Laudetur Iesus Christus! Blessed 7^th day in the Octave of All Saints. Prior to 1955, the liturgical calendar had many octaves surrounding major feast days – Sunday November 8 would be the Octave Day of All Saints. Sadly, this was eliminated in Archbishop Annibale Bugnini’s reforms of 1955 (the prelate who designed the Novus Ordo Mass and had ties to Freemasonry).

To learn more about this Octave day at Dom Prosper Gueranger’s The Liturgical Year:
https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/november/november-8-octave-day-of-all-saints/

Sunday November 8 – 23^rd Sunday After Pentecost

The 23^rd Sunday after Pentecost is usually when the Church traditionally focuses on the “end times” – sort of appropriate as the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn reflects the liturgical season as foliage turn bright colors of fire (yellow, gold, orange and red). As custom, Dr. Mike Foley has a reflection for this Sunday: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/11/divine-participation-and-human-dangers.html

• St. Thomas Aquinas: 11:30am High Mass
• St. Ann: 12:30pm High Mass
  

Stay the Course: Continue praying the Rosary for Our Nation (A 54 Day Rosary Novena begins TODAY Sunday November 8) 

While our nation remains influx with the electoral confusion, we invite you to continue praying the Rosary, and trust in God’s providence. As Father noted last week, let us turn off the media and pray. In that spirit, we share that the Cathedral is organizing a 54-day Rosary novena beginning TODAY Sunday November 8 – December 31. We also hearing second hand that Fr. Roux (or someone else) may lead the Rosary publically each day at 7:30am if you happen to be in the area (you may want to check ahead). We attach the calendar chart that accompanies the 54 Day Rosary or you can find it here: https://charlottelatinmass.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/54-day-rosary-novena-chart_nov2020.pdf

As a reminder, we also attach Fr. Ripperger’s Binding Prayer of Command, and Archbishop Vigano’s Prayer for America – let us stay the course and pray until this matter is resolved.

Special “Election” Message from the Benedictine Nuns in Gower, MO:

Mother Cecilia, abbess of the Benedictines of Mary in Gower, Missouri published a message about our nation’s current situation we encourage you to read. They are the well-known traditional Benedictine Nuns (who attend the Latin Mass exclusively) who have recorded some beautiful chants and hymns over the years.  If you haven’t consecrated your family to the Immaculate Heart, now is a good time to do it. Here is Mother Cecilia:

Dear Friends, 

         Many have asked our prayers during these days, and many propose earthly solutions. There is one that was given from heaven centuries ago: the Most Holy Rosary. Our Lady came to remind us of this at Fatima, and asked for the Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart. In the last century, anticipating the fulfillment of this request, the Bishops and families of Portugal consecrated themselves and their nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. They were thus spared from both the Spanish Civil War and World War II. 

    Many Consecrations have been neglected in the past, and freedom has consequently suffered. 

     On this First Saturday, or as soon as possible, let all heads of households Consecrate themselves and our Nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; all others present need only say the ejaculation “Jesus, Mary, I trust in you,” and then follow the Solemn act with the recitation of the Rosary. 

     As the Angel of Peace told the children at Fatima, “The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplication.” May their Hearts grant us peace, and bless and strengthen each one of us. 

In the Heart of Mary,

Mother Cecilia, abbess

Please share!

N.B. – This past spring, a traditional priest known to the CLMC shared a copy of a consecration prayer with us which we are happy to share again:
https://charlottelatinmass.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/family-consecration-to-the-immacualte-heart-of-mary.pdf 

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• UnaVoce Federation Releases Report on Latin Mass: In March, the Congregation for Doctrine of Faith conducted a survey of all bishops world-wide on the implementation of Summorum Pontificum (the 2007 decree granting greater access to the Traditional Mass). UnaVoce, the international lay-run Latin Mass society, organized its own survey (which the CLMC participated in) and issued it’s report on the Latin Mass and presented it to the CDF. You can read the summary in their current magazine (Page 7-10):https://lms.org.uk/sites/default/files/resource_documents/fiuv/gregorius_magnus/Issue10.pdf

• Roberto De Mattei on the Jubilee Anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto 1571 – 2021: As we emphasize praying the Rosary during this turbulent time, we thought it would be good to re-share Catholic Historian Roberto De Mattei’s reflection on the upcoming 450th jubilee anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto and how it applies to our times. As you may recall Don Juan of Austria led the Christian flotilla’s miraculous victory against the Islamic empire’s fleet and aided by Pope Pius V who called all of Europe to pray the Rosary. We share it to highlight the power of people praying the Rosary against the revolution in America today:
  https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/5082-roberto-de-mattei-the-jubilee-year-of-our-lady-s-victory-at-lepanto

• Pious Catholics from America’s Early Past: The Fraternity of St. Peter has published two edifying articles of pious Catholics from the 17^th & 18^th centuries who though not canonized, lived a life of holiness worth sharing:
  • Catherine Gandeaktena: The First Kateri: https://fssp.com/catherine-gandeaktena-the-first-kateri/
  • Fray Luis Jayme – the First Protomartyr of California: https://fssp.com/the-protomartyr-of-california/

