Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Joseph - Una Voce Philippinensis: February 2012

Friday, February 3, 2012

A priest of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest to visit the TLM communities in the Philippines

Canon Jean Marie Moreau, a priest of the Institute of Christ the King - Sovereign Priest (a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right founded in 1990 and dedicated entirely to the celebration of the sacred liturgy according to the pre-Vatican II liturgical books) will be in the Philippines from February 5 to 12 to visit the different Traditional Latin Mass communities all around the country.

The following is the schedule of his non-private Masses (all according to the 1962 Missal) and talks:

Feb 7 (Tuesday)

PAREF Southridge School Hillsborough Subdivision, West Service Road, Muntinlupa City (A private school chaplained by Opus Dei):

10:30 AM Lecture: "The History and Development of the Roman Rite".

11:45 AM Missa Cantata with incense (Votive Mass of the Holy Family), Holy Family Chapel with the students in attendance.

Feb 8 (Wednesday)

2:00PM: Audience with His Excellency, Archbishop Fernando Capalla, Archdiocese of Davao;

Small talk on “the spirituality of the Extraordinary Form and Gregorian Chant” at the

Archbishop’s Palace

6:00PM Votive Low Mass pro Ecclesiae defensione in the seminary of the Society of Divine Vocation in Catalunan Grande

8:00PM Talk on the “the spirituality of the Extraordinary form and Gregorian chant”

Feb 9 (Thursday afternoon and evening):

Meeting with Latin Mass Society Davao

Basic Ecclesial Community of University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) at USEP in Obrero, Davao City

Votive Low Mass pro Ecclesiae defensione at San Pedro Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Davao

Talk on the “Spirituality of the Extraordinary form and Gregorian chant”

Feb 10 (Friday)

5:30PM Low Mass at retreat of priests of the Tagbilaran diocese, Bohol

Feb 11 (Saturday)

Evening: Meeting with Una Voce Philippines

Feb 12 (Sunday)

1 PM: Solemn High Mass at Holy Family Parish, Roxas District, Quezon City

Canon Moreau is currently the Rector of St. Anthony's Oratory in West Orange, New Jersey.

The photo is from the Facebook page "Fans of Canon Jean Marie Moreau".

Congratulations to Mr. Anthony Uy FSSP!

Una Voce Philippines congratulates Mr. Anthony Uy FSSP on his ordination to the subdiaconate last week in the FSSP seminary in Denton, Nebraska!

Mr. Uy was born and raised in the Philippines before moving to Canada. As an FSSP seminarian he visited the Philippines in 2007 and 2008 and sang at Traditional Latin Masses in the Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy and the St. Jerome Emiliani Parish in Ayala, Alabang.

Mr. Anthony Uy FSSP (second from right) and six other new FSSP subdeacons after the ordination rites on January 28, 2012. Photo source.

Who we are

Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Joseph (SEDSI) -- known until early 2012 as Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph or EDSSJ -- was founded (as the Latin Mass Society of the Philippines) on December 18, 1987 to promote and defend access to the older forms of the Roman Rite in the Philippines, but always in alignment with and in obedience to the canonical norms and lawful ecclesiastical authorities of the Roman Catholic Church. In 2010 it became part of Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce.

SEDSI is currently based in Holy Family Parish, Madre Selva St. cor. Lilac St., Roxas District, Quezon City. From late 2006 until January 18, 2012 it had its home in the Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy. Both are parishes of the Diocese of Cubao (suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Manila). In Holy Family Parish, Mass according to the 1962 Missal is said every Sunday and on most weekdays as well.

Members of SEDSI also assist with other TLM's (whether one-off or regularly scheduled Masses) in Metro Manila and rest of the Philippines, either in their official or in their personal capacities.

Members of SEDSI are very active in other religious causes in addition to the promotion of the older forms of the Roman Rite. Some are active in the pro-life movement, others in promoting devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and various saints.