5th Sunday after
         Pentecost
 
                July  '09
                                 
                                                       
Dear Friends:
If this is your first time visiting Una Voce NH,welcome. The Mission of Una Voce NH is to promote the spread of the offering of the Traditional Latin Mass(TLM) in New Hampshire. As the official voice of Una Voce International in New Hampshire, our goal is to unite traditional Catholics  throughout the state in a network to support and promote the celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Missal of Blessed John XXIII. The TLM is now available in NH at four parishes  for  the first time in almost 40 years.
In neighboring Northern Massachusetts,
the TLM is also growing. We need your help. Volunteer your efforts
or donate to our cause!!! Thank you...and may God Bless you!!!

Bill St. Laurent
President,
Una Voce New Hampshire  
Billstl60@aol.com   

TL Mass discontinued at Sacred Heart, Laconia

(UnaVoceNH) - The monthly TLM that has been celebrated at Sacred Heart Church, Laconia since the Holy Father's Motu Proprio two years ago has been discontinued.

Sadly, the discontinuation is the result of the transfer of Fr. Adrien Longchamps from Sacred Heart and the lack of any Priests who are capable of offering the Traditional Latin Mass. Neither of the new priests assigned to Sacred Heart and the surrounding parishes are trained in the Traditional Mass. 

The UnaVoce NH Team would like to take this opportunity to thank Fr. Adrien for his wonderful support of the Latin Mass community in New Hampshire over the last 2 years and we wish him the very best in his next assignment!!! 


Benedictine Monastery of Norcia, Italy to Celebrate Both Forms of the Roman Rite          by Shawn Tribe

The following came into the NLM this evening from the Benedictine monastery of Norcia:

July 7th, 2009 will mark the 2nd anniversary of the Motu Proprio of Pope Benedict XVI Summorum Pontificum. For this occasion, the monks of Norcia are pleased to announce a new liturgical apostolate, given to us by the Holy See. The Monastery of San Benedetto in Norcia has been asked to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in utroque usu –according to both the extraordinary and ordinary forms of the Roman rite. Please see the latest newsletter (attached) for details on this special mission and an interview with our Prior, Fr Cassian Folsom, OSB.

To read more about this, they include their in their newsletter more information including some question and answer material. You may read it in full here.

U.S. Nuns Facing Vatican 
              Scrutiny

James Estrin/The New York Times
Mother Mary Clare Millea has been appointed by the Vatican to study the activities of some orders of nuns in the United States.

“For some in the leadership circles in Rome and elsewhere, it’s a piece of unfinished business. It’s an effort to bring about a re-establishment of a very traditional, very conservative set of standards for what convent life is supposed to be.”

  from The New York Times
The Vatican is quietly conducting two sweeping investigations of American nuns, a development that has startled and dismayed nuns who fear they are the targets of a doctrinal inquisition. Nuns were the often-unsung workers who helped build the Roman Catholic Church in this country, planting schools and hospitals and keeping parishes humming. But for the last three decades, their numbers have been declining — to 60,000 today from 180,000 in 1965.

While some nuns say they are grateful that the Vatican is finally paying attention to their dwindling communities, many fear that the real motivation is to reel in American nuns who have reinterpreted their calling for the modern world.

In the last four decades since the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, many American nuns stopped wearing religious habits, left convents to live independently and went into new lines of work: academia and other professions, social and political advocacy and grass-roots organizations that serve the poor or promote spirituality. A few nuns have also been active in organizations that advocate changes in the church like ordaining women and married men as priests.

Some sisters surmise that the Vatican and even some American bishops are trying to shift them back into living in convents, wearing habits or at least identifiable religious garb, ordering their schedules around daily prayers and working primarily in Roman Catholic institutions, like schools and hospitals.
(See full article in News-Links)

Liturgical Question on Novus Ordo Mass
and Genuflection

ASK FATHER Question Box — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest reader I received a couple liturgical questions.  Here is one of his comments:

It does not make sense to me—and it makes even less sense to servers and others—to say we genuflect before and after the Mass, but not during, except at the entrance and exit. The servers especially don’t get it; thus they continue bowing outside of Mass. One practical solution might be to teach the servers to genuflect every time they cross before the tabernacle, but I can’t square that with the GIRM.

 Some people might not realize that the GIRM indicates that those who are in the sanctuary are to genuflect at the beginning and end of Mass, but not during Mass, even when they pass before the Blessed Sacrament.  The priest also genuflects at the consecration, according to the rubrics, but NOT when, for example, incensing the altar or crossing the sanctuary to the ambo, etc., even if the tabernacle is at the center and he passes before it.  You are supposed to bow instead of genuflect.

Weird, no?

I think that doing the red and saying the black is the best approach.

This is one of those points of the GIRM which I do not in the least mind seeing broken.

It makes no sense to me at all to ignore the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle during Holy Mass. 

I know that all the liturgists want us to focus on the altar, blah blah blah.

Yes, the altar is important.  But the altar is not God.

If a server or priest were to come to me with the confession that he genuflected to the Blessed Sacrament during Mass, I think I would give him a very mild penance and absolve him… even if he said he had every intention of doing it again… and with others.


