Solemn Mass for Epiphany in New York City

On Monday, January 6th, the feast of the Epiphany, the Society of St Hugh of Cluny and the Roman Forum will sponsor a Solemn High Mass at the church of the Most Holy Redeemer in New York City, featuring the Missa Sancti Wilhelmi by John Taverner. The Mass will begin at 6pm, with a reception to follow; the church is located at 173 East 3rd Street.

Solemn Mass of St Nicholas in NYC Tomorrow

Tomorrow at 6:00 pm, the Society of St Hugh of Cluny will be sponsoring a Solemn High Mass at the church of the Most Holy Redeemer, located at 173 East 3rd Street in New York City, with a festive reception afterwards. This will be a Votive Mass of St Nicholas, whose feast is on the following day, and the music will include the St Nicholas Mass by Joseph Haydn.

This will also be an opportunity to visit one of the grandest Catholic churches in Manhattan. Most Holy Redeemer was the New York home of the Redemptorist order from the 1840’s to this year. The present church was built in the early 1850’s and its size aroused the wonder of contemporaries. It was one of the two churches that served the German population of the city, at that time centered in what later would be called the East Village. The church boasts an impressive set of stained glass windows, made by a New York studio in the style of the Munich and Innsbruck studios that otherwise dominated the market for stained glass in Catholic churches around 1900. The side altars recapture some of the spirit of the great baroque churches of Germany and Austria. More photos of Most Holy Redeemer Church and information about the Mass are on the Society of St Hugh of Cluny’s website: http://sthughofcluny.org/2019/12/the-eve-of-st-nicholas-at-most-holy-redeemer-church.html

Mass of Our Lady of Sorrows Next Friday in NYC

The church of the Most Precious Blood, located at 113 Baxter Street in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, will have a Solemn High Mass in the traditional rite for the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, next Friday, April 12th, starting at 7:15 p.m. The Mass is sponsored by the American Delegation of the Sacred Constantinian Military Order of St George, and will be celebrated for the persecuted Christians of the Middle East.

Photos from the Second Annual Lepanto Conference in New York City

On Saturday, February 16th, the second annual Lepanto Conference was held at St Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City.

This year’s conference began with a Pontifical Mass at the faldstool, a Votive Mass of Pope St Pius V, celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop James Massa of the Brooklyn Diocese, who preached at the Mass (video here), which was well attended by both young people and adults, numbering over seven hundred. The Mass setting was Palestrina’s Missa Tu Es Petrus à 6. From the records that have been searched, this seems to be the first Pontifical Mass celebrated in St Vincent Ferrer Church in recorded history. [Update: a reader has indicated in the comments that a Pontifical Mass was celebrated in 1918 for the dedication of the Church.]

The Mass was completely set up and carried out by local clergy and seminarians — a glowing example of bringing forth the treasure of the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite within a diocesan setting. The subdeacon was Fr Seán Connolly of the Archdiocese of New York, the deacon was Rev. Mr Roger Kwan, a transitional deacon for the Archdiocese of New York who will be ordained a priest this spring. The Assistant Priest was Fr Richard Cipolla of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

A catered conference followed, featuring Fr Gerald Murray, Fr Cipolla, and myself as speakers (links are to videos of the lectures).

The Lepanto Conference is a magnificent testimony to the beauty and power of Catholic Tradition for the renewal of the Church today. I was proud to be part of it and especially impressed with the young people who organized and ran it. If Vatican officials would like to find out someday how to get youth interested and involved again in the life of the Church, they should visit a conference like this, sit in choir, take notes, and go home with a new pastoral plan.

It was almost extremely gratifying to see members of the New York Police Department serving as an honor guard at Mass. They entered in procession, stood to the sides, remained in the front pews for the entire service, and recessed with the dignitaries. It was one of those rare moments when you see a little chink in the wall between Church and State.

A number of photos of the pontifical Mass were sent to me, which I now gladly share.

