Group Shot after Mass of St. Stephen

Tuesday, December 26: Mass for the Feast of St. Stephen Protomartyr

Martyrdom of St. Stephen,1560, Giorgio Vasari 

Tuesday, December 26, 11:00 (AM)

SUNG TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS

for the Feast of St. Stephen Protomartyr

Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Christopher Mahowald, F.S.S.P.

St. John of the Cross Catholic Church

8086 Broadway

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

Please come and join us on St. Stephen's Day (December 26), at 11 in the morning, at St. John of the Cross in Lemon Grove. Fr. Mahowald will celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass and the brothers will serve at the altar and sing Gregorian chants for the ordinary and proper. A very Happy Christmas to all our friends and benefactors!

Sunday, December 10: Vespers of the 2nd Sunday of Advent

John sends two disciples to Jesus,
Jerome Nadal, S.J. (1507-1580)

Sunday, December 10, 15:00 (3:00 PM)

 Vespers of the 2nd Sunday of Advent

with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Hebdomadary: Rev. Dn. James Stanley

St. John of the Cross Catholic Church

8086 Broadway

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

The disciples of John the Baptist were waiting for the Messiah. But they would not believe their teacher when he told them that Jesus was the Christ. So they are sent to meet the Lord. He shows them His miracles, proofs of His divinity, and praises His Forerunner. The antiphon of the Magnificat canticle makes this present through Gregorian chant. Come and join us for Vespers of the 2nd Sunday of Advent!

Mass of St. Didacus, Holy Patron of America's Finest City

Photos of 1st Vespers of St. Didacus

Sunday November, 12 and Monday, 13: First Vespers and Mass of St. Didacus

Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664):

St. Didacus of Alcalá

Sunday, October 12, 15:00 (3:00 PM)
First Vespers for the Feast of St. Didacus of Alcalá 

with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Hebdomadary: Rev. Dn. James Stanley

St. John of the Cross Catholic Church

8086 Broadway

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

Monday, November  13 19:30 (7:30 PM)

SUNG TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS

with Gregorian Chant 

for the feast of St. Didacus of Alcalá

Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Anthony Dorsa, F.S.S.P. 

Immaculate Conception Church

2540 San Diego Ave, San Diego, CA 92110

America's Finest City is named after a XV century Franciscan lay-brother, Didacus  (Diego in Spanish) of Alcalá, who was known during his life time for his great, piety,  love for the destitute, and for several miracles, which continued also after his death.  Come to St John the Cross in Lemon Grove on Sunday and to Immaculate Conception in Old Town on Monday to experience respectively sung Vespers and Traditional Latin Mass for the feast of our patron saint. 

All Souls' Day at St. Charles in Imperial Beach

Video clip and photos from Vespers of All Saints 2017

Events for All Saints and All Souls Tide.

Maestro d'Artés
The Last Judgment and the Mass of Saint Gregory

Tuesday, October  31, 18:00 (6:00 P.M.)

 Solemn Vespers of All Saints with Benediction

Mass (Ordinary Form), and Procession

Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Peter Navarra

St. John of the Cross Catholic Church

8086 Broadway

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

Thursday, November 2, 19:30 (19:30 PM)

Sung Traditional Requiem Mass 

Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Burt J. Boudoin

St. Charles Parish
Imperial Beach
990 Saturn Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92154

Tuesday, October  31, at  St. John of the Cross in Lemon Grove:  Solemn (1962 Rite) Choral Vespers (with assistants in cope), featuring music by Festa, Soriano, and Gabrielli; followed by parish Mass (1970 Rite), featuring the Missa O Quam Gloriosum of Tomás Luis de Victoria; followed by a candle-light procession around the grounds of St. John's, chanting the Gregorian Litany of the Saints. A GLORIOUS way to "Reclaim All Hallow's Eve for Christ!" Kids in costumes are welcome, but NO GHOULS PLEASE. Instead, feel free to dress as a Catholic saint (even if the one you choose has already been martyred!). 
Thursday, November 2, at St. Charles Borromeo in Imperial Beach: Requiem Missa Cantata (1962 Rite) for the Commemoration of All Souls. Ordinary will feature the Requiem Mass of Clemens non Papa (ca. 1475) and full Gregorian propers.

Photo after Votive Mass of St. Philip Neri

Saturday, October 21: Votive Mass of St. Philip Neri

Conca, Sebastiano (1680 - 1764)
The Madonna Appearing to St. Philip Neri

Saturday, October 21, 11:00 (11:00 A.M.)

Sung Votive Mass of St. Philip Neri 

in the Traditional Roman Rite

 Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Victor Sczurek, O.Præm.

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church of Encinitas 

1001 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas, CA 92024

Because of circumstances beyond our control, we could not celebrate the feast day of our holy patron, St. Philip Neri, on May 26. Therefore we honor him belatedly with a votive sung Mass. This Traditional Latin Mass  will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist church in Encinitas. The brothers will sing the proper and ordinary in Gregorian chant. Please join us.

Sunday, October 8: Vespers of the XVIII Sunday after Pentecost

Unknown Artist. Christ Heals the Paralytic.
Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in Nuovo. Ravenna, Italy. 6th century

Sunday, October 8, 15:00 (3:00 PM)
Vespers for the XVIII Sunday after Pentecost
with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Hebdomadary: Rev. Fr. Peter Navarra

St. John of the Cross Catholic Church

8086 Broadway

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

Join us at St. John of the Cross church in Lemon Grove to celebrate traditional Vespers in Gregorian chant!  Thus writes St. Hilary of  Poitiers (c. 300 – c. 368)  about the healing  of the paralytic, which we find in the Gospel of the 18th Sunday after Pentecost: In this paralytic the whole Gentile world is offered for healing, he is therefore brought by the ministration of Angels; he is called Son, because he is God’s work; the sins of his soul which the Law could not remit are remitted him; for faith only justifies. Lastly, he shews the power of the resurrection, by taking up his bed, teaching that all sickness shall then be no more found in the body. 

Procession in Honor of Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy

On Sunday afternoon the Brothers were honored to carry the canopy in the procession in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy, San Diego. Our thanks to Fr. Joseph Tabigue, C.R.S.P., for keeping us in mind, and allowing us to serve. Laus Deo!!

Images of Mass of St. Jerome