Latin Requiem Mass in Cork

Requiem Mass in Belfast recently

The annual Solemn Requiem Mass for deceased members of  St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy and for all the faithful departed will be celebrated at 11 am on Saturday, 28 November 2009 in St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral Church, Fermoy, Co. Cork.

The Mass will be celebrated in Latin according to the Roman Missal published by Blessed  Pope John XXIII  in 1962.

The Gregorian propers of the Requiem and Gabriel Fauré’s Pie Jesu and In paradisum will be sung by members of the Lassus Scholars, Dublin under the direction of Miss Ite O’Donovan.

All are welcome to attend.

Provisions for Anglicans published: ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS

APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION
ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI

 

Providing for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans

entering into full communion with the Catholic Church
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[COMPLEMENTARY NORMS]

[Press release]

In recent times the Holy Spirit has moved groups of Anglicans to petition repeatedly and insistently to be received into full Catholic communion individually as well as corporately. The Apostolic See has responded favorably to such petitions. Indeed, the successor of Peter, mandated by the Lord Jesus to guarantee the unity of the episcopate and to preside over and safeguard the universal communion of all the Churches,¹ could not fail to make available the means necessary to bring this holy desire to realization.

The Church, a people gathered into the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,² was instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ, as “a sacrament – a sign and instrument, that is, of communion with God and of unity among all people.”³ Every division among the baptized in Jesus Christ wounds that which the Church is and that for which the Church exists; in fact, “such division openly contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world, and damages that most holy cause, the preaching the Gospel to every creature.”⁴ Precisely for this reason, before shedding his blood for the salvation of the world, the Lord Jesus prayed to the Father for the unity of his disciples.⁵

It is the Holy Spirit, the principle of unity, which establishes the Church as a communion.⁶ He is the principle of the unity of the faithful in the teaching of the Apostles, in the breaking of the bread and in prayer.⁷ The Church, however, analogous to the mystery of the Incarnate Word, is not only an invisible spiritual communion, but is also visible;⁸ in fact, “the society structured with hierarchical organs and the Mystical Body of Christ, the visible society and the spiritual community, the earthly Church and the Church endowed with heavenly riches, are not to be thought of as two realities. On the contrary, they form one complex reality formed from a two-fold element, human and divine.”⁹ The communion of the baptized in the teaching of the Apostles and in the breaking of the eucharistic bread is visibly manifested in the bonds of the profession of the faith in its entirety, of the celebration of all of the sacraments instituted by Christ, and of the governance of the College of Bishops united with its head, the Roman Pontiff.¹⁰

This single Church of Christ, which we profess in the Creed as one, holy, catholic and apostolic “subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him. Nevertheless, many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside her visible confines. Since these are gifts properly belonging to the Church of Christ, they are forces impelling towards Catholic unity.”¹¹

In the light of these ecclesiological principles, this Apostolic Constitution provides the general normative structure for regulating the institution and life of Personal Ordinariates for those Anglican faithful who desire to enter into the full communion of the Catholic Church in a corporate manner. This Constitution is completed by Complementary Norms issued by the Apostolic See.

I. §1 Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans entering into full communion with the Catholic Church are erected by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith within the confines of the territorial boundaries of a particular Conference of Bishops in consultation with that same Conference.

§2 Within the territory of a particular Conference of Bishops, one or more Ordinariates may be erected as needed.

§3 Each Ordinariate possesses public juridic personality by the law itself (ipso iure); it is juridically comparable to a diocese.¹²

§4 The Ordinariate is composed of lay faithful, clerics and members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, originally belonging to the Anglican Communion and now in full communion with the Catholic Church, or those who receive the Sacraments of Initiation within the jurisdiction of the Ordinariate.

§5 The Catechism of the Catholic Church is the authoritative expression of the Catholic faith professed by members of the Ordinariate.

II. The Personal Ordinariate is governed according to the norms of universal law and the present Apostolic Constitution and is subject to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the other Dicasteries of the Roman Curia in accordance with their competencies. It is also governed by the Complementary Norms as well as any other specific Norms given for each Ordinariate.

III. Without excluding liturgical celebrations according to the Roman Rite, the Ordinariate has the faculty to celebrate the Holy Eucharist and the other Sacraments, the Liturgy of the Hours and other liturgical celebrations according to the liturgical books proper to the Anglican tradition, which have been approved by the Holy See, so as to maintain the liturgical, spiritual and pastoral traditions of the Anglican Communion within the Catholic Church, as a precious gift nourishing the faith of the members of the Ordinariate and as a treasure to be shared.

