Changes in TLM Schedules in Metro Manila

The TLM at St. Therese of the Child Jesus at Villamor, Pasay City is now celebrated every Sundays at 9:00 am.

Parish of the Lord of the Divine Mercy in Sikatuna Village, Quezon City, Daily TLM is at 8:30 AM and Sunday TLM is at 2:00 PM.

Christ the King, Greenmeadows, Quezon City every Saturday TLM remains at 8:30 AM.

Jaleville Chapel TLM, Jaleville Subdivision, Paranaque City, every last Sunday of the Month TLM is scheduled at 10:00 AM but there will be slight changes on the schedule depending on the availability of the priest.

Pro Defunctis

Mass on All Souls Day in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite celebrated by Rev. Father Michell Joe Zerrudo at the Parish of the Lord of the Divine Mercy, Sikatuna Village Quezon City.

Year of Priests - Clergy Conference 2009

Clergy Conference: January 4 to January 8, 2010

From the website: http://www.yearforpriests-clergyconferencerome2010.org/programme.htm

The programme includes the daily celebration of Holy Mass in the great basilicas, and on some days Vespers and Benediction. Our celebrants will include: His Eminence, Antonio Cardinal Canizares, His Eminence, James Cardinal Stafford, and His Excellency Archbishop Raymond Burke. We hope to be at the Holy Father's Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany.

As part of the programme, on January 7 at 5pm, his Eminence, Antonio Cardinal Canizares, will celebrate a Solemn Pontifical High Mass according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite at the Lateran.

Deo Gratias!

Requiem Mass for President Corazon Aquino

A sung requiem mass according to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite (Traditional/Tridentine Latin Mass) for President Corazon (Tita Cory) Aquino will be offered by Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM at the Parish of the Lord of the Divine Mercy, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City.

TLM at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral

From an email:

On July 7, 2009, two years after our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, issued "motu proprio" the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was offered in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite at no less than the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cebu at 1:30p.m. The Holy Sacrifice was offered by Msgr. Cristobal Garcia, the chairperson of the Archdiocesan Commission on Worship.

The Archdiocese continues to celebrate a Special Year of Grace on the occasion of its 75th year as an archdiocese.

Hope you can come and visit the Basilica minore del Santo Nino, the newly-renovated Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Shrine of St. Joseph (Mandaue City), and the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Rule (Lapu-lapu City).

TLM in Diocese of Baguio

[Update: Carlos Palad of Rorate Caeli has informed me that the images were unreadable. I have mistakenly uploaded the wrong size of images. The images below are the correct ones.]

A reader has sent this brochure being distributed by the Commission on Liturgy of the Diocese of Baguio containing an introduction and information on Summorum Pontificum and the Traditional Latin Mass for the benefit of the faithful in the diocese. The TLM is being celebrated every Sundays at 7:30AM and 3:30PM at the Chapel of our Lady of Atonement at the back of the Cathedral.

2009 Holy Week Celebration (Extraordinary Form)

The Parish of the Lord of the Divine Mercy, Diocese of Cubao, in cooperation with the Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph recently celebrated the Holy Week of 2009 according to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite under the leadership of Rev. Father Michell Joe Zerrudo.

The celebrations were attended, actively participated, meditated upon, and shared by both the regular parishioners of the parish and the TLM community. The parish altar servers committed their time to learn and practice the rubrics of the rite while the readers provided english translation of the Epistles after it was said in Latin. Others helped in preparing the flowers, carosas and other materials needed for the celebration. This year, the choir of the Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph, provided the beautiful chants and sacred music for the whole Holy Week celebrations.

The rite of the Holy Week according to the extraordinary form was also celebrated last year.


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Vatican Issues Clarification to the Guidelines of the Archdiocese of Manila

The Vatican, through Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, has clarified to the Archdiocese of Manila regarding the Guidelines by Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales on the Implementation of Celebration of the Roman Mass of 1962 issued last Dec 8, 2008, Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion, as reported by the Tablet.

The letter, dated March 6, 2009 said that the guidelines has set restrictive conditions for the celebration of the extraordinary form, that the

"guidelines allowing only a monthly Mass in a chapel of [the] Metropolitan Cathedral" were in violation of the norms established by the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. Cardinal Castrillón said the papal decree was “part of the universal law of the Church” and could not be limited by the “particular law” of a diocesan bishop.

Another quote in the Tablet reports:

“There is simply no legitimate reason why this [Tridentine] Mass cannot and should not be celebrated in any church or chapel of your Archdiocese,” Cardinal Castrillón said in his letter to the Archbishop of Manila.