• Ven. Fulton Sheen’s visit to Greensboro in 1976: Ven. Fulton Sheen has a broad following both in the Church, including among some traditional Catholics. For those interested, the Catholic News Herald had an interesting article about his 1976 visit to Our Lady of Grace parish in Greensboro (which now offers the Traditional Mass).  It was interesting as it occurred late in his priestly ministry a few years before his death. http://catholicnewsherald.com/88-news/fp/6407-44-years-later-greensboro-parishioners-remember-venerable-fulton-sheen-s-visit-as-world-awaits-his-beatification

Lastly, as we noted in past weeks, the Vatican has extended the All Souls novena/plenary indulgence for the poor souls in purgatory (praying at a cemetery for the dead) for the entire month of November.  Please consider taking advantage of it as much as you can.

Laudetur Iesus Christus!  We wanted to share with you Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s urgent and hopeful letter to American Catholics and all Americans of Good Will. In short, he encourages all Americans to continue praying and to pray the Rosary! His Excellency says:

In these hours, while the gates of Hell seem to prevail, allow me to address myself to you with an appeal, which I trust that you will respond to promptly and with generosity. I ask you to make an act of trust in God, an act of humility and filial devotion to The Lord of Armies. I ask that all of you pray the Holy Rosary, if possible in your families or with your dear ones, your friends, your brothers and sisters, your colleagues, your fellow soldiers.

Do not allow yourselves to be discouraged by the deceptions of the Enemy, even more so in this terrible hour in which the impudence of lying and fraud dares to challenge Heaven. Our adversaries’ hours are numbered if you will pray, if we will all pray with Faith and with the true ardor of Charity. May the Lord grant that one single devout and faithful voice rise from your homes, your churches, and your streets! This voice will not remain unheard, because it will be the voice of a people that cries out, in the moment when the storm rages most fiercely, “Save us, Lord, we are perishing!” (Mt 8:25).

The days that await us are a precious occasion for all of you, and for those who unite themselves spiritually to you from every part of the world. You have the honor and privilege of being able to participate in the victory of this spiritual battle, to wield the powerful weapon of the Holy Rosary as our fathers did at Lepanto to repel the enemy armies.

Read the entire letter here and pass it along:

MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ TO AMERICAN CATHOLICS AND TO ALL AMERICANS OF GOOD WILL

https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/5139-message-of-archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-to-american-catholics-and-to-all-americans-of-good-will

If you haven’t been praying Archbishop Vigano’s prayer for America (first composed this summer), please consider doing so here: https://charlottelatinmass.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/viganos-prayer-for-usa-pdf.pdf

Binding Prayer of Command: There is a binding prayer of command, attributed to Exorcist Fr. Chad Ripperger to be prayed daily until the election is resolved. It’s on Page 13 of his book Deliverance Prayers – For use By the Laity. We attach a copy and encourage everyone to pray to ask Our Blessed Lord to bind any demons or diabolical influences on our country during this time.

First Friday Latin Masses (for the Sacred Heart devotions):

• St. Ann – 7:00 AM Low
• St. Mark – 12:30 PM Low

First Saturday: Just a heads up, there will be TWO Latin Masses on 1st Saturday November 7.

• St. Thomas Aquinas: 10:00am High
• St. Mark: 10:30am Low (This is a special Latin Mass for the Juventutem event below but is open to the public)

What is the 1st Saturday devotion and requirements?

https://fssp.com/a-short-history-of-the-first-saturday-devotions/

Juventutem: Special 1^st Saturday Latin Mass & young adult talk at St. Mark this Saturday November 7

 Juventutem, the young adults group (18-35) centered around the Traditional Latin Mass will be hosting a special Latin Mass & event beginning with 10:30am Low Mass on Saturday November 7 (1^st Saturday) at St. Mark parish. Afterwards, Fr. John Putnam, pastor of St. Mark will offer a talk on Canon Law and Marriage Validity. For more information please contact Angela Kessler at juventutemclt@gmail.com or visit: www.facebook.com/JuventutemCLT

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Today Saturday October 31 is the Vigil of All Hallows Eve, and prior to 1955, the Church had a beautiful traditional liturgy which featured an “end times” and penitential tone (with violet vestments and reading from the Book of Apocalypse). In some places, during the chanting of Vespers, black vestments were used to commemorate the poor souls in purgatory.

The Vigil, followed by All Saints, and All Souls Day, formed sort of a Triduum of the Dead. Sadly with the 1955 “liturgical reforms” by Archbishop Annibale Bugnini (the prelate who designed the Novus Ordo Mass and had ties to Freemasonry), many beautiful liturgical traditions like the Octave of All Saints, Holy Week, and the Vigil of All Hallows Eve were eliminated. God willing, perhaps in a future year, one of the parishes in Charlotte could offer a Pre-1955 All Hallows Eve Mass & Vespers, and thereby provide Charlotte with an authentically Catholic response to the Halloween celebrated by secular culture today.

