Wednesday, December 30, 2020

CANDLEMASS ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE 2021

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Receiving Blessed Candles at beginning of Mass

THE ONLY CANDLEMASS  IN GEORGIA 
There will be a high Candlemass at St Francis de Sales in Mableton Tuesday February 2nd  at 7:00 pm. 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 priests 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.


TRADITIONAL MONKS ARRIVE IN THE USA

 









Bishop Warfel & Father Michael Mary sign agreement 

to establish Monastery in Diocese of Billings 










Father Michael Mary & Brother Romauld Marie 

close on purchase of almost 300 acres in the wilderness










New basement chapel of the new monastery

(note floor strewn with hay for Christmastide)

GREAT NEWS TRANSALPINE REDEMPTORISTS ARRIVE IN THE USA

BUY LAND LAST WEEK FOR NEW MONASTERY IN NORTH AMERICA

The traditional Redemptorists have expanded from their island in Scotland and recently established a new monastery in New Zealand and as of last week they have now purchased almost 300 acres in the wilderness in Montana. They will build a monastery and a retreat center. The Redemptorists spend part of the year living as monks/hermits and the remainder of the year they travel and preach missions and retreats. Please pass this on to any young men that may be interested in a vocation and also please consider donating to their building fund. We will be seeing these men in this country as they travel around to parishes that invite them. Wonderful news!!!!!!

TO  READ ALL THE DETAILS SEE:  

Transalpine Redemptorists at home (papastronsay.blogspot.com)


Monday, December 28, 2020

EPIPHANY WATER & HOUSE BLESSINGS 2021 ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

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Blessing of Epiphany Water during Vespers

FSSP Priest Epiphany House Blessing using Blessed Chalk 

EPIPHANY WATER BLESSING VIGIL OF EPIPHANY
The only place in Georgia where Epiphany water will be blessed will be on the Vigil of the Epiphany, Tuesday January 5th starting at 6:00 pm. at St Francis de Sales in Mableton Georgia , Atlanta Diocese. The ancient blessing of Epiphany water is done during vespers on the eve of the great feast day. The blessing is long &; complex and the water is very powerful. This water is used during the Epiphany Blessing of homes that begin the following day and throughout the octave. Make sure any water containers you bring have your name on the container. 

EPIPHANY HOME BLESSING
The only place in Georgia where you can have gold, incense, myrrh, and chalk blessed on the Epiphany will be at the parish of St Francis de Sales on January 6th, see web site below, for mass schedules for the Feast Day. Ask your local priest to use the Roman Ritual and perform the Epiphany House Blessing on your home. The ceremony is in the Roman Ritual, and the English translation is below for you to follow along. All Catholic priests may use the traditional Roman Ritual pursuant to Summorum Pontificum, without seeking any type of permission.

FOR DIRECTIONS AND MASS TIMES CLICK : https://fsspatl.com/

EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSING TRANSLATION

It is that time of year for your priest to come to your home and bless your house during the Octave of the Epiphany. He will use the Epiphany water blessed at vespers on the Vigil of the Epiphany and the chalk and incense blessed on the Feast of the Epiphany. Here is the English translation of the ritual.
( Please note the Father of the House will lead the priest from room to room with a lighted blessed candle-also all who enter for the first time after the blessing do so with their right foot)

As the priest comes into the home he says:
P: God's peace be in this home. 
All: And in all who live here.
P. Ant.: Magi from the East came to Bethlehem to adore the Lord; and opening their treasure chests they presented Him with precious gifts: gold for the great King, incense for the true God, and myrrh in symbol of His burial. Alleluia.
Canticle of the Magnificat
Luke 1.46-55
P: "My soul * extols the Lord;
All: And my spirit leaps for joy in God my Savior.
P: How graciously He looked upon His lowly maid! * Oh, see, from this hour onward age after age will call me blessed!
All: How sublime is what He has done for me, * the Mighty One, whose name is 'Holy'!
P: From age to age He visits those * who worship Him in reverence.
All: His arm achieves the mastery: * He routs the haughty and proud of heart.
P: He puts down princes from their thrones, * and exalts the lowly;
All: He fills the hungry with blessings, * and sends away the rich with empty hands.
P: He has taken by the hand His servant Israel, * and mercifully kept His faith,
All: As He had promised our fathers * with Abraham and his posterity forever and evermore."
P: Glory be to the Father.
All: As it was in the beginning.
Meanwhile the home is sprinkled with holy water and incensed. At the end of the Magnificat the antiphon is repeated. Then the priest says Our Father (the rest inaudibly until:) 
P: And lead us not into temptation. 
All: But deliver us from evil. 
P: Many shall come from Saba. 
All: Bearing gold and incense.
P: Lord, heed my prayer.
All: And let my cry be heard by you.
P: The Lord be with you.
All: May he also be with you.
Let us pray.
God, who on this day revealed your only-begotten Son to all nations by the guidance of a star, grant that we who now know you by faith may finally behold you in your heavenly majesty; through Christ our Lord. 
All: Amen.
Responsory: Be enlightened and shine forth, O Jerusalem, for your light is come; and upon you is risen the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary.
P: Nations shall walk in your light, and kings in the splendor of- your birth.
All: And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
Let us pray.
Lord God almighty, bless + this home, and under its shelter let there be health, chastity, self-conquest, humility, goodness, mildness, obedience to your commandments, and thanksgiving to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. May your blessing remain always in this home and on those who live here; through Christ our Lord. All: Amen.

