Laudetur Iesus Christus! Just a reminder of our schedule for today thru Sunday along with some other announcements.

1. Weekend schedule: See our schedule for this weekend. Note: today’s Friday 12:30pm Latin Mass at St. Mark (November 2) is cancelled.

Friday November 2 (All souls): The 7am Latin Mass at St. Ann is the only All Souls Day Latin Mass currently scheduled near Charlotte (see Tryon below).
Friday November 2 (All Souls): CANCELED – The normal 12:30 pm Friday Latin Mass at St. Mark is canceled for Nov 2.
Friday November 2 (All Souls): 6:30 pm Latin Mass (High) at St. John the Baptist in Tryon (see website below for directions)

Friday November 2 (All Souls): 7pm Solemn High Mass at Prince of Peace parish in Taylors, SC (90 minutes south of Charlotte along I-85 near Spartarnburg, SC)

Saturday November 3 (First Saturday): 10 am High Mass St. Thomas (See #3 below)

Sunday November 4 (First Sunday): 4pm Low Mass, Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury (See #4)

2. Reid to lead cemetery prayers this Sunday at 3pm: After the 12:30pm Sunday Latin Mass, Fr. Reid will lead prayers for the dead on Sunday at 3pm at Belmont Abbey cemetery. The cemetery is behind the basilica church at 100 Belmont – Mt. Holly Road, Belmont, NC. Families are invited to bring some treats to share if you attend (optional). Also don’t forget to participate in the All Souls novena (see below).

3. Thomas Aquinas to offer High Mass this Saturday (Nov. 3) and Requiem Masses most Wednesdays in November: Every Wednesday night, St. Thomas Aquinas parish has a Missa Cantata featuring regularly featuring Gregorian chant, polyphony, and other marvelous sacred music of our Roman Catholic tradition. This month of November offers  some truly musical offerings. Most will be sung in the context of Requiem Masses, including a Solemn High Requiem on November 14^th with the Carolina Catholic Chorale singing the lovely Requiem of Charpentier.  Please see the schedule below:

Music for Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Thomas Aquinas Church (November 2018)

(NB: The Schola Aquinatis regularly sings the Gregorian chants of the particular day/feast for each Mass.)

Saturday, November 3^rd, 2018 – 10AM (First Saturday)

Votive Mass for the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Ordinary: Missa La-So-Fa-Re-Mi – Josquin de Prez

Wednesday, November 7^th, 2018 – 7PM

Requiem Mass

Ordinary/Proper: Traditional Requiem Mass plainchants

Wednesday, November 14^th, 2018 – 7PM

Solemn High Requiem Mass; Music by the Carolina Catholic Chorale

Ordinary: Messe des Morts a Quatre Voix – Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Proper: Traditional Requiem chants

Wednesday, November 21^st, 2018

(No Mass scheduled)

Wednesday, November 28^th, 2018 – 7PM

Requiem Mass

Ordinary/Proper: Missa Pro Defunctis a 5 – Cristobal Morales

4. 1^st Sunday Latin Mass in Salisbury this Sunday 4pm: Lastly, we have one addition to report from the Salisbury Latin Mass Community –

Salvete in Christo!

Just a reminder of the 4:00 p.m. Traditional Latin Mass this coming Sunday, November 4th, at Sacred Heart in Salisbury.  Father Noah Carter will be the celebrant.

“After Mass Gathering”
You are invited to come to Brincefield Hall after Mass to enjoy our after Mass gathering.  Please feel free to bring a favorite light hors d’oeuvres to share with others.  Fr. Carter is planning to speak on the topic of the Requiem Mass, as we are mindful of this being the Month of the Dead.  Brincefield Hall is to your right as you exit the narthex.

For questions or to join the SLMC e-mail list, please e-mail Mark Hartley at info(at)salisburylmc.org

Laudetur Iesus Christus! We have a few updates to share with you:

Mass updates for the next week

Wednesday October 24: 6pm Mass will not be a Latin Mass (it will be Ordinary Form as Fr. is away). There is still a 7am Latin Mass at St. Ann offered by the Seminary priests.