***Daylights Saving Time ends tonight: Just a reminder to set your clocks back 1 hour tonight due to daylight savings time ending.

Sunday November 1 – Feast of All Saints

Sunday is the great feast of All Saints, and as custom, Dr. Mike Foley has a great write-up on the prayers for the Traditional Mass on this day: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/10/the-orations-of-all-saints-day.html

• St. Thomas Aquinas: 11:30am High Mass
• St. Ann: 12:30pm High Mass (visit to Cemetery with Father after Mass)

Visit to Belmont Abbey Cemetery – after 12:30pm Sunday Latin Mass – November 1

Sunday also begins the annual All Souls Novena which begins on November 1 and ends November 8*. Each day we can gain a plenary indulgence for a poor soul in purgatory by receiving Holy Communion, visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead (and confession 8-20 days before/after). Immediately after 12:30pm Sunday Mass Father will lead us in prayers at the Belmont Abbey Cemetery in Belmont (about 25 minute drive, off I-85). All are invited to attend.  After the prayers, we will offer some “soul cakes” (i.e. donuts), snacks and some drinks.

*All Souls Indulgences extended thru November 30

The Vatican has extended the plenary indulgence for the poor souls in purgatory through November 30 (i.e. you can visit a cemetery, pray for the poor souls, and obtain a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions thru November 30 – it normally ends November 8) . Please consider taking advantage of this wonderful corporal work of mercy: https://www.ncregister.com/news/vatican-extends-plenary-indulgence-for-the-dead-throughout-november

All Souls Day Masses – Monday November 2^nd

• St. Ann: 6pm (High or Solemn High Requiem Mass)
• St. Thomas Aquinas: 7pm (High or Solemn High Requiem)
• Our Lady of Grace, Greensboro, 7:30pm (High Requiem)

If you are new to Latin Mass, the Requiem Mass is one of the most hauntingly beautiful and somber Masses – especially the Dies Irae sequence, perhaps one of the most beautiful chants in the Church: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/11/dies-irae-sequence.html

Juventutem: Special 1^st Saturday Latin Mass & young adult talk at St. Mark this Saturday November 7 

Juventutem, the young adults group (18-35) centered around the Traditional Latin Mass will be hosting a special Latin Mass & event beginning with 10:30am Low Mass on Saturday November 7 (1^st Saturday) at St. Mark parish. Afterwards, Fr. John Putnam, pastor of St. Mark will offer a talk on Canon Law and Marriage Validity. For more information please contact Angela Kessler at juventutemclt(at)gmail.com or visit: www.facebook.com/JuventutemCLT

 Latin Mass & Traditional News

• Diocese refrains from commenting on Pope Francis’ reported remarks about same sex unions: As noted from the pulpit at St. Ann parish last Sunday, Bishop Jugis has asked priests and deacons in the diocese to refrain from commenting on Pope Francis’ remarks reported in the media about same sex unions until clarification is made (other bishops have asked the Holy Father). We hope His Excellency will receive the clarification he seeks. We observe that perhaps through this incident the Bishop is becoming more aware of the threat the modernist crisis poses to the faithful in western North Carolina, and will be more outspoken.  Please also consider praying for Pope Francis that he may be turned away from the deadly scourge of modernism and have a full conversion to the traditional faith.

• Archbishop Vigano addresses the Catholic Identity Conference: Speaking of bishops, Archbishop Carlo Vigano gave a tour de force talk at last weekend’s Catholic Identity Conference, the premier traditional Catholic conference held in Pittsburgh. There is much to unpackage in his talk, from the COVID-19 crisis, deep state, end-times, Vatican II, and the dangers conservative Catholics pose to the Catholic Church and the traditional faith (as we have warned earlier last month). We hope to spend more time in a future e-mail on his topics, but invite you to read or watch ahead of time: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/5124-archbishop-vigano-addresses-the-catholic-identity-conference-2020-francis-the-new-world-order

• Steve Bannon addresses the Catholic Identity Conference: This may seem outside the scope of a Catholic or Latin Mass topic, but political strategist Steve Bannon explained why traditional Catholics need to become engaged in the struggle for our country more than ever: https://remnant-tv.com/video/157/steve-bannon-addresses-catholic-identity-conference-2020?channelName=RemnantTV

• Archbishop Vigano’s letter to President Trump: As we were processing behind the Blessed Sacrament across Park Road last weekend, over in Europe, Archbishop Vigano was penning his second letter to President Trump and warning him of the dire threat the deep state and deep church pose to families across the globe: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/5131-archbishop-vigano-s-open-letter-to-the-president-of-the-united-states-of-america

• Vote: Just a reminder to vote on Election Day, Tuesday November 3^rd to support Pro-Life candidates! Please visit vote-catholic.com to download a Pro-Life voter guide for your area.  St. Thomas Aquinas will be offering Eucharistic Adoration from 1pm – 7pm on Election Day November 3^rd as is St. Mark (from 9am – 7pm).
  