Supporter of the Traditional Latin Mass
    Fr. Adrien Longchamps to be transferred 
             from Sacred Heart, Laconia

Alan MacRae/for the Citizen
FR. ADRIEN LONGCHAMPS is wrapped in a quilt by members of the Sacred Heart quilters guild, including member Bea Vezina, right, during a farewell reception in his honor at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall on Sunday.

UnaVoceNH Note: Fr. Adrien Longchamps, Pastor of Sacred Heart, Laconia and a supporter and pioneer in the offering of the Traditional Latin Mass in New Hampshire has been transferred from Sacred Heart Parish. Father has been at Sacred Heart for 11 years. Sacred Heart and 2 other Parishes will be consolidated into one new Parish. We will keep you posted on Father's new assignment as soon as it is announced.
Excerpts from an article from Laconia Citizen follows:

Three Catholic churches in Laconia held their last weekend Masses as separate parishes on Sunday

(Laconia Citizen)- This week the three parishes which are all more than 100 years old will be consolidated into one parish this week. The move, which mirrors a trend which has already occurred elsewhere in the Diocese of Manchester, is taking place due to the dwindling number of priests available for ministry.

The new parish, which has not yet been given a name, will combine Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, and Our Lady of the Lakes in Laconia. As of noon on Wednesday, the present leaders of the three parishes will no longer hold their positions.
Father Marc Drouin has been chosen be pastor for all three churches. He will be assisted by the Rev. Matthew Mason who was ordained on June 6. Plans call for Masses to be held in all the city's churches.

... Father Adrien Longchamps of Sacred Heart said the transfer "fills my heart with a lot of sadness."

Longchamps has been in charge of Sacred Heart Parish for 11 years and has put a lot of work into the parish buildings, which needed a lot of repair when he arrived. He said that leaving is difficult but that it is worse to not know where he is going.

He said that it really hit him emotionally at Mass on Saturday when the congregation was singing the last hymn.

"I needed windshield wipers and I don't even have a windshield," Longchamps said, referring to being overcome with emotion.

After so long serving Sacred Heart, Longchamps said he has put down roots and its been hard for him to get used to the idea of uprooting. He asked that everyone would pray for him and remember their faith.

Bouley, at a reception for Longchamps, said that he will be missed but Bouley felt there was no better day to honor Longchamps than on Father's Day. 

Feast of the Precious Blood
ASK FATHER Question Box — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:

As you know, July 1st is the Feast of the Precious Blood in the pre-1969 calendar.  Unfortunately, this is one of the "idea feasts" which didn’t make the "expert" cut in 1969 (and the highest-ranking victim of tinkeritis [good word] – I think it was a second-class feastday).

Happily, July 1st is a feria in the modern calendar, with only an optional memorial for Blessed Junipero Serra otherwise obligating the day.  Thus, priests are free to use the votive mass of the Precious Blood which is found in the 2002 M.R. (not that I’ve ever really seen this done).

My question is the following: for those laity (or even obligated religious and clergy) who use the LOTH for daily prayer, is there a way to celebrate the Precious Blood?  I notice in the Liturgia Horarum that there is an office for "Christ, Our Eternal High Priest."  Would that be appropriate to use?  It has many references to the Precious Blood of Our Lord.  This "votive office" is also a good one to keep in mind for the Year for Priests, even if it’s only in the Latin editio typica.

The alternative, of course, is simply to pray the July 1st office in the extraordinary form.

Non-obliged lay people can do as they please, since they have no obligation to say the Office at all and they do so from devotion.

As for those who are obliged, I like the idea of "Christ the Eternal Priest", especially during this Year.

The feast of the Precious Blood is a fairly new feast for the Roman Calendar.  It was observed in Spain in the 16th centur, brought to Rome by the great St. Gaspar del Bufalo and them placed on the universal calendar in 1849 by Pius IX. 

I don’t see why one could not, on a feria, use another office.

Pontifical Mass and Canons Regular of St. John Cantius on EWTN July 1st
by Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement 

For those of you who have never had an opportunity to attend a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the usus antiquior(TLM), you may be interested to know that the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, along with Bishop Joseph Perry, an auxiliary of the archdiocese of Chicago, will be celebrating one live on EWTN tomorrow, July 1st, on the Feast of the Most Precious Blood in the calendar of the usus antiquior.

The Mass will begin airing at 8:00am EST (and will be re-aired at midnight EST). The Schola will be comprised of the Poor Clare nuns and the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

In addition to the Pontifical Mass, Bishop Perry and Fr. Frank Phillips of the Canons Regular will be on the programme, EWTN Live with guest host, Fr. Joseph Wolfe, MFVA, to discuss the re-invigoration of the St. John Cantius parish.

This will air tomorrow at 8:00pm EST.

Finally, on Friday, July 3, 2009 at 8:00am EST, Fr. Frank Phillips, C.R. and the Canons Regular will celebrate the modern Roman liturgy in the chapel of the EWTN Studios in Irondale.

The brothers of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius will sing Kyriale IV and the Gregorian chant propers from the Gradulae Romanum for this festal Mass of St. Thomas the Apostle.

For those interested in one or all of these events, EWTN can be watched live on the internet by clicking on the "Television" menu and going to "Live TV" in either English of Spanish.


How to celebrate Novus Ordo Masses “ad orientem”

"How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Mail from priests — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf 

From a priest reader:

I am a priest in my 60’s I remember serving the Tridentine mass. I am interested in celebrating mass ad orientem but I was wondering how. I have some questions.

