Philadelphia Chapter

Priest: Rev. Fr. James Bartoloma.

Mass Intention: Stella Reutlinger (RIP) req. by Clara Tamashunas.

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Please join us: A social will be held today in the front vestibule of the church immediately following Mass.

Scheduling: Please be advised that 2016 Masses and Liturgical Services are CANCELED for Holy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday. Please adjust your schedules accordingly.

Upcoming Masses:

A Solemn High Mass has been scheduled by Fr. Carbonaro for the Feast of the Annunciation on April 4, 2016 at Our Lady of the Assumption, Strafford, PA at 7PM preceded by the recitation of the Rosary at 6:40PM. Confirmation & details to follow at a later date. As March 25 is Good Friday the feast is transferred to the first available date after the Octave of Easter.

A Solemn High Mass for Ascension Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA.
Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Harold B. McKale, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Doylestown, PA & Chaplain, Traditional Latin Mass Community of Philadelphia.
Deacon: Rev. Fr. James Bartoloma, Chancellor of the Diocese of Camden.
Subdeacon: Rev. Fr. Sean Loomis, Parochial Vicar, St. Bede Parish, Holland, PA.
Sermon: Rev. Fr. Michael Pawelko, Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Parish, Aston, PA.

A Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA.
Celebrant: Msgr. Charles Sangermano, Pastor of Holy Savior Parish, Norristown, PA.
Deacon: Rev. Fr. Gerald Carey, Parochial Vicar, our Lady of Perpetual Help, Morton, PA.
Subdeacon: Fr. Harold B. McKale, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Doylestown, PA, & Chaplain, Traditional Latin Mass Community of Philadelphia.

Events: If anyone has pertinent information that would be appropriate for our bulletin, please e-mail it to Fr. McKale at tlmcommunityofphila@gmail.com.

Mass Intentions: If anyone still has unfulfilled Mass intentions, Fr. McKale can pass them on to a priest that will satisfy the intention by offering a TLM or Divine Liturgy (Byzantine). Please specify if you have a preference. The donation is $10. If you would like a Mass card, please include an extra $5 for the card.

As you know, the TLM’s at St. Albert The Great Rectory Chapel are the only Canonically-regular, continuously-scheduled, First Friday and First Saturday TLM’s anywhere in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and by the calendar, these are the only First Friday and First Saturday TLM’s scheduled for Lent. Miss them and you have no others here.

Please make every effort to attend them, not only for your own spiritual treasure, but for the Graces afforded to your living and deceased Family, relatives, friends and enemies.

Additionally, you should know that the Parish is having its “24 Hours For The Lord” Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy which includes Eucharistic Adoration. Accordingly, there will be increased use of the parking lots, and therefore, you may need to park in the larger lot to the side of the main Church, or on the smaller lots behind the school.

Wherever you safely park, please attend these two TLM’s as, again, they are the only First Friday and First Saturday TLM’s anywhere in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, per the above-noted information.

Our Lord is looking forward to your sacrifice to make reparation to Him and to His Immaculate Mother by your attendance at these TLM’s!

Mark Matthews

First Friday, March 4, A.D. 2016, Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) will be offered by Fr. Ronald Check, Priest in Residence of Resurrection of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church, at the Rectory Chapel of St. Albert The Great Parish, 212 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, (T) 215-947-3500, at 7:00 p.m., preceded by Confessions at 6:30 p.m. This TLM will be the Mass of Friday in the Third Week of Lent, offered in Reparation to The Sacred Heart of Jesus. Violet Vestments.

First Saturday, March 5, A.D. 2016, Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) will be offered by Fr. Harold B. Mc Kale, Parish Vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, at the Rectory Chapel of St. Albert The Great Parish, at 9 a.m., preceded by Confessions at 8:30 a.m. This TLM will be the Mass of Saturday in the Third Week of Lent, offered in Reparation to The Immaculate Heart of Mary. Violet Vestments.

The St. Albert The Great Rectory, also known as the Parish Center, is behind the Church, which fronts on Welsh Road.

Mark Matthews

Priest: Rev. Fr. Jason Kulczynski.

