Vatican II), which ushered in new Masses in the vernacular. (Photo by Mary Reinholz)ĭa Luz, who also released incense, repeatedly called out to congregants, “Dominus Vobiscum” - meaning “The Lord is with you” in English - words from traditional Latin Masses that were codified from earlier liturgies by the Council of Trent (1545-1563) and used in the Roman Missal from 1570 up until the Second Vatican Council of 1963-65 (a.k.a. In 2015, Holy Redeemer merged with the former Second Avenue Church of the Nativity, which has since been demolished for a new market-rate housing development. A Baroque Romanesque pilgrimage shrine built in 1852 for largely German Catholic immigrants in the East Village, the soaring, cathedral-like edifice between Avenues A and B includes a clock bell tower. An altar server rang a communion bell when he elevated the host. Da Luz stood at the high altar, facing the tabernacle as he murmured prayers in Latin. This ancient Mass drew about 150 people, many Latino. It was one in a series of five Masses that will be conducted - for a second year - on the first Saturday of each month at the soaring baroque edifice in the East Village. 6, the Reverend Father Alessandro da Luz, a visiting priest from the Long Island Diocese of Rockville Centre, celebrated the controversial Latin Mass at Holy Redeemer. ![]() Connolly washed the feet of a disabled elderly woman in a front pew, moments before offering her a consecrated communion wafer. ![]() The faithful joined him in prayers and in singing hymns like “Ave Maria,” several holding rosary beads. ![]() The Roman Catholic diocesan priest, 33, is pastor/administrator of the historic East Village church at 173 E. It was noon on a hot summer day as Connolly, resplendent in a green cassock, began celebrating a modern bilingual Mass in English and Spanish. BY MARY REINHOLZ | The Reverend Father Sean Connolly faced about 30 parishioners from behind a free-standing altar at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer and Nativity.
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