In the said letter, Cardinal Hoyos also praised Cardinal Rosales who:

...actively promote the implementation of the motu proprio by “helping priests who are desirous to learn how to celebrate” the old rite Mass, which he said only required that the priest be “reasonably competent in Latin”, and that there
were faithful who wished to assist at its celebration.

Announcement: TLM Diocese of Paranaque

From the TLM Diocese of Paranaque Community, sent by mail:

The TLM Diocese of Parañaque community will have its Palm Sunday Mass at
9:30 am in the Traditional Latin form, at the beautiful Oratory or Chapel of
Elsie Gaches Villages which is under the care of the Sisters of Charity of St.
Anne. This is across McDonald's along Alabang-Zapote Road before the stop light
at Madrigal Avenue, Ayala Alabang. The guard will be advised of visitors coming
for the TLM. Drive straight on the road past the guard until you come upon a
steel gate enclosing a Spanish courtyard with a fountain. Oratory is
inside.

PARISH OF THE LORD OF THE DIVINE MERCY
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE (EXTRAORDINARY FORM)




Palm Sunday 8:00 AM
Maundy Thursday 6:00 PM
Good Friday 4:00 PM
Easter Vigil on Black Saturday 11:00 PM

Sacrament of Matrimony in the Extraordinary Form: Feast of St. Joseph

Photos by Ms. Claire Navarro

On the Feast of St. Joseph last March 19, 2009, Ms. Maria Rosita Bumanglag and Mr. Vincent Dinoso exchanged their vows in the Sacrament of Matrimony according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite at the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, the Antipolo Cathedral. The wedding ceremonies used the customs inherited by the Philippine Church from Spain. The Traditional Latin Nuptial Mass was celebrated by Father Michell Joe Zerrudo and assisted by the servers of the Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph. Congratulations and best wishes to Ochie and Vince!

Announcement: TLM at Sta Teresita del Nino Parish

A TLM will be offered at the Sta Teresita del Nino Parish in Mayon St. Quezon City at 6:00 PM tomorrow, March 25, 2009, Feast of the Announciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The celebrant is Father Michell Joe Zerrudo.

Divine Worship Prefect to Celebrate TLM

Cardinal Cañizares Llovera, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments will be celebrating the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite on April 21 at the Cathedral of St. John the Lateran in Rome. How fitting and significant to all of us that this prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments be celebrating in the Cathedral of Rome what Msgr. Moises Andrade of blessed memory called , in reference to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, "...once more to be the guiding principle in the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass."

Tip: Rorate Caeli

Announcement: A Low Mass by Father Joseph Skelton

From an email:

Father Joseph Skelton will be celebrating a low mass according to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, 3pm tomorrow at St. Jerome Emiliani and Sta. Susanna Parish in Ayala Alabang.

Father Erwin Dela Cruz's First Missa Cantata

Rev. Father Erwin Dela Cruz, a priest from the Prelature of Batanes celebrate his first Missa Cantata according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite last Sunday, February 1, 2009. Not new to the extraordinary form, his exposure to the extraordinary form was as deacon to the Solemn Pontifical High Mass (at the faldstool) of his bishop, Most Reverend Camilo Gregorio, D.D. last September 14, 2008, and the Solemn High Mass celebrated by Rev. Father Moises Cabrera in the Parish of the Lord of the Divine Mercy in Sikatuna Village, Diocese of Cubao. He was also assistant priest to the sung masses of Bishop Camilo Gregorio in St. James Parish and St. Jerome Emiliani and Sta. Susanna Parish, both in the Diocese of Paranaque.

Pray for the Christ's Vicar

The author of this blog joins the call of Michael Sternbeck and the whole Rorate-Caeli team in praying for Pope Benedict XVI specially during these times. May the angels of our Lord under the leadership of St. Michael the Archangel protect our beloved Pope.

Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in praelio.

Contra nequitiam et insidias

diaboli esto praesidium.

Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur.

Tuque princeps militiae caelestis,

Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos,

qui ad perditionem animarum

pervagantur in mundo divina virtute in

infernum detrude. Amen.

Photo Credits: Pope 2008.com

SSPX Bishops' Excommunications Lifted

Source: Vatican News Service

CONGREGATIO PRO EPISCOPIS

Con lettera del 15 dicembre 2008 indirizzata a Sua Em.za il Sig. Cardinale Dario Castrillón Hoyos, Presidente della Pontificia Commissione Ecclesia Dei, Mons. Bernard Fellay, anche a nome degli altri tre Vescovi consacrati il giorno 30 giugno 1988, sollecitava nuovamente la rimozione della scomunica latae sententiae formalmente dichiarata con Decreto del Prefetto di questa Congregazione per i Vescovi in data 1° luglio 1988. Nella menzionata lettera, Mons. Fellay afferma, tra l'altro: "Siamo sempre fermamente determinati nella volontà di rimanere cattolici e di mettere tutte le nostre forze al servizio della Chiesa di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, che è la Chiesa cattolica romana. Noi accettiamo i suoi insegnamenti con animo filiale. Noi crediamo fermamente al Primato di Pietro e alle sue prerogative, e per questo ci fa tanto soffrire l'attuale situazione".

