The traditional Latin Holy Sacrifice of the Mass of the
Roman Catholic Church.
The true Catholic Faith, whole and entire, uncorrupted
by the heresies of Vatican II.
Rubrics and rite of Mass of Pope St. Pius X, before the
changes of the 1950's and 1960's.
All sacraments are celebrated in the traditional Roman
rite.
Chapel is independent of the Diocese of Camden and of
the SSPX.
*Refutation by Rev. Martin Stépanich, O.F.M., S.T.D. of recent assertions of Mr. Nicholas Gruner.
*Refutation by Rev. Anthony Cekada of recent assertions of neo-cath Christopher Ferrara in The Fatima Crusader and Catholic Family News: http://www.traditionalmass.org/articles/article.php?id=66&catname=14
INDEX
Chapel
Information, Location and Maps
Chapel
Photographs
Traditional
Latin Mass Resources Online
Teaching
of the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church
Benedictine
and Franciscan Spirituality and Third Orders
Saints, Prayers
and Devotions
Recommended
Catholic Web Sites
Catholic Reference
Online
Recommended
Catholic Books and Publications
Chapel Information, Location and Maps
Located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia International
Airport.
Between the Walt Whitman and Commodore Barry Bridges.
Off Exit 18 of U.S. Route 295 / U.S. Route 130.
Take State Road 667 / Delaware Street, going west a few
blocks to Paulsboro.
Located on the SE corner of Delaware & New Streets.
Map showing location of St. Mary's Chapel.
Driving directions to St. Mary's Chapel.
The New Jersey Transit bus lines have infrequent service to Paulsboro
on Sundays. The 402 bus travels from Market Street in Philadelphia
and also the local 455 bus travels from Deptford, NJ. Get off
at Delaware Street and walk east for two blocks.
Contact New Jersey Transit
directly for further information.
Delaware River Port Authority Senior Citizen $1 Bridge Passes, either driver or passenger qualifies: DRPA
Mass Times:
Sundays: 9 A.M.
Holydays during the work week: 7 P.M. If
a Holyday falls on a Saturday, then 9 A.M.
The Rosary is prayed each Sunday before Mass.
Confessions are heard each Sunday from 8:15 A.M. to 8:45
A.M.
The Third Order Secular of Saint Francis meets after Mass on the first Sunday of each month.
When inclement weather makes driving hazardous, our parishioners are notified by telephone of Mass cancellation for their own safety as they travel to us from a five state area. Those visiting us during the winter who are not registered with us, please be aware of this possibility.
Most
Rev. John E. Hesson, O.S.B.
Rev. Joseph H. Bachtiger
For further information e-mail:
saintmarychapel@yahoo.com
Traditional Latin Mass Resources Online
Quo
Primum, Apostolic Constitution of His Holiness Pope St. Pius V,
July 14, 1570. In conjunction with the Council of Trent, Pope St.
Pius V codified and standardized the pre-existing immemorial Roman rite
of Mass of the Church and set it in stone in order to safeguard the Faith
and dogmatically refute the Protestant heresies which are resurgent again
today: "We grant and concede in perpetuity that,
for the chanting or reading of the Mass in any church whatsoever, this
Missal is hereafter to be followed absolutely.."
This is a doctrinal decree dealing
with the Faith, not merely disciplinary, and the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass can never be changed as it consists of the the words of Our Lord contained
in Sacred Scripture, and established in Sacred Tradition and immemorial
custom: "Should anyone, however, presume to commit such an
act, he should know that he will incur the wrath of Almighty God and of
the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul."
The Ottaviani Intervention: http://www.traditionalmass.org/OttavIntervWeb.htm
Cardinal Ottaviani, Prefect Emeritus of the Holy Office,
Cardinal Bacci, Bishop Des Lauriers O.P. and other prominent Catholic theologians
condemned the "new order of mass" to Paul VI in 1969 as sacrilegious,
blasphemous, and heretical and questioned its validity: "the
words of Consecration in the New Order of Mass could also not be valid."
