Better futures for Philipmas

Buona Festa!

With the Octave of Pentecost complete and Trinity Sunday falling on our holy founder's dies natalis, today is celebrated the transferred Solemnity of our beloved St. Philip, who was truly filled with the gifts of the same Holy Ghost we celebrated over the past week. With the unjust restrictions on the traditional rites in our diocese, openly celebrating Philiptide with the bare minimum of either Vespers or St. Philip's distinctive Oratorian Mass has become very difficult. We look forward to the day that we are once again able to celebrate our founder's cheer and spirituality with events like Musical Oratory, Solemn Vespers, and the celebration of Mass, even at St. Joseph's Cathedral.

Here are some links below showcasing some previous activities during both Philiptide and other Oratorian Weeks.

• 30 June, 2008 - "Oratory Week in San Diego"
• 16 July, 2008 - "Oratory Week in San Diego Successfully Concluded with Vespers in St. Joseph Cathedral"
• 8 June, 2009 - "St. Philip's Celebrations 2009"

+ I.D.S.P.N.

Two Dioceses, Two Levels of Awareness

We would have you know that the presence of green altar cloths, green commercial sanctuary banners, and other green Novus Ordo decorations at this year's Whitsun Vespers were not a generous nod to the vestments that would be used for Pentecost at the yet-to-be-built Ukrainian Catholic Church down the road in Santee. More likely, as we wrote on Instagram, it would appear that the army of parish decorators immediately set up for the Feast of the Tears of Paul VI immediately following the conclusion of the 10AM Mass. Perhaps they were more eager to say "come untimely green" rather than "come Holy Ghost." After all, it removes the need for the parish decorators to have to go back to church on Monday. Fratellino, who provided the images here, has his own comment below.

From Fratellino:

Veni Creator Spiritus. Pentecost has come at last. Full Masses at Holy Martyrs, Murrieta; and Vespers at Guardian Angels, Santee, where exactly one person (NOT a parishioner) bothered to attend. What a difference a diocese makes!

Novena to St. Philip 2024

The Novena to St. Philip in anticipation of his feast begins today.

We here in San Diego use the version provided on Liturgia Latina linked below.

Novena of St. Philip Neri by St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

Note that because the normal date for Philipmas coincides with Trinity Sunday this year, the various Oratories will be celebrating his solemnities on May 27, rather than May 26.

Sunday, May 19: 2nd Vespers of Pentecost Sunday

 

Descent of the Holy Ghost
Anonymous Hungarian, 1510

Sunday, May 19, 16:00 (4:00 PM)

Second Vespers of the Whit Sunday
with Benediction

Hebdomadary: Rev. Fr. André Ramos

Guardian Angels Catholic Church
9310 Dalehurst Rd
Santee, CA 92071

 Text with translation for printing or mobile devices.

Fr. Ramos has welcomed us again for the celebration of Vespers in Santee. This coming Sunday we will be celebrating the arrival of the Holy Ghost promised by Our Lord before His Ascension into heaven. Please join us in Santee to listen to and celebrate the glorious Feast of Pentecost in the universal tongue of the Latin Church.

Throwback to a 2008 San Diego Brother

Those who keep up with New Liturgical Movement may have seen that our Brother Robert Keim has been welcomed as a new member of NLM's writing staff. Congratulations to him!

Frater Robert was part of the group of Brothers admitted to the Oratory in 2008, the others being the late John J. Velasco, his son Christopher, Wayne Lam, Richard Dawes, and George Pecoraro. 

Frater Robert reading from
Fr. Bacci's life of St. Philip in a
 Precious Blood robe.

It seems that all our articles that mention him are nearly 15 years old or older! There are some great photos included, so we encourage you to take a look.

• 23 Jan. 2008 - "New Oratorian Brothers for San Diego"
  
• 23 Jan. 2008 - "Six new San Diego Brothers admitted in London"
  
• 27 May 2008 - "Brothers in our Prayers and General Intentions this Philiptide"
  
• 8 Jun. 2009 - "St. Philip's Celebrations 2009"
  

Additionally, Frater Robert accompanied Fratellino and Frater Richard to sing for a Solemn High Mass in Orange County over a decade ago.

St. John the Evangelist, Costa Mesa, 2013

For those interested in Mr. Keim's first few articles from New Liturgical Movement, we have them linked below.

• The Exsultet, The Happy Fault, and the Queen of Heaven
  
• The Bells of Easter, Part 1: The Golden Bells of the High Priest
• The Bells of Easter, Part 2: Bell-Song of the Risen Christ
  

Additionally, he is one of the twenty-six authors included in Dr. Peter Kwasniewski's book Ultramontanism and Tradition: The Role of Papal Authority in the Catholic Faith, with some of the other authors including Cardinal Burke, Bishop Schneider, and Dr. Joseph Shaw of the Latin Mass Society, as well as fellow Southern Californians Dr. Ed Feser and Charles A. Coulombe. Dr. Kwasniewski has information on the book here.

Wednesday, May 8: 1st Vespers of the Ascension

Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619)
The Ascension (1597)

Wednesday, May 8, 19:30 (7:30 PM)

First Vespers of the Ascension

w/ Benediction

Hebdomadary: Rev. Fr. Jesus Valenzuela, F.S.S.P.

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St. San Diego, CA 92113-2396

 Text with translation for printing or mobile devices.

Next week, the Brothers will celebrate the conclusion of Our Lord's forty days walking among the disciples after His Resurrection with Sung Vespers and Benediction at St. Anne Catholic Church. This event is sponsored by the parish's young adult group. Come join us!