St. Mary Church in Norwalk, CT will have a traditional Latin Mass in Ash Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 5:30 pm in the lower church. Directions

First Friday devotions to the Sacred Heart in New York will continue with Mass tomorrow evening at 6:30 PM at Guardian Angel Church located at 21st Street and 10th Avenue, according to the Extraordinary Form. Litanies to the Sacred Heart will follow the Mass.
For February and March, a convivium will be held in the church hall. Father Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P. from St Vincent Ferrer Church will deliver a short talk on a Lenten topic in preparation for the season that begins next week.
Refreshments will be available during and after the talk, and monetary contributions will be accepted to help offset costs.

We know of two churches in the area that will offer the traditional Latin Mass in observance of Candlemas:

February 2:Our Lady of Good Counsel,230 East 90th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, New York. The traditional blessing of candles will start at 1pm, followed by a procession inside the church. A Solemn High Mass will follow. Fr. Richard Trezza will be the Celebrant, Fr. Matthew Talarico will be the Deacon and Fr. James Miara will be the Subdeacon.

February 3: Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY. A missa cantata for the “external” feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be offered at 3pm with the blessing of candles and procession. Mass will be sung by the Sleepy Hollow Schola led by David Hughes. Blessing of throats will follow the mass. directions

For those who will be travelling to Washington, DC to participate in the March of Life next week, two traditional Latin Masses will be celebrated at the National Shrine: Monday, Jan. 21 at 2:00 pm in the Lourdes Chapel (lower level) and Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 9:30 am, also in the Lourdes Chapel. From what I have read, the chapel only seats 30 people. Let’s hope that the people at the shrine are overwhelmed with Latin Mass attendees. For more information go to this link.

Our Society will be sponsoring a workshop on celebrating and serving the Traditional Mass for priests, MC’s and servers at Our Saviour’s Church, NY on Saturday February 2 from 1 to 4:30 PM. Our “faculty”, Fr. Richard Cipolla (chaplain of the society) and Bill Riccio (of the Saint Gregory’s Society), will take you through each step of the liturgy. Any men who are interested please should let us know so we have an idea of the number attending.

The traditional Latin Mass will be offered at St. Bridget of Kildare Church in Moodus, Connecticut on Ash Wednesday, February 6, at 10:00 am. For information and directions, go to the St. Bridget Latin Mass Community Website: link

Since 1998, the pastor, Father Gregoire Fluet has offered the traditional Latin Mass every Sunday in the parish, often in the beautiful, unrenovated ante-bellum “old church” that was all but abandoned in the 1950’s when the new church was built. Gradually Fr. Fluet has lovingly restored the old church.

Last summer, Fr. Fluet was appointed chaplain of the Ecclesia Dei ministry for the Diocese of Norwich by Bishop Michael Cote. According to the bishop’s letter, “This ministry will respond to the spiritual needs of the faithful in the Diocese who have an attachment to the Extraordinary Rite of the Roman Rite, the Rite of 1962. It will provide the necessary resources and provide a place of reference should any of the faithful request celebrations of the Rite of 1962 for funerals or weddings . . .” (Link to the entire letter)

Located in south-central Connecticut, near East Haddam and the Connecticut River, Moodus is an out-of-the-way destination for many of our readers. But this scenic area makes a wonderful day-trip, with many interesting sites nearby. Gillette Castle and Devil’s Hopyard State Park, for example, are great family destinations. The historic Goodspeed Opera House is only a few miles away in East Haddam.

The Latin Mass at St. Bridget’s takes place every Sunday at 12 noon. For holy day Latin Masses, check with the church.

Will other churches be scheduling Latin Masses on Ash Wednesday? Please inform us if you know of one.

This is a photo of the Holy Father adoring the Blessed Sacrament at First Vespers in St. Peter’s Basilica on December 31, 2007, sent to us by a correspondent in Rome. It is a clear sign of liturgical restoration.

Some pictures of yesterday’s First Friday Mass at the Church of the Guardian Angel, New York. It is planned that this Mass in honor of the Sacred Heart will be celebrated henceforth every First Friday at this church.

A Traditional Latin Mass is scheduled for St. Mary Church in Greenwich, CT on Friday evening, January 11 at 7:30 pm. The celebrant Fr. Robert Boyd will preach on the prolife teachings of the Church. The Mass will take place in the lower church. The church address: 178 Greenwich Avenue, directions.
The picture below was taken at a Traditional Latin Mass celebrated at St. Mary’s in September.

A Traditional Latin Mass in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be celebrated this Friday, January 4 at 6:30 pm at Church of the Guardian Angel, 193 10th Avenue at W. 21st Street, New York, NY. It will be a Missa Cantata. The church is scheduling a Traditional Mass every first Friday of the month at 6:30, taking over from the first Friday Mass that took place at St. Vincent’s. Directions