Dear Friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community (CLMC),

Last November you may recall that Fr. Barone and Dr. Nancy Llewellyn held a kick-off event after Latin Mass for their new Latin language institute, Veterum Sapientia Institute. 

• New institute created for clergy, laity to learn Latin, Greek: https://catholicnewsherald.com/90-news/local/6503-new-institute-created-for-clergy-laity-to-learn-latin-greek

After its first quarter of classes, Fr. Barone wanted to share an update with some exciting news about the institute. Additionally, they are in need of assistance, particularly with fundraising, and other areas. If you feel called to support the institute, they are also in need of donations for this worthy cause. And of course, praying for that this institute will bear fruit. Below is a message and request from Fr. Barone.

Latin Institute Update and Request for Help

The Veterum Sapientia Institute, founded in Charlotte this past November, is up and running, serving the Church in the promotion of her sacred languages of Latin and Greek. Since November, VSI successfully concluded its first quarter of online classes.

It gives me great pleasure to announce that several traditional communities are utilizing our classes. The spring quarter will begin this week. Registration is still open, including a Latin class for beginners who seek to use learn Latin as language (listening comprehension and speaking). Word about VSI is getting out, too. The Sensus Fidelium podcast interviewed me in January. Articles have also appeared about VSI in Inside the Vatican and the Traditionalist magazines. Lastly, VSI is nearing an agreement with the Pontifical Institute for Higher Latin in Rome to be able to grant diplomas.

As VSI continues to expand, we seek your assistance. In particular, we’re seeking help from those who have experience in fundraising, even if it is merely offering advice. If you have professional experience in other areas that you think would be of help, please let me know. You’re also welcome to “stimulate” the economy via VSI merchandise or donations (a yellow donation button can be found at the bottom of our website). God reward you!

~Fr. Barone

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Christus Resurréxit! Resurréxit Vere! Sunday is Low Sunday, otherwise known as Quasimodo Sunday, taken from the first words of the Introit.  To learn more about the history and customs of this Sunday please visit:

• Fisheaters.com: https://www.fisheaters.com/customseastertide4.html  or
• Dom Prosper Gueranger: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/easter/low-sunday-quasimodo/

Also in Sunday’s Mass, as it has been for the past 8 days, is chanting of the beautiful Victimae Paschali Laudes Easter sequence,which Dr. Mike Foley describes in his weekly commentary:
http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/04/the-easter-sequence-victimae-paschali_01217123189.html

IMPORTANT: LATIN MASS RETURNS TO SACRED HEART MAY 2^nd (NEW TIME OF 3PM): In this joyous season of Easter, we are delighted to share the good news of the long-awaited return of the Latin Mass to Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury, after an 13 month hiatus. Beginning Sunday May 2^nd at 3pm, the 1^st Sunday monthly Latin Mass at Sacred Heart parish resumes; however it will be at a new permanent time slot of 3pm (instead of 4:30pm). This change will allow visiting priests to return to their home parish for any liturgies (e.g. Vespers or Mass)

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• Traditional Benedictine Nuns in Missouri targeted by gunfire: The traditional Benedictine Nuns in rural Gower, Missouri have been enduring some threats against life and property. To learn more and perhaps support their efforts to build a wall, please visit the following websites: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/missouri-nuns-have-a-history-of-being-targeted-for-shootings-harassment or https://benedictinesofmary.org/  (You may also pray the nuns are invited to North Carolina as our diocese is spiritually vulnerable without contemplative orders praying and fasting daily locally)

• In Praise of Irregularity: Dr. Peter Kwasniewski has a nice write up about the periodic changes in the prayers and liturgy of the Traditional Latin Mass during the liturgical year: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/04/in-praise-of-irregularity.html

• New Traditional Latin Mass parish opens in Northwest Arkansas: Each March when we organize a novena to our patron St. Gregory the Great, we pray for full sacramental and parochial life in the Extraordinary Form. Yet what does that mean exactly? It means the Latin Mass faithful would have all their spiritual and community needs met in the Extraordinary Form (all sacraments), in one parish that exclusively offers the Latin Mass. There are different ways a diocese can go about achieving this, but one of the common ways is for a bishop to erect a personal parish that exclusively offers the Latin Mass. This past week, the bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, erected a 2^nd personal or Latin Mass parish in his diocese – this time in the beautiful northwest corner of Arkansas and the Ozarks. To learn more about how this Latin Mass community became a parish please see this article: https://fssp.com/new-fssp-parish-our-lady-of-sorrows-springdale-ar/

Traditional Catholicism vs. Modernism: The Vaccine Part IV

In the past week, the ongoing debate over the “supposed” morality of the abortion-linked COVID-19 vaccines that continues to “plague” the Church has now spilled over into the traditional world.  Noted traditional Italian historian, Roberto de Mattei, published a piece in 1Peter5 blog, promoting the Church’s modernist stance on COVID-19 vaccines. After receiving significant criticism for the post, Fr. Richard Cippolla, former pastor of St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, Connecticut, who has long offered the Traditional Latin Mass (and translated de Mattei’s piece into English), came to his de Mattei’s defense and issued an emotional-based critique of those who disagree with the modernist position on abortion-linked vaccines held by de Mattei.

