A well-attended Solemn Mass for the Feast of St. Michael on September 29 in the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood in Little Italy, New York, sponsored by the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. Photos courtesy of Diana Yuan.

We are happy to announce that the Society of St Hugh of Cluny and St. Mary’s parish, Norwalk, Connecticut are sponsoring a conference and mass on Thursday, October 19 at St Mary’s Church. The conference and mass commemorate the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. The proceedings will be as follows:

5:30 PM. Bishop Athanasius Schneider and Fr. Innocent Smith OP will give presentations in the parish hall of St. Mary’s.

7:30 PM. Pontifical Solemn Mass celebrated by Bishop Schneider.

9:00 PM. Reception in the parish hall.

We are proud once again to welcome Bishop Schneider back to Connecticut. I hope that many of you will be able to participate in this special evening!

No registration necessary.  Free-will donation suggested.

The 22nd annual Pilgrimage for Restoration from the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament (Lake George, NY) to the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY, will take place this coming weekend, from Friday September 29th to Sunday, October 1st. This traditional walking pilgrimage will include daily Traditional Mass, culminating in a Solemn Traditional Mass at 3:15 this year in the Coliseum Church in Auriesville, the place where Saints Isaac Jogues, René Goupîl, and John de LaLande were martyred 373 years ago.

This yearly pilgrimage is organized by the National Coalition of Clergy and Laity. For registration and more information, go to the website for the pilgrimage.

The Institute of Christ the King will be administering the church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Bridgeport, CT beginning on October 8. We will be posting information on the new Mass schedule when it is available.

Prof. Eamon Duffy, from a 2015 review in the Guardian of The Nuns of Sant’ Ambrogio by Hubert Wolf:

But, mysteriously, he ( Joseph Kleutgen S.J. – SC)was soon back in favour. In 1870 Pius IX lifted all the ecclesiastical censures against him, and he was appointed a theological adviser at the first Vatican council. According to Wolf, the key to this remarkable turnaround lay in Kleutgen’s fashionably rightwing theological views. In the early 1850s he had pioneered the novel claim that not only were solemn decrees of popes and councils infallible, but the “ordinary magisterium”, or routine teaching of the pope and Curia, was itself binding on Catholic consciences and above scrutiny by theologians. This teaching rapidly became an official orthodoxy, music to the ears of Pius IX and his entourage, and Kleutgen was able to surf the rising tide of papalism back to respectability and influence.

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How is Duffy adapting his “classic” Catholic progressive analysis to the current party line emanating from the Bishop of Rome and his courtiers ascribing quasi-infallibility to the “ordinary magisterium” of Bergoglio, to the Conciliar liturgical changes, etc.?

A day-long retreat is being organized at the Convent of St. Birgitta in Darien, CT  on Saturday October 14 from 9 am to 3 pm, led by Fr. Anthony Mastroeni.  Father will give  talks on Our Lady of Fatima and on the Blessed Sacrament.  Mass will be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form, with music led by David Hughes.  There will be opportunity for confession.

The cost is $50 and includes a light breakfast and lunch.  This retreat is organized by St. Mary Church, Norwalk.  You must reserve your spot ahead of time to attend by calling Erlinda at the St. Mary rectory:  (203) 866-5546 x 101 or cell (203) 919-5976.

The address of St. Birgitta: 4 Runkenhage Road, Darien, CT.

Friday September 29, the Feast of St. Michael
1)Shrine of the Most Precious Blood, 113 Baxter St., New York, NY, Solemn Mass, 7:15 pm. Sponsored by the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George.

2) St. Francis Xavier Church, 1703 Lurting Avenue, the Bronx, Solemn Mass, 7 pm. information. From the pastor: “This is the first Traditional Mass at Saint Francis since the council. Any publicity that can be given for this event would be very helpful. I have hopes that this will become a regular part of our parish life.”

3) St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT. Traditional Vespers at 7:30 pm followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.  Guest preacher:  Fr. Perricone.

Also coming up:

Two Solemn Pontifical Masses in October
1)  Saturday, October 14, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson, NJ., 9:30 am.   Celebrant, Most Reverend Arthur Serratelli, Bishop of Paterson. information

2)  Thursday, October 19, St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT.  Conference at 5:30 pm, Solemn Pontifical Mass with Bishop Athanasius Schneider at 7:30 pm.  information