Some wonderful photographs sent in by Ed Casey of the Holy Saturday services at Holy Innocents parish, New York. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf was the principal celebrant.

Anchor Academy, an independent elementary school in the Catholic tradition in Norwalk, CT, has announced that it will add a ninth grade, in effect starting a new branch to the school, which will be called Cardinal Newman High School.    The idea for the school arose from the desire among parents to provide a high school program for the graduates of Anchor Academy and to any students who are interested in receiving a solid Catholic, academic education.  There are plans to add a new grade each year until the school is complete.  The above photo is a classroom scene in Anchor Academy.   Anyone who is interested can direct inquiries to Kristjana Underhill, 203-536-3800 or krinkasig@hotmail.com.

For more information about Anchor Academy please visit the website: http://www.anchoracademy.org/index.html

A scene from Anchor Academy’s recent production of The Odyssey.

Quite a few facts have gotten garbled in transmission, but this article does attempt to cover the musical accomplishments of two leading exponents of Tradition in Connecticut: The St. Gregory Society in New Haven and the parish of St. Mary in Norwalk.

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It’s welcome publicity for the musicians who are enjoying a well-deserved rest after the immense labors of Holy Week.

The 9:30 Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass was no less beautiful than the Easter Vigil of the night before. The choir sang Claudio Monteverdi’s “Mass for Four Voices” accompanied by organ and trombone. On behalf of the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny, we wish you and your loved ones a blessed Eastertide.

Fr. Cipolla blesses the food for the coffee hour following the Mass.

Holy Saturday vigil in the Traditional rite – a further step in the contemporary Catholic adventure of the recovery of the Sacred. For four and one-half hours this unique liturgy, celebrated in its completeness, unfolded from the blessing of the new fire to the concluding double alleluia. What better illustration could there be of the attractive, in the truest sense educative power of tradition even – or especially – in this most demanding of liturgies? How could the nature of baptism be more clearly communicated than in the gestures and rituals of this evening? And in the chanted prophecies from the creation in Genesis to the three children in the fiery furnace we do not just listen to read texts but physically feel the vastness of the ages through which the chosen people clung to God’s promises.

The blessing of the New Fire.

Insertion of the grains of incense into the Paschal Candle and the blessing of the Paschal Candle.

Lumen Christi..

The Exsultet.

The chanting of the first Prophecy.

The chanting of the final Prophecy.

The blessing of the baptismal font.

Two Baptisms followed.

The incensing of the Paschal Candle.

Confirmation.

The Litany of the Saints.

The Mass.

The unveiling of the images.

First Communion.

Ite missa est, alleluia, alleluia.

The Chanting of the Passion.

The Solemn Prayers.

The Adoration of the Cross

Ecce Lignum Crucis…

Ἅγιος ὁ Θεός, Ἅγιος ἰσχυρός, Ἅγιος ἀθάνατος, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς.

Vexilla Regis prodeunt…

Holy Thursday in the Traditional rite at St. Mary, Norwalk – need we mention that the church was standing room only? (Please click to enlarge).

The washing of the feet.

The mass.

The Procession through the church and then through the main doors to the chapel.

The stripping of the altar (including the removal of the altar frontal). The ceremony is accompanied by the chanting of the antiphon Diviserunt and Psalm XXI.

The altar of repose.

Please note that the Mass time for today has been changed to 7:30 pm at Holy Innocents Church in Manhattan.

The following churches are offering liturgies for Holy Week according the the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.  Please inform us of any information you may have of liturgies that are not on our list.

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT
Palm Sunday, 9:30 am, Solemn Mass beginning with outdoor procession
Wednesday: 7 pm Low Mass, St. Luke’s Passion; 8 pm, The Solemn Office of Tenebrae
Holy Thursday, 7 pm, Solemn Mass of the Last Supper followed by adoration until midnight; 9 pm, Stripping of the Altars and visit to the seven churches in Norwalk
Good Friday, 3 pm, The Lord’s Passion
Holy Saturday, 8 pm, Easter Vigil, Solemn Mass
Easter Sunday,9:30 am, Solemn Mass

Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Stamford, CT
Palm Sunday, 8:30 am Low Mass
Easter Sunday, 8:30am, Low Mass

St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT
Palm Sunday, 2 pm
Good Friday, 12 noon
Easter Sunday, 2 pm

St. Bridget of Kildare Church, Moodus, CT
Palm Sunday, 12 noon
Easter Sunday, 10:30 am
Saturday in the Octave of Easter, 5 pm, Missa Cantata

St. Peter Church, Hartford, CT
Palm Sunday, Low Mass with blessing of palms and procession 7:30 am
Easter Sunday Low Mass 7:30 am

Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan
Palm Sunday, April 17th, Solemn Mass at 10 AM. Fr. Michael Barone, celebrant.
Holy Thursday, April 21st, Solemn Mass at 7:30 PM. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, celebrant.
Good Friday, April 22nd, Solemn Service at 3 PM. Fr. Richard Trezza, celebrant.
Easter Vigil, April 23rd, Solemn Service at 9 PM.Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, celebrant,
Easter Sunday, April 24th, Missa Cantata at 10 AM. Fr. Zuhlsdorf, celebrant.

Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Palm Sunday, 3 pm
Easter Sunday, 3 pm

Holy Rosary Church, Jersey City
Palm Sunday, 10 am
Good Friday, 3 pm
Easter Sunday 10 am

Our Lady of Fatima, Pequannock, NJ
Palm Sunday, Procession at 10:20, Masses as usual
Holy Thursday, 6 pm followed by adoration until midnight
Good Friday, Stations of the Cross at noon, Mass of the presanctified at 3 pm
Easter Vigil, 10pm
Easter Sunday, 7 am, 9 am and 11 am

St. Anthony of Padua, West Orange, NJ
Palm Sunday, 7:30 am and 10 am
Holy Thursday, 7 pm, Solemn Mass followed by adoration
Good Friday, 3 pm, Liturgy of teh Passion and Death of Our Lord
Holy Saturday, 9 pm Easter Vigil Mass