• Taylor Marshall on Blessed Karl of Austria: As a follow up to our Blessed Karl commemorations last week, a reader shared an interview traditional commentator Taylor Marshall did on Blessed Karl: https://youtu.be/8SbfmF2dZRg

Laudetur Iesus Christus! We have a few updates to share about this coming weekend, but first wanted to thank everyone for attending Sunday’s Feast of Christ the King festivities – especially the Eucharistic Procession and our Blessed Karl talk last week.

Christ the King Recap

As Deacon Tonon noted, the route was a last second decision, brought about by Divine Providence, as the rain ended just as Father Reid was processing the Blessed Sacrament out the main doors. This was no doubt, a historic event, with Christ the King, in all His glory being processed through the neighborhoods of Charlotte and across Park Road to Holy Trinity Middle School (and back). The look upon the curious neighborhood residents as the King of Kings processed by, was something for the ages.  Please consider offering some prayers this week for Fr. Reid in gratitude for leading this procession, for Deacon Tonon for his excellent sermon on the Kingship of Christ, and for the conversion of those residents along the procession route.

Blessed Karl talk

Thanks are also in order for those who assisted with the Blessed Karl Mass and talk last Wednesday.  The CLMC is pleased to resume these talks after a long hiatus.

Book on Blessed Karl: For a good book on Blessed Karl, please see this book, Blessed Charles of Austria: A Holy Emperor and His Legacy, by local publisher TAN Books: https://www.tanbooks.com/blessed-charles-of-austria-a-holy-emperor-and-his-legacy.html

All Souls Indulgences extended thru November 30

Not to confuse things, but due to COVID, the Vatican has extended the plenary indulgence for the poor souls in purgatory through November 30. Please consider taking advantage of this wonderful corporal work of mercy: https://www.ncregister.com/news/vatican-extends-plenary-indulgence-for-the-dead-throughout-november

All Souls Day Masses – Monday November 2^nd

• St. Ann: 6pm (High or Solemn High Requiem Mass)
• St. Thomas Aquinas: 7pm (High or Solemn High Requiem)
• Our Lady of Grace, Greensboro, 7:30pm (High Requiem)

If you are new to Latin Mass, the Requiem Mass is one of the most beautiful and somber of Masses – especially the Dies Irae sequence, perhaps one of the most hauntingly beautiful chants in the Church: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2009/11/dies-irae-sequence.html

Lastly, yesterday, Wednesday was the feast of Ss. Simon and Jude. We provide a reflection on some of the traditions (some not certain) associated with these apostles:

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/10/the-legends-of-saints-simon-and-jude.html

Laudetur Iesus Christus and blessed feast of St. Raphael the Archangel! Tomorrow Sunday October 25th is the feast of Christ the King, an important feast day that celebrates not only Christ’s Kingship in heaven, but also His reign over all the nations on earth today. As custom, Dr. Mike Foley provides commentary on the prayers for tomorrow’s Mass:
http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/10/the-orations-of-feast-of-christ-king.html

History of the Feast of Christ the King

The feast was established by Pope Pius XI in his 1925 encyclical Quas Primas, which was written to address the growing revolutions against the Church – particularly in Mexico and is the celebration of an important Catholic doctrine which emphasizes Christ’s kingship over each nation, and how each nation (and city) must explicitly acknowledge Christ’s kingship and his teachings.

This feast day is especially important in a year where the state of North Carolina has not only ignored Christ’s Kingship (by allowing abortion, same sex unions, contraception, and usury etc.), but actively attacked it through its unauthorized church closures during COVID (which sadly the dioceses and bishops complicity followed).  Bishop Athanasius Schneider visited us 2 years ago and gave a talk on this doctrine. You can listen to it here: https://charlottelatinmass.org/resources/latin-mass-classes/bishopschneider /  Below are some additional links of the feast day:

• Mike Foley’s history of this feast day (and the difference between the traditional and Novus Ordo feasts of Christ the King):
  http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/10/a-reflection-on-fate-of-feast-of-christ.html#.X5H1sYhKiUk
• Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas:
  http://w2.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_11121925_quas-primas.html
• Fr. Jason Christian’s 2016 talk on the Kingship of Christ:
  https://charlottelatinmass.org/resources/latin-mass-classes/christtheking/

Christ the King & Elections: We should also note the feast’s importance as we come up to a pivotal election – which seems to receive undue attention only because the Catholic Church and her moral teachings have largely been absent in American society.  This occurs because the Church has sadly refused to advocate the Social Kingship of Christ, and to convert this country to the one true faith (instead the Church’s dioceses focus on leftist politics while accepting government funding) and therefore forces Catholics and other men of goodwill to rely excessively on political leaders and elections to promote Christ’s doctrine. In 1895, Pope Leo XIII wrote to U.S. Bishops and observes this strange arrangement of the Church in America:

