Special Announcement from St. Josaphat Tridentine Community
Earlier this year, the Vatican designated Ste. Anne, the mother of Our Lady, as the patroness of the Archdiocese of Detroit. This is fitting for