IV. A Personal Ordinariate is entrusted to the pastoral care of an Ordinary appointed by the Roman Pontiff.

V. The power (potestas) of the Ordinary is:

a. ordinary: connected by the law itself to the office entrusted to him by the Roman Pontiff, for both the internal forum and external forum;

b. vicarious: exercised in the name of the Roman Pontiff;

c. personal: exercised over all who belong to the Ordinariate;

This power is to be exercised jointly with that of the local Diocesan Bishop, in those cases provided for in the Complementary Norms.

VI. §1 Those who ministered as Anglican deacons, priests, or bishops, and who fulfill the requisites established by canon law¹³ and are not impeded by irregularities or other impediments¹⁴ may be accepted by the Ordinary as candidates for Holy Orders in the Catholic Church. In the case of married ministers, the norms established in the Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI Sacerdotalis coelibatus, n. 42¹⁵ and in the Statement In June¹⁶ are to be observed. Unmarried ministers must submit to the norm of clerical celibacy of CIC can. 277, §1.

§2. The Ordinary, in full observance of the discipline of celibate clergy in the Latin Church, as a rule (pro regula) will admit only celibate men to the order of presbyter. He may also petition the Roman Pontiff, as a derogation from can. 277, §1, for the admission of married men to the order of presbyter on a case by case basis, according to objective criteria approved by the Holy See.

§3. Incardination of clerics will be regulated according to the norms of canon law.

§4. Priests incardinated into an Ordinariate, who constitute the presbyterate of the Ordinariate, are also to cultivate bonds of unity with the presbyterate of the Diocese in which they exercise their ministry. They should promote common pastoral and charitable initiatives and activities, which can be the object of agreements between the Ordinary and the local Diocesan Bishop.

§5. Candidates for Holy Orders in an Ordinariate should be prepared alongside other seminarians, especially in the areas of doctrinal and pastoral formation. In order to address the particular needs of seminarians of the Ordinariate and formation in Anglican patrimony, the Ordinary may also establish seminary programs or houses of formation which would relate to existing Catholic faculties of theology.

VII. The Ordinary, with the approval of the Holy See, can erect new Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, with the right to call their members to Holy Orders, according to the norms of canon law. Institutes of Consecrated Life originating in the Anglican Communion and entering into full communion with the Catholic Church may also be placed under his jurisdiction by mutual consent.

VIII. §1. The Ordinary, according to the norm of law, after having heard the opinion of the Diocesan Bishop of the place, may erect, with the consent of the Holy See, personal parishes for the faithful who belong to the Ordinariate.

§2. Pastors of the Ordinariate enjoy all the rights and are held to all the obligations established in the Code of Canon Law and, in cases established by the Complementary Norms, such rights and obligations are to be exercised in mutual pastoral assistance together with the pastors of the local Diocese where the personal parish of the Ordinariate has been established.

IX. Both the lay faithful as well as members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, originally part of the Anglican Communion, who wish to enter the Personal Ordinariate, must manifest this desire in writing.

X. §1. The Ordinary is aided in his governance by a Governing Council with its own statutes approved by the Ordinary and confirmed by the Holy See.¹⁷

§2. The Governing Council, presided over by the Ordinary, is composed of at least six priests. It exercises the functions specified in the Code of Canon Law for the Presbyteral Council and the College of Consultors, as well as those areas specified in the Complementary Norms.

§3. The Ordinary is to establish a Finance Council according to the norms established by the Code of Canon Law which will exercise the duties specified therein.¹⁸

§4. In order to provide for the consultation of the faithful, a Pastoral Council is to be constituted in the Ordinariate.¹⁹

XI. Every five years the Ordinary is required to come to Rome for an ad limina Apostolorum visit and present to the Roman Pontiff, through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and in consultation with the Congregation for Bishops and the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, a report on the status of the Ordinariate.

XII. For judicial cases, the competent tribunal is that of the Diocese in which one of the parties is domiciled, unless the Ordinariate has constituted its own tribunal, in which case the tribunal of second instance is the one designated by the Ordinariate and approved by the Holy See.

XIII. The Decree establishing an Ordinariate will determine the location of the See and, if appropriate, the principal church.

We desire that our dispositions and norms be valid and effective now and in the future, notwithstanding, should it be necessary, the Apostolic Constitutions and ordinances issued by our predecessors, or any other prescriptions, even those requiring special mention or derogation.

Given in Rome, at St. Peter’s, on November 4, 2009, the Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo.

