Last Saturday the Latin Mass Society held its AGM, followed by Pontifical High Mass at Westminster Cathedral. The celebrant was Bishop John Arnold, auxiliary bishop in Westminster, Assistant Priest was Fr Andrew Wadsworth, Deacon was Rev Alan MacDole of the North American College in Rome, and Subdeacon was Fr Martin Edwards.Here are some more photos from the Mass:
For some time, now, the Cathedral authorities have kindly allowed the LMS to remove the demountable forward-facing altar for their Masses. It seems that this altar has now gone for good and the staging has also been removed so that there is an unimpeded view of the sanctuary as Bentley designed it, with the High Altar visible in all its splendour without distractions.
Below you can see the incensation at the beginning of the Gospel. You may notice that some of the servers are quite young. I'm proud to say that several of the lads from Blackfen parish were allowed to serve at the Mass.
Here is a picture of the Blackfen contingent with Bishop Arnold and the sacred ministers in the sacristy after Mass:
PHOTO CREDITS: 1st 4 photos above from Joseph Shaw's photostream on flickr. Last photo from the LMS.
6 comments:
That must be the most tasteful mitre I have ever seen.
Congratulations for your boys! Can you tell us a little about how they're trained? (For a couple of years I trained our servers for the NO mass, which must have been my favourite non-liturgical Church activity. It's amazing how kids who still need to be reminded to visit the toilet before Mass transform into these serious, devout creatures upon donning a surplice.)
Keep it up Father, you might get some priests and even a bishop from among them and we need them badly.
Man, that is SOME baldachino. Zoiks!
Deserves a better rite than the Nervous Disorder.
Those Blackfen lads - what a bunch of 'stars'!!!
Fr Tim, you should write a short book on how to encourage young lads (as well as quite a few not so young ;-) to serve at The Altar of God.
Dan Brown together with Tom Hanks might use it for another blockbuster seller - 'The Altar Boyz', no albino Opus Dei monks included.
Did the bishop face the congregation when reading the gospel? I thought in the old mass they faced the altar when reading the epistle and gospel?
Sorry I am new to this.
Arthur,
Canada
Thinker - at High Mass, the Deacon sings the Gospel, facing north. the gospel is read at the altar at Low Mass or sung at the altar at a sung Mass without Deacon & Subdeacon (Missa Cantata)
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