Father Matthew Reiman, Parochial Vicar at St. Francis Xavier Parish, will offer a High Mass  on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter,  Wednesday, February 22nd 7:30pm, at   St. Clare of Assisi Church, 1918 Paulding Ave, Bronx, NY.

In a letter read to parishioners of St. John the Evangelist-Our Lady of Peace last weekend, it was announced that plans are under way for the sale of Our Lady of Peace Church on East 62nd Street to the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christian community. See the story:
http://www.cny.org/stories/Pope-Francis-Blesses-Our-Lady-of-Peace-Church-Sale-to-Egyptian-Coptics,15117

Classes in Biblical Hebrew will be starting this Thursday, February 16,  at 6:30 pm in the St. Gertrude Room in the school building at St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, CT.  The goal of the class is to learn to read the Old Testament in the original language.  For further information contact Charles Edstrom,  203-838-9114.

(Above) The Coronation of Charles as Apostolic King of Hungary.(Image Source -Andrew Cusack)

Traditional Latin High Mass
95th Anniversary of the Death of
Blessed Karl of Austria
With Veneration of First Class Relic

Saturday, 1 April 2017, 1:00 PM
Fourth Saturday of Lent
(Holy Rosary & Confessions begin at 12:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant: A Priest of the
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Featuring the Duquesne University
Schola Cantorum Gregorianum
Under the Direction of Maura Goodwin

Blessed Karl of Austria died on Saturday, 1 April 1922, the Fourth Saturday of Lent and the day before Passion Sunday. The 95th anniversary of his death, 1 April 2017, falls on the Fourth Saturday of Lent and the day before Passion Sunday. Join us to commemorate this special anniversary.

Luncheon & Conference Immediately after Mass
In the Church Hall
(Reservations required for luncheon & conference.)

Featured Speakers: Gabor and Terez Laszlo
Topic: The Legacy of Blessed Karl in Modern Hungary:
The Social Reign of Christ the King

Luncheon Cost: $30/Person
$20/Student
For Luncheon Reservation Make Check Payable and Mail to:
Knights of Columbus 2161
2335 Concord Street, Aliquippa PA 15001
Deadline for Paid Luncheon Reservations: 25 March 2017

Sponsored By:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

On March 13 (sorry, it’s sold out)

Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker, Neil Leifer, turns his lens on a true American success story, New York City restaurateur, Jimmy Neary. The documentary follows Neary’s journey from his humble immigrant roots in Ireland to his 50-year run as proprietor of one of Gotham’s iconic eateries. The film features notable regulars, including Timothy Cardinal Dolan, former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs’s CEO Lloyd Blankfein.

Una Neary, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

(Neary’s is a bar – or should I say a pub – near the Archdiocesan headquarters, and a favorite of those who work there. To call it “iconic” is to take liberty. But what will Neary’s do, if current plans to sell “1011” materialize?)

Amid the towers and new construction of the London City – a stark reminder to the obsequious servants of mammon. The churchyard gate of St. Olave’s, Hart Street.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (Phil. 1.21)

St Gregory the Great  – the “parish without a church” on the Upper West Side – is closing, it was announced Sunday to parishioners. Both parish and school are being shuttered:

Dear St. Gregory the Great School Community: As you may be aware, at the 11:30 Mass today, Feb. 5th, Father Lawrence Ford OFM made an important announcement regarding our school and parish communities: St. Gregory the Great Church will no longer celebrate Masses and sacraments on a regular basis. As a result, it has also been decided that St. Gregory the Great School will close at the end of the current academic year. We understand that this is concerning news, but rest assured that additional information on this development, as well as the resources to ensure that our students can continue their education at an excellent Catholic School nearby, will be forthcoming this week and posted on a special web page we have created for parents: http://buildboldfutures.org/st-gregory/, where additional information and resources will be available and updated regularly.

(From the parish Facebook page)

On February 5, 2017 the Archdiocese of New York announced that St. Gregory the Great School in Manhattan, whose parish was merged with a neighboring parish as part of the archdiocesan-wide planning initiative Making All Things New, will cease operations at the end of the current academic year as a result of this process.

Despite the Archdiocese’s best efforts to maintain the operational and financial viability of the school in light of the closure of their co-located parish, continuing to educate students in a school where a significant portion of the facility is unutilized has proven infeasible.

Students from St. Gregory the Great School will have the opportunity to continue their education at nearby Ascension School. You may also consider any of the additional neighborhood Catholic schools listed below.

All students will be guaranteed a seat in a Catholic school within the Archdiocese of New York.

Source

All very anonymous  and institutional  – and apparently to be processed online. Although “we (the clergy?) do understand this is concerning news.”

The parishioners had fought hard for their parish and school in the first round of “Making all Things New.” It was a reprieve of only a year and a half.

(Above) The hall of the school building that has been used as a church from the beginning has murals painted by a variety of artists: a priest in residence there in the 1930’s; a noted illustrator of the first decades of the 20th century, Louis Bernecker…

Daniel McInerny is a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and philosopher. After receiving his doctorate in philosophy from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., he spent some sixteen years in academia, teaching and working at various universities in the United States, including the University of St. Thomas (Houston), the University of Notre Dame, and Baylor University. He is the author of the play, The Actor, about the young Karol Wojtyla’s transformation from aspiring actor to seminarian during the crucible of the Nazi occupation of Poland; as well as the play, Switcheroo, a farcical “heist plot of ideas.” His one-act play, Big Crush, was a finalist in the Arts Club of Washington’s 2015 One-Act Play Competition.