Gregorian chant workshop in Kelowna, BC

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Frank Chow

The Latin Mass Society of Kelowna is sponsoring a Gregorian chant workshop conducted by Mark Emerson Donnelly, Choir and Schola Director at Holy Family Parish in Vancouver, BC (and anthem singer for the Vancouver Canucks).

The workshop will take place at Immaculate Conception Church, 839 Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, on the following dates:

  • Thursday, July 18, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
  • Friday, July 19, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

To register for the choir and/or schola sessions, email latinmasskelowna@gmail.com

Registration is not mandatory but encouraged. You may also register at the door.

While registration and admission are free, donations to help defray the cost of the workshop will be gratefully accepted.

Schedule of Sessions

Choir Training

  • Friday, July 19, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 20, 9 a.m. to 12 noon

Special Men’s Schola Training
To prepare for August 15, Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

  • Thursday, July 18, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
  • Friday, July 19, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 20, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.

Questions? Email latinmasskelowna@gmail.com

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Confirmations at Holy Family Parish, Vancouver, BC

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Frank Chow

Text courtesy of Margie Mackey; photos courtesy of Claire Phillips

On the evening of June 11, 2019, His Excellency Most Reverend David Monroe, Bishop Emeritus of Kamloops, conferred the sacrament of Confirmation in the Extraordinary Form on 17 young people at Holy Family Parish, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The ceremony opened with the traditional motet Ecce Sacerdos Magnus as the bishop entered the church and proceeded to the sanctuary. Bishop Monroe was assisted by Holy Family parish priest Fr. Daniel Geddes, FSSP, and Mr. Matthew Palmer, who had instructed the confirmands in preparation for receiving the sacrament.

In his sermon, His Excellency said that, although questions are often asked of the confirmands before the sacrament is conferred, he would not be doing that. Instead, he spoke of the value of questions, giving examples of several questions asked both by and of Our Lord. He stressed the importance of the question Jesus asked Peter three times after His resurrection, echoing the triple denial of Peter during Our Lord’s Passion: “Peter, do you love me?” That is the key question He asks each of us, because an affirmative answer leads one to live according to all of His teachings, to be a living witness to the teachings of the Catholic Faith.

The young people were confirmed with the ancient formula:

Signo te signo crucis et confirmo te chrismate salutis. In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. (I sign thee with the sign of the Cross, and I confirm thee with the chrism of salvation, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost).

The ceremony closed with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction, followed by a lovely and well-attended reception in the parish hall.

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Fr. Ralph Oballo, FSSP’s Mass of Thanksgiving, Kelowna, BC

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Frank Chow

Text and photos courtesy of the Latin Mass Society of Kelowna

With less than a week’s notice, 100 to 120 people gathered at Immaculate Conception Parish in the city of Kelowna, British Columbia, on the beautiful spring morning of Tuesday, June 4, 2019, for a Missa Cantata (Sung Mass) celebrated by Fr. Ralph Oballo of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP). Fr. Oballo was ordained in Lincoln, Nebraska, just a week and a half earlier.

Immaculate Conception parish priest Fr. Cerlouie Jimenez, local diocesan priest Fr. Edwin Neufeld, seminarians of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, freshly trained altar servers, and worshippers young and old joined Fr. Oballo for this Mass of Thanksgiving in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in all its marvellous glory.

The Diocese of Nelson, to which Kelowna belongs, covers the Kootenay and Okanagan regions of southeastern British Columbia. The last time the diocese had witnessed a Mass of Thanksgiving in the Extraordinary Form was in 2003, celebrated by Fr. Erik Deprey, FSSP.

Worshippers were filled with emotion, and tears of joy and profound gratitude flowed freely. A reception in the parish hall after Mass was generously organized by the local Catholic Women’s League. In a special area at the centre of the hall, Fr. Oballo gave his First Blessings to the faithful.

Newcomers to the Traditional Latin Mass visited the Latin Mass Society of Kelowna’s tables, asking questions, gathering resource materials, looking though TLM books and missals, and offering their support. Boys signed up to become altar servers. Those who love to sing joined the choir and are looking forward to participating in upcoming Gregorian chant workshops.

Please continue to pray for us, our priests and seminarians, and especially Fr. Ralph Oballo.

For more information or to be added to our mailing list, contact:

Latin Mass Society of Kelowna
2475 Dobbin Road, Unit 22, Suite #532
West Kelowna, BC V4T 2E9
Email: latinmasskelowna@gmail.com

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The St. Monica Society: a new program of Una Voce Canada

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Frank Chow

Una Voce Canada is pleased to announce a new program called the St. Monica Society. Beginning on August 1, 2019, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will be offered each week for the conversion or return to the Catholic faith of all those enrolled in the Society.

Una Voce Canada members in good standing may enroll individuals or groups of individuals by sending either:

  • An email to info@unavocecanada.org, with “St. Monica Society” as the subject; or
  • A letter addressed to Una Voce Canada (Attn. St. Monica Society), PO Box 30027, North Vancouver, BC V7H 2Y8

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Weekly Traditional Mass in Kelowna, BC, starts July 7

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Frank Chow

With the support and blessing of His Excellency Gregory J. Bittman, Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, the Traditional Latin Mass will be offered in the city of Kelowna beginning on July 7.

Masses will be celebrated by Fr. Edwin Neufeld at Immaculate Conception Church, 839 Sutherland Avenue, Kelowna, at 1:00 p.m. every Sunday.

If you wish to become more involved in the growth and support of our newly established community or to be added to our mailing list, please contact:

Latin Mass Society of Kelowna
2475 Dobbin Road, Unit 22, Suite #532
West Kelowna, BC V4T 2E9
Email: latinmasskelowna@gmail.com

 

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“Our First Latin Mass” (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Frank Chow

This article was first published on June 17, 2019, by the Yarmouth branch of the Halifax-Yarmouth Latin Mass Society in Nova Scotia, a chapter of Una Voce Canada working to establish the Traditional Latin Mass in Nova Scotia.