This may seem confusing why two notable traditionalists who love the Latin Mass are embracing the abortion-linked vaccines (and the shaky “theology” behind it), but as we have discussed many times before (here, here, here, and here), the true fault line over the COVID-19 vaccine issue (and others) is rooted in whether one accepts the modernist naturalistic principles of atheistic evolution, theistic evolution, the Big Bang Theory and/or Darwinism or accepts the Church’s traditional doctrine of creation. The challenge here is many faithful Catholics are simply unfamiliar with the doctrine of creation, and fail to see how evolution and its related “theories” has permeated into all aspects of our life and thought – including science, medicine, liturgy, and theology. And believing in naturalistic thought gives Catholics a false view that “science” is the salvation to our problems (instead of God).

This is not the first time that debate has been seen in the traditional movement over science and theology. In fact, the traditional Society of St. Pius X (SSPX, whom we recommend prayers each Divine Mercy Sunday for full resolution of their canonical status) also issued a similar statement apparently embracing the moral permissiveness of abortion-linked vaccines, which was later criticized by a columnist in The Remnant. Also one SSPX priest has also been a vocal supporter of the problematic Big Bang Theory and a loose interpretation of Genesis – writing about it in the Rorate Caeli traditional blog (refuted here).  We hope these are merely isolated personal opinions.

Thankfully there is a way out. First, is to continue to pray for the bishops, priests, and fellow laity that they will see the moral dangers of abortion-linked vaccine and especially evolution. Second, learn the traditional doctrine of creation. The Charlotte Latin Mass Community was proud to co-sponsor the conference Evolution and the Culture of Death, which details the dangers of evolution, but also presents the beautiful doctrine of creation: https://sensusfidelium.us/evolution-the-culture-of-death-unmasking-the-roots-of-todays-abortion-movement/

Recent Catholic Statements on the Moral Dangers of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Additionally, we are also grateful that faithful Catholics, clergy and laity alike, are banding together to defend the Church’s traditional teachings in light of the COVID-19 vaccine. Often times, it’s simply just taking a deeper look at the science and applying the Church’s rich 2,000 years of theological, moral, and philosophical framework and principles to it, thus allowing one to see with better clarity the moral problems associated with abortion-linked vaccines. 

One may ask however, what do vaccine debates have to do with the Traditional Latin Mass? The Mass contains a theological outlook or perspective of 2,000 years that is vastly different from the modern theology that accompanies the Novus Ordo Mass, and as such, attacks on traditional theology (which today is coming from the embrace of abortion-linked vaccines) is also a veiled attack on the Latin Mass itself.

• Bishop Athanasius Schneider – Resisting Abortion-tainted Vaccines and the Culture of Death (April 1, 2021): His Excellency (whom the CLMC hosted at St. Ann back in 2017), has penned an instructive piece on why the Holy See’s pronouncements on abortion-linked vaccines are fallible, too abstract, and stuck in a legalistic framework. He continues to argue remote cooperation to abortion is not applicable to vaccines, and represents a “spiritual blindness” to the Church’s long held opposition to abortion. He soberly notes that God may punish man if he uses cell lines from aborted babies: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/resisting-abortion-tainted-vaccines-and-the-culture-of-death

• Catholic Philosopher: Why I Signed “To Awaken Conscience” – Dr. Michael Pakaluk, a professor of ethics at Catholic University of America wrote a helpful piece parsing the “remote cooperation” theory used to justify the abortion-linked vaccines. Most refreshing is his reliance on the doctor of moral theology, St. Alphonsus Liguori, and noted that “remote cooperation”, according to St. Alphonsus, would not apply to the abortion linked vaccines:  https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/why-i-signed-to-awaken-conscience

• A Priests Moral Analysis of Vaccines: Even more helpful is the following essay penned by a traditional priest who wishes to remain anonymous. Whereby he examines the moral dangers of the COVID-19 vaccines: https://sensusfidelium.us/a-priests-moral-analysis-of-the-covid-vaccines/  Specifically the dangers are:
  
  • Human Guinea Pigs: Per Catechism of the Catholic Church 2295 (modern version), it’s immoral for people or doctors to use the human subjects as “lab rats” without sufficient cause: COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and without sufficient animal trials. Additionally, there is concern about population control connection to vaccines.
  • Mutilation: The Church teaches its immoral to mutilate the body unless it’s to save the rest of the body. Tampering with the human genome (as mRNA vaccines could do) on healthy people would appear to violate this teaching.
  • Abortion: Hundreds of babies were murdered (born alive and then dissected alive) to make the cell line used to make or test vaccines.
  • Spiritual dangers: Abortion-linked vaccines are essentially just a modern version of diabolical potions or malefices used by pagans against early Church Christians. Since abortion is often a satanic sacrifice, partaking in abortion-linked vaccines may be communing with abortion, the diabolical and its evil spiritual effects. Those who willingly hope to benefit from a COVID-19 vaccine may be opening themselves up spiritual portals.

