Forty Hours 2014 at Holy Innocents in NYC - Opening Mass

These are pictures of the opening Mass of the Forty Hours Prayer (Devotion) at the Church of the Holy Innocents this past weekend (from Friday November 7th, 2014 through Sunday, November 9th, 2014).

Part of the intentions of many people participating in this beautiful traditional devotion was thanksgiving for the fact that the Church of the Holy Innocents has been allowed to remain open by the Archdiocese of New York.

In time for this devotion, there were newly refurbished Altar candlesticks and Cross (which arrived a little before the time of the Mass), along with the Monstrance that is used (more or less) only once a year.

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Photos taken by Mr. Arrys Ortanez

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XXI Sunday after Pentecost - Church of the Holy Innocents

These are pictures of the Sung Mass at the Church of the Holy Innocents (midtown Manhattan) on Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 at 10:30am. It was the Mass for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost. It was a beautiful Mass, with a lot of servers, beautiful music (Palestrina), and a big congregation.

 

It was at the end of this Mass that the administrator of the parish announced the final decision that the Church of the Holy Innocents will remain open. Many people were very happy: many cried, others clapped, and they were all very emotional and relieved that their spiritual home will still be nourishing them with the daily traditional Mass.

At the end of Vespers and Benediction (which takes place every Sunday at 2:30pm), a solemn Te Deum was sung in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament in thanksgiving for the good news that the Church of the Holy Innocents will remain open.

 

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Photos taken by Mr. Arrys Ortañez

 

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