Feast of Christ the King

This Sunday October 28 is the great feast of Christ the King and at the Sunday 12:30 PM Latin Mass (St. Ann parish), the Cantate Domino Latin Choir will grace us by singing beautiful Gregorian chants to mark the occasion. We will also be passing out our booklets on the Kingship of Christ while supplies last (if you haven’t received one last year).

Also St. John the Baptist parish in Tryon, NC (2 hours west of Charlotte) is also offering a Latin Mass (1st Sunday TLM since the 1960s?) on Sunday October 28 at 11:00 AM.

http://www.stjohntryon.com/

All Saints

Wednesday October 31*: All Saints Latin Mass 7pm (High), St. Thomas Aquinas parish. (*Per priest: St. Thomas Mass 7pm will fulfill obligation for November 1). There is also a 6pm Low Mass at St. Ann.
Thursday November 1 (All Saints): St. Ann will offer a 7pm Latin Mass (Holy Day of Obligation)
Thursday November 1 (All Saints): 6:30 PM Latin Mass (High), St. John the Baptist in Tryon, NC (2 hours west of Charlotte – see website link below for directions)
Thursday November 1 (All Saints): Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro (90 minutes north of Charlotte) will offer a 7:30 pm High Mass.

All Souls

Friday November 2 (All souls): The 7am Latin Mass at St. Ann is the only All Souls Day Latin Mass currently scheduled near Charlotte (see Tryon below).
Friday November 2 (All Souls): The normal 12:30 pm Latin Mass at St. Mark is canceled for Nov 2.
Friday November 2 (All Souls): 6:30 pm Latin Mass (High) at St. John the Baptist in Tryon (see website below for directions)

St. Michael Latin Mass correction

We had a typo in our prior e-mail about the day of the Latin Masses at St. Michael. The Latin Mass will be offered sometime in November on Thursdays (not Tuesdays) at 7am.  When we learn the exact day they will start, we will share it with you. We apologize for the typo.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! We have a last minute announcement for tomorrow, Monday October 15:

There will be a 6pm High Mass at St. Michael the Archangel parish in Gastonia tomorrow October 15, offered by Fr. Matthew Bean, parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas parish. The Mass is being offered for the feast of St. Theresa of Avila.

High Mass – 6pm

St. Michael the Archangel Parish

708 St. Michael’s Lane, Gastonia, NC

http://stmichaelsgastonia.org/

Also we understand the new pastor of St. Michael parish announced that beginning in November there will be a Latin Mass offered Thursdays at 7am (not Tuesdays). Once the start date is announced it will be posted.

Laudetur Iesus Christus and Happy Columbus Day! Today, October 12 is the 526^th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World.

And for those early birds today who attended the 7am Latin Mass at St. Ann, Fr. Reid offered a votive Mass of the Holy Trinity (Low), which Pope Leo XIII decreed 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, Christopher 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

It is a reminder for us 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.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Just a reminder that the annual Diocesan priests retreat is occurring this week as such there are some Mass cancellations. Here is what is published:

Wednesday October 10 (today)

St. Ann 7am Latin Mass by Seminary priests – Still scheduled

St. Ann 6pm Latin Mass – Canceled

St. Thomas Aquinas 7pm Latin Mass – Still scheduled per parish website (offered by Fr. Kauth for healing of Fr. Winslow  – please keep him in your prayers)

Friday October 12

St. Ann 7am Latin Mass – Still scheduled

St. Mark 12:30pm Latin Mass – Canceled

Dear friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community

This Sunday October 7 is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.  The Cantata Domino Latin Girls Choir will be singing at the 12:30 Latin Mass at St. Ann.  Prepackaged rose-themed treats will be available after Mass.  Perfect to take with you on the way to the annual Life Chain which begins at 2 p.m  – perfect to enjoy after the prayers are completed. (n.b. the Life Chain will in front of the Church, along Park Road).