Missals Comparison: Compare the translated text of the Ordinary of the Traditional Mass to the best case of the "new mass". http://www.the-pope.com/missals.html
Ordinary of the Mass for Low Mass, Latin-English parallel texts: http://traditio.com/tradlib/masstext.txt
Propers of the Mass for Sundays for the liturgical year. The Propers of the Saints may supersede these, however, depending upon the rank of the Feast. http://www.olfatima.com/masstexts.html
Traditional Latin Mass on Short Wave Radio, a Low Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrated in 1986, re-broadcast each Sunday by Fr. Gommar A. De Pauw, Long Island, NY: http://www.latinmass-ctm.org/radio/radio.htm
Traditional Latin Mass Video online to download and save. Low Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrated in 1986 by the late Fr. Gommar A. De Pauw, Long Island, NY: http://www.latinmass-ctm.org/mass/online.htm
The link for the Real Media/Player compatible video on their web page is incorrect. The correct link is: http://www.latinmass-ctm.org/mass/CTMVideo.rm
Liturgical Hours of the Divine Office, i.e. the Roman Breviary, including Propers and Kalendar: http://www.breviary.net/
Traditio Registry of Traditional Masses: http://www.traditio.com/tradlib/masslat.htm
Not all listings are recommended.
Teaching of the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope Innocent III (1198), Sermo 4:
"The Roman Pontiff has no superior but God. Who, therefore, could cast him out or trample him under foot – since of the pope it is said ‘gather thy flock into thy fold’? Truly, he should not flatter himself about his power, nor should he rashly glory in his honor and high estate, because the less he is judged by man, the more he is judged by God.
"Still the less can the Roman Pontiff glory [Minus dico] because he can be judged by men, or rather, can be shown to be already judged, if for example he should wither away into heresy; because he who does not believe is already judged.
"In such a case it should be said of him: ‘If salt should lose its savor, it is good for nothing but to be cast out and trampled under foot by men'."
Code of Canon Law (1917), Canon 188.4:
Canon 188: "Ob tacitam renuntiationem ab ipso iure admissam
quaelibet officia vacant ipso facto et sine
ulla declaratione, si clerus ... (4) a fide
catholica publice defecerit."
Canon 188: "There are certain causes which effect the tacit
resignation of an office, which resignation is accepted in advance by operation
of law, and hence is effective without any declaration. These causes
are:
(4) if he has publicly fallen away from the Catholic faith."
Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio, Apostolic Constitution of His Holiness Pope Paul IV, February 15, 1559. 6. In addition, [by this Our Constitution, which is to remain valid in perpetuity We enact, determine, decree and define:-] that if ever at any time it shall appear that any Bishop, even if he be acting as an Archbishop, Patriarch or Primate; or any Cardinal of the aforesaid Roman Church, or, as has already been mentioned, any legate, or even the Roman Pontiff, prior to his promotion or his elevation as Cardinal or Roman Pontiff, has deviated from the Catholic Faith or fallen into some heresy: (i) the promotion or elevation, even if it shall have been uncontested and by the unanimous assent of all the Cardinals, shall be null, void and worthless;
Four Doctors of the Church: Excerpts from St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Alphonsus de Liguori, St. Francis de Sales, and St. Thomas Aquinas on the result of the defection from the Faith by an existing pope through manifest heresy.
Independence, Just Law and Government, and America: Excerpts from Pope Leo XIII, St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope Pius XII.
Longinque
Oceani / Longinqua, On Catholicity in the United States, Encyclical
of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, January 6, 1895. While this encyclical
deals primarily with the Church in the United States, it also provides
Catholic teaching on the forms and ideals of government.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Mirari Vos, On Liberalism And Religious Indifferentism, Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Gregory XVI, August 15, 1832. Teaches on Clerical Celibacy, Marriage, Indifferentism, Liberty Of Conscience, Freedom To Publish, Trust And Submission Due To Princes, Separating Church And State. http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/Greg16/G16MIRAR.HTM
Mortalium Animos, On Religious Unity, Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Pius XI, January 6, 1928. Condemns false ecumenism. http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/Pius11/P11MORTA.HTM
Quas Primas, On the Feast of Christ the King, Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Pius XI, December 11, 1925. On the Social Reign of Christ the King. http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/Pius11/P11PRIMA.HTM
Baptism
of Blood, Baptism of Desire: The Church has always taught that
these must be held "De
Fide", as articles of Faith. Listed are citations from
the Council of Trent, Saint Alphonsus de Liguori Doctor of the Church,
Saint Thomas Aquinas Doctor of the Church, and Popes Innocent III, Pius
IX, Saint Pius X, and Pius XII.
