Laudetur Iesus Christus! We are growing closer towards Passiontide, the 2 week season within Lent where the Church focuses even more closely on Our Lord’s Passion and death. It begins this Sunday, Passion Sunday. To learn more about Passion Sunday click here: https://www.fisheaters.com/customslent8.html

Fr. Barone Holy Land reflection this Sunday after 12:30PM Latin Mass: This Sunday March 18 is also our special Holy Land & Passion reflection with Fr. Barone after the 12:30pm Sunday Latin Mass at St. Ann in the Allen Center. He will give us a reflection on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land relate it to Passiontide.

Lastly, just a reminder this Sunday, as custom, there will be a 9am Low Mass at CCHS.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! We have a few  updates to share. However, be aware that daylight savings time goes into effect this Sunday morning – be sure to push your clocks ahead by 1 hour.

Here are our upcoming weekend events:

1. Annual Feast of St. Gregory Celebration tomorrow, Sunday March 11 after 12:30pm Latin Mass: Laetare Sunday is also our annual St. Gregory celebration (feast is actually Monday), with the Cantate Domino Latin Choir providing beautiful chant during Mass and afterwards we’ll serve musical themed treats to honor the patron of Gregorian chant.

2. Parish mission begins tomorrow, Sunday March 11 at 7pm: Fr. John Perricone, Ph.D. will lead the parish mission at 7pm each night from Sunday – Wednesday, with confessions to follow the talk. On Wednesday there will be the normal 6pm Wednesday Latin Mass, and after the mission there will be a light reception. Details are on our website: https://charlottelatinmass.org/2018/02/14/st-ann-lenten-mission-march-11-14/

3. Next Sunday – Holy Land Reflection with Fr. Barone Sunday March 18 after 12:30pm Mass: To prepare us for Holy Week, Fr. Barone will provide a reflection on his Holy Land pilgrimage and Life of Christ. This will be in the Allen Center and will be a potluck lunch – please bring something to share. You won’t want to miss this.

Tonight St. Thomas Aquinas parish will host a Solemn High Mass for the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. Mass will be at 7pm followed by Veneration of a 1st Class relic.

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Laudetur Iesus Christus! We have several updates to share with you.

Annual Rosary Novena to our patron, St. Gregory begins this Saturday March 3: Each year we pray a Rosary novena to the CLMC’s patron saint, St. Gregory the Great (he reformed the Roman Liturgy, i.e. the Latin Mass, and the chant that bears his name). The novena begins this Saturday March 3^rd which is the 5 year anniversary of our Sunday Latin Mass at St. Ann and concludes Sunday March 11, the “vigil” of the Feast of St. Gregory.

The novena is simple – pray a Rosary, then add the attached prayers to St. Gregory afterwards (we’ll also have cards at High Mass). Like last year we again pray for these ongoing intentions:

• Full sacramental/parish life in the Extraordinary Form for Charlotte (includes daily Masses & confessions, Confirmation, Triduum, traditional catechesis, devotions, etc.)
• Sanctity of our Latin Mass Priests and Bishop Jugis
• That Our Lord may send more Latin Mass priests and traditional vocations to Charlotte

Would you join us in praying the novena?  

Annual Feast of St. Gregory Celebration Sunday March 11: After the 12:30 PM Latin Mass at St. Ann we will be holding our annual Feast of St. Gregory celebration (the actual feast is Monday). The Cantate Domino Latin Choir will also be present to provide some beautiful chant during Mass and afterwards we will host a celebration with musical themed treats to honor the patron of Gregorian chant.

Looking ahead here are a few other upcoming events:

• Sunday March 18 – Life of Christ Reflection by Fr. Barone: After 12:30pm Latin Mass at St. Ann Fr. Barone will provide a brief talk afterwards on his visit to the Holy Land and reflections on the Passion.  This will be a potluck lunch & learn event. More details forthcoming.
• Saturday March 24 – Respect Life Mass at 9am: Fr. Barone will offer a Latin Mass for the 4^th Saturday Respect Life. More details forthcoming.
• Holy Week: As noted before, St. Ann and Fr. Barone will offer the Easter Triduum in the Extraordinary Form. For more details visit here: https://charlottelatinmass.org/2018/02/21/st-ann-to-host-2nd-traditional-easter-triduum-2018/

Laudetur Iesus Christus!   We first want to thank everyone for their prayers and attendance between the 2 Sunday Masses and ask you to continue to make an effort to attend either Masses this Lent.  Speaking of which, we have some additional and delightful news to share:

St. Ann will again host a Traditional Latin Mass Easter Triduum at Charlotte Catholic High School by Fr. Barone. The dates are as follows:

• Holy Thursday March 29: 7pm Mass
• Good Friday March 30: 12pm Stations (Confessions after until 2pm); Good Friday Liturgy 3pm
• Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil March 31: 8:30 PM Easter Vigil/Mass
• Easter Sunday – High Mass: 12:30pm (normal Sunday Latin Mass at St. Ann parish).

