Dear Friend of the Saint Gregory Society,

As you heard last week, there will be a Solemn Mass this
Sunday at Sacred Heart Church, with special music that has
rarely been heard since the death of Palestrina at the end of
the sixteenth century. Moreover, a joyous reception is planned
for after the Mass, since this great occasion of the coming into
effect of the Holy Father’s Motu proprio (on September 14th)
ought to be marked not only by liturgical splendor but also with
feasting and good fun! Please plan to come to this glorious
Mass, bring your family and a few good friends as well, and be
sure to join us afterwards for what promises to be a memorable
celebration.

Our schedule for the next two Sundays is as follows:

* St. Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas)
Sunday, September 30th. Solemn High Mass at 2pm, to be
celebrated by Fr. Greg Markey (St. Mary’s, Norwalk). The full
Schola Cantorum of the Society will perform Palestrina’s
Missa “Sacerdos et Pontifex” (in honor of the Holy Father!),
motets by Palestrina, and all the proper Gregorian chants for
Michaelmas. You are cordially invited to the reception to be
given in the former convent adjacent to Sacred Heart Church
immediately following the Mass. The second offering is for the
benefit of the Saint Gregory Society.

* The Most Holy Rosary of Our Lady
Sunday, October 7th. Low Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated
by Fr. John Ringley (St. Lawrence, Shelton).

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/

Dear Friend of the Saint Gregory Society,

Our schedule for the next two Sundays is as follows:

* Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 23rd. Low Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated
by Fr. Kevin Fitzpatrick (Holy Cross, Fairfield). The second
collection is for the benefit of the Archdiocesan HOPES
campaign (”Help Our Parish Elementary Schools”).

* St. Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas)
Sunday, September 30th. Solemn High Mass at 2pm, to be
celebrated by Fr. Greg Markey (St. Mary’s, Norwalk). In joyful
response to the coming into effect of Pope Benedict’s Motu
proprio “Summorum Pontificum”, the Society is delighted to
announce that its full Schola Cantorum will perform Palestrina’s
Missa “Sacerdos et Pontifex” (in honor of the Holy Father!),
motets by Palestrina, and all the proper Gregorian chants for
Michaelmas. You are cordially invited to a reception to be given
in the former convent adjacent to Sacred Heart Church
immediately following the Mass. We hope to see you there!

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/

Dear Friend of the Saint Gregory Society,

I hope you were able to be with us for the presentations of
Fr. Uwe Lang and Martin Mosebach at St. Mary’s Church last
Friday. The event was a great success, with about 120 people
in attendance (we ran out of chairs!), showing that there is real
and growing interest in the traditional Latin liturgy of the Church.
The Dominicans at St. Mary’s were impressed with the turn out.
If you visit their church, please be sure to thank them for
hosting this special event.

Speaking of special events, there is something else we wish to
bring to your attention: the “Symposium on the Motu Proprio”
taking place tomorrow and Saturday at St. John’s Church in
Stamford. Apologies for the late notice — we have been so busy
planning for the visit of Fr. Lang and Mr. Mosebach that this
conference slipped off the radar screen. You can read more about
it here:

http://www.stamfordschola.org/2007/08/15/our-next-event/

Of the speakers, David Hughes is on the SGS Executive
Committee, Fr. Richard Cipolla is a regular celebrant at Sacred
Heart, and Fr. John Ringley is the newest addition to our rota of
priests. The organizer, Scott Turkington, is a recognized authority
in the performance of Gregorian chant. Despite what their website
says, I am told that they are anticipating late registrations on the
day.

Speaking of days, tomorrow is an historic one: the provisions of
the Motu proprio “Summorum Pontificum” will be the official law
of the Church by the time we all wake up Friday morning! Times
like this call for prayer, and what better prayer is there than the
traditional prayer of the Church, the Divine Office (or Breviary)?
Someone somewhere has done us all the service of preparing a
parallel Latin-English version of second Vespers of tomorrow’s
feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, according to the
old Roman Office. We have posted this text — a mere five pages
– on our website, in the hope that you might be inspired to offer
this prayer for the work of the Society and the cause of the
traditional liturgy:

http://www.saint-gregory.org/docs/ExaltationHolyCross_Vespers.pdf

Apologies for the “extraordinary” length of this email bulletin!

Our schedule in the weeks ahead is as follows:

* Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 16th. High Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated
by Fr. Richard Cipolla (St. Mary’s, Stamford). The Schola will
sing Mass XI (”Orbis factor”), plainsong hymns, and all the
proper Gregorian chants. The second offering will be for the
benefit of the Saint Gregory Society.

* Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 9th. Low Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated by
Fr. Kevin Fitzpatrick (Holy Cross, Fairfield).

* SPECIAL MASS: Feast of St. Michael the Archangel
Sunday, September 30th. High Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated
by Fr. Greg Markey (St. Mary’s, Norwalk). In joyful response to
the coming into effect of the legal provisions of Pope Benedict’s
Motu proprio “Summorum Pontificum”, the Society is pleased
to announce that its full Schola Cantorum will perform
Palestrina’s Missa Sacerdos et pontifex, motets, and all the
proper Gregorian chants for “Michaelmas”. More information
about this special Mass will be forthcoming over the next few
weeks!

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/

Dear Friend of the Saint Gregory Society,

We hope to see you tomorrow for the presentation of Martin Mosebach
and Fr. Uwe Michael Lang — 7:30pm in St. Mary’s Church Hall!

Our schedule for the next two Sundays is as follows:

* Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 9th. Low Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated by
Fr. Kevin Fitzpatrick (Holy Cross, Fairfield). The second offering
will be for the benefit of the Saint Gregory Society.

* Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, September 16th. High Mass at 2pm, to be celebrated
by Fr. Richard Cipolla (St. Mary’s, Stamford). The summer
Schola will sing Mass XI (”Orbis factor”), plainsong hymns,
and all the proper Gregorian chants.

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/

Dear Friend of the Saint Gregory Society,

This is a final reminder of our special event this Friday, September
7th. For all the details, see the earlier posts on our website. Don’t
miss this opportunity to learn about one of the best books on the
subject of the Church’s traditional liturgy! And don’t worry if you’re
not a theologian or an expert — this book was written with normal lay
Catholics in mind, people like you and me!

Please take note of the unusual time and place: 7:30pm at St. Mary’s
Church Hall, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven. The entrance to the Hall
is on the side of the Church. There is also an elevator a few steps
from there, through the door which faces Hillhouse Avenue.

On-street parking is free in the city after 7:00pm. The best places
for this will be Hillhouse Avenue, Temple Street, Trumbull Street, and
Grove Street. You can also park for free in any Yale University lot.
One of these is on Trumbull Street between Hillhouse and Temple. A bit
further (about three blocks) is the Grove Street Garage, at 65 Grove
Street:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=65+Grove+St,+New+Haven,+CT+06511&daddr=5+Hillhouse+Ave,+New+Haven,+CT+06511&mrcr=0,1&mra=pe&sll=41.314031,-72.923663&sspn=0.007124,0.020084&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=16

We will have a number of copies of Mr. Mosebach’s book as well as some
copies of Fr. Lang’s book for sale at the presentation. To make things
easier for us and to encourage you to take a copy home, we will sell
them each at “rounded prices” which represent a slight discount on the
list prices: $15 for “Heresy of Formlessness” and $10 for “Turning
Toward the Lord”. The proceeds will go to support the work of the
Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny, ensuring that they can continue to
sponsor more events of this nature in the future.

We hope to see you on Friday!!!

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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/