Fourth Annual Solemn Mass of the Assumption at Camden’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
On Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 4:00 PM, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Broadway and Market St., Camden, NJ, will be the setting for a Solemn High Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass will be celebrated according to the 1962 Traditional Roman Rite.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Reverend Robert Pasley, Rector of Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church, Berlin, a mission of St. Edward’s parish, Pine Hill, in the diocese of Camden New Jersey, will celebrate this Solemn Mass in thanksgiving for the canonical establishment of Mater Ecclesiae, a diocesan entity whose charism is the celebration of Mass and Sacraments according to the liturgical books of 1962. Assisting Father Pasley will be Reverend Mr. Michael Magiera, FSSP, deacon, and the Reverend James Bartoloma, subdeacon. The Reverend Anthony Manuppella, KHS, will preach. The Ars Laudis Festival Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of artistic director Dr. Timothy McDonnell, returns once again to accompany the Mass, offering Franz Josef Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) along with Gregorian propers, the hymns O Sanctissima and Hail Holy Queen Enthroned Above, the Ave, Virgo Sanctissima by Francisco Guerrera, the Ave Verum Corpus, by W.A. Mozart, Laudate Dominum by G.P. Teleman and the Tumpet Tune by Nicholas Guy. The Organ selections, performed by Mr. Karl Tricomi, include, the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major and the Variatio XXII from the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach, the Regina Coeli from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, and the Organ Symphonie No. 1, Finale by Louis Vierne
Secure parking is available adjacent to the cathedral. For more information, including directions to the cathedral, please call 856-753-3408 or visit our website at www.materecclesiae.org.
Responding to the Holy Father’s Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei, former Bishop of Camden, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Nicolas Di Marzio, established Mater Ecclesiae on October 13, 2000, the anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima. Continuing the tradition is His Excellency, the Most Reverend Joseph Galante, present Bishop of Camden. Mater Ecclesiae is most grateful for the gracious permission and support extended by these two prelates.
On Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 4:00 PM, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Broadway and Market St., Camden, NJ, will be the setting for a Solemn High Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Mass will be celebrated according to the 1962 Traditional Roman Rite.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Reverend Robert Pasley, Rector of Mater Ecclesiae Roman Catholic Church, Berlin, a mission of St. Edward’s parish, Pine Hill, in the diocese of Camden New Jersey, will celebrate this Solemn Mass in thanksgiving for the canonical establishment of Mater Ecclesiae, a diocesan entity whose charism is the celebration of Mass and Sacraments according to the liturgical books of 1962. Assisting Father Pasley will be Reverend Mr. Michael Magiera, FSSP, deacon, and the Reverend James Bartoloma, subdeacon. The Reverend Anthony Manuppella, KHS, will preach. The Ars Laudis Festival Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of artistic director Dr. Timothy McDonnell, returns once again to accompany the Mass, offering Franz Josef Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) along with Gregorian propers, the hymns O Sanctissima and Hail Holy Queen Enthroned Above, the Ave, Virgo Sanctissima by Francisco Guerrera, the Ave Verum Corpus, by W.A. Mozart, Laudate Dominum by G.P. Teleman and the Tumpet Tune by Nicholas Guy. The Organ selections, performed by Mr. Karl Tricomi, include, the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major and the Variatio XXII from the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach, the Regina Coeli from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, and the Organ Symphonie No. 1, Finale by Louis Vierne
Secure parking is available adjacent to the cathedral. For more information, including directions to the cathedral, please call 856-753-3408 or visit our website at www.materecclesiae.org.
Responding to the Holy Father’s Motu Proprio Ecclesia Dei, former Bishop of Camden, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Nicolas Di Marzio, established Mater Ecclesiae on October 13, 2000, the anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady at Fatima. Continuing the tradition is His Excellency, the Most Reverend Joseph Galante, present Bishop of Camden. Mater Ecclesiae is most grateful for the gracious permission and support extended by these two prelates.
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I was able to attend this most beautiful event, the first Mass using the 1962 Missal for which I have been present.
Having arrived approximately twenty minutes early, I was able to find a seat in one of the last three pews. By Mass time, the church was full of people of all ages.
The congregation sang at various times with a very full and warm sound. In fact, they sang the Asperges Me from memory, and I must confess that I was lucky to have a Graduale Triplex with me so that I could join them. Clearly, congregational singing is thriving at Mater Ecclesiae.
The chorus, orchestra, schola, and organist made magnificent music worthy of being heard in the world's greatest cathedrals. It is worth noting that their work was not a performance, and it did not impede participatio actuosa. In fact, as the sounds of Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass rang out from the choir loft, there was a sense that we were indeed participating in the Heavenly Liturgy.
The Recessional Hymn is entitled to special mention. Dr. Timothy McDonnell, who directed the orchestra and chorus, arranged "Hail! Holy Queen Enthroned Above" in splendid fashion, employing congregation, choir, orchestra, and organ in a work of overwhelming beauty.
A few thoughts about this event in relation to modern liturgical practice are inescapable.
The Tridentine Mass is often said to be unappealing, even irrelevant, to modern man. Those who believe this should have been at the cathedral on Sunday, although they would have had to stand in the back of the church for lack of an available seat. It would have been instructive, too, to see the number of priests who participated in choir, not to mention several more who were present in the congregation. It is clear that Pope John Paul II has called for a "wide and generous application" of the old rite for a very good pastoral reason.
It was quite evident that Mater Ecclesiae is a community in the best sense of the word. Many worked together in all kinds of ways in the planning of a glorious liturgy; it was truly a work of the people. Yet, all of this was accomplished without one single hint of the self-conciousness and self-congratulation so typical of worship in many places today.
Having attended this Mass, I wonder all the more whether those who unleash verbal attacks against the Tridentine Rite and its devotees do so in order to discourage a widespread rediscovery of its sturdiness and beauty. Perhaps this comes from a fear of how such a rediscovery could influence the continuing implementation of the Second Vatican Council. After all, I left the cathedral thinking that there was a lot to be learned from this experience.
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