• Request Masses of Reparation for Priests and Bishops: A traditional priest is asking priests to offer Masses of reparation twice monthly for the sins of bad priests and bishops. The laity are encouraged to request this and to attend Mass twice monthly for this intention: https://sensusfidelium.us/reparation-for-priests-and-bishops/

Christus Resurréxit! Resurréxit Vere! Blessed Pascaltide greetings as we enter into the joyous octave of Easter.  The great Benedictine liturgist, Dom Prosper Gueranger OSB, aptly sums up the joy of Easter Sunday by retelling each of the apperances Christ made on that first Easter, concluding with his 5^th apparition on the road to Emmaus that evening:

At length, Jesus makes himself known to our two incredulous disciples. They have placed him at the head of the table; it is for him to break the bread. He takes it into his divine hands, as he did at the Last Supper; and no sooner has he divided the bread and given them their portion, than their eyes are opened, and they recognize their guest as Jesus, the risen Jesus. They would throw themselves at his feet—but he has disappeared, leaving them mute with surprise, and yet transported with exceeding joy. It is the fifth apparition. It is described by St Luke, and forms the Gospel of tomorrow’s Mass (Easter Monday).

The two disciples cannot wait; though so late in the evening, they must hurry back to Jerusalem, and tell the Apostles that their Master is living, that they have seen him, and talked with him. They therefore leave Emmaus, where they thought to pass the night, and are soon back in the city from which they had tremblingly fled. They are soon with the Apostles; but they find them already aware of the glad tidings, and fervent in their faith of the Resurrection. Before they have time to open their lips, the Apostles exclaim: ‘The Lord hath truly risen, and hath appeared unto Simon!’[41] The two disciples then relate what has just happened to themselves.

https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/easter/easter-sunday/

As custom, we also share Dr. Mike Foley’s commentary for Easter Sunday’s Collect: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/04/the-collect-for-easter-sunday.html

SCHEDULING NOTE: There will not be a 7pm Latin Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas parish Easter Thursday April 8.

A note of thanks: We wanted to thank everyone who took the time to attend one or all of the Triduum liturgies, and to those helped support our annual Easter Vigil potluck.  We also wanted to thank Therese Rowe, St. Ann music director for leading the music and chant for the Triduum. It’s no easy work.

With gratitude to our priests: And of course, we also want to thank all the priests who assisted in bringing this liturgical week to fruition (Frs. Reid, Kauth, and Jones), the deacons, and seminarians especially Jose Torres. Especially to Fr. Reid and St. Ann parish for providing spiritual care for the Latin Mass faithful by offering the Pre-1955 Liturgy as the sole parish Triduum. This was certainly a beautiful gift by Fr. Reid and the parish.  

The challenges of two Masses in one parish: We also want to draw your attention to Fr. Reid’s message in this past Sunday’s bulletin – if you haven’t read it, we encourage you to do so. Fr. Reid notes it’s often difficult to meet the needs of two liturgical communities under one parish. Indeed it is true, and that the spiritual needs of the Latin Mass faithful are certainly distinct and unique as our spiritual lives flow forth from the Mass of Ages, which has it own rituals, calendar, theology customs, etc.

It gives us continued admiration for Fr. Reid who has tried to meet the needs of both communities in one parish, even as the CLMC continues to pray and advocate for more (and full) sacramental and parochial life in the Traditional Rite. Since 2013, Fr. Reid has sacrificed to ensure a Sunday Latin Mass each Sunday. There’s more that could be said on this topic, but please consider offering a decade of your Rosary for Father Reid and Father Jones especially this week.  

IMPORTANT: LATIN MASS RETURNS TO SACRED HEART SUNDAY MAY 2 (NEW TIME): In this joyous season of Easter, we are delighted to share the good news of the long-awaited return of the Latin Mass to Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury, after an 13 month hiatus. Beginning Sunday May 2nd, the 1^st Sunday monthly Latin Mass at Sacred Heart parish resumes; however it will be at a new permanent time slot of 3pm (instead of 4:30pm). This change will allow visiting priests to return to their home parish for any liturgies (e.g. Vespers or Mass)

Monks of Norcia Easter Newsletter: Some of you may have heard of the Monks of Norcia (Italy), a traditional Benedictine abbey, which offers the Traditional Mass exclusively (and produces some highly praised beer). They have posted their Easter newsletter which you can download at this website:

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Blessed Spy Wednesday – the day Our Lord was tragically betrayed by Judas Iscariot. For more on the customs of Holy Wednesday visit:

• Fisheaters.com: https://www.fisheaters.com/customslent12.html
• Dom Prosper Gueranger’s Entry for Holy Wednesday: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/lent/wednesday-in-holy-week/
• What happened to Judas Iscariot?: Each Holy Week, we send around an article from the traditional Transalpine Redemptorists of Scotland, about the Church’s opinion (and the Saints) about Judas Iscariot’s fate. See attached article or see link: https://charlottelatinmass.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/the-fate-of-judas-iscariot.pdf

Holy Week Schedule:

The below Holy Week schedule is for St. Ann parish unless otherwise noted.     

