More Latin Pronunciation Assistance

Here are the files for Side B of the Latin Pronunciation guide and the "Most Necessary Prayers" in Latin. Keep practicing and have a safe 4th of July.

pic of high altar at St. Martin de Tours in Louisville, KY

Church Latin Pronunciation Practice

Take time to practice with the list that was handed out. Focus on the letters and accents as opposed to just memorizing the words based on how it sounds. Use the audio file to guide you. Side B will be available later this week.

Final Audio File Test

Please click on the file. If you can't hear the audio file please comment or let me know.

Sacred Heart Weekend

We have confirmation for this weekend:

• Saturday AM Mass at St. Vincent de Paul at 9:00 AM
• Drive to Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury, NC arriving by 11:00
• Training with Fr. Ferguson and Noah Carter from 11:00 to 1:00pm
• Bring your own lunch, a large cooler with ice will be in my car. We'll eat lunch on the Church grounds.
• Arrive back at St. Ann's in Charlotte between 2 - 3 pm
• Be back at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury on Sunday June 13th by 3pm

We'll have extra space in cars on Saturday. If you need a ride on Sunday, we can coordinate that as well.

The Mass schedule has been updated as well. Training schedule to be updated soon.

The new servers will be joining us at the next training session on Monday, June 21st. Please pray for them as the first few months are challenging as we all remember. More to come...

Getting Organized

We have a tentative training session set up at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury, NC on Saturday June 12, 2010 at 11:00 AM.

Here's a tentative plan:

• Saturday June 12th 9:00 AM Mass at St. Vincent's off Park Road.
• Caravan up to Sacred Heart Church after Mass. (Should take less than an hour to get there.)
• Do the training.
• Lunch in Salisbury.
• Caravan back to St. Ann's where servers can get picked up.

Marla Walsh, Debbie Mack, and Stefano Monaco (a MEF regular at St. Anns and well known to me and many of the parents) have offered to drive other servers whose parents may not be able to make it.

As for the Mass itself, it will count for the Sunday obligation. Servers will be expected to be at the Sacred Heart Church by 2:45 pm to help set up. The Missa Cantata will be at 4:00 PM on Sunday June 13th.

A note for the servers: you will be expected to listen, obey, and be prepared for your position so that we can facilitate Noah in his new role. Expect to learn new things with Fr. Ferguson. I know I will.

I need everyone to contact me to let me know what they can make and can't make. I'll be at the hospital this weekend but I hope to hear wonderful stories of tomorrow's Ordination and first Masses for the new priests.

Evening post in between shifts

I'm busy but here's some updates:

• Will Borin and Sam Dehority have volunteered for tomorrow's MEF and Children's Benediction. Please be there by 4:00pm to set up quickly for the kids and then finish setting up afterwards before the regular Holy Hour.
• I'm trying to organize a training session for the Missa Cantata in Salisbury and here's what I've come up with so far: Fr. Ferguson FSSP and Noah Carter (DoC Seminarian) will be available on Saturday June 12th around lunch time in Salisbury. The next day is the Missa Cantata. Can we make it? Can we carpool? Please give me feedback so we can make this great experience work.
• This weekend: seminarians/ordinands become priests = huge! Friday night they have a Holy Hour for the Ordinands at St. Pat's. Saturday 10:00 AM at St. Marks for the Ordination. Then 10:30 on Sunday at St. Ann's for soon to be Fr. Rossi's first Mass. New priests (baby priests as my wife calls them) don't come around every day. I highly recommend that everyone show up and support these men. Pray for them.

More info to come...stay tuned