Our friend James Griffin of The Durandus Institute for Sacred Liturgy and Music wishes all our readers a joyous Easter season, by presenting two opportunities, at least for those in southeast Pennsylvania, to celebrate.
First, this coming Sunday at 5pm, there will be a solemn Vespers in the traditional Latin rite for the Second Sunday after Easter at St. Richard of Chichester Parish in south Philadelphia, with a quartet led by Dr. Rebecca Ostermann to bring works of Palestrina to life. Following Vespers will be a sermon and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The church is located at 3010 S 18th Street.
On Sunday, May 18 at 1pm--the Fourth Sunday after Easter--there will be a pontifical Mass in the traditional Latin rite at St. Joseph’s Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, celebrated by His Excellency Ronald Gainer, Bishop Emeritus of Harrisburg. The program of sacred music includes Victoria’s Missa O Quam Gloriosum. St. Joseph’s is a beautiful neo-Gothic church that has been featured on this site many times in the past, located at 440 St Joseph Street.
