Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.
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Monday 28 January 2013

First Traditional Forty Hours' Devotion in the Archdiocese of New York since the Second Vatican Council. The Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, New York. Friday, 1 February 2013 - Sunday, 3 February 2013.



Roman Text is from the Article on Fr Z's Blog,
WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY, at
http://wdtprs.com/blog/

Italic Text is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia.





Church of The Holy Innocents, Manhattan, New York.


The Church of the Holy Innocents, in Manhattan, will celebrate the restoration of its monumental Mural of the Crucifixion by Constantino Brumidi with the first Traditional Forty Hours’ Devotion in the Archdiocese of New York since the Second Vatican Council.

The Forty Hours' Devotion will take place over the first weekend of February and conclude with a Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool on Sunday, February 3rd at 10 AM coram sanctissimo (in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament).

There will be sign-up sheets at the back of the Church of the Holy Innocents for those who would like to commit to adoring the Blessed Sacrament in the Church during the periods of Exposition.

The Forty Hours' Devotion begins on the First Friday of February, February 1st, at 6:00 PM with a Solemn Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament (in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite). This Mass concludes with the Exposition and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament. The First Friday All Night Vigil begins after this Mass and will continue until 4:00 AM.




Church of The Holy Innocents, Manhattan, New York.
Photo: 3 June 2012.
Source: Own work.
Artist: Jim.henderson
(Wikimedia Commons)



The Forty Hours continues on the First Saturday of February, February 2nd, at 1:00 PM with a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Candlemas, (in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite). This Mass will include the blessing of candles and procession.

At 4 PM, there will also be a Pontifical Mass (in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, versus populum and in English) for the Solemnity of the Dedication of the Church, celebrated by His Excellency Dominick Lagonegro, Auxiliary Bishop of New York, at which he will bless the restored Mural.

The Forty Hours' Devotion concludes on the First Sunday of February, February 3rd, at 10:00 AM with a Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool coram sanctissimo for the Feast of the Dedication of the Church, celebrated by His Excellency, James C. Timlin, Bishop Emeritus of Scranton. This Mass concludes with the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Reposition.


The Church of the Holy Innocents is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 126 West 37th Street at Broadway, Manhattan, New York City.


History

The parish was established in 1868. The present edifice was completed in 1870, using the Gothic Revival style of architecture. The first pastor engaged Constantino Brumidi to create a monumental fresco over the main altar. He later decorated the Great Rotunda of the U. S. Capitol Building. 

In the early years, cows roamed the streets and open pastures around Holy Innocents. As the city rapidly expanded northward, the community, known as the "Tenderloin", teemed with immigrants from Europe. 

By the early 1900s, the area was known for newspaper publishing (The New York Herald) and theatres (The Metropolitan Opera House (39th St)). Holy Innocents was called the "actors' church". Eugene O'Neill, the playwright, was baptised in the Church in 1888. Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes had the Church build a twenty-storey storage and loft building at 135-9 West 36th Street in 1924, to designs by the eminent Emery Roth, 19 West 40th Street for $600,000.

Pastor Rev. Dr. Richard Brennan transferred here in 1890 from being pastor since 1875 of St. Rose of Lima's Old Church (New York City), after the death of the former pastor, Rev. Larkin.


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