Images from Ash Wednesday 2012. St. Anne's Church. San Diego, CA.

February 22: Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, February 22, 19:00 (7:00 P.M.)

Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form

for Ash Wednesday

Celebrant: Rev. Carl N. Gismondi, Jr., F.S.S.P.

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St. San Diego, CA 92113-2396

The Brothers of the Little Oratory in San Diego have been invited by Fr. Gismondi, pastor of St. Anne's, to sing the Gregorian chant propers and ordinary for the ceremonies of Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. On Ash Wednesday, the faithful are signed with the blessed ashes and are sternly reminded: Remember O man, that dust thou art, and to dust thou shalt return. (Gen. 3:19). Let us then cast aside what is transitory and aim at the eternal: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. 

Images From Candlemas

The altar is prepared for mass.

Gold vestments for mass.

A brother lights the altar candles.

Before mass begins, the priest blesses the candles.

After the Blessing of the Candles and Procession, the priest vests for mass.

Fr. Burt Boudoin, of St. Charles Parish Church (Imperial Beach).

The Four Evangelists, in stained glass.

The Elevation of the Host.

The Elevation of the Chalice.

"Domine, non sum dignus..."