Also , the Salisbury Latin Mass Community has announced the next 1^st Sunday Latin Mass will be this Sunday October 7 at 4pm at Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury. It will be a High Mass.

Laudetur Iesus Christus!  Tomorrow, Saturday September 29, is an important feast day in the traditional Roman Rite calendar – the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel (more below), otherwise known as Michaelmas.

To commemorate the feast, tomorrow, Saturday September 29, the priests at the St. Joseph College Seminary will offer a Solemn High Latin Mass for the Feast of St. Michael (Michaelmas), at 8am at St. Ann parish.

Saturday September 29 – Michaelmas

8am Solemn High Latin Mass (Missa Solemnis) – offered by the priests of St. Joseph Seminary

St. Ann Catholic Church

3635 Park Road, Charlotte

History of the Feast of St. Michael

This feast day, a 1^st class feast, was established in the 5^th century after St. Michael appeared at a cave near Gargano (Apulia), Italy (Monte Sant’ Angelo). Later after another apparition, a Church was built in the cave and dedicated to St. Michael, hence the formal name of the feast day. One of the neat things about this apparition is that St. Michael sanctified the cave to God, and the actual rock of the cave became a “relic” of St. Michael which fragments are made available to the faithful for veneration.

To learn more visit:

Customs and Traditions for Michaelmas – https://www.fisheaters.com/customstimeafterpentecost10.html

History of the Apparitions at Gargano – http://www.santuariosanmichele.it/the-apparitions/?lang=en

More history on St. Michael the Archangel – http://www.traditionalcatholicpriest.com/2015/09/28/dedication-of-st-michael-archangel-september-29th/

St. Michael and the Latin Mass

Lastly, we should not forget that invoking St. Michael’s intercession is part of the custom of the Traditional Latin Mass.  After each Low Mass, we conclude the Leonine prayers with the St. Michael prayer, which Pope Leo XIII composed in 1884 after his terrible vision of Satan attacking the Church and requested it be prayed after each Low Mass.  Pius XII later asked these prayers be prayed for the conversion of Russia, as requested by Our Lady of Fatima.

Sáncte Míchael Archángele, defénde nos in proélio, cóntra nequítiam et insídias diáboli ésto præsídium. Ímperet ílli Déus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, prínceps milítiæ cæléstis, Sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in múndo, divína virtúte, in inférnum detrúde. Ámen.

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.  Be our protection against the malice and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.

Laudetur Iesus Christus!  We have a few updates coming up over the next week:

Homecoming celebration – Sunday September 16, 12:30pm

Weather permitting*, this Sunday September 16 following the 12:30 PM Latin Mass at St. Ann parish we’ll have our annual Latin Mass homecoming celebration.  This will be to welcome “home” to the Latin Mass some of the new attendees who signed up at our Eucharistic Congress.  Please join us after Mass for a lively reception and as we always try to do, please be sure to welcome any new attendees you may encounter and help answer any questions they may have about the Latin Mass. *Should the hurricane appear prohibit a celebration, we’ll send out an e-mail notification.

Feast of the Holy Cross – Friday September 14

A few days before our homecoming celebration is the Feast of the Holy Cross, Friday September 14, when we celebrate St. Helena’s discover of the relic of the true cross in Jerusalem.

• St. Ann will have as normal, it’s 7am Friday Low Latin Mass. Around 9am, Father will display a relic of the true Cross for veneration until 5pm. At 5pm there will be a Holy Hour of Reparation (FYI – a Novus Ordo Mass follows the Holy Hour).
• St. John the Baptist in Tryon (2 hours west of Charlotte) will be offering a High Latin Mass at 6:30 PM on September 14^th (offered by Fr. Jason Christian)

Special Latin Mass at St. Michael parish in Gastonia – Friday September 21

Although the Latin Mass is on hiatus at St. Michael while the new pastor learns the Latin Mass, there will be a special High Mass offered by Fr. Matthew Bean on Friday September 21^st at 6:00 PM (Feast of St. Matthew/Ember Friday).  We encourage all Latin Mass attendees in the Gastonia area to attend and express their appreciation for this special offering of the Latin Mass.

