25 December 2015

Rejoice!

Sandro Botticelli, Mystical Nativity, 1501.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad before the face of the Lord, because He cometh.
Offertory.  Ps. 95, 11, 13  Christmas Day the First or Midnight Mass.

15 December 2015

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Gaudete 2015

Thou, O Lord, that sittest upon the cherubim, stir up Thy might, and come.  V. Give ear, O Thou that rulest Israel: Thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep.  Gradual.  Third Sunday of Advent.

09 November 2015

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sat, 12 Dec 2015 - Pre-Christmas Luncheon

Our Lady of Guadalupe
Patroness of the Americas

Traditional Latin Mass for the
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Saturday, 12 December 2015, 1:00 PM
Followed by Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary and
Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
(Holy Rosary & Confessions begin at 12:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant:
Canon Jean-Marie Moreau, Rector
St. Anthony of Padua Oratory, West Orange, NJ
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Pre-Christmas Luncheon
Immediately After Mass in the Church Hall

Cost: $30/person
$10/Children 6-17
Free/Children 5 and younger

For Luncheon Reservations Make Check Payable and Mail to:
Knights of Columbus 2161
2335 Concord Street, Aliquippa PA 15001
Deadline for Paid Reservations: 5 December 2015

Sponsored By:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

12 October 2015

Requiem Mass for Deceased Pastors of St. Titus Parish - 3 Nov. 2015


Requiem Mass for Deceased Pastors of St. Titus

Tuesday, 3 November 2015
7:00 PM
(Holy Rosary and Confessions begin at 6:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant: Fr. Ladis J. Cizik

Sponsored By:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

Deceased Pastors of St. Titus:
Fr. Michael A. McGary+
Fr. Joseph E. Rockliff+
Fr. John J. Greaney+
Msgr. Edward G. Zauner+
Fr. Joseph F. McCarthy+
Fr. Thomas J. Cassidy+

V. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

09 October 2015

Blessed Karl Mass - Washington, DC - 2015

Solemn High Mass
for the Feast Day of
Blessed Karl
of the
House of Austria

Wednesday
21 October 2015
7:00 PM

Old St. Mary's Church
724 5th Street NW, Washington DC 20001

Celebrant:
Rev. Fr. James Bradley
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

Special Guest: Princess Maria-Anna Galitzine
Granddaughter of Blessed Karl

Veneration of First Class Relic

Reception after Mass

08 October 2015

Report: Cardinal Burke Pontifical Mass in Steubenville, OH


On Tuesday, 8 September 2015, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke offered a Solemn Traditional Latin Pontifical Mass at St. Peter Church in Steubenville, Ohio. The Mass was part of the Franciscan University of Steubenville's conference on the Synod on the Family. The Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161 Traditional Latin Mass Guild was honored to be one of the sponsors involved in organizing this Mass.

We wish to extend our gratitude to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest for sending the following priests who made this Solemn Mass possible:

Canon Joel Estrada, Assistant Priest
Canon Andrew Todd, Deacon
Canon William Avis, Master of Ceremonies

We also wish to thank the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and the other priest participants:

Fr. Simon Harkins, FSSP, Subdeacon
Fr. Timothy Huffman, Deacon of Honor
Fr. Ladis Cizik, Deacon of Honor

For a full report on the day's events see this article at One Peter Five. For photos of the Pontifical Mass see this post at New Liturgical Movement.

Finally, we thank our fellow sponsoring organizations that helped to make this historic Solemn Pontifical Mass possible:

I-DOhC
Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community, Inc.
Latin Liturgy Association, Pittsburgh Chapter
Catholic Identity Conference
Una Voce Steubenville, Regina Caeli Chapter


07 October 2015

Help Persecuted Christians

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Visit ChristiansAtRisk.org for more information and to donate.

Prayer Request: Fire at Shrine of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

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Please pray for the members of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.  On the morning of Wednesday, 7 October 2015, Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, their shrine church in Chicago was engulfed in flames.

See local news report here.

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UPDATE: "Our Community will rebuild." Press release from the Provincial Superior of the US Province of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.

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26 August 2015

Eighth Annual Battle of Lepanto Mass & Dinner - Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 6:00 PM


Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
and
Commemorate the Battle of Lepanto

Traditional Latin High Mass
Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 6:00 PM (Note the Time)
(Holy Rosary & Confessions begin at 5:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant: Canon Joel Estrada

Featuring the Duquesne University
Schola Cantorum Gregorianum
Under the Direction of Jacob Temple
Dr. Ann Labounsky, Organist

Eighth Annual Battle of Lepanto Dinner
Immediately After Mass in the Church Hall
Featured Speaker: Fr. Ladis J. Cizik
Topic: Our Lady and Islam: Peace through Strength

Cost: $30
Students: $20
For Dinner Reservations Make Check Payable and Mail to:
Knights of Columbus 2161
2335 Concord Street, Aliquippa PA 15001
Deadline for Paid Reservations: 30 September 2015

Proceeds Benefit Seminarians of the
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Sponsored By:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

14 August 2015

Votive Mass Against the Heathen - 11 Sep 2015

Friday, 11 September 2015, 7:00 PM
Votive Mass Against the Heathen
(Holy Rosary & Confessions begin at 6:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant: Fr. Ladis J. Cizik

Sponsored by:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

ALMIGHTY, everlasting God, in Whose hand are the power and government of every realm; look upon and help the Christian people, that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might, may be crushed by the power of Thy Right Hand.  Through our Lord.  (Collect.  Mass Against the Heathen.)

