by William A. Torchia, Esq.
by William A. Torchia, Esq.
by William A. Torchia, Esq.
by William A. Torchia, Esq.

(Vatican) The Church musician Domenico Cardinal Bartoluccci is dead, who was born near Florence in 1917, the Cardinal was  head of the choir of the Sistine Chapel  from 1956 to 1997. For decades, he forged the Church music at the papal liturgies. In 2009, he gave a well receivedd interview about the liturgy. Cardinal Bartolucci was one of the priests of the Catholic Church, despite the liturgical reform of 1969/1970, who still celebrated in the Old Rite and it steadfastly clung to it till the end of his life. In 2010 Pope Benedict XVI elevated him to cardinal.
At 14, he composed his first motets, oratorios and cantatas, was organist of the church of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, and was ordained a priest in 1939 by Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa. After a period as Director of Music in Florence, church music studies in Rome and in the pastoral care of a parish priest in his home diocese Montefoscoli, his calling was to Rome. Bartolucci was first deputy choirmaster at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, from 1947, he was  choirmaster at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and from 1952 deputy director of the Sistine Chapel Choir at St. Peter’s Basilica. In 1956 Pope Pius XII appointed him, finally, as the choir director of the famous choir that sings in the celebrations of the Pope.
Keeper of the Church Musical Heritage of the West
The priest, composer, choir conductor and orchestra director is one of the most famous musicians of the 20th  Century Church. For his personal merits Pope Benedict XVI elevated him. on 20 November 2010, to the rank of Cardinal.The award for Domenico Bartolucci was a precise signal by Benedict XVI. as part of his efforts to restore the consciousness of the sacredness of the liturgy. The Church Music is a not insignificant part of it. Besides the maintenance of Gregorian chant, Bartolucci was mainly a custodian of the church musical work of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. In general, he saw his role as the preservation and maintenance of the large church musical heritage of the West.
On the occasion of his 85th Birthday, Paul Cardinal Poupard, then President of the Pontifical Council for Culture said: “Maestro Bartolucci has succeeded as a real Christian artist, making perceptible the Gospel of the risen Christ with his music and his work as a choirmaster in an engaging and fascinating way the world of spirit, and the message of the Christian faith. “
Cardinal Bartolucci Celebrated Only in the Old Rite in His LIfe
His personal attitude played a role in the ’90s and led to his dismissal as head of the Sistine Chapel Choir. A decision that was frowned upon by the then Prefect of the Congregation, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. As Pope, he was  demonstratively responsible for the rehabilitation Bartoluccis, especially with the 2010 survey in the cardinal’s rank. The appointment of a cardinal priest, who personally rejected the liturgical reform, ensured some discontent in Church circles, which was mitigated by the fact that Monsignor Bartolucci was already 93 years old and no longer entitled to elect a pope.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi
by William A. Torchia, Esq.
by William A. Torchia, Esq.
Mass Schedule for May 2019
The Traditional Latin Mass will be offered on
Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th
at:
Church of the Immaculate ConceptionÂ
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
602 West Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 884-4022
Confession and Mass will be upstairs both Friday and Saturday.
First Friday, May 3rd
Priest: Rev. Harold B. Mc Kale (Parish Vicar, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church)
Location:Â Church of the Immaculate Conception, Main Church
Time: 7:00Â p.m., preceded by Confessions upstairs at 6:30Â p.m.
This Traditional Latin Mass will be the Mass of the Finding of the Holy Cross, offered in Reparation to The Sacred Heart of Jesus. There will be veneration of a relic of the True Cross.
First Saturday, May 4th
Priest: Rev. Jason V. Kulczynski (Pastor, Holy Martyrs Catholic Church)
Location:Â Â Church of the Immaculate Conception, Main Church
Time: 9:00 a.m., preceded by Confessions upstairs at 8:30 a.m.
This Traditional Latin Mass will be the Mass for the Second Sunday after Easter offered in Reparation to The Immaculate Heart of Mary.
by William A. Torchia, Esq.

When Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission. (Hebrews, 9)
The image above is the powerful witness of an age: our own time, in which God wished us to live. It is a statue of the Risen Lord, sprinkled with the blood of Martyrs killed on this Easter Sunday by terrorist explosions against Catholic churches in Sri Lanka. Over 150 dead so far, and scores of injured, in these churches filled with Catholics joyfully celebrating the greatest of Feasts, and in other targets in the country.
We know that these Holy Martyrs are in heaven with Our Lord and all His Saints right now. We know that they were welcomed by the Most Holy Trinity with immense jubilation: they gave their blood for Christ. They joined their blood with the Holy Blood of the Lord. They know God fully now, they see Him face to face, they will rise again in the end of time, for life eternal.
And yet, we know that so many families in the Catholic communities of Sri Lanka will be changed forever by this heinous attack! So many mothers without children, so many children without parents, so many families without their main breadwinners that may fall into great poverty and need! May Our Risen Lord have mercy upon them! May Our Blessed Mother cover them with her mantle! May their Martyred family members intercede for them, so that they will be strengthened in the certainty of the Resurrection of the Flesh and of Everlasting Life with the Lord Jesus Christ!
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. (Job, 19)
by William A. Torchia, Esq.

Maundy Thursday — 18 April 2019
Confessions: 5:45 – 6:45 p.m
High Mass “In Cena Dominiâ€: 7:00 p.m.
Mass will be followed by the translation of the Blessed Sacrament to the Repository and the Stripping of the Altar.
Good Friday — 19 April 2019
Confessions: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Stations of the Cross: 2:00 p.m.
Solemn Afternoon Liturgy: 3:00 p.m.
Holy Saturday — 20 April 2019
Confessions: 8:30 – 9:45 p.m.
Solemn Easter Vigil:
10:30 p.m. (Assisting at the Easter Vigil fulfills the Sunday Obligation)
Easter Sunday: — 21 April 2019
Low Mass: 10:00 a.m.
by William A. Torchia, Esq.
by William A. Torchia, Esq.

Exposition of Sacred Relics throughout the day on Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Mass is offered at 8:30 am (the Rosary is prayed at 8:00 am)
You are invited to pray in the presence of more than 100 Sacred Relics following Mass until 6:30 pm.
Holy Martyrs Catholic Church
120 Allison Road
Oreland, Pennsylvania
www.holymartyrschurch.org
Included is the True Cross of our Lord, relics from Mount Calvary and the Birthplace of the Lord, the Cloak of St. Joseph, St. John the Baptist, St. Anthony of Padua, St. John of the Cross, St. John Neumann, St. Katharine Drexel, St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. John Paul II, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Damian of Molokai, Sts. Louis & Zelie Martin, St. Therese, Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, Servant of God Fr. Walter Ciszek, and many others.
Coffee and light snacks will be served in the Father Szal Conference Room as well as a video presentation on Relics by Fr. Carlos Martins.
You are invited to bring a church or school group. Please call to arrange a presentation for your group.
More information call 215-884-8575
or email: holyrelics@outlook.com
Reverend Jason V. Kulczynski, Pastor,Â
               Holy Martyrs Catholic Church
               120 Allison Road
                Oreland, Pennsylvania  19075
                          215-884-8575
Celebrant, Traditional Latin Mass Community of Philadelphia:Â Â www.latinmassphila.org
Host of AIM HIGH on Radio Maria: http://radiomaria.us/aimhigh/                  www.radiomaria.us
U. S. National Director of the Universal Archconfraternity of St. Philomena:Â www.philomenafamilyusa.com
Faith, Joy, Optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality
-St. Josemaria Escriva