• Spy Wednesday March 31: 6pm (Low Mass at St. Ann); 7pm (Low Mass at Holy Cross in Kernersville)
• Holy Thursday April 1:  7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Pre-55); followed by prayers at the Altar of Repose until Midnight
• Good Friday April 2: 12:00 Noon – Stations of the Cross; 12:00 – 2:00 PM – Confessions; 3:00 PM – Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Pre-55) and Veneration of the Cross
• Holy Saturday April 3 (1^st Saturday): 8:00 PM – Easter Vigil (Pre-55). Reception to follow Mass.
• Easter Sunday April 4:
  • 11:30am High Mass – St. Thomas Aquinas parish: Mass will be accompanied by a string ensemble. The Ordinary of the Mass will be Mass in F by Albrechtsberger (Missa Visitationis Beatae Mariae Virginis). No signups required for this Mass.
  • 12:30pm High Mass St. Ann parish
  • All other normal Sunday Latin Masses around the diocese will be offered at its normal Sunday time. 

Triduum update: St. Ann parish will not require signups for the Triduum but will have signups for Easter Sunday Latin Mass (please check parish website). Additional seating should be outside in the plaza. All those desiring to receive Holy Communion will be able to receive. As a reminder there is no Holy Communion offered on Good Friday – the Veneration of the Cross is the “People’s Communion”.

What is the Pre-1955 Easter Latin Triduum?: As noted previously, the Latin Triduum offered by St. Ann will again use the liturgy in use prior to 1955, which has some beautiful and rich symbolism and traditions. You can learn more about these visit our Pre-55 webpage: https://charlottelatinmass.org/resources/pre-1955-holy-week/

St. John the Baptist in Tryon Latin Easter Triduum Schedule (Pre-1955)

• Holy Thursday April 1: 6:30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper (followed by Prayers at the Altar of Repose until midnight)
• Good Friday April 2: 10am – 2pm (Confessions); 12 noon Stations of the Cross: 3pm Good Friday Liturgy (Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ)
• Holy Saturday April 3: Easter Vigil, 8pm
• Easter Sunday April 4: 8:30am High Mass (normal schedule)
• Address: 180 Laurel Avenue, Tryon, NC; Parish website: http://www.stjohntryon.com/

Easter Vigil Potluck Reception: The CLMC will be organizing our annual Easter Potluck Reception after the Easter Vigil Liturgy (around midnight) in the St. Ann plaza. Please join us to welcome the new converts into the Church and to rejoice in the Resurrection of Our Lord. More details forthcoming. If you can bring something, please reply to this e-mail or contact us at info@charlottelatinmass.org.  

Traditional Requiem Mass for Officer Eric Talley: As some of you may have been following the tragic death of Boulder, Colorado police officer, Eric Talley, a Catholic father of 7, who attended the Traditional Latin Mass near Denver. His funeral was yesterday and he received a Traditional Latin Requiem Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado: https://youtu.be/mzG7etJtlOI (Mass begins around 40 minute mark). Mass was offered by priests of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), from Officer Talley’s parish and the video includes commentary by another FSSP priest. Please consider praying for the repose of his soul and for the consolation of his family.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Today is the second Sunday of Passiontide, Palm Sunday. Dr. Mike Foley offers a helpful reflection on today’s Collect, which marks the beginning of the holiest week of the liturgical year: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/the-collect-of-palm-sunday.html We also share some commentary on the day:

• Customs of Palm Sunday: https://www.fisheaters.com/customslent11.html
• Palm Sunday – Dom Prosper Gueranger: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/lent/palm-sunday/

Holy Week Update

St. Ann will host the 2021 Traditional Easter Triduum (Pre-1955*). The Mass times are for St. Ann unless otherwise noted.     

• Palm Sunday – March 28: 12:30pm Mass (*NOTE: The Palm Sunday Mass will be the 1962 Mass, not Pre-55); St. Thomas also has Palm Sunday Latin Mass at 11:30am
• Spy Wednesday March 31: 6pm (Low Mass)
• Holy Thursday April 1:  7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Pre-55); followed by prayers at the Altar of Repose until Midnight
• Good Friday April 2: 12:00 Noon – Stations of the Cross; 12:00 – 2:00 PM – Confessions; 3:00 PM – Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Pre-55)
• Holy Saturday April 3: 8:00 PM – Easter Vigil (Pre-55)
• Easter Sunday April 4:
  • 11:30am High Mass – St. Thomas Aquinas parish: Mass will be accompanied by a string ensemble. The Ordinary of the Mass will be Mass in F by Albrechtsberger (Missa Visitationis Beatae Mariae Virginis). No signups required for Mass.
  • 12:30pm High Mass St. Ann parish
  • All other normal Sunday Latin Masses around the diocese will be offered at its normal Sunday time. 

Triduum update: According to St. Ann parish there will not be signups required for the Triduum; however they will have signups for Easter Sunday. Please check St. Ann parish website. Additional seating should be outside in the plaza. All those desiring to receive Holy Communion will be able to receive on Holy Thursday or Easter Vigil, and presumably Easter Sunday (regardless of signups). As a reminder there is no Holy Communion offered on Good Friday – the Veneration of the Cross is the “People’s Communion” (see our Pre-55 page below)

Holy Cross parish to offer Latin Mass on Spy Wednesday (March 31): For our readers near the Triad, Holy Cross parish in Kernersville will offer a 7pm Traditional Latin Mass for SpyWednesday (616 South Cherry Street, Kernersville, NC; https://www.holycrossnc.com/)

