Sunday, May 5: Vespers of the 4th Sunday after Easter

Jesus bids farewell to the disciples
Jerome Nadal, S.J.  (1507-1580)
Woodcut

Sunday, May 5, 15:30 (3:30 PM)

 Vespers of the 4th Sunday after Easter
with Benediction

Hebdomadary: Rev. Fr. Burt Boudoin

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

The atmosphere of Vespers is perfect for the slightly melancholic Sundays preceding the Ascension. Christ is about to leave His disciple and return to the Father, from Whom He was sent. This will fill the disciples with sadness but only temporarily. Soon the Father will pour the Holy Spirit to console and strengthen the orphaned disciples.  Vespers in the traditional Roman Rite will be sung at St. Charles in Imperial Beach this Sunday at 15:30 (3:30 P.M.).

Friday, April 27: Mass of St. Peter Canisius

St. Peter Canisius, S.J.
Anonymous 1699

Friday, April 27, 19:30 (7:30 P.M.)

Sung  Mass for the Feast

of St. Peter Canisius

Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Harry Neely, O.S.A. 

St. Augustine Monastery Chapel

3266 Nutmeg St., San Diego, CA 92104

The Dutch Jesuit priest Pieter Kanis (1521-1597) preached successfully against the spread of Protestantism using a frank and straightforward approach. Because of  his heroic virtues, he was canonized and declared Doctor of the Church in 1925. The Traditional Latin Mass for his feast day will be sung at St. Augustine's Monastery chapel this coming Friday at 19:30 (7:30 PM). Come and join us!

Photos from Georgemass

Monday, April 23: Mass of St. George

St. George's Battle with the Dragon
Vitale da Bologna, 1350.

Monday, April 23, 19:30 (7:30 PM)

Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form

for the Feast of St. George

Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Federico Masutti, F.S.S.P.

St. John of the Cross Catholic Church

8086 Broadway

Lemon Grove, CA 91945

On April 23, we celebrate the feast of a famous saint and martyr about whom very little is actually known. However, the legend of St. George slaying the dragon is universally famous, providing a powerful and fascinating archetype, an image of the triumph of reason, enlightened by faith, over the passions that had imprisoned the soul. Come to  St. John of the Cross in Lemon Grove and experience the Traditional Latin Mass for the feast of St. George.

This Is The Day Which The Lord Hath Made

To all our readers, friends, and benefactor we wish a very Happy Easter of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Some Photos of Tenebrae

Singing the responsories in our tone.

Frater Ron reading his lesson from the Lamentations of Jeremiah

The cantors pre-intoning the antiphons

Andrea extinguishing a candle at the end of each psalm

Group photo with Fr. Sta. Ana and Fr. De Four.

April 4, Tenebrae

Man of Sorrow, Albrecht Dürer, 1511, woodcut

Wednesday, April 4, 19:00 (7 P.M.)

TENEBRAE

the Office of Matins and

Lauds of Maundy Thursday

Hebdomadary: Rev. Fr. Eugene Sta. Ana

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

1638 Polk Avenue

San Diego, CA 92103-2622

Please join for this year's Tenebrae, the office of Matins and Lauds, focusing on the passion of Christ, sung in Latin in Gregorian chant. 

We invite our readers, friends, and benefactors to download, print, and distribute the flier for this event (click on the image).