BENEDICTUS PP XVI

Follow Pope Benedict XVI in Brescia on EWTN

Pope Benedict XVI will visit Brescia this Sunday, 8th November, to mark the 30th Anniversary of the death of Pope Paul VI. EWTN will broadcast proceedings as follows:

Papal visit to Brescia: Visit to Botticino Sera

Pope Benedict XVI will visit the parish church of Botticino Sera to venerate the remains of St. Arcangelo Tadini

08.45

Papal visit to Brescia: Holy Mass

Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass at the Paolo VI Square

Live: 09.30.      Encore: 23.30

Papal visit to Brescia: Inauguration of the Paul VI Institute

Pope Benedict XVI will visit to the birthplace of Pope Paul VI and  inaugurate the new headquarters of the Paolo VI institute.  He will also visit the parish church of Sant’Antonino where Giovanni Battista Montini was baptized

15.45

 

ALL TIMES ARE DUBLIN GMT

Facebook Group: ‘SLAP’ Survivors of Liturgical Abuse in Parishes

Yet again another new Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=163446277798&ref=nf.

 

SOURCE: Orbis Catholicus Secundus

Martin Mosebach and Others Appeal to Benedict on Sacred Art and Music

“For all the reasons set out above, we are eager to receive from Your Holiness a fatherly listening and the merciful attention of the Vicar of Christ. We beseech you, Holy Father, to read in our heartfelt appeal our most pressing concern for the appalling conditions of contemporary sacred art and sacred architecture, as well as a modest and most humble request for your help so that sacred art and architecture can once again be truly Catholic. This so that the faithful can again enjoy the sense of wonder and rejoice once again at the presence of the beauty in God’s House. This so that the Church can be once more regain her rightful place, in this era of irrational, mundane and malforming barbarism, as a true and attentive promoter and custodian of an art that is both new and truly “original”: an art that today as always flowers in every age of progress, which reflowers from its ancient roots and eternal origin, faithful to the most intimate sense of Beauty that shines in the Truth of Christ.”

James MacMillan puts Scottish Bishops on the spot over Latin Mass

Twenty-five new priest participants took part in a training conference at All Saints Pastoral Centre in Hertfordshire, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Westminster. It was organised by the Latin Mass Society and a heart-warming message of support was sent to the priests by the new Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols. He said: “Pope Benedict has given an additional and delicate task to priests and bishops: the provision of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in response to genuine needs as outlined in the Motu Proprio. I am grateful to you all for helping us to respond to this task, within the work of sustaining and nurturing the unity of the Church.” …

By the end of the week seven young priests had celebrated their first ever complete Extraordinary Form Mass. Bishop John Arnold, auxiliary Bishop of Westminster was present for part of the course. He also expressed his excitement and encouragement: “I think it is a tribute to the wisdom of Pope Benedict that this course on the Extraordinary Form is filled with ordinary priests who are working in perfectly average parishes the length and breadth of the country and who find themselves drawn to the reverence of the older form to order and nourish their priestly lives… or who are learning it in response to the pastoral needs of their congregations.”

This is certainly not the first such course to be held in England. Earlier this year a further 20 priests were trained at a conference at Ushaw Seminary in Durham, and Merton College Oxford has seen 97 priests trained since 2008. The LMS are busily planning new activities all over the country in the years ahead, including Mass servers’ training for the laity and classes in Gregorian chant. They say; “Our aim is to see the Extraordinary Form flourish in every parish in the land.” All this is supported by Bishops in England and Wales. A real transformation is clearly underway.

But not for viewers in Scotland, apparently! This is a pity. I have spoken to many Scottish priests, all over the country, who would be delighted to get such an opportunity, after all the energetic discussion on the matter in recent times. There is a clear desire for more prayerful and reverent liturgy generally here. In that sense we are no different to those who are now being proactive in responding to the Pope’s instructions and encouragement elsewhere. What is good enough for the English should be good enough for us too! And it is happening in America, Canada, Australia and in mainland Europe.

Some Scots I have spoken to seem scared to talk openly about the subject. It would be a grave matter indeed, if some of us were being bullied into silence. Surely that is not happening? It just takes one step, and many others would be opened up to the beautiful potential of a transformed and meaningful liturgical life: because the presence of the EF will have a beneficial effect on the practice of the Novus Ordo too, and both are valid and authentic expressions of the same rite. Time for action?

EWTN Mass for All Souls

Black vestments were worn and the Dies Irae was sung. EWTN leading by example! This is the Ordinary Form of the Mass. The Mass was beautiful, Priests do all you can for Him! The Liturgy does not belong to us, celebrate it the way the Church wish you to celebrate it…Do ALL you can for Him!

What was All Souls like at your parish?

