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I found this photo some days back here:



This is the TLM aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt, which I visited a while back.

Here is my shot of this same altar in the chapel of the aircraft carrier.

Here I am with the chaplain in the photo on the deck of the carrier.

The chaplain is on the right.

 

A reader sent me this:

A new blog for an ancient Liturgy.  The first few posts are self-explanatory.  St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association has been working for the provision of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin since 1995.  We’d be very glad if you could (a) post about the new blog and (b) link to it.

In particular, we’d be glad if you could bring to the attention of your readers the news that there will be a Walking Pilgrimage for Vocations on Saturday, 12th July, 2008, commencing at 11 a.m. in St. Brigid’s Church, Milltown, County Kildare, Ireland, with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (Missal of Blessed John XXIII) for which the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin has granted, under the usual conditions, the Plenary Indulgence for the Pauline Holy Year.

God bless you!

St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association

Soooo…

"But Father! But Father!", you are surely exclaiming as you hunt through the post for the link to this new blog.

Yes, dear reader, I hunted for the link in the e-mail, too.

Lacking one, I figured someone out there could find one.

This is the Gospel method, I think: seek and ye shall find.

I got this by e-mail:

Greetings Father,

I always enjoy your blog. 

If you have not heard, our friend Tom Stehle, architect of the musical atrocities of the Papal Mass at National’s Stadium, was hired as Director of Music at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington D.C.

After the former music director got sick of the politics of Archbishop Wuerl and company and decided to take up teaching, the people at the Cathedral decided that a nation-wide search for the Cathedral Music Director in the See of the Capital City of the United States would be unnecessary when you have someone so preeminently qualified as this.  So, the position was never posted, the parish council of the Cathedral was never consulted.  The choir was never consulted.  The former director was never consulted.

Let’s pray for the poor people of the Archdiocese of Washington, and, in particular, the poor people of St. Matthew’s Cathedral.

The debate rages.

Is it a Pewee or a Phoebe?

Pewee or Phoebe?

Here are a couple new shots.

Here he is in full tail bob.   Phoebe?





Meanwhile, here is a shot in the chapel from Saturday.

Summorum Pontificum will be exerting a powerful influence on the way people understand liturgical practice, the ars celebrandi, what our liturgical heritage is, how to think of worship in terms of continuity rather than rupture.  The thought and example of Papa Ratzinger will bear fruit.

But some pastors have understood these things all along.   For years, even decades, they have worked – very much an uphill climb – to implement the Church’s liturgical changes and documents as they were written, in keeping with our heritage.  They faced opposition, but remained firm in their purpose, building rather than tearing down.

St. John Cantius has been in the vanguard of the continuity movement ever since Fr. Frank Phillips took over in the 1980’s and found a devastated parish in the depressed part of town.  

Patiently, he worked to restore the parish’s identity – which is a critical dimension of Papa Ratzinger’s "Marshall Plan" for the Church – especially by embracing the Polish heritage of the people who built the church and once lived in that area of Chicago.  He made sure Holy Mass was celebrated reverently, and with the full possibilities of sacred music, not only in the Novus Ordo but also with the "Tridentine" Mass.

Then Fr. Phillips had the vision of starting a group of Canons who would extend this same understanding of liturgical and spiritual continuity.

In such an environment, with such a vision, the vocations, of course, started to blossom.  

No surprise there.  None at all.   Do what the Church asks  – men will respond.  No surprise.   This is not rocket science.  It’s just common sense.

Here is some wonderful liturgical eye-candy from the great St. John Cantius Church on the north side of Chicago.

Here is the page from their site, which they asked me to share with you!

Two New Priests for the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius

Jun. 2, 2008

On May 29, 2008, Rev. Anthony Rice, S.J.C. and Rev. Bartholomew Juncer, S.J.C. were ordained to the priesthood by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago for the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius. The Mass of Ordination was offered in Latin according to the Ordinary Form (Missale Romanum 2003). The Most Rev. Joseph N. Perry and The Most Rev. Thomas A. Paprocki, Auxiliary Bishops of Chicago were in attendance. Numerous priests concelebrated the Mass. The church was full as parishioners and friends of St. John Cantius Church as well as the patrons of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius were present for this special occasion.

The Resurrection Choir and Orchestra provided music, along with the Schola Cantorum of St. Gregory the Great. Some of the pieces included:

Missa Brevis in D Major, K 194 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Veni Sancte Spiritus, K. 47 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Ecce Sacerdos – Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934)
Concerto in D Major – Giuseppe Torelli (1685 – 1709)
Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major, RV 537 – Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)

Fr. Bartholomew Juncer, S.J.C. offered his Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, June 1st at 12:30 p.m. at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. The Most Rev. Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, delivered the homily at the Solemn High Mass offered in the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missale Romanum). The Resurrection Choir and Orchestra will sing the Mozart Mass in C, K 220.

On Sunday, June 1st, at 9:00 a.m., Fr. Anthony Rice, S.J.C. offered a Tridentine Solemn High Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. Rev. C. Frank Phillips, C.R., Founder and Superior of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, offered the homily.

Photos of the Ordination

During the litany of saints

“Do you promise respect and obedience to me and my successors?”

H.E. Francis Cardinal George ordaining Fr. Bartholomew Juncer, S.J.C. and Fr. Anthony Rice, S.J.C.

H.E. Francis Cardinal George and Fr. Frank Phillips, C.R. extending the sign of peace to the newly ordained.

Deacon Paul Guzman assists Francis Cardinal George during the incensing of the altar at the offertory

Elevation of the Host

Elevation of the Chalice

Concelebrating priests

Incensing the altar during the singing of the Te Deum

Newly ordained Fr. Bartholomew Juncer, S.J.C. and Father Anthony Rice S.J.C giving their first priestly blessing to His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, The Most Rev. Joseph N. Perry, and The Most Rev. Thomas A. Paprocki.

The Recessional

This is in my e-mail:

Next weekend, there will be two special Solemn High Masses (1962 Missal), in addition to the usual 2nd Sunday Mass at Old St Mary’s in DC.  The additional ones are connected with the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP).

1.  On Saturday, June 7, at 6:00 pm, Solemn High Mass in the Crypt Church at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.  Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is the concluding Mass of the FSSP’s pilgrimage to Washington.  The DC-area based Canticum Novum schola directed by Richard Rice will be singing.

2.  On Sunday, June 8, at 11:30 am,  Solemn High Mass at St Alphonsus in Baltimore.  Fourth Sunday after Pentecost.  This will be one of the first Masses of Fr Jonathan Romanoski, FSSP, who was ordained last Friday, May 30.  After Mass, Fr. Romanoski will be imparting the special blessing of a newly ordained priest.  The St Alphonsus schola and choir will both provide the music for this Mass.

All are invited to these Masses, as well as the 5:00 pm Solemn Mass at Old St Mary’s.  For those who love the Solemn Mass, this seems like an embarassment of riches!  Deo gratias!