Fulton Sheen: The Sacrament of Confession

The Sacrament of Confession by Bishop Fulton Sheen.

Pontifical Mass by Cardinal Egan on March 25th, 2010

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His Eminence Edward Card. Egan, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, accepted the invitation from the Agnus Dei Council of the Knights of Columbus in New York City to celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite – a Mass for Life – on 25 March 2010, the Feast of the Annunciation. The Council’s annual Mass for Life emphasizes the special link between the Incarnation of Jesus from the moment of conception in the womb at the Annunciation and Catholic Pro-Life Values. More information about the location and time of the Mass will be released shortly.

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New Liturgical Ordo for 2010

ORDO MISSÆ CELEBRANDÆ ET DIVINI OFFICII PERSOLVENDI

secundum antiquam vel extraordinariam ritus romani formam

by Daniele Di Sorco

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This year, the book comes with a letter written by Msgr. Guido Pozzo, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei.

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This new edition is divided in two parts (volumes).

VOLUME I: PARS GENERALIS (complectens documenta, tabellas et schemata ad sacram liturgiam ordinandam, format: 14x21, 77 pages).

VOLUME II: PARS SPECIALIS (complectens directorium liturgicum pro anno Domini 2010, iuxta calendarium Ecclesiæ universæ, format: 14x21, 147 pages).

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Letter by Msgr. Guido Pozzo

This Ordo is a complete guide for the entire year to the celebration of the traditional Mass. Written by Daniele Di Sorco, the Ordo conforms fully to the regulations of Summorum Pontificum and is an indispensable addition to all churches and chapels where Holy Mass is celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal. It would also make a great gift for all priests, religious and faithful who, in private or in public, recite the traditional Roman Breviary.

The Ordo has been divided into two volumes in order to make it easier to consult and to make it less expensive. In fact, the first volume, which contains the general guidelines for the celebration of Mass and the recitation of the Office, can be purchased once and for all, while the second volume, which contains the liturgical outline for the year in progress, has to be republished every year. Only for this year the two volumes are sold together.

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The first volume has:

1) Excerpts from Summorum Pontificum.

2) The rules on fasting and abstinence.

3) The tables of precedence, occurrence and concurrence.

4) Ample indications on how to organize the various parts of the Divine Office and of the Mass depending on the liturgical day.

5) A very helpful and concise set of norms that regulate the tones of voice used for the different types of Mass (Low, Sung, Solemn).

6) An excerpt from the Instructio de Musica sacra et sacra Liturgia, which deals with active participation of the faithful at Holy Mass.

7) Tables and guidelines on the celebration of 4th Class Votive Masses.

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The second volume has:

1) The table of movable days.

2) The complete liturgical directory for the current year according to the universal Roman calendar with precise and detailed instructions for the recitation of the Breviary and the celebration of the Mass.

The use of the Latin language makes this Ordo accessible even for those who do not have a deep knowledge of this language and allows many other Catholics of the world to use it.

The Ordo may be obtained at any bookstore (in Italy). The ISBN number of the two indivisible volumes is 978-88-8272-514-3. It may also be purchased directly from the sito della casa editrice Cantagalli.

Starting next year, the second volume (relative to 2011) will be available separately.

Solemn Requiem at the Church of the Guardian Angel - November 6th, 2009

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Pictures of the Pontifical Requiem Mass in NYC on All Souls' Day

Pictures of the Pontifical Requiem Mass on November 2nd:

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For more pictures, go here.

(Traditional) Pontifical Requiem Mass

For those who live in NYC, consider attending this traditional Pontifical Requiem Mass organized by the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart:

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REQUIEM ÆTERNAM DONA EIS, DOMINE...

*There will be Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass at the faldstool for All Souls' Day in New York City at the Church of the Holy Innocents (37th St. and Broadway) on Monday, November 2nd at 6:30 PM.

*The choir will sing Victoria's Requiem for six voices.

*After Mass, there will be the Rite of Absolution at the catafalque.

*This Mass will be the first Pontifical Requiem Mass in New York City since the Council. We all thought that maybe Cardinal Spellman's funeral might have been the last. But, interestingly, Cardinal Spellman's 1967 funeral was already entirely in English, the con-celebrants wore purple and the Dies Iræ Sequence was omitted. It provoked some controversy at the time.

*Tapers will be distributed during the Mass to those in the Sanctuary as well as to the congregation. This will be done with the intention to revive the custom that Stehle-Rettger (Manual of Episcopal Ceremonies) and Jeffrey Collins (The Roman Catholic Ceremonial) mention in their books on the Rubrics of the Mass:

Lighted wax candles may be held by the clergy during the Gospel, from the Sanctus to the Communion inclusively, and at the Absolution. (Manual of Episcopal Ceremonies, Vol I).

The clergy in choir may hold lighted candles during the singing of the Gospel, from the Sanctus to the Communion (both inclusive), and during the Absolution. If this is done, the acolytes will distribute these candles during the latter part of the Dies Iræ (unless the clergy already have them, as they may for at a funeral); they should light the first few and let the clergy pass the flame among themselves. The candles are to be lighted again in a timely manner for the Sanctus and then once more at the end of Mass. (The Roman Catholic Ceremonial, Vol I).

Solemn Vespers by Bishop Rifan on June 21st, 2009

Pictures taken by Stuart Chessman

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For other pictures and video clips, go to: http://www.sacredheartconfraternity.org/Photos_and_Footage.html

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