Among the November offertory envelopes was one that seemed new, a diocesan offering for the Archdiocese of Military Services. A brochure in our church lobby explained much more: This is a Triennial National Collection, not an annual collection. The letter from Archbishop Timothy Broglio convincingly details the work of this special archdiocese. Please see the letter in pdf HERE.
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The collection was first taken in 2013 and later in 2016.
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Further information is at THIS LINK.
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In 2016, there were 386 priests in this far-flung and varied ordinariate, see HERE.
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Deanaries, as of July, 2019
For an updated list of the parishes in each deanery, click on this Word document.
I note that there are eight parishes in the Seaford deanery, with Rev. Adrian McHugh of Bellmore as dean.
Two suggestions: When a holyday occurs on a civil workday, as will happen on Friday, November 1, it would be helpful to publish a chronological list of when the holiday Masses in the deanery would be offered. Not only could it be published on the internet, but printed copies could be posted in parishes. A few years ago, I saw such a list on the doors of the the churches in Avila.
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Likewise, it might be good to list all the adult religious ed programs in the deanery, so that Catholics from adjoining parishes could take part.
I note that there are eight parishes in the Seaford deanery, with Rev. Adrian McHugh of Bellmore as dean.
Two suggestions: When a holyday occurs on a civil workday, as will happen on Friday, November 1, it would be helpful to publish a chronological list of when the holiday Masses in the deanery would be offered. Not only could it be published on the internet, but printed copies could be posted in parishes. A few years ago, I saw such a list on the doors of the the churches in Avila.
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Likewise, it might be good to list all the adult religious ed programs in the deanery, so that Catholics from adjoining parishes could take part.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Pastoral year after 2nd theology
Some were surprised when the pastoral year of priestly formation got dropped when the three dioceses (New York, Brooklyn, Rockville Centre) combined their theological formation at Dunwoodie. At least in my parish, we had benefited much by the enthusiasm of the young seminarian who got a "year off" from studies to experience parish life and be tested by it.
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According to today's Catholic New York, bottom of page 1, the pastoral year is back, positioned between 2nd and 3rd theology. Albany, Camden, and Bridgeport, which send seminarians to Dunwoodie, will not add the pastoral year. In a one-time shot, the pastoral year postpones a year of an ordination class, in my opinion, well worth.
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Link: http://digital.cny.org/Catholic-New-York-09122019-e-Edition/1/
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According to today's Catholic New York, bottom of page 1, the pastoral year is back, positioned between 2nd and 3rd theology. Albany, Camden, and Bridgeport, which send seminarians to Dunwoodie, will not add the pastoral year. In a one-time shot, the pastoral year postpones a year of an ordination class, in my opinion, well worth.
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Link: http://digital.cny.org/Catholic-New-York-09122019-e-Edition/1/
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Salve, Regina Coelitum
Appropriately on the feast of the Assumption of Mary today, our recessional was an English translation of the hymn
Salve, Regina coelitum, O Maria.
Sors unica terrigenum, O Maria.
Jubilate Cherubim,
exsultate Seraphim,
consonate perpetim.
Salve, salve, salve Regina.
2. Mater misericordiae, O Maria.
Dulcis parens clementiae, O Maria.
Jubilate ...
3. Tu vitae lux, fons gratiae, O Maria.
Causa nostrae laetitiae,
O Maria.
Translation and additional English verson, author I have not yet learned:
Hail, Holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria!
Hail, Mother of mercy and of love, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
Our life, our sweetness here below, O Maria!
Our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
To thee do we cry, poor sons of Eve, O Maria!
To thee we sigh, we mourn, we grieve, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, O Maria!
Towards us thine eyes compassionate, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina! O Maria!
When this our exile is complete, O Maria!
Show us thy Son, our Jesus sweet, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
O clement, gracious Mother sweet, O Maria!
O virgin Mary we entreat, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
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The big puzzle is whether to count the Salve Regina as two hymns or one. The first, dating back to the 11th century and Herman of Reichenau, is the well-known Salve Regina Mater Misericordiae, often sung at Compline and recited at the end of the rosary. This hymn is in Gregorian plainchant.
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae:
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, Advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos
ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis, post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens: O pia: O dulcis
Virgo Maria.
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The newer Salve, Regina coelitum (Hail, queen of heavenly beings) is in 4/4 time, and may be trochaic tetrameter catalectic (four feet, stressed-unstressed with a final syllable missing). Melchior Ludwig Herold (1753-1810) may have composed both the rewording and the melody.
Salve, Regina coelitum, O Maria.
Sors unica terrigenum, O Maria.
Jubilate Cherubim,
exsultate Seraphim,
consonate perpetim.
Salve, salve, salve Regina.
2. Mater misericordiae, O Maria.
Dulcis parens clementiae, O Maria.
Jubilate ...
3. Tu vitae lux, fons gratiae, O Maria.
Causa nostrae laetitiae,
O Maria.
Translation and additional English verson, author I have not yet learned:
Hail, Holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria!
Hail, Mother of mercy and of love, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
Our life, our sweetness here below, O Maria!
Our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
To thee do we cry, poor sons of Eve, O Maria!
To thee we sigh, we mourn, we grieve, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, O Maria!
Towards us thine eyes compassionate, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina! O Maria!
When this our exile is complete, O Maria!
Show us thy Son, our Jesus sweet, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
O clement, gracious Mother sweet, O Maria!
O virgin Mary we entreat, O Maria!
Triumph all ye cherubim!
Sing with us ye seraphim!
Heaven and earth resound the hymn!
Salve, salve, salve, Regina!
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The big puzzle is whether to count the Salve Regina as two hymns or one. The first, dating back to the 11th century and Herman of Reichenau, is the well-known Salve Regina Mater Misericordiae, often sung at Compline and recited at the end of the rosary. This hymn is in Gregorian plainchant.
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae:
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, Advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos
ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis, post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens: O pia: O dulcis
Virgo Maria.
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The newer Salve, Regina coelitum (Hail, queen of heavenly beings) is in 4/4 time, and may be trochaic tetrameter catalectic (four feet, stressed-unstressed with a final syllable missing). Melchior Ludwig Herold (1753-1810) may have composed both the rewording and the melody.
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Article: African priests serving the U.S. Church
Quartz is a news website founded in New York, but it has editions on other continents. Quartz Africa recently published an article of some thirty paragraphs on the history of priests from Africa serving the Roman Catholic Church of the United States. "African priests are now the future of the Catholic Church in the United States" may be of some interest to parishioners of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Some priests born in Africa have been excardinated (released) by their home bishops and incardinated into our diocese. Others are serving here as externs, still under the canonical jurisdiction of their home bishops.
The link to this helpful article is HERE.
The link to this helpful article is HERE.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Appointment of associate pastors, many effective 6.26.2019
Please see the list on the diocesan website, under Press Releases. The site drvc.org has been reformatted, but the list of appointed associate pastors is still on the previous format.
The top nine are priests apparently already working in the diocese, maybe still incardinated overseas.
The next group of eight newly appointed associated pastors seem not to have worked recently in the diocese of Rockville Centre. They may be categorized as Externs, still incardinated somewhere else.
The third group, numbering five, are to take their positions in September.
Surnames from Ghana predominate.
A few months ago, I was surprised to learn that a priest cannot be incardinated unless he has been canonically excardinated (or released) by his previous bishop. It seems that, over the centuries, our church has had problems with wandering or vagabond priests. In the UK recently, a new Celebret document was created, almost like a driver's license with attempts to prevent forgery.
The top nine are priests apparently already working in the diocese, maybe still incardinated overseas.
The next group of eight newly appointed associated pastors seem not to have worked recently in the diocese of Rockville Centre. They may be categorized as Externs, still incardinated somewhere else.
The third group, numbering five, are to take their positions in September.
Surnames from Ghana predominate.
A few months ago, I was surprised to learn that a priest cannot be incardinated unless he has been canonically excardinated (or released) by his previous bishop. It seems that, over the centuries, our church has had problems with wandering or vagabond priests. In the UK recently, a new Celebret document was created, almost like a driver's license with attempts to prevent forgery.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Catholic Communications Campaign
Today, June 2, 2019, the second offertory collection was for the Catholic Communications Campaign. Half goes to Rockville Centre. Much information about how the national half is distributed can be found at this link.
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I presume that the diocesan half gets distributed to Catholic Faith Network (television, based in Uniondale), the diocesan website, and perhaps The Long Island Catholic.
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I presume that the diocesan half gets distributed to Catholic Faith Network (television, based in Uniondale), the diocesan website, and perhaps The Long Island Catholic.
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