Philadelphia Chapter

First Friday Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) schedule for September is as follows: 6:30 p.m. Confessions and 7 p.m. TLM will be offered by Fr. Harold B. Mc Kale of St. Bede The Venerable Parish, Holland, Bucks County, PA at the Rectory Chapel of St. Albert The Great Parish, 212 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Pike, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, (T) 215-947-3500.

First Saturday TLM will be offered by Fr. Dominick Finn, O.S.F.S. on First Saturday, September 1st, A.D. 2012 at 9:15 a.m., preceded by Confessions at 8:45 a.m. at St. Albert The Great Rectory Chapel, 212 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, 215-947-3500. Information concerning First Friday TLM, which will be held, of course, on the following week, will posted later.

Many of you will likely have already seen this but I think its important to mention for the sake of those who have not as yet come across it.

Rorate Caeli have translated an excerpt from an interview published yesterday in Vatican Insider by Walter Cardinal Brandmüller. In the course of that interview he commented accordingly on the subject of the post-conciliar liturgy and liturgical experience when asked about the fruits of the Second Vatican Council:

I must emphasise that the form of the post-conciliar liturgy with all its distortions, is not attributable to the Council or to the Liturgy Constitution established during Vatican II which by the way has not really been implemented even to this day. The indiscriminate removal of Latin and Gregorian Chants from liturgical celebrations and the erection of numerous altars were absolutely not acts prescribed by the Council.

With the benefit of hindsight, let us cast our minds back in particular to the lack of sensitivity shown in terms of care for the faithful and in the pastoral carelessness shown in the liturgical form. One need only think of the Church’s excesses, reminiscent of the [Iconoclastic crisis] which occurred in the [8th] century. Excesses which catapulted numerous faithful into total chaos, leaving many fumbling around in the dark.

Just about anything and everything has been said on this subject. Meanwhile, the liturgy has come to be seen as a mirror image of Church life, subject to an organic historical evolution which cannot – as did indeed happen – suddenly be changed by decree par ordre de mufti. And we are still paying the price today.

From Mark Matthews, Esquire, LLA Advisory Council

For those who want to, and for those whose schedules permit, there will be two Traditional Latin Missae Privatae (Private Masses) at St. Albert The Great Rectory Chapel, in honor of Virgin and Martyr, St. Philomena, this Friday, August 10th, A.D. 2012 at 3 P.M., and on Saturday, August 11th, A.D. 2012 at 9 A.M. Confessions and prayers of the Most Holy Rosary will begin ½ hour before each TLM. Confessions will be heard by, and both Masses will be offered by Fr. Patrick Brannan, S.J.

This was previously unscheduled and no information was available about these TLMs until late this afternoon, Tuesday, August 07, A.D. 2012.

Upon the discovery of her tomb in the catacombs of St. Priscilla, the only thing known of her was her name, FILUMENA, written on the tomb, and several symbols inscribed on the tomb-tiles, such as a lily, arrows, an anchor, a palm frond and a lance, indicating virginity and martyrdom.

Other than that, no one knew anything about her, except….when her mortal remains were transferred to the Church in Mugnano, Italy, Diocese of Nola, near Naples, many miracles happened. The blind saw, the lame walked, the very ill became cured, among many, many miracles.

St. Philomena made herself known to three different persons, each of whom had prayed to this Saint, to learn more about her, and she told to each of these three persons, her identical history. This, in an era (the early to mid-1800’s) when there were no: telephones, faxes, e-mails, cell-phones, automobiles, airplanes, et cetera, yet the history of this great Saint, is the same, as verified by each person, none of whom knew the other two persons, and all three of whom were separated by very large geographic distances.

As many of you know, St. Philomena was a thirteen-fourteen year-old girl, martyred by the Roman tyrant-emperor, Diocletian.