(I)t would be very erroneous to draw the conclusion that in America is to be sought the type of the most desirable status of the Church, or that it would be universally lawful or expedient for State and Church to be, as in America, dissevered and divorced. – Pope Leo XIII, Longinqua (Catholicism in the United States), 1895

Plenary Indulgence for Christ the King: There is a plenary indulgence attached for the Feast of Christ the King to whom recites the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus publically in a Church. Please see this article from 2012 to learn more:
https://fssp.com/act-of-consecration-of-the-human-race-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus/

Masses & Processions 

• St. Thomas Aquinas Latin Mass at 11:30am: As mentioned, St. Thomas Aquinas parish will offer an orchestral Latin Mass for the feast day featuring the chanting of the Schola Aquinatis (parish schola) which will be signing the Missa Brevis in D Major of Mozart along with his Ave Verum Corpus. Afterwards weather permitting, there will be a Eucharistic Procession.

• St. Ann Latin Mass at 12:30pm: As custom, St. Ann & the CLMC will host a special neighborhood Eucharistic Procession after the 12:30pm Latin Mass on Sunday. Please bring any images, statues, flags, of royal saints who through their virtue and office honored Christ the King and bring them along for the procession. See list of royal saints (attached) or at this link for more information: https://charlottelatinmass.org/2019/10/10/feast-of-christ-the-king-october-27-2019/

• Expanded Procession with police escort: As noted, weather permitting, St. Ann will offer a special Eucharistic Procession that will go thru the entire neighborhood along Willow Oak Road, with Benediction at Holy Trinity Middle School. The procession will probably take 40-45 minutes before concluding back at St. Ann.

Upcoming Events

• Saturday October 31, 9am (St. Ann) – Public Outdoor Rosary in Latin: Next Saturday, St. Ann will offer a public Rosary in Latin at 9am on Saturday October 31 on the front lawn of the parish to conclude the month of Our Lady and the Rosary.  Please join (translation pamphlets will be provided).
  

• Sunday November 1 – Prayers for Poor Souls at Belmont Abbey Cemetery: All Saints Day Sunday November 1 begins the 8-day novena for the poor souls in purgatory and after the 12:30pm Sunday Mass, Fr. Reid has graciously agreed to the annual prayers at the Belmont Abbey Cemetery. The novena consists of visiting a cemetery each day, praying for the dead. A plenary indulgence is offered each day under the usual conditions.

• Monday November 2^nd All Souls Day: Thomas Aquinas will be offering a Requiem Mass (Latin) at 7:00pm.

• 1^st Saturday November 7 – Next Juventutem Event: Juventutem, the young adults group (18-35) centered around the Traditional Latin Mass will be hosting a special Mass & event beginning with 10:30am Low Mass on Saturday November 7 (1^st Saturday) at St. Mark parish. Afterwards, Fr. John Putnam, pastor of St. Mark will offer a talk on Canon Law and Marriage Validity. For more information please contact visit: facebook.com/JuventutemCLT

• Early Vote: Just a reminder to early vote until October 31 to help support Pro-Life candidates! Please visit vote-catholic.com to download a Pro-Life voter guide. St. Thomas Aquinas will be offering Eucharistic Adoration from 1pm – 7pm on Election Day November 3^rd.

Lastly, we wanted to share an article by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who calls on Pope Francis to convert, and retract his tragic statement endorsing civil unions for sodomites:
https://edwardpentin.co.uk/bishop-schneider-to-pope-francis-for-sake-of-your-soul-retract-approval-of-same-sex-civil-unions/

We should close this e-mail with on a note of hope, the above story broke on Wednesday October 21, the universal feast of Blessed Emperor Karl, which was not the date of death, but Blessed Karl’s wedding day to Servant of God Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma. God willing, they will both be canonized one day, and provide the Church with a role model for a saintly marriages.

Blessed Karl of Austria, pray for us!

¡Vivo Cristo Rey!

Laudetur Iesus Christus! First we thank everyone for attending our Blessed Karl of Austria event on Wednesday. We hope to provide a recap in the coming days. This evening, we have a few quick announcements for tomorrow and Sunday:

Tomorrow Saturday October 24 – Feast of St. Raphael the Archangel

Respect Life Mass at St. Ann – 8am: St. Ann will offer its monthly Respect Life Latin Mass at 8am tomorrow. Fr. Reid is unable to go to Planned Parenthood, though we hear the Catholic teen pro-life group may attend Mass and go out to Planned Parenthood to pray after Mass. A Deacon will lead a Holy Hour of Reparation after Mass in the Church.

