Updated December 26, 2017

Laudetur Iesus Christus and blessed Advent greetings! We are now in the penitential season of Advent, and we wanted to share with you the list of upcoming traditional liturgies as it currently stands. All Masses are Traditional Latin Masses (1962).  As always please check the bulletin or parish website for the most up to date information.

 

 Sunday December 24 – Vigil of Christmas

(Fr. Barone offering Mass at St. Ann on December 24 – photo courtesy of Markus Kuncuro/CLMC)

 

Monday December 25 – Christmas/Feast of Our Lord’s Nativity

(Fr. Reid offering Midnight Mass at St. Ann – photo courtesy of Markus Kuncuro/CLMC)

Tuesday December 26 – Feast of St. Stephen (2nd Day – Octave of Christmas)

11 AM – High Mass – St. John the Baptist parish in Tryon, NC (2 hour drive west of Charlotte)

Wednesday December 27 – Feast of St. John the Evangelist (3rd Day Octave of Christmas)

Wine Blessing for Feast of St. John: St. Mark parish, Huntersville – during 7 AM Novus Ordo Mass –after homily. Wine must be placed in front right pew before Mass. Blessing will be in Extraordinary Form/1962. You can use blessed wine to drink, cook, etc.

Honoring the patron of wine, St. John who avoided poisoned wine by blessing the wine and the poison arose out of the cup.

8:15 AM – Low Mass – St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia

6:00 PM – Low Mass – St. Ann

7:00 PM – High Mass – St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte

Thursday December 28 – Feast of the Holy Innocents (4th Day Octave of Christmas)

8:15 AM – Low Mass – St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia

Friday December 29 – Feast of the Holy Innocents (5th Day in the Octave of Christmas)

8:15 AM – Low Mass – St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia

12:30 PM – Low Mass – St. Mark, Huntersville

(**The regular 7am Friday Dec. 29 Latin Mass at St. Ann is CANCELED**)

Saturday December 30 – Feast of the Holy Innocents (6th Day in the Octave of Christmas)

8:15 AM – Low Mass – St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia

Sunday December 31 – Sunday in the Octave of Christmas (7th Day)

12:30 PM – High Mass – St. Ann, Charlotte

11:00 PM – High Mass, St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia (Vigil for Feast of Circumcision, fulfills obligation for January 1)
12 Midnight – 1:00AM (January 1) – Holy Hour after Mass, St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia

Monday January 1st – Feast of the Circumcision (Octave Day of Christmas)

9 AM – Low Mass – St. Ann

Friday January 5 – Vigil of the Epiphany

5:00 PM – Blessing of Epiphany Water & Chalk* (Charlotte Catholic High School Chapel)
5:30 PM – Solemn High Mass (Charlotte Catholic High School Chapel)

Charlotte Catholic High School address: 7702 Pinesville-Matthews Road, Charlotte, NC 28226. Chapel is along the main entrance to the school.

*The blessing will begin at 5pm prompt.  Bring water and chalk to be blessed and place them in the chapel before 5pm. Please bring your own water and containers (need to be unsealed during blessing) as well as chalk.

Epiphany Water is a powerful sacramental and the blessing prayer contains an exorcism and the litany of the saints.  Epiphany chalk is a tradition where the head of household can mark the mantle of the door as part of the Epiphany home blessing. For more information please visit:

https://www.fisheaters.com/customschristmas8.html

Saturday January 6 – Feast of the Epiphany

8:15 AM – Low Mass, St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia

10 AM – High Mass, St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte (please check bulletin to confirm)

5:00 PM – Solemn High Orchestral Mass, St. Michael the Archangel, Gastonia (fulfills Sunday obligation)