Today Fr. Michael Novajosky celebrated a votive sung Mass of the Holy Eucharist to conclude 40 Hours Devotion at St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport, CT.

As outgoing administrator of Sacred Heart Parish Church in Georgetown, CT, Father Peter Lenox will pray a Requiem Mass for the souls of all deceased parishioners of Sacred Heart Parish tomorrow, Saturday, January 30, at 10 am. (Starting in February, this parish will be merged with St. Patrick in Reddington.) Please register for this Mass, as there may be many who wish to attend. SacredHeartGeorgetownCT.org

Father Lenox will continue to pray Solemn Masses at Sacred Heart Church, going forward. This means that each Wednesday evening at 6pm there will be a Missa Cantata, as well as each Sunday afternoon at 3pm on Sundays. And on Holy Days of Obligation (and other select feast days!), Father will continue to offer Missae Cantatae at 12 Noon.

Photo courtesy of Marge Hansen

As we announced earlier, this is Fr. Michael Novajosky’s final week as rector of the Cathedral. He has decided to go out “with a bang” so to speak. Here is an excerpt from the bulletin:

“Back in October at St. Patrick Church we held our first 40 Hours Devotion. I know that my time here is limited, however 40 Hours was one of the highlights in my pastorate and I had planned to offer it in the Cathedral at some point during the year, so the upcoming change sped up the time table. We will offer it this upcoming Thursday, January 28 through Saturday, January 30 at St. Augustine Cathedral. It will start with a Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist at 7pm on Thursday. The Mass ends with a procession, litany and exposition. Exposition will continue unbroken all day and night until after the Mass on Saturday morning.

“Next weekend is my final weekend and days in the parish. . . . I will be present at all of the Masses next week- end and be around for some brief words for those in attendance. For those who do not make it to Mass or wish to have some more time, I am going to be available for a bit next Sunday afternoon, January 31. Shortly after the 12:30 Mass concludes (so let’s say around 2/2:15), I will hang around the parking lot at St. Patrick if anyone wished to stop by to say hello/goodbye. You do not even have to leave your vehicle. We can keep it simple. I will plan to remain around until 3:30pm to provide that opportunity or longer if people are around. I have nothing else that evening except to grab the last of my things and drive off. There is no pressure and I will always be accessible my phone, email or text”

Regina Pacis Academy, in Norwalk, CT, celebrated its patronal feast day today with a Rosary and beautiful procession. Father Joseph Gill led the Rosary. This independent Catholic classical school is having an open house on Wednesday. If you’d like to look into enrolling your family for the next school year, call the school at (203)642-4501.

After their original home was destroyed by an earthquake, the community of Norcia restored a dilapidated 16th-century monastery overlooking the Valley of St. Scholastica as their new home. See the link below for a full report. The Benedictine monks of Norcia follow the Traditional liturgy.

Restored Church of Our Lady of Mercy.

Father Novajosky adds:

Back in October at St. Patrick Church we held our first 40 Hours Devotion. I know that my time here is limited, however 40 Hours was one of the highlights in my pastorate and I had planned to offer it in the Cathedral at some point during the year, so the upcoming change sped up the time table. We will offer it this upcoming Thursday, January 28 through Saturday, January 30 at St. Augustine Cathedral. It will start with a Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist at 7pm on Thursday. The Mass ends with a procession, litany and exposition. Exposition will continue unbroken all day and night until after the Mass on Saturday morning. We need to have at least one person in the church at all times. If there are times that you intend to come and can confirm your presence, please go to the website and sign up online. You can also call the office. See the flyer for more information.

40 Hours will be part of what I am calling “X Dies.” X in Latin means 10 and “dies” means day, so 10 Days. Beginning on Friday, January 22, there will be 10 consecutive days of Sung Latin Masses, some just High (only priest celebrant) and others Solemn (priest with deacon and sub deacon). Please check out the flyer for more information and the website for updates about what will be offered. While all of them will have at least one cantor, some will have a small choir too.

The cathedral bulletin adds:

On behalf of the parish family, we thank Fr. Michael for his spiritual guidance & teaching us to expand our Faith. We thank him for his devotion to the parish, giving us every moment in the day, from dawn to dusk to pray and worship Our Lord.

We have been blessed to have a shepherd as devout and reverend as Fr. Michael.
Fr. Michael, We will miss you & keep you in our prayers as you begin your new assignment.

Cathedral Parish Bulletin

From the Latin Mass Community of Jersey City:

Please be advised of another change in location and Mass time on this Third Sunday after Epiphany, January 24, 2021. 

We will have a 3pm Missa Cantata at Our Lady of Sorrows Church (75 Claremont Ave between Ocean Ave and Clerk St). 

There is a Church parking lot across the street. 

This will be the first Mass in the Extraordinary Form there in over 50 years.

We are grateful to Fr. Mino Chica, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, for his approval to have a 3pm Latin Mass the next two Sundays.