A Solemn High Mass will be offered at 11:00 am this Sunday, August 12, at the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore. Celebrant of the Mass will be Reverend Father James Smith fssp, who is passing through Baltimore from New Hampshire en route to his new assignment in Atlanta. St. Alphonsus pastor Reverend Father Joel Kiefer fssp and assistant pastor Reverend Father Michael Cunningham fssp will assume the roles of deacon and subdeacon for this solemn Mass. (What, by the way, is a subdeacon? Readers can learn more about his role in this article from liturgyguy.com.)
The Shrine is located at 114 West Saratoga Street in downtown Baltimore. As always on Sundays, free parking will be available on neighborhood streets, as well as in the surface lot at the southeast corner of Liberty and Saratoga Streets, one block from the church.
A Pontifical Solemn High Mass commemorating the tenth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s motu proprio Summorum Pontificum will be offered at 1:00 pm this Saturday afternoon, April 28, 2018, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Celebrant of the Mass will be His Excellency Alexander Sample, Archbishop of Portland. The Basilica choir will sing Missa Salve Regina by Victoria as the ordinary of the Mass, and several Renaissance polyphony motets by Palestrina, Ugolini, Monteverdi, Clemens, Manchicourt and Marenzio. Propers of the Mass will be sung by the Saint Mary Mother of God schola from Washington. Several preludes will be sung by guest choirs, including one from the Lyceum School in South Euclid, Ohio, and another choir from Saint John the Baptist Church in Allentown, N.J.