Mass Intention: Michael, Lisa, Elora, Haly Brill req. by John A. Laurito.

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Remember the disciplines of Lent: Prayer, fasting & almsgiving.

Lenten Practices:

The Lenten discipline consists of three separate parts:

1. Corporal or External Fast
• including the abstinence from certain foods, drinks and amusements, such as music, parties during Lent.
These points of fast ought to be stressed today especially with the mania for entertainment besetting our society.

2. Spiritual or Internal Fast
• which consists of abstinence from “all evil” – sin. St. John Chrsostom taught that the “value of fasting consists not so much in abstinence from food but rather in withdrawl from sinful practices.”
And St. Basil the Great explains: “Turning away from all wickedness means keeping our tongue in check, restraining our anger, suppressing all evil desires, and avoiding all gossip, lying and swearing.
To abstain from these things – herein lies the true value of fast!”

3. Spiritual Change
• achieved by the practice of virtues and good works must be the main objective of our fasting. The Fathers of the Church insisted that during Lent the faithful attend the Lenten church services and daily Mass.

* From Mancipia Press 2002

Scheduling: Please be advised that 2016 Masses and Liturgical Services are CANCELED for Holy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday. Please adjust your schedules accordingly.

Upcoming Masses:

A Solemn High Mass for Ascension Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA
Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Harold B. McKale, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Doylestown, PA & Chaplain, Traditional Latin Mass Community of Philadelphia
Deacon: Rev. Fr. James Bartoloma, Chancellor of the Diocese of Camden
Subdeacon: Rev. Fr. Sean Loomis, Parochial Vicar, St. Bede Parish, Holland, PA
Sermon: Rev. Fr. Michael Pawelko, Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Parish, Aston, PA

A Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA
Celebrant: Msgr. Charles Sangermano, Pastor of Holy Savior Parish, Norristown, PA
Deacon: Rev. Fr. Gerald Carey, Parochial Vicar, our Lady of Perpetual Help, Morton, PA
Subdeacon: Fr. Harold B. McKale, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Doylestown, PA & Chaplain, Traditional Latin Mass Community of Philadelphia

Events: If anyone has pertinent information that would be appropriate for our bulletin, please e-mail it to Fr. McKale at tlmcommunityofphila@gmail.com.

Mass Intentions: If anyone still has unfulfilled Mass intentions, Fr. McKale can pass them on to a priest that will satisfy the intention by offering a TLM or Divine Liturgy (Byzantine). Please specify if you have a preference. The donation is $10. If you would like a Mass card, please include an extra $5 for the card.

From Rorate Caeli Blog

Last April [Rorate Caeli] shared a response from the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei (PCED) on who may serve as a “straw” subdeacon at a traditional Latin Solemn High Mass. In addition to previous clarifications that any seminarian permitted to wear the cassock and collar (the post-1970s equivalent of tonsure) may do so, the letter stated “the function of Subdeacon can be legitimately assumed by an acolyte suitably instituted by a Bishop, but with the particular appropriate ritual differences.”

Therefore, a man who has been ordained a priest, deacon, and in the case of traditional societies, a subdeacon, may serve as subdeacon. A seminarian permitted the Roman collar, or an instituted lay acolyte, may serve as a straw subdeacon. The latter category requires the straw subdeacon to not wear the maniple; not pour the water into the chalice at the offertory, letting the deacon do so; not touch the chalice infra actionem, nor cover it with the pall, nor uncover it; and after the communion the straw subdeacon does not purify the chalice, as the celebrant must purify it, after which the straw subdeacon covers it with the veil and burse and carries it to the side table.

As we originally stated, it is a rare thing for a bishop to institute a lay acolyte who is not a seminarian. The Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, ran an article in its newspaper on the institution of a man from Mater Ecclesiae parish to the ministry of acolyte:

On Feb. 18, Bishop Dennis Sullivan called John Rotondi, a 36-year old married father of five, to the Ministry of the Acolyte at Mater Ecclesiae in Berlin, allowing him to assist the priest and deacon during the solemn high traditional Latin Mass.

