Candlemas at Assumption Grotto; Fr. Aidan Logan visiting

I hated to miss the beautiful Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form (EF) for Candlemas that is taking place at the 9:30 AM Mass today, but I felt it would be too taxing for me (see explanation here). So, I went to 6:30 AM Mass, then remained for a while in prayer.  Also, I am not up to taking photographs right now with my big camera, which weighs about five pounds with my workhorse lens, so even if I had been at the Mass, I would not have been up to my usual photography. Like many other things, this had to be set aside temporarily.

Chris Kolomjec and Fr. Aidan Logan
next to the war memorial in the Grotto
cemetery on Memorial Day 2007

When I got to Grotto before the 6:30 AM Mass started, I noticed we had a visiting priest doing a private low Mass using the 1962 Missal. I took the image at top with my iPhone.  It was Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.s.o. - a Cistercian monk who is a long time military chaplain and friend of parishioner and Marine veteran, Christopher Kolomjec.   Many will recognize him from past visits, especially around Memorial Day or Epiphany.  I was told that Fr. Logan was delivering the homily today at the 9:30  AM Mass.

In January, Fr. Logan became the Vocations Director for the U.S. Archdiocese of Military Services (AMS) in January.  You can see an article here about that, along with his bio, at the AMS website.

Keep him and all of our Catholic military chaplains in your prayers.  Pray especially for vocations. You can support the Archdiocese for Military Services of the USA, and follow news at the AMS website.


Just after 8:00 AM, Fr. Perrone held a quick rehearsal with the altar boys and Fr. Logan ahead of the 9:30 AM Mass.  I happened to be there and shot this video short with my iPhone before I left.  Not seen is the third priest, who was not present for the rehearsal.  This is how Fr. Perrone gets everyone ready before a Solemn High Mass.  Going through the motions, so to speak, of a Mass and candlelight procession that will take just under two hours, might be rehearsed in about 20-30 minutes this way.  Some of the boys were already dressed and others were in street clothes yet.

Candles were being blessed at the 9:30 AM Mass to be used on Monday for the feast of St. Blase, and for people to pick up after Mass for use at home.  This is video from 2013. 

Incidentally, EWTN had on a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for Candlemas, celebrated by Bishop Edward J. Slattery in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma at the  It is supposed to be re-broadcast tonight. Check your local listings.

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Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.s.o. - US Naval Academy Chaplain at Assumption Grotto

Grotto was graced with another visiting priest this weekend, in addition to Fr. Tom Euteneuer. Many recognized him from past visits, but did not know who he was. It was Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.s.o. - a Cistercian who serves as a Catholic Chaplain at the United States Naval Academy in Anapolis, MD. Father periodically stops in - especially over Memorial Day weekend. He is a friend of parishioner Chris Kolomjec who just returned safely from his tour of duty in Iraq. Chris is a Major in the Reserves with the 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, and a member of the K of C. He has been very active at Assumption Grotto since arriving about five years ago.

Father Logan celebrated the 9:30am Latin Novus Ordo, and has been with us at other times during the year, as well. It is always a pleasure to have so many fine priests visit Assumption Grotto - always to our benefit.

I have an affinity for the chasuble worn by Father in the photos above. It is difficult to see the Sacred Heart on the back of this Roman Chasuble (casually referred to as a "fiddle-back" even though it is the front which has the fiddle shape). Click on the photos to enlarge.

Undoubtedly, Fr. Logan will be at the Memorial Day Mass which starts around 9:00 with a flag-raising ceremony. Here is Fr. Logan in last year's procession, just ahead of Fr. Perrone.


Well, it's time to get the camera ready and head out for yet a third, straight day of photography at the Grotto. The Lord has given us a grand, beautiful, sunny day after two days of rain.

Edit: Below are photos of Fr. Aidan Logan and Chris Kolomjec taken right after the social which followed the Mass on Memorial Day 2007.