1.    At the beginning of the mass do you face the people with the dialogue, “The Lord be with you.” And the penitential rite.  What about “The Lord be with you.” at the other times do you face the people then?
2.    What about the readings, are they done in the usual way.
3.    Again what about the dialogue prior to the Preface. Do you turn towards the people?
4.     Do you celebrate mass in a low or loud tone of voice so that everyone can hear you.

Each Memorial day we have a beautiful altar at our cemetery, and we set up this rickety old card table. I would prefer to say mass at the altar but I would have to do so ad orientem.

Thanks for the questions.

I recommend that, if you begin at the "chair" rather than directly at the altar (as of old) you might face toward the liturgical "north" for the open dialogue, perhaps with a slight turn to the congregation for the "Dominus vobiscum" and turn to the altar for the Collect.

If another person is doing the first reading, etc. sit.  Do the Gospel from the ambo.  In other words, they are done in the usual way.

At the altar do everything ad orientem turning to the congregation for the "Orate fratres" and the "Ecce Agnus Dei" and the final blessing, etc.  Don’t turn to the people for the Preface dialogue.  Don’t turn around with the host or chalice at the consecration.  Just elevate them still facing ad orientem.

In the Novus Ordo the Canon or Eucharistic Prayer is to be said aloud.  Simply use the level of voice indicated in the rubrics.

I applaud your desire to celebrate Mass ad orientem!


 St. Adelaide's in Peabody announces
 TLM will now be offered every Sunday!

UnaVoceNH - St. Adelaides in Peabody, Massachusetts has announced that the Traditional Latin Mass will now be offered every Sunday starting Sunday, July 5. 
In addition, the time of the Mass will be moved to an earlier time at 1:00PM instead
of 2:00PM. 

St. Adelaides becomes the first "non Indult" Church to offer the TLM every Sunday...
at least in Northern New England.

Note: Before the Motu Proprio, the TLM was only available at Indult Churches such Holy Trinity in Boston and Holy Name in Providence. When Holy Trinity closed the TLM was moved to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and to Mary Immaculate of Lourdes in Newton, MA.  All 3 Indult Churches offer the TLM each week.

 

 

 

 

Bishop Rifan visits New York City and offers High Pontificial Mass                   

Bishop Rifan visits New York City and offers High Pontificial Mass                   

Bishop Rifan visits New York City and offers High Pontificial Mass                   

Note: Una Voce NH had previously announced the conference on the Sacred Heart
and the planned Pontificial Mass by Bishop Rifan

Last night in New York City I attended, in choro, a Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form.

The Mass was celebrated at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste on the upper East Side.  A gorgeous church, I must say.  The celebrant was Bishop Fernando Areas Rifan of the Apostolic Administration of St. John Vianney in Brazil. This is a "personal diocese" for people who desire the older forms.  The Mass was part of a novena leading up to the Feast of the Sacred Heart.  Today there is a conference on the Sacrd Heart at which yours truly will be speaking, as Our Saviour in Manhattan where Fr. George Rutler is pastor.

Here are a few photos.  Perhaps some of you who were there also may have other shots.

First, the incredible altar.


My friend Fr. G. Murray of St. Vincent’s with whom I am staying.


Ecce Agnus Dei


Bp. Rifan.

The music was breathtaking. 

It was very well attended.

Brick by brick in Manhattan.

Spouse of Christ: our finest...

...photos of Religious Sisters in Rome in traditional habit from Orbis Catholicus blog

Thank you, sisters

and from the Vatican: the traditional Redemptorist habit...       

from Orbis Catholicus blog

These guys inspire vocations.

Catholic Scotland: you men carry the torch!
from Orbis Catholicus blog

Pontifical Scots College in Rome is awesome and the guys in their proud habit look sharp and bring honor to their people and nation.

From Catholic Russia: finally completed...

Before as seen above...

And after...

Good news: this is a Catholic Latin rite parish which by some miracle survived the destruction of the Russian Revolution. It is located on the Sea of Japan in Vladivostok, Russia. The cornerstone reads 1908 and with the October Revolution of 1917 the faithful were unable to finish the church with steeples and so for generations the church was left unfinished. Until today. Just this summer, after so many years of wait and hope, the pastor and parishioners rejoiced as they watched as the new steeples were put into place, 100 years after the construction of the church. Be a part of this historic event and support these guys in every way: http://www.vladmission.org/.


Renovation of the Sanctuary:   
Holy Ghost Church in Rhode Island
New Liturgical Movement
I have mentioned more than once that whenever the NLM posts sanctuary suggestions or revisions, it usually begets more of them. I am very glad for this, because I believe it provides a venue for valuable discussion (if not also a little debate) and can be a source of inspiration and ideas, particularly for our priests.
These particular before and after images come from Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Rhode Island in the United States. Let us consider the before and after.

BEFORE

There are a few things going on here. The form of the altar is not terribly inspiring, and worse, it has used the all too typical method that far too many parishes seemingly try employ in order to compensate for this: by piling up items and decorations before the altar -- and in this case, also before the ambo. But since I have touched upon this in recent days, I won't belabour that point further. The carpet is not terribly appealing (and would further have a negative affect upon the music), and the wood backdrop is rather uninspiring. As well, the crucifix, while visible, has little iconographic impact.
A sense of clutter and a corresponding lack of focus are what seem to characterize this sanctuary as we are seeing it.
Now, let us consider the revisions.
AFTER

Here we are, after the revisions. I think you will agree that there is quite a different sense and feel to the sanctuary. Evidently, the woodwork behind has greater detail and richer colour to it, with a much more traditional character, one which gives emphasis to the tabernacle that is located there. Its gothic styling also draw the eye upward, whereas previously, the old wooden backdrop tended to push downward.

