You report: Truly traditional parish life
Some of you may be familiar with Fr. Carl Gismondi, FSSP, now pastor of St. Anne's in San Diego.
Recently, about 60 men of Father's parish "ran with the saints" as the high point for the parish's two-day fiesta, in honor of St. Anne. According to Father: there were two biers, one for St. Michael and one for St. Anne. They weighed 400 and 350 pounds, respectively. Eight men carried the bier itself while others on the team jogged nearby ready to take their turn.
Irving Street, which the church fronts, was closed for one half of a mile to Caesar Chavez Boulevard. The men carried the biers for a round trip of one mile.
The run, which was not a race, was intended to make a public statement of devotion to the saints. The Running of the Saints is like a traditional parade-like procession, but with a greater element of public devotion and penance. And the music being played during the video is a recording of the parish choir during Mass.
Let this serve as inspiration for those of us who still have to drive over an hour or more one way to simply find a Traditional Latin Mass let alone this kind of rich, wonderful parish life that comes with the practice of true Catholic Tradition. This, too, could be our local parish one day.
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