Latin in Patton

Christmas Eve 2011 Traditional Latin Mass at Queen of Peace Church, Patton PA

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Traditional Latin Mass in Patton

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High Mass EVERY 1st and 3rd Sunday!

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We are excited to announce that Traditional Latin HIGH Masses are now celebrated on the

1st and 3rd Sunday of every month at Queen of Peace at 11 AM.

1st Sunday High Mass is celebrated in its full solemnity, with the Asperges (sprinkling with holy water), incensing, torchbearers, and the St. Benedict Schola Cantorum chanting the Mass.

The church breakfast is held from 7 AM to 1 PM.

3rd Sunday (including THIS WEEKEND) a High Mass is celebrated in simpler form at the altar, with the St. Benedict Schola Cantorum chanting the Mass.

The OFFICIAL LatininPatton website is now online

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This blog has served primarily as a way to share photos and local news coverage with fellow members of the TLM community at Queen of Peace in Patton, PA, with little if any commentary.

The OFFICIAL LatininPatton website is now online. Please go to

Latin In Patton

for more info.

!! New Latin Mass Time !!

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The time of the Traditional Latin Mass in Patton is CHANGING.

Beginning on September 5 , the Latin Mass will be celebrated:

Every Sunday at 11 AM

Every Holy Day at 7 PM

This is a permanent change in the Mass schedule——starting in September, the Latin Mass will no longer be celebrated at 1 PM. We hope that moving the Sunday Mass into the morning hours will make it more convenient for our congregants to attend.

[ For the remainder of August, Sunday Mass will continue to be celebrated at 1 PM. ]

Queen of Peace Parish
907 Sixth Ave.
Patton, PA 16668
Phone: (814) 674-8983 Fax: (814) 674-8805
A Parish of The Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown PA

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010

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Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010

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Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010

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Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010

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Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010

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The Saint Benedict Schola Cantorum diligently fulfilling its role in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:

Here is the schola just after our first Missa Cantata at Queen of Peace, on Laetare Sunday, March 2, 2008:

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010

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Fellowship in the Queen of Peace parish hall following mass:

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010

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After Mass, Fr. Ananias blesses the cars:

Sunday, Feb 21 our first SOLEMN High Mass

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On Sunday, Feb 21 our first SOLEMN High Mass will be celebrated at Queen of Peace at 1 PM. This highly ceremonial Mass features three sacred ministers—priest, deacon, and subdeacon—as well as master of ceremonies, thurifer, acolytes, and torchbearers. This liturgy probably will be the first Solemn High Latin Mass celebrated in the diocese in several decades.

ALSO ... the liturgy will feature the Chamber Singers of Clarion University, who will sing a 16th century Mass by Tomas Luis de Victoria entitled O Quam Gloriosum (“O How Glorious”). Sacred motets by Palestrina and other masters will be sung as well.

If you haven't made it to High Mass in Patton yet ... this is one you want to attend!

A "potluck" buffet luncheon will be held in the church hall immediately following the Mass. Those who come are requested to bring a covered dish. If you need food ideas, you may contact Christen at piroch@atlanticbb.net or 814-535-3300.

Celebrated in accordance with the expressed wishes of Pope Benedict XVI,

with the official support of Bishop Joseph Adamec and Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, OSB.

“Hold fast to the traditions you have received ... ” -- 2 Thess. 2:15

+JMJ+

Sunday, October 4 - The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

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Sunday, October 4 The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

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Sunday, October 4 - The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

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Stained glass windows to be installed at Queen of Peace

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See the following link for the stained glass windows to be installed at Queen of Peace:

Queen of Peace Patton PA

These are windows purchased from the Barat Foundation. Associated Crafts is restoring these windows and reinstalling these windows at Queen of Peace

September 27, 2009 Low Mass with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

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September 27, 2009 Low Mass with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

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Altoona Mirror and Johnstown Tribune Democrat articles

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(Click on the photo above to view a large high definition version of the image.)