All Triduum liturgies (Thursday-Saturday) will be held at Charlotte Catholic High School: 7702 Pineville Matthews Road, Charlotte.

As we fail to mention enough, please do offer extra prayers for our Latin Mass priests (Frs. Reid, Barone & Kauth) for their generosity in offering these Masses.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! Blessed greetings on this 3rd day in Lent.  Speaking of Lent, we have a special announcement to share:

This Lent, encounter the Passion of Christ at the Latin Mass

This Lent, we are promoting a theme: Encounter the Passion of Christ at the Latin Mass.  From beginning to end, the Traditional Latin Mass is filled with prayers and ceremonies signifying the Passion of Christ with each of the priest’s actions representing one of the pivotal events of Our Lord’s Passion. Here are but a few examples:

• The priest approaching the altar (to begin Mass) symbolizes Christ going to pray at Mount Olivet
• The priest saying the Confiteor signifies Christ falling down and sweating blood
• The priest elevating the Sacred Host symbolizes Christ being raised on the Cross

These symbols and commemorations of the Passion were provided by Rev. Leonard Goffine (1648-1719) in his landmark book, The Church’s Year (1880).

To help everyone meditate more on the Passion, beginning this Sunday and throughout Lent, the CLMC will be distributing a free pamphlet which links each part of the Latin Mass with the Passion of Christ. They will be provided at both the 9am Low Mass and 12:30pm High Mass – you can pick them up at the information tables at either Masses.

Lent is a perfect time to invite newcomers to attend the Latin Mass and we hope you will use this opportunity to invite friends and family to encounter the Mass of All Ages.

Laudetur Iesus Christus!   We are pleased to announce that St. Ann parish will again offer a Lenten Mission and has invited Fr. John Perricone, Ph.D. of Jersey City, NJ (Diocese of Newark) to lead the Mission.

Talks occur every night at 7pm Sunday March 11 – Wednesday March 14 with confessions afterwards.  On Wednesday there will be 6pm Low Mass (Latin) before the 7pm talk and the last night concludes with a reception. Here are the themes for each night followed by a bio:

Sunday: Saving Our Souls: Inconvenient Truths About Ourselves (“Remember Man that Thou Art Dust” – Ge. 3:19)

Monday: The Fall and Rise of Sinners (“and going forth He wept bitterly.”, Mt. 26:25)

Tuesday: Living In Our Own World (“and Pilate saith unto Him: ‘What is truth?’”, Jn. 18:38)

Wednesday: Embracing the Darkness (“And it was night.” – Jn. 13:30)

Fr. Perricone was ordained on May 29, 1976 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark, NJ and is Professor of Philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY and St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY.  His articles have appeared in: St. John’s Law Review, The Journal of Catholic Legal Studies, Crisis Magazine and New Oxford Review.

Fr. Perricone has been hosted on Mother Angelica Live as well as on EWTN, where he gave a 13-part series on understanding the Mass.  He has also spoken at colleges and universities across the US and Canada as well as in England and France.  In addition, Fr. Perricone is the Co-founder and Vice-President of The Montfort Academy, Katonah, NY, a private Catholic academy for high school boys anchored in a classical curriculum.  Currently, he resides in Jersey City, where he can be found offering Holy Mass and teaching catechism at St. Anthony of Padua Church.

We hope you will make time and attend – like prior St. Ann Missions at the parish, they will help you grow in holiness as we approach Passiontide.

N.B. – Fr. Perricone is also quite familiar with the Latin Mass, having offered it for many years in the New York City area.

Dear friends of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community,

Laudetur Iesus Christus!

Lent begins this Ash Wednesday (feast of St. Valentine), February 14. Currently, we’re only aware of 1 diocesan Latin Mass in Charlotte, that being St. Ann at 7:00 AM. The 6pm Mass at St. Ann will be a Novus Ordo (not Latin). If we learn of any others we will pass them along. (St. Thomas Aquinas has no Latin Mass that evening either).