The crucifix, which is now more substantial, more colourful and placed higher, lends to this vertical thrust, further setting itself up nicely for the meditation of the faithful.

The richer colours generally on the walls also bring a warmth to the sanctuary, whereas formerly, it was much more sterile in feel.

The orienting of the celebrant's chair toward the altar is also quite a good (and simple) change in this sanctuary -- also placing focus upon the altar.

Turning our attention to the altar itself, it now employs a dignified altar frontal which not only ties it into the liturgical seasons, but further gives the altar a far greater presence and substantiality within the sanctuary.

The use of the Benedictine arrangement is also effectual in lending the altar a greater substantiality and verticality, and the candlesticks are themselves quite beautiful.


Christ the King, Sarasota Dedicated

Renovation of the Sanctuary:

by Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement 

Recently the NLM mentioned the renovation of a church in the Diocese of Venice, Florida by the FSSP. That church was recently dedicated. The schola for the Mass were made up of students of Ave Maria University.

Note from UnaVoce NH- Christ the King Chapel, Sarasota, Fla. is a Chapel being administered by the FSSP at the invitation of the Bishop.
From the Parish Website:

Christ the King Chapel, is a step back into the future. Like few parishes of their kind, Christ the King provides not only all the Liturgy and Sacraments according to the Extraordinary Form (the Traditional Latin Mass), but lives an entire community life emanating from it.From home school and youth activities to Bible study and recollections,
rather than stepping into the past, at Christ the King the Tradition of the Catholic Church comes alive. With the recent blessings from Pope Benedict for the Latin Mass,
and with the full support of His Excellency Bishop Frank Dewane and the Diocese of Venice, come and experience another option besides the Ordinary Form of the Mass and discover - like many other Catholics have - a sanctuary where the liturgical treasures that have been hidden for the past 40 years, are now fully encouraged and available to you. Come find rest in this new oasis of prayer in Sarasota! Christ the King is not for an exclusive few.
The Latin Mass is for everyone!
www.christthekingsarasota.org

Photo Essay: Pentecost and the TLM 
Photos: First Mass of Rev. Charles White IV - Solemn High Mass - Pentecost 2009

Fr. Charles White IV of Assumption Grotto was ordained with five other men by Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron on Saturday May 30th. Fr. White celebrated his First Mass on Pentecost at the parish. He celebrated a Mass in the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missal) and it was a Solemn High Mass. Newly ordained transitional deacon, John Dumas - also of Assumption Grotto - was the deacon of the Mass, and Fr. John Bustamante was sub-deacon. Fr. Paul Ward is seen in the photos in cope, as Assistant Priest.

(See section on our site above: Photo Essay at Photo Essay: Pentecost Part I)

Sacred Heart, Laconia announces additional special TLM this Sunday, June 14
Fr Adrien Longchamps, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Laconia, has announced that there will be an additional High Sung TLM with Procession and Benediction this coming Sunday, June 14 at 11:30AM.


The un-wreckovation of the high altar in St. Stephen's Chapel
by Matthew Alderman
The sequence of photos below sent by a reader shows something quite momentous from an art-historical view: the un-wreckovation of the high altar in St. Stephen's Chapel at the Anglican Cowley Fathers' complex in Oxford, a space designed by Bodley with a ciborium by Comper. We featured this interior some time back, incidentally. The end result is much closer to Comper's original vision. It also shows how a freestanding altar and baldachin may be used within the context of ad orientem liturgy, as well as being a further commentary on truly noble simplicity in architecture and church paraments. Our correspondent notes this all happened during his lunch break. It took a mere sixty minutes to architecturally restore the sacred here. Sometimes that little push is all that is necessary.









"Birettiquette" ASK FATHER
Question Box, Mail from priests — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
I had a note from a priest reader about what I call "birettiquette", the proper use of the biretta in choro:

I am looking for the proper use of the Biretta by a priest at Mass.  I know the general rule is that it is worn while seated and usually off while standing.  I have seen some priests lift their Biretta slightly at the Name of God, or of Jesus while they are seated. Thank you for your help?

Once upon a time I actually had made a little pamphlet on this… but I can’t find it.  I will have to redo it in my copious free time.

In the military people need to know what to do with their hats, when to cover and uncover.  This varies with the services.  The Navy handles their covers differently than the Army, for example, when it comes to indoors and outdoors.

The same goes for clergy in choir dress.