11 August 2015

Cardinal Burke to offer Pontifical Mass in Steubenville, OH, 8 Sep. 2015

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Solemn Traditional Latin Pontifical Mass
Offered by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke

Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 10:30 AM
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St. Peter Church
425 N. Fourth Street, Steubenville OH 43952

Additional information can be found here.

Please spread the word.  Everyone is welcome.

UPDATE: For a full report on the day's events see this article at One Peter Five.  For photos of the Pontifical Mass see this post at New Liturgical Movement.

14 July 2015

Vigil of the Assumption 2015

The Assumption of the Virgin
Francesco Granacci
1469-1543 c1515

Friday, 14 August 2015, 7:00 PM
Traditional Latin Low Mass
Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Holy Rosary & Confessions begin at 6:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant: Fr. Ladis J. Cizik

Offered in reparation for the public sacrileges and blasphemies committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus & the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary after Mass.

Sponsored by:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

03 July 2015

Catholic Identity Conference 2015


Catholic Identity Conference 2015 will take place 25-27 September 2015, in Weirton, West Virginia.

This year's conference theme: The Three "R's" of Modernism: Recognize it; Refute it; and Return to Tradition.

The conference will begin on Friday, 25 September 2015, with a Solemn High Mass offered by Canon Jean-Marie Moreau of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.

Conference speaker's:
For additional information and to register, visit the Catholic Identity Conference website.

UPDATE: Photos of the conference can be viewed here. For brief summaries of the talks and to purchase CD's visit here.

01 July 2015

Sacred Heart League to Un-Locke America, the Church, and the World‏


Dr. John Rao, Associate Professor of History at St. John's University in New York City, and Director of the Roman Forum, has launched a new initiative to awaken Catholics in America to the full meaning of the doctrine of the Sacred Heart for the Kingship of Christ over individuals and society at large and the way in which John Locke and his teachings, so prevalent in the post-Vatican II Church, prevents this goal from ever being achieved.  Read about this new and important initiative here.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
have mercy on us.

26 June 2015

26 June 2015
Obergefell v. Hodges
citing Griswald v. Connecticut.

12 June 2015

Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord 2015 - Traditional Latin Mass


Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 7:00 PM
Traditional Latin Low Mass
Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord
(Holy Rosary & Confessions begin at 6:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant: Fr. Ladis J. Cizik

Litany of the Most Precious Blood after Mass.

Sponsored by:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild.

After Mass, everyone is invited to join Fr. Cizik and the Knights of Columbus for an informal dinner at Harold's Inn, 2134 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa PA 15001-4671 (approx. 4.5 miles/10 mins from St. Titus Church, nearer to the Hopewell Exit of I-376/formerly PA Rt 60).
Order off the menu and pay on your own.

24 May 2015

Pentecost 2015

Wis. 1,7.  THE Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole earth, alleluia; and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.  Ps. 67, 2.  Let God arise, and His enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Him fly from before His face.
(Introit, Mass of Pentecost Sunday.)

20 May 2015

Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 2015 -- Traditional Latin Mass


Friday, 12 June 2015, 7:00 PM
Traditional Latin Low Mass
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Holy Rosary & Confessions begin at 6:30 PM)

St. Titus Church
952 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa PA 15001

Celebrant: Fr. Ladis J. Cizik

Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart after Mass.
(Plenary indulgence for making this Act of Reparation on the Feast of the Sacred Heart.)

Sponsored By:
Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161
Traditional Latin Mass Guild

After Mass, everyone is invited to join Fr. Cizik and the Knights of Columbus for an informal dinner at Harold's Inn, 2134 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa PA 15001-4671 (approx 4.5 miles/10 mins from St. Titus Church, nearer to the Hopewell Exit of I-376/formerly PA Rt 60).
Order off the menu and pay on your own.

12 May 2015

Report: 2015 Blue Mass


On Saturday, 9 May 2015, the Knights of Columbus Woodlawn Council 2161 Traditional Latin Mass Guild hosted the 2015 Blue Mass at St. Titus Church in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, to honor Beaver County police & law enforcement officers, and to invoke God's blessing and protection upon them.


Prior to Mass, and before the assembled faithful, Reverend Father Ladis J. Cizik blessed police vehicles on Franklin Avenue in front of St. Titus Church.





After the blessing of police vehicles, the Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police Honor Guard paid tribute to fallen officers in Beaver County with taps, a rifle salute, and bagpiper.

Officer David Piuri, President of Beaver Valley Lodge #4 FOP,
reading the names of fallen officers.

Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police Honor Guard.

