Friends in Christ,
Welcome to our weekly Sunday update. This Sunday is Holy Trinity Sunday. One week after celebrating the descent of the Third Person of the Trinity at Pentecost, we celebrate our triune God: Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The Gospel reading for this Sunday, taking brevity to the extreme, presents in just three verses three foundational truths of the Church conveyed by Christ in the Great Commission: (1) Christ the King is the ruler of the universe: Coming to His apostles in Galilee, the resurrected Jesus tells them, “All power is given to me in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18). (2) The unity of the triune God is made manifest in the Trinity of three Persons: Jesus commissions His disciples to go forth and teach all nations, “baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19). (3) Jesus is the Word of God, Truth itself, the ultimate and enduring source of authority: Our Lord instructs His followers to go forth, “Teaching them to observe whatsoever things I have commanded you; and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world” (Matthew 28:20).
Calendar of Special Observances
Celebrations are those listed in the Roman Missal of 1962.
DAY, DATE – FEAST (CLASS)
Sunday, June 15 – Holy Trinity Sunday (I)
Monday, June 16 – Feria (IV)
Tuesday, June 17 – St. Gregory Barbarigo, Bishop (III)
Wednesday, June 18 – St. Ephrem the Syrian, Confessor and Doctor of the Church (III) – Commemoration of Ss. Marcus and Marcellianus, Martyrs
Thursday, June 19 – Corpus Christi (I)
Friday, June 20 – Feria (IV) – Commemoration of St. Silverius, Pope & Martyr
Saturday, June 21 – St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor (III)
Trinity Sunday
The
links provided below can be used to download printable copies of the
Proper Prayers for Trinity Sunday with English or Spanish translation,
followed by commentary by Dr. Michael P. Foley.
Latin Mass Schedule: Sundays
Charlotte Area Latin Masses
11:30 a.m., Saint Thomas Aquinas
12:30 p.m., Saint Ann
Other Diocese of Charlotte Latin Masses
8:30 a.m., Saint John the Baptist (Tryon)
9:00 a.m., Our Lady of the Angels (Marion)
1:00 p.m., Church of the Epiphany (Blowing Rock)
1:30 p.m., Our Lady of Grace (Greensboro)
Diocese of Charleston Latin Masses
12:00 p.m., Prince of Peace (Taylors SC)
1:00 p.m., Our Lady of the Lake (Chapin SC)
Note: Travelers are urged to consult parish websites or offices for up-to-date information regarding possible changes in the regular schedule of Sunday Mass times.
Latin Mass Schedule: Weekdays (June 16 - June 21)
Charlotte Area Latin Masses
Saint Ann – Wednesday, 6:00 p.m.
Corpus Christi, Thursday June 19 (see “June Feasts” listings below)
Saint Ann – Friday, 7:00 a.m.
Other Diocese of Charlotte Latin Masses
Our Lady of the Mountains (Highlands) – Thursday, 9:30 a.m.
Saint John the Baptist (Tryon) – Friday, 8:30 a.m.
Church of the Epiphany (Blowing Rock) – Friday, 9:30 a.m.
Diocese of Charleston Latin Masses
Prince of Peace (Taylors SC) – No daily Mass this summer (starting June 2)
Note: Note: The summer Mass schedule for Prince of Peace parish went into effect Monday June 2nd and according to the bulletin there will be no daily Latin Masses at Prince of Peace during Monday-Saturday this summer. There is a Latin Mass however, this Thursday June 19 (see details below).
Travelers are advised to contact parish offices to confirm weekday and Saturday Mass times, since local schedules are sometimes subject to change without notice, especially on or around holidays, holy days of obligation and other special feast days.
June Feasts
The following are announced Latin Masses for the traditional Feasts of Corpus Christi (Thursday June 19) and the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Tuesday June 24). If more Masses are scheduled, we will include them in future updates.
Thursday June 19 (Corpus Christi)
Saint Ann – 7:00 p.m. (followed by 40 Hours of Eucharistic Adoration. Sign up here)
Saint Thomas Aquinas, 7:00 p.m.
Our Lady of Grace (Greensboro), 6:30 p.m. (followed by 40 Hours of Eucharistic Adoration)
Tuesday June 24 (Nativity of Saint John the Baptist)
Saint John the Baptist (Tryon) – 8:30 a.m. (Missa Cantata)
Friday June 27 (Feast of the Sacred Heart)
Saint Ann – 7:00 a.m
Saint John the Baptist (Tryon) – 8:30 a.m.
