Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker

There will be a High Mass this Friday, 1 May, for the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker (also First Friday) at 7:30 pm. Exposition, Sacred Heart devotions and a Holy Hour will follow until 10:00 pm.

Rogation Days

These are days of penance and supplication, traditionally observed with solemn processions during which the Litany of the Saints is recited. There are four Rogation Days in the traditional calendar of the Latin Church: the Major Litany observed on the Feast of Saint Mark (25 April), and the three Minor Litanies observed on the three [...]

Divine Mercy, 29 April 2009

The Divine Mercy Chaplet will be sung during Exposition of the Bless Sacrament at Vespers, according to the traditional Polish melody. A  plenary indulgence is available, under the usual conditions of Confession, Holy Communion and prayers for the Holy Father, for participating in Divine Mercy devotions on this octave day of Easter, which was instituted [...]

FSSP seminary chant programme

He who sings well, prays twice. — Saint Augustine A photojournalist for the Lincoln Star in Nebraska published a piece for Easter Sunday about the Gregorian chant programme at the FSSP seminary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Denton, Nebraska. The photos and commentary, with accompanying chant, are viewable online at JournalStar.com. Three Holy Family parishioners [...]

Surrexit Dominus vere, Alleluia

Ecce lignum Crucis

Ecce lignum Crucis, in quo salus mundi pependit. Venite, adoremus! Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the world’s salvation. Come, let us adore!