4/5/09 Johnstown Tribune Democrat article

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Our local newspaper, the Johnstown Tribune Democrat, published an article today about the TLM at Queen of Peace in Patton, PA. (They used two of the photos from our "Latin in Patton" blog):

April 02, 2009 01:32 pm
Patton church brings back all-Latin Mass

BY TOM LAVIS

TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM

The Rev. Ananias Buccicone, OSB, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Patton, celebrates an all-Latin Mass. Queen of Peace is the only church between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to offer the the extraordinary Mass. Submitted photo/ The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.

The extraordinary Mass, also known as the traditional liturgy of the Roman rite, is being reintroduced in the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese.

For the first time in more than 30 years, Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church in Patton is providing the all-Latin Mass, the only church in the diocese to do so.

Many supporters of the traditional Tridentine Mass are convinced that it is a priceless gift that must never be forgotten.

Brian Kopp of Johnstown is proud of the love he has for the old Mass because it offers him and his family many spiritual benefits.

“After the Second Vatican Council, in the mid-1960s, the traditional Latin Mass only was permitted to be celebrated privately by priests,” Kopp said.

But in July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI set in motion an initiative allowing the traditional Latin Mass to be offered publicly. Diocesan Bishop Joseph V. Adamec gave permission to the Rev. Ananias Buccicone, OSB, to celebrate the extraordinary Mass at Queen of Peace on Sunday afternoons.

“We are the only parish between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh to offer the all-Latin Mass,” Kopp said.

“We have had people come from as far away as State College, Indiana, Johnstown, Somerset and even people from the Greensburg Diocese.”

Buccicone, who was ordained in 1993, is required to understand and speak Latin, as well as perform the precise hand movements.

“Not being born before Vatican II, I took it upon myself to learn, because I had a desire to learn the old way,” Buccicone said.

Since Pope Benedict offered the opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary Mass, many seminaries have reintroduced Latin into their curriculums.

Unlike the new or ordinary Mass, in the extraordinary Mass, priests face the altar, not the people. It appears as if the priest is turning his back to the congregation. But Buccicone said the purpose is for the priest to face God.

“The priest is facing liturgical east, facing toward God, and he is acting as the mediator between God and man,” Buccicone said. “It’s like a general leading his troops into battle.

“I don’t view it as turning my back on the people. I view it as leading the people to God and heaven.”

People are invited to attend the extraordinary Mass at 1 p.m. Sundays. On the first Sunday of the month, a high Mass is celebrated with Schola, or choir, singing and Gregorian chant.

On the other Sundays of the month, a low Mass is said, which is the more solemn Mass.

“Anyone desiring to experience the rich liturgical traditions of pre-Vatican II, this is an opportunity to do so,” Buccicone said.

He said priests must be qualified in both the Latin language and the rubrical (text) requirements to properly celebrate the extraordinary form of the Roman rite.

During the high Mass, Gregorian chant and other ancient sacred music and clouds of incense fill the church during the liturgy.

The extraordinary Mass is much different than the ordinary Mass in its silence and lack of response from the congregation.

Latin Masses have been reintroduced at Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church, Patton. Celebrating the extraordinary Mass is the Rev. Ananias Buccicone, OSB. Submitted photo

There is no singing and the congregation does not respond to the priest vocally.

“The silence is overwhelming,” Buccicone said.

“There is much more time for mediation, and it offers an opportunity for contemplation.”

About 150 people attend the extraordinary Mass. The sanctuary has a capacity of nearly 400.

The solemn Mass, which is said completely in Latin, attracts different types of people. Older Catholics enjoy it because it is the Mass of their youth; younger people, including some with families, appreciate the silence and mystery of the Mass.

“Ironically, older people started coming out of a spirit of nostalgia, but they discovered a reverence for the deep and sacred character of the old Mass,” Kopp said.

And younger families have found that the old Mass teaches the centrality of Christ in the Catholic faith.

The focus of the old Mass is God, not man.

“The new Mass is so busy with active participation that no one has time to pray,” Kopp said.