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Photos from the Tre Ore Service at Assumption Grotto, Good Friday, 2014

Each year the Grotto altar boys have their annual retreat during Holy Week. This year there were 45 boys.  They work hard in preparing for the Triduum in the extraordinary form (1962 Missal).  They also spend time in prayer and have conferences given by the priests, as well as outings, like the one to the final resting place of Venerable Solanus Casey.

Below is a sampling of photos from the Tre Ore service.

Above we see the sacred ministers - Fr. Eduard Perrone (celebrant), Fr. Aidan Logan (deacon) and Fr. John Bustamante (subdeacon) - all wearing black stoles. They will change vestments several times during the Tre Ore service.  In the picture above, Fr. Perrone is praying, in Latin:

O God who, by the Passion of Thy Christ, our Lord, hast loosened the bonds of death, that heritage of the first sin to which all men of later times did succeed: make us so conformed to Him that, as we must needs have bourne the likeness of earthly nature, so we may by santification bear the likeness of heavenly grace. Through the same Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

Next the Passion of Our Lord was chanted by the sacred ministers.

After the Gospel, Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.S.O. delivered the sermon, found here.

The Great Intercessions followed, after the priests vested in black.

The Adoration of the Cross begins. We see it come out covered in purple and gradually uncovered as it is taken up the steps before the altar.  

Next, the sacred ministers remove their shoes and socks with the assistance of altar boys and process back to the altar where they venerate the Cross.

Other clerics in attendance follow, and after them, the altar boys.  The boys in the foreground do not have darker surplices; it is just a difference in lighting within parts of the sanctuary.  During this time, the Reproaches are sung, as well as the Crux Fidelis (The words can be found here, but the Great Intercessions have undergone changes and this online version is as it was in the post-1955 edition).  

The people were then led up to the center and in front of either side altar to venerate the Cross.

The Communion Rite then began. We See Fr. Logan here taking the Blessed Sacrament from the Altar of Repose to the main altar, as well as that which was stored in a room within the sacristy.

Since there is no Mass, this Holy Communion, which was reserved, will be distributed.  I did not photograph Communion.

Ecce Agnus Dei… 

See many more photos from Good Friday 2014 at my Smugmug Gallery.  Please link to this post rather than directly to the gallery, so people can get information not found there.  

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Photopost: 2010 Christmas Midnight Mass...

Rev. Aidan Logan, O.C.S.O. Elevates the Chalice during the Solemn High Mass (1962 Missal)

I have a second photopost coming of something very special which took place after Midnight Mass in the parish Church.  Perhaps tomorrow I will have that up, so do check back.

With regards to photographing Midnight Mass, I am in the choir so the best I could do was to take a few photos from the risers in the back. 

This was an orchestra Mass (see details here with dates for remaining Masses featuring this music).  It was a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form with Cistercian, Rev. Aidan Logan as the celebrant and homilist (you may notice that he is wearing his cowl and not a biretta).  Fr. Logan, who also serves as a military chaplain, is a periodic visitor to Assumption Grotto.

Here are some photos I captured of the Mass, and a few of Fr. Perrone conducting.

 

You can see more at my Smugmug gallery for 2010 Midnight Mass

More to come.....

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Photopost: Start Memorial Day with Mass for those who died serving our country

Memorial Day 2008 at Assumption Grotto
Priests and deacons (left to right): Military chaplain and Cistercian - Rev. Aidan Logan, OCso (hooded), transitional deacon Charles White IV (to be ordained next Saturday for the Archdiocese of Detroit; will celebrate first Mass - TLM on Pentecost at Grotto), Assumption Grotto pastor - Rev. Eduard Perrone, permanent deacon Jim Wilder, and associate pastor - Rev. John Bustamante.

Each Memorial Day, many Grotto-goers meet just before 9:00am for a procession to the flag pole, led by war veterans and family. It is a silent procession, and one that is solemn. Priests and altar boys stand and watch as the flag is raised, then lowered, to the sound of veteran who plays "Taps".

