Sacred Heart EF triple grand slam

L-R: Fr. Charles White, Deacon David Bechill
Today's Holy Mass at St. Josephat, the Solemn High Mass of Pentecost Sunday, was the most formal kind of Holy Mass that a priest can celebrate. A deacon and subdeacon assisted the celebrant with the ceremonies.

Today was not only the Feast of Pentecost, but also the second anniversary of the ordination of our celebrant, Fr. Charles White, to whom St. Josephat Church owe a debt of gratitude for regularly making time in his schedule to celebrate our Masses.

The Reverend Mr. David Bechill, Transitional Deacon, Archdiocese of Detroit, served as deacon at today's Mass, and also beautifully chanted the Gospel and delivered an exegetically well-developed sermon, drawing on diverse passages from the Old and New Testaments on the subject of the Holy Spirit.

Mr. Tim Ferguson served as subdeacon and delivered a remarkably smooth and melodious chanting of the Epistle. I told him afterwards he would have made a fine priest.


L-R: Subdeacon Furgeson, Fr. White, Deacon Bechill
Fr. White is a graduate of Sacred Heart Major Seminary currently serving at Our Lady of Good Counsel parish in Plymouth, Michigan. Deacon Bechill is completing his last year at SHMS in preparation for his ordination to the priesthood. Mr. Ferguson serves as canon lawyer for the Archdiocesan Tribunal of Detroit and also serves as adjunct professor at SHMS. All three are obviously well-connected!

Deo gratias.

[Hat tip to Christopher Din at Exultate Iuste in Domino]