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May

Juventutem Pilgrimage to the Cabrini Shrine in NYC

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Apr

Missa Cantata in Dominican Rite in Newark

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Apr

Annual Mass For the Roman Catholic Church in China in Stamford

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Apr

First Saturday Mass in South River, NJ

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Apr

Charles and Elizabeth Weaver in Performance at Holy Redeemer Church, NYC

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Apr

Mass of the Guild of the Most Sacred Heart in Redding, CT

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The first Sunday Mass sponsored by The Guild of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus will be celebrated by the Rector, Fr. Michael Clark, on Sunday May 1st, at 12:00 Noon at the Georgetown Oratory, 30 Church St, Redding CT 06896. 

Holy Mass will observe the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker in the Usus antiquior. There will be Marian devotions in honor of Our Lady’s Month of May and time for food and fellowship in Pryor-Hubbard Hall after Mass.

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Apr

Feast of Madonna del Sacro Monte in New Jersey

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Apr

St Agnes Traditional Mass R.I.P. – Update

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Finally, a published announcement of the termination of the 9:00 AM Sunday Traditional Mass at St. Agnes Parish, New York. From the 4/17/2022 bulletin of the parish.

The Mass had already disappeared from the bulletin on 1/9/2022 “to comply with Traditionis Custodes” it was allegedly stated.

The reason given by the pastor seems improbable. After all, the Opus Dei priests staffing this parish could learn to celebrate this liturgy themselves. That they have not done, and the continued celebration of the traditional Mass has been assured by visiting priests. I would think, however, that these priests would still be available. I have heard, moreover, of one such priest who, a while ago, was refused permission to continue celebrating the 9:00 AM Mass. Nor do I understand why there is a “trade-off” between a Latin Mass and a Spanish Mass……

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Apr

Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Norwalk, Part 3

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The Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT.

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The acolytes prepare the altar for the festive Mass of Easter.
Toward the end of the Litany, the celebrant and ministers return.  
The Mass of the Easter Vigil, due to its extreme antiquity, has no Introit, but instead the Litany is concluded with the solemn recitation of the Kyrie.
The celebrant intones the Gloria.  The church bells are sounded throughout, the first time they have been heard since Maundy Thursday, and the images of the church are uncovered.
The Canon of the Mass
First Holy Communions
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Apr

Easter Vigil at St. Mary’s Part 2: The Christenings and Confirmations

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A procession is formed to the baptistery, led by the Paschal Candle.
When the procession reaches the baptistry, the celebrant offers a prayer before passing through the gates.
Once inside the baptistery, the celebrant prays over the font, that the Lord will deign to remake those about to die to their old selves in its waters into His spiritual sons and daughters by the grace of His Spirit. He divides the water in the form of a cross. He touches the water with his hand.
The celebrant breathes on the water three times in the shape of a cross
The celebrant plunges the Paschal Candle into the water thrice
The acolyte removes some of the baptismal water for the aspersory: the celebrant sparges himself and his ministers with the Easter Water. An assisting priest circles the church to sprinkle the faithful with Easter Water.
The celebrant pours the Oil of Catechumens and the Oil of Sacred Chrism into the baptismal water. The consecrated baptismal water will be retained in the font for the baptisms throughout the year.
The celebrant changes into white vestments
The catechumens are baptized. This year there were nine baptisms.
Each newly baptized receives his white garment—a symbol of his baptismal innocence
Each receives his baptismal candle, lit from the Paschal candle. It symbolizes the new light of grace which he received.
The procession returns to the sanctuary. The Confirmation candidates kneel.
The celebrant anoints each by name on the brow with the Chrism consecrated by the bishop on Spy Wednesday. 
He strikes the cheek of each, a sign of the hardships and mockery each will endure as a Christian.
The sacred ministers divest and prostrate themselves at the foot of the altar. After a time, they retreat to the sacristy to change into festive vesture. The Litany of the Saints is chanted by cantors. On this night, the entire invocation is repeated after the cantors, not only the response.

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