St Mary’s in Greenwich will be offering a traditional Mass on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 pm to celebrate the Feast of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, patron saint of youth.

Above images are part of a window in St John the Baptist church, New York.

This morning ,a Solemn Mass was offered at the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford in the presence of a relic of St. Anthony of Padua. Father Cyprian La Pastina was the celebrant.

This Sunday, June 19, 9:30 am,  at St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Timothy Iannacone will serve as deacon for the first time at a traditional Solemn Mass.  He will be ordained a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Bridgeport the day before, on Saturday June 18.   The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum under the direction of David Hughes will perform  Herbert Howell’s Mass in the Dorian Mode.  Fr. Richard Cipolla will be celebrant and Will Haffey will be sub-deacon.

The photo shows Tim assisting Bishop Athanasius Schneider in his celebration of a Solemn Pontifical Mass at St. Mary’s Norwalk,  Jan. 6, 2013.

On the occasion of the visit of a relic of St. Anthony of Padua to the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, there will be a sung mass in the extraordinary form Tuesday, June 14 at 10 am. The flyer below lists other devotional events surrounding this visit.

(Above) The “Old Cathedral” of St. Patrick’s – in the process of restoration.

Today there took place a pilgrimage of parishioners of Holy Innocents Church to the Church of the Most Precious Blood. This has been designated as having a “door of mercy” for the Archdiocese.

Msgr. Sakano, the pastor of Old St. Patrick’s, talked about the restoration project.

“A lot more people than expected.”

There followed a tour of the crypt.

The group of pilgrims then assembled to head south to the “Shrine of the Most Precious Blood,” which is joined with Old St. Patrick’s since “Making all Things New.”

Solemn Vespers followed.

(Above and below) This church, just steps away from the chaos of Little Italy and Canal Street, is a quiet sanctuary of Catholic devotions – both those of Italian cities and villages and those known throughout the Church. A relic of St Anthony of Padua is coming next week!

(Above) “The National Shrine of San Gennaro.”

On Saturday July 16th, at 12 noon there will be a Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (259 Oliver Street) in Newark NJ.

The celebrant will be Most Rev. Arthur J. Serratelli, Bishop of the Diocese of Paterson.

Mass will be followed by a street procession through the Ironbound.

This photo was taken from the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in 2013.

For the first time since Vatican II, on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Holy Face Monastery, Clifton, New Jersey, a Solemn High Mass with Gregorian chant was celebrated in honor of Our Lady of Sacro Monte of Novi Velia, Salerno, at her shrine.

(Above) Holy Face monastery is a treasury of Italian saints and devotions, both inside the monastery chapel and outside in a number of separate shrines. From the monastery grounds a visitor has a magnificent view of New York City – this day largely obscured by the summer-like haze.

(Above and below) The Madonna del Sacro Monte: a devotion of the Cilento region near Salerno, Italy. Love for the Madonna of Sacro Monte was carried to the United States by Cilentano immigrants who arrived in the United States around 1900. In Jersey City, where many of them settled, an annual devotion was started. In the late 1960s the devotees from Jersey City moved their celebration to Holy Face Monastery in Clifton, New Jersey. At the Monastery they constructed an outdoor shrine to the Madonna and brought a small statue for veneration.
The annual celebration at Holy Face Monastery ended in 1980. It was revived in 2012 by Cilentani and their descendants in New Jersey.

(Above and below) Mass was celebrated in an open chapel consecrated to this devotion.

(Above) The Tony Neglia Italian Band featured prominently prior to the mass and at the procession. – here playing before a Marian shrine on the grounds of the monastery.

(Below) The start of the procession.

(Above) The procession circles the monastery three times – but does not go inside.

(Above and below) The conclusion of the procession – prior to the festive meal.

On Saturday, June 11, 2016, a group Holy Innocents of parishioners will go on pilgrimage to Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the Year of Mercy. The doors of The Shrine of the Most Precious Blood (merged with Old St. Patrick’s) have been designated Doors of Mercy.

Immediately after the 1PM Mass at Holy Innocents on that Saturday, the group will meet outside of Holy Innocents and take the train to Old St. Patrick’s. We will aim to arrive there at 2:30PM. The group will be received by the Rector, Msgr. Donald Sakano (who used to be Pastor at Holy Innocents). The parishioners will then get a tour of the recent renovations and be led in prayer for the Year of Mercy.

At 3:30PM, the group will walk over to Most Precious Blood where the Holy Doors (of Mercy) are located for the indulgences for the Year of Mercy — the Shrine is about 5-6 blocks away.

Finally, at 4PM, newly-ordained Fr. Jon Tveit will celebrate traditional Vespers at the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood.

For information on the Plenary Indulgences, please go to Old St. Patrick’s website here: http://oldcathedral.org/extraordinary-jubilee-year-of-mercy

Tomorrow, June 3, is the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  The following churches will offer the traditional mass.

St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, 7:30 pm, Solemn High Mass with Sung Litany of the Sacred Heart and Benediction. Mass will be celebrated by a newly ordained priest who will offer his first priestly blessing in the Hitchcock Room following Mass.

Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan, 6 pm; As usual, Holy Innocents will have the monthly all-night vigil starting with the 6PM Mass and will include exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament, hours of silent adoration, prayers, devotions, and will conclude with a votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at 5AM.

St Christopher’s Church, 11 Gale Ave, Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, 7 pm, see link

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Vespers, 6pm
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Unus militum & Psalm 109 (mode i)
Stans Jesus & Psalm 110 (mode vii)
In caritate & Psalm 115 (mode iii)
Venite ad me & Psalm 127 (mode iv)
Fili praebe mihi & Psalm 147 (mode v)
Hymn: En ut superba (plainsong, mode iii)
Magnificat antiphon: Ad Jesum autem (mode i)
Marian antiphon: Salve Regina (plainsong, mode i)

External Solemnity of the Feast of the Sacred Heart, Sunday, June 5

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 9:30 am
Vespers for the Sunday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart, 5 pm

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 3 pm, First Communions and reception

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 448 East 116th St., New York, NY, 10:30 am

Regina Pacis Chapel at Our Lady Queen of Peace, 400 Maywood Ave, Maywood, NJ 5 pm

The stained glass window is in St. Cecilia Church, Manhattan

(Above and below) The procession begins in the church.

A brass band added an Italian/Hispanic accent (although this is common elsewhere; e.g., Southern Germany and Austria)

The spire of St. Mary’s in the background.

Fireworks!