Just a reminder that this Sunday December 22 Saint Ann parish will offer the annual blessing of religious objects after the 12:30 p.m. Latin Mass.
Continue readingThis Sunday (December 15, 2024) is the Third Sunday of Advent. The liturgy for this Sunday looks ahead with joy to the coming of the Messiah, a theme established in the opening line of the Introit: Gaudéte in Dómino semper (“Rejoice in God always”). Hence, the day has come to be known as Gaudéte Sunday.
Continue readingPlease save the date for Sunday December 22 for the annual traditional blessing of religious objects after the 12:30 p.m. Latin Mass at St. Ann parish.
Continue readingJust 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).
Continue readingThis 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.
Continue readingThis 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.
Continue readingWe 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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