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).

Images from Second Vespers of the Annunciation

The humeral veil laid out before Vespers.

Sacristy crucifix.

Detail of the Humeral Veil.

Vintage Marian Cope.

Marian Cope detail.

St. Charles' Monstrance.

Monstrance detail.

The Brothers, Psalmists and Fr. Boudoin staying loose before Vespers begins.

The Brothers and Psalmists after Vespers in the Sanctuary.

The Translation of the Most Blessed Sacrament.