The forty days, which St. Luke tells us in Acts had passed between Christ’s Resurrection and His glorious Ascent into Heaven, are nearly completed. On Thursday, May 30, 2019, at 6:30 PM, we will have a Solemn Mass at St. Mary’s Pine Bluff to commemorate the Ascension of Our Lord.
On Sunday, 28 April, the 7:30 AM Mass at St Mary’s Pine Bluff will be a Solemn Mass for the Octave Day of Easter / Low Sunday. We will also be singing the Te Deum immediately after Mass in thanksgiving for the appointment of our new bishop.
Thanks to Mr Joe Hanneman, who provided these excellent photos of our Easter Vigil at St Mary’s in Pine Bluff
Yesterday, our Holy Thursday observance began with sung Tenebræ, featuring our newly-acquired hearse. In the evening, for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, we had a Solemn Mass with the debut of our splendid new white vestments, which arrived from Rome only one week ago. Here are some photos:
On Lætare Sunday, 31 March 2019, we are planning on a Solemn Mass for the 7:30 AM TLM at St Mary’s Pine Bluff.
We have now entered the liturgical season of Lent, and thus violet vestments have been the norm for the last three Sundays. The TMSM had been using portions of our violet Pontifical set until recently, so to avoid uneven wear to that set, we have acquired a separate Solemn Mass set. This new set arrived … [Read more…]
We are already well into the pre-Lenten season, and Ash Wednesday is just around the corner. At St Mary’s Pine Bluff, we are planning to have a Solemn High Mass for Ash Wednesday, 6 March 2019, preceded by the blessing and distribution of ashes, beginning at 6:30 PM.
The Tridentine Mass Society will hold a Solemn Requiem Mass to pray for the repose of His Excellency, the Most Rev Robert Morlino, our beloved departed Bishop of Madison on Thursday, December 6, 7:00 PM at St Mary’s Pine Bluff. We will begin with Vespers of the Dead at 7:00 PM, followed by Mass at … [Read more…]
On Saturday, June 30, 2018, newly-ordained Fr Peter Lee celebrated his first Mass as a Solemn Mass in the Presence of the Bishop in Cappa Magna. This liturgy includes some very interesting moments in our Roman Rite: The Bishop recites the prayers at the foot of the altar together with the celebrant, with the other … [Read more…]
On Sunday, August 6th, the 7:30 am Mass at St Mary Pine Bluff will be a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord. As the diocesan seminarians are in the midst of their annual gathering with the Bishop, one of the transitional deacons will join us to take his proper role … [Read more…]