Our Lady of the Lake (Chapin SC) – 6:30 p.m.
Fr. Carl Kaltreider (1943-2025)
It is with great sadness to share that Fr. Carl Kaltreider, parochial administrator at Our Lady of the Angels Mission in Marion, passed away on Wednesday June 11.
Father Carl was 82 years old, and a priest for 46 of those years. He was a gentle, fervent and faithful priest, serving at many parishes including Saint Lawrence (Asheville) and Saint Ann.
Father was a devoted friend of the Traditional Latin Mass, the Mass he assisted at in his childhood, and then as a priest had the privilege to offer it regularly, well into his 80s. It was said that Father didn’t need to use the 1962 Missal as he knew the Latin Mass, verbatim, by heart. He also had a devotion to Blessed Karl of Austria.
He was to retire this summer, yet as his death reminds us, priests don’t “retire” but continue to serve Our Lord until their eternal rest. Please pray for the repose of Father's soul and consolation of the parishioners at Our Lady of the Angels Mission.
There will be a viewing at Our Lady of the Angels Mission, 5:00-9:00 p.m. on Wednesday (prayer at 6:00 p.m.), with a funeral Mass 10:00 a.m. at Saint Lawrence Basilica in Asheville on Thursday June 19. Due to limited parking at the Basilica, attendees are advised to arrive early.
According to Msgr. Arnsparger (Rector of the Basilica), Father Kaltreider was not only a longtime pastor in prior years but also instrumental in having the Holy See designate Saint Lawrence Church a Minor Basilica.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat eis. Fidelium animae, per misericordiam Dei, requiescant in pace. Amen.
Announcements
Third Sunday Coffee and Doughnuts at Saint Ann – Saint Ann Parish will be offering coffee and doughnuts after all Masses this Sunday, including the 12:30 p.m. Latin Mass.
40 Hours of Adoration at St. Ann (June 19 - 21) – After 7:00 p.m. Corpus Christi Latin Mass on Thursday June 19, Saint Ann Parish will begin its annual 40 Hours of Adoration devotion, which will conclude at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 21. The parish needs adorers during several of the hours and one can sign up at this link.
Prayers for Diocese of Charlotte Candidates for Ordination – Please pray for the six deacons of the Diocese of Charlotte who were ordained to the priesthood this morning. [First Class of homegrown diocesan priests to be ordained]
Fr. Jones appointed chaplain of the new Latin Mass chapel – Saint Ann parish announced that Fr. Brandon Jones has been appointed parochial vicar at Saint Ann parish and will also serve as the chaplain of the new Latin Mass chapel in Mooresville.
Additionally, the Diocese of Charlotte announced that Latin Masses will be allowed to continue in diocesan parishes until the Vatican deadline of October 2. The June 24 meeting at the new chapel has been postponed.
Bishop grants request to pause restrictions on Latin Mass until Vatican’s October deadline
Let us continue to pray for our bishop and priests, entrusting them to Our Lady's care and protection. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
Daily Holy Face Chaplet for Sacred Liturgy (perpetual novena) – It has been recommended to all friends of the sacred liturgy in the diocese to consider continually praying the powerful Holy Face chaplet, under the banner of Our Lady of the Holy Name. To pray the chaplet, please see this link.
Cardinal Burke’s Prayer for Pope Leo XIV – His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Burke has released a prayer for Pope Leo XIV. Please consider praying this daily for the Holy Father as he leads the Church.
Prayer for Pope Leo XIV: Vicar of Christ on Earth and Shepherd of the Universal Church
O Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of the Lord of Heaven and of Earth, Our Lady of Guadalupe, guide and protect the Roman Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV. Through your intercession, may he receive in abundance the grace of the Successor of Saint Peter: the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity of our Bishops and of all our brothers and sisters in the Mystical Body of your Divine Son. Unite Pope Leo’s heart to your Immaculate Heart, leading him to rest his heart ever more securely in the glorious-pierced Heart of Jesus, so that he may confirm us in the Catholic faith, in the worship of God in spirit and truth, and in a good and holy Christian life.
In the tumult of the present time, keep Pope Leo securely within the hollow of your mantle, in the crossing of your arms, protecting him from Satan, the Father of Lies, and from every evil spirit. Implore Our Lord to grant him, in particular, the wisdom and courage to be a true Shepherd of the Church throughout the world. With you, I place all my trust in Christ, the Good Shepherd, Who alone is our help and salvation. Amen.