I haven’t a lot of time today, so here are some rapid notes I sent to a priest friend who was going to be attending a TLM in choro for the first time and wanted to know what to do.
Carry the biretta in procession.
Only the sacred ministers wear it when walking.
Wear it when seated.
Remove it BEFORE standing and recover only when seated again.
Do not wear it kneeling.
Uncover at the Holy Name by removing the biretta and lowering it to your right knee.
Tip it in return if ministers bow to your direction as they pass before you or if they are heading to point X across the sanctuary and make the usual honorific bows.
Put it on correctly!  If it is a three-horned biretta, what Italians call a "tricorno", the middle "horn" goes to the right side of your head so you remove and cover using your right hand. 
Servers should always offer the biretta so that the priest can grasp that middle "horn".
When standing, hold the biretta with hands before your chest, using both hands, holding the bottom edge so that the biretta is above your hands.
If in procession you are carrying a book, hold the book upright with the pages to the left and hook the top of the biretta in your lower fingers below the book.
Hold the biretta before your chest as described above when standing when orations are sung, the Gospel is sung, you are being incensed, the blessing at the end, etc.
Do not…not… sit on it!

There are some fast tips for your birettiquette!

Female Religious Orders using Traditional Missals Religious Orders - Part II

UnaVoceNH - Last week we published Part I (Men Religious and Priests) of  Una Voce Int'l's list of Religious Orders utilizing 1962 or earlier versions of the traditional missals. Below,  you will find Part II, a list of Women Religious Orders who are utilizing the 1962 Missal. You can select those in blue that have links to find out more about that particular religious group:

• Benedictines - Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Fidelite (Jouques)
• Benedictines - Abbaye Notre-Dame de L'Annonciation (Le Barroux)
• Benedictines - Monastère Notre Dame de Misericorde (Rosans)
• Canonesses of the Mother of God
• Sisters of the Precious Blood (Schellenberg)
• Sisters of the Precious Blood (St. Pelagiberg)
• Oblates of Mary, Queen of Apostles
• Adoratrices du Coeur Royal de Jesus-Christ Souveraine Pretre
• Discalced Carmelitesses - Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Valparaiso)
• Dominicans of the Holy Ghost - Institution Saint Dominique (Baffe)
• Dominicans of the Holy Ghost - Institution Saint Joseph (Draguignan)
• Dominicans of the Holy Ghost - Ecole Sainte Catherine de Siena (Nantes)
• Dominicans of the Holy Ghost - Couvent Notre-Dame-de-Joie (Pontcalec)
• Dominicans of the Holy Ghost - Institution Saint-Pie X (Saint Cloud)
• Religious Victims of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Marseille)
• Institute of Servants of the Queen of Apostles
• The Oasis of Jesús Sacerdote (Oasis of Christ Priest) from Barcelona

TLM at Holy Rosary, Lawrence  moves to St. Monica's Methuen

(Latin Mass Community North) - For the summer months (June - Sept.), the Mass at Holy Rosary Church  in Lawrence, MA has shifted to St. Monica's Church, 214 Lawrence St., Methuen, which is air-conditioned. The time of the Mass on the 3rd Sundays has changed to 1:30 PM, while 1st Sundays will remain at 3:00 PM.

Feast of Corpus Christi
High Sung TLM to be offered at St. Adelaide's Church Peabody, MA on June 11

(Latin Mass Community North) - There will be a Sung High Mass with a Eucharistic Procession
and Benediction offered on the Feast of Corpus Christi on Thursday, June 11 at 7:30PM at St. Adelaides Church in Peabody, MA. 

Traditionalist Bishop Rifan to visit New York City

(UnaVoce Int'l) - On Friday, June 19th, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. on the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Bishop Fernândo Rifan, of the diocese of Campos in Brazil, will celebrate a traditional Pontifical Solemn Mass at the Throne at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste (East 76th and Lexington Avenue).

There will also be a conference on devotion to the Sacred Heart and a dinner in honor of Bishop Rifan on Saturday, June 20th, 2009. For more information about this Mass and other events related to it, go to http://www.sacredheartconfraternity.org/2009_Conference_and_Mass.html

Priestly Societies and Religious Orders now using 1962 Traditional Missals

Una Voce Int'l has published a list of tradional Roman Catholic Societies and Religious Orders now using the 1962 or earlier traditional missals. You can select those in blue that have links to find out more about that particular religious group:

Male Priestly Societies & Religious Orders

• Apostolic Administration of St. John Mary Vianney
• Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
• Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
• Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer
• Institute of St. Philip Neri
• Institute of the Good Shepherd
• Benedictines - Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek
• Benedictines - Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontgombault
• Benedictines - Monastère Notre-Dame de Gaussan
• Benedictines - Abbaye Saint-Madeleine (Le Barroux)
• Benedictines - Abbaye Notre-Dame de Randol
• Benedictines - Monastère Sainte-Marie de la Garde (St. Pierre de Clairac)
• Benedictines - Abbaye Notre-Dame de Triors
• Religious Institute of the Holy Cross of Riaumont
• Canons Regular of the Mother of God
• Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem
• Monks of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel
• The Fraternidad de Cristo Sacerdote y Santa María Reina (Fraternity of Christ Priest and Saint Mary the Queen) from Pontevedra
• Transalpine Redemptorists

Traditional Restoration underway:
Project Seeks to Restore Historic St.
Francis de Sales Church in St. Louis

St. Francis De Sales, St. Louis Interior

(UnaVoce Int'l) - At the turn of the 21st Century, tradition is coming home to St. Francis de Sales. In its physical and its spiritual essence, the vision of grandeur is being rekindled: from the vestibule down the long aisle to the High Altar; from the classic stained glass windows to the frescoes dulled by time; from the sacristy for the clergy to the school rooms for the children; and from the spacious apses to the tip of the spire. Solemnity, beauty, and tradition are being uncovered as the restoration of St. Francis de Sales begins.
Select "read more" link below for more information:
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Mass to be Sung by 2 Choirs including
renowned St. John Cantius Schola from Chicago
Sacred Heart, Laconia announces special "5th Sunday" High TLM Missa Cantata

(Una Voce NH) - Fr. Adrien Longchamps, Pastor, Sacred Heart Church, Laconia, NH has announced that they will have a Sung High Latin Mass on the Solemnity of Pentecost, May 31, at 11:30 AM with two choirs providing the chants... a children's choir from Concord and singers of the choir from St. John Cantius Parish in Chicago.

