9

Aug

Missa Cantata for the Assumption at St. Pius X Church in Fairfield, Connecticut

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2

Aug

Interesting Letter

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from Martin Mosebach in the New Liturgical Movement. A continuation of the debate occasioned by the liturgical “pastoral adaptations” in the concluding mass of this year’s Chartres pilgrimage. Somebody finally scrutinized what is going on….

Letter from Martin Mosebach Responding to “Pastoral Clergy”

NLM is delighted to be able to share with our readers an exclusive translation of a refreshingly direct letter written by the German novelist Martin Mosebach, who is well-known to lovers of the traditional liturgy for his book The Heresy of Formlessness, recently back in print in a revised and expanded edition by Angelico Press (see here).

Mr. Mosebach’s letter, which appeared in Die Tagespost on July 28, was prompted by an article of Fr Engelbert Recktenwald FSSP that had appeared in the same paper exactly one month before. (Readers may recall that Fr Recktenwald’s charges of aestheticism, rubricism, and purism have been the subject of two rebuttals at NLM: this and this.) Those who love the usus antiquior will find this letter a most succint and elegant statement of the essence of the matter. Our thanks to Stuart Chessman of the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny for his translation, and to the author for his permission to publish it here.

Peter Kwasniewski


Lefebvre Provided Emergency Aid to the Church

We only can agree with Fr Recktenwald FSSP when he regards with pride and joy the thirtieth anniversary of the Fraternity of St Peter (of which he is a cofounder). There can’t be enough orders, fraternities, and institutes that are dedicated to the preservation of Tradition. Based on this success, it would perhaps also have been still possible not to emphasize all too strongly the conflict with the FSSPX from which the FSSP emerged. It is an incontestable fact that liturgical Tradition would have come to an end except for the actions of Archbishop Lefebvre. In a critical hour in the history of the Church, Lefebvre provided emergency assistance to a Rome impaired in its freedom of action, and in so doing took upon himself the odium of disobedience. It seems that Rome also has adopted this view, by revoking the excommunication of the bishops consecrated by Lefebvre and by the papal declaration that the old Rite had never been abolished because it really never could be abolished. Gratitude for the 30 years of the FSSP must always go hand in hand with gratitude towards Archbishop Lefebvre — even if the FSSP arose from a conflict with him.

Very surprising is Fr Recktenwald’s criticism of laymen knowledgeable in the liturgy, who stand up for Gregorian chant and the reading of the Gospel in Latin. As for the preservation of Tradition, Fr Recktenwald obviously has in mind the practice of the 1950’s, in which the singing of lengthy hymns often obscured the liturgical action. The liturgical reform was felt necessary in part just because of this two-track situation. Whoever would like to get to know the old rite better is disturbed by the singing of (not always first-class) hymns. The locations where the old rite is celebrated are not so numerous that a great variety of celebrations of the Mass can be offered. He who is seeking out the old rite will primarily be looking for a Mass that is “totally other” than the usual celebrations of the Eucharist — even, it should be noted, those completely reverential new Masses that fortunately exist in many places. But adoration is impaired because the priest, not the Cross, is the center. The norm of the Mass is precisely the solemn chanted liturgy.

Fr Recktenwald should rather rejoice that the liturgical crisis has brought forth so many laypeople knowledgeable in the liturgy. But it may be difficult for him that this same crisis has discredited the concept of “pastoral.” “Pastoral” is understood more than ever as a clerical paternalism that pretends to know “what’s good for the people.” We cannot reproach anyone for this distrust. We continue to remember that the great crisis proceeded from the clergy. In this respect, the movement for liturgical Tradition belongs absolutely to the new spiritual movements, which are distinguished by a strong participation of the laity. In the interest of justice, it should be mentioned that, internationally, the line propagated by Fr Recktenwald is probably in the minority. The grand liturgies in Ssma Trinità dei Pellegrini, the Roman church of the FSSP, can be considered exemplary for the universal Church.

Martin Mosebach
60322 Frankfurt am Main

SOURCE: Pastoral Clergy

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1

Aug

Mass for Feast of St. John Vianney in Brooklyn

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1

Aug

Traditional Mass for Feast of the Transfiguration in Greenwich

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St. Mary Church in Greenwich, CT will offer a Traditional Mass for the Feast of the Transfiguration on Monday, August 6 at 7:30 pm.

