St. Roch in Greenwich will be having a Missa Cantata at 8:00 a.m. every Saturday morning during Lent. Father Carl McIntosh is the celebrant.

Sculpture group in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church, New York,  now closed.

The following churches will offer the Traditional Mass on Ash Wednesday, February 26.  Please help us to complete this schedule.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 7:30 am, 7 pm.

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory,  Bridgeport, CT,  7:45 am low Mass,  6 pm Solemn Mass.

St. Patrick Church, Bridgeport, CT, 7 am Missa Cantata.

St. Patrick Parish and Oratory, Waterbury, CT,  8 am low Mass, 6 pm Missa Cantata

St. Stanislaus, New Haven, CT,  5:30 pm

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 7 pm

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY,  8 am, 6 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine, New York, NY,  7:45 am low Mass,  7:30 pm Solemn Mass.

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, NY,  7 pm penitential procession,  7:30 pm  Missa Cantata.

St. Rocco Church, Glenn Cove, NY, 7 pm

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY,  7 pm low Mass.

St. Paul the Apostle Church, Yonkers, NY,  12 noon

Our Lady of the Way Chapel at the Culinary Institute, Hyde Park, NY, 10 am

St. Mary’s Church, Wappingers Falls, NY, 7 pm.

Assumption All Saints Church, Jersey City,  5:30 pm Missa Cantata

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, Pequannock, NJ,  7 am, 8 am, noon, and 7 pm Missa Cantata.   Confessions 15 minutes before each Mass.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 9 am and 7 pm.

St. Catherine Laboure, Middletown, NJ,  9 am low Mass.

Corpus Christi Parish, South River, NJ,  6:30 pm.

Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ, 8 am low Mass, 7:30 pm Missa Cantata.

Solemn Pontifical Mass from the Throne, at St. Vincent Ferrer Church with Joseph Cardinal Zen, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, as celebrant.

Part I, the Preparation for the Mass, can be found here

The Solemn Pontifical Mass:

After the Cardinal is vested for Mass, the Ministers and Cardinal process from the Friars’ Chapel into the Sanctuary for Mass.

The Epistle.

The Gospel is proclaimed.

Father Richard Cipolla delivers the Homily.  The Homily is posted here.

For more photos, go to Part I

The third annual Lepanto Conference was held in New York City this past  Saturday February 15.  The event  opened with a Solemn Pontifical Mass from the Throne, at St. Vincent Ferrer Church with is Eminence Joseph Cardinal Zen, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, as celebrant.

Father Robert Pasley of the Diocese of Camden served as assisting priest.  Father Michael Novajosky of the Diocese of Bridgeport served as deacon.  Father Rufus Kenny of the Archdiocese of New York served as subdeacon.   Father Richard Cipolla of the Diocese of Bridgeport was the homilist.   William Riccio,  Steven Quatela and John Pia were the masters of ceremony.  The Schola Cantorum and Brass Ensemble of St. Vincent Ferrer were directed by James Wetzel.

Preparations for the Mass:

Cardinal Zen awaits the start of Mass.

Priests hear confessions before Mass while a long line forms for confessions.

The NYPD Holy Name Society rehearses before Mass.

Members of chivalric orders assemble.

An honor guard processes to meet the Cardinal at the West Porch.

At the West Porch the Cardinal kisses a crucifix and blesses the people with holy water.

The Cardinal processes to the Rosary Altar where he offers prayers before the Blessed Sacrament.

The Cardinal repairs to the Friars’ Chapel where he vests for Mass.

Ministers vest for Mass in the Sacristy.

Our photos of the Mass continue in Part II