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.
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.
Continue readingWelcome 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.
Continue readingJust a reminder that this Saturday November 23 at 8:00 a.m. is the monthly Respect Life Latin Mass at Saint Ann parish.
Continue readingThis 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.”
Continue readingAt the recent Diocese of Charlotte Eucharistic Congress, Carolina Traditional Liturgy Society launched a "Pray for Our Priests" campaign, soliciting prayers on behalf of our diocesan priests.
Continue readingThis Sunday (November 10, 2024) is designated the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Resumed) on the traditional liturgical calendar. The date of Easter being variable, the number of Sundays after Pentecost also varies from year to year. This year there are four which fall between Christ the King and the First Sunday of Advent.
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