Update from Seminarian Andrew Rapoport

The following is a letter from seminarian Andrew Rapoport, FSSP, who recently visited Sacred Heart Church in Hollister and assisted our Chaplain Fr. Nicholas Milich at Mass:

Dear Monterey Latin Mass Community, 

It was a pleasure being able to visit for Mass on the Octave Day of the Nativity. It has been a while since I've informed the community on my progress here at the seminary, so a quick update is due. 

After spending a month at the FSSP parish in Vancouver, B.C. this past summer, I stared my sixth year of Seminary in August. My Fall semester went well. I had a number of different theology classes and Homiletics. Learning how to preach was challenging but I certainly enjoyed the experience. 

My second semester of the sixth year started this past week. My class schedule will be pretty busy. I have Bioethics, Theological Virtues, a class on the Sacrament of Penance, a music class and Scripture. 

I was informed recently by the Superior General that I have been approved for ordination to the Subdiaconate, the Diaconate and permanent incorporation into the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. The ordination to the Subdiaconate will be Feb. 11th. and the Diaconate ordination will be on March 25th., both are here in Nebraska. I ask that you please keep me in your prayers. These ordinations are open to the public, so if anyone from the community is interested in attending please let me know. 

This summer will be quite eventful for me. God willing, my whole class of ten will be visiting the Fraternity's seminary in Germany in June. While there, we will attend the priestly ordinations. We will do much sight seeing and have an opportunity to take part in the Chartres pilgrimage. 

After a month in Germany, I hope to take advantage of being in Europe and do some traveling of my own. I plan to visit Rome, Spain and Portugal. As this year marks the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Fatima, I greatly look forward to visiting Our Lady's shrine. If time permits I will also visit the Portuguese islands of the Azores (I am part Portuguese and still have some distant relatives on the islands). 

After this time in Europe, I plan to go to Nigeria. One of my good friends, Deacon Charles Ike, is from Nigeria and will be ordained to the priesthood there. I volunteered to help with his ordination which will be on August 15th. During that time, I will help at the Fraternity's mission parish as well as help with a boys camp.

Following this busy summer, by God's grace I will return for my seventh and final year of seminary. 

I would like to thank you for the support you have given me these past years. The fundraiser which which was held last year was a great success; the money which was raised along with annual donations which I receive have been enough to cover my tuition for at least the rest of this year.

 I will need, however, to come up with the funds to cover my trip to Nigeria; this includes a travel visa, vaccinations and a flight from Europe to Nigeria. I would greatly appreciate any financial assistance that you might be willing to offer (no matter how small the donation). 

I greatly appreciate all of your prayers. Please continue to pray for me as I approach Holy Orders. Be assured of my prayers the Latin Mass Community. 

In Jesus and Mary, 

Andrew
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NOTE: 
Fr. Andrew Rapoport, FSSP, was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on May 26th., 2018. You are welcome to watch a video of his ordination here, and read more about it here. Thank you to all who supported Fr. Rapoport throughout the years with prayer and financial help. 
If you would like to continue financially supporting Our Lady of Guadalupe seminary, please send donations to:

Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary
7880 West Denton Rd.,
P.O. Box 147
Denton, NE 68339

JMJ Home Christmas outreach update

JMJ Home Christmas outreach update:
This coming Sunday I will have the JMJ Home tree set up again in the vestibule of Sacred Heart Church for anyone that was unable to pick an ornament, or maybe you want to grab another one.
There are 5 children ornaments and 6 mom gift card ornaments left. The amount on the gift card is your choice. It gives the mom a chance to buy whatever need may come up or get something for herself.
One mom is asking for pots, pans and dishes. She was a resident with her son and they just moved out 2 weeks ago. She has a steady job and was able to get a home of their own. That is why she is requesting those items.
We have been invited to the home on Saturday, December 17th. at 4:30. Bring the gifts and a dish to share. They so enjoy our presence and love to give thanks in person. If you are able to make it please R.S.V.P. to me, so that I can give the director an idea of numbers.
Thank you for opening your hearts and wallets this Advent season.

Update:
Happy Advent! This Sunday is the day to bring the gifts for the Jesus Mary Joseph home. Please bring the wrapped gifts with the name tag taped to the gift to the Sacred Heart Latin Mass. If you lost the tag please put the name on the gift, so it goes to the designated resident. If you would like to deliver the gifts yourself please join the residents at their home in Santa Cruz on Saturday, December 17th at 4:30. Bring the gifts and a dish to share. If you plan on attending please let me know by early next week, so I can give the director the number of us that will be coming. I will also give you the address when you R.S.V.P. Thank you again for making this year's Christmas Outreach a great success!

Sacred Heart Latin Mass Christmas outreach update, 2016

Sacred Heart Latin Mass Christmas outreach update:
Happy Advent!! Thank you to all those who took an ornament from our JMJ home tree. The Jesus Mary Joseph Home is located in Santa Cruz. It is a shelter for homeless mothers and their children. They also take in the terminally ill. It is a unique home in the community.
For the passed 5 years the Latin Mass community has brought the families gifts for Christmas. It is a special time of year to show God's love through charity and compassion. Here is a link to the home, so you can read up on this special place: http://www.stfrancissoupkitchen.org/jmj.html
If you did pick an ornament today please hold onto it. You will place the tag ornament on the wrapped gift and bring it before or after Mass up until December 11th.
If you would like to deliver the gifts yourself please do so and join our community for a Christmas Party at the home on Sat., Dec. 17th. at 4:30. More on the party in the weeks ahead.
The tree set up next Sunday on the 4th. for those who missed the chance to pick an ornament gift tag. We have plenty left over, so please be open to getting involved and helping those in need.
Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

Restoring Sacred Heart Church - part 3

old choir loft railing

New choir loft railing

Here are before and after pictures of Sacred Heart Church's choir loft railing - a special thank you to Latin Mass parishioners Perry Hall and Adam Nannini for fabricating and installing the beautiful new railing this past week. Click the link below to see pictures from some of Sacred Heart’s construction, repair and improvement projects from this past year. Latin Mass parishioners have paid for and done repairs to and re-installment of the kneelers, repairs to the confessional, to the organ, restoration and installment of the altar, altar rail and altar steps, many other small repairs and improvements, plus the new choir loft railing is now compliant with safety laws. A huge thank you to all that have worked so hard to make our new parish home a more beautiful and safe environment for everyone~
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Sung High Mass at our new home - Sacred Heart Catholic Church

On May 22nd., 2016, the Monterey Bay Area Latin Mass Community officially became part Saint Benedict’s Parish in Hollister, California. A Sung High Mass was followed by a taco feed reception in the courtyard of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The day before, the first Traditional Latin Mass at Sacred Heart Church in two generations was celebrated by our Chaplain Fr. Nicholas Milich after the blessing of the new High Altar. Many blessings and thanks to all who worked so hard to make this move happen~

Last Mass at Queen of Heaven Cemetery Chapel

Today was our last Mass at Queen of Heaven Cemetery Chapel. A huge thank you to the Queen of Heaven Cemetery management and staff for their charity and hospitality these past four years. We will be joining Saint Benedict’s Parish in Hollister as of our first Mass on May 22nd. After Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church all are welcome and encouraged to attend our taco feed reception, to meet and greet our new Parish staff and fellow parishioners.

Thank you to California Catholic Daily for posting a story about our move on their website, click here to view it.

Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

All are invited to pray the following Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the intention of peace and grace at Sacred Heart Church. The Novena begins Saturday, May 14th. in preparation for our move to Sacred Heart Church, and ends on the day of our first Mass, May 22nd.:

Lord Jesus, Who has deigned to open by Your special love the unutterable goodness and riches of Your Heart to Your Bride, the Church: grant to us, Your servants, that we may merit to be enriched and refreshed by Your heavenly graces, flowing from this sweetest of fountains. Amen.
Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory Be…

The Monterey Bay Area Latin Mass Community is moving

Starting Trinity Sunday, May 22, the old Sacred Heart Church in Hollister will become the new site for the Traditional Latin Mass in the Monterey Bay Area.

A Misa Cantata--also known as a sung High Mass--will be offered on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. in the historic church located at 680 College Street in Hollister (95023).

A reception will follow in the courtyard outside the church.

Although much work remains to be done, the Latin Mass community is restoring the sanctuary of the old church, following as much as possible the original design. The restoration work and other improvements will continue in the months to come. 

The Latin Mass community, which has been active in the Monterey Diocese for eight years, most recently at the chapel of a Catholic cemetery near Salinas, will now become part of the St. Benedict’s parish. It has been the only public Mass regularly offered in the ancient rite in the Monterey Bay Area. The Traditional Latin or Tridentine Mass is the classic rite of the Roman Catholic Church and was the norm until it was replaced in most churches in the late 1960s by a new form of Mass celebrated in modern languages.  Monterey Bishop Richard Garcia has supported the restoration of the Mass and of Sacred Heart Church, as has Fr. Claudio Cabrera, the new pastor of St. Benedict’s Parish. 

 http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2016/05/new-home-for-tlm-in-california.html

May Crowning of Our Blessed Mother

Thank you to all that helped organize and participate at the May crowning of Our Blessed Mother this past Sunday at our Mass site, Queen of Heaven Cemetery Chapel.

May Crowning of Mary, 2016

The Legion of Mary is sponsoring a May Crowning on Sunday, May 8th. immediately following Mass. One of the little girls from the parish will crown the Queen of Heaven statue outside the chapel while we sing Marian hymns. Please bring flowers to lay at Our Lady's feet to begin the month in which we honor Our Blessed Mother.
                                              

First Saturday Mass for April 2016

All are invited to our First Saturday Mass on April 2nd. at 12:00 noon. Confession will be available before Mass between 11:30 - 11:50 am. After Mass there will be the recitation of the Rosary.

Savory Sundays

Thanks to all of you who contribute to our weekly Sunday potluck table. We are going to try something new for the New Year. Hearing from many people (except the children of course) that their minds and bodies are fatiguing of the sweets, we have decided to designate one Sunday a month to "healthier" options. So starting this Sunday, January 3rd., and then every first Sunday of the month we will have "Savory Sunday". We encourage everyone to leave the sweets at home and bring high protein, healthy options. Some ideas for these Sundays could be any hot food item such as soups and stews or sandwiches, cheese and crackers, salads, fruits and healthy dips. Cold or hot beverages are also welcomed. See you at the potluck table! -Pam Flanders

Monterey Latin Mass Christmas Outreach 2015

Continuing our Christmas tradition, the Latin Mass Parish is organizing a gift drive for the families at the Jesus, Mary & Joseph Home. All families are new to the home this year, and there are also a few disabled adults staying there. Their needs and wants are modest. A gift tree will be out starting November 8th. with ornaments for each requested gift. When you select an ornament, you can place your name next to its number on our list. Gifts should be returned to our Mass site by December 12th. We will be presenting these gifts to the residents of the JMJ home on the 19th. of December. Any of you are welcome to come with us for this joyous celebration.

First Saturday Mass on November 7th., 2015

Please join us for First Saturday Mass on November 7th., 2015, at 12:00 noon. Confession will be available from 11:30 - 11:50 am. After Mass our Chaplain Fr. Nicholas Milich will impose the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on all those in attendance that are interested - blessed scapulars will be provided by the Legion of Mary. After the imposition of Scapular, all are invited to stay and pray the Rosary. Information about the Sabbatine Privilege will be available.
Following these events, there will be a meeting of the Legion of Mary, Our Lady of Good Success Praesidium. If anyone interested in joining in Our Lady's army for the salvation of souls, they are welcoming both active and auxiliary members.

Pope Benedict XV, addressing seminarians in Rome:
"Let all of you have a common language and a common armor: The language, the sentences of the Gospel - the common armor, the Brown Scapular of the Virgin of Carmel which you ought to wear and which enjoys the singular privilege and protection after death."

Pope Pius XII referred to the Scapular as “The Sign of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” The Pope also said the Scapular marks us as one of Mary’s chosen children, and becomes for us a “Garment of Grace.”

All Saints/All Souls activities this Sunday, Nov. 1st., 2015

A reminder that our All Saints/All Souls Activities are this Sunday, Nov. 1st. We will be praying the Litany of the Saints after Mass, and then proceed directly out to the grave sites. Directly after the procession we will have a taco bar lunch available for all. Please join us as there will be plenty to eat. We encourage the children to dress in their favorite saint costume, although we ask that they refrain from wearing the costumes to Mass due to the distraction. Please assist your children to dress right after Mass so they can join the procession in the cemetery. Parents may want to bring costumes that can slip on over clothing, as we only have 2 bathrooms.
-Pam Flanders

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Spiritual Bouquet for Fr. Nicholas Milich

This coming Sunday, Nov. 1st., is Fr. Milich's birthday. All are invited to join in adding prayers, novenas, etc. to a Spiritual Bouquet for him. Names of community members/families and what their addition to the Spiritual Bouquet is will be added to a birthday card, given to him on Sunday. If you would like to join your prayers with others in the community for our Chaplain, please email Latin Mass secretary June Ely.
               
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All Saints Celebration on November 1st., 2015

Join the parish to celebrate All Saints and All Souls on Sunday November 1st. after Mass. We will be having a taco feed after Mass as well as a procession and prayers around the gravesides at the cemetery. We encourage all children (and adults too) to bring their saint costumes to wear after Mass. We will also pray the Litany of the Saints and have a time for the children to share about their saint's story. 

If you can please RSVP so we know how much chicken and beef to cook for the tacos. We have already the chips, corn tortillas, and taco shells, the meat and chicken covered. We still are looking for people to bring the following :

Large bowl of shredded lettuce

Large bowl of chopped tomatoes

Shredded Cheese

Sour cream

Guacamole

Flour Tortillas

Salsa

Refried Beans and/or whole beans

Spanish Rice

Desserts such as cookies, brownies, bars

Large containers of drinks such as lemonade, juices, waters

Please RSVP to Pam Flanders and if you can help bring food. Also if you will be having children participate in the Saint costume festivities.  

That said even if you don't RSVP we want EVERYONE to stay and eat so join us please.

Our Lady of Fatima Rosary, 9/13/2015

This coming Sunday, Sept. 13th., there will be a Rosary in honor of Our Lady of Fatima after High Mass. All are invited to attend and pray with us - the Rosary will be in front of the new statue of Our Lady of Fatima at our Mass site, Queen of Heaven Cemetery Chapel.

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Latin Mass Picnic, Sept. 2015

 From Latin Mass hospitality:
There will be a potluck after Mass on Sunday, Sept. 6th. We have some new families, folks are returning from vacation, and school is starting, so let's get together for a potluck and some fellowship after Mass. Bring either a salad, main dish, side dish, dessert, or drinks to share. Oh, and bring a friend too. Tables, chairs, and a BBQ will be set up and paper plates, napkins, etc. will be provided.

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First Saturday Mass for August, 2015

Please join us for First Saturday Mass on August 1st., 2015, at 12:00 noon. Confession will be available from 11:30 - 11:50 am. After Low Mass there will be recitation of the Rosary. Following the Rosary, our Chaplain Fr. Milich will bless and impose the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on all those in attendance that are interested. Please email Fr. Milich’s secretary June Ely if you would like to be included in the imposition of the Brown Scapular. Following our First Saturday Mass, Rosary, and Brown Scapular enrollment, there will be a meeting of the Legion of Mary, Our Lady of Good Success Praesidium. Anyone interested in joining in Our Lady's army for the salvation of souls, they are looking for both active and auxiliary members.

Pope Benedict XV, addressing seminarians in Rome:
"Let all of you have a common language and a common armor: The language, the sentences of the Gospel - the common armor, the Brown Scapular of the Virgin of Carmel which you ought to wear and which enjoys the singular privilege and protection after death."

Pope Pius XII referred to the Scapular as “The Sign of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” The Pope also said the Scapular marks us as one of Mary’s chosen children, and becomes for us a “Garment of Grace.”