Mark your calendars for June 8, 2019 (Saturday). Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be offered for the Vigil of Pentecost at the Church of the Nativity (210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park, CA). Everyone is invited!
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Solemnity of the Ascension High Mass – Star of the Sea (May 30, Thursday)
For the Solemnity of the Ascension tomorrow (May 30, Thursday), a High Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be offered at Star of the Sea Parish (4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA) at 6:30 PM. The recently-ordained Fr. Michael Rocha will be the celebrant. Everyone is invited!
Reminder: 4th Sunday TLM at IHM Belmont
Just reminding our readers of the 4th Sunday Traditional Latin Mass scheduled on May 26, 2019 (5:00 PM) at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (1040 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA). Everyone is welcome to sing along with the choir, where they meet an hour earlier (4:00 PM) at the choir loft to practice. We also have our regularly scheduled 1st Sunday Mass coming up on June 2, 2019 (5:00 PM). Please mark your calendars for both masses and invite your family and friends!
EF Requiem Mass – May 23, 2019 – Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in SF
All are invited to a Requiem Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Missa Cantata) for the repose of the soul of Sister Imelda (center of picture) who passed away last March 17, 2019, at 95 years old. She joined the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration at the tender age of fifteen. The Requiem Mass on Thursday, May 23, 2019, will begin at 6:30 PM, at the Chapel of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration located at 771 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, CA. Mass will be celebrated by Father Alvin Yu.
For more info about the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, please contact Mother Rosalba at (415) 566-2743 or visit their website, http://adorejesus.org/Index.aspx
2019 Ordination for the Archdiocese of San Francisco; First Masses of Thanksgiving
Deacon Michael Rocha shared with us the good news of his upcoming ordination to the priesthood taking place this Saturday, May 18, at 10:00 AM (alongside Deacons Kyle Faller and Ernesto Jandonero for the Archdiocese of San Francisco) at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (1111 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA) by His Excellency, Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco. There is a reception following the ceremony.
The Masses of Thanksgiving schedule for the newly ordained priests is as follows:
Reverend Kyle Faller
Sunday, May 19, 2019 – 9:30 AM
Most Holy Rosary Chapel (1 Saint Vincent Dr., San Rafael, CA)
Reverend Ernesto Jandonero
Saturday, May 18, 2019 – 5:00 PM
Saint Pius Parish (1100 Woodside Road, Redwood City, CA)
Reverend Michael Rocha
Sunday, May 19, 2019 – 11:30 AM
Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form / Traditional Latin Mass
Star of the Sea Parish (4420 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA)
Of particular interest for Rev. Michael Rocha’s 1st Mass is that the mass setting will be William Byrd’s Mass of Five Voices. Fr. Alvin Yu (Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew Church, San Mateo, CA) will be the deacon and Abbé Kevin Kerscher (Oblate for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest) the subdeacon. Fr. Joseph Illo will give the homily. Reception to follow afterward. The following week, there will be three additional first masses in Modesto:
St Joseph’s Catholic Church
1813 Oakdale Road
Modesto, CA 95355
Saturday, May 25th, 2019 at 5:30pm (English)
Sunday, May 26th, 2019 at 9:00am (Latin)
Sunday, May 26th, 2019 at 5:30pm (English)
A Solemn High Mass in the EF is also scheduled on June 30, 2019 (12:30 PM) at St. Margaret Mary’s Church (1219 Excelsior Ave, Oakland, CA 94610).
Please keep the soon-to-be priests in your prayers!
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