We often have a visitor on Memorial Day - Fr. Aidan Logan, OCso - a Cistercian monk and military chaplain (seen in the slideshow below with the hood). I am unsure if he will be with us this year. All process to the Church for Mass. Following Mass, there is a procession to the cemetery where all gather around the War Veterans monument for a brief ceremony.

Come to Assumption Grotto around 8:45 to start your day. Memorial Day is about those who died serving our country. What better give can we give them, than to remember them, and to pray for the repose of their souls? I am not sure at this time if Mass will be in the ordinary form, or extraordinary form. I may edit this post later if I hear back from Fr. Perrone.

I will be there honoring my uncle Eddie, whom I never knew, but always remember on Memorial Day. He was killed in action on May 24, 1944. He was a TSgt with the 741st Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group (Heavy). He was awarded an Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, and a Purple Heart. His plane went down just off the shore of Italy and he was not recovered. His name appears on the "Tablet of the Missing" in Florence, Italy. I learned his name was on the Tablets of the Missing through the American Battle Monuments Commission. Being a family member, I received a free photo of his name on the monument and some other information by writing to them.

Weather permitting, I hope to get more photos again this year, but these will be hard to top.


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Good Friday Sermon of Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.S.O.

Below is the text of Fr. Aidan Logan's sermon which was delivered during the Tre Ore service at Assumption Grotto.  He is seen above taking the Blessed Sacrament from the Altar of Repose to the main Altar just before Communion on Good Friday.

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Sermon

Good Friday, 2014

Assumption Grotto Church, Detroit

But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead,

they did not break his legs,

but one soldier thrust his lance into his side,

and immediately blood and water flowed out.

An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true;

he knows that he is speaking the truth,

so that you also may come to believe.

For this happened so that the Scripture passage might be fulfilled:

“Not a bone of it will be broken.”

And again another passage says:

“They will look upon him whom they have pierced.”

We are so used to hearing the gospel accounts of our Lord’s passion and death that we can miss things that that for those who wrote them and who first heard them were of great importance. The piercing of our Lord’s side and the blood and water that poured out is a case in point. Jesus is dead. The perfect and eternal sacrifice is complete. What more can be said? A great deal!

In sacred scripture blood is much more than a biological phenomenon. Blood is the very stuff of life. We might even say that for Moses and the prophets blood was where the soul resided. And in a certain sense they were right. Remove the blood or stop the heart of any living thing and death is inevitable.

From the very beginning blood has almost a personality of it’s own. Behold, said God to Cane, your brother’s blood is crying out  from the ground. The blood of the Passover Lamb saved the firstborn of Israel. The covenant of Sinai was sealed with blood sprinkled upon the altar, the book of the law and the people. The Law of Moses forbade the consumption of blood and contact with blood rendered one ritually impure. Because the spilling of blood meant death, contact with blood incurred, if not absolute guilt, then at least involvement in death.

This explains why the crowd was so perplexed and even outraged  when, in response to their question “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”  Jesus said: Unless you eat he flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man you have no life in you. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

One of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance and immediately the flowed out blood and water. Not just a trickle but a flow and in reality an overwhelming torrent! For this is not any ordinary blood and water coming from a dead body hanging on a cross. This is the lifeblood of God-made-man.

In St. Matthew’s passion narrative we read:

When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all,

but that a riot was breaking out instead,

he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd,

saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood.

Look to it yourselves.”

And the whole people said in reply,

“His blood be upon us and upon our children.”

 

“His blood be upon us and upon our children.”  These chilling words, like so much else in the passion of Christ, are words of unintended prophesy. Uttered in hatred they reveal to us the infinite love of God.