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On June 14th and 15th, 2019, we had our first Extraordinary Form Masses since this group was founded a couple years ago. Through my inquiries among other members of this group, I was told that the last time there was a TLM in this diocese was 9 years ago, when there was a wedding in the Extraordinary Form. Before that, the last Latin Masses had been in the early 90s.

We were thrilled that Fr. Luc Poirier, FSSP, was able to come say these Masses for us, with the permission of the Archdiocese. It was a last-minute effort to get permission, so we weren’t able to advertise as much as we would have liked. Nonetheless, there were 102 people in attendance on Saturday! Praise God! On Friday they estimated between 60 and 70 people.

Those are outstanding numbers for our first TLM in 9 years!

We are still working to try and make this a regular occurrence. Please continue to pray for us and for Fr. Luc Poirier.

Here are the pictures. Many thanks to John Rae for volunteering to take photos.

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Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood of Fr. Luc Poirier, FSSP, May 31, 2019

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Frank Chow

Text and photos by Claire Phillips, Una Voce Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

On May 31, 2019, my husband, Keith, and I were privileged to attend the ordination of a dear friend and spiritual son. Reverend Father Luc Poirier was introduced to us during an ordination that we attended in 2017. It was a chance meeting that was the start of a wonderful relationship. We watched this young man grow and mature into a deacon and finally a priest.

The ordination was held in Ottawa rather than Nebraska since Deacon Poirier comes from a large family in Moncton, New Brunswick, and he wanted as many as possible to be able to attend the ceremony. Ten out of his eleven siblings were able to come!

The ceremony began with Deacon Poirier, followed by the sacred ministers, processing down the aisle of Ottawa’s Notre-Dame Cathedral, a minor basilica in the neoclassical Gothic style and a most majestic structure, so fitting for the ordination in the Traditional Rite.

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“US Bishops ask young Catholics why they stayed in Church. They respond it’s the Latin Mass”

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Frank Chow

This article by Claire Chretien first appeared on June 13, 2019, on the LifeSiteNews website and is reprinted with permission.

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) asked young Catholics who haven’t left the faith what made them stay. While their answer may be surprising to many, it will not be to anyone familiar with the state of the Church today.

First of all, the USCCB is to be commended for asking young people why they’ve stayed in the Church rather than left; too often Church leadership takes its cues on catechesis and evangelization from those who object to various Catholic doctrines. The USCCB is also to be commended for acknowledging young adults are a better authority on “youth” than the aging, liberal Vatican II baby boomers whose grip on Church life has produced memes like “Susan from the Parish Council.”

Many of the most “liked” comments on this question posed to USCCB Facebook followers were about the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), the beautiful ancient rite of the Mass that was codified at the Council of Trent. It’s experienced a resurgence in the last decade or so since Pope Benedict XVI clarified that Vatican II never abrogated this form of the Mass, and that priests don’t need permission from their bishops to offer it.

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Communiqué of the International UNA VOCE Federation on Order of Malta ban of the Traditional Latin Mass

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Frank Chow

Rome, June 13, 2019

The FIUV notes with regret the letter, dated 10th June, from Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military and Hospitaler Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta (the ‘Order of Malta’), forbidding the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (the Extraordinary Form) in the context of the Order’s liturgical life.

Since this letter has become public, we would like to observe that it does not accurately present the provisions of Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Letter, given motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum. Article 3, cited in the Grand Master’s letter, explicitly allows religious communities to have not only private but conventual celebrations of Mass in the Extraordinary Form, without reference to the Major Superior (in the case of the Order of Malta, the Grand Master or the Prelate). His permission is required only in cases where the community ‘wishes to have such celebrations frequently, habitually or permanently’.

The Grand Master’s letter also neglects the right of the faithful, from which the religious and lay members of the Order of Malta are not excluded, from requesting celebrations of Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Article 4). Celebrations in the context of special occasions such as pilgrimages are explicitly anticipated (Article 5 §3). Pastors and rectors of churches are directed to accede to such requests (Article 5, §1 and §5).

The Federation would like to emphasise that the Extraordinary Form is a part of the liturgical patrimony of the Church which represents ‘riches’ for the Church, which should not be neglected or excluded, and certainly not on the basis of a narrow conception of unity which excludes the variety of liturgical expressions permitted in the Church. As Pope Benedict expressed it:

‘These two expressions of the Church’s lex orandi will in no way lead to a division in the Church’s lex credendi(rule of faith); for they are two usages of the one Roman rite.’ (Summorum Pontificum, Preamble)

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“Declaration of the Truths Relating to Some of the Most Common Errors in the Life of the Church of Our Time”

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Frank Chow

On Pentecost Monday, June 10, 2019, an eight-page document with the above above title was released by several prelates of the Catholic Church: Cardinal Raymond Burke; Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Janis Pujats of Riga, Latvia; Archbishop Tomash Peta of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan; Archbishop Emeritus Jan Pawel Lenga of Karaganda, Kazakhstan; and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Mary in Astana.

In forty paragraphs, they set the record straight regarding errors that have proliferated at a time of “almost universal doctrinal confusion and disorientation,” and of “widespread lethargy in the exercise of the Magisterium on different levels of the Church’s hierarchy in our days … largely caused by the non-compliance with the Apostolic duty … to ‘vigilantly ward off any errors that threaten the flock’ (Lumen gentium, 25).” There are four headings:

  • The Fundamentals of Faith
  • The Creed
  • The Law of God
  • The Sacraments

For more on the Declaration and the explanatory note that accompanied it, see:

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