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother, have mercy upon us!
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Queen of the Apostles, pray for us!
Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us!
Pope Saint Leo the Great, pray for us!
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Holy Face Devotions
Prayers of Reparation to the Holy Face of Jesus are offered each week at the following churches on the indicated days:
St. James (Concord) – Monday, 10-10:30 a.m. (in the cry room)
St. Mark – Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas – Tuesday, 6:00 a.m.
St. Ann – Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. (following 7:00 a.m. Novus Ordo Mass)
St. Michael the Archangel (Gastonia) – Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. (following 8:00 a.m. Novus Ordo Mass)
St. Vincent de Paul – Tuesday, 8:40 a.m.
Holy Spirit (Denver) – Tuesday, 10-11:00 a.m. (following the 9:15 a.m. Novus Ordo Mass)
Saint Elizabeth of the Hill Country (Boone) – Third Tuesday, June 17, at 6:45 p.m. after Mass in the Youth Room
St. John the Baptist (Tryon) - First Saturday, 9:30 a.m. (after 8:30 a.m Latin Mass)
Note: Days and times may be subject to change due to holidays.
“Jesus, Your ineffable image is the star which guides my steps. Ah, You know, Your sweet Face is for me Heaven on earth” (from Canticle to the Holy Face by Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, the 19th century Discalced Carmelite nun who took the name in religion, Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face).
Latin Mass and Liturgical News
The Holy Ghost Hole Addendum by Dr. Michael P. Foley, New Liturgical Movement (May 30, 2025). [The Holy Ghost Hole Addendum]
Tradition is for the Young - Photos of Recent Pontifical Mass by Greg DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement (June 5, 2025). [Pontifical Mass]
The Missions of the Holy Ghost by Fr. William Rock, FSSP, The Missive (June 8, 2025). [The Missions of the Holy Ghost]
Now Is the Perfect Time to Invite Someone to Mass by Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register (June 6, 2025). [Invite Someone to Mass]
“God So Loved the World” - The Gospel of Pentecost Monday by Greg DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement (June 9, 2025). [Pentecost Monday]
Chartres Pilgrimage Draws 19,000 in Show of Faith and Tradition by AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency (June 10, 2025). [Chartres Pilgrimage Draws 19,000]
England’s WeBelieve festival to showcase beauty and diversity of the Catholic Church by Heather Tomlinson, Catholic News Agency (June 11, 2025). [WeBelieve Festival]
Zita: Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary by Charles Colombe, TAN Books (May 2025). [Zita: Empress of Austria]
The Twelve by Fr. William Rock, FSSP, The Missive (June 3, 2025). [The Twelve]
Saints and Special Observances
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ, one of the more prominent saints produced by the Society of Jesus, died on June 21, 1591, at the age of 23, while caring for the sick during an outbreak of pestilence in Italy. A brilliant scholar, he had professed his vows as a Jesuit on November 25, 1587, when he was not yet 20 years old. He was still in the process of completing his theological studies when illness overtook him. Beatified by Pope Gregory XV thirty years after his death, he was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726. He was proclaimed the Patron of All Students three years later, a patronage that has led to the naming of many schools and colleges in his honor. His feast is celebrated annually on the 21st of June. For more about Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, see the articles linked below.
[St. Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ (1568-1591)]
Closing Commentary
We close with a two-part commentary on “The History of the Time After Pentecost” and “The Mystery of the Time After Pentecost” excerpted from The Liturgical Year of Dom Prosper Guéranger, OSB. The link following each part provides access to the full text and audio recording of the commentary.
The History of the Time After Pentecost
The Solemnity of Pentecost and its Octave are over, and the progress of the Liturgical Year introduces us into a new period, which is altogether different from those we have hitherto spent. From the very beginning of Advent, which is the prelude to the Christmas festival, right up to the anniversary of the descent of the Holy Ghost, we have witnessed the entire series of the Mysteries of our Redemption; all have been unfolded to us. The sequel of Seasons and Feasts made up a sublime drama, which absorbed our very existence; we have but just come from the final celebration, which was the consummation of the whole. And yet, we have got through but one half of the year. This does not imply that the period we have still to live is devoid of its own special mysteries; but, instead of keeping up our attention by the ceaseless interest of one plan hurrying on its completion, the sacred Liturgy is about to put before us an almost unbroken succession of varied episodes, of which some are brilliant with glory, and others exquisite in loveliness, but each one of them bringing its special tribute towards either the development of the dogmas of faith, or the furtherance of the Christian life. That year’s Cycle will thus be filled up; it will disappear; a new one will take its place, bringing before us the same divine facts, and pouring forth the same graces on Christ’s mystical body.