Bless each room with incense and Epiphany Water. Write the Magi’s initials, connected by Crosses, and the year’s numbers over the exterior doors with the blessed chalk, like this:

MM+K+M+B+XI

FEAST OF THE CIRCUMCISM & PLENARY INDULGENCES ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE 2021

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Intoning the Veni Creator Spiritus at Midnight of the New Year


NEW YEARS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY
The only known midnight mass and opportunity to gain two plenary indulgences on January the 1st (Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord) in the State of Georgia will be at the parish of St Francis de Sales in Mableton. Prior to the midnight mass, there will be a  Holy Hour, confessions, and benediction followed by the public singing of the Te Deum starts at 11:00 pm. Immediately following the Te Deum there will be a Low Mass at Midnight. After the Mass there will be the public singing of the Veni Creator Spiritus.  The public recitation of the Te Deum before midnight gains a plenary indulgence, AND the public recitation of the Veni Creator Spiritus after midnight carries another plenary indulgence. They both carry the usual conditions so you can receive confession and communion all in the same evening. A rare opportunity to gain two plenary indulgences on one trip to church. Also there will be another Low Mass on the Feast Day at 8:00 am and a HIGH MASS at 10:30 am. Confessions are heard before all masses. The Veni Creator Spiritus will be recited and or sung at both of the these masses to gain the indulgence

For info see  www.francisdesales.com 

 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.

SAVANNAH DIOCESE HAS A LOW MASS ON THE FEAST DAY THIS FRIDAY AT THE ISLE OF HOPE AT 9:00 AM SEE POST BELOW FOR ALL THE DETAILS

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

YOUNG TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS CHRISTMAS PARTY THIS SUNDAY






















Meza Luna 

TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS AGES 18-35 GATHER AT 2:30 PM THIS SUNDAY FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

Join Juventutem Atlanta for a Christmas party this Sunday at the famous Meza Luna restaurant in Smyrna. This will be a white elephant gift exchange, gifts are to be $15.00 or less in value. The restaurant will have a special menus for the party.  Juventutem is an international organization of young traditional Catholics ages 18-35 married, single, religious. It is open to Catholics AND non Catholics so bring a friend, non Catholic or novus ordo, and expose them to Catholic culture. FSSP priests attend all Juventutem functions.  To RSVP  or for more info on Juventutem see: www.juventutematlanta.com


Meza Luna
1669 Spring Rd SE
Smyrna Ga 30080

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE SAVANNAH & ATLANTA DIOCESES

 

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Savannah Cathedral

CHRISTMAS MASS SAVANNAH DIOCESE

 Only mass in the Savannah Diocese will be on Christmas Day at 11:30 am  High Mass Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist

 Feast of the Circumcision January 1st 2021

9:00 am Low Mass

Our Lady of Hope Chapel

Isle of Hope

16 Rosenbrook Ave 

Savannah Ga 

 

CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

 Midnight Mass (Solemn) preceded by Christmas Carols at 11:30 pm

8:00 am Low Mass

10:30 am High Mass

Confessions before all Masses Every day

St Francis de Sales 

587 Landers Drive 

Mableton Ga 30126

web page:  St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church - Latin Mass Atlanta (fsspatl.com)

 

Monday, December 21, 2020

NEWEST FSSP APOSTOLATE IN THE USA

 

Decree of Erection of the Parish










Father Joshua Passo, FSSP preaching at the First Mass

ATTENTION UNA VOCE MEMBERS IN THE SAVANNAH DIOCESE

PLEASE READ THE BELOW. UNA VOCE WORKED HARD TO HAVE THE NEWEST FSSP APOSTOLATE IN THE USA. THEY NOT ONLY RECEIVED A NEW PERSONAL PARISH BUT TWO CHURCHES !!!!!!!   

This is from the newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock

SPRINGDALE – The Latin Mass community in Northwest Arkansas now has its own home. The newly established parish of Our Lady of Sorrows celebrated its first Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12 in Springdale.  

The apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter will oversee the parish as well as St. John the Baptist Church in Cabot. All Masses are in Latin and follow the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

Around 190 congregants attended the church blessing and the votive Mass that followed.

In spite of freezing temperatures, parishioners watched as vicar general Father John Connell, also of Springdale, walked around the building with Father Joshua Passo, FSSP, and altar servers, blessing, singing Psalms and sprinkling all four corners of the church with holy water.

Father Passo, a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter who is also the associate pastor at St. John the Baptist Parish in Cabot, spoke during the Mass of the hard work and sacrifice of the parishioners and others who had helped make the dream of a Latin Mass community in northwest Arkansas a reality.

“I am most humbled by the fruits of your labor and dedicate the labors of my priesthood,” said Father Passo, as he thanked the congregants, other priests present and Bishop Anthony B. Taylor. “How fitting in dedicating the parish to Our Lady of Sorrows, as Our Lady will teach us how to suffer and how to love her son. We start a new family as a parish, a new spiritual family and a community trying to love God, to go to heaven and to be sanctified.”

Father Connell served as the bishop’s delegate for the blessing and read the decree establishing the church as a parish. Bishop Taylor was unable to attend because he was in isolation after contracting COVID-19.

“The Latin community has grown since my arrival here in northwest Arkansas in 2009,” said Father Connell after the Mass. “I am very happy that I was able to work with them and to see them become their own parish today.”

The church, at 1600 W. Graham Road in Springdale, is centrally located for surrounding communities and convenient to the I-49 bypass. Formerly, the 5,000-square-foot metal building functioned as a Lutheran church that was looking to downsize. The community was able to buy the church, complete with a steeple and pews, another small building that will function as a rectory and nine acres of property for $750,000. The altar is flanked by two niches, with statues of Our Lady of Sorrows on one side and St. Joseph on the other, and is separated by a Communion rail.

The Latin Mass community in the area had its beginnings with a few parishioners at St. Joseph Church in Tontitown. The late Father Greg Hart began celebrating the Latin Mass for a small group in 2011. Beginning in 2017, priests of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter from the Most Precious Blood Parish in Tulsa began traveling to Tontitown to celebrate a Latin Mass on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. As the community grew, it became possible to move forward in establishing a parish. With the bishop’s permission, they began to look for their own property.

Father Paul Jared McCambridge, also a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter and pastor of St. John the Baptist in Cabot, was given oversight for the congregation.

“They had begun their work before I began serving as a pastor for them in June of 2020,” Father McCambridge said. “In order to meet their needs, both Bishop Taylor and my superiors believed it seemed fit that a priest and parish would benefit all involved. So once there was assurance that the congregation could raise funds and acquire the building, the timing seemed right for establishing a parish.”

Parishioner Marie Nowak began attending the Latin Mass in March. Her family moved from Minnesota four years ago and was a member of St. Bernard Church in Bella Vista.

“We were drawn to the reverent community, the tradition and the large families we met here,” said Nowak, mother of 10.

Becky Guy said she and her husband Chris were on a date night and attended the Latin Mass last spring and were drawn to the traditional Mass.

“We began bringing the kids and coming more to the Latin Mass a couple of months ago,” she said.

The Fakult family joined the Latin Mass community in 2011. Their two boys, Matthew and Andrew, were altar servers at St. Joseph for almost a decade and fittingly served at the first Mass for Our Lady of Sorrows.

“What drew us to the Mass is that it is holy,” Mike Fakult said. “The Latin Mass sanctifies us as parishioners and a community, but it also sanctifies the whole area for the parish to be established.”

Michael Gray, a convert to the faith, began attending the Latin Mass in 2013.

“We have seen a lot of young families and a significant number of Hispanic families begin to attend the Latin Mass,” he said.  

Gray was a member of the building committee that began looking for property and helped spearhead pledge drives.

“People responded well to the pledge drives,” Gray said. “We did a generic drive for (the) property, with Fraternity support and the bishop’s support, from 2017-2018. The second pledge drive had more focus and identified a timeline for establishing the parish. Both drives exceeded our expectations with contributors from several parishes and individuals interested in seeing the church be established. We closed on April 30, the feast day of St. Catherine of Sienna, and we had funds to begin the remodeling project, which has been all from donations.”

Members of the community suggested naming the parish for Our Lady of Sorrows, and Bishop Taylor agreed.

Father McCambridge said Our Lady of Sorrows will begin a gradual transition to establish fulltime parish life with a regular Mass schedule and a pastor from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter assigned there. Currently, Father McCambridge serves as the administrator and Father Passo serves as the assistant administrator, with the intention of Father Passo moving to Springdale and assuming more responsibility.