“The old Mass has a sense of mystery and awe that gives participants a time to pray silently and understand the reality of the Mass.”

Buccicone said the majority of people attending the extraordinary Masses are young and middle-aged people.

“They enjoy the solemnity of the Mass and the mysteries that are inherent in the old rite,” he said.

During Holy Communion, communicants must kneel at the rail and take Communion on their tongue.

No one is permitted to touch the host with their hands other than the priest.

The communicant also does not say “amen” after receiving the host, as is now done in the post-Vatican II era.

Instead, the priest says, “May the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ, bring your soul unto everlasting life. Amen.”

Some women in the congregation have returned to the practice of wearing chapel veils, a head covering that displays reverence to the Lord and modesty.

Even the priest’s vestments and acolytes’ cassocks are in the old style.

“I have received calls from priests and convents who have offered me the old vestments that have been stored in closets,” he said. “They are beautiful with some being over 100 years old.”

Upon entering the church, the congregation has access to Latin-English missals, which display both versions.

“The Latin is on the left and English on the right, and people can follow along easily,” Kopp said.

He said the missals help people keep pace with the celebrant as he recites the Latin words. There is no need to actually learn Latin because the translation is already made for the participant.

But learning Latin pronunciation is key to the acolytes who serve the Mass.

Kopp’s 16-year-old son, Michael, said it took about three months to learn the proper Latin pronunciations verbatim.

“There are cards that we can read, but once you do it for a while it becomes natural,” Michael said.

“I would like to see a lot more churches do this because I think a lot of young people would find it gratifying. It takes people to a higher level in realizing that they are in the presence of God, and we are with him at the Mass.”

January 25 Mass - Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

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Here is the photo the Altoona Mirror used on the front page of the Religion section for the recent article:

Altoona Mirror newspaper article on Queen of Peace Patton TLM

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The following article was published January 30, 2009 in the Altoona Mirror newspaper:

Re-establishing the Latin Mass
Catholics sense peace during rite celebrated with times of silence

By Kristy MacKaben

POSTED: January 30, 2009

Photos

(Mirror photo illustration by Patrick Waksmunski) The Rev. Ananias Buccicone, O.S.B., turns to face the congregation before Communion with altar servers Tim Kopp, and Patrick Illig III. Left: Buccicone gives Communion at the Communion rail with the help of altar server Brian Walker of Hollidaysburg.