St. John the Baptist in Tryon Pre-1955 Easter Triduum Schedule

• Holy Thursday April 1: 6:30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper (followed by Prayers at the Altar of Repose until midnight)
• Good Friday April 2: 10am – 2pm (Confessions); 12 noon Stations of the Cross: 3pm Good Friday Liturgy (Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ)
• Holy Saturday April 3: Easter Vigil, 8pm
• Easter Sunday April 4: 8:30am High Mass (normal schedule)
• Address: 180 Laurel Avenue, Tryon, NC; Parish website: http://www.stjohntryon.com/

What is the Pre-1955 Easter Latin Triduum?: As noted previously, the Latin Triduum offered by St. Ann will again use the liturgy in use prior to 1955, which has some beautiful and rich symbolism and traditions. You can learn more about these visit our Pre-55 webpage: https://charlottelatinmass.org/resources/pre-1955-holy-week/

Divine Mercy Novena begins Good Friday – Easter Saturday (April 2 – 10): Good Friday begins the Divine Mercy novena which concludes on Divine Mercy Sunday April 11. St. Ann’s features a statue of the Divine Mercy of Our Lord in front of the parish, honoring the late seminarian & parishioner Michael Kitson who passed away on Divine Mercy Sunday a few years ago.  As we have asked in prior years, for those who observe this devotion please consider praying for these intentions as part of your novena: For the suffering Christians in the Middle East; an end of abortion in our country; the reestablishment of the weekly Sunday Latin Mass at Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury; and for the regularization (resolution of the status) of the Society of St. Pius X.

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• What happened to Judas Iscariot?: Each Holy Week, we send around an article from the traditional Transalpine Redemptorists of Scotland, about the Church’s opinion (and the Saints) about Judas Iscariot’s fate. See attached article or see link: https://charlottelatinmass.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/the-fate-of-judas-iscariot.pdf

• Archbishop Viganò’s Easter Preparation Message: https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/ap-viganos-reflection-in-preparation-for-easter-2021

• Archbishop Viganò’s Annunciation Message about the COVID-19 vaccine and the Great Reset (another tour de force essay): https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/abp-vigano-on-truth-over-fear-covid-19-the-vaccine-and-the-great-reset

• 3^rd Cardinal Opposes New Vatican Policy restricting Latin Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome: https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/third-cardinal-publicly-opposes-vatican-letter-banning-private-masses-at-st-peters-basilica

• Christendom College building new Christ the King Chapel based on traditional architectural principles: For some hopeful news in the Church today: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bringing-the-sacred-to-life-through-traditional-architecture-music-and-art

• Reflection on Passion Friday (March 26) readings: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/the-mass-of-passion-friday.html

Laudetur Iesus Christus and blessed feast of the Annunciation! Yesterday March 24, was the traditional feast of St. Gabriel the Archangel, which is appropriately placed to herald today’s solemn feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, spoken by St. Gabriel to the Blessed Mother. To learn more about these twin feast days we include links to Dom Prosper Gueranger’s The Liturgical Year:

March 24 – St. Gabriel the Archangel: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/march/march-24-st-gabriel-the-archangel/

March 25 – the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/march/march-25-the-annunciation-of-the-ever-blessed-virgin/

(as noted prior Lenten penances are relaxed on today’s solemnity feast day)

Feast of the Annunciation Latin Masses Today: St. Thomas Aquinas parish will offer a 7pm High Mass this evening for this feast day (as well as 7pm Latin Mass at Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro). A 12pm Low Mass will be offered at Prince of Peace parish, in Taylors, SC (2 hours southwest of Charlotte).

St. Ann Respect Life Latin Mass – this Saturday March 27 8am: This Saturday St. Ann will again host its 4^th Saturday Latin Mass for the end of abortion. Low Mass will be at 8am, followed prayers at the Planned Parenthood abortion facility (700 South Torrence, Charlotte), or a Holy Hour of Reparation led by a deacon in the Church.

Holy Week Update

St. Ann will host the 2021 Traditional Easter Triduum (Pre-1955*)

• Palm Sunday – March 28: 12:30pm Mass (*NOTE: The Palm Sunday Mass will be the 1962 Mass, not Pre-55)
• Spy Wednesday March 31: 6pm (Low Mass, 1962)
• Holy Thursday April 1:  7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Pre-55)
• Good Friday April 2: 12:00 Noon – Stations of the Cross; 12:00 – 2:00 PM – Confessions; 3:00 PM – Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Pre-55)
• Holy Saturday April 3: 8:00 PM – Easter Vigil (Pre-55)
• Easter Sunday April 4:
  • 11:30am High Mass – St. Thomas Aquinas parish: Mass will be accompanied by a string ensemble. The Ordinary of the Mass will be Mass in F by Albrechtsberger (Missa Visitationis Beatae Mariae Virginis). No signups required for Mass.
  • 12:30pm High Mass St. Ann parish
  • All other normal Sunday Latin Masses will be offered at its normal Sunday time.