Sunday October 25 – Feast of Christ the King

We hope to have more to share information tomorrow, but we have some exciting updates on Sunday’s Feast of Christ the King (which occurs on the last Sunday in October in the traditional calendar):

• 11:30am High Mass, St. Thomas Aquinas: The parish will offer an orchestral High Mass (with the Carolina Catholic Chorale) featuring Missa Brevis in D Major of Mozart along with his Ave Verum Corpus. Afterwards Father will led the parish in a Eucharistic Procession

• 12:30pm High Mass, St. Ann (Expanded Procession!): The parish will offer a High Mass followed by a special and expanded Eucharistic Procession. God willing, Father will process the Blessed Sacrament all the way up to Holy Trinity Middle School and back to St. Ann. The path will go up Willow Oak Road, left onto to Princeton Road, and cross over Park Road to Holy Trinity Middle School (where there will be possibly Benediction) afterwards the procession will return to St. Ann via the same route. Please pray for fair weather.

The procession will conclude inside St. Ann parish. This expansion may make the procession long about 40-45 minutes total (20 minutes one way) and makes a glorious way to fulfill Pope Pius XI’s vision to bring Christ back into the public square and into the streets, as called for in his 1925 encyclical Quas Primas. As custom, we will have flags, banners, etc. of our favorite royal saints and blessed (kings, queens, dukes, etc. who all honored Christ the King during their reign). Please bring your own images, statues, flags, of the royal saints (St. Louis, St. Stephen of Hungary, St. Isabel of Portugal, Blessed Karl, etc.). We attach an extensive list of royal saints.

• Plenary Indulgence on Sunday: There is a plenary indulgence attached this day to whom recites the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Please see this article from 2012 to learn more: https://fssp.com/act-of-consecration-of-the-human-race-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus/

As custom, St. Ann will offer the indulgence prayers at some point during the festivities.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Tomorrow Wednesday October 21 is the feast of Blessed Karl of Austria, the last Holy Roman emperor of Austria-Hungry who died less than 100 years ago, and has a large following among Latin Mass faithful.  You may recall we invited Bishop Athanasius Schneider to provide a talk on this soon to be saint back in 2017.

Tomorrow evening Wednesday October 21, we are pleased to announce that a 6pm Low Mass at St. Ann will be offered in commemoration of Blessed Karl, followed by a brief talk on him in the St. Ann Center. Please join us. Here are the details:

Wednesday October 21 – Blessed Karl of Austria

• 6:00 PM – Low Mass at St. Ann Catholic Church
• 7:00 PM – Talk in Cafeteria followed by Q&A
• Individualized snacks and refreshments served (prepackaged)
• There will be plenty of space/room in the cafeteria

Who is Blessed Karl of Austria? Blessed Karl von Habsburg was the last Holy Roman Emperor who reigned just 2 short years from 1916 – 1918. He inherited World War I from his predecessor, tried tireless to end the war through an authentic peace, and was a devout ruler who had a devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. He was married to Servant of God Princess Zita of the House of Bourbon (who died in 1989) and was the father of 8 children. After being deposed from power by the globalist revolutionaries (who hated all things Catholic), he died in exile on the Portuguese island of Madeira in 1922. He was beatified by St. John Paul II in 2004 (whose was named Karol in honor of Bl. Karl) and his feast day is October 21 – the date of his wedding to Zita. It is likely that when Servant of God Zita is beatified (and hopefully canonized) they will be honored with a husband-wife feast day.  When Blessed Karl’s tomb was opened, his body was discovered to be incorrupt.

In a time when we are needing holy and pious leaders in government and in marriage, the Church gives us Blessed Karl, and hopefully soon his wife, Zita.

• Local Catholic publisher, TAN books has just published a new book on Blessed Karl by author Charles Coulombe: https://www.tanbooks.com/blessed-charles-of-austria-a-holy-emperor-and-his-legacy.html

• To learn more about Blessed Karl please visit his official website at: http://www.emperorcharles.org/biography

*Although not technically on the EF calendar yet, since it’s a feria day (non-feast day), a Mass of the Confessor can be offered with his commemoration. Please join us.

Lastly, we have some updates to share for Sunday’s Christ the King Procession – we hope to share them Thursday or Friday.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Sunday October 18^th is the 20^th Sunday after Pentecost, and as custom we include a reflection of the Sunday propers by Dr. Mike Foley: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2020/10/a-worthy-location-postcommunion-prayer.html

Sunday Latin Masses in Charlotte

• St. Thomas Aquinas parish: 11:30am (High Mass)
• St. Ann parish: 12:30pm (High Mass) – 250 person seating capacity which means (for now) most people will be able to find seating. There will be outside seating.

SAVE THE DATE: Feast of Christ the King – Sunday October 25, 12:30pm (St. Ann parish)

Next Sunday October 25^th is the Feast of Christ the King and once again St. Ann will be offering a Eucharistic Procession after the 12:30pm Mass outside the parish. This is a major feast day for the CLMC as promotes the Social Kingship of Christ, His Church, and His rights in society and government.  We will share more details this coming week but there are plans to make this year an even greater procession than in years past (Pray for fair weather!). St. Thomas Aquinas will also offer a Eucharistic Procession after their 11:30am Sunday Mass.

Next Respect Life Latin Mass Saturday October 24

St. Ann will offer its 4^th Saturday Respect Life Latin Mass at 8am on October 24 (Feast of St. Raphael the Archangel). Details are still being worked out as to whether there will be a vigil at Planned Parenthood or Holy Hour. Stay tuned.

