Holy Day of Obligation Today (December 9)

Just a reminder that today Monday December 9 is a Holy Day of Obligation as the U.S. Bishops, per the Novus Ordo calendar, have transferred the actual Holy Day of Obligation for the Immaculate Conception to today Monday, December 9th (even though it was celebrated in the Traditional Latin Mass yesterday).

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Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This Sunday (December 8, 2024) is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The doctrine of Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception was formally pronounced in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus by Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854.

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First Sunday of Advent

This Sunday (December 1, 2024) is the First Sunday of Advent. On Friday the Church will celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra. Veronese’s painting of his consecration, with its humbly acquiescent subject almost lost in the dark at the bottom of the picture, recalls the description by Jacobus de Voragine in The Golden Legend: “Some time later the bishop of Myra died, and all the bishops of the region gathered to choose a successor.

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Latin Mass Schedule Changes This Week & Praying for Our Priests

We have a change to announce from this weekend's update. For this week both the Thursday and Friday Latin Masses in Charlotte are canceled due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Twenty-fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome to our weekly Sunday update. This Sunday (November 24, 2024) is the Twenty-Fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost. Because the date of Easter (and thus of Pentecost) varies from one year to the next, the number of Sundays intervening between Pentecost and the First Sunday of Advent may be as many as twenty-eight but not less than twenty-four. The last Sunday before Advent is always designated the twenty-fourth after Pentecost.

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Respect Life Latin Mass Saturday 8:00 a.m.

Just a reminder that this Saturday November 23 at 8:00 a.m. is the monthly Respect Life Latin Mass at Saint Ann parish.

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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Resumed)

This Sunday (November 17, 2024) is the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Resumed). In the parable reprised in the Gospel reading for this Sunday, Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a single grain of mustard seed that grows into a tree substantial enough for the birds of the air to “dwell in the branches thereof.”

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