Special Prayer to Avert storms

This week one of our priests made an excellent point in a sermon, pointing out that we mustn’t forget that we can pray that God averts this storm as He has power over all creation (paraphrase). To that end, the CLMC wishes to direct all faithful and priests to the special prayers that the 1962 Latin Mass Missal has to avert storms. It’s listed in the back of the Missal under Special Commemorations and has a special Collect, Secret and Post Communion prayers to avert storms. Perhaps our priests can include these (if permitted) in their Masses this week. We post below for everyone’s benefit:

To Avert Storms

Collect

We beseech Thee, O Lord, that all spiritual wickedness may be driven away from Thy house, and that the fury of the storms may pass away.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ…

Secret

O Lord, we offer up to Thee praises and gifts, giving thanks for blessings bestowed and ever with humility praying that more may be granted. Through our Lord Jesus Christ…

Post Communion

Almighty, everlasting God, who by chastising healest and by forgiving dost preserve, grant that we who humbly pray to Thee, may rejoice in the peace and consolation which we desire and ever enjoy the gift of Thy mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ…

Laudetur Iesus Christus! In these dim times for the Church, we have some joyful news to share with you.

We would like to re-introduce you to the Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a traditional Catholic religious men’s community according to the ancient Carmelite charism in its original eremitical form.  These hermits (6 and growing) are establishing a foundation in Fairfield, Pennsylvania under the Bishop of Harrisburg, Ronald Gainer.

The mission of the Hermits is to provide the Traditional Mass and priestly services for the traditional Discalced Carmelite Nuns in the Carmel of Jesus, Mary & Joseph, which was also just established in Fairfield.  In fact, both the Hermits and the Nuns have ties to our community.

The challenge for the Hermits though is they were just established earlier this year and subsist entirely on alms and the charity of the faithful. This is where you can help.

Currently, the Hermits need $27,000 immediately to pay for their in-house seminary studies this year in order to complete their priestly formation. To assist them, we ask you: Would you consider making a personal donation and encourage others to do likewise?  

As the Church crisis deepens and the need to make sacrifices increase, can there be a more efficacious sacrifice than supporting Carmelite Hermits whose charism is to pray and sacrifice for the purification and sanctification of the Church?  Your contributions will not only benefit the Hermits, but the cloistered nuns they serve as well as the entire Church. It’s really an exponential opportunity for making sacrifices to help the Church.

To learn more about their needs please view the attachments here and here.

To make a tax deductible donation to the Hermits please visit their donation page:  https://www.eremitaednmc.org/donate/

(Donations go directly to the Hermits)

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Please see the note from the Salisbury Latin Mass Community about the 1^st Sunday Latin Mass at Sacred Heart in Salibury this Sunday September 2^nd at 4pm. There will also be a class by Fr. Barone and a potluck-snack reception:

Salvete in Christo!

Please join us for the Traditional Latin Mass next Sunday, September 2nd, at 4:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart, Salisbury.  Father Jason Barone will be the celebrant.

After Mass Gathering
Father Barone has agreed to graciously share his time to speak after Mass. The discussion topic will be how Father came to embrace the Extraordinary Form of the Mass.  Afterward, Father will answer your questions related to the Extraordinary Form.  We will gather in Brincefield Hall, which is located to the right as you leave the church.  You are welcome to bring a dessert/snack to share.  Drinks and paper products will be provided.

The After Mass Gathering will be offered each month, as our celebrant priests’ time allows.

Prayer for our seminarians:

Lord Jesus Christ, we pray for these men whom You have called to discern priesthood. We beg Your continued blessings on our Diocese and families. Call forth even more men of generous spirit and fervent love whom You desire for this holy work.

Amen.

St. Joseph, pray for us.

(Source: St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte, website)