Saturday, June 30 - Sunday, July 1: Seven Churches Tour

Antonio Lafreri (1512-1577) 

Pilgrims visiting the Seven Churches of Rome during the Holy Year of 1575

Saturday, June 30, 19:00 (7 P.M.)

Opening Mass

Sung  Mass for the Feast

of Most Precious Blood

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

St. Augustine Monastery Chapel

3266 Nutmeg St., San Diego, CA 92104

Sunday, July 1, 7:30 (7:30 A.M.)

Commencement of the

Seven Churches Tour

St. Patrick Church

3585 30th Street San Diego, CA 92104

Sunday, July 1,  15:30 (3:30 PM)

Conclusion of the 

Seven Churches Tour

with

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Joseph Tabigue

St. Joseph Cathedral

1355 Third Ave., San Diego, CA 92101

A tour on foot of seven churches in one day, encompassing about 11 miles, over five to six hours, with prayers, spiritual conferences, and singing. This practice is a tradition of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, started by the saint in the 1550's, and continued to this day. Get your walking shoes on, and join us for any or all of the walk. On the vigil of the pilgrimage, Fr. Harry Neely O.S.A. will sing the opening Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite for those participating in the 2012 Tour to the Seven Churches. The public are welcome to attend.

The route of  Seven Churches Tour will touch:

1. St. Patrick Church
2. St. Didacus Church
3. St. John the Evangelist Church
4. St. Vincent de Paul Church
5. Immaculate Conception Church
6. Our Lady of the Rosary Church
7. St. Joseph Cathedral

[UPDATE: notice that the tour will start on Sunday from St. Patrick's]

Tour to the Seven Churches 2012 - "Fortnight for Freedom" Event

This year the Brothers of the Little Oratory will be holding the "Tour to the Seven Churches," timed to coincide with the USCCB's (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) "Fortnight for Freedom," a period dedicated to manifestations of Catholic presence in the public square. The Pilgrimage will open with Holy Mass on Saturday, 30 June at 7:00pm in St. Augustine's Monastery Chapel, South Park. Fr. Harry Neely, O.S.A. will sing the mass. Confessions will be heard, the Pilgrimage songs will be sung, and a spiritual conference will be offered. Meeting once again on Sunday morning, we will depart St. Augustine's Monastery at 7:30am on foot, visiting St. Patrick's, St. John the Evangelist, St. Vincent de Paul, Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of the Rosary, and finishing at St. Joseph's Cathedral. This year, the "Tour" has been granted a Solemn Entrance to St. Joseph's Cathedral, and the opportunity to conclude with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. This year's event is replete with significance, spiritual and secular, and we hope you can join us for the "Tour to the Seven Churches."

More Images From St-Philiptide Weekend

Gold Vestments for the Solemn occassion.

Vestments for St-Philip Neri's mass at St. Augustine Chapel.



Fr. Neely prepares the missal for the mass.

Doning the amice.

Thurifer stoking the thurible charcoals.

The Brethren spiritually prepare for the sacrifice of the mass.

Post-mass in St. Augustine High Prep School Quad.

The Brethren warm-up before singing for a First Holy Communion Mass at St. Mark's Church, San Marcos, CA.

Whitsunday Mass for Veterans at Cal*Vet's Home, Chula Vista, CA.

California Veteran's Home (Chula Vista, CA).
God bless and keep them all!

Slideshow of St. Philip Day's Mass

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Photos from Vespers of St. Philip Neri

May 25-26: Vespers and Mass of St. Philip Neri

The Virgin Appearing to St Philip Neri
Carlo Maratti (1625-1713)

Friday, May 25, 19:00 (7:00 P.M.)

First Vespers of St. Philip Neri 

in the Extraordinary Form

Saturday, May 26, 9:30

Sung Mass of St. Philip Neri 

in the Ordinary Form, in Latin, Ad Orientem

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

St. Augustine Monastery Chapel

3266 Nutmeg St., San Diego, CA 92104

Join us at St. Augustine's Monastery for our annual celebration of the feast of our holy patron,  St. Philip Neri. Vespers will be sung on Friday 25 in the Extraordinary Form. A small standing reception will follow. The  Mass on Saturday  will be celebrated in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, in Latin, Ad Orientem (both the celebrant and the congregation facing the liturgical east).  

Photos from Vespers of the 4th Sunday after Easter

Marching to the sanctuary

Fr. Boudoin is assisted by the MC and the thurifer

Father bows to the cross (the tabernacle is empty).

Chanting the psalmody

Chanting Regina Caeli in front of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The acolytes are about to go to Father 

Marching back to the sacristy