Benedictine and Franciscan Spirituality and Third Orders
Order of Saint Benedict
Fulgens Radiatur, On St. Benedict of Nursia,Encyclical
of His Holiness Pope Pius XII, March 21, 1947: http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/Pius12/P12RADIA.HTM
This encyclical praises the great founder of the Order
of St. Benedict and Father of western monasticism and his lasting contributions
to the Church.
Holy Rule of St. Benedict: http://home.flash.net/~oramus/rule.html
The great rule by the Father of Western Monasticism that
laid the foundation for spiritual guidance and prudent governance for countless
religious congregations of Holy Mother Church.
Regula S.P.N. Benedicti, Latin original text of
the Holy Rule of St. Benedict:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/benedict.html
Order of Friars Minor - Franciscan
Franciscan Spirituality, What Is It? by Fr. Bede M. Hess, O. F. M. Conv. This classic manual for spiritual instruction in the Franciscan tradition is utitlized by the Franciscan Tertiaries, i.e. Franciscan Third Order Seculars, who meet at our chapel.
Sacra Propediem, On the Third Order of St. Francis,
Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Benedict
XV, January 6, 1921. http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/Ben15/B15SAPRO.HTM
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Feast Day August 22nd, Act of Consecration by Pope Pius XII to be recited on her feast.
Saint Philomena, Virgin and Martyr, Feast Day August 11th. Novena prayer and story of the discovery of her relics.
Recommended Catholic Web Sites
John Lane's The Aquinas Catholic Site: http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/
Jim McNally's Fortis in Fide. Requiescat in pace. http://www.the-pope.com/jmcnally.html
Congregatio Mariae Reginae Immaculatae, Bp. Pivarunas: http://www.cmri.org/
His Excellency, Most Reverend Oliver Oravec: http://home.nextra.sk/olinko
L'Istituto Mater Boni Consilii, Fr. Ricossa: http://www.sodalitium.it/
Traditional Catholic: http://www.traditionalcatholic.net/
Baltimore Catechism Number 3, 1891 edition:
http://www.traditionalcatholic.net/Tradition/Information/Baltimore_No-3/index.html
Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908-1913: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
Be vary wary, however, of the tinge of heretical Modernism in many
articles. As Pope St. Pius X warned at that time, "The enemy is now within."
Code of Canon Law, 1917: http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/code/code.html
Council of Trent, Canons and Decrees: http://history.hanover.edu/early/trent.htm
Holy Bible, Douay Rheims - Challoner Edition: http://www.drbo.org/
Biblia Sacra, Latin Vulgate Bible:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/CLASSICS/bib.html
Papal Documents: http://www.stthomasaquinas.net/encyclicals/papalindex.html
Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas http://www.newadvent.org/summa/
Recommended Catholic Books and Publications
Handmissals Latin/English, Pope St. Pius X Rubrics:
The New Roman Missal by Fr. F. X. Lasance, 1945 Edition.
Published by Omni
/ Christian Book Club of America.
St Andrew Daily Missal 1945 Edition, (smaller print but
has Kyriale with chant in modern notation).
Liber Usualis, Solesmes Edition 1952
The Liturgical Year by Abbot Gueranger, O.S.B.
Butler's Lives of the Saints
St. Bonaventure Publications http://www.libers.com/
Roman Catholic Newspapers:
The Catholic Voice: http://strc.org/
Past Issues Online: http://strc.org/The%20Catholic%20Voice.htm
The Four Marks: http://www.ttc-cmc.net/~nlight/mast.htm
http://www.ttc-cmc.net/~nlight/4marks.htm
Spera In Deo!