Notice for Ordination of Don Palencia

 REPOSTED FROM THE BROTHERS' BLOG:

St. Peter consecrates Stephen as Deacon (c. 1447-1449)
Fra Angelico (c. 1395 - 1455), Niccoline Chapel fresco

Saturday, September 7, 13:00 (1:00 PM)

Diaconal Ordination of Dr. Don Palencia

for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair

of St. Peter in the Anglican Use

Celebrant: The Most Rev. Steven Joseph Lopes

St. Michael's Abbey

27977 Silverado Canyon Rd, Silverado, CA 92676

The father of Gabriel Palencia of Chorus Breviarii Murrieta will be ordained a deacon on the 1st Saturday of September by the Most Rev. Stephen J. Lopes, Bishop-Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, a special diocese covering the United States and Canada that ministers to those tied to the Anglican Use of the Roman Rite. While ordinations are usually performed at the Ordinariate's Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, TX, Bishop Lopes has received permission from the Norbertines of St. Michael's Abbey to use the abbey church for this year's ceremonies. The ceremony will begin at 1pm and will be followed by a reception in the abbey's courtyard. Our own Fratellino will be directing music for the Anglican Use Mass, and we may even hear some organ playing from Chorus Breviarii member Sam. Come join us for this joyful occasion!

Tenebrae Schedule for 2024

  

Man of Sorrow, Albrecht Dürer, 1511, woodcut

Wednesday, March 27, 19:15 (7:15 P.M.)

TENEBRÆ of Maundy Thursday

Holy Martyrs of England & Wales Catholic Church 

39022 Sky Canyon Dr., Murrieta, CA 92563

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Friday, March 29 & Saturday, March 30, 5:00 (A.M.)

TENEBRÆ of Good Friday & Holy Saturday

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St. San Diego, CA 92113-2396

Tenebrae is the sung offices of Matins and Lauds of each of the three days of the Sacred Triduum. The Psalms and Antiphons will be sung in Gregorian chant, while the Responsories will be sung in our own tones. There is no charge for admission, and all the public are invited to attend. The morning offices at St. Anne will finish around 7:15 a.m. Blessed Triduum to all.

For Friday:

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For Saturday:

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Mission San Diego in Retrospect

Back on the 17th of March, the feast of Saint Patrick, a small group of Chorus Breviarii members and others from Holy Martyrs paid a visit to the Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The mission is significant for a variety of reasons. It was the first mission founded by Saint Junípero Serra in Alta California, being founded alongside the beginnings of the city.

That Lent some of us prayed a 54-day novena to Saint Junípero for the conversion of California. One part of the devotion was to visit one of the 21 California missions during the novena period. We chose to make a day of it and attended daily Mass and Stations of the Cross at the mission.

Mass for the feast of Saint Patrick

 

Afterwards we gathered in the garden in front of the statue of Father Serra and prayed a rosary for the conversion of our home state and an end to the sin of abortion, LGBT confusion, and so on. To accompany our rosary we sung various hymns, such as Holy God We Praise Thy Name, Faith of Our Fathers, and most specially a hymn to Father Serra written by an alumnus of Thomas Aquinas College.

We hope to return to the mission soon and hope that many more Californians will honor their founding father and pray for his intercession for the evangelization of his state which has grown to hate him.

¡San Junípero Serra, reza por nosotros!

¡Viva Cristo Rey y Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe!

 

More photos from the Spreckels Organ Concert

On September 10, some members of both Chorus Breviarii Murrieta and San Diego were invited to sing at the weekly Spreckels Organ Concert in Balboa Park, San Diego. Directed by John Burt Polhamus, we and a variety of singers from other groups opened the concert with My Country 'Tis of Thee.

The main feature of the concert was a series of organ pieces played by Alison Luedecke, including a duet between her and John Polhamus. We then sang two opera pieces: The Roulette Song from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke, and the Pilgrim's Chorus from Richard Wagner's Tannhauser.

The concert concluded with the National Anthem, the Star Spangled Banner.

Read the write-up on the Brothers San Diego blog here.

Scenes from Vespers in May

 

Photos from Thomas L.

First Vespers of the English Martyrs

Saturday, May 6, 17:00 (5:00 P.M.)

First Vespers of the English Martyrs

Holy Martyrs of England & Wales Catholic Church 

39022 Sky Canyon Dr., Murrieta, CA 92563

 First Vespers of the English Martyrs in commemoration of the transferred Patronal feast of Holy Martyrs of England and Wales Catholic Church to be prayed by the Chorus Breviarii and Brothers of the Little Oratory following the 4:00 P.M. vigil mass.