he Tridentine
Mass has been celebrated every Sunday at St. Francis of Assisi Church since
July 7, 1996. The St. Anthony of Padua Chapter, International Ecclesia
Dei Association has been centered on that Mass, since there is a meeting
room available after that Mass every week downstairs.
Many of the people who go to the 1:15 Mass get together in the Parish Meeting Room for refreshments and socializing, followed by singing practice. The meeting room is down the stairs next to the sacristy. People are also invited to bring in snacks (cookies, cakes, donuts, whatever) to share. Soda can be brought and put it in the refrigerator downstairs before Mass. It's also a good idea to come down after the Mass because sometimes announcements and decisions made even when it's not a formal meeting.
There are now 3 Masses in the choir’s repertoire: Mass VIII (Missa de Angelis), Mass XVII (for Sundays of Advent & Lent), and Mass XI (Orbis factor). Mass VIII can be found in the red Mass books available at each Mass. The other two are on papers which can be found with the Mass booklets. There is a short practice before each Mass, and on most Sundays a main practice downstairs after refreshments (usually from 2:30-3:00).
Bruno Borde, who has been leading the choir, and his wife Marie-Camille have returned to France permanently. We had a pot-luck dinner in their honor downstairs after the Mass on March 8, which included meatball sandwiches and carrot cake. The chants will continue, even though we no longer have Bruno to lead the singing. We will all miss the Borde’s.
Tridentine Mass Missals
may be ordered from the F.S.S.P.
Contact: Fr. Arnaud J. Devillers, FSSP, District Superior, Priestly Fraternity
of St. Peter, P.O. Box 196, Elmhurst, PA 18416. Tel (717) 842-4000;
Fax (717) 842-4001
Home page: http://www.ewtn.com/fssp
E-mail: fssp@trincomm.org
The Red Mass books
(which are available for borrowing at the Mass) may be purchased from the
Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei. Contact: Mary M. Kraychy, Executive
Director, Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei, P.O. Box 2071, Glenview,
IL 60025-6071 Tel (847) 724-7151
Home page: http://www.ecclesiadei.org/
Times and Places of the Traditional Mass in the Phila. Area
OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION CHURCH
7056 Tulip Street
Phila., PA
Every Sunday
2:00 P.M.
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH
Marshall & Buttonwood Sts.
Norristown, PA
Every Sunday
1:15 P.M.
ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH
15th & King Sts.
Wilmington, DE
2nd, 4th, (and 5th) Sundays
10:00 A.M.
Most Holy Days & Holy Thursday
7:30 P.M.
Communion time
at St. Francis of Assisi Church,
Norristown