Honor Guard rendering rifle salute to fallen officers.


Assembled law enforcement officers.

Law enforcement officers enter the church before Mass.





Posting the colors.





Fr. Cizik preached on the importance of tradition to the Catholic Faith, the Mass, and to police & law enforcement officers, and on the Divine Law as the natural basis and foundation of civil law.



Fr. Cizik offered the Votive Mass of Saint Michael the Archangel, patron of police & law enforcement officers.




After Mass, there was a luncheon in the church hall.


Magisterial District Judge James F. DiBenedetto
served as master of ceremonies.

At the podium: Judge DiBenedetto.
Seated at the table, from L to R: Aliquippa Police Chief Don Couch, Grand Knight John Kubanda, Fr. Ladis Cizik, Beaver Valley Lodge #4 FOP President David Piuri,
Judge Richard Mancini, Beaver County Sheriff George David.

The featured speaker was The Honorable Richard Mancini, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County.

Judge Richard Mancini


Also addressing the gathering were State Senators
Elder Vogel and Camera Bartolotta.

State Senator Elder Vogel.

State Senator Camera Bartolotta.

Closing remarks were offered by Beaver County Sheriff George David.

Beaver County Sheriff George David

Woodlawn Council thanks the following officials for their attendance at the 2015 Blue Mass and luncheon honoring Beaver County police & law enforcement officers:

The Honorable Richard Mancini
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Featured Speaker

George J. David
Sheriff of Beaver County

The Honorable James F. DiBenedetto
Magisterial District Judge
Master of Ceremonies

State Senator
Elder Vogel

State Senator
Camera Bartolotta

Beaver County Treasurer
Connie Tuccinard Javens

Beaver County Recorder of Deeds
Janice Jeschke Beall

Beaver County Jury Commissioner
Shelley L. Blythe

Beaver County Assistant District Attorney
Frank Martocci

Beaver County Assistant District Attorney
Albert Torrence

Beaver County Deputy Public Defender
Dirk A. Goodwald

City of Aliquippa Mayor
Dwan Walker

Woodlawn Council thanks the following officials for their support of the 2015 Blue Mass and luncheon honoring Beaver County police & law enforcement officers:

Beaver County Board of Commissioners
Tony Amadio, Chairman
Joe Spanik
Dennis Nichols

State Representative
Robert Matzie

Beaver County Prothonotary
Nancy Cozzucoli Werme

Monaca Borough Council and
Mayor Antoline

Magisterial District Judge
Andrew M. Hladio

Magisterial District Judge
W. R. Livingston, II

Magisterial District Judge
Janet Swihart

Hopewell Township Commissioner
Richard Bufalini

Woodlawn Council thanks the following individuals, organizations, and businesses for their support of the 2015 Blue Mass and luncheon honoring Beaver County police & law enforcement officers:

Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police

James W. Naim Memorial Lodge #26
Fraternal Order of Police

Beaver Valley Chiefs' of Police Association

Monaca Police Officers Association

Advanced Plumbing & Mechanical, Inc.

Aliquippa Recycling & Metals Processing

Beaver County Special Olympics

Beaver Valley Auto Mall

Frankovitch, Anetakis, Colantonio & Simon

Junak's Auto Repair, Inc.

Shasta Incorporated

Weirton Lumber

 St. Titus Parish, Aliquippa

St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Center Twp.

Church of Ss. Peter & Paul, Beaver

Latin Liturgy Association of Pittsburgh

Housing Authority of the County of Beaver

The Office of James J. Loll, PC

Ceravolo Construction

A. K. Nahas

Simpson Funeral and Cremation Services

Metalwerks PMD, Inc.

Demenels

Judi Rubino, Realtor

Miller & Sons Chevrolet Buick

Eaton Corporation

Smileys Wholesale Tire Co.

Congressman Keith Rothfus

David J. Lozier, Esquire

George M. Patterson, Esquire

Robert J. Taylor, Esquire

Staff at Aliquippa Branch
First National Bank

Finally, Woodlawn Council thanks the following for organizing and participating in the 2015 Blue Mass and luncheon honoring Beaver County police & law enforcement officers:

Reverend Father Ladis J. Cizik
Celebrant of the 2015 Blue Mass

Altar Servers

Schola

Beaver Valley Lodge #4 Fraternal Order of Police
Honor Guard

Reverend Stephen McKeown
Chaplain of the Aliquippa Police Department

2015 Blue Mass Committee
Grand Knight John J. Kubanda, Esq., Chairman
Sheriff George David
Magisterial District Judge James F. DiBenedetto
Aliquippa Police Chief Don Couch
Aliquippa Police Chief Ralph Pallante (Ret.)
President David Piuri FOP Lodge #4
President Neal Nicholson FOP Lodge #26
Past Grand Knight A. Todd Wilson, Esq.

Woodlawn Council 2161
Grand Knight John J. Kubanda, Esq.
Deputy Grand Knight Sam Belli
Financial Secretary Anthony Campana

Saint Michael the Archangel,
Patron of Police & Law Enforcement Officers,
pray for them.