In his new ministry, in addition to assisting the priest and deacon, he will be responsible for such tasks as lighting the candles on the altar, and carrying them in procession, and during the solemn singing of the Gospel; and to prepare the water for the sacrifice of the Mass.

“I’m happy to be called to higher service,” Rotondi said after the ceremony. “I hope to help the greater good of Mater Ecclesiae.”

Like other post-1962 developments such as the permanent diaconate, we are not necessarily condoning expansions made by Paul VI to minor and major orders. However, when a traditional parish uses the options to the benefit of their TLM community, it is at least worth mentioning. Moreover, it also shows how to have more Solemn High Masses with a licit straw subdeacon, as it remains illicit to use a layman not in seminary, or not installed as an acolyte by a bishop, as a straw subdeacon.

More than 50 Sacred Relics will be on display for prayer on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, at Holy Martyrs Catholic Church in Oreland, Pennsylvania, following 8:30 AM Mass until 7:00 PM.

Included in the collection is the True Cross of our Lord, relics from Mount Calvary and the Birthplace of our Lord. Also included are relics of the Cloak of St. Joseph, St. John the Baptist, St. John Neumann, St. Katharine Drexel, Mother Teresa and many others. There are several relics of Pope Saint John Paul II, and several also of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

Also significant is that also in the Church of Holy Martyrs is the Altar and Pulpit used by Pope Francis during his recent pastoral visit to Philadelphia during the Eighth World Meeting of Families.

All are welcome to visit throughout the day.

Priest: Rev. Fr. James Bartoloma.

Mass Intention: Julie Malloney req. by Mary Uhlman.

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Remember the disciplines of Lent: Prayer, fasting & almsgiving.

Regardless of age, all are encouraged to follow the disciplines of Lent regarding Fasting and abstinence unless physically unable to do so.

Laws of Days of Abstinence: Current Practice
• Begins on one’s 14th birthday.
• Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent.
• Obliges abstention from all flesh meat.

Laws of Days of Penance: Current Practice
• Applies to all the Faithful.
• Lent and the Fridays outside of Lent.
• N.B. In the United States, on the Fridays outside of Lent, one is permitted to commute abstinence into another form of penance such as the Stations of the Cross. (Canon #1250)

Laws of Days of Fast: Current Practice
• Applies to everyone ages 18 to 59 inclusive.
• One full meal permitted and two other meals may be taken which, when combined are less than a full meal.
• Ash Wednesday and Good Friday

The Law of the Eucharistic Fast: Current Legislation
• Fast from all food and drink, except water or medicine for one hour before reception of the Holy Eucharist. Those who are able to maintain the earlier disciple of the three hour fast or the midnight fast are encouraged to do so.

Scheduling: Please be advised that 2016 Masses and Liturgical Services are CANCELED for Holy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday. Please adjust your schedules accordingly.
Upcoming Masses:

A Solemn High Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be offered at Our Lady of the Assumption, Strafford, on Monday April 4, this year the Solemnity of the Annunciation. Mass will begin at 7:00 PM, with the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary prayed beginning at 6:40 PM. A collection will be taken to help defray costs involved. Refreshments will follow the Mass in Assumption Hall. Celebrant is Father Dennis Carbonaro, pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption. Deacon is Father Gerald Carey, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Morton, and Subdeacon is Fr. Christopher Moriconi, Parochial Vicar, Saint Eleanor, Collegeville. The Homilist is Father Lawrence F. Kozak, Parochial Vicar, Saint Anastasia, Newtown Square.

A Solemn High Mass for Ascension Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA

A Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA

Events: If anyone has pertinent information that would be appropriate for our bulletin, please e-mail it to Fr. McKale at tlmcommunityofphila@gmail.com.

Mass Intentions: If anyone still has unfulfilled Mass intentions, Fr. McKale can pass them on to a priest that will satisfy the intention by offering a TLM or Divine Liturgy (Byzantine). Please specify if you have a preference. The donation is $10. If you would like a Mass card, please include an extra $5 for the card.

