Confirmations and Solemn Mass by Bishop Gregorio, August 12, 2012

As previously announced (see this and this), Bishop Camilo Gregorio, Prelate of Batanes, confirmed several youths and offered Solemn Mass according to the liturgical books in force in 1962 on August 12, 2012 in the Holy Family Parish in Roxas District, QC.

During the Confirmations, the Prelate was assisted by Fr. Dominic Lim OFMConv. In the Solemn Mass, Fr. Rodel Lopez OMI served as deacon while Mr. Dennis Raymond Maturan served as straw subdeacon (there was no assistant priest available). 

H/t to Mao Joseph M. Almadrones for the pics. 

Three upcoming Pontifical Masses

1) As previously announced, Msgr. Camilo Gregorio, Prelate of Batanes, will confirm several of the faithful according to the traditional rites of Confirmation, after which he will offer Mass according to the 1962 Missal. These will take place at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, August 12, 2012, in the Holy Family Parish (Roxas District) of the Diocese of Cubao. 

 2) Most. Rev. Antonio Tobias DD, Bishop of the Diocese of Novaliches, will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical High Mass on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at 7:00pm at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Regalado Ave., Fairview Park 1, Quezon City. He will be assisted by the friars of the Franciscans of the Immaculate while the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate will chant the Propers and Ordinaries as schola.

3) The Most Rev. Jose Palma DD, Archbishop of Cebu and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, will celebrate for the second time, a Pontifical Solemn High Mass at the Sanctuary of Mary Coredemptrix (of the Franciscans of the Immaculate) at Bgy. San Jose, Talamban, Cebu City, on Friday, September 14, 2012. 

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.

Solemn Mass in the Presence of Bishop Vergara

In the morning of the first of May, 2012, Fr. Mark Emman H. Sese offered Solemn Mass at the main altar of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of the Diocese of Pasig, which is located in Pasig City, Philippines. Fr. Elijah M. Pantorilla OFMConv. served as deacon while Fr. Michell Joe "Jojo" Zerrudo of Holy Family Parish of the Diocese of Cubao served as subdeacon. Present at the Mass was the Bishop of the Diocese of Pasig, Msgr. Mylo Hubert Claudio Vergara DD, who also gave the homily. The occasion was the 2nd anniversary of Fr. Sese's sacerdotal ordination, which took place on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker (May 1) in 2010. 

Solemn Mass in the Presence of a Bishop in Pasig Cathedral - May 1, 2012

Solemn Pontifical Mass of Archbishop Jose Palma, March 26, 2012

3/28/12: Photos added to this post.

As previously announced, the Archbishop of Cebu, His Excellency Msgr. Jose Palma D.D., offered Solemn Pontifical Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation on March 26, 2012. To our knowledge this is his first public Mass according to the 1962 Missal, and only the fifth Solemn Pontifical Mass to be celebrated in the Philippines by a bishop in a canonically regular situation since Summorum Pontificum came into effect in 2007. (Msgr. Camilo Gregorio, Prelate of Batanes, and Msgr. Antonio Tobias, Bishop of Novaliches, have previously celebrated two Solemn Pontifical Masses each, in addition to a number of Low or Sung Masses. A few other bishops have also celebrated Low Masses.) 

Our congratulations to the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Immaculate and to the Traditional Catholic community in Cebu on this historic event. 

These pictures come from the Facebook account of Fr. Ian Christian Fel Balankig, and are posted here with his kind permission:

Archbishop Palma of Cebu to offer Solemn Pontifical Mass according to the 1962 Missal