Public Outdoor Rosary in Latin – Saturday October 31, 9am (St. Ann)

St. Ann will offer a public Rosary in Latin at 9am on Saturday October 31 on the front lawn of the parish to conclude the month of Our Lady and the Rosary.  Please join (translation pamphlets will be provided).

Next Juventutem event – Saturday November 7

Juventutem, the young adults group (18-35) centered around the Traditional Latin Mass will be hosting a special Mass & event beginning with 10:30am Low Mass on Saturday November 7 (1^st Saturday) at St. Mark parish. Afterwards, Fr. John Putnam, pastor of St. Mark will offer a talk on Canon Law and Marriage Validity. For more information please contact Angela Kessler at juventutemclt(at)gmail.com or visit: www.facebook.com/JuventutemCLT

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• LIVING THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE: Go Trump or Go Lockdown: Michael Matt, editor of the Catholic newspaper The Remnant, has put out an excellent video on the stakes of this election – especially for the Church. As we noted in our Early Voting e-mail on Thursday, the revolutionaries in public office have already taken a swipe at the Church, and by extension the Traditional Latin Mass (while allowing abortion facilities to operate freely). Having seen how effeminate and naturalistic the Church acted during COVID, these authorities may likely do so again unless they are stopped at the polls – including in North Carolina.

• Early Vote: Just a reminder to early vote to help support Pro-Life candidates! Please visit vote-catholic.com to download a Pro-Life voter guide.

• Fr. Chad Ripperger talk – Fear and Confusion (during COVID): Exorcist and theologian, Fr. Chad Ripperger, has a great talk posted by Sensus Fidelium, on the causes of the fear and confusion during COVID, and how to overcome it.

• St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Consecration of France to the Sacred Heart: Yesterday, Saturday October 17 was the feast day of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque – the mystic saint who received private revelations from Our Blessed Lord about the importance of the devotion to His Sacred Heart and His request that the King of France consecrate his country to the Sacred Heart. Sadly, King Louis XIV ignored that request, as did his successors, and 100 years later, the French monarchy ended in a bloody revolution which has inspired countless other revolutions since that time – including one attempting to unfold in our country today. Our Lady of Fatima also lamented King Louis XIV refusal when in 1931 she appeared to Sr. Lucia and again asked for the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart (which has still not been done according to Our Lady’s Request). This article has a brief summary and ties it into our age with the message of Fatima: http://www.traditionalcatholicpriest.com/2014/06/28/most-sacred-heart-of-jesus-pierced-broken-for-love-of-man/

• Interview on “Fratelli Tutti” with Bishop Athanasius Schneider: The Remnant has an exclusive interview with Bishop Schneider (who visited us 3 years ago this week) to discuss the concerns about Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti.

• Catholic Identity Conference this weekend – The legendary Catholic Identity Conference, which promotes tradition, the Social Kingship of Christ, and the Latin Mass, is occurring this weekend in Pittsburgh – it’s sold out, but you register to view it online:
  https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/cic-on-demand-subscriptions/view-membership-details/15-cic-2020-on-demand

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Blessed feast of St. Teresa of Avila, the great Carmelite mystic. At the bottom of this e-mail, please find additional information on this important Carmelite saint.

Fr. Reid’s Pro-Life message as Early Voting Begins Today (October 15)

With Fr. Jones preaching at last Sunday’s Latin Mass, we missed an equally important homily Father Reid gave at the other St. Ann Masses on Sunday. As you will see it contains an important Pro-Life message for us Catholic voters.  Please read Father’s homily in its entirety (link to PDF below) but we also wanted to highlight a few excerpts from Father’s homily:

• There is no greater evil in our society today than the willful killing of the unborn, who are the most innocent and vulnerable members of our society.
  

• But as this is also an election year, we must vote for Pro-Life candidates.
  

• There are Catholics who think there are other issues just as important as abortion when it comes to voting, yet it’s hard to think of abortion as just one issue among many when considering its consequences. What other issue results in the death of well over 800,000 innocent American children each year? Not immigration, not health care, not the death penalty.
  

• I bring this up not to tell you who to vote for, but because it’s my sacred duty to help you form your conscience. So you must understand that voting for a pro-abortion candidate, when there is a pro-life candidate on the same ballot, makes you an accomplice in the moral evil of abortion.
  

• Lastly, and most importantly, to battle the evil of abortion we must pray. I especially encourage you to pray the Rosary to end abortion. There is nothing more effective than prayer, and more than ever we need to pray for life, for our country, and for an end to all the evils we’ve embraced as a nation.