Is it not better that one man should die for the people? … All hail, king of the Jews! … I find no guilt in him. … Over his head they wrote the accusation: Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

His blood be upon us and upon our children. And it is. It is upon all of us. By our sins we are all implicated in his death. By his mercy we are washed clean of sin in his blood. His blood cries out from the ground more loudly and eloquently than that of Able. Not to accuse of sin but to call down upon us the mercy and love of God. His blood marks the doorposts of our souls warding off the angel of eternal death and beaconing that angel who will lead us to eternal life. His blood be upon us and upon our children.

This flow, this mighty torrent of blood and water is the sacramental life of the Church. It is inexhaustible. It springs up wherever the waters of Baptism flow, wherever the Chalice of Salvation is lifted up. Our Lord calls to each of us from the royal throne of his cross:

Washed and be made clean! Come, drink of the fountain of eternal life!

His blood be upon us and upon our children. What better prayer can we offer on this Good Friday? How else can we respond to the infinite love of God revealed to us on the cross? Is there any other way to accept with all our hearts the boundless mercy and compassion of God revealed in our Lord Jesus Christ than to say with all our hearts: His blood be upon us and upon our children?

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Holy Thursday Sermon of Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.S.O.

Fr. Aidan Logan is spending Holy Week at Assumption Grotto and below is text of his Holy Thursday sermon.

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Sermon

Holy Thursday, 2014

Assumption Grotto Church, Detroit

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread. And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration of me. In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me.

For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come. Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you, and many sleep.

These lines from tonight’s epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians are the earliest written record we have of the Last Supper and the Institution of the Holy Eucharist, the sacrament and the sacrifice of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this epistle, this letter of instruction, St. Paul not only recounts the words and actions of our Blessed Lord but also lays out for us the foundation of our Catholic Faith concerning the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Holy Communion in the Body and Blood of Christ.

Under the old Law God’s holy people offered animal sacrifices in atonement for their sins and in thanksgiving for God’s mercy. Along with daily sacrifices for individual sins and the sacrifices offered on special occasions, like the birth of a first-born son, the sacrifice of the Day of Atonement in the fall of each year was the principal offering for sin and the Passover Sacrifice offered at the first full moon of spring was the great act of Thanksgiving for the deliverance of Israel from bondage in Egypt. From the first Passover to our Lord’s own day every firstborn male of man and beast was to be sacrificed to God. Of course the Jews never offered human sacrifice; firstborn sons were redeemed with the offering an animal sacrifice. So, when the scriptures tell us that Mary gave birth to her firstborn son, we are being told that from the first moment of his conception he was a sacrificial victim. Along with the sacrifice offered to redeem a first-born son, the yearly Passover sacrifice recalled that night when the angel of death passed over the homes of the Israelites marked with the blood of the Passover lamb.

Of course God  made it clear again and again through his prophets that, in fact, he needed no animal sacrifices but rather that his people needed to sacrifice themselves, their hearts and minds, to him. For a people whose wealth and status was found in their flocks and herds the gift of an animal to God and its death meant a death to themselves and the things of this world. Those animals were just symbols of what was really going on: the formation of a people, day by day and year by year, in preparation for that greatest and final sacrifice that would put an end to all others.

And so it was no accident that our Blessed Lord entered upon the course of his passion on the very night when all of Israel fulfilled for the last time God’s command to sacrifice and eat of the Passover Lamb. In all the other sacrifices those who offered them received back a portion of the animal to take home, cook and eat. Other parts of the animal were burned upon the altar or given to the priest for his and his family’s upkeep. Of all the sacrifices, only the Passover Lamb remained whole, not one of its bones broken, roasted and eaten by the family that offered it. So of all the sacrifices, that of the Passover Lamb involved a total consumption of the victim. By eating the Passover Lamb they themselves became the sacrifice and accepted once again their vocation as God’s holy people.

The sacrificial Passover feast also included unleavened bread, the food of nomads, and wine, the fruit of the Promised Land. And so it was that the Word Made Flesh, reclined at the Passover Feast of lamb and bread and wine with his apostles and taking the stuff of the Old Covenant transformed it into the very heart of the New Law and the one perfect sacrifice.

