September 2008 Archives

"An American Chartres"

Contact Pilgrimage Director at 610/435-2634
www.national-coalition.org/pilgrim/
Looking for spiritual adventure, heroic challenge, Catholic fellowship ... a way to thank God & Pope Benedict publicly for the motu proprio?

Join Catholics from all over North America in penance and hope on the way to Our Lady's Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Auriesville NY.

Come one day or four - for 7 miles or 70. Transportation for weary pilgrims provided every step of the way.

'Modified Pilgrimage' for parents with young children, and for seniors.

Family discounts available until September 8.

All liturgical rites of the pilgrimage in the forma extraordinaria, the traditional Roman usage.

Can't make it to NY? Ask how to participate from afar. Even sponsor a pilgrim.

Contact Pilgrimage Director at 610/435-2634, . For information or to register visit <
www.national-coalition.org/pilgrim/>.

Or, send your postal address & request to 621 Jordan Circle, Whitehall PA 18052; fax 610/435-2734.

WHEN: Tuesday, 7 October 2008
MASS 6:00 P.M.
DINNER 7:30 P.M.

WHERE: Saint Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue
Aliquippa, PA 15001

PROCEEDS BENEFIT SEMINARIANS
OF THE PRIESTLY FRATERNITY OF SAINT PETER

For Dinner Reservations Call: 724-378-7842
Cost: $30
Student Rate: $20
Deadline for Reservations: 30 September 2008

Make Checks Payable to:

Sponsored by:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild
For Dinner Reservations
Call: 724-378-7842
“Knights of Columbus 2161”
and mail to:
2409 Martha Street
Aliquippa PA 15001

ALL ARE WELCOME

Speaker: MICHAEL J. MATT
Topic: Historical Significance of the Battle of Lepanto

Michael Matt has been an editor of The Remnant since 1990. A graduate of Christendom College, Michael Matt has written hundreds of articles on the state of the Church, as well as on the anti-Christian political trends in the world -- for The Remnant and other Catholic publications. He is the U.S. coordinator for Notre-Dame de Chretiente and has organized the American chapter on the pilgrimage to Chartres for 18 years. He is the author of Christian Fables and Legends of Christmas and regularly delivers addresses and conferences to traditional Catholic groups in and around the United States and Canada.

Sponsored by:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

Please pass to anyone who may be interested in this event.
Thank you.

Contact: Ann Peschges

Pesch@frontiernet.net

Solemn High Mass

Guckeen, Minnesota: A Tiny town along Interstate 90.

You won't need directions once you get into town! Just west of Blue Earth.

5:30 PM, Sunday, September 14th

Father Jerome Verdick's 50th Anniversary of Ordination

Celebrate 1 Year Anniversary of Motu Proprio

At least 4 other priests involved, including Bishop Harrington!

If you have any questions, feel free to email Ann Peschges Pesch@frontiernet.net

On this feast of St. Pius X, it is appropriate to honor and defend the work of this great pastor of souls. His Holiness employed all his means to rid the Church of the scourge of Modernism. For those unfamiliar with his brilliant encyclical against the Modernists, Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907), a reliable translation can be found here. This encyclical was accompanied by a syllabus of errors condemned by the Biblical Commission, and an Oath against Modernism that was eventually discarded in 1967.

Hear the thunder of this most humble of pastors:

... After long discussions and most conscientious deliberations, certain excellent decisions have been published by the Pontifical Biblical Commission, very useful for the true advancement of Biblical studies and for directing the same by a definite norm. Yet we notice that there are not lacking those who have not received and do not receive such decisions with the obedience which is proper, even though they are approved by the Pontiff.

Institute of Christ the King to celebrate Extraordinary Form of the Latin Mass on EWTN

On Sunday, September 14th, members of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest will celebrate a Solemn High Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Hanceville, Alabama.

The conventual Mass will be broadcast live by EWTN, the Global Catholic Network, to a worldwide audience of 140 million homes, through TV, radio, and live streaming video (Internet) at www.ewtn.com.

From the New LIturgical Movement

Traditional Mass for the Beatification of Pope Pius XII

Saturday, September 6, in New York City
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact 718 512 8577

When? A traditional Mass will be offered for the intention of the beatification of Pope Pius XII this Saturday, the 6th of September, at 1:00 p.m.

Where? The Church of the Holy Innocents, 128 West 37th Street, in New York City.

What Else? The Mass will be followed by veneration of the Holy Father's personal relics (slippers and zucchetto) and a lecture by Sister Margherita Marchione.

As the Modernist revolution in the Church maintains its stranglehold on Catholic Faith and Tradition, let us look back at a seminal analysis given us by the Bishop of Regensburg, Dr. Rudolph Graber, in 1974. The bishop called to mind the plight of the great St. Athanasius, and compared the Modernist horror of today to the Arian crisis of 1600 years ago.

The centerpiece of his treatise is a letter from St. Athanasius to his fellow bishops in the year 340. This letter is reproduced below (emphasis added), followed by a few thoughts from the bishop. The rest of the treatise looks at the modern crisis, with emphasis on the prophetic writings of Pope St. Pius X. (Purchase the booklet here.) St. Athanasius, Pray for Us!

TO ALL HIS BROTHER BISHOPS, those beloved gentle men, Athanasius sends greetings (joy) in the Lord.

Read more here.

(from the Roman Catechism, emphasis added)

It must be taught, then, that to priests alone has been given power to consecrate and administer to the faithful, the Holy Eucharist. That this has been the unvarying practice of the Church, that the faithful should receive the Sacrament from the priests, and that the officiating priests should communicate themselves has been explained by the holy Council of Trent, which has also shown that this practice, as having proceeded from Apostolic tradition, is to be religiously retained, particularly as Christ the Lord has left us an illustrious example thereof, having consecrated His own most sacred body, and given it to the Apostles with His own hands.

To safeguard in every possible way the dignity of so august a Sacrament, not only is the power of its administration entrusted exclusively to priests, but the Church has also prohibited by law any but consecrated persons; unless some case of great necessity intervene, to dare handle or touch the sacred vessels, the linen, or other instruments necessary to its completion. Priests themselves and the rest of the faithful may hence understand how great should be the piety and holiness of those who approach to consecrate, administer or receive the Eucharist.

We've received another prayer request from Sam Orsot, this time for the folks in the path of Hurricane Ike. Landfall is expected around midnight Friday, and it could be very bad:

"Pray please for the Gulf Coast. We are about to be struck by a second hurricane in two weeks. Ike has everyone scared again. Texas's gulf coast is about to be torn too. Ike is so massive. Pray for us."

(excerpts from True Devotion by St. Louis Marie)

God the Father gathered all the waters together and called them the seas or maria. He gathered all his grace together and called it Mary or Maria. The great God has a treasury or storehouse full of riches in which he has enclosed all that is beautiful, resplendent, rare, and precious, even his own Son. This immense treasury is none other than Mary whom the saints call the “treasury of the Lord”. From her fullness all men are made rich.

I declare with the saints: Mary is the earthly paradise of Jesus Christ the new Adam, where he became man by the power of the Holy Spirit, in order to accomplish in her wonders beyond our understanding. She is the vast and divine world of God where unutterable marvels and beauties are to be found. She is the magnificence of the Almighty where he hid his only Son, as in his own bosom, and with him everything that is most excellent and precious. What great and hidden things the all-powerful God has done for this wonderful creature, as she herself had to confess in spite of her great humility, “The Almighty has done great things for me”. The world does not know these things because it is incapable and unworthy of knowing them.

Saints Peter and Paul Church
4309 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy
Palmyra, VA 22963

434-589-5201

saintspeterpaul.org

Sunday 7 AM

At the Toronto Oratory:

Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM

To Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary:

Church of the Holy Family
1372 King St W
Toronto, CANADA

Bishop Robert Morlino (Diocese of Madison, WI) will celebrate a Pontifical High Mass at the Throne on Sept 14 at 2pm at Holy Redeemer Church (120 W. Johnson Street, Madison, WI 53703). This Mass is offered in thanksgiving for the 1st year anniversary of the implementation of Summorum Pontificum. The choirs will sing Gregorian chants and Sacred polyphony. There will be a reception after Mass.

From the news item Pope Denies Claim that Use of 1962 Missal is a Form of Regression:

The Pontiff said it is "groundless" to fear that "Summorum Pontificum" -- which opened the way for a wider celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Missal -- is a regression.

"This 'motu proprio' is simply an act of tolerance, with a pastoral objective, for people who have been formed in this liturgy, who love it, know it and want to live with this liturgy," he said. "It is a small group, given that it presupposes a formation in Latin, a formation in a certain culture. But it seems to me a normal demand of faith and pastoral concern for a bishop of our Church to have love and tolerance for these people and permit them to live with this liturgy."

Reprinted below is a letter from the bishops of Kansas City, KS, and KC MO regarding voting. The original is found here. It is good to hear some bishops reiterating that you can't support abortion. On the other hand, their approach is the same as that of their predecessors, who failed to stop evil men because they wouldn't name those politicians for whom Catholics may not vote. Consequently, they now need to give us guidance on how to vote for the politician who would murder fewer babies.

Dear reader, could you vote for the lesser of two pro-aborts? Enjoy the letter, and give us your comments.

"He cannot have God for his Father who does not have the Church for his Mother."

"There is need of constant prayer lest we defect from the heavenly kingdom, as have the Jews to whom it was first promised. This the Lord makes unmistakably clear by saying: "Many will come from the East and West and recline at the banquet table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven, whereas those born to the kingdom will be driven into the darkness outside, there to wail and gnash their teeth ..."

"Whosoever might be, and whatsoever he might be, he is no Christian who is not in Christ's Church!"

"Heretics or schismatics, being placed outside the Church and cut off from unity and charity, even though one should be slain for the name of Christ, he could not be crowned in death."

"Change nothing; be content with tradition."

St Gabriel's Church
914 Newfield Ave
Stamford, CT 06905
(203) 322-7383

Every Sunday 12:30 PM

It isn’t hard to find Catholics who will hands down vote for the McCain/Palin ticket (especially now that Sarah Palin has been added) nor is it hard to find Catholics who think that voting for McCain is wrong, immoral and possibly sinful.

The number one issue (or the litmus test as it is dismissively called) for Catholics is abortion. Succinctly put, how many babies can we save within our limited options? What is at stake are the allocation of Federal funds, policies that make it easier or more difficult to act as a Catholic if you are in the health care field, issues of contraception and its promotion to children in schools and in too many schools having it provided to children without their parents’ knowledge and a president’s view on stem cell research. But these are lesser issues in the minds of many because the “big tamale” of stopping abortion is seen as getting pro-life justices (or even strict constitutionalists to apply the laws!) and overturn Roe versus Wade.

His Excellency Bishop Frank Dewane announced today that the Diocese of Venice in Florida has purchased a church for the exclusive use of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. This will be the first church to be dedicated exclusively for the Latin Mass in Florida. The church is situated on close to three acres of property and is located at 1900 Meadowood Street, Sarasota. The property previously belonged to Holy Trinity Anglican Church. Significant renovation will be necessary before doors can be opened, including a new roof, renovating the sanctuary and making the nave of the church larger. However it is hoped that the new church will be opened in the near future. Juridically, the building will be erected as a chapel, and at a future date it will be raised to the status of a parish. There will be an open house this coming Saturday afternoon (September 27th, 2008). All are welcome, bring friends!

Reported by Rorate Caeli

Some interesting pictures of the renovations from the blog Commentarii Mei. This Church looks like it will be glorious and a perfect setting for the Traditional Latin Mass.

And we received this note in the combox:

Dear friends of the Latin Mass, On Nov 6th 2008, our chaplain, Father Devillers, FSSP. will be in Quincy, Illinois, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois at the Shrine of St. Rose of Lima. if you are in the area (western tip of Illinois) our phone number is 217-222-2511. The first mass will be the following weekend.
Pax Vobiscum
Paul K. Geers
president of the Latin Mass society of Quincy

These were glorious Saints who followed Christ on the Cross, so that not all the poor natives would be lost.

The Collect from the Mass of September 26:

O God, Who didst consecrate the first-fruits of the faith in the northern regions of America by the preaching and blood of Thy blessed Martyrs Isaac, John, and their Companions: vouchsafe unto us, we beseech Thee, that through their intercession the fruitful harvest of Christians may everywhere daily receive an increase. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who livest and reignest with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, Forever and ever. Amen.

It is good to recall the prophetic prayer of Pope Leo XIII to St. Michael the Archangel on the feast of St. Michael, Sept. 29. The prayer says, "In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, [these most crafty enemies] have raised the throne of their abominable impiety." Is it a coincidence that, after Pope Paul VI discarded the Prayer to St. Michael after Low Mass, he soon afterward noted that the "smoke of Satan" had entered the Church? Advice to the wise: avoid all novelty as if your eternal salvation depended on it, for it does. St. Michael, Pray for Us!

Come to the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil.