Sacraments in the Old Rite

For your information:

Fr. Alan Mackey is available throughout the diocese to celebrate any and all of the Sacraments according to the 1962 Ritual. Please contact Fr. Mackey to make arrangements (you can find his contact info on the left column of this site), or e-mail Una Voce Northern Alabama at unavocenorthernalabama(AT)gmail.com.

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Special Extraordinary Form Mass

Fr. Alan Mackey will offer a Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form as the Conventual Mass for the Poor Clare Nuns at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, AL on Wednesday, May 21, at 7:00am.

Please visit www.olamshrine.com for more information on the Shrine and directions.

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Extraordinary Form Huntsville

There are two upcoming Latin Masses in Huntsville next week.

Saint Mary of the Visitation

Sunday, April 27, 2008
2:30pm Public Recitation of the Rosary
3:00pm Low Mass

Monday, April 28, 2008
4:00pm Low Mass

Beginning in May, Huntsville will have the Extraordinary Form on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Sundays of the month. Birmingham will continue to have the Old Rite the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.

Keep your eyes out for the May calendar. We'll get it posted soon.

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April Latin Mass Schedule

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Additional Upcoming Alabama Latin Masses

In addition the the usual Latin Masses offered in Huntsville and Birmingham, northern Alabamians have the following upcoming opportunities:

Wednesday, April 2, 7am
Solemn High Requiem Mass
In Honor of Pope John Paul II
Location: Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Hanceville, AL
FSSP

Sunday, April 6, 7am
Solemn High Mass
Location: Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Hanceville, AL
Opus Angelorum
(televised live on EWTN)

Sunday, April 6, 2pm
Sung High Mass
Location: Blessed Sacrament
Birmingham, AL
Fr. Mackey will offer Holy Mass as usual on Sunday; starting this Sunday, however, it will be a High Mass!

Easter Sunday, Huntsville, AL (March 23, 2008)

Some photos from the Sung High Easter Mass in Huntsville.

Palm Sunday Procession – Birmingham, Alabama (16 March 2008)

Palm Sunday Procession – Birmingham, Alabama (16 March 2008):

Honoring the ancient Roman Catholic tradition of carrying blessed palms
in a procession, Catholic faithful processed outside of Blessed
Sacrament church in Birmingham, Alabama, before assisting at Holy Mass
according to the Extraordinary (Tridentine) rite. Fr. Alan Mackey led
the procession and offered Mass. Palm Sunday begins Holy Week
celebrating Our Lord’s triumph as the King of Israel. Holy palms, which
traditionally symbolize victory, compliment the message of the Crucifix:
Jesus’ victory was attained by His Passion and Death. Rev. Fr. Mackey
will offer a sung High Latin Mass on Easter Sunday: much effort has gone
into preparing altar boys and a schola. We are indeed grateful and
blessed, and we look forward to celebrating Christ’s Resurrection in
grand style, fitting to the King of Kings.

Holy Mass, Huntsville, Sunday 9 March 2008

Father Alan Mackey spoke on the Four Last Things at St. Mary of the Visitation in Huntsville this 9th of March, 2008. Huntsville has a dedicated community of faithful who assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass -- thanks be to God!

March Latin Mass Schedule

Una Voce Northern Alabama Four Last Things Conference Series

Lent: February-March 2008

Una Voce Northern Alabama is happy to announce that Fr. Alan Mackey will be giving a short conference on the Four Last Things after Holy Mass during Lent. This shall also be an opportunity to meet with your fellow members of Una Voce Northern Alabama. We will be joined on Sunday, March 2, by Carl Olson, author of The Da Vinci Hoax and Will Catholics be Left Behind, and editor of Ignatius Press’ online magazine, Ignatius Insight (http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/). We are also working to help Fr. Mackey offer a Solemn High Latin Mass on Easter (March 23) to cap off the Four Last Things Conference Series.

Sunday, February 24 (Huntsville), 3:00 pm: Death
Sunday, March 2 (Birmingham), 2:00 pm: Judgment
Sunday, March 9 (Huntsville), 3:00 pm: Heaven
Sunday, March 16 (Birmingham), 2:00 pm: Hell
Sunday, March 23 (Huntsville), 3:00 pm: Solemn High Latin Easter Mass

Huntsville Latin Mass Report: February 24

Nearly 200 faithful assisted at the Traditional Latin Mass offered in the beautiful Saint Mary of the Visitation Church in Huntsville, Alabama. The TLM community there is thriving, and Una Voce Northern Alabama is striving to make the Traditional Latin Mass available every Sunday there. On that note, we have collected enough funding to sponsor four priests to travel to Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary (FSSP) to be trained in how to offer the Traditional Mass.

Una Voce Northern Alabama Congratulates Little Anastasia on Her Baptism

Sunday, February 17

We join the parents of our newest Latin-Mass lover, Anastasia, in celebrating her holy baptism. Anastasia was beautifully christened according to the Traditional Rite of Baptism by Fr. Alan Mackey in the lovely Blessed Sacrament Church, Birmingham, Alabama. After her baptism, Anastasia’s parents consecrated her to the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Marian side of the church; Fr. Alan Mackey witnessed. Deo Gratias!

Traditional Latin Mass Report: Huntsville, Alabama (Sunday, February 10, 2008)

Psallite Domino, sancti ejus! Hundreds of faithful assisted at Huntsville’s second Tridentine Mass, offered by Una Voce Northern Alabama chaplain, Fr. Alan Mackey. Holy Mass was celebrated at the beautiful Saint Mary of the Visitation Roman Catholic Church in Huntsville’s city center. After learning of the overwhelming number of the faithful there attached to this Rite of Mass, His Excellency, Robert J. Baker, wrote to Una Voce that he is “very happy that this Mass has brought such joy to so many devoted Catholics.” We in northern Alabama continue to extend our warmest thanks to Bishop Baker for his support. Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Rite is now a permanent part of the spiritual lives of Roman Catholics in both Birmingham and Huntsville, Alabama.

Low Mass, Hanceville, Feb. 14th.

Father Mackey will offer a Low Mass for the nuns (and faithful) at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery (OLAM) in Hanceville, AL, on February 14th, at 7:00am.

Candlemass, Febrary 3, 2008 (Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Northern Alabama faithful celebrated Candlemass Sunday with a blessing of candles, a procession, and a final St. Blaise blessing of the throats – very beautiful. Fr. Alan Mackey offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and after Mass he baptized a young man according to the traditional rite. We all welcomed him into the Church with jubilation. There are so many people to thank for all they have done, and continue to do, to help restore the Traditional Latin Mass in the Church. We especially thank those kind priests in the diocese of northern Alabama who support our mission. Una Voce Northern Alabama’s primary goal remains to build a Latin Mass community and to, with God’s help, establish Traditional Latin Rite parish (or several) in Northern Alabama.

Candlemass (Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary) – Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 Procession and Feast of St. Blaise Throat Blessing

Candlemass (Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary) – Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
Procession and Feast of St. Blaise Throat Blessing

Dear Friends and Fellow Latin Mass Lovers,

Please bring candles to Holy Mass this Sunday (February 3, at Blessed Sacrament Church) to be blessed by Fr. Mackey! This is “Candlemass Sunday,” also known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and we shall be having our candles blessed and walk in a beautiful procession around the church. Father will also give us the traditional Feast of Saint Blaise throat blessing after Holy Mass. Again, Mass and all related activities shall begin at 2:00pm.

In pax et charitas Christi,

Dr. Clark
President, Una Voce Northern Alabama

Traditional Latin Mass in Huntsville, Alabama (27 January 2008)

Te Deum laudamus: te Dominum confitemur! Nearly four hundred faithful assisted at the first celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (Extraordinary Rite) at St. Mary of the Visitation Roman Catholic Church in Hunstville, Alabama, in over forty years. Rev. Fr. Alan Mackey offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and blessed religious articles according to the traditional ritual. Mr. Jeff Hogan met with aspiring young altar boys, and the faithful gathered for a post-Mass potluck, where Fr. Mackey and Dr. Clark, Una Voce Northern Alabama president, spoke about the state of the Traditional Mass in Alabama and Una Voce’s work in the restoration of the 1962 Missal and rites. Many tearfully expressed their elation and gratitude over the return of the beautiful Tridentine Latin Mass. Thank you Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI and Bishop Baker for supporting this holy form of the Roman Catholic Mass.

Northern Alabama February Schedule

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SUNDAY, FEB. 3
LOW MASS 2 PM
Blessed Sacrament, BIRMINGHAM, AL

SUNDAY, FEB. 10
LOW MASS 3 PM
St. Mary of the Visitation, HUNTSVILLE, AL

SUNDAY, FEB. 17
LOW MASS 2 PM
Blessed Sacrament, BIRMINGHAM, AL

SUNDAY, FEB. 24
LOW MASS 3 PM
St. Mary of the Visitation, HUNTSVILLE, AL

AUTHORIZED BY BISHOP BAKER
Schola forming in March (for more information contact organistAL@aol.com)

Traditional Latin Mass to be Offered at Huntsville, Alabama – Sunday, January 27

For the first time in over forty years the Traditional Latin (Extraordinary Rite) Mass will be offered in the beautiful sanctuary of St. Mary of the Visitation Roman Catholic Church, Huntsville, Alabama. Rev. Fr. Alan Mackey, the chaplain of Una Voce Northern Alabama, will offer a Low Mass at 4:00 pm, after which he will bless any religious articles (crucifixes, rosaries, scapulars, sacred heart images, and so forth) using the traditional rite. Also following Mass, Mr. Jeff Hogan will lead be a brief organizational meeting in the chapel to begin altar boy training in the diocese. Directly after Holy Mass there will be a potluck gathering in the parish center, during which Dr. Anthony Clark and Fr. Alan Mackey will briefly introduce the mission of Una Voce and provide a report on the status of the Traditional Latin Mass in the Birmingham diocese. There is much to rejoice about nowadays, and we also take this opportunity to celebrate the birth of Anastasia Biddle! We rejoice with David and Carli as they usher into God’s world a beautiful new soul.

Traditional Latin Mass: 4:00 pm
Blessing of Religious Articles: directly after Mass (bring your rosaries and other items)
Altar Boy Organizational Meeting: directly after Mass
Potluck Gathering: after Mass (please bring something!)

Traditional Latin Mass Update: Sunday, January 20

Our most recent Traditional Latin Mass was attended by over 100 people – Deo Gratias! The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was offered again at Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in Birmingham, Alabama, by Fr. Alan Mackey. Una Voce Northern Alabama has been able, through the generous support of many Alabama faithful, to procure small missals for the Latin (Tridentine) Mass, altar boy training booklets, altar cards, burses, and we are presently collecting funds to send several Alabama priests to Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary for training in the Extraordinary (Tridentine) Rite of the Mass. We also extend our warm gratitude to our new bishop, Robert Baker, for his support and encouragement as we work to promote the 1962 Missal and rituals: we continue to pray for him as he continues his pastoral work in northern Alabama.

St. Cecilia Schola to hold February chant workshop in Auburn

http://ceciliaschola.org/2007/12/26/workshop-2008
This year's St. Cecilia workshop will be held on February 1st and 2nd, 2008.

Also,
if you are interested in participating in the now-forming Birmingham Latin Mass schola, contact organistAL@aol.com if you'd like more information.

November Latin Mass, Blessed Sacrament, Birmingham, AL