The 12:30pm Sunday Mass at St. Ann’s will be a Sung Mass as normal and not a Low Mass as had been published. The correction has been made also on the CLMC website. Please forgive the error.

St. Ann: 
  Sunday, Dec. 24th: 12:30p Low Mass
  Monday, Dec. 25th: 12:00 Midnight Sung Mass

St. Thomas Aquinas:
  Sunday, Dec. 24th: 11:30a Sung Mass
  Monday, Dec. 25th: 11:30p Prelude of Carols
           12:00 Midnight Sung Mass

St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX):
  Saturday, Dec. 23rd:  4:15p Confession
            5:00p Low Mass
  Sunday, Dec. 24th:  7:30a Confession  
            8:00a Low Mass
            9:15a Confession
            10:00a Sung Mass
  Monday, Dec. 25th:  9:00p Traditional Matins of Christmas
            11:00p Confession
            12 Midnight Sung Mass
            1:30a Christmas Potluck

What are Matins?

We are blessed to have the traditional office of Matins being sung here in the Charlotte area. Matins is the Morning Office of the Divine Liturgy of the Church. It consists of four parts:

The introduction, which consists of private prayers

1. The Invitatory
2. A hymn

Three Nocturns, each of which consists of:

3. Three psalms, naturally preceded and succeeded by an antiphon
4. Three lessons, each succeeded by a responsory

Thus, there are a total of nine psalms, nine lessons, and nine responsories.

[Aside: The so-called Christmas Cantata over at the local Protestant church consisting of nine lessons and carols is a corruption of Matins of Christmas.]

There is no better way to prepare for the birth of Our Lord than in the manner prescribed by Holy Church in her Divine Office.

Further Traditional Latin Mass and sacraments crackdown in Diocese of Charlotte reportedly imminent

Please pray for Bishop Jugis. Please pray that these rumors are not true.

Excerpt from Fisheaters:
“At the darkest time of the year, we are reminded of the Light to come with the tradition of Advent Rorate Masses, whose name derives from the first words of the Introit, Isaias 45:8:

Rorate, caeli, desuper, et nubes pluant justum, aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened and bud forth a Saviour.

These Masses are devoted to Our Lady as the bearer of God, so the priest’s vestments are white instead of the violet typically worn in Advent. The only light allowed is candlelight — often from a great plenitude of candles — and because the Mass is offered before dawn, it begins in near darkness, becoming increasingly light-filled with the rising of the Sun — a lovely and dramatic symbolism of our being in darkness but awaiting the coming of the Son, Who’ll arrive at the midnight between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.”

Pre-Dawn Mass Times in the Charlotte area are as follows:

• St. Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte, NC:
  • 6:00am Sung Mass
• St. Ann in Charlotte, NC:
  • 6:30am Sung Mass
• St. John the Baptist in Tryon, NC:
  • 6:00am Sung Mass
• Holy Cross in Kernersville, NC
  • 6:00am Mass
• Prince of Peace in Taylors, SC:
  • 6:30am Mass

If we become aware of any other Mass times we will update this site.

FYI, this post is only regarding the pre-dawn Rorate Masses, the regular Saturday evening Mass offered at St. Anthony of Padua (FSSPX), is scheduled as previously announced, 4:15pm Confession & 5:00pm Low Mass.

DECEMBER 8, 2023 BY CLMC

Mass Times for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Holy Day of Obligation)

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and it is a Holy Day of Obligation.

Mass Times are as follows:

• St. Ann in Charlotte, NC:
  • 7am Mass
• St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX) in Mt Holly, NC:
  • 6:15pm Confession
  • 7:00pm Sung Mass
  • After Mass: Renew Total Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• Prince of Peace in Taylors, SC:
  • 12 noon Mass
• Our Lady of the Lake in Chapin, SC:
  • 6:00pm Angelus & Latin Rosary
  • 6:30pm Sung Mass

If we become aware of any others we will update this site.

Friday, December 8th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and it is a Holy Day of Obligation.