During Lent, many parishes will have Stations of the Cross on Fridays (St. Ann at 7pm). Of note however is that St. Mark parish will offer Stations at 12 noon before the 12:30pm Latin Mass each Friday.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! We have now entered into the preparatory season for Lent, Septuagesima season. As Fr. remarked Sunday, we prepare for different things in life, like family gatherings, or weddings, it makes sense to prepare for Lent. You can learn more about Septuagesima season here: https://www.fisheaters.com/customsseptuagesima1.html

Speaking of Septuagesima Sunday, we wanted to thank everyone who attended our winter Low Mass Sunday at Charlotte Catholic High School. Around 60 people attended this first Mass, with little advertising and we still had a decent crowd at St. Ann’s.  Please continue to offer some prayers for Fr. Barone as he offered both Masses this past weekend (and the Saturday Pro-life Mass).

Looking ahead here are some announcements:

Mass intentions now being accepted for Sunday 9am Low Mass: Contact Marcy at the St. Ann parish office to request a Mass intention. Suggested stipend is $10. 704-523-4641×221

Candlemas is this Friday February 2^nd (Blessing of Candles after Latin Masses): The Feast of the Purification or the Feast of Candles (Candlemas) is this Friday. It’s customary to have candles blessed on this day.  There will be a traditional blessing of Candles after the 7am Latin Mass at St. Ann parish and St. Mark in Huntersville will also offer a traditional blessing of candles after the 12:30 PM Friday Latin Mass.  To learn more about Candlemas click here: https://www.fisheaters.com/customstimeafterepiphany3.html

Grace at Lourdes talk next Wednesday February 7^th:  St. Ann’s is hosting a talk by Mrs. Megan Bean, mother of Fr. Matthew Bean, Parochial Vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, as she discusses her miraculous healing at Lourdes. After a misdiagnosis which led to complete debilitation, with having no hope of recovery, she took a pilgrimage to Lourdes and received complete restoration of her health. She will speak in the Allen Center café on Wednesday, February 7th, following the 6:00 p.m. Latin Mass. A reception will be held prior to her talk. Fr. Bean has offered the TLM on occasion, and Mrs. Bean herself attends the Latin Mass FSSP parish in Virginia. This is not a CLMC event, but certainly one worthy of support. For questions contact the office.

Laudetur Iesus Christus! We thank everyone for coming to Wednesday’s talk with Ryan Grant and to learn about King Henry VIII and the conditions which lead to the martyrdom of Ss. John Fisher and Thomas More. We hope you enjoyed his presentation and hope to have the talk posted soon on our website. In the interim here are some updates:

Respect Life Latin Mass Saturday 9am at CCHS: This Saturday January 27 at 9AM, Fr. Barone will be offering a Latin Mass (Low) for the end of abortion at Charlotte Catholic High School as part of the St. Ann Respect Life Ministry/Charlotte Helpers of God’s Precious Infants pro-life groups. After Mass Father and the attendees will go over to the local abortion facility on Hebron Road to pray a Rosary for the end of abortion. All are welcome to attend. For more info visit: https://charlottehelpers.com/procession-schedule/

Sunday Low Masses begin this Sunday 9 AM at CCHS: The next day Sunday January 28 begins a wonderful gift of morning Low Mass at Charlotte Catholic High School chapel (Confessions @ 8:30 am).  The Sunday Low Mass concludes March 25.  CCHS is located at 7702 Pineville Matthews Road, Charlotte. Chapel is near the main entrance and parking is available in lot and in the parking garage.

This Mass is being offered by St. Ann (via Fr. Barone) in part to meet the growing attendance and spiritual needs of the Charlotte Latin Mass Community.  Many of you have told us you cannot always attend the 12:30 PM Mass and would like to have another Latin Mass option. This Low Mass (for the winter), is an answer to your prayers!

Although the Low Masses are only for the winter, if this does meet your needs, we encourage you to take full advantage of this earlier Mass time while it lasts (demand is key). Also please offer some extra prayers for the generosity of Frs. Reid and Barone for arranging this.

Lastly, we aren’t forgetting about the 12:30 PM Mass — especially with all the hard work Fr. Reid & the schola/choir puts in! The High Mass will continue as normal and we hope everyone will continue to support the “flagship” Latin Mass when they can this winter and we’ll continue with the usual coffee/donuts, etc.