today.
GOOD NEWS! – The 12:30 pm Sunday Latin Mass at St. Patrick Church, Bridgeport, CT (the Cathedral Parish) will continue under the new pastor, Fr. Juan Acosta. Although Fr. Acosta does not celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form, he has announced that he will do everything he can to continue the Sunday Latin Mass in the parish. (If he is unable to secure a priest to say it on a given Sunday, he will say an English Mass at 12:30.)
