Latin Mass Conference - Monterey, California - March 1st & 2nd, 2014

Keep the Faith and The Latin Mass: The Journal of Catholic Culture and Tradition, invite you to 12th Annual Monterey Conference to be held the weekend of March 1 and 2, 2014 in beautiful Monterey California. The Conference will feature Mass in the Extraordinary Form each day, and four noted speakers, including Chris Manion, Chrisopher Ferrara, Fr. Kenneth Baker and Dr. Ronald Connolly.  The Hotel Discount Deadline is Jan 27.  Download information flyer here.

Learn to Sing the Ordinaries of the Mass!

If you would like to sing along with the choir, you can download the Gregorian chant sheet music and recordings of the basic music that is sung with every High Mass.  This download includes MP3 recordings of our choir singing the following items along with square notes and words.  You can listen to these and sing along at home for practice.  Download here (32 megabytes).

Asperges
Kyrie *
Gloria *
Credo III
Sanctus *
Agnus Dei  *
* Mass VIII - De Angelis

This sheet music is also found in the Saint Edmund Campion missal-hymnal available at the chapel.  The page numbers for the hymns and Ordinaries are listed on the hymn-board in the front of the chapel, at the left of the sanctuary at each Mass.

Homily - Solemnity of the Holy Family - January 12, 2014

Col. 3:12-17; Lk. 2:42-52

Luke alone gives us this episode in our Lord’s childhood, in what are otherwise the hidden years in our Lord’s life at Nazareth.  And it gives us an incisive insight into life of the Holy Family and of our families.

Homily - Octave of Christmas - January 1, 2014

Tit. 2:11-15; Lk. 2:21

The readings of the Christmas season reveal to us the Person of Jesus, the Word made flesh, God made man, all divine and yet all human.  In our Epistle reading, St. Paul tells us that the grace of God has appeared to us, our great God and our Savior Jesus Christ.  He gave Himself for us.  The Christ Child born in the Bethlehem of time is the Self-Same eternal Son of God.

Homily - Sunday within the Octave of Christmas - December 29, 2013

Gal. 4:1-7; Lk. 2:33-40

So great is the mystery of the Lord’s birth and Incarnation, that the Church gives us an entire season, that of Christmas-Epiphany, to reflect on its meaning.  The readings today show us how the circle widens and how completely the Lord entered into humanity.

Homily - Christmas Day - December 25, 2013

In the Mass of Christmas midnight, the Gospel gives us the familiar and heartwarming scene of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus in the manger.  This is the birth of Christ from Mary, His birth in time.  The Gospel readings of the Christmas and Epiphany Seasons will show us how deeply Christ entered into humanity. 

Epiphany Dance - Pro-Life Fundraiser

The Epiphany Family Dance, a fundraiser for Life Centers of Ventura County, sponsored by the Latin Mass community of St. Mary Magdalen was a success!  Young and old alike took part in multicultural dances with instruction.  We all had a chance to try our singing voices as the three Wise Men came bearing gifts to the Christ Child in support of the unborn.  We sang "We Three Kings" followed by the "Twelve Days of Christmas" where each table around the room took one of the 12 days while the children in the center of the room sang "5 golden rings".  Everyone enjoyed plentiful refreshments.  The Life centers benefited by cash donations and gifts of baby necessities.  Thanks to all the volunteers who decorated the hall and thoroughly cleaned it before leaving!
Photos from the event here.

Puer Natus Est Nobis

Detail from one of the stained glass windows of Saint Mary Magdalen Chapel made by F.X. Zettler in Munich Germany.  See all here

Introit (Isaiah 9: 6)
Puer natus est nobis, et filius datus est nobis: cujus imperium super humerum ejus: et vocabitur nomen ejus magni consilii Angelus. Vs. (Ps. 97: 1) Cantate Domino canticum novum, quia mirabilia fecit. Vs. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. Puer natus est nobis, et filius datus est nobis: cujus imperium super humerum ejus: et vocabitur nomen ejus magni consilii Angelus.

A child is born to us, and a Son is given to us: Whose government is upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called, the Angel of Great Counsel. Vs. (Ps. 97: 1) Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: because He hath done wonderful things. Vs. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. A child is born to us, and a Son is given to us: Whose government is upon His shoulder: and His Name shall be called, the Angel of Great Counsel.

Grotto Dedication Photos

Photos from the Dedication of the Grotto of the Immaculate Conception and Memorial for the Unborn on 12/8/2013.  Click here for slideshow.  Photos by Emily Raab.

Tridentine Nuptial Mass

All are welcome to witness the wedding of and pray for blessings upon Anthony Joseph Mocny and Katherine Nicole Harris as they are joined in Holy Matrimony at a Tridentine Nuptial Mass said by Fr. Joseph Illo at Our Lady of Sorrows on January 4th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.  Our Lady of Sorrows is located at 21 East Sola Street, Santa Barbara.  The reception is by invitation only.