First Missa Cantata Since 1969 For Candlemas, The Feast Of The Purification Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, Palo Alto, California.

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Candlemas, 2 February 2017, at 8:00 p.m., a Sung Traditional Latin Mass will be Celebrated at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church. located at 75 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, California.

Every Sunday, a Sung Latin Mass is Celebrated at the Church, but this Mass, on The Feast of Candlemas, will be the first Extraordinary Form Mass Celebrated there since the Mass of Pope Paul VI was introduced in 1969.

The Saint Ann Choir, under the direction of Prof. William Mahrt of The Department of Music at Stanford University, will sing the Mass for Three Voices by William Byrd and Gregorian Chants Proper to The Feast Day. The Celebrant will be Fr. Francisco Nahoe, a Friar of The Conventual Franciscan Order.