12:05pm, Monday 11 December – St Damasus, pope

11:00 Adoration and confessions

https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/1211StDamasusPope2nd.pdf

As pope, his lifestyle was simple in contrast to other ecclesiastics of Rome, and he was fierce in his denunciation of Arianism and other heresies. In a troubled and pivotal period of Church history, he stands forth as a zealous defender of the faith who knew when to be progressive and when to entrench.

During his pontificate, Christianity was declared the official religion of the Roman state, and Latin became the principal liturgical language as part of the pope’s reforms. His encouragement of Saint Jerome’s biblical studies led to the Vulgate, the Latin translation of Scripture which 12 centuries later the Council of Trent declared to be “authentic in public readings, disputations, preaching.”

7:15am, Friday 8 December- Obligatory Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Confessions beginning at 6:45. Homily today will be given after the dismissal, so that those who need to leave directly for work, etc. may do so.

No adoration or confessions today after Mass – due to School Mass at 8:30.

Fr Young, for those unable to make this morning Mass, will be the celebrant of the 6:00 pm Novus Ordo Mass also at Holy Family. And will sit for confessions at 5:30pm.

https://extraordinaryform.org/propers/1208ImmaculateConception1st.pdf

12:05pm, Monday 4 December: St Peter Chrysologus

11:00am Adoration and Confessions

Saint Peter Chrysologus was a bishop of Ravenna from about 433 until his death in 450. He was born in Imola, Italy in 380 and was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. He is known as the “Doctor of Homilies” for the concise but theologically rich reflections he delivered during his time as the Bishop of Ravenna. He practiced many corporal and spiritual works of mercy and ruled his flock with utmost diligence and care. He is credited as the author of around 176 surviving homilies, which contributed to his later proclamation as a Doctor of the Church.

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-peter-chrysologus/