TRADITIONAL YOUNG ADULTS TO MEET ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

 

Juventutem Pontifical Mass World Youth Day

JUVENTUTEM ATLANTA TO MEET SATURDAY

Juventutem Atlanta is an international organization of traditional Catholics ages 18-36, single, married, clerics, or religious. They will have a year end meet and greet this Saturday ( Dec 16th) in the parish hall of Saint Francis de Sales in Mableton. Please come and bring a friend, the meeting is open to non Catholics. 

For info on Juventutem click:  Home | Juventutem Atlanta

For location info on the FSSP parish of St Francis de Sales click:  St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church - Latin Mass Atlanta (fsspatl.com)

RORATE CAELI MASS ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

 

Rorate Caeli Mass by candlelight

 THE ONLY RORATE CAELI 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 16th 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. 

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

SAVANNAH DIOCESE LATIN MASS UPDATE

 

LATIN MASS STILL BEING CELEBRATED IN THE SAVANNAH DIOCESE

Una Voce South Georgia has contacted us to spread the following news:

All information concerning the Latin Mass in the Savannah Diocese has been removed from all  Diocese web pages as well as all parish bulletins. You might think the masses are canceled however they are still taking place. Please help spread the word about the masses. You can always check with Una Voce South Georgia for all the latest official news and updates for the traditional mass in the Savannah Diocese. Contact Una Voce South Georgia at the below QR code:

Masses are as follows:

Savannah : Every Sunday 1:00 pm Sacred Heart Church, pot luck every 2nd Sunday

(N.B. they will also have a 9;00 am mass on Christmas morning)

Augusta: 12:30 pm every 4th Sunday, pot luck follows (however for December the mass will be on the 31st)

Ray City: 3:00 pm every 2nd Sunday 

ARCHDIOCESE ATLANTA GUADALUPE FESTIVAL

 

CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF THE VIRGEN OF GUADALUPE WITH THE FSSP

The FSSP parish in the Atlanta Archdiocese will celebrate the great Feast of the Virgen of Guadalupe on Sunday December 10th 2023. The festival will take place following the 10:30 am high mass. There will be a Mariachi band, Dancers, and a food truck.  Come and tail gate and celebrate the patroness of the Americas. 

Contact Info:

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

587 Landers Drive
Mableton, Georgia 30126,
USA (770) 948-6888
secretary@fsspatl.com

FSSP IS THRIVING

 

Second year seminarians arriving for tonsure

FSSP EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS GROWTH

Notwithstanding the crisis in the church, the FSSP is having tremendous growth in its numbers.  These numbers are only half of the success. They have both quantity AND quality in their members. Here are the latest statistics:

Total members: 569

priests: 368

deacons: 22

seminarians: 179

They are currently in 146 dioceses, at 249 churches/parishes. They have 48 personal parishes in 20  countries. Of course one of these personal parishes in located here in the Atlanta Archdiocese. The nationality breakdown in current seminarians are : 32% Americans, 25% French, and 10% German. Remainder are various countries.

ALL SOULS DAY ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

 

ONLY ALL SOULS DAY MASSES IN GEORGIA

The ONLY All Souls Day Masses in Georgia. Masses will take place at the parish of Saint Francis de Sales. This Thursday because all priests are permitted 3 masses on this day, the parish will have 3 back to back masses starting at 6:30 am. Two back to back masses starting at 9:00 am. At 7:00 pm there will be a Sung High Requiem Mass with absolution at the catafalque. (Notice the rubrics when masses are said one after the other!)

HOLY DAY WEDNESDAY

For All Saints Day, the only masses in Georgia will likewise take place at the parish of Saint Francis de Sales. Low masses are at 6:30 am, noon , and a High Mass at 7:00 pm. 

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

587 Landers Drive SW

Mableton Ga 30216

(770) 948-6888

INDULGENCE OF ALL SOULS DAY AND OCTAVE

Between Noon of ( All Saints Day) November 1 and Midnight of All Souls day ( Nov 2nd) , a person who has been to confession and Communion can gain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, for the poor souls each time he visits a church or public oratory and recites the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory be to the Father six times. This is a special exception to the ordinary law of the Church according to which a plenary indulgence for the same work can be gained only once a day.

      Also, the faithful who, during the period of eight days from All Saints Day, visit a cemetery and pray for the dead may gain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, on each day of the Octave, applicable only to the dead. Here is a simple invocation for the dead, called the "Eternal Rest" prayer:             

English translation:

Eternal rest grant unto him/her (them), O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon him/her (them). May he/she (they) rest in peace. Amen.

Latin:
Réquiem ætérnam dona ei (eis) Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat ei (eis). Requiéscat (Requiéscant) in pace. Amen.

Catholics also pray this prayer for the dead anytime throughout the year, and whenever they pass a cemetery. Many families pray a Rosary nightly for the dead throughout the Octave of All Souls, replacing the Fatima prayer with the Eternal Rest prayer

TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC ADULT CATECHISM CLASSES ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

 

ONLY TRADITIONAL ADULT CATECHISM CLASS IN GEORGIA

UPDATE NO CLASS THIS WEDNESDAY DUE TO HOLY DAY

Beginning today at 7:30 pm and continuing for the next 7 Wednesdays, there will be an adult catechism class taught by the FSSP at St Francis de Sales Parish. The class will be taught by two FSSP priests in the parish hall. The theme of these classes will be Catholic prayer and spirituality.

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

587 Landers Drive SW

Mableton Ga 30216

(770) 948-6888