His Eminence, Raymond Cardinal Burke, will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Throne at Saint Mary Church in Greenwich, CT,   for the Feast of the Annunciation on Saturday,  on March 25th.  The time has been changed to 11:00 am.

1. MORNING LOW MASSES DURING LENT – This is a reminder that Holy Innocents will have a morning Low Mass at 8AM from Monday through Friday during the holy season of Lent.

The goal is to make it easier for more parishioners to attend the traditional Mass daily during the holy season of Lent (as a good spiritual preparation for Holy Week and Easter), especially those who are not able to attend the 6PM Mass.

2. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 – SHROVE TUESDAY – On Tuesday, February 28, after the 6PM Mass, there will be a Holy Hour in honor of the Holy Face of Jesus to make reparation for the sins committed during carnival time.

3. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 – This coming, Wednesday, March 1, will be Ash Wednesday. There will be two traditional Masses at Holy Innocents: 8AM & 6PM.

4. THURSDAY, MARCH 2 – This coming Thursday, March 2, will be the first Thursday of the month. The 6PM Mass will be a Sung Votive Mass Jesus High & Eternal Priest.

5. FRIDAY, MARCH 3 – FIRST FRIDAY – ALL NIGHT VIGIL – Friday, March 3, will be the first Friday of the month. The 6PM Mass will be a Sung Votive Mass of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. After the Mass, the first Friday all-night Vigil will continue throughout the night and conclude with a Low Mass at 5AM.

6. SATURDAY, MARCH 4 – Saturday, March 4, will be the first Saturday of the month. The 1PM Mass will be a Sung Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. After the Mass, the first Saturday devotions (Exposition of the Bl. Sacrament, recitation of the Holy Rosary, Fatima devotions, etc.) will take place.

7. 40 DAYS FOR LIFE – Holy Innocents commitment for the Forty Days for Life is Saturday, March 4, from 8AM to 8PM. It will be at 26 Bleecker Street (Planned Parenthood).

Although this is our commitment date, we can visit 26 Bleecker Street at any time and pray for the unborn, their mothers and the staff of Planned Parenthood.

9. THE WAY OF THE CROSS – The devotion of the Stations of the Cross will be prayed each Friday of Lent beginning at 12:45PM (in between the 12:15 and 1:15PM Masses) and also following the 6PM traditional Mass.

We might say that Germany today is the exemplar of a desacralized Europe. And within Germany the city of Berlin is among the least Christian. Yet, we find here a growing community of priests dedicated to the celebration of the Traditional liturgy: the Institute of St Philip Neri.1) The congregation on weekdays is small – but on Sundays it reaches 120 and is growing. In a region so alienated from the Faith, that’s a significant achievement. Indeed, it may be advantageous for a Traditionalist order to start from scratch than to try an negotiate the political minefields of more “Catholic” regions of Germany.

I recently visited the St. Afra church, located a little outside the center of the city. St Afra, in the hands of the Insitute since 2006-2008, was built for the “Gray Sisters” in 1898 as an interesting urban complex of church, school and convent. (A significant part of the construction cost was provided by the descendants of the famous German legal scholar Friedrich Carl von Savigny) The facade features elaborate brickwork; inside one proceeds along arched passages and through heavy medieval-style doors to reach the church. The Institute has done much to restore and beautify the church, often using objects from churches that have been closed or demolished. In 2015 an English organ was installed. By the way, the entire oeuvre of Martin Mosebach seemed to be on sale in the back of the church – an excellent sign! ( Mr. Mosebach has spoken at St. Afra’s)

It was dark already by the time I reached the church at 6:00 PM. On this weekday evening low mass was celebrated in a side chapel, followed by the singing of vespers in the main sanctuary. A memorable experience on such a chill and gloomy night! As we have so often seen elsewhere, Traditionalist communities and apostolates continue to rise up – even in those places where, humanly speaking, all hope would seem to have vanished.

(Above and below) The interior of the Church of St. Afra – preparing for vespers.

For more information see the WEBSITE of the Institute

For more on the buildings of St Afra (in German) see HERE.

1. “Our community life is modelled on the Oratory but we do not call ourselves Oratorians so as not to encounter any diplomatic or juridical difficulties with the existing Oratorian communities.” SOURCE

Stained glass window in St. Mary Church, Manhattan.

This Wednesday, March 1, is Ash Wednesday. Following churches will offer the Traditional Mass.

Connecticut

St Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 5:30 pm.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, Missa Cantata, 5 pm.

Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT, 10:30 am

St. Martha Church, Enfield, CT, 5:30 pm

New York

Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 8 am and 6 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pontifical Shrine, New York, NY, Missa Cantata, 7:30 pm

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY, Low Mass, 5 pm.

St. Peter’s Church, Kingston, NY, Missa Cantata, 5:30 pm

New Jersey

St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City, 5:30 pm.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Newark, NJ,  Missa Cantata at 7 pm

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 9 am and 7:00 pm

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, NJ, 7 am, 8 am, 12 noon, 7 pm

St. Catherine Church, Middletown, NJ,  12 noon

Schedule of Tradtional Masses for Ash Wednesday in the Washington DC area: http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2017/02/you-report-traditional-latin-masses-for.html

Next Sunday, March 5, at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Park Slope, Brooklyn, a traditional Mass will be celebrated for the First Sunday of Lent at 5:00 pm.

On Sunday, April 23 at 4:00 PM at St. Mary’s Parish hall there will be a celebration with wine, cheese and music of the release of the St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum’s first CD. Hosted by David Hughes, St. Mary’s director of music, the event will feature a performance by the Schola Cantorum  of excerpts from their world premiere recording of the mass Christe Jesu by William Rasar.

His Eminence, Raymond Cardinal Burke,  will celebrate at  Saint Mary in Greenwich a  Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Throne for the Feast of the Annunciation on Saturday, March 25th at 11 o’clock in the morning.

(courtesy of Fr. C. La Pastina)

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.