After a hiatus of more than three decades, the extraordinary Mass, also known as the traditional liturgy of the Roman rite, is being offered again in the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese.
Queen of Peace Church in Patton is the only church in the diocese providing the all-Latin Mass since the mid-1960s.
After the Second Vatican Council, in the mid-1960s, the traditional Latin Mass only was permitted to be celebrated privately by priests.
But in July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI launched an initiative allowing the traditional Latin Mass to be offered publicly. Bishop Joseph V. Adamec gave permission to the Rev. Ananias Buccicone, O.S.B., to celebrate the extraordinary Mass at Queen of Peace Sunday afternoons.
''When the pope allowed it, many requests came to me from within and outside the parish. They said, 'if anybody is going to do it, it's going to be you,'" Buccicone said. ''I have a tendency to be more traditional in the way I celebrate Mass."
To offer the Mass, Buccicone is required to understand and speak Latin, as well as perform the precise hand movements.
Unlike the new or ordinary Mass, in the extraordinary Mass, priests face the altar, not the people. It appears as if the priest is turning his back to the congregation. But, Buccicone said, the purpose is for the priest to face God.
''The priest is facing liturgical east, facing towards God and he is acting as the mediator between God and man, therefore he leads the people into the sanctuary, then acts as the mediator," Buccicone said.
The extraordinary Mass is much different than the ordinary Mass in its silence and lack of response from the congregation.
There is no singing and the congregation does not respond to the priest vocally.
During Holy Communion, communicants must kneel at the rail and take Communion on their tongue.
No one is permitted to touch the host with their hands and the priest must not separate his thumb and forefinger when holding the host, to prevent any particle from falling. The communicant also does not say ''amen" after receiving the host.
Instead, the priest says ''May the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your soul unto everlasting life. Amen."
About 175 people attend the extraordinary Mass Sundays; some come from Lock Haven or Somerset.
The solemn Mass, which is said completely in Latin, attracts different types of people. While older Catholics enjoy it because it is the Mass of their youth; younger people, including some with families, appreciate the silence and mystery of the Mass.
''It's a matter of personal taste. Some will come for nostalgia sake. They remember it as the Mass of their youth.
"Others appreciate it on a very deep level. Low Mass is almost completely silent. Most of the prayers are being prayed with priests facing God. There is a sense of mystery. There's a sense of awe," Buccicone said.
Teresa Bentivegna of Ebensburg attends the extraordinary Mass at Queen of Peace, although she is a member of Holy Name Catholic Church in Ebensburg. She attends church alone while her husband watches her two young children.
''It's kind of my time. It's just very peaceful," Bentivegna said. ''In the world we live in we're surrounded by noise. It's my time with God because it's so peaceful and it totally envelops you without having to make an effort whatsoever."
When Ray Seymour of Loretto heard Buccicone was thinking about offering the Mass, he was excited.
''I had been encouraging it for 15 or 20 years. It's just great that it became available," said Seymour who teaches Latin at Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg. ''It's the Mass of my youth."
Because of his teaching background, Seymour understands the Latin Mass, but missals are provided to the congregation so people can follow it in English.
Seymour and Bentivegna enjoy the solemnity of the Mass, as well as the mystery.
''In the extraordinary form, I think the pressure is off the priest and the pressure is off the people. Sometimes I think we have the idea that the sacraments are something we do for God. In the extraordinary form, it's very evident that God does this for us," Seymour said.
Although Seymour and Bentivegna regularly attend Queen of Peace, they are not members of the church. The diocese does not want people to join Queen of Peace for the reason of the extraordinary Mass. Instead, Catholics are encouraged to join parishes in their communities.
Monsignor Michael Servinsky, vicar general for the diocese, said people should belong to churches in their territories so the priests can better help their members.
''That is in order for the pastor to know you and take care of you. The way the church is structured is you belong to the territory in which you live," Servinsky said.
Buccicone said another reason Catholics should not join Queen of Peace for the sole reason of extraordinary Mass is because he could be transferred at any time to a different parish or assigned back to the monastery.
''People could join here for the old rite and then it wouldn't be offered anymore," Buccicone said.
Anyone is welcome to attend the extraordinary Mass at 1 p.m. Sundays. On the first Sunday of the month, a high Mass is celebrated with choir singing and Gregorian chant. The other three Sundays, a low Mass is said, which is the more solemn Mass.

Christmas 2008 Greetings

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Here is the photo and text of Fr. Ananias' Christmas card for 2008:

IN THIS SEASON OF
EXTRAORDINARY GRACES...
A PROMISED REMEMBRANCE IN AN
OCTAVE OF EXTRAORDINARY MASSES.

P. ANANIAS, O.S.B
QUEEN OF PEACE CHURCH
907 6TH AVE.
PATTON, PA 16668

Summorum Pontificum 1 Year Anniversay: the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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On Sunday, September 14, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a Traditional Latin Mass was celebrated at Queen of Peace Church in Patton in honor of the 1-year anniversary of the institution of Summorum Pontificum. The High Mass was celebrated in solemn form, with full schola chanting the prayers and the celebrant assisted by Master of Ceremonies, thurifer, acolytes, and torchbearers.

Mass was followed by Benediction and the special Benedictine blessing of St. Maurus.

Corpus Christi 2008

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(Many thanks to Teófilo at Vivificat! for adding his pictures and for his technical assistance in preparing the Corpus Christi "slide show" above!)

New shrine rails

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Church Interior

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Laetare Sunday 3/2/08 - Gospel

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Laetare Sunday - High TLM 3/2/08

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