Black vestments, unbleached candles? Leave a comment…

The Singing of the Dies Irae

Black Vestments

Benedictine Altar Arrangement

Priests listen up: It’s O.K. to wear black! It’s O.K. to sing the Dies Irae!

SOURCE: New Liturgical Movement

Prayer for All Souls

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them

May they rest in peace. Amen

A note from Fr. Z: Pray for the souls of priests

Pray for the souls of priests.

First, remember that you can gain indulgences on All Souls and the days following.

Second, 5 November is a first Thursday.  You can gain a plenary indulgence during this year for Priests.

Third, would it not be a good idea in this Year for Priests, during the week after All Souls, for this 1st Thursday, to pray in a special way for the souls of deceased priests?

May I recommend that you bring this up with your parish priests, who might make pulpit announcements this Sunday?

If you are a blogger, would you post something on this?

Would you recommend this to your prayer groups, friends and family?

Latin Mass in Ireland: November 2009

Derry Diocese:

1 November, Sunday, 6.30am – Mass, St. Columba’s Church (Long Tower), Derry BT48 6TJ. Celebrant: Very Rev Father Roland Colhoun, Adm. (To be confirmed)

Limerick Diocese:

1 November, Sunday, 11.15am – Mass, St. Patrick’s Church, Dublin Road, Limerick. Celebrant: Rev. Father Wulfran Lebocq, ICRSS.

Cork & Ross Diocese:

1 November, Sunday, 12pm – Mass, Ss. Peter’s & Paul’s, Paul St., Cork. Celebrant: Very Rev Patrick McCarthy PP.

Meath Diocese:

1 November, Sunday, 1pm – Mass, St Michael’s Church, Stahalmog, Co Meath. Celebrant: Rev Father David Jones O.Praem.

Cloyne Diocese:

2 November, Monday, 8am – Mass, Feast of All Souls, St. Colman’s Church, Macroom, Co. Cork. Celebrant: Rev. Father Gabriel Burke, CC.

Down & Connor Diocese:

7 November, Saturday, 1pm – Mass, St. Paul’s Church, Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6AB. Celebrant: Rev Father Martin Graham, C.C.

Diocese of Dromore:

8 November, Sunday, 11am – Mass, Poor Clare Convent, High St., Newry, Co. Down BT35 6PN. Celebrant: Rev Father David Jones, O.Praem.

Cork & Ross Diocese:

8 November, Sunday, 12pm – Mass, Ss. Peter’s & Paul’s, Paul St., Cork. Celebrant: Very Rev Patrick McCarthy PP.

Meath Diocese:

8 November, Sunday, 1pm – Mass, St Michael’s Church, Stahalmog, Co Meath. Celebrant: Very Rev Father Michael Cahill PP.

Ferns Diocese:

14 November, Sunday, 12.30pm – Mass, Annual Requiem Mass at Edermine House, Co. Wexford. Celebrant: Very Rev. Father Michael Cahill PP (To be confirmed).

Limerick Diocese:

15 November, Sunday, 11.15am – Mass, St. Patrick’s Church, Dublin Road, Limerick. Celebrant: Rev. Father Wulfran Lebocq, ICRSS.

Cork & Ross Diocese:

15 November, Sunday, 12pm – Mass, Ss. Peter’s & Paul’s, Paul St., Cork. Celebrant: Very Rev Patrick McCarthy PP.

Meath Diocese:

15 November, Sunday, 1pm – Mass, St Michael’s Church, Stahalmog, Co Meath. Celebrant: Rev Father David Jones O.Praem.

Cork & Ross Diocese:

22 November, Sunday, 12pm – Mass, Ss. Peter’s & Paul’s, Paul St., Cork. Celebrant: Very Rev Patrick McCarthy PP.

Meath Diocese:

22 November, Sunday, 1pm – Mass, St Michael’s Church, Stahalmog, Co Meath. Celebrant: Rev Father David Jones O.Praem.

Cork & Ross Diocese:

29 November, Sunday, 12pm – Mass, Ss. Peter’s & Paul’s, Paul St., Cork. Celebrant: Very Rev Patrick McCarthy PP.

Meath Diocese:

29 November, Sunday, 1pm – Mass, St Michael’s Church, Stahalmog, Co Meath. Celebrant: Rev Father David Jones O.Praem.

SUNG REQUIEM MASS: Belfast

SUNG REQUIEM MASS (1962 Missal)
Saint Paul’s Church, Falls Road. Saturday 7 November at 1.00pm
Music by the Schola Gregoriana of Belfast: Requiem for six voices (Victoria), Versa Est in Luctum (Lobo), Gregorian Chant and Organ.
Everyone Welcome.