Friday, November 1 is All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation. Saturday, November 2 is All Souls Day. The following churches will offer Traditional Masses.

All Saints Day, Friday, November 1

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Low Mass at 8 am, Solemn Mass at 6 pm.

St. Pius X, Fairfield, CT, 7:30 pm, Missa Cantata.

St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport, 6 pm high Mass.

St. Patrick Church, Bridgeport, 7 am low Mass

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Bridgeport, Low Mass at 7:45 am, Solemn Mass at 6 pm.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, 5:30 pm, low Mass.

St. Patrick Church, Waterbury, CT , 8 am low Mass and 7 pm high Mass.

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 7 pm

St. Francis Church, New Britain, CT, 7 pm

New York

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 6 pm.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, 448 E. 116th St., New York, NY, Low Mass at 7:45 am; Missa Cantata at 7 pm followed by a procession, litany of the saints and veneration of the relics of the saints.

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 7 pm.

St. Paul Church, Yonkers, NY, noon.

Annunciation Church, Yonkers (Crestwood section), NY, 6:45 am.

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

St. Matthew Church, Dix Hill, NY (Long Island), 10:30 am

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 7:30 pm followed by compline and adoration.

St. Rocco Church, Glen Cove, NY (Long Island), 7:30 pm

New Jersey

St. Joseph’s Church, 511 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City (parking lot on Magnolia Ave.), Missa Cantata, 7 pm

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel,  Pequannock, NJ,  7 am, 8 am, noon, 7 pm

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

St. Catherine Laboure,  Middletown, NJ  9 am.

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament,  Raritan, NJ  5 pm

Corpus Christi Church,  South River, NJ,  7 pm.  Father Damian Breen’s first Missa Cantata

Mater  Ecclesiae,  Berlin, NJ,  8 am and 7:30 pm.

St. John’s the Baptist, Allentown, NJ, Solemn Mass at 7pm with a good reception to follow.

All Souls Day, Saturday, November 2

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 9 am

Pius X Church, Fairfield, CT, 10 am Missa Cantata, 12:30 pm, Missa Cantata.

St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport, CT, Solemn Requiem Mass, 2:15. (there is also a one-day silent retreat led by Fr. Michael Novajoskey, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, $25, see flyer below to register)

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, CT, Low Mass at 7:45 am, Solemn Mass at 10:15 am.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, 11 am, Solemn Requiem Mass.

St. Patirck Church, Waterbury, CT, 8 am low Mass followed by a consecutive low Mass; 10:30 am requiem high Mass.

St. Francis Church, New Britain, CT, Missa Cantata, 1 pm.

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, Low Requiem Mass, 9 am

New York

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 1 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, 448 E. 116th St, New York, NY, Requiem Missa Cantata, 9 am.

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, 9:15 am

Discalced Carmeline Nuns of Brooklyn, 3 pm.

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY., 11 am

St. Paul Church, Yonkers, NY, noon.

Annunciation Church, Yonkers, NY (Crestwood section), 9 am

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

St. Joseph Church, Middletown, NY, Solemn Mass, 12 noon, followed by a procession through the parish cemetery

Sacred Heart of Jesus, 33 Water St., Albany, NY, 8 am

New Jersey

Assumption All Saints Church, 344 Pacific Ave., Jersey City, 12 noon. Parking lot adjacent to the church.

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

St. Catherine Laboure,  Middletown, NJ  9 am.

Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament,  Raritan, NJ  11 am.

Corpus Christi Church,  South River, NJ,  Noon.

Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ,  8 am.

St. John the Baptist, Allentown, NJ, Solemn Requiem Mass, 10 am.

This Saturday, October 19 from 8:45 am to 3 pm, there will be a free Marian Eucharistic one-day retreat with the Franciscan Friars fo the Immaculate at St. Mary Church in Stamford, CT.

This event will feature an extraordinary form low Mass.

No greater love than a bond between mother and child. And the greatest Mother was Mary the Mother of Jesus.

You are invited to a free retreat to experience the love and peace that only Mother Mary can bring, through her son Jesus.

• Recitation of the Rosary
• Stations of the Cross
• Exposition, Benediction, adoration and procession of the Holy Eucharist 
• Confession 
• Extraordinary Form Low Mass
• Conferment of the Brown Scapular and Miraculous Medal
• Marian Procession and Crowning
• Preaching by the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
• Our Lady of Fatima Video

The day is free, but bring a bag lunch

A video describing the retreat is offered at this link.

After the conclusion of a recent conference in Seoul I had a fortunate if brief opportunity of making a pilgrimage to some of the sites of martyrdom of the Korean saints of the 19th century. The devotion to these saints plays a great role in Korean Catholicism – as does that of the 16th -17th century English martyrs in the Catholic Church in England. And these martyrs are not just known to the Catholic population. Official guides to the city of Seoul prominently feature several pilgrimages to the shrines of the martyrs and they are recognized as national historic sites.

The Catholic church of Korea has the perhaps unique distinction of being founded by laymen and women. They had heard of Christianity from literature coming from China and an active Catholic community was flourishing decades before any regular presence of Catholic priests in the country. Soon, however, fierce official resistance developed. From 1791 till the end of the 19th century, some 10,000 Catholics were martyred in Korea. 103 of these martyrs were canonized in 1984; a further 124 were beatified in 2014.

A lengthy subway ride from the central business areas brings us to the Jeoldusan martyrs shrine. Here some 29 martyrs were beheaded in 1866 (Jeoldusan mens “beheading hill”). As is often the case in Korea, the modern Catholic artwork is of indifferent quality and the church of the martyrs itself is uninspiring. Yet there is a remarkable museum with documents and relics of those days. And the shrine is set in a park conducive to meditation.

(Above) A second site of martyrdom is located not too far from the main railroad station. Subsequent to the time of the martyrdoms, Yakhyeon church, the oldest Catholic church building in Korea, was erected here in 1892. The architect was a French missionary.

Myeong-dong cathedral is located in a downtown shopping district and was the first parish church in Korea. The present building was consecrated in 1898. In 1900 the relics of martyrs killed in the persecutions of 1839 and 1866 were moved here. Like the previous two churches the cathedral is built on a hill.

On Saturday, October 5th, the Most Rev. Kurt Burnette, Bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic, was the main celebrant and homilist of a Divine Liturgy commemorating the fifth anniversary of the beatification of Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich (1901-1927). The Liturgy was celebrated at Blessed Miriam Teresa’s home parish of St. John the Baptist in Bayonne, NJ.

A Solemn Mass was held on Wednesday, October 9 in the Church of St Catherine of Siena in New York in thanksgiving for the upcoming canonization of Cardinal Newman. Our thanks to the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St Catherine of Siena and especially to the parish’s music director, James Wetzel, for making this evening possible. For it involved a fortunate last minute change of location.

(Above) Fr. Cipolla preached a memorable sermon, found HERE. David Hughes directed the music (including his own setting of a hymn written by Fr, Hunwicke)