Canon Moreau's 2nd visit to the Philippines: Solemn High Mass on April 21, 2013

Courtesy announcement from our friends at Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Ioseph (SEDSI) - Una Voce Philippines: 

Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Traditional Latin Mass) this Sunday, April 21, 2013 (2PM), at Holy Family Parish (Madre Silva corner Lilac Streets, Roxas District, Quezon City, Philippines) with Canon Jean Marie Moreau of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest as celebrant. Everyone is invited!

Future of this blog

I know I haven't been posting that much these days (or months!), but lately, I've been putting up most of my photos on my smugmug album which can be accessed at:

http://jaybalza.smugmug.com/

I'll still be posting here from time to time, but with family and work commitments often getting in the way of blogging, the future of this blog remains unclear...

Solemn High Mass after the 2013 Walk for Life at San Francisco

A Solemn High Traditional Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) was celebrated after the conclusion of the 2013 Walk for Life West Coast. Mass was celebrated by Fr. Francisco Nahoe, OFM Conv at the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi, San Francisco, California, USA. Saint Ann’s Schola (directed by Prof. William Mahrt of Stanford University) sang at the Mass. Click here for more high-resolution photos. Below is the full-length youtube video:

2013 Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco, CA

Several parishioners of the Institute apostolate of St. Margaret Mary's (Oakland, CA) joined the great multitude of pro-life folks in San Francisco last Saturday (January 26, 2013)  for the annual Walk for Life West Coast. Our Rector, Rev. Canon Olivier Meney (Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest), led in praying the rosary and singing hymns while walking along Market Street from Civic Center to Justin Herman Plaza after the main program concluded around 1:30pm. The sun was out, and the weather was neither too warm nor too cold which was perfect for the walk.      

More pictures (opens a link to my new photo hosting album) can be viewed here. Shown below is a slideshow and a short 2-minute youtube video of the walk. 

High Mass with Msgr. Michael Schmitz, ICRSS

Continuing with some recent events at St. Margaret Mary's, on September 16, 2012 (16th Sunday after Pentecost), we were honored to welcome Monsignor R. Michael Schmitz, Vicar General of the Institute and Provincial General for the United States. It was on this occasion that Monsignor Schmitz made the announcement that Canon William Avis, who for the past 6 months or so, had been filling in for Canon Fragelli (Canon Fragelli had gotten quite sick and had to recuperate in Germany), will be moving to the St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis, MO. His successor at St. Margaret Mary's would be Canon Olivier Meney, who until recently was assigned to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul and St Philomena, at New Brighton, England.

Video of the High Mass