His Excellency, Bishop Robert Baker of Birmingham recently conferred Confirmation in the traditional Latin rite upon 14 young adults and one adult in Huntsville, Alabama.
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A new website has been launched to highlight the artwork in the Faces of Christ Collection. Housed in France, this collection features dozens of paintings by some of the most talented Catholic artists from recent decades. Though their individual styles vary, these artists share a commitment to the traditional norms of beauty and form. See traditional Catholic art >
Watch this brief video to learn about a pipe organ restoration project taking place at St. John Cantius Parish in Chicago. You’ll learn about the various parts of an organ and get to hear Fr. Frank Phillips, the parish’s pastor, play this magnificent instrument. Watch now >
On September 10, 2011, Una Voce Ventura held a conference entitled “Applying the fruits of the Extraordinary Rite to family life” at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California. The day began with a Solemn High Mass in the college’s Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel. The conference program consisted of three one-hour lectures and a convivial luncheon. To hear recorded talks by Fr. James Fryar, FSSP, and Dr. Thomas Kaiser, visit the Una Voce Ventura website.
Gregorian Chant Weekend 2011
November 11, 12 & 13
Gregorian initiation, starting right from the beginning.
Learn to sing also:
Compline
Mass Chants
Propers
Ordinary: Kyriale 10, 11
Accomodation available:
Women, at the Log cabin; Men, at the guest house of the new monastery and in the oratory building of the old monastery.
The weekend begins after 6 pm Vespers on Friday, November 11, at the monastery.
It will conclude with a picnic after Sunday Mass.
The Dominus Est! apostolate is sponsoring a retreat entitled “Dominus Est! – Verbum Dei et Mater Dei” (The Word of God and the Mother of God) on Saturday, October 8, 2011 from 10 AM to 6:00 PM at Catholic Charities in Tulsa. Talks will focus on Marian Dogma and its biblical and typological roots.
Speakers will be Fr. Angelo Van der Putten, FSSP, pastor of the Parish of St. Peter, and Michael Voris of RealCatholicTV. In addition, RealCatholicTV will be filming the talks at the retreat. The fee is $15 and includes a catered lunch by Ludger’s. For more information, please visit www.dominusest.us
Gregorian Chant Workshop
Sponsored by Una Voce Los Angeles
Saturday October 8, 2011 8:30 am – 5 pm
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
8634 Holloway Drive
West Hollywood, California 90069
(310) 652-6477
Details: http://www.unavocela.org/chant.pdf
Participants will learn the basics of chant under the direction of Kathy Reinheimer, the Director of the Regina Pacis Cantorum choir and Sursum Corda schola, which sing throughout the Diocese of Reno and the Sierra foothills of California. Ms. Reinheimer is an experienced chanter, having studied under the world’s leading experts in Gregorian chant. She is also a gifted teacher. She will be your guide through the basic chant repertoire of the Church.
Una Voce Ventura Conference, Saturday, September 10, 2011
Conference: “Applying the Fruits of the Extraordinary Rite to Family Life”
The manifest fruits of the Mass of Ages can provide a solid foundation for the spiritual life of your family. In this one-day conference, our two distinguished speakers will address what Catholic families can do and gain from a deeper appreciation of the traditional Latin Mass. Deep experience has shown that the reverence, solemnity, quiet and beauty of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite can produce rich spiritual growth and foster the formation of saints.
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With permission of Carolyn Schuk, Santa Clara Weekly:
Michael Hey was four years old when the Roman Catholic Church convened the Second Vatican Council. So you can hardly describe his love for western Christianity’s traditional Latin liturgy and music as a die-hard’s nostalgia for the past.
And you can’t say it about the choir he directs every Sunday at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Oratory in Santa Clara, either. The famous 1962-1965 gathering of leaders of the Roman Catholic Church – the world’s largest single Christian body – was long over by the time most of Hey’s singers were born. Arguably, these days the reactionaries are their tambourine-toting, Birkenstock-shod, stuck-in-the-70s baby boomer parents.
The recently retired Cisco engineer began singing Gregorian chant with Palo Alto’s St. Ann Choir (www.stannchoir.org) and its director, Stanford professor and early music titan Dr. William Mahrt, at Our Lady of Peace. The Santa Clara parish celebrated a traditional Latin mass on Saturday evening for many years.
When the traditionalist Oratory of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (www.institute-christ-king.org/santaclara) acquired the historic Elim church on Homestead Road, Santa Clara’s Latin mass made its home there and the choir brought its talents to the chapel’s 9:30 a.m. liturgy. The Oratory now celebrates four Latin masses every Sunday.
With support over the years from St. Ann choir member David Webb, the Oratory’s choir is now a capable group of about a dozen with a solid repertory of Gregorian chant and medieval and Renaissance polyphony.
“These young people love good music and they see the importance of worshipping in a reverent way,” explains Hey. “There are now there are so many resources available online that there’s no excuse for not doing this music.”
*”Mass” is the principal worship service of the Roman Catholic Church. The name derives from the final words of the liturgy: Ite missa est, deo gratias.
Father Philip O’Donnell, retired pastor, diocese of Las Vegas is the main celebrant for the traditional Latin Mass at St. Bridget’s.
The monthly Mass has been changed from the First Friday to the First Saturday at 7:00 PM. This Mass satisfies the Sunday obligation.