Dear Friend of the Saint Gregory Society,

Looking back on the events of this past week, it is obvious that we all have much for which to give thanks. Please join us a Sacred Heart Church this Sunday for a special votive Mass of thanksgiving to God for this great gift of the Holy Father’s motu proprio. The mind of Pope Benedict is clear: we are no longer strangers and foreigners, but full citizens in the Church! Let us all strive to bear this joyful conviction with due grace and humility, that God will heap blessing upon blessing in the days and months ahead.

* Votive Mass in honor of the Most Holy Trinity
(Sixth Sunday after Pentecost)
Sunday, July 15th. High Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated by Fr. Richard Cipolla (St. Mary’s, Stamford). The full Schola Cantorum of the Society will sing Palestrina’s Missa Regina caeli, motets by Palestrina and Scarlatti, and all the proper Gregorian chants. Mass will end with Benediction and the singing of the Te Deum. A festive reception with canapes, sweets, and drinks will follow, to which you and all your friends and family are most cordially invited. Come toast our Pope ad multos annos! Finally, a note about the second offering: this will be taken for the Society, and a portion of the proceeds will then be donated to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal in the name of the Society, as our contribution toward the parish quota. (Fr. Richardson deserves our thanks for proposing this generous arrangement.)

* Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, July 22nd. High Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated by Fr. Greg Markey (St. Mary’s, Norwalk). The summer Schola will sing Mass XI (”Orbis factor”), plainsong hymns, and all the proper Gregorian chants.

* Full Summer Schedule
Sorry for the delay — the schedule for the rest of the summer is now available on the website:
http://www.saint-gregory.org/mass-schedule/
(Note that although this Sunday, July 15th, was originally scheduled for Low Mass, these plans were changed last week as detailed above. As always, SGS News will contain the most up-to-date information.)

ALL MASSES TAKE PLACE IN SACRED HEART CHURCH,
NEW HAVEN (COLUMBUS AVENUE AT LIBERTY STREET,
NEAR UNION STATION).

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The Saint Gregory Society
P. O. Box 891
New Haven, CT 06504
Telephone: (203) 624-2751
On the web: http://www.saint-gregory.org/