He, already married to someone else, wanted to marry Philomena. Pledging herself to Our Lord in Holy virginity, she refused. He had her tortured mercilessly for more than a month. He had her scourged, whipped, and beaten, but after returning to the dungeon where Diocletian expected her to die of her wounds, Our Lord sent angels who poured Heaven-sent balm over her, which instantly healed her every wound, and made her even more beautiful than she was before. Enraged by her complete healing, and her increased beauty, which he could not have, he ordered arrows shot at her, but most missed her. One hit her. She was sent to the dungeon again, and was completely healed by Our Lord. Diocletian more enraged, had his archers heat the next set of arrows to be red hot. The archers fired. Our Lord sent the arrows back at the archers, six of whom died on the spot. An outraged Diocletian, had an anchor tied to the Saint’s neck and she was thrown into the Tiber River to drown.

The two Archangels sent by Our Lord, and told to Philomena by a visit from Our Lady, cut the cord to the anchor, and these Archangels brought her to the river bank, completely dry and without even a drop of water on her. Our Lady told Philomena of the young girl’s impending martyrdom and told her to be courageous despite any and all hardship, as her reward in Heaven would be great. Finally, after she was lanced at the neck, the young martyr’s soul ascended into Heaven.

Our Lord allowed these outrages to teach us a lesson and to strengthen our Faith in Him. Simply put, Our Lord rewards purity, and verifies His pleasure as such, by working His miracles through His chosen Handmaid, St. Philomena.

As to the reason why there are two Masses in honor of St. Philomena, at St. Albert The Great, you will remember that she was beheaded on Friday, August the 10th, at 3 P.M., the very same hour of the day in which Our Lord, Judge, King and Savior died for our sins. As an act of mere chance (or is it?) August the 10th of this year, A.D. 2012, happens to fall likewise on a Friday.

I wonder…..

Since the Feast Day of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, was already on the Roman Martyrology on that date (August the 10th ) the Universal Church had St. Philomena’s Feast Day placed on the Liturgical Calendar on August 11th.

But on February 14, A.D. 1961, just prior to Vatican Council II, when the enemies were already within St. Peter’s, this Feast Day of St. Philomena and other saints was removed, along with many famous occurrences in the lives of Our Lord, Jesus the Christ, and His Immaculate Mother. (Remember, of course, that the release of the Third Secret of Fatima and the subsequent Collegial Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary were to have occurred no later than A.D. 1960.)

As one of many consequences of the refusal to obey the Heaven-requested, Fatima-deadline of A.D. 1960 in which to make the Collegial Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, is that most Catholics do not even know of St. Philomena, let alone what she can do for them and their eternal souls.

As you remember, there is already underway a novena of Novus Ordo Missae being offered at the Church of St. Philomena in Lansdowne, Delaware County, PA and which is noted on the website of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Latin Liturgy Association, www.LatinLiturgy.org/Phila/

In a world of $3.60 per gallon of regular gasoline, many people are unable to travel that rush-hour-choked distance for the daily 8 A.M. N.O. Missae, and some people prefer the Traditional Latin Mass. Father Jason Kulczynski, a friend of the TLM, is the Parochial Administrator of St. Philomena Parish, and we wish him well in his new assignment. He will be transferred from St. Philomena Parish in a few days’ time.

Regardless of circumstances, if you are in need of Our Lord’s Graces, and want an intercessor who is known as one of the three “Saints of the impossible” and who is also called “Powerful with God” (and for very good reasons) you may want to make known your needs, of whatever type, to this very powerful Saint, by attending these two TLMs at St. Albert The Great Parish, 212 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, (T) 215-947-3500.

Pax et bonum, or as was inscribed on St. Philomena’s tomb tiles: “Pax tecum, Filumena” or “Peace be with you, Philomena”.

Mark.

Mark Matthews
2617 Huntingdon Pike
Huntingdon Valley, PA
19006-5109

(T) 215-947-6555
(F) 215-947-4949

You are invited to Mater Ecclesiae’s 12th Annual Assumption Mass. This year it will take place on Tuesday, August 14, at 7:00 p.m., at St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, 43 W. Maple Avenue, Merchantville, NJ 08109.

