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.