For more on St. John Cantius' renowned sacred music program you may visit their website at the link below:

http://www.cantius.org/go/music/category/choirs_of_st_john_cantius/

There will  be also a Latin Mass for the Feast of the Most Blessed Trinity on June 7th at 11:30 AM.

 

Pope Visits Important Benedictine 
Abbey of Montecassino

by Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement 

Pope Benedict visited the historic Benedictine abbey of Montecassino today as part of making a pastoral visit to that region of Italy, which is 80 miles south of Rome.

Montecassino is of particular significance to the Benedictine order for the reason that the monastery is tied to its founder, St. Benedict:

About 529 St. Benedict left Subiaco, to escape the persecutions of the jealous priest, Florentius. Accompanied by a chosen band, among them Sts. Maurus and Placid, he journeyed to Monte Cassino, one of the properties made over to him by Tertullus, St. Placid's father. The town of Cassinum (Cassino), lying at the foot of the mountain, had been destroyed by the Goths some thirty-five years earlier, but a temple of Apollo still crowned the summit of the mountain, and the few remaining inhabitants were still sunk in idolatry. Benedict's first act was to break the image of Apollo and destroy the altar, on the site of which he built a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and an oratory in honour of St. Martin of Tours...

Once established at Monte Cassino, St. Benedict never left it. There was written the Rule whose influence was to spread over all Western monachism; there he received the visit of Totila in 542, the only date in his life of which we have certain evidence; there he died, and was buried in one tomb with his sister, St. Scholastica.

-- Catholic Encyclopedia, "Abbey of Monte Cassino"

Photographs of the Pope's visit to the Cassino and the Abbey of Montecassino today (including one other photograph from the Mass earlier this morning, which shows how Montecassino dominates the landscape surrounding it and the town below).

(Benedict prays following Vespers)

Prior to visiting the Abbey, the Pope celebrated Mass outdoors in the town of Cassino.


(The Pope is presented with a statue of St. Benedict)

The Holy Father will also preside at Vespers. The NLM will try to bring you photos of this, and the visit of the Holy Father to the Abbey itself.

May I take this opportunity to again encourage NLM readers who are looking for spiritual reading to considering taking up The Rule of St. Benedict (a nice edition is published by Roman Catholic Books) and to consider monastic retreats and the monastic vocation as part of fostering a liturgical life.

Traditional Latin Mass in Moscow, Russia

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Moscow

From Una Voce Russia, (and edited for posting on Rorate Caeli):

The next 'approved' Traditional Latin Mass will be on May 31 (Pentecost),but usually it is offered every 1st Sunday of the month, at 1700 H (5:00 P.M.) in the basement chapel of the Cathedral (of the Immaculate Conception, Moscow).

The priest who offers the Mass is Fr. Augustyn Dziedziel SDB (pronounced Dzendzel and written in Polish with a special mark under the first e, e in HTML). Catholic guests of Moscow are most welcome. (Father also speaks some English in addition to Polish and Russian, so confessions are possible before Mass.)

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 6.2 - Holy Saturday and the Blessing of the Font, Litany of the Saints, Mass and Vespers by Shawn Tribe

We conclude part 6 of Gregory DiPippo's consideration of the texts, ceremonies and history of the Holy Week ceremonies from before and after Pope Pius XII's reforms in 1955, looking at the Easter Vigil.

This comprises the second of the two parts upon the Easter Vigil.

Please note, further pieces on other specific aspects of the Pian reforms to Holy Week will be forthcoming.

Previous Installments in this series:

Part 1 - The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms
Part 2 - The Masses of Palm Sunday, Holy Tuesday and Spy Wednesday
Part 3 - The Mass of Holy Thursday and the Mandatum
Part 4.1 - The Mass of Presanctified on Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers
Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified
Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum
Part 6.1 - Holy Saturday and the Blessing of the New Fire, the Procession into the Church, the Exsultet and the Prophecies

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII
Part 6.2: Holy Saturday - The Blessing of the Font, the Litany of the Saints, the Mass and Vespers
(The pre-1956 Easter Vigil celebrated at Westminster Cathedral)
(Part 6.2 Continued: Full Article in News/Links Section)

Parish Restoration:
St. Augustine of Canterbury, Manitoba

by Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement 
Some while ago, a seminarian sent in news to the NLM of another parish restoration that occured, this time in central Canada. The parish is that of St. Augustine of Canterbury in Brandon, Manitoba and the occasion for the restoration surrounded that parish's 125th anniversary.



Unfortunately, I can find no "before" photos, but the "after" photo certainly is striking:

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Photo Essay Part II: 
The The Pope in the Holy Land
(See Photo Essay Part II in new "Pope in Holy Land" Section)
PopeBenedict left Jordan Monday for his visit to Israel. King Abdulah sawe him off at Amman airport before he boarded a Jordanian airliner.



