OFFICE OF THE DEAD THURSDAY

His Excellency John F. Donoghue retired Archbishop of Atlanta died Friday night in the odour of sanctity. His funeral will be Thursday with laying in state at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Atlanta. Father Venette FSSP and McCarthy FSSP will chant the Office of the Dead, Matins, and Lauds with the schola of St Francis de Sales at 9:00 am . Following this the body of the Archbishop will be taken in procession to the Cathedral for the Requiem Mass at 11:00 am. on The Archbishop was a friend of tradition and brought the FSSP to the Atlanta Diocese. He will be sorely missed, RIP. This will be the first time since Vatican II that the traditional office of the dead was said in the Basilica.