This Sunday: Blessing of Religious Items after 12:30 p.m. Latin Mass

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.

Third Sunday of Advent

This 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.

SAVE THE DATE: Sunday December 22 - 12:30pm - Annual Blessing of Religious Items

Please 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.

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).

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.

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.

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.