Triduum update: According to St. Ann parish there will not be signups required for the Triduum; however they will have signups for Easter Sunday. Please check St. Ann parish website. Additional seating should be outside in the plaza. All those desiring to receive Holy Communion will be able to receive on Holy Thursday or Easter Vigil, and presumably Easter Sunday (regardless of signups). As a reminder there is no Holy Communion is offered on Good Friday – the Veneration of the Cross is the “People’s Communion” (see our Pre-55 page below)

What is the Pre-1955 Easter Latin Triduum?: As noted previously, the Latin Triduum offered by St. Ann will again use the liturgy in use prior to 1955, which has some beautiful and rich symbolism and traditions. You can learn more about these visit our Pre-55 webpage: https://charlottelatinmass.org/resources/pre-1955-holy-week/

Easter Vigil Potluck Reception: The CLMC will be organizing our annual Easter Potluck Reception after the Easter Vigil Liturgy (around midnight) in the St. Ann plaza. Please join us to welcome the new converts into the Church and to rejoice in the Resurrection of Our Lord. More details forthcoming.

The Unlikely Prophet Jonah as a Model for Us in Lent: Dr. Peter Kwasniewski has write up about Lent and Monday’s Lesson/Epistle from Mass, which is from the book of Jonah: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/the-unlikely-prophet-jonah-as-model-for.html

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Sunday marks the beginning of the 2 week period within Lent called Passiontide, where the faithful focus more specifically on Our Blessed Lord’s Passion. As Dr. Mike Foley notes, sacred images are veiled, and the Judica Me, and the Glori Patri, are omitted from the Mass henceforth until Easter, as noted in his weekly reflection on Sunday’s propers: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/the-secret-for-passion-sunday.html 

Additionally, Fisheaters.com notes these words (Judica Me and Glori Patri) are omitted to symbolize Christ veiling His glory from the Jews, as He begins the final days leading up to His Passion and death: https://www.fisheaters.com/customslent8.html  

Holy Week Update

St. Ann will host the 2021 Traditional Easter Triduum (Pre-1955*)

• Palm Sunday – March 28: 12:30pm (*NOTE: The Palm Sunday Mass will be the 1962 Mass, not Pre-55)
• Spy Wednesday March 31: 6pm (Low Mass, 1962)
• Holy Thursday April 1:  7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Pre-55)
• Good Friday April 2: 12:00 Noon – Stations of the Cross; 12:00 – 2:00 PM – Confessions; 3:00 PM – Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Pre-55)
• Holy Saturday April 3: 8:00 PM – Easter Vigil (Pre-55)
• Easter Sunday April 4: 12:30pm High Mass (1962) (All other Sunday Latin Mass parishes in the diocese will be offering their normal Latin Mass as well)

Triduum update: According to St. Ann parish there will not be signups required for the Triduum. Additional seating should be outside in the plaza. All those desiring to receive Holy Communion will be able to receive on Holy Thursday or Easter Vigil. As a reminder there is no Holy Communion is offered on Good Friday – the Veneration of the Cross is the “People’s Communion” (see our Pre-55 page below)

What is the Pre-1955 Easter Latin Triduum?: As noted previously, the Latin Triduum offered by St. Ann will again use the liturgy in use prior to 1955, which has some beautiful and rich symbolism and traditions. You can learn more about these visit our Pre-55 webpage: https://charlottelatinmass.org/resources/pre-1955-holy-week/

Solemn Feast of the Annunciation – Thursday March 25

The solemn feast of the Annunciation commemorates St. Gabriel’s announcement of the Incarnation to the Blessed Mother. This is also a solemnity in the universal Church and as such, Lenten penances are relaxed for this day. Below are the Mass times:

• 7pm – St. Thomas Aquinas parish (High)
• 7pm – Our Lady of Grace parish, Greensboro (not sure if Low or High)

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• SAVE THE DATE –  Friday June 11, 7pm: Annual Traditional Latin Mass for the feast of the Sacred Heart at the Cathedral of St. Patrick. The Cathedral will offer a High (possibly Solemn High) for the feast of the Sacred Heart. More details forthcoming.  

• Honoring the Quiet Man: Dr. Mike Foley pens a good overview of the history of the devotion of St. Joseph: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/honoring-quiet-man.html

• Two Attitudes toward Ordinary Form Rubrics: Kantian Duty and Aristotelian Epikeia: In the going discussion over conservative Catholicism vs. traditional Catholicism (i.e the latter is the theology and philosophy that flows from the Traditional Latin Mass), Dr. Peter Kwasniewski has long but helpful piece on the difference between the two “theological” outlooks in the Church: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2018/01/two-attitudes-toward-ordinary-form.html

• Should Sacred Ministers Mask? Observations and Analysis from a Woman in the Pews: A thoughtful piece, by a laywoman who attends the Traditional Mass, on the concerns about masks worn by priests at Mass, covering both theological and philosophical perspectives: https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2021/03/should-sacred-ministers-mask.html

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Sunday is Laetare Sunday, the 4^th Sunday of Lent where the Church gives us a glimmer of hope of the coming Easter, to help strengthen us for the last 3 weeks – hence the lighter rose colored vestments replace the violet. Dr. Mike Foley explains more in this week’s reflection on the Collect: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/the-consoling-collect-of-laetare-sunday.html

Day Light Savings Notice:  Reminder that today Sunday March 14 is daylight savings time and clocks are moved ahead 1 hour.

Feast of St. Joseph – Friday March 19

This Friday is the great Solemnity of St. Joseph, the great spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Masses for this splendid feast day are:

• 7am (St. Ann) – Low Mass,
• 12:30pm (St. Mark) –  High Mass (Stations at 12 noon). 

