We wish you a blessed Easter

This window appears in St. Columba Church, Manhattan

The complete plainsong office of Matins and Lauds for Holy Thursday, sung at St. Mary’s Church on Wednesday, April 16.

Only one week before Easter is left to make your confession.

(Street in the old town of Geneva, Switzerland)

The blessing of palms and the procession.

Gloria, Laus et Honor…cantors within the church sing. The subdeacon then bangs on the church doors three times with the foot of the cross, the doors are opened and the procession enters.

Mr. David Hughes conducts the assembled forces of the choirs and scholae of St. Mary’s parish.

This Note comes from John Henry Crosby, founder and director of the Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project (http://hildebrandlegacy.org):

“I write on behalf of Alice “Lily” von Hildebrand to invite you to a special Requiem mass in honor of her husband, Dietrich von Hildebrand.

The Tridentine (or extraordinary) mass, complete with Gregorian chant, will be said on Saturday, April 26^th, at 2:30pm, at Holy Family parish in New Rochelle, New York.

Follow this link for the address and contact information for Holy Family Parish.

All are welcome, and it would mean a great deal to Lily to see many friends and supporters of her husband in attendance.”

From our friends of the Catholic Artists Society:

The Catholic Artists Society is pleased to invite you to its annual Mass for Artists, Sunday May 4th at 3pm at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, Manhattan. Members, patrons and friends of the society are invited to attend with their families.

This year’s Mass will mark the 15th anniversary of Bl. John Paul II’s Letter to Artists, published on April 4, 1999. To celebrate this anniversary, we have chosen a Mass setting composed during JPII’s lifetime, the Berliner Messe by the Estonian composer, Arvo Part. Organist Jared Lamenzo will lead a professional choir in this contemplative setting of the Mass.

Mass will be offered according to the Missal of Bl. Pope John XXIII, who will be canonized with Pope JPII the previous Sunday. The celebrant will be Father Brian Taylor of the Church of St. Benedict in the Bronx. He will be assisted by Father Jean Paul Soler, pastor of the Church of St. Denis in Yonkers, NY, and Father Matthew Newcombe, chaplain at Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers, NY. Monsignor Donald Sakano, pastor of the basilica of St. Patrick, will offer the homily.

A reception will follow in the Basilica courtyard, weather permitting.

Please RSVP for the reception by May 1st: catholicartistssociety@gmail.com

The following churches will be offering Traditional Masses and liturgies during Holy Week.

The stained glass window appears in St. Bernard Church, Manhattan.

Connecticut

St. Peter Church, Hartford, CT
Easter Sunday 7:30 AM

 St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT
Palm Sunday, Apr. 13, 9:30 am Solemn Mass, begins with outdoor procession

Wed. Apr. 16, The Solemn Office of Tenebrae

Holy Thursday, Apr. 17,  7:00 pm, Solemn Mass of the Last Supper, followed by adoration until midnight
9:00 pm, stripping of the altars/ visit to the seven churches

Good Friday, Apr. 18, 3 pm, The Lord’s Passion

Holy Saturday, Apr. 19, 8 pm, Easter Vigil, Solemn Mass

Easter, Apr. 20, 9:30 am, Solemn Mass

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT
April 13 Palm Sunday —Solemn High Mass, 2pm
No Holy Thursday TLM
April 18 Good Friday —Solemn Liturgy at 11am
April 20 Easter Sunday —High Mass, 2pm

St. Margaret of Scotland, Waterbury, CT
Easter Sunday, Solemn Mass, 10:30 am

The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury, CT
Easter Sunday, Solemn Mass, 6 pm

New York

Our Lady of Peace Church, Brooklyn, New York
Easter Sunday, 9:30 am High Mass

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Palm Sunday – 3PM Sung Mass, Blessing of Palms, Procession and Chanting of the Passion of Our Lord
Easter Sunday, (Earlier) 2PM Sung Mass

Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan
On Palm Sunday, April 13, Solemn Mass at 10:30am & Sung Vespers at 2:30pm

On Holy Monday, April 14, Low Mass at 6pm

On Holy Tuesday, April 15, Low Mass at 6pm

On Holy Wednesday, April 16, Sung Mass at 6pm

On Holy Thursday, April 17, Sung Mass at 7:30pm

On Good Friday, April 18, Sung Service at 6pm

Easter Vigil, April 19, Sung Mass at 11:30pm

St. Agnes Church, Manhattan

Palm Sunday- 11 am, Solemn High Mass
Easter Sunday, 11 am, Solemn High Mass

St. Eugene, Yonkers, NY

Low Masses on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week, all at 12 noon in the chapel on 31 Massitoa Rd, Yonkers, NY.
Easter Sunday, low Mass at 10.45 in the church at the corner of Tuckahoe Rd & Central Park Ave.

Our Lady of Fatima Chapel

32 West Franklin Avenue
Pequannock, NJ 07440

Holy Thursday: 8pm – Mass of Holy Thursday & Adoration at the Altar of Repose until Midnight

Good Friday: 1pm – Conference (Title TBA)
2pm – Stations of the Cross
3pm – Good Friday Liturgy

Holy Saturday: 8pm – Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday: 7 am, 9 am, 11 am.

A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated today in St. Mary’s Church Norwalk, for the repose of the soul of Kathryn (Kay) Luff, who passed away on April 7. Father Richard Cipolla was the celebrant.  The music, including the “Officium Defunctorum a 6” by Tomas Luis de Victoria, was performed by a schola under the direction of David Hughes.