Ascension Thursday TLM at St. Paul's South Philadelphia

The Traditional Latin Mass will be offered on Ascension Thursday (May 9th)  at St. Paul's at 7 PM.   St. Paul's is located on Christian Street in South Philadelphia between 9th and 10th Streets.  It is within easy walking distance of Society Hill and other points in Center City Philadelphia.  For more information, please leave your inquiry in the comment box.

First Holy Communion at the Traditional Latin Mass

What follows are some photos from the First Holy Communion today of Miss Ani Torrie, daughter of Henry and Susan Torrie and little sister to Joshua Torrie.  Henry and Joshua are members of the Latin Mass Altar guild at St. Paul's while Susan and Ani faithfully assist in the pews at the TLM every Sunday.  Joshua made his First Holy Communion at the TLM the previous April.

The Sacrament was administered to Ani by Father Gerald P. Carey, pastor of St. Paul's Church in South Philadelphia.

Prayerful congratulations are extended to the entire Torrie Family who can now all approach the Holy Table together to receive Our Lord in Holy Communion.

Easter 2013 In the Extraordinary Form at St. Paul's Philadelphia

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Palm Sunday in the Extraordinary Form 2013

 Once again, St Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, the worship site in the parish of St Paul's Philadelphia, served as the ecclesia collecta for Palm Sunday, with the blessing and distribution of Palm taking place there, followed by the procession of the faithful to St. Paul's a few blocks away.  The procession makes its way each year through the neighborhoods which comprise South Philadelphia's 9th Street Market before culminating in the Traditional Latin Mass at St. Paul's including the chanting of the Passion.  This year members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre formally participated in the procession.

Feast of St Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

For the first time in many years, a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) was held at St Madeline's parish in Ridley Park, PA.  The Mass was held to honor St. Joseph on his feast day.  As part of the Year of Faith declared by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Father Louis P. Bellopede, pastor of St. Madeline's, desired that his parishioners assist at a Mass in the Extraordinary Form.  The celebrant priest was Father Gerald P. Carey, pastor of St Paul's Church in South Philadelphia.  Father Matthew Phelan, O de M of Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Overbrook, Pa, served as Deacon with Seminarian Christopher Moriconi serving as subdeacon

The setting for the Mass was the Missa de Angelis, sung by St. Madeline's choir.  The church was filled nearly to capacity with the faithful who came to honor St Joseph,  whose feast day held special significance this year since it was chosen as the day for the Inauguration Mass of Pope Francis.

What follows are some photos taken before, during and after the Mass.  You may be able to observe that the statuary of St. Madeline's is shrouded in purple in observation of Passiontide, with the exception of St. Joseph, whose altar is adorned by both candles and food offerings from the faithful.

Mass in the Extraordinary Form to Honor St Joseph

On Tuesday evening March 19th at 7 pm, St Madeline's Church in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania will honor the foster-father of Our Lord, St. Joseph, with the Traditional Latin Mass.   The Missa de Angelis will be the setting for the Mass, which will be offered by Father Gerald P. Carey at the invitation of St. Madeline's pastor, Father Louis Bellopede.  This will mark the first time in many years that Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be offered at St. Madeline's, located at Penn Street and Morton Avenue in Delaware County.

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The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord: Candlemas 2013 at St Paul's Philadelphia