..in a Solemn High Nuptial Mass. With music by Mozart.  At St. Mary’s, Norwalk, today.

The Art of the Beautiful series concludes Tuesday, April 5th, at 7 PM, with conductor Manfred Honeck, music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Born in Austria, Honeck has worked to great acclaim with the world’s leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome. In the United States, Honeck has conducted the New York Philharmonic (with whom he is appearing next week), The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.

His talk is entitled “Faith in Music.” A reception and sung Compline will follow.

Father John Halborg died on Monday, March 28.*

Many of us met Father Halborg for the first time during his years of service at St. Thomas More parish. In the 1980’s St. Thomas More was one of the few parishes in New York to engage in any kind of evangelization. The parish welcomed social and religious events organized by young(er) Catholics and hosted the Narnia catechetical program. Thus St Thomas More became a centre both of orthodoxy and the involvement of the laity. Fr. Halborg, who was a convert from the Lutheran church, also was for many years editor of the St Ansgar Bulletin on the Catholic church in Scandinavia (regrettably now defunct).

Father Halborg regularly celebrated the Traditional mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem and after 2009 at Holy Innocents parish, New York. He attended some of the liturgies and events organized by our Society in New York. The St Ansgar League and bulletin ceased operations in 2010 and St Thomas More parish itself narrowly escaped closure last year by merging with Our Lady of Good Counsel. Yet the celebration of the Traditional mass in New York continues – thanks in no small part to the years of devoted service by Father Halborg. May his soul rest in peace!

The viewing of the body will take place at the Church of St. Margaret of Cortona on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 9:15AM, and the (English) Mass service will be at 10AM.

The address of St. Margaret of Cortona is:
St. Margaret of Cortona Church
6000 Riverdale Ave
Bronx, NY 10471
Phone: 718-549-8053

After the Mass, proceed to the grave site:

St. Raymond Cemetery
2600 Lafayette Avenue
Bronx, New York 10465
Tel: 718-792-1133
St. Peters Section (Clergy Section)
Range 16 Grave #42

(Thanks to Eddy Toribio for this information)

* At least that date is what is reported in his published obituaries. We have also been told he died on Easter Sunday, March 27. Moreover, his full name is, I believe, John E. Halborg – in his obituaries it is reported as John T. Halborg and in another source as John F. Halborg. I am sure Father is mildly amused at this…..

On Monday, April 4 at 7:30 in the evening there will be a Solemn High Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation at:

Saint Mary Church
178 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut
06830

Traditional Mass on Easter Sunday at Regina Pacis Chapel, Maywood, NJ, Fr. Charez Gringco celebrant. Photos courtesy of the Bergen Latin Mass Group.

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory Year of Mercy Pilgrimage to the Cathedral Basilica of Newark on the MORNING OF SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016.
Walk the 2.5 mile pilgrimage praying and singing the Holy Rosary through Branch Brook Park Drive in cherry blossom season.
Cross the Holy Doors of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with sincere contrition and prayers for the Holy Father in order to gain the plenary indulgence of the Year of Mercy decreed by Pope Francis.
Attend a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Latin) at the High Altar.
Schedule: Meet at 8:00 am at Barringer High School parking lot west of the cathedral across Ridge St.Crossing of the Holy Doors of Mercy at 9:30 am (possibility for Confession)
Solemn High Mass at 10:00 am

For information call:
Institute of Christ the King/St. Anthony of Padua Oratory
Canon Jean Marie Moreau
1360 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052
973-325-2233
saint.anthonys@institute-christ-king.org
www.institute-christ-king.org/westorange

Vidi Aquam:

The Blessing of the Baptismal Water.

The Aspersion of the congregation.

(There were no baptisms this evening)

Administration of the Sacrament of Confirmation:

The Litany:

The Mass:

The preparation of the Sanctuary.

The unveiling of the Images.

(Above) Alleluia!

And a festive reception afterwards:

The new fire.

The deacon changes into the white dalmatic of joy.

Lumen Christi!

The Exsultet.

The Chanting of the Twelve Prophecies:

(Above)Procession to the Baptismal font.

St. Michael’s Russian Catholic Church

(Courtesy of Walter Petrovitz and Mauro Carrasco)