Friday, Jan. 26: Anniversary of St. Joseph Cathedral

A postcard of St. Joseph's Cathedral from the SDSU Digital Collection

Friday, January 26, 18:30 ( 6:30 P.M.)

Sung Traditional Latin Mass of

the Anniversary of the Dedication of

St. Joseph Cathedral, seat of the

Diocese of San Diego

Celebrant: TBD.

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St. San Diego, CA 92113-2396

Text with translation for printing or reading on mobile devices.

Originally founded as St. Joseph's Parish by Fr. Antonio Ubach, the current building was dedicated on January 26, 1941, five years after the Diocese of San Diego separated from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Per the traditional rubrics, the anniversary of the dedication of a diocesan cathedral is to be celebrated as a 1st Class feast in all churches of the diocese. The Brothers of the Little Oratory will be singing the Mass for this feast at St. Anne Catholic Church in Logan Heights in celebration of the current cathedrals 83rd anniversary. We're very pleased to have done Vespers and Mass at St. Joseph's in the past, and we pray that we'll be able to do so again in the future. Please do join us!

St. Philip, Childermas, and the English Martyrs

Merry Christmas to all!

Today begins the Childermas Octave ("childer" being an archaic form of "child" and a cognate of the German word "kinder"), commemorating the martyrdom of the Holy Innocents. Cardinal Gasquet wrote about how St. Philip used to greet the students of the Venerable English College in Rome with the first line of the Lauds hymn of the Holy Innocents, Salvete flores martyrum ("Hail ye flowers of the martyrs!"). This was of course referencing the sweet fate of many English priests, who obtained the martyr's crown during the persecutions in Elizabethan England.

Proud indeed must be every son of the Roman Alma Mater at the thought of the heroic sufferings and deaths of so many of the old students of the Venerabile, and of the fact that the very foundations of the College were washed, as it were, by the blood of the many martyrs who went forth as priests from its walls to help to preserve the Catholic religion in England. They were true heroes in every sense of the word, knowing as they did that they were preparing themselves in their college life for certain persecution and possible death, in the exercise of their ministry in England. This is why the sweet St. Philip, who lived close to the College, on meeting them in the streets was wont to salute them with the words of the hymn for the feast of the Holy Innocents, Salvete Flores Martyrum.

Young C.B. members in our diocesan newspaper

A couple of Chorus Breviarii members had their photo from the January 2023 SD Walk for Life featured in the November issue of the Diocese of San Diego's news publication, The Southern Cross. Among the ones depicted included C.B. Murrieta's Gabe Palencia, creator of the pro-life publication The Mission Mail. The photo was used to promote a video contest (that none of us are really that familiar with!) related to the 2024 Walk. The January 2024 Walk for Life will be on the morning of Saturday, January 13, 2024 (Epiphany Octave / The Baptism of Our Lord) from 8:30 a.m. to noon. On the same day, the quarterly Men's Rosary March at San Juan Capistrano will be held at 9:30 a.m. for Catholic men only in Southern California. Whichever event you choose to attend, we encourage you to pray for an end to abortion and the liberation of the Traditional Mass. 

Special thanks to a woman at St. Anne Catholic Church for handing us a newspaper clipping featuring our photo to bring this to our attention.

Lucius Sulla is Coming to Town

Gaudete omnes! Yesterday, the Brothers and friends had a party to celebrate Gaudete Sunday and the imminent arrival of Christmas. We will post some of the highlights at a later date, but in the meantime, we would like to present you with a live recording of our own Fratellino performing his Roman spin on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." The meme comparing Santa to Sulla has been floating around the Internet for some time, with even Elon Musk posting it on his account. Christopher Check, President of Catholic Answers, enjoyed this song when Fratellino performed it at a Christmas party a couple years back. Hopefully you will enjoy it too!

Monday, Dec. 11: 1st Vespers of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Flyer featuring San Juan Diego's vision w/
Franciscan Breviary from Mission San Luis Rey

Monday, December 11, 17:30 ( 5:30 P.M.)

 1st Vespers of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St. San Diego, CA 92113-2396

Text of Vespers with translation for printing or reading on mobile devices.

Join us in celebrating 1st Vespers of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Anne Catholic Church in Logan Heights at 5:30 p.m. on December 11. Come and commemorate the Patroness of the Americas in the Octave of Our Lady's Immaculate Conception. Following Vespers will be the celebration of Sung Mass for Pope St. Damasus I.

Calendar misalignments and St. Didacus

There is still a great deal of confusion in the United States on when to celebrate the Feast of St. Didacus in the Traditional Roman Rite due to the conflict of multiple calendars (see the image below). Until the bishops begin using their authority to govern liturgical observances in their diocese (beyond unjust restrictions of the Mass or strange celebrations of diversity and environmentalism), then we will expect this confusion to continue.

Happy Feast of San Diego!

Photos from All Hallows 2023

Eighteen men sang in choir for 1st Vespers of All Saints this year, including servers from St. Anne and the folks from Chorus Breviarii Murrieta. Some of us gathered at Fratellino's house for warm cider and other treats proper to the evening. Onward to future events!

"Now that God and His saints have been duly praised, the minions of darkness may be duly mocked."

Courtesy: Vaticanguard

Courtesy: Fratellino