On occasion of the solemnity, Lenten penances are relaxed – so you can also eat meat on Friday. To learn about the feast day visit these links:

• St. Joseph Feast Day and Customs: https://www.fisheaters.com/customslent5.html
• The Life and Glories of St. Joseph: https://tanbooks.com/saints/saint-biography-books/the-life-and-glories-of-saint-joseph/
• St. Joseph by Dom Prosper Gueranger, OSB: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/march/march-19-st-joseph-spouse-of-the-blessed-virgin/

Holy Week Update

St. Ann will host the 2021 Traditional Easter Triduum (Pre-1955*)

• Palm Sunday – March 28: 12:30pm (*The Palm Sunday Mass will be the 1962 Mass, not Pre-55)
• Holy Thursday April 1:  7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
• Good Friday April 2: 12:00 Noon – Stations of the Cross; 12:00 – 2:00 PM – Confessions; 3:00 PM – Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
• Holy Saturday April 3: 8:00 PM – Easter Vigil
• Easter Sunday April 4: 12:30pm High Mass

Traditional vs. Modernism: The Vaccine Part III:  

Several CLMC readers have expressed disappointment over the bishops’ recent promotion of the USCCB/Vatican’s guidance on vaccines. As we have discussed before (here, here, and here), Church hierarchy, sadly, have long been influenced modernism and its blind trust in science over God. However, there is hope: the Traditional Doctrine of Creation. This traditional teaching, once long forgotten, is now gaining momentum, and represents the antidote not only for the vaccine issue, but how the Church approaches science, and most of errors of modernism, which heavily influence healthcare and science. The CLMC was proud to co-sponsor a conference on this beautiful doctrine in 2019 entitled Evolution & The Culture of Death. The Church’s problems will continue to worsen until this doctrine is rediscovered (4 Kings 22:8).  If you haven’t watched it yet, we highly encourage you: https://sensusfidelium.us/evolution-the-culture-of-death-unmasking-the-roots-of-todays-abortion-movement/

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• Archbishop Viganò: COVID agenda aims to destroy national sovereignties and the divine mission of the Church: Another tour-de-force column by Archbishop Viganò on the deepening of the COVID persecution:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/archbishop-vigano-covid-agenda-aims-to-destroy-national-sovereignties-and-the-divine-mission-of-the-church

• Vatican Restricts Latin Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica: Rorate Caeli, a traditional blog, is warning readers that Rome’s new decree against “private Masses” at St. Peter Basilica side altars effectively restricts the Latin Mass at the basilica: https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2021/03/important-francis-effect-end-of.html

• Cardinal Burke Comments on Vatican Restrictions at St. Peter’s Basilica: His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke has an excellent statement regarding the Vatican’s new “decree”. What is most instructive is Cardinal Buke notes the degree was unsigned, missing a protocol number and came from the Vatican Secretariat of State which lacks jurisdiction over liturgical disciplines. Essentially the decree is invalid and has no authority. The Cardinal is equally concerned about the content of the unsigned letter:
  https://www.cardinalburke.com/presentations/statement-on-the-offering-of-the-holy-mass-in-the-papal-basilica-of-saint-peter  
  
  CLMC note: These actions, if accurate, should be of no surprise to traditionalists, as often the “deep church” or “deep state” will issue rhetorical “orders” with no legal standing, that sadly, people, including some priests, blindly follow out of a misunderstood concept of obedience. We even saw this in 1969 when the Traditional Latin Mass was allegedly “suppressed” by bishops and pastors.  Yet some 38 years later, Pope Benedict XVI clarified and noted this was untrue:
  
  “What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden or even considered harmful.” – Letter to bishops accompanying Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict XVI, July 2007
  
  “It is therefore permitted to celebrate the Sacrifice of the Mass following the typical edition of the Roman Missal, which was promulgated by Blessed John XXIII in 1962 and never abrogated, as an extraordinary form of the Church’s Liturgy.” – Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict XVI, July 2007

• St. Joseph Seminarian John Cuppett Featured in National Catholic Register: New seminarian John Cuppett is featured in a national article, along with a picture of his family at St. Ann parish. The article also mentions the Latin Mass, and briefly mentions CLMC friend, Fr. Michael Cunningham, FSSP (brother of Steve, who runs Sensus Fidelium): https://www.ncregister.com/interview/north-carolina-baseball-player-finds-peace-in-priestly-vocation

• An Artist Monk Describes the Celebration of St Gregory’s 1300th Anniversary in Rome in 1904: On Friday, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski penned a nice little write up of how Pope St. Pius X celebrated the feast day back in 1904: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/an-artist-monk-describes-celebration-of.html

Lastly, as noted by the last article, this past Friday was the feast of St. Gregory the Great, the CLMC’s patron saint. We thank everyone who joined in our annual Rosary novena for full sacramental life in the Extraordinary Form. God willing, that will happen someday.

As noted in Sunday’s St. Ann bulletin, we are pleased to share that St. Ann will again host the traditional Pre-1955 Easter Latin Triduum and in a generous act to the Latin Mass faithful, it will be offered in the main church as the only Triduum for the parish.

In future years, St. Ann and St. Thomas Aquinas parish will alternate hosting the Triduum each year (St. Ann offers it 2021; St. Thomas will host it 2022).