Gregory DiPippo

Veterum Sapientia is proud to announce its Fourth Annual Latin Conference for priests, deacons, religious (male and female), and seminarians, hosted this year at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. from July 31 to August 6.

The program is called Veterum Sapientia after the Apostolic Constitution which Saint John XXIII signed at the high altar of St. Peter’s (Feb. 22, 1962), defending and promoting the study of Latin by seminarians.

Veterum Sapientia is intended for intermediate to advanced students of Latin, the minimum being two semesters of seminary Latin. It will also be conducted entirely in Latin. While this seems daunting, the response of participants has been overwhelmingly positive. Through activities, conversation, and games the full-immersion experience helps participants transition from a passive knowledge of Latin to an active command, helping one to enter into the language more completely. For priests, that means entering more deeply into Latin prayers, sacraments, and ecclesial texts, helping us “sentire cum Ecclesia.” We also use our more active command of the language to investigate the full breadth of ecclesiastical latinity: scriptural, patristic, scholastic, renaissance, liturgical, and curial.

For more information, including video testimonials and interviews about the program, as well as registration, please visit the website: https://veterumsapientia.com/.

This year, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Solemn High Mass in the EF will begin at 7:00 PM, with the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary prayed beginning at 6:40 PM. A collection will be taken to help defray costs involved.
Refreshments will follow the Mass in Assumption Hall.

Celebrant is Father Dennis Carbonaro, pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption. Deacon is Father Gerald Carey, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Morton, and Subdeacon is Fr. Christopher Moriconi, Parochial Vicar, Saint Eleanor, Collegeville. The homilist is Father Lawrence F. Kozak, Parochial Vicar, Saint Anastasia, Newtown Square.

Priest: Rev. Fr. Gerald Carey.

Mass Intention: Joyce Williams (RIP) req. by Theresa Herr.

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Remember the disciplines of Lent: Prayer, fasting & almsgiving.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2016.

Regardless of age, all are encouraged to follow the disciplines of Lent regarding Fasting and abstinence unless physically unable to do so.

Laws of Days of Abstinence: Current Practice:
• Begins on one’s 14th birthday.
• Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent.
• Obliges abstention from all flesh meat.

Laws of Days of Penance: Current Practice:
• Applies to all the Faithful.
• Lent and the Fridays outside of Lent.
• N.B. In the United States, on the Fridays outside of Lent, one is permitted to commute abstinence into another form of penance such as the Stations of the Cross. (Canon #1250)

Laws of Days of Fast: Current Practice:
• Applies to everyone ages 18 to 59 inclusive.
• One full meal permitted and two other meals may be taken which, when combined are less than a full meal.
• Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

The Law of the Eucharistic Fast: Current Legislation:
• Fast from all food and drink, except water or medicine for one hour before reception of the Holy Eucharist. Those who are able to maintain the earlier disciple of the three hour fast or the midnight fast are encouraged to do so.

January Finances: Income $2580 Expenses $3450 Deficit $870 (Remains $750 unpaid obligation as of February 8).

Candlemas Finances: Income $841 Expenses $1125 Deficit $284.
The format of the Cathedral Masses is being re-evaluated so as to break-even.Fr. Gill has pledged his continued support of our endeavours.

Holy Water: There is holy water (w/blessed salt) available in the sacristy for those who desire it.

Scheduling: Please be advised that 2016 Masses and Liturgical Services are CANCELED for Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday. Please adjust your schedules accordingly.

Taxes: If anyone needs verification of their donations for tax purposes, you will need to request it. Please realize it will take Fr. McKale some time so do not wait until the last minute.

Upcoming Masses:

A Solemn High Mass for Ascension Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA

A Solemn High Mass for Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7PM at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, PA

Events: If anyone has pertinent information that would be appropriate for our bulletin, please e-mail it to Fr. McKale at tlmcommunityofphila@gmail.com.

Mass Intentions: If anyone still has unfulfilled Mass intentions, Fr. McKale can pass them on to a priest that will satisfy the intention by offering a TLM or Divine Liturgy (Byzantine). Please specify if you have a preference. The donation is $10. If you would like a Mass card, please include an extra $5 for the card.