First TLM Mass in main church in 40 Years!!!
Ascension Thursday TLM Mass to be offered at St. Joseph Parish, Lynn (main church) 
For the first time in over 40 years, the Tridentine Latin Mass will be offered in the main church at St. Joseph Parish, 40 Green Street, Lynn, on the Feast of the Ascension, May 21, 2009, at 8:00 PM. Click here for directions 


TLM Mass offered to commemorate 5th
Anniversary of Priest's Ordination 
Fr. David Carr Lewis will celebrate a Tridentine Latin Mass in honor of St. Rita to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood on Friday, May 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM, at St. Adelaide Church, 708 Lowell St., Peabody. Click here for directions.




PILGRIMAGE
OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO THE HOLY LAND
8-15 MAY 2009 PROGRAM
(See Full Program in new Pope in Holy Land Section)

Highlights of pope's Holy Land tour
By The Associated Press


A look at the main events scheduled for Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the Holy Land:
— May 8: Arrives from Rome at Jordan's Queen Alia airport in Amman. Benedict will visit a Christian religious center and go to the royal palace to meet King Abdullah and Queen Rania.

— May 9: Celebrates a private Mass in the Chapel of the Apostolic Nunciature of Amman. Benedict will then visit an ancient basilica on Mount Nebo, where Moses is said to have first seen the promised land. He later meets with Muslim religious leaders, diplomats and university officials in front of Al-Hussein bin Talal mosque in Amman. He will hold evening prayers at the Greek-Melkite Cathedral of Saint-Georges.

— May 10: Celebrates Mass at Amman International Stadium and then has lunch with patriarchs and bishops. In the evening, Benedict will visit the site of Christ's baptism at Bethany beyond the Jordan and bless the foundation stones of Latin and Greek Melkite churches.

— May 11: Celebrates private Mass in the Chapel of the Apostolic Nunciature of Amman. Benedict leaves Queen Alia airport for Jerusalem in the morning following a farewell ceremony.

— May 11: Arrives from Jordan at Israel's Ben Gurion airport where a full state welcoming ceremony will be hosted by President Shimon Peres. In the evening, Benedict will visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

— May 12: Visits the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock—key Jewish and Muslim shrines in the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Also in the Old City, Benedict will visit the traditional site of Jesus' last supper with his 12 apostles on the eve of his crucifixion. He will also attend Mass in the nearby Garden of Gethsemane, where the gospels say Christ and his disciples spent the night in prayer.

— May 13: Visits a Palestinian refugee camp in Bethlehem and then celebrates Mass outside the Church of the Nativity, the site where Jesus is traditionally believed to have been born.

— May 14: Visits Jesus' childhood hometown of Nazareth and celebrates an open-air Mass at the nearby Mount Precipice, where tradition says an angry mob tried to throw Jesus to his death after he preached in a Nazareth synagogue. The Pope will later visit the Church of the Annunciation where he will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then pray in the Grotto, where the faithful believe the archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she would conceive the child Jesus.

— May 15: Benedict ends his Holy Land trip with a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, which tradition says marks the sites where Jesus was crucified and entombed.




In honor of
St. Benedict:
Feast is March 21 in 1962 Missal
Excerpts from Oris Catholicus website

THE LIFE OF SAINT BENEDICT
http://saintbenedict.org/stblife1.htm


Norcia: where St. Benedict was born...
This is the Church of St. Benedict in Norcia. Underneath the church is where St. Benedict, founder of Western monasticism, was born in AD 480 along with his twin sister, St. Scholastica.

Today the church and attached monastary are under the care of American Benedictines. In nearby Subiaco he founded his first monastic community and then on to Montecassino, etc.

It's a real treat to see this 14th century facade, considering the seismic events in the area related to earthquakes that have obliterated so much of the historic Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque treasures. Notice in the two niches the statue of St. Scholastica and that of St. Benedict? Benedict is depicted as a mitred abbot! Link here and support the American Benedictines who now live there:
http://www.osbnorcia.org

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 6.1 - Holy Saturday and the Blessing of the New Fire, Procession, Exultet, Prophecies      by Shawn Tribe  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

We continue with part 6 of Gregory DiPippo's consideration of the texts, ceremonies and history of the Holy Week ceremonies from before and after Pope Pius XII's reforms in 1955, looking at the Easter Vigil.

This comprises the first of two parts upon the Easter Vigil.

Previous Installments in this series:
Part 1 - The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms
Part 2 - The Masses of Palm Sunday, Holy Tuesday and Spy Wednesday
Part 3 - The Mass of Holy Thursday and the Mandatum
Part 4.1 - The Mass of Presanctified on Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers
Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified
Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum 
              
                  Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII
Part 6.1: Holy Saturday - The Blessing of the New Fire, the Procession into the Church, the Exsultet and the Prophecies
by Gregory DiPippo
          The pre-1956 Easter Vigil celebrated at Westminster Cathedral   
(Part 6.1 Continued: Full Article in News/Links Section)

     

      Photo Essay Part I: The Pope in the Holy Land
(See Photo Essay Part I in new Pope in Holy Land Section - below
Program/Itinerary)


Lawrence, MA  TLM Community announces new
                             Summer Schedule
Fr. Patrick Armano, Pastor, St. Monica's Church, Methuen has announced that the TLM currently offered on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at Holy Rosary Church in Lawrence, will be moved from Holy Rosary to St. Monica's, Methuen effective June 1 for the Summer months. The time of the 1st Sunday Mass will be changed to 1:30PM. The 3rd Sunday time will remain at 3:00PM. 

