Saint Mary Church in Greenwich, CT will celebrate a Low Mass on Saturday, Aug 22 at 11 am in the Lower Church for the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Parishioners packed St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk for a Solemn Mass and benediction yesterday evening for the Feast of the Assumption.  Afterwards at an Italian Festa on the lawn and in the church hall, diners were entertained by Father Cipolla singing “That’s Amore.”

This Saturday, August 15, is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  The following churches will be offering the traditional Mass.

Connecticut

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass, 5 pm.

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT, 9 am.

New York

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York,   Solemn Mass at 1:00 PM celebrated by Msgr. Joseph Ambrosio (from Newark, NJ).  “This year, the Feast of the Assumption marks our parish’s Fifth Anniversary of the uninterrupted daily celebration of the Latin Mass at the same High Altar that was solemnly and triumphantly consecrated in 1901. At the end of the Mass, there will be Benediction of the Bl. Sacrament and the solemn Te Deum will be festively chanted.  Holy cards with the image of Our Lady being assumed into Heaven will also be distributed to the faithful.  After Mass and Benediction, there will be a reception in the parish hall.”

Holy Name of Jesus Church, Brooklyn,  12 noon class about the traditional Mass, 1 pm low mass with organ

Immaculate Conception, Sleepy Hollow, NY, low mass, 12 noon.

New Jersey

St Anthony, Jersey City, 11 am

St. Catherine Laboure, 110 Bray Avenue, Middletown NJ,  9:15AM

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, NJ, 7 am, 9 am, 11 am

St. Anthony Oratory, West Orange, NJ, 7:30 am and 9 am.

The stained glass window of Our Lady appears in the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, CT

St. Fidelis Catholic Church, 123-06 14th Avenue, College Point, NY, offers the traditional Mass every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month at 7:15 am.  The next Masses are August 21, September 4 and 18.

Saint Mary in Greenwich will celebrate a Solemn High Mass on Wednesday, Aug 5th at 7:30 PM for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome.

The Celebration of the Traditional Latin Votive Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (Missale Romanum 1962 of Pope St. John XXIII) at Midnight in honor of the Patron of the Parish, Our Lady of Peace.

Celebrant and Homilist: Rev. Christopher Salvatori SAC

Ordinary: Missa de Angelis VIII
Propers: Missa Salve Sancte Parens
Processional: SICILIAN MARINERS
Offertory: SALVE REGINA COELITUM
Communion: SALVE MATER MISERICORDIAE
Meditation: PASSION CHORALE
Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina
Recessional: LOURDES HYMN

With thanks to the Pastor, Fr. Daly, the Parishioners, the Coordinators, the Choir, the Ushers, the Seminarians, Altar Servers and all Volunteers.

Thanks to Teddy Barboza Thongratnachat for this report. Photographs courtesy of Ms. Michelle Palmieri.

There will be a Traditional Latin Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite at Our Lady of Peace Church in Manhattan on Thursday, July 30 at 11:30 P.M.

Wishing you a blessed Feastday of St. Ann. St. Ann pray for us!

This stained glass window is in the Church of All Saints, 47 E 129th St, New York.  n.b. The church is slated to close next month.

This past Friday, July 24,a prayer rally was organized from Herald Square to Times Square in support of persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Photo courtesy of Fr. Christopher Salvatori

What the site of Our Lady of Vilna (or Vilnius) looks like today. Demolition started in May or June. We weep for the little church where the regular use of liturgical Latin in New York City(albeit in the Novus Ordo) recommenced circa 1982.