We have been recently informed that last Sunday (July 19), an announcement was made at the Mater Misericordiae Mission (Phoenix, AZ) that the recently ordained Fr. Timothy O’Brien, FSSP, will be going to Nigeria for his first assignement. We were blessed to have covered some of his first Masses here in California (Kensington, Mission San Juan Bautista and Carmel) last month. In your charity, please offer your prayers for Fr. O’Brien and his new assigned parish.
Fr. Timothy O’Brien, FSSP, celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving (Missa Cantata) at the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of the Mission San Carlos Borroméo (Carmel Mission, Carmel, CA). Fr. O’Brien was ordained to the priesthood by the Most Rev. James Douglas Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska last May 30, 2015. After Mass, the lay faithful were able to venerate a relic of the soon-to-be-canonized saint, Bl. Junipero Serra; then Fr. O’Brien gave his first blessing. The Carmel Mission’s close proximity to a beach nearby enabled a few of the faithful present, along with Fr. Peter Carota of the Traditional Catholic Priest blog (www.traditionalcatholicpriest.com) to explore.
The schedule for the remainder of Fr. O’Brien’s First Masses in California are as follows:
June 12: St. Victors (LA) 6:30 pm
June 13: San Juan Capistrano Mission (9:00am)
Click on the photo above for the full photo gallery of the High Mass and beach outing.
This morning (June 9, 2015), the recently ordained Rev. Fr. Timothy O’Brien, FSSP, celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving (Missa Cantata) at the Old Mission San Juan Bautista (San Juan Bautista, CA). Fr. O’Brien was ordained to the priesthood by the Most Rev. James Douglas Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska last May 30, 2015 (Ember Saturday of Pentecost). After Mass, the lay faithful were given the opportunity to receive his first blessing, and then all went outside the church yard to enjoy a potluck breakfast picnic organized by Fr. Peter Carota of the Traditional Catholic Priest blog.
The schedule for the remainder of Fr. O’Brien’s First Masses are as follows:
June 10: San Carlos Borromeo Mission (3 pm) (not in the main chapel)
June 11: San Miguel Mission (TBA)
June 12: St. Victors (LA) 6:30 pm
June 13: San Juan Capistrano Mission (9:00am)
Click on the photo above for the full photo gallery of the High Mass and picnic.
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