Last night Regina Pacis Academy, an independent Catholic school in Norwalk Connecticut, put on its annual Christmas pageant featuring a play “A House for Elves,” written for the occasion by teacher Molly Lloyd.

“To sum it up, the relentless and organized revolutionary assault has finally reached the United States as the embodiment of the pre-1789 political order, and the Church, as the embodiment of the transcendental order. Our civilization will no doubt come to an end the day the Catholic Church and the United States join the revolution.“(My emphasis)

(Thomas Molnar, The Counter-Revolution at 202 (Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1969))

Francis and Obama?

A traditional sung Mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Parish, 145 Randolph Ave, Clifton, NJ on Sunday December 27,  at 2:00PM. This monthly mass is sponsored by   Passaic County Latin Mass.

The following churches will offer Traditional Masses for the Christmas season. If you know of any that are not listed here, please let us know.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT
Christmas Eve:

11 pm Rosary by the creche

11:20 pm Orchestral Prelude: Christmas Concerto (Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8) (Arcangelo Corelli, 1683-1713)

11:30 pm Christmas Carols
Carol: What Child Is This (Greensleves)
Carol: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Carol: O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis)
Carol: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Carol: Tu scendi dalle stelle (St. Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori, 1696-1787)
Carol: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen)
Carol: De Virgine Maria (Carl Rütti, b.1949)
Carol: Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Prelude: Desseins éternels (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992)
The Solemn Proclamation of Christmas
Hymn at the Procession: Adeste Fideles (John Francis Wade, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Hymn at the Procession: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks)

12:00 Solemn Midnight Mass
Mass in C Major (K. 258, “Piccolomini”) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Midnight: Dominus dixit
Motet at the Offertory: Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339) (Mozart)
Motet at the Communion: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)

Christmas Day, 9:30 am, Solemn Mass
Prelude: Puer natus in Bethlehem (BWV 603) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Hymn at the Procession: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles, arr. David Willcocks, 1919-2015)
Missa O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611)
Gregorian Mass of Christmas Day: Puer natus est
Gradual: Viderunt omnes (Pérotin, fl. c. 1200)
Motet at the Offertory: Verbum caro factum est (John Sheppard, c.1515-1558)
Motet at the Communion: O magnum mysterium (Victoria)
Postlude: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750)
Postlude: Fugue in A Major (BWV 536/2) (Bach)

Sunday Dec. 27, 9:30 am, Solemn Mass followed by festive Christmas coffee hour
Jan. 1, Octave Day of Christmas, 5:30 pm, Solemn Mass

St Martha’s Church, Enfield, CT

Christmas Day, 12 noon, High Mass

St. Stanislaus, New Haven, CT
Christmas Day, 2 pm, sung Mass
Jan. 1, 2 pm, low Mass

Church of St. Anthony, 1496 Commonwealth Avenue, Bronx, NY

Christmas Day, 8:30 AM,Low Mass

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY
Christmas Eve, 1 pm, Vigil Mass of the Nativity; 11:30 pm, program of sacred Christmas music; 12:01 am, Midnight Solemn Mass, followed by a festive reception in the parish hall
Christmas Day, Mass, 10:30 am
Sunday, Dec. 27, Mass at 10:30 am, Sunday Vespers and Benediction at 2:30 pm
Monday, Dec. 28,  Solemn Mass at 6 pm
Jan. 1, Octave of Nativity, Mass 1 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 448 East 116th St., New York, NY
Christmas Day, 10:30 am, sung Mass
Jan. 1, Octave Day of Christmas, 10:30 am, sung Mass
Wed. Jan. 6, Epiphany, 7 pm, Solemn Mass and distribution of blessed Epiphany water, chalk and frankincense

St. Agnes Church, 143 East 43rd St., New York, NY
Christmas Day, 11:15 am, sung Mass

Our Lady of Peace, 522 Carroll St., Brooklyn, NY
Christmas Day, 9:30am

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Christmas Day, 3PM Sung Mass
December 27th – 3PM Low Mass
Friday, January 1 – 3PM Low Mass
Sunday, January 3 – 3PM Low Mass Feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, followed by Christmas pageant and special dinner, convivium

St. Matthew’s Church, 35 North Service Road, Dix Hills, NY 
Christmas Day, 12:30 pm High Mass (in the Parish Center Chapel)

St. Ladislaus, Hempstead, NY
Christmas Day, 9:00 am, sung Mass

St. Patrick’s Church, 55 Grand Street, Newburgh,  NY
Christmas Day 3 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 259 Oliver Street, Newark, NJ
Christmas Eve: Solemn Midnight Mass. There will be a prelude of Christmas Carols at 11:30pm.