This section of the Liturgical Year, which comprises a little more or a little less than six months, according as Easter is early or late, has always had the character it holds at present. But, although it only admits detached solemnities and Feasts, the influence of the moveable portion of the Cycle is still observable. It may have as many as twenty-eight, or as few as twenty-three weeks. This variation depends not only upon the Easter Feast, which may occur on any of the days between the 22nd of March and 25th of April, inclusively; but, also, on the date of the first Sunday of Advent, the opening of a new Ecclesiastical Year, and which is always the Sunday nearest the Kalends of December.
In the Roman Liturgy, the Sundays of this series go under the name of Sundays after Pentecost. As we shall show in the next Chapter, that title is the most suitable that could have been given, and is found in the oldest Sacramentaries and Antiphonaries; but it was not universally adopted by even all those Churches which followed the Roman Rite; in progress of time, however, that title was the general one. To mention some of the previous early names:—in the Comes of Alcuin, which takes us back to the 8th Century, we find the first section of these Sundays called Sundays after Pentecost; the second is named Weeks after the Feast of the Apostles (post Natale Apostolorum); the third goes under the title of Weeks after Saint Laurence (post Sancti Laurentii); the fourth has the appellation of Weeks of the Seventh Month (September); and, lastly, the fifth is termed Weeks after Saint Michael (post Sancti Angeli), and lasts till Advent. As late as the 16th Century, many Missals of the Western Churches gave us these several sections of the Time after Pentecost, but some of the titles varied according to the special Saints honored in the respective dioceses, and which were taken as the date-marks of this period of the Year. The Roman Missal, published by order of Saint Pius the Fifth, has gradually been adopted in all our Latin Churches, and has restored the ancient denomination to the Ecclesiastical Season we have just entered upon; so that the only name under which it is now known amongst us is, The Time after Pentecost (post Pentecosten).
[History of the Time-After Pentecost]
The Mystery of the Time After Pentecost
That we may thoroughly understand the meaning and influence of the Season of the Liturgical Year upon which we have now entered, it is requisite for us to grasp the entire sequel of mysteries, which holy Church has celebrated in our presence and company; we have witnessed her Services, and we have shared in them. The celebration of those mysteries was not an empty pageant, acted for the sake of being looked at. Each one of them brought with it a special grace, which produced in our souls the reality signified by the Rites of the Liturgy. At Christmas, Christ was born within us; at Passiontide, He passed on and into us his sufferings and atonements; at Easter, he communicated to us his glorious, his untrammelled life; in his Ascension, he drew us after him, and this even to heaven’s summit; in a word, as the Apostle expresses all this working, Christ was formed in us.
But, in order to give solidity and permanence to the image of Christ formed within us, it was necessary that the Holy Ghost should come, that so he might increase our light, and enkindle a fire within us that should never be quenched. This divine Paraclete came down from heaven; he gave himself to us; he wishes to take up his abode within us, and take our life of regeneration entirely into his own hands. Now, it is during the period called, by the Liturgy, The Time after Pentecost, that there is signified and expressed this regenerated life, which is to be spent on the model of Christ’s, and under the direction of his Spirit.
Two objects here offer themselves to our consideration: the Church and the Christian soul. As to holy Church, the Bride of Christ, filled as she is with the Paraclete Spirit, who has poured himself forth upon her, and, from that time forward, is her animating principle,—she is advancing onwards in her militant career, and will do so till the second Coming of her heavenly Spouse. She has within her the gifts of Truth and Holiness. Endowed with Infallibility of Faith, and Authority to govern, she feeds Christ’s flock, sometimes enjoying liberty and peace, sometimes going through persecutions and trials. Her divine Spouse abides with her, by his grace and the efficacy of his promises, even to the end of time; she is in possession of all the favors he has bestowed upon her; and the Holy Ghost dwells with her, and in her, forever. All this is expressed by this present portion of the Liturgical Year. It is one wherein we shall not meet with any of those great events which prepared and consummated the divine work; but, on the other hand, it is a season when holy Church reaps the fruits of that holiness and doctrine, which those ineffable mysteries have already produced, and will continue to produce, during the course of ages. It is during this same season, that we shall meet with the preparation for, and, in due time, the fulfillment of, those final events which will transform our Mother’s militant life on earth into the triumphant one in heaven. As far, then, as regards holy Church, this is the meaning of the portion of the Cycle we are commencing.
