CANDLEMAS ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE 2025

Distribution of Candles

Saint Blaze Blessing Next Day

CANDLEMAS ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

ONLY CANDLEMAS IN THIS ARCHDIOCESE

The only place to assist at Candlemas in this Archdiocese is at Saint Francis de Sales in Mableton. There will be a solemn high Candlemas at St Francis de Sales in Mableton on Sunday February 2nd at 10:30 am. The blessing of candles and procession precede the mass. Bring your candles for the blessing and make sure your name is on them. When you take a candle from the priest, you kneel then you kiss the candle first then kiss the priest's hand and take the candle. Your lighted candle is held during the Gospel. At home these candles are lit for prayers after dusk on All Saints Day, Extreme Unction, and during storms. These candles will be used by the priests on the following day for the blessing of throats on St Blaze's Day. It is traditional to eat crepes on this day. Bees wax candles are for sale in the parish bookstore for $8.00 for two tapers. For info call 770 948-6888. 

For directions see: St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church - Latin Mass Atlanta (fsspatl.com)

ONLY MIDNIGHT MASS IN GEORGIA

 

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE FOR GEORGIA

All masses are at St Francis de Sales in Mableton.

Christmas Eve:

Confessions 8:00-9:00 pm

Carols & Adoration of the Holy Infant 11:30 pm

High Mass at Midnight

Mass during the Day:

Low Mass 8:00 am

High Mass 10:30 am (note there is no 1:00 pm mass today)

DECEMBER 29TH : Induction for Guild of St Stephen at High Mass

NEW YEARS EVE:

Confessions: 8:00-9:00 pm

Mass at Midnight

Mass during the Day:

Low Mass 8:00 am

High Mass 10:30 am (note there is no 1:00 pm mass today)

Holy Mother Church provides two plenary indulgences on the last and first day of the year, see below (usual conditions apply)

§ 1. A plenary indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a church or in an oratory, are present [take part] in a recitation or solemn chant of: ...
1° the hymn Veni Creator ... on the first day of the year, imploring divine assistance for the whole of the coming year...
2° the Te Deum hymn, on the last day of the year, in thanksgiving to God for the favors received in the course of the entire year.

For Directions or info see:  www.fsspatl.com

ONLY TRADITIONAL GUADALUPE MASS IN GEORGIA

 

ONLY TRADITIONAL MASS AND CELEBRATION IN GEORGIA FOR THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE

The parish of St Francis de Sales in Mableton, will celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe on Gaudete Sunday ( 15th). There will be a traditional Marian procession honoring the Virgin at 10:00 am, followed by High Mass at 10:30 am. After mass the celebration will continue with the following schedule:

noon: prayer and blessing of food by priests

12:30 pm: mariachi band

1:00 pm talk by priest on the history of the apparition

1:10 pm Mexican folklore dance performance

1:40 pm closing remarks by priests

For address or more info click:

www.fsspatl.com

ONLY RORATE CAELI MASS IN GEORGIA

 

THE ONLY RORATE CAELI HIGH MASS IN GEORGIA

The only Rorate Caeli Mass in the state of Georgia will be at St Francis de Sales in Mableton on Saturday morning December 14th at 7:00 am. The church is lit only by candlelight. This mass is said before sunrise and ends as the sun comes up.  During the mass sun light gradually fills the church to correspond to the prayers of the mass. This will be a high mass. 

Also there will be a low rorate caeli mass on Ember Wednesday ( 18th) at 6:30 am

For directions click here:
https://stfrancisdesalesatl.com/

HIGH MASS AUGUSTA DECEMBER 29TH

 

HIGH MASS WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS 

Una Voce South Georgia is pleased to announce that there will be a high mass at Most Holy Trinity in Augusta at 12: 30 pm on December 29th. . Please note this is a change from the usual schedule of having the mass on the 4th Sunday of each month. Due to the heavy choir schedule this months mass has been moved to the 29th. In January 2025 it will resume the normal 4th Sunday schedule. After mass please join the pot luck social in St Francis Hall and meet fellow traditional Catholics in the Augusta area.

MASS INFO:

12:30 pm Sunday 

Most Holy Trinity

720 Telfair Street

Augusta Ga 30901

(706) 722-4944

BLESSED CANDLES FOR ALL SAINTS

 

BLESSED CANDLES FOR ALL SAINTS

Reminder to locate your candles you had blessed on the Purification. At dusk on the evening of ALL SAINTS, you will extinguish the lights in your house and light a candle blessed at the Feast of the Purification. The family will kneel around the candle (on a table) and recite the rosary for the souls of the dead since this is the Vigil of All Souls Day.  The men will lead the rosary and the women will say the responses.  The church's bells will begin to toll at dusk to remind the Faithful to take part in this observance. 

HIGH MASS SUNDAY AUGUSTA

 

UNA VOCE SOUTH GEORGIA ANNOUNCES  MASS THIS SUNDAY & EMBER DAYS

There will be a high mass for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost in Augusta this Sunday. Mass is at 12:30 pm. Following mass in Saint Francis Hall, there will be a pot luck dinner and entertainment. For info on the Ember Days see: https://www.facebook.com/UnaVoceSouthGA/

MASS INFO:

12:30 pm Sunday 

Most Holy Trinity

720 Telfair Street

Augusta Ga 30901

(706) 722-4944