Please note that it will be the anticipated Mass of the Feast. The setting of the Ordinary of the Mass will be the “Mass in E Minor” by Anton Bruckner, performed by the Ars Laudis choir conducted by Dr. Timothy McDonnell.

The music program also includes several Marian motets from the sacred music tradition and the premiere of two works composed by the Conductor: a choral setting of the “Et Incarnatus est,” which will be sung during Credo III, and a setting of the “Sub Tuum Praesidium,” for 10 wind instruments, organ and chorus.

We hope you can attend, but if not, please spread the word about this grand celebration of Our Lady’s Assumption.

Father Robert Pasley, KHS, Pastor

First Friday, August 3rd, A.D. 2012, TLM is to be offered by Fr.
Gerald Carey at 7 P.M. preceded by Confessions at 6:30 P.M. at the Rectory
Chapel of St. Albert The Great Parish, 212 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA
19006, (T) 215-947-3500.

First Saturday, August 4th, A.D. 2012 TLM is to be offered by Fr. Dominick
Finn, O.S.F.S., at 9:15 A.M., preceded by Confessions at 8:45 A.M.

Solemn Annual Novena in honor of Saint Philomena

August 3 – 11

8 a.m. Mass

followed by the Novena Prayers,

and blessing with her relic.

Sunday, August 12

12:00 Noon

Solemn Mass in honor of St. Philomena

followed by a Procession, the Novena Prayers,

and blessing with her relic.　

Saint Philomena Roman Catholic Church
41 East Baltimore Avenue
Lansdowne, PA 19050

The National Center of the Archconfraternity of Saint Philomena

www.stphilomenapa.org

Reverend Jason V. Kulczynski,

Parochial Administrator, St. Philomena Catholic Church, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

National Director of the Archconfraternity of Saint Philomena, USA
www.stphilomenapa.org

“Everything through love, nothing through force.”

St. Francis de Sales

We are pleased to announce our First Annual Spaghetti Supper to take place at Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church, 261 Cross Keys Road, Berlin, NJ, on Saturday, July 21st, at 6:00 p.m., immediately after the 5:00 p.m. Mass, which will fulfill your Sunday obligation. We ask you to join us for both Mass and the Supper.

As many of you know, Mater Ecclesiae is the only Traditional Catholic Parish in the tri-state region, and as such is considered the Mother Church for the LLA Chapter. Father Pasley, KHS, pastor, is also Chairman of the Sacred Liturgy Committee for our Chapter.

The Spaghetti Supper is a fundraiser to sponsor future events of the LLA Philadelphia Chapter.Tickets are $8.00 for individuals and $25.00 for families. We also urge you to please bring a friend or friends.

Tickets can be obtained by first emailing me at watorchia@gmail.com, so that Fr. Pasley can keep an accurate account of the number of attendees. You can pick up your tickets and pay if you attend Mass at St. Paul’s in Philadelphia, or when you arrive for Mass and/or the Supper.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at this first annual event!

Thank you in advance for your support. We want to make this Supper a fine success. There will also be parishioners from Mater Ecclesiae who will be attending. This will give all members of the LLA an opportunity to meet and get to know each other.

Oremus pro invicem,

William A. Torchia, Esq., Chairman

Regarding the First Friday and Saturday TLM schedule at St. Albert The Great Parish, it is as follows:

First Friday TLM, July 6, A.D. 2012 will be offered by Fr. Gerald Carey, Pastor of St. Paul Parish, at 7 p.m. at the Rectory Chapel of St. Albert The Great Parish, 212 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, 215-947-3500. Confessions will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The First Saturday TLM will be offered by Fr. Dominick Finn, O.S.F.S. at 9:15 a.m. with Confessions starting at 8:45 a.m.

Thank you for publicizing these First Friday and First Saturday TLM notices.

Mark

Our annual Mass this year will be at St. Philomena Roman Catholic Church, located at 41 E. Baltimore Avenue, Lansdowne, on Saturday, June 30th, at 7:00 p.m.

We will celebrate the Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Most Precious Blood. We hope that as many of our members as possible will attend.

Please spread the word and bring a guest!