Mass Times are as follows:

• St. Ann in Charlotte, NC:
  • 7am Mass
    
• St. Anthony of Padua (SSPX) in Mt Holly, NC:
  • 6:15pm Confession
  • 7:00pm Sung Mass
  • After Mass: Renew Total Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
    
• Prince of Peace in Taylors, SC:
  • 12 noon Mass
    
• Our Lady of the Lake in Chapin, SC:
  • 6:00pm Angelus & Latin Rosary
  • 6:30pm Sung Mass

If we become aware of any others we will update this site.

FYI, regularly scheduled Latin Masses during the Thanksgiving holidays are prone to cancellation. Please check parish websites, bulletins, or social media pages to verify prior to making plans.

We are aware of the following cancelations:

• St. Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte, NC: Thursday 7pm Latin Mass is cancelled
• St. Ann in Charlotte, NC: Friday 7am & Saturday 8am (Respect Life) Latin Masses are cancelled
• St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country in Boone, NC: Friday 9:30am Latin Mass is cancelled
• Prince of Peace in Taylors, SC: Thursday, Friday 12noon & Saturday 8am Latin Masses are cancelled

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. Be safe in your travels.

Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community,

Laudetur Iesus Christus!

Happy Birthday to the Blessed Virgin Mary … as today is the Feast of her Nativity.

We have a few updates to share, but first a quick note on changes to our email format.  In the past, our CLMC group would send out weekly long-form emails that were more of a newsletter format.  Going forward, our CLMC emails will be more focused on calendar announcements and changes.  Over time, this will result in fewer and shorter emails.

Our website [charlottelatinmass.org] has been updated and enhanced to include more comprehensive content and it will be updated more regularly.

Updates & Announcements:

1. Upcoming Major Feasts:
      – Thurs, Sept 14th:  Exaltation of the Holy Cross (7:00pm High Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas)
      – Fri, Sept 15th:  Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary (7:00am Low Mass at St. Ann)

      Also note the Holy Cross Ember Days fall in the third week of September:
      – Wednesday, September 20th:  Ember Wednesday (6:00pm Low Mass at St. Ann, Charlotte)
      – Friday, September 22nd:  Ember Friday (7:00am Low Mass at St. Ann, Charlotte)
      – Saturday, September 23rd:  Ember Saturday (5:00pm Low Mass at St. Anthony, SSPX)

2. St. Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte has a new Perpetual Adoration Chapel.  Here is a link to find out more information or to sign up.

3. St. Thomas Aquinas in Charlotte; the Carolina Pro-Life Action Network (C-PLAN) and the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation are presenting a 2-day seminar titled:  Evolution and the Culture of Death.  The dates are September 29th & 30th in Aquinas Hall.   See attached flyer for more details.

4. St. Anthony’s (SSPX) in Mount Holly will be hosting their annual Rosary Day celebration on Saturday, October 7th (the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary):

3:15 pm     Confession
4:00 pm     Sung Mass of the Most Holy Rosary
5:30 pm     Rosary procession
6:00 pm     Festivities (bratwursts, hot dogs, beer, soda, snacks)

If you are aware of any other announcements that we missed please send us a quick note.

Great article from Father Byers, Pastor of Holy Redeemer Parish in Andrews, NC, who gives a great perspective on schism.

The word schism means separation or to open up. God’s first act was to create a schism when God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God *separated* the light from the darkness.

Those who adhere to the unchangeable teachings of the Church are often falsely accused of being “schismatic” by men who have assumed positions of power and who abuse this power to change the teachings of the Church.

Since all authority comes from God, the Church is infinitely powerful to defend her traditional teachings. Conversely, the Church has no authority or power to change them.

Father Byers writes:

“Schism isn’t always bad and evil. Jesus came not to bring peace, but the sword of Truth, not unity with Satan, but rather unity with God to the exclusion of Satan.

Those repentant of sin, confessing their sin as they went down for baptism, rejoiced to see the heavens schism-ing open. The unrepentant, the brood of vipers, hated this.

Those … comfortable with the darkness, shake their fists at God all the more because of the schism-ing light which also casts a light on their sin.

– Schism is always bad and evil, they say.
– Obey us, puppets of ours that you are, they say.
– Don’t incriminate us of our sins by way of God’s truth, they say.
– We’re afraid of the light, they say.
– Schism is always bad and evil, they say.

But we must remain with God who separates the light from the darkness, God’s first act in His creation.”

Brilliant.