Father McCambridge said attendance in Cabot and Tontitown has grown over the years. Families registered in the Springdale parish have increased from 35 to about 55 in the past six months, totaling about 190 parishioners.

“Part of it is a desire that Catholics have to get a taste or sense of the ancient traditional practice of the Church,” he said


Tuesday, December 15, 2020

PRIEST TRAINING FOR THE LATIN MASS

 








UNA VOCE ANNOUNCES LATIN MASS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PRIESTS IN COOPERATION WITH THE FSSP

LATIN MASS TRAINING FOR PRIESTS  MAY 17-21 2021

Una Voce ANNOUNCES A NEW TRAINING COURSE IN THE SPRING OF 2021. Please recruit your local priest to attend the upcoming training session. It will be at the FSSP seminary in Nebraska. The cost is $400. If funds are a problem Una Voce has scholarships available to pay for the training. To ask for financial help from Una Voce contact: Una Voce America, c/o Mr. Jason King,  at Unavoceww@gmail.com   

Here is all the info you need:

The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, in collaboration with Una Voce America and the William C. Meier Foundation, testimonialsis the largest provider of training resources and materials for priests who wish to learn Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.

Established in June 2007, the Priest Training Program of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter has provided personal training for well over 165 priests from 115 different dioceses. Over 80% of participants in this program are now saying the Extraordinary Form on a regular basis.

Our five-day training workshops are are hosted by Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska.  

Each workshop comprises a five-day residential course at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary including both classroom sessions and practical hands-on instruction. All instruction, training materials, meals, and room & board at the seminary are provided.

The Program:

Low & High Mass Workshop:

• A comprehensive introduction to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass and its liturgical principles
• An overview of the 1962 Roman Missal and liturgical calendar
• A complete explanation and demonstration, with practical hands-on instruction, in the ceremony of Low Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal
• Tips and strategies for gaining proficiency in Latin
• An introduction to Sung Mass and Gregorian Chant
Sung Mass Workshop:
• Comprehensive hands-on instruction and training in the ceremonies of Sung and Solemn Mass
• Comprehensive overview and practice in the chants of the Sung Mass
• Complete training in all the altar server positions for Sung Mass

Costs:

• Low Mass Workshop $400 (includes $100 non-refundable deposit)
• Sung Mass Workshop $400 (includes $100 non-refundable deposit)
The cost of each workshop covers all classroom instruction, training materials, meals, and room & board at the seminary for the full five days.

  

How do I Register?

To register, please go to the SIGN UP page and follow the steps listed. Please note that we need all the documentation listed before we can secure your reservation. Please register in advance as spaces are limited and will be allocated on a "first come, first serve" basis.

How do I Get There?

Please visit the DIRECTIONS page for all travel information.

  

I Need Financial Assistance...

For priests who require financial assistance, Una Voce America has set up a financial aid plan. For details please contact Una Voce America, c/o Mr. Jason King at the email above.

  

What If I Have Questions or Need Further Information?

If you have any questions about our training program, please feel free to contact us at CONTACT@FSSPTRAINING.ORG
Or you may write to us at:

Father Joseph Lee, F.S.S.P., JCL
Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary
P.O. Box 147
Denton, NE. 68339
Ph: (402) 797-7700 Ex. 151

Monday, December 7, 2020

FSSP ESTABLISHES NEW APOSTOLATE-FULL PARISH ARKANSAS UPDATED

 









MASS AT  THE NEW FSSP APOSTOLATE

PERSONAL PARISH ESTABLISHED


UPDATE: PLEASE READ THE DETAILED POST (12-21-20) ABOVE WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS ON THIS GREAT DEVELOPMENT


FSSP ESTABLISHES NEWEST APOSTOLATE IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

After 20 years of working, Una Voce in Arkansas is pleased to announce that Bishop Anthony B Taylor will establish the full traditional parish of Our Lady of Sorrows. It will be manned by the FSSP. The Bishop will visit the new parish on December 12th at 2:00 pm to bless and establish this new apostolate. The new parish is located at 1600 West Graham Rd Springdale Ark.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION MASSES SAVANNAH UPDATED

UPDATED PHOTOS OF THE BELOW MASS 

FIRST LATIN MASS BY FATHER PHILLIPS























NEWLY ORDAINED FATHER ROBERT PHILIPS

CELEBRATED HIS FIRST TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS 

AT SAINT ANNS FOR THE FEAST DAY


CHAPEL OF ISLE OF HOPE 6:00 PM DECEMBER 8TH

Chapel of Isle of  Isle of Good Hope

16 Rosenbrook Ave

Savannah Ga 

SAINT ANNS PARISH  6:00 PM DECEMBER 7TH

10550 Ford Ave

Richmond Hill Ga 31324