The fully homily is attached as a PDF, or at this link: https://www.stanncharlotte.org/october-11th-2020/

NC Pro-Life Voter Guides for Catholics 

With early voting starting, lay Catholics & North Carolina Right to Life have published non-partisan candidate comparison guides which focus on the abortion stances of the candidates. There are localized guides for various areas in Charlotte (and a few outside). There are guides for various neighborhoods and regions in our area at this website: http://vote-catholic.com/ 

CLMC Reminder: During COVID, North Carolina said abortion facilities were essential, but Catholic Churches and Latin Masses “non-essential”

As we head to the polls, let us inform our consciences that during COVID, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the party he leads, declared that abortion facilities were an essential service while “religious gatherings” – including the Traditional Latin Mass – were not. While we Catholics were forced to stay home, be deprived of the Traditional Mass and see God denied the glory He is due, the abortion facilities in our state were busy committing unspeakable horrors on the unborn and mothers – thanks to wisdom of our “public servants”.

We’ve covered the Church’s liberty many times in prior weeks, but it’s also time act on these traditional Church teachings – including the Social Kingship of Christ – at the voting booth as well. Let us restore the rights of Our Savior Jesus Christ to the public square and to our state government. Blessed Karl of Austria, pray for us!

Carmelite Feast Day: Today is also the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila, which is one of the statues in St. Ann parish. Incidentally, there is a 7pm Latin Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas tonight for her feast day. As custom, we include Dom Prosper Gueranger’s meditation on this great saint here: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/october/october-15-st-teresa-of-avila-virgin/

Support the Carmelite Hermits in Pennsylvania:

Lastly, since today is a Carmelite feast day, we wanted to share an opportunity to support our friends, the Hermits of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, a traditional Carmelite community.  Some of you may recall meeting the Hermits when they visited in 2017.  They are a group of traditional Carmelite hermits based in Fairfield, PA who offer the Traditional Carmelite (Latin) Mass exclusively.  Please offer a prayer for the Hermits on their feast day. Additionally, they subsist solely on donations and are always grateful for any financial support: https://www.eremitaednmc.org/

St. Teresa of Avila, pray for us!

Laudetur Iesus Christus and Happy Columbus Day! Today, Monday October 12 is the 528^th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World.

Over 125 years ago, Pope Leo XIII decreed that a votive Mass of the Holy Trinity be offered today in thanksgiving for Columbus’ discovery and bringing the Catholic faith to this hemisphere.  Commending Columbus, Pope Leo XIII wrote in his 1892 encyclical:

For Columbus is ours; since if a little consideration be given to the particular reason of his design in exploring the mare tenebrosum, and also the manner in which he endeavoured to execute the design, it is indubitable that the Catholic faith was the strongest motive for the inception and prosecution of the design; so that for this reason also the whole human race owes not a little to the Church.  – Quarto Abeunte Saeculo, 1892

We decree, therefore, that on October 12, or on the following Sunday, if the Ordinary should prefer it, in all the Cathedral churches and convent chapels throughout Spain, Italy, and the two Americas, after the office of the day there shall be celebrated a Solemn Mass of the Most Holy Trinity…  – Quarto Abeunte Saeculo, 1892

http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_16071892_quarto-abeunte-saeculo.html

In recent times, Columbus and his legacy has been unnecessarily criticized through lies and falsehoods.  But as Servant of God, Fr. John Hardon, SJ observed in his book “Christopher Columbus: The Catholic Discovery of America”, Columbus had a deep faith for Christ and expressed it in many of his writings. Fr. Hardon provides several examples from Columbus’ log:

As is our custom, Vespers were said in the late afternoon, and a special thanksgiving was offered to God for giving us renewed hope through the many signs of land He has provided.  I now believe that the light I saw earlier was a sign from God and that it was truly the first positive indication of land.  – October 11, 1492.

I want the natives to develop a friendly attitude towards us because I know they are a people who can be made free and converted to our Holy Catholic Faith, more by love than by force. – October 12, 1492.

For Fr. Hardon, it was clear that the zealous missionary faith of both Columbus (a Third Order Franciscan) and Servant of God Queen Isabella the Catholic (declared in 1974), led them to pursue this mission.  This hunger for souls for Christ may have also been one of the reasons, another Servant of God, Fr. Michael J. McGivney, choose the name Columbus for his new fraternal order, the Knights of Columbus.

For us in Charlotte, we should be thankful for Columbus because less than 50 years after his discovery, a subsequent Spanish expedition led by Hernando De Soto introduced the Catholic faith to the Carolinas in 1540 as he passed near Charlotte with his priests.  As such, we close with Pope Leo XIII:

And, above all, it is fitting that we should confess and celebrate in an especial manner the will and designs of the Eternal Wisdom, under whose guidance the discoverer of the New World placed himself with a devotion so touching. – Quarto Abeunte Saeculo

As some in the Church today struggle with how to minister to indigenous peoples of today, let the story of Columbus, the Franciscans who followed him, and the North American Jesuit martyrs serve as an example to us all on how to reclaim the Holy Faith that was introduced to these lands five centuries ago and with zeal share it with those who are separated from it or who lack it entirely.

(FYI – this is adaptation of a post written a few years ago: https://liturgyguy.com/2018/10/12/the-missionary-zeal-of-christopher-columbus/)