The stained glass window is in St. Elizabeth Church in Manhattan.

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21

Jul

Traditional Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Harlem

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Today a Solemn Mass was celebrated at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Harlem, NY, for the Traditional Tridentine Latin Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

This year the church celebrated its 134th Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Masses and celebrations all week.  In the program for the feast:  “As time goes by, the faces of the pilgrims may have changed, yet still they come as faithfully as they did in 1884.  Still the same questions, still the same entreaties, and still they have the same gratitude for their answered prayers.”

The Mass began with a penitential entrance of pilgrims on their knees, a long-time traditional at the church.

After Mass there was a Eucharistic procession and Benediction.

 

 

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18

Jul

Votive Mass to Holy Trinity in New Britain, CT

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Visiting priest Fr. Peter Van Lieshout will celebrate a sung Votive Mass of the Holy Trinity in the Traditional Rite at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in New Britain, CT, on Mon, July 30.

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17

Jul

The Feast of St. Anne at Holy Innocents Church

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Today is the first day of the solemn Novena to St. Anne at the Church of the Holy Innocents. All Masses at 6PM, including Saturday and Sunday from today Tuesday, July 17 through Thursday, July 26, 2017 will be Sung Masses.

The Novena will include: the 6PM traditional Sung Masses (including Saturday and Sunday), beautiful novena prayers, and a candlelight procession inside the church. St. Anne candles will be available in the back of the church. Every day of the novena, there will be veneration of the Relic of St. Anne (and St. Joachim).

All petition slips will eventually be taken to the Shrine of St. Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec, Canada.

Stained glass window in St. Cecilia Church, Manhattan.

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12

Jul

Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel over the main altar in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine, New York

 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church,  259 Oliver Street,  Newark,

Solemn Masses on both Sunday July 15th at 5pm and Monday July 16th at 7pm, in each case followed by processions. (See separate post for details.)

Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 116 E. 116th Street, New York

Traditional Latin Vespers of the Little Office of Our Lady & Benediction, July 15th at 7:30 pm

Multiple Masses on July 16th:

Solemn Mass, midnight
Low Mass, 6 am
Low Mass, 7 am
(See separate post for more details.)

St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT

Solemn High Mass, 7:30 pm

Church of St. Catherine Laboure, 130 Bray Ave, Middletown, NJ

Low Mass, noon. Fr. Daniel Hesko, celebrant. Followed by enrollment in the Brown Scapular.

Church of St. Anthony of Padua, 330 6th St, Jersey City, NJ

Mass, 6 pm. Fr. John Perricone, celebrant.
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12

Jul

Patronal Feast at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York City

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Below is the schedule at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 13:
Low Mass, 7:45 am
Saturday, July 14:
Sung Mass, 9 am; followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and 1,000 Hail Mary’s Prayer
Sunday, July 15:
Sung Mass, 10:25 AM
Outdoor Rosary and Evangelization in front of the Rectory on East 116th Street, 12 pm – 1:30 pm
Sung Mass, 5:30 PM
Traditional Latin Vespers of the Little Office of Our Lady & Benediction, 7:30 pm
Candle Light Procession, 9 pm
International Rosary and Litany of Loreto chanted in Latin, 11 pm
Monday July 16
Solemn Mass in Extraordinary Form at midnight
Low Mass, 6 am
Low Mass, 7 am
Ordinary Form Ad Orientem Mass – Francis Cardinal Arinze, Principal Celebrant and Homilist, 10 am
Grand Procession, 11:15 am
Saturday July 21,
Traditional Latin Mass Pilgrimage, 10 am (Solemn High Mass at 11:15 am)
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12

Jul

Patronal Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark

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The patronal feast at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church in Newark begins tonight, and will feature two traditional Solemn Masses, on Sunday July 15th at 5pm and Monday July 16th at 7pm.

Following the Mass on Sunday there will be a traditional grand procession with a statue of Our Lady and a full symphonic brass band. The streets of the parish will be hosting an Italian festival and there will be live entertainment. After Monday night’s Mass there will be a candlelight procession with Rosary.

There is ample parking on premises. All are welcome!

 

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