Dear friends in Christ,
Just a reminder that today begins our annual novena to St. Gregory the Great. We also share the updated Ash Wednesday schedule below.
Novena to Saint Gregory the Great - Monday March 3 - Tuesday March 11
Today March 3 begins our annual novena to Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who codified the Latin Mass and the sacred Chant which bears his name (Gregorian). Readers are invited to pray this novena for the continued preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass. The novena concludes on March 11, the day prior to Feast of St. Gregory. The prayer is below and can also be downloaded as PDF at this link.
Novena to St. Gregory the Great
Pray daily March 3- March 11 (Feast Day March 12)
St. Gregory, you are known for your zeal for the Catholic faith, love of liturgy, and compassion and mercy toward those in need. Please help and guide us so that we may share in these virtues and thereby bring Jesus into the hearts of our families and all we encounter.
We especially ask for blessings on our parish family, our priests and our deacons. We also ask that you graciously intercede for us before God so that we might be granted the special assistance and graces that we seek:
(Intention: Continued preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass).
Help us to live as a faithful child of God and to attain the eternal happiness of heaven. St. Gregory the Great, pray for us. Amen.
Traditional Carmelite Lenten Enrollment
There
is still time to take advantage of a wonderful Lenten offering by the
Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Readers are invited to
enroll those in need this Lent in order to benefit from 40 Masses and 40
days of prayer and penance by the Hermits.
Enrollment will remain open until tomorrow Tuesday (March 4), the last day before the beginning of Lent.
The Hermits will be offering the following for the benefit of those enrolled:
Enrollment in the Lenten offering is available at https://www.edcarm.org/lent.
Ash Wednesday Schedule: Wednesday March 5
The following is a listing of announced Latin Masses for Ash Wednesday. Please note the change in time for Our Lady of the Lake in Chapin, SC.
Wednesday March 5
Saint Ann – 6:00 p.m. (Low)
Our Lady of Grace (Greensboro) – 12:15 p.m. (Low)
Saint John the Baptist (Tryon) – 6:30 p.m. (High)
Our Lady of the Lake (Chapin SC) – 9:30 a.m. (Low) (NEW TIME)
Prince of Peace (Taylors SC) – 12:00 p.m. (Low)
Fasting and Abstinence Disciplines During Lent
For those looking to practice the traditional Lenten disciplines in place prior to 1962, we share a helpful 2010 document from Mater Ecclesiae Latin Mass Chapel in Berlin, New Jersey, which explains the differences between the traditional Lenten rules for fasting and abstinence and the current rules. [Discipline of 1962 for Fast during Lent]
Fr. Ripperger to Offer Lenten Mission at Saint Thomas Aquinas (March 7-8) – Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish is blessed to welcome back Fr. Chad Ripperger, SMD, to conduct its Lenten Parish Mission this Friday, March 7th, and Saturday, March 8th, at 7:00 p.m. each night. Fr. Ripperger is a former member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter who became an exorcist and founded the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother (the Doloran Fathers). Please note: The mission will be oriented to adults, and will not be appropriate for young children. Registration is required. The registration form is available at the following location: Lenten Mission Registration.