Regional Mass News and Special Events - Saint Alphonsus Church, May - Early June, 2008

This is from the bulletin online from Saint Alphonsus Church from Holy Trinity Sunday, May 18th, 2008. Please print this or use the "search string": regional mass news and special events.

MAY 25—FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI @ THE 11:30 MASS THERE WILL BE FIRST COMMUNION FOR 3 CHILDREN, PROCESSION AND 3 BENEDICTIONS FOR THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI.

MAY 31—PLANNED PARENTHOOD ROSARY VIGIL. MEET IN CHURCH AT 8:30 A.M. FOR A SHORT PRAYER, THEN PRAY THE ROSARY OUTSIDE PLANNED PARENTHOOD FROM 9-10 A.M. if YOU ARE UNABLE TO STAND OUTSIDE OF THE ABORTUARY, PLEASE PRAY INSIDE THE CHURCH OR AT HOME AT THE SAME TIME.

JUNE 8 - REVEREND MR. JONATHAN ROMANOSKI WILL CELEBRATE A SOLEMN HIGH MASS (11:30 A.M.) HERE. THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION IN OUR COURTYARD FOR HIM FOLLOWING THE SOLEMN HIGH MASS.

For more information, check here.

WDTPRS: Feeder report (Icterus galbula)

Courtesy of Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, a nice photo of a "Northern Oriole, Baltimore variety," Icterus galbula) from the Sabine Farm.

Evening Roundup - Sunday, May 18th, 2008 - Holy Trinity Sunday

• The New Liturgical Movement >> DVD of Usus Antiquior Pontifical Mass in Germany (Gregor Kollmorgen)
• The New Liturgical Movement >> Mary Berry's "Plainchant for Everyone" (Jeffrey Tucker)
• WDTPRS >> Update: TLM at Ave Maria University (Now on Sundays at 12:30 PM...excellent!)
• WDTPRS >> TLM dust up with the LMS and the Cathedral Chapter at Cardiff

Visitors ask...Opus Dei (in Baltimore or Maryland or Washington)

A perennial favorite in search strings is getting to be "Opus Dei" ('in Baltimore,' or 'in Maryland' or 'in Washington, D.C.). I am a bit surprised that visitors land here, but suspect that it might be because I posted a link to the vaunted reading list of Fr. C. John McCloskey which is one of my "all time" favorite links (and lists)!

Opus Dei's website is not 'hidden or secret' but is located here. This link connects to international locations. The Opus Dei link for the United States is here. Since Opus Dei ("the work of God") is a personal prelature, it is...umm...personal! This link gives some personal testimonies of members and what Opus Dei has meant to them.

Opus Dei runs a number of schools within the United States. The closest is Oakcrest School whose website is found here. As you can see, the school is located in McLean, VA. If you wish to receive the free email Opus Dei newsletter, please sign up here. If you want more information on the personal prelature per se, please use this link.

This means there is no "Opus Dei" Baltimore. Information is by personal contact so contact should be made with the Prelature itself.

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam+

Early Roundup - Sunday, May 18th, 2008 - Holy Trinity Sunday

• The New Liturgical Movement >> "Friends of the NLM" Facebook Group Established (for those inclined to use "Facebook")
• Whispers in the Loggia >> In Big D, a Year of K-Far (Bishop Kevin Farrell)

Reminder: TLM Mass at Saint James the Great in CharlesTown, WVA

A simple reminder that Fr. Gismondi will offer the extraordinary form today, Sunday, May 18th, at 4:00 PM at St. James in Charles Town, WV.

Early Edition: Feast of the Holy Trinity, May 18th, 2008

• Bonfire of the Vanities >> Getting to Know You (Holy Trinity Homily; Fr. Martin Fox)
• The New Liturgical Movement >> The Usus Antiquior at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary (Wynnewood, PA)
• WDTPRS >> Holy See: more on admission of homosexuals to seminaries - “What part of ‘No’ didn’t you understand?” (Fr. Zuhlsdorf, "What follows was a Rescriptum ex audientia." See more at WDTPRS.)

RORATE CAELI: "Never yield to compromises!"

RORATE CAELI has a post on the Holy Father's trip to Savona, Liturgia and his homily at the Papal Mass. He has included a transcript link to the homily, but has highlighted a portion of what Pope Benedict said as important to all Christians:

As your Bishop has fairly observed, that dark page of the history of Europe became, by the power of the Holy Spirit, rich of graces and of teachings, even for our days. It teaches us the courage to confront the challenges of the world, Materialism, Relativism, Laicism, without ever yielding to compromises, willing to pay in person in order to remain faithful to the Lord and to his Church. The example of serene firmness given by Pope Pius VII invites us to keep the faith in God unchanged in the trials, in the knowledge that He, if also allowing difficult moments for his Church, never abandons her. The event lived by the great Pontiff in your land invites us to always trust in the intercession and in the maternal assistance of Mary Most Holy.

Read the story here.

Afternoon Roundup - Saturday, May 17th, 2008

• Creative Minority Report >> What Part of No Did You Not Understand? (this story was first reported by RORATE CAELI using a translation of a story in L'Osservatore Romano appearing today)
• Catholic-Hierarchy News >> Cardinals by Seniority

Early Roundup - Saturday, May 17th, 2008

• The New Liturgical Movement >> Canons Regular of St. John Cantius to host "EF" workshop for laity
• The New Liturgical Movement >> Usus Antiquior: Georgetown University (Fr. Stephen M. Fields, S.J., Celebrant, May 16th)
• The New Liturgical Movement >> Report from the Fraternity of Christ the Priest in Spain