Sua Santità Benedetto XVI - paternamente sensibile al disagio spirituale manifestato dagli interessati a causa della sanzione di scomunica e fiducioso nell'impegno da loro espresso nella citata lettera di non risparmiare alcuno sforzo per approfondire nei necessari colloqui con le Autorità della Santa Sede le questioni ancora aperte, così da poter giungere presto a una piena e soddisfacente soluzione del problema posto in origine - ha deciso di riconsiderare la situazione canonica dei Vescovi Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson e Alfonso de Galarreta sorta con la loro consacrazione episcopale.

Con questo atto si desidera consolidare le reciproche relazioni di fiducia e intensificare e dare stabilità ai rapporti della Fraternità San Pio X con questa Sede Apostolica. Questo dono di pace, al termine delle celebrazioni natalizie, vuol essere anche un segno per promuovere l'unità nella carità della Chiesa universale e arrivare a togliere lo scandalo della divisione.

Si auspica che questo passo sia seguito dalla sollecita realizzazione della piena comunione con la Chiesa di tutta la Fraternità San Pio X, testimoniando così vera fedeltà e vero riconoscimento del Magistero e dell'autorità del Papa con la prova dell'unità visibile.

In base alle facoltà espressamente concessemi dal Santo Padre Benedetto XVI, in virtù del presente Decreto, rimetto ai Vescovi Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson e Alfonso de Galarreta la censura di scomunica latae sententiae dichiarata da questa Congregazione il 1° luglio 1988, mentre dichiaro privo di effetti giuridici, a partire dall'odierna data, il Decreto a quel tempo emanato.

Roma, dalla Congregazione per i Vescovi, 21 gennaio 2009.

Card. Giovanni Battista Re

Prefetto della Congregazione per i Vescovi

Decree of the Congregation for Bishops
(Translation from Rorate-Caeli)

By way of a letter of December 15, 2008 addressed to His Eminence Cardinal Dario Castrillón Hoyos, President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Mons. Bernard Fellay, also in the name of the other three Bishops consecrated on June 30, 1988, requested anew the removal of the latae sententiae excommunication formally declared with the Decree of the Prefect of this Congregation on July 1, 1988. In the aforementioned letter, Mons. Fellay affirms, among other things: "We are always firmly determined in our will to remain Catholic and to place all our efforts at the service of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which is the Roman Catholic Church. We accept its teachings with filial animus. We believe firmly in the Primacy of Peter and in its prerogatives, and for this the current situation makes us suffer so much."

His Holiness Benedict XVI - paternally sensitive to the spiritual unease manifested by the interested party due to the sanction of excommunication and faithful in the effort expressed by them in the aforementioned letter of not sparing any effort to deepen the necessary discussions with the Authority of the Holy See in the still open matters, so as to achieve shortly a full and satisfactory solution of the problem posed in the origin - decided to reconsider the canonical situation of Bishops Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson, and Alfonso de Galarreta, arisen with their episcopal consecration.

With this act, it is desires to consolidate the reciprocal relations of confidence and to intensify and grant stability to the relationship of the Fraternity of Saint Pius X with this Apostolic See. This gift of peace, at the end of the Christmas celebrations, wishes also to be a sign to promote unity in the charity of the universal Church and to try to end the scandal of division.

It is hoped that this step be followed by the prompt accomplishment of full communion with the Church of the entire Fraternity of Saint Pius X, thus testifying true fidelity and true recognition of the Magisterium and of the authority of the Pope with the proof of visible unity.

Based in the faculty expressly granted to me by the Holy Father Benedict XVI, in virtue of the present Decree, I remit to Bishops Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, Richard Williamson, and Alfonso de Galarreta the censure of latae sententiae excommunication declared by this Congregation on July 1, 1988, while I declare deprived of any juridical effect, from the present date, the Decree emanated at that date.


Rome, from the Congregation for Bishops, January 21, 2009.