For those new to Latin Mass, the Pre-1955 Easter Triduum is the full ancient traditional Latin liturgy for Holy Week replete with its richness, traditions and symbolism. Although this is not the first Pre-1955 Triduum for the CLMC, this will be our first inside an actual church.

As more details are announced we will share them with you. Please offer a few prayers of thanksgiving to Fr. Reid and the parish staff for once again offering this beautiful gift for the faithful, but especially for God’s glory.

Holy Week dates are as follows:

Palm Sunday – March 28

• 12:30pm

Holy Thursday April 1

• 7pm – Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Good Friday April 2

• 12:00 Noon – Stations of the Cross
• 12:00 – 2:00 PM – Confessions
• 3:00 PM – Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Holy Saturday April 3

• 8:00 PM – Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday April 4

• 12:30pm High Mass

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Sunday is the 3^rd Sunday of Lent, and as custom, Dr. Mike Foley has a commentary on the Collect for the Mass: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/the-taciturn-collect-for-third-sunday.html

Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas – today at 11:30am

St. Thomas Aquinas parish will be celebrating its patronal feast day at the 11:30am Sunday Latin Mass (in the Traditional calendar St. Thomas Aquinas’ feast day is March 7). Please join the parish for a sublime liturgical celebration. After Mass, the parish is having an outdoor reception after the Latin Mass.

To learn more about the Angelic Doctor please see Dom Prosper Gueranger’s entry in his book, The Liturgical Year: https://sensusfidelium.us/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/march/march-7-st-thomas-of-aquinas-doctor-of-the-church/

Upcoming Feasts/Masses

• Friday March 12, feast of St. Gregory the Great: 7am (St. Ann); 12:30pm (St. Mark) – both Low Masses
• Wednesday March 17, feast of St. Patrick: 6pm (St. Ann) – Low Mass
• Friday March 19, Solemnity/feast of St. Joseph: 7am (St. Ann) (Low), 12:30pm (St. Mark) High Mass. On occasion of this great solemnity, Lenten penances are relaxed – one can also eat meat on this Friday.
• Saturday March 27, 4^th Saturday Respect Latin Mass, 8am (followed by vigil at Planned Parenthood)

Easter Triduum 2021: To be announced shortly.

Latin Mass & Traditional News

• Traditional Sermons for Each Day in Lent: Sensus Fidelium has put together a daily Lenten sermon feed on their YouTube channel, where you can listen to a traditional priest offer a sermon for each of the remaining days of Lent. To listen click here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnftOVqh-jlaBaVwPMl9fwEGhGFDt-_4g

• Pray for the canonization of Ignatius Cardinal Kung – March 12: During the Cold War, there were two high ranking prelates imprisoned by communists around the world for practicing their Catholic faith. In the west, it was Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty of Hungary (later escaped to the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, and then was later exiled to Austria until his death in 1975). In the east, it was Cardinal Ignatius Kung, the archbishop of Shanghai who stood strong for papal authority, and for it spent the better part of 30 years in prison (1955-1985).In 1979, Pope John Paul II secretly named him a cardinal “in pectore” (e.g. close to the heart). After his release, Cardinal Kung was eventually immigrated to the U.S., where he lived in Connecticut until his death in March 12, 2000. We know from the Cardinal Kung Foundation that Cardinal Kung frequently offered the Traditional Mass during his last years in the U.S. On this day let us remember to pray for his canonization. To learn more about Cardinal Kung, and to support the underground Church in China with your Lenten almsgiving (including having Masses offered in China), please visit: http://www.cardinalkungfoundation.org/

• The Lion and the Dragon, by Archbishop Viganò: Latest Message from Archbishop Viganò on Italy’s new prime minister, and the deteriorating cultural conditions in Italy and around the world: https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/the-lion-and-the-dragon

• The Patriarch Joseph in The Liturgy: This past Friday, the Epistle reading at Mass on Friday was about the ancient patriarch Joseph, who was sold into slavery into Egypt. How appropriate the reading falls in March which is the month of the new Joseph, the spouse of the Blessed Mother. The New Liturgical Movement picks up this topic on the similarities between Joseph the Patriarch and St. Joseph here: newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/03/the-patriarch-joseph-in-liturgy-of-lent.html

• Traditional Books by TAN: The local Catholic publisher, TAN Books has a great selection of traditional books. As we enter into the month of St. Joseph and the full month of Lent, we pass along a few of these selections:

• • The Life and Glories of Saint Joseph, by Edward Healy Thompson: https://tanbooks.com/saints/saint-biography-books/the-life-and-glories-of-saint-joseph/
  • The Mystical City of God by Ven. Mary of Agreda (all 4 volumes) – many traditional priests reference her writings in sermons: https://tanbooks.com/catholic-gifts/gift-book-sets/mystical-city-of-god-volume-i-iv/
  • The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ: From the Visions of Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich: https://tanbooks.com/sanctification/spiritual-master-books/the-dolorous-passion-of-our-lord-jesus-christ-from-the-visions-of-anne-catherine-emmerich/

All the above books either reference approved visions, or sourced from Sacred Tradition, and can help to “fill in the blanks” on the life of Christ that scripture may omit or be silent on.