In this he turned the whole dynamic of sacrifice on its head. For now it is God Himself who not only offers the sacrifice, but IS the sacrifice. And being God-made-man, the sacrifice is perfect and need never be repeated. Being God-made-man his sacrifice is beyond time and eternally present before the throne of mercy and justice. Being God-made-man his perfect sacrifice not only forgives sins like the old sacrifices, but goes to the very heart of the matter and heals the alienation between God man caused by sin. Not only that but from now on those who partake of this sacrifice under the appearance of bread and wine do not become one with a dead animal that nourishes the body for this passing life. No, those who enter into union, Holy Communion, with the Body and Blood of Christ become radically one with the risen and glorious Lord Jesus. In Holy Communion we share in the life of God Himself.

All of which brings us back to St. Paul and the Corinthians. Their behavior, aside from dispelling any romantic notions we may have of the early Church, clearly showed that they did not realize what they were doing, or more importantly what God was doing, when they came together to offer the Eucharistic Sacrifice and receive Holy Communion. In fact, St. Paul goes so far as to say that, rather than eating and drinking of the source of eternal life, their feasting calls down upon them judgment of God. In fact, he sais, they are really sound asleep as far as their Christianity goes.

On this Holy Thursday evening when all of Christendom enters mystically and sacramentally into the Great Three Days of Christ’s Passion, Death and Resurrection, we might ask ourselves if we realize what we are doing here and what it means to be one with the perfect and eternal sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ in his Passover from death to life.

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15th Call to Holiness Conference, and Solemn High Mass Photos; Audio and Video

This weekend Call to Holiness had it's 15th conference since it began in 1996.  It was held at the Best Western Sterling Inn in Sterling Heights, Michigan.  Feedback I have gotten thus far has been very positive.  People felt the subject matter helped them to probe their own spiritual lives deeper. The speakers provided people things needed for discernment, especially in the area of the virtues.  As a member of the Board of Directors, I can tell you that we were all very glad that Archbishop Vigneron accepted our invitation to be the keynote speaker.  I also heard many attendees express likewise.

If you could not attend the conference, CD's and DVD's are available through the homepage, calltoholiness.com, by printing a form and sending it in, or by using the online option at Eventbrite. 

What follows are just a few of the many images I took. A link to the gallery will be found after the photos below.  I would appreciate a direct link to this post, rather than to the photo galleries, so people can get the background and other information, including that about audio and video. 

The conference began with a dinner on Friday night.  Dr. Ray Guarendi and Dale Ahlquist played off of one another very well.  We had 250 at the dinner - just 10 shy of the number of place settings.

Friday Night Dinner

Saturday, Main Conference

On Saturday, there were a number of events taking place at the same time.  Years ago, it was hard to find a conference like this and the Call to Holiness conferences would draw from 1000-2000 people.  These days, it is hard for any Catholic apostolate or the Archdiocese of Detroit to plan an event and not have something overlap.  I suppose that is a good problem to have here in metro Detroit.  We were blessed with about 600 people between the 60 in the youth conference and those at the main conference.

We could not have had a finer MC than Dale Ahlquist on Saturday.  I have been aware of G.K. Chesterton and have watched some of Dale's programs on EWTN, but after hearing him speak Friday, I have a desire to finally dig in to some of his writings.

I wish I could summarize what each speaker talked on, but running around taking pictures and tending to other things, I myself rarely get to hear the talks.  I end up getting the DVD's and seeing them after the fact.  Here are photos of the speakers on Saturday.

Sr. John Dominic of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, kicked things off in the main conference.  I saw her booth in the vendor room and I would encourage everyone to visit their webpage for the curriculum they have on the virtues.  They have materials that would be easy to use in the home or in school.  See it here: https://educationinvirtue.com

The president of Call to Holiness, Chris Kolomjec, introduced Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron.  Chris praised him his defense of life, and of traditional marriage.

