Rorate Caeli

Reminders of important Pontifical Masses

1. On March 3 at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time, the Chapel of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary of the FSSP in Denton, Nebraska will be consecrated by Msgr. Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska. The consecration of the chapel, and the Solemn Pontifical Mass that will follow, will be done in the presence of His Eminence William Cardinal Levada, who will also preach the homily. The ceremony is expected to last about 5 hours and will be aired live on EWTN.

Also present will be Bishop Edward J. Slattery of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma;Bishop James C. Timlin, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Scranton; Bishop Robert W. Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph; Abbot Philip Anderson, OSB, of Our Lady of the Annunciation Monastery and Father John Berg, Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. (Source.)

2. Edward Cardinal Egan will offer Solemn Pontifical Mass according to the Missal of 1962 on March 25, 2010, the Feast of the Annunciation, 7:30 PM, at the Church of the Holy Innocents in NYC. To our knowledge this makes Cardinal Egan the first cardinal from the USA to publicly offer Mass according to the 1962 Missal since 1970. The Mass setting will be Tomas Luis de Victoria's Missa de Beata Mariae Virginae.

The Mass will be in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae.

For more information about this Mass, which is sponsored by the Agnus Dei Council of the Knights of Columbus, please visit this webpage: Pontifical Mass for Life.

3. On Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 1 P.M., His Eminence Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos will offer Solemn Pontifical Mass on the high altar of the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass will be sung in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the installation of Benedict XVI as the Pope. (Source.)