Card. Giovanni Battista Re
Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

Bishop Camilo Gregorio's Pontifical Mass (Extraordinary Form)

On the feast of the Sto. Niño, His excellency Most Rev. Bishop Camilo Gregorio, D.D. of the Prelature of Batanes celebrated a Pontifical Mass according to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite assisted by Rev. Fr. Erwin Dela Cruz at the St. Jerome Emiliani and Sta. Susana Parish in Ayala Alabang. The bishop was served by the servers of the extraordinary form of St. Jerome Emiliani, together with representatives from the Sikatuna TLM group, while the Van De Steen Chorale provided the rich sacred music comprising of Gregorian Chants and sacred Polyphony.

This is the first TLM pontifical mass celebrated at St. Jerome Emiliani and the second TLM celebrated by his excellency in the diocese of Parañaque.

Last September 13, 2008, the bishop administered the sacrament of confirmation according to the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite in the Diocese of Cubao.

Assistant Priest Rev. Fr. Erwin Dela Cruz

The celebrant, Most Rev. Bishop Camilo Gregorio, D.D.

The Crozier bearer, Buglia bearer and Mitre Bearer

Prayers at the foot of the altar

The Acolytes holding the candles for the Gospel

the Gospel

The bishop giving his sermon with the torchbearers

Assistant Server #2 preceding the Cross bearer

The Thurifer and Boat bearer

The altar servers with his Excellency

His Excellency and the servers with Mrs. Marilou Barnes-Cortez

His Excellency with Mr. George Balagtas and the Van De Steen Chorale

St. Jerome Emiliani Televised Christmas Midnight Mass

Story By: Marilou Barnes-Cortez and Gerald Emmanuel S. Ceñir

A historic Christmas for the Catholic Church in the Philippines was made possible through the efforts of Word Communicators Apostolate and Mr. George Balagtas when the Christmas Midnight Traditional Latin Mass (extraordinary form of the Roman Rite) at St. Jerome Emiliani and Sta. Susana Parish Church was aired live via the National Broadcasting Network (NBN4).

The Christmas Midnight Mass was envisioned to be a celebration with the participation of priests and servers from parishes that regularly celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass. The idea was inspired by an advice from his Excellency Bishop Camilo Gregorio, of the prelature of Batanes, that in the work of propagating of the Traditional Latin Mass in the country, everyone should unite and work together.

Preceding the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, people were treated to a mini concert by the Van De Steen Chorale headed by Mr. George Balagtas. To soften the impact on viewers who have not been exposed to the Traditional Latin Mass, in between the Christmas carols by the Van De Steen Chorale, introductory video clips were presented both to the televiewers and those who are present in the church. The catechesis on the TLM featured parish priests of key parishes who are regularly celebrating the TLM within the metropolis. The are:

1. Monsignor Moises Andrade, STL – Summorum Pontificum and the Liturgy of Missale Romanum of 1962
2. Rev. Father Michell Joe Zerrudo – The sense of the sacred, sense of mystery and Sacred Silence of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
3. Rev. Father Grato Germanetto CRS – the value and richness of the old liturgy and making it interesting and attractive to today’s generation.

Word Communicators Apostolate, Inc (WORDCOM), whose apostolate is evangelization through various media, looks forward to helping in the promotion of the Traditional Latin Mass as it evolved through the use of local resources enriched by the Hispanic culture and tradition which has influenced the celebration of the TLM in the Philippines since the discovery and colonization of the islands by Spain centuries ago.

The altar decorated with candelabras and altar cards containing texts that the priest would pray during the Mass. At the center is the chalice and paten containing the bread covered with the chalice veil. On the epistle side is the Missal.

The Entrance Procession

Prayers at the foot of the altar. Father Germanetto, CRS is flanked by two assistant servers acting as Masters Of Ceremonies.

After the Kyrie, one of the assistant servers leads the procession of a couple dressed as the Blessed Virgin Mary who is carrying the statue of the baby Jesus and with her St. Joseph.

The statue of the baby Jesus placed on the crib

The Gloria

The Proclamation of the Gospel: Father Germanetto, CRS being assisted by an assistant server with the thurifer and acolytes.


The faithful listening attentively while the Good News is being proclaimed.


Father Germanetto, CRS giving his homily.

The Van De Steen Chorale singing the offertory hymns.

The assistant server with the thurifer leading the procession of the torchbearers during the Sanctus

The elevation of the Sacred Body of our Lord Jesus Christ

The elevation of the chalice containing the Sacred Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ

"Ecce Agnus Dei, Ecce qui tolit peccata mundi"

The communicants receiving our Lord by the tongue while kneeling as an act of love and adoration for our Lord. Father Germanetto and Monsignor Salomon of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines distributed the sacred hosts to the communicants.

After the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the statue of the baby Jesus was revered by the faithful.