Our Lady of Victories Church, 150 Harriot Avenue, Harrington Park, NJ
Christmas Eve, 9:00 pm Sung High Latin Mass

St. Anthony of Padua, Jersey City, NJ
Christmas Eve, 9 pm
Jan. 1, 9 am
Wed. Jan. 6, Epiphany, Sung Mass, 7 pm

St. Catherine Laboure, 110 Bray Avenue, Middletown, NJ
Christmas Day, Solemn Mass, 8:45 am

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 32 West Franklin Avenue, Pequannock, NJ
Christmas Eve, 11:00 pm Christmas carols, 12:00 Midnight Mass

Christmas Day, 7:00 am  Mass at Dawn
9:00 am  Mass of Christmas Day
11:00 am  Mass of Christmas Day

St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ
Christmas Eve,
9:30 pm Confessions
10:30 pm Traditional Christmas Carols
11:00 pm Solemn High Midnight Mass (First Mass of Christmas)
Christmas Day,
7:30 am Low Mass (Second Mass of Christmas)
9:00 am Low Mass (Second Mass of Christmas)
11:00 am High Mass (Third Mass of Christmas)

The stained glass window is in St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Manhattan, a church that was closed recently by mandate of the Archdiocese.

A new edition of Traditionalist magazine is available, featuring articles by Roget McCaffrey, Bishop Athanius Schneider, Martin Mosebach, Maureen Mullarkey Fr. Richard Cipolla and many others. For a free download, go to

http://www.booksforcatholics.com/pdf/The_Traditionalist_2016_Special_Edition.pdf

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe was observed this evening at St. Mary’s Church Norwalk with an outdoor procession with mariachi band and a banquet.

Last Thursday evening, a Missa Cantata was celebrated in the chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz (the Filipino Apostolate of New York). The Reverend Dr. Joseph G. Mugabe (Director of the Filipino apostolate of he Archdiocese of New York) was celebrant and homilist. Mr. Lorenzo Tinio was the Master of Ceremonies. They were assisted by the community of San Lorenzo Chapel and volunteers. I’d like to add that the Society of St Hugh of Cluny was sponsor of this liturgy…

The Chapel of San Lorenzo Ruiz on Broome Street – originally the Church of the Most Holy Crucifix, it was built for an Italian congregation in 1925-26.  No more than a small chapel, it supposedly seats only 250 – even fitting in that number would seem to me a great stretch! Reminders of the original Italian congregation are the polychrome statues displayed around the chapel. The parish of Most Holy Crucifix closed in 2005 and the Filipino Apostolate of the Archdiocese moved there in that year. 1)   Such a  strange quirk of fate: this exceedingly modest chapel has survived while so many New York parishes so much more significant for their history and art have closed…..

(Above and below) Statues presumably inherited from the original parish church are joined by new works related to the Filipino apostolate – including statues of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, above.

The modest but enthusiastic congregation posed afterwards. We hope this will be only the first of many masses in the extraordinary form!

1) Wikipedia entry on the chapel

LECTURE ON “THE YEAR OF MERCY & THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC”: On Saturday, December 12th, 2015, after the Solemn Mass at 1:00 PM for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Joseph E. Pilsner, CSB, Ph. D. (Oxon), will give a Lecture on “The Year of Mercy and the Traditional Catholic.” Fr. Pilsner is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. This Lecture is being sponsored by the Regina Coeli Council of the Knights of Columbus that meets at the Church of the Holy Innocents.

Light refreshments will be served.