Laudetur Iesus Christus! Tomorrow Friday June 16 is the feast of the Sacred Heart. We share some of the Latin Masses across the diocese for tomorrow:

• 7am – St. Ann, Charlotte
• 8:30am – St. John the Baptist, Tryon (2 hours west of Charlotte)
• 9:30am – St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country, Boone (2 hours northwest of Charlotte)

Prayers of Reparation After St. Ann Latin Mass – Tomorrow Friday June 16

The U.S. Bishops are inviting all the faithful to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus tomorrow June 16, in reparation for the Los Angeles Dodgers honoring a blasphemous anti-Catholic group. After the 7am Latin Mass, Fr. Reid will be praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart for this intention. All are welcome to stay and join him.

If you are unable to attend Mass, you are welcome to pray the litany privately. The Knights of Columbus have a helpful flyer containing the litany and its purpose: https://www.kofc.org/en/resources/communications/litany-to-the-sacred-heart.pdf

Alternatively, St. Thomas Aquinas parish will be offering all day Adoration from 9am – 7pm on Friday in reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. One is welcome to stop by to pray there as well.

Visiting Priest Last Sunday

The CLMC wishes to express our thanks to Fr. Reid for his generosity in allowing Canon Luke Zignego, a priest with the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP) to offer Sunday’s Latin Mass as he was visiting the area.  This may have the first time a priest with the Institute has offered Mass in the diocese of Charlotte.

The ICKSP is a traditional religious order of priests founded in a diocese in Gabon (Africa) in 1990 and elevated by Rome to a pontifical rite (order) in 2008. Its priests offer the Traditional Latin Mass exclusively across oratories and chapels across the world, and particularly in the upper Midwest here in the US.  The nearest Institute oratories to Charlotte are quite far away, in Columbus (OH) and Pittsburgh (PA).  ICKSP enjoys a longstanding friendship with Cardinal Burke who spent much of his 2021 COVID-19 recovery at one of the ICKSP oratories he established in Wisconsin many years ago. Moreover, the ICKSP is not only an order of priests, but also established a group of religious sisters in 2004 called the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest (https://adoratrices.icrss.org/EN). 

To learn more about the ICKSP visit: https://www.institute-christ-king.org/

Prayers for the Three Men to be Ordained Saturday

Lastly, please offer prayers for the three transitional deacons of our diocese who will be ordained to the priesthood this Saturday, deacons Christopher Brock, Chinonso Nnebe-Agumadu and Peter Rusciolelli. Please also keep Bishop Jugis in your prayers as he addresses some health concerns and will be unable to participate in this ordination. https://catholicnewsherald.com/90-news/local/9323-three-men-to-be-ordained-to-priesthood-june-17