          Holy Rosary, Lawrence TLM Community
               to welcome  Fr. Thomas Buckley
The next Traditional Latin Mass on May 17 at Holy Rosary Church in Lawrence will be offered by Fr. Thomas Buckley of Abbington, MA. Fr. Buckley has offered the traditional Latin Mass on Cape Cod for many years. Thank you Fr. Buckley!!!


St. Patrick Church, Nashua to offer Gregorian Chant Classes:
What is Gregorian Chant and how do you sing it? 
Elizabeth Black, Director of St. Patrick's, Nashua Latin Schola, will offer 3 Classes on Gregorian Chant on Thursday, May 7, May 14 and 21st.

Whether you are interested in learning more about Gregorian Chant, simply for the sake of information, or to join in when the Chant is used at Masses...all are
invited to attend. The sessions will run from 8-9PM in the St. Patrick's Parish Center. Please bring pencil and paper. All are welcome!!!

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum          by Shawn Tribe

We continue with part V of Gregory DiPippo's consideration of the texts, ceremonies and history of the Holy Week ceremonies from before and after Pope Pius XII's reforms in 1955, looking at Tenebrae and the Triduum Office.
Previous Installments in this series:
Part 1 - The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms

Part 2 - The Masses of Palm Sunday, Holy Tuesday and Spy Wednesday

Part 3 - The Mass of Holy Thursday and the Mandatum

Part 4.1 - The Mass of Presanctified on Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers

Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified
Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII Part 5: Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum
(Part 5 Continued: Full Article in News/Links Section)  

 

 

 

Question to blogger Fr. John Zuhlsdorf:
High TLM and Asperges/Vidi Aquam ? 
From a reader about the Vidi Aquam
and Asperges… not to be confused
with the wonderful vegetable:

At nearly every single High Mass I have attended, whether FSSP, ICR or SSPX, including most diocesan TLMs, the High Mass is preceded with the Asperges or Vidi Aquam.

However, I have noticed some parishes  do not use either the Asperges or Vidi Aquam ever even though they always offer High Mass?

Is there a good reason for depriving the laity of this sacramental?

What is the proper protocol?

Answer from Fr. Z:
First, I am a little puzzled at the spin put on this question. You frame it in terms of finding a justification for "depriving" people of a sacramental.  I am all for sacramentals, but let’s be a little less aggressive.

You simply ask the priest why he didn’t do it.  I can imagine a few reasons.  For example…

The priest is still new at this old stuff and doesn’t know what to do.

The choir is still learning and doesn’t know the chant.

There is a Mass immediately after this one and it can’t go too long.

Remember that the Asperges and Vidi aquam are not part of the Mass.  This is why the priest doesn’t wear Mass vestments.  He usually wears a cope if there is one.  The ministers don’t wear their maniples, etc. 

Customarily this rite was done before the principle Mass in a place.  The rite is an option, and wasn’t nornally done before Low Masses…. except for a time in England, I think, where it was mandatory at Masses.  It probably grew out of cathedral Masses and churches with chapters where there were clergy in choro.  Something similar is done in the monastic office, at compline, I believe.

I think the Asperges and Vidi aquam are very good to do, and a priest does well to explain the significance so that people can better understand how valuable sacramentals are.  Still, if it is an option it can be left out without people snarling at the priest and asking for good reasons or justifications.

Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 5 - Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum      by Shawn Tribe

We continue with part V of Gregory DiPippo's consideration of the texts, ceremonies and history of the Holy Week ceremonies from before and after Pope Pius XII's reforms in 1955, looking at Tenebrae and the Triduum Office.
Previous Installments in this series:
Part 1 - The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms

Part 2 - The Masses of Palm Sunday, Holy Tuesday and Spy Wednesday

Part 3 - The Mass of Holy Thursday and the Mandatum

Part 4.1 - The Mass of Presanctified on Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers 

Part 4.2 - Good Friday, The Adoration of the Cross and the Rite of the Presanctified
Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII Part 5: Tenebrae and the Divine Office of the Triduum
(Part 5 Continued: Full Article in News/Links Section) 

 STUNNING DVD -
The Monks of Le Barroux

The fine monks of Saint Mary Magdalene Monastery in Le Barroux, France are traditional Benedictines in full communion
with the Holy See.

They have produced a video DVD
 on their way of life.  They sent me a copy.

UPDATED ORDER INFORMATION:  HERE.

I must share some of this with you.

 St. Mary Magdalene Abbey - Le Barroux: Play Now |
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St. Mary Magdalene Abbey -
Le Barroux:
I have visited Le Barroux a couple times, though not for many years now. It is a truly beautiful place
 with an amazing Catholic
identity. 

Watch the video, above. 
The DVD follows the monastic day and shows some important events.
The shots of the Pontifical Mass for Pentecost and images of the acceptance and vesting of a novice are in themselves worthy to get the DVD.
Here are various screen-shots to give you a flavor.
I think you will enjoy what you see.