As to the faithful soul, whose life is but a compendium of that of the Church, her progress, during the period which is opened to her after the Pentecostal Feasts, should be in keeping with that of our common Mother. The soul should live and act according to that Jesus, who has united himself with her by the mysteries she has gone through; she should be governed by the Holy Spirit, whom she has received. The sublime episodes, peculiar to this second portion of the year, will give her an increase of light and life. She will put unity into these rays, which, though scattered in various directions, emanate from one common center: and, advancing from brightness to brightness, she will aspire to being consummated in him whom she now knows so well, and whom death will enable her to possess as her own. Should it not be the will of God, however, to take her as yet to himself, she will begin a fresh year, and live, over again, those mysteries which she has already enjoyed in the foregoing first half of the Liturgical Cycle, after which, she will find herself, once more, in the season that is under the direction of the Holy Ghost; till at last, her God will summon her from this world, on the day and at the hour which he has appointed from all eternity.
Between the Church, then, and the Soul, during the time intervening from the descent of the divine Paraclete to the consummation, there is this difference,—that the Church goes through it but once, whereas the Christian soul repeats it each year. With this exception, the analogy is perfect. It is our duty, therefore, to thank God for his providing thus for our weakness, by means of the sacred Liturgy, whereby he successively renews within us those helps, which enable us to attain the glorious end of our creation.
Holy Church has so arranged the order for reading the Books of Scripture during the present period, as to express the work then accomplished, both in the Church herself, and in the Christian soul For the interval between Pentecost and the commencement of August, she gives us the Four Books of Kings. They are a prophetic epitome of the Church’s history. They describe how the kingdom of Israel was founded by David, who is the type of Christ victorious over his enemies, and by Solomon, the king of peace, who builds a temple in honor of Jehovah During the centuries comprised in the history given in those Books, there is a perpetual struggle between good and evil. There are great and saintly kings, such as Asa, Ezechias, and Josias; there are wicked ones, like Manasses. A schism breaks out in Samaria; infidel nations league together against the City of God. The holy people, continually turning a deaf ear to the Prophets, give themselves up to the worship of false gods, and to the vices of the heathen; till, at length, the justice of God destroys both Temple and City of the faithless Jerusalem: it is an image of the destruction of this world, when Faith shall be so rare, as that the Son of Man, at his second Coming, shall scarce find a vestige of it remaining.
During the month of August, we read the Sapiential Books,—so called, because they contain the teachings of Divine Wisdom. This Wisdom is the Word of God, who is manifested unto men through the teachings of the Church, which, because of the assistance of the Holy Ghost permanently abiding within her, is infallible in the truth.
Supernatural truth produces holiness, which cannot exist, nor produce fruit, where truth is not. In order to express the union there is between these two, the Church reads to us, during the month of September, the Books called Hagiographic; these are, Tobias, Judith, Esther, and Job, and they show Wisdom in action.
At the end of the world, the Church will have to go through combats of unusual fierceness. To keep us on the watch, she reads to us, during the month of October, the Book of Machabees; for there we have described to us the noble-heartedness of those defenders of the Law of God, and for which they gloriously die; it will be the same at the last days, when power will be given to the Beast, to make war with the Saints, and to overcome them.
The month of November gives us the reading of the Prophets: the judgments of God impending upon a world which he is compelled to punish by destruction, are there announced to us. First of all, we have the terrible Ezechiel; then Daniel, who sees empire succeeding empire, till the end of all time; and, finally, the Minor Prophets, who, for the most part, foretell the divine chastisements, though the latest among them proclaim, at the same time, the near approach of the Son of God.
Such is the Mystery of this portion of the Liturgical Cycle, which is called The Time after Pentecost. It includes also the use of green Vestments; for that color expresses the hope of the Bride, who knows that she has been intrusted, by her Spouse, to the Holy Ghost, and that he will lead her safe to the end of her pilgrimage. St. John says all this in those few words of his Apocalypse: The Spirit and the Bride say: Come!
[Mystery of the Time after Pentecost]