Vesting of bishop in side chapel

The procession forms

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Announcement: February Events in the New York City Area

The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny is sponsoring two February events in the NYC area. The first is a lecture at St. Mary's in Norwalk by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski on Thursday, February 14th at 6:30 pm, preceded by Vespers and Benediction at 5:30 pm. The second is the Second Annual Lepanto Conference on Saturday, February 16th, opening with a Pontifical Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer's and continuing with lectures by Fr. Gerald Murray, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, and Fr. Richard Cipolla.

Full details may be found in the posters below.

A New Regular TLM in Queens, New York

As of Sunday, October 7, the Traditional Latin Mass has found a new home at St Josaphat Parish in Bayside, Queens, New York. The Sung Mass on Sunday is at 9.30 a.m.; there will also be Masses on Holy Days, First Fridays, First Saturdays, and on more popular Saints’ days. The church is located at 34-32 210th Street. The high altar, which had previosly been reduced to just a shelf in place of the mensa, has now been restored.

Recent First Masses and Ordinations

We are very happy to share with our readers the following photos of a first Mass in Slovakia, ordination in England done for the Ordinariate, and two Masses in New York, one of which was celebrated by a new priest. It is the season for ordinations and first Masses, and we will be happy to receive more such photos if any of our readers care to send them in.

On Sunday, June 24th, the feast of St John the Baptist, Fr. Ľubomír Urbančok, a newly ordained priest of the Archdiocese of Trnava in Slovakia, offered his first Mass at the pilgrimage shrine of St Anthony in Báč, close to the capital of Bratislava. This was the first solemn Mass by a new priest at the shrine since the post-Conciliar reforms. The image over the altar became famous in the beginning of the 18th century after a badly injured man was miraculously healed in front of it, and even more so after the Madonna was seen to cry bloody tears in 1715. The shrine is well-known in Slovakia also because it was the place of imprisonment of many bishops during the communist persecution, some of whom are now venerated by the Church, such as the Bl. Bishop Vasil Hopko.

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Solemn Mass for Vocations - Long Island, NY

Solemn Votive Mass of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest, offered for vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

Church of Our Holy Redeemer 
37 South Ocean Avenue
Freeport, New York

Friday, April 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

The Metropolitan Catholic Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Donelson, will sing Vierne’s Messe Solennelle, motets by Pitoni and Gibbons, Gregorian chant propers, & hymnody.

The Mass, in the Ordinary Form of the Roman rite, will be preceded by recitation of the rosary at 7:00.

Mass of Our Lady of Sorrows in New York City, April 7th

On Friday, April 7th at 7:15 p.m., a Solemn High Mass in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows will be celebrated in the traditional rite at the church of the Most Precious Blood, located at 113 Baxter Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood. The Mass, which is sponsored by the Constantinian Order of St George, will be followed by the veneration of a Relic of the True Cross.

Midnight Mass in the Dominican Rite in NYC

On December 25 at Midnight, a Missa Cantata in the Dominican rite will be offered at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, located 411 E 68th St in New York City. The schola will sing the following music:
Missa Angelus ad pastores ait – Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
Angelus ad pastores ait – Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Quaeramus cum pastoribus á 8 – Giovanni Croce (c. 1557-1609)

Spanish-Language Workshops on Sacred Music and the Sacred Liturgy - Long Island, NY

“La Belleza de la Liturgia”

Descubra los misterios profundos y hermosos de la misa, la liturgia, y la música sagrada durante tres días de charlas, música, y canto que culminarán con una celebración de la Santa Misa.

La Parroquia de Nuestra Santo Redentor
37 South Ocean Drive, Freeport, NY
Viernes 14, 21, y 28 de Octubre
Sábado, 29 de Octubre
7:00 p.m.

No se necesita tener experiencia musical. ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

Presentador: Sr. Heitor Caballero (Director de Música Sacra, Santa Inés, Manhattan)