I heard from a number of people who told me they liked how he broke things down into parts. They felt it was something they could easily walk away with.

Fr. Aidan Logan, o.c.s.o, the Vocations Director for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, U.S.A., is seen listening to Archbishop Vigneron. He had a booth representing his archdiocese in the vendor room.  He celebrated the Noon Mass at Assumption Grotto on Sunday, pictures to follow in this same post.

Here, the Archbishop was encouraging devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and speaking of it's importance.

Naturally, I took more photos of my archbishop, but I like having stock photos too.  Here are two of my favorites.

This photo I call, "The Angelus."  Dale had asked Archbishop Vigneron to say grace as boxed lunches were being wheeled into the hallway.  But His Excellency noted that we were approaching noon and said we should pray the Angelus, after which, he said grace and blessed the food.

As an aside, Archbishop Vigneron will be leading the Helpers of God's Precious Infants of Michigan prayer vigil for life this Saturday, September 20, 2014.  See details here.

Dr. Peter Kreeft spoke next.  As with many of the other talks, I myself did not get to hear this one and am looking forward to watching him on DVD (purchase info at top of post).

Dale was having fun with Father William Casey, C.P.M., in his introduction.  The priest found it funny too.  He is with the Fathers of Mercy.  Click around their website for resources.

Dr. Ray closed out the day.  We had to close out the vendor room before the talk ended, but his table was in the hallway afterwards.  People should visit his site to get his excellent material.

Saturday, Youth Conference

Board Member, Stephanie Nofar-Kelly did an outstanding job of pulling together a phenomenal youth conference.  We had 60 attendees this time.  Most of the speakers from the main event spoke to the young people, including Archbishop Vigneron.  Here are some photos I took.

Fr. Anthony Kathawa led this event as he did at the 14th Call to Holiness.  He was so popular we had to bring him back.

The Archbishop spoke to the young people for about 15 minutes, encouraging them to be bold in following Christ. He explained how the world will pull them into ways that are contrary to Church teachings and to have courage in saying, "yes" to God's ways and "no" to the world's.  He then fielded questions for another 15 minutes before going on to speak at the main conference for an hour.  Here, he listens to a young man's question.

I was not able to capture all that went on in the youth conference and elsewhere, but here are a few images taken by fellow board member, Debbie Bloomfield.  

Young people had an opportunity to participate in a pro-life demonstration during one of their breaks.  Saturday was a National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children.  Our conference took more than a year to plan so we were unaware that it would fall on the same day.  Ours was one of three main events that took place in metro Detroit that day.  The other was a Christ Life session.

Fellow board member, Stephanie Nofar-Kelly, also organist extraordinaire, was behind the great youth conference.

Here is just one area where people were able to eat lunches. It was in the main lobby area.  Tables were also set up in the center of the vendor area.  I heard from many vendors who were happy with how things turned out. We made sure there was plenty of break time so people could visit them and to give the talks a little time to sink in.  Sometimes, conference talks are ram-rodded through with only a 5 minute break between, with a 45 minute period for lunch that is often running late and compressed.  We wanted a more relaxed atmosphere.  

Debbie got the vendor area too.

Here you see the vendor area during lunch with people eating in the center and vendors lined up around the walls.

Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form, Exaltation of the Holy Cross

On Sunday we had a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form, celebrated by Fr. Aidan Logan, o.c.s.o.  He was joined by Fr. Charles White IV as deacon and Fr. John Bustamante as subdeacon.  Deacon Richard Bloomfield was in choir.  Fr. Eduard Perrone, pastor of Assumption Grotto, was conducting the orchestra and choir in the orchestral Mass.  I had videotaped the homily by Fr. Logan, but the echo made it too difficult to understand.  I hope to have a direct feed in the future.  Father is a Cistercian monk so he wears his hood up rather than a biretta.  This was a Mass on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Fr. Perrone is seen conducting here, with Mass in the background.

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• Photo Gallery: 15th Call to Holiness Conference
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