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Saturday, 19 February 2011
Mass in Athy
Msgr. Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest celebrated Mass in the Gregorian Rite in St. Michael's Parish Church, Athy, Co. Kildare, last evening, before a congregation of almost 70. It is the first time that Mass has been celebrated in this Church in the traditional manner in more than forty years.
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It is so good to see the EF Mass progressing so well in Ireland.
I have added you to my bloglist.
Richard,
You don't have a bloglist but we do... and you're in it.
"It would be easier to conjure up the devil than to get a Latin Mass in this Diocese...!"
God bless you!
Why is the altar in a corner of the sanctuary? It seems like a very odd placing.
Oddity is not to be found in the placing of the altar. If you sit comfortably, shut your eyes tight and try to imagine a cruciform church with a apse at the 'eastern' end and then you try to imagine someone with a camera sitting in the Gospel-side or 'northern' side of the church, taking photographs of the apse or 'eastern' end. The photos look 'off-centre' because the line of vision is at an angle but the altar is not, in fact, 'off-centre'. Clearer now?
You may be interested to know that Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand, badly damaged in the earthquake last Tuesday, has an EF Mass every day: http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=8&do=detail&type=parish&id=780
I think the church looks fantastic. You're very lucky to have the Institute there.
I love the traditional mass with Gregorian Chant. Here in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, we have one church that offers it. My family travels the hour and a half about once a month to attend. Beautiful!
Thank you Father for reminding us about this. I have been praying for the Catholics and for all people who have been caught in the natural disasters in New Zealand and Japan.
I agree that the pictures are very confusing. I've heard of red brick universities but never red brick churches. Now I see why.
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