The TLM comes back to Sto. Domingo Church!

The church of Sto. Domingo in Quezon City, also known as the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary La Naval de Manila, was the site of the first regularly-scheduled and publicly-accessible indult every-Sunday Traditional Latin Mass in the Philippines since Quattuor Abhinc Annos was promulgated in 1984. That Mass (according to the 1962 Roman Missal rather than the Traditional Dominican Rite) was offered by Fr. Manuel Piñon OP at the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary from 1990 until 1994 when it was suppressed by the late Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin.  

On October 22, 2012, the Traditional Latin Mass will make its first appearance in the Sto. Domingo church since the 1990's. This time, the Mass will be celebrated, not at a side altar, but at the main altar. The Mass will be offered by Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo at 7:00 P.M.

Providentially, since it is October, the image of Our Lady of the Rosary La Naval de Manila is also enthroned at the center of the sanctuary (see above), thus allowing for the Mass to celebrated right in front of her -- just like in the days of Fr. Piñon.

Lectures on the Ceremonies of the Traditional Latin Mass

UPDATE: UST lecture rescheduled due to the floods. See below.

Fr. Eric Forbes OFMCap offering the TLM in Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy, Diocese of Cubao, on the Second Sunday after Easter, 2011. 

The Rev. Fr. Eric Forbes, OFM Cap - in coordination with Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Joseph - shall give a talk on "The Ceremonies of the Holy (Tridentine) Mass Explained" on the following dates: 

August 14, 2012 at 7pm, 3/F Tan Yan Kee Student Center, Pontifical University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila (originally scheduled for August 9)

 August 13, 2012 at 3pm, St. Maximilian Seminary, Multinational Village, Parañaque City

Fr. Eric Forbes OFM Cap. is the celebrant of the every-Sunday Traditional Latin Mass in St. Fidelis Capuchin Friary at 135 Chalan Kapuchino, Agana Heights, Guam 96910. It is the sole regular TLM in Guam. He regularly visits the Philippines.


Photo from Dennis Raymond Maturan

Bishop Camilo Gregorio to offer Low Mass on July 14, 2012

His Excellency Msgr. Camilo D. Gregorio, Prelate of Batanes, will offer Low Mass according to the 1962 Missal on July 14, 2012, 8:00 A.M. at Holy Family Parish. 

This is his fifth Mass for SEDSI since the promulgation of Ecclesia Dei in 1988. The previous ones were: a "private" Mass in the house of Mr. Dennis Raymond Maturan in 1993 that was attended by a small congregation, followed after Summorum Pontificium with a Low Mass in the Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy on January 28, 2008 (see this, this and this). Next came Sung Mass offered by the bishop,(preceded by Confirmations) on September 13, 2008, followed the next day (September 14) with the first properly-celebrated Solemn Pontifical Mass according to the 1962 Missal to be offered in the Philippines by a canonically-regular Catholic bishop since the liturgical reforms took effect. See this article for the September 13 and 14, 2008 Masses. 

He also offered Sung Mass according to the 1962 Missal in St. James Church, Ayala Alabang on October 2, 2008, in St. Jerome Emiliani Parish in Alabang on January 18, 2009, sometime in February 2009 in Marilao (Requiem Mass for the late Msgr. Moises Andrade), sometime in March 2009 in the formation house of the Adorno Fathers in Vinzons, Camarines Norte, and a Solemn Pontifical Mass in Cebu sometime in March, 2011 at the Monastery of the Society of the Angel of Peace.

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Apologies for the slow posting. Many noteworthy events have occurred in the past few months and I will really try to post about them soon.

First TLM since 1960's in the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace, Caloocan City

On May 31, 2012, at half-past eight in the evening, the Traditional Latin Mass was said for the first time in the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace in Grace Park, Caloocan City since the liturgical reforms of Paul VI took effect in the late 1960's. The parish was founded in 1947 and is currently the largest church in the Diocese of Kalookan. It is currently under the care of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI).

To my knowledge this is also the first non-private TLM to be offered in the Diocese of Kalookan since it was erected in 2003, and therefore the last diocese in the entire Ecclesiastical Province of Manila to witness the public revival of this Mass after Summorum Pontificum. (It is interesting to note that probably the last parish in the entire Archdiocese of Manila to cease the open celebration of the TLM in the aftermath of the liturgical revolution was located within the territory of what is now the Diocese of Kalookan. I am referring to the Parish of San Pancracio, located within La Loma Cemetery; the late Msgr. Melencio De Vera continued to celebrate the TLM even after 1969, reportedly doing so in the San Pancracio parish church until the early 1980's.)

The Mass was a Solemn Mass offered by Fr. Rodel F. Lopez OMI, with Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo (Chaplain of SEDSI) as deacon and Mr. Dennis Raymond Maturan (Founder and Chairman of SEDSI and an instituted acolyte) as "straw subdeacon", in accordance with the positive responsum given on June 7, 1993 by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei to the question of whether instituted acolytes may serve as straw subdeacons in Solemn Masses celebrated according to the 1962 Missal.

Adding solemnity to the Mass was the presence of Knights of Columbus in full regalia, led by Fr. Lopez's brother, Mr. Rommel Lopez.

The Mass was organized as a farewell of sorts for Fr. Lopez, who is leaving for the missions in Mindanao (in the southern Philippines) in early June. Ordained in 2008, he offered the Traditional Latin Mass in the last few years as far as his busy schedule in the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace allowed; however, he was not able to offer this Mass in the Shrine itself until this historic day. 

Another Solemn Mass will be offered in Holy Family Parish on June 3, 2012, Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. 

H/t to Dennis Raymond Maturan for the picture.

Holy Week 2012 in Holy Family Parish - I. Palm Sunday

Photos by Ronald Rae Yu and Dwen Marites Lumaque

Sacred Triduum 2012

TRADITIONAL LATIN SACRED TRIDUUM IN THE DIOCESE OF CUBAO:

(A reminder: a location map of this parish can be found here.)

The Sacred Triduum according to the pre-Vatican II Roman Rite will be offered in Holy Family Parish, Madre Selva St. cor. Lilac St., Roxas District, Quezon City according to the following schedule:

MAUNDY THURSDAY

Tenebrae (Matins and Lauds of Holy Thursday): 2:00 A.M.

Mass of Holy Thursday followed by the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose: 10:00 A.M.

GOOD FRIDAY

Tenebrae (Matins and Lauds of Good Friday): 2:00 A.M.

Mass of the Presanctified: 10:00 A.M.

BLACK SATURDAY

Tenebrae (Matins and Lauds of Black Saturday): 2:00 A.M.

Easter Vigil and Solemn Mass (Misa de Tres): 10:00 A.M. 

The liturgical services will be celebrated in the morning because the afternoons and evenings will be occupied by activities related to the Ordinary Form / Novus Ordo Holy Week rites that will also be celebrated in the same parish.

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TRADITIONAL LATIN SACRED TRIDUUM IN THE DIOCESE OF BAGUIO:


The Sacred Triduum according to the 1962 Missal will be held in the Oratory by the side of the Baguio Cathedral.

Holy Thursday Mass (April 5, 2012): 5:00PM
Oratory chapel will be opened until 12MN for VIGIL and customary visits

Good Friday (April 6, 2012)
1:00PM Stations of the Cross inside the Oratory chapel
3:00PM Good Friday Service

Black Saturday (April 7, 2012)
7:00PM Easter Vigil

The visit of Canon Moreau to the Philippines

The blog Veritatem Facientes in Caritate has posted a comprehensive report on the visit of Canon Moreau to the Philippines last month:


Canon Moreau's first visit to the Philippines (Feb. 6 - 12, 2012)

Below is the full video of the Solemn High Mass that Canon Moreau celebrated in Holy Family Parish of the Diocese of Cubao -- the current home of the Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Joseph - Una Voce Philippinensis -- on February 12, 2012. With the permission of the ecclesiastical authorities, this parish celebrates its annual patronal feast on the Second Sunday of February. As such the Mass was a Votive Mass of the Holy Family (1st Class) despite that Sunday being Sexagesima Sunday in the calendar of the 1962 Missal. The Mass was served by the corps of servers of the Societas and the chants were sung by the Choro Sancti Joseph.  


Many thanks to Rorate Caeli for noting the visit of the Canon, and to New Liturgical Movement for posting this Mass:

The following are pictures of the Solemn Mass:

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".

Announcement: traditional-style 'Simbang Gabi' in the Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy on December 23

The Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cubao, the current home of the oldest continuously-existing Traditional Latin Mass community in the Philippines, will be having a Rorate Mass (better known in this country as Simbang Gabi) according to the 1962 Missal on December 23, Friday, at 2:00 A.M. (yes, that's TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING). 

Rorate Mass according to the 1962 Missal. SOURCE. 

In accordance with the traditional way of celebrating the "Rorate Mass" not just in the Philippines but also in Europe, the Mass will be offered entirely in candlelight. Some churchgoers are also expected to come with traditional Filipino parols or star-shaped Christmas lanterns (traditional because these will be lit from the inside with candles). The hour at which the Mass will be celebrated is also quite traditional: the "Simbang Gabi" was sometimes offered as early as two in the morning in pre-WWII Philippines (see this article: Christmas in the Philippines c. 1940).

Naturally, the texts and readings of the 1962 Missal's Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Advent will be used. 

The EDSSJ procession of reparation of August 14, 2011

One of the most memorable actions of the Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph in recent years has been the organization of a procession of reparation to the Cultural Center of the Philippines, in atonement for the blasphemous art works that had been put on display there.

Wilfredo "Jay" Balza of Veritatem Facientes in Caritate posted a full report (with photographs) on this event on the very day that the procession took place, and we would like to invite our readers who haven't previously learned about this event to read his report: Procession and Prayer of Reparation for a blasphemous art exhibit