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For All Souls Day, November 2nd, at 6:30 p.m. there will be a Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan (37th St. and Broadway). His Excellency, James C. Timlin, Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, PA will celebrate the Mass from the Faldstool. The Rite of Absolution with catafalque will follow the Mass. The music will include Gregorian chant and Tomas Luis de Victoria’s Requiem Mass setting.

The Lexington, Kentucky apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter has been granted Community status, effective October 7, 2009 (the Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary). His Excellency Ronald W. Gainer, Bishop of Lexington, has enacted the statutes of the Regina Pacis Community of the Diocese of Lexington, thus creating a chaplaincy under which members of the Community may register in lieu of a parish. According to canon law, the chaplain of the Community serves as the pastor of its faithful. For more information, please visit the Lexington Latin Mass website.

Fr. Jose Bautistarojas has announced that there will be a weekly Traditional Latin Mass at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Community at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The first Mass will be Sunday, October 4 at 12:30 p.m. Masses will remain at 12:30 while CCD is in session, and will then be moved to 9:30 a.m. For more information, please call the parish office at (910) 451-3210.

A Mass in the Extraordinary Form is being offered at St. Mary’s Parish and Shrine in Wilmington, North Carolina on the last Sunday of each month at 7 p.m. The first of these, a Solemn High Mass, took place on Sunday, August 30, with the Reverend Paul M. Parkerson as principal celebrant. For more information, please visit the Diocese of Raleigh website.

The first Extraordinary Form Mass held in Montgomery, Alabama in 40 years drew more than 300 faithful on Sunday, September 27. The congregation packed St. Peter’s Catholic Church and equaled the average number of faithful who attend the main Sunday Ordinary Form Mass at that church. For the full story, please visit the Una Voce Central Alabama website.

The Te Deum singers of Lancaster, Pennsylvania are looking for additional members for their all-male Gregorian schola. The ensemble sings once a month for the Traditional Latin Mass at St. Anthony’s parish in Lancaster, as well as for other liturgical functions in the area. If you are interested in Gregorian chant and want to know more, please call (717) 295-9014 or email chantguy@gmail.com. He who sings prays twice!

Holy Ghost Church in Tiverton, Rhode Island will begin the regular celebration of Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form on the First Sunday of the month at 12:00 Noon. Latin Mass will also be celebrated on Mondays during Advent and Lent at 5:00 PM.

For more information, please visit the Holy Ghost Church website.

Una Voce Central Alabama is pleased to announce that, after 40 years, the Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) will again be celebrated at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Montgomery, Alabama, at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 27.

Father Mark Fischer, Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, will be the celebrant. The Mass, a Missa Cantata, will be sung by St. Cecilia Schola Cantorum, of Auburn.

Una Voce Central Alabama continues its efforts to see the establishment of an every-Sunday Extraordinary Form Mass at St. Peter’s. This inaugural Latin Mass will no doubt enhance these efforts.

For more information, please visit the Una Voce Central Alabama website.

LINDA REEVES | FLORIDA CATHOLIC PALM BEACH BUREAU EDITOR

Posted: 08.19.09

LANTANA | If you attend the early afternoon Sunday Mass at Holy Spirit Parish here next month, you’ll notice a difference in the language in which the priest celebrates the liturgy.

“We will have our first Latin Mass the first Sunday in September,” said Father Kevin Nelson, pastor.

The parish’s first Tridentine Mass is planned for 2 p.m. Sept. 6, and Father Nelson will be main celebrant. Whether the parish continues to have Mass in Latin every Sunday will depend on response and attendance, he said.

Often attended by those Catholics who have a great love for the “old Mass,” the Tridentine Mass was the only Mass used in Catholic parishes from the Council of Trent in the 16th century to 1963. Reforms to the Mass came after the Second Vatican Council was held 1962-1965. They brought a newer rite celebrated in the local language, with the priest facing the congregation. The old, Tridentine rite differs also in ceremony and certain liturgical practices from the current, ordinary form of the Mass.

The resurgence of the Tridentine celebration accelerated when Pope Benedict XVI authorized a broader return of the “extraordinary form of the Roman rite.”

In the Diocese of Palm Beach, there is one scheduled Latin Mass in the north end of the diocese: St. Martin de Porres in Jensen Beach features the Mass 12:30 p.m. Sundays.

“The Mass is rich in the traditions of the Church. It is so beautiful,” said Father Marco De Leon, St. Martin de Porres parochial vicar.

Holy Spirit Parish is at 1000 W. Lantana Road, Lantana. For information, call 561-585-5970.