MEF flourishing in Diocese of Raleigh, NC

Sid Cundiff reports

1. Effective Friday, October 17, 2008, Bishop Burbidge has appointed Father Paul Parkerson, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Dunn, NC, to the position of Bishop's Delegate for the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy in the Extraordinary Form for the Diocese of Raleigh. The words "Sacred Liturgy" were used, so Father Parkerson has the honor of oversight of all the Sacraments celebrated in the older form and not just the Mass.

2. The Mass in Dunn on Sunday, Oct 25, at 12 noon, will be a Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Sovereign King.

3. On Saturday, Nov. 1, at 10am, also in Dunn, NC, there will be a Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of All Saints.

4. On Sunday, Nov. 2, there will be a Missa Cantata at Sacred Heart Cathedral - at 4:30 p.m., with Father Parkerson as the celebrant. Note, though, that in the Traditional calendar, All Soul's Day does not occur on a Sunday when Nov. 2 falls on said day, and is thusly, transferred to Monday. So - the Mass at the Cathedral on Nov. 2 will be that of the resumed 4th Sunday after Epiphany.

5. Dr. Patricia Warren has assembled a Raleigh Diocesan Schola Cantorum which will be available to provide proper Gregorian music for Masses in either form, provided that the Bishop Burbidge grants his final approval of the proposal made to him. They will be known as the Schola Vox Clara.

There will be a MEF every Sunday at 6pm in Rocky Mount, NC. The address:

Our Lady of Perpetual Help
328 Hammond Street,
ROCKY MOUNT 27804
Sundays 6 pm
Saturdays 8 am
Phone (252) 972-0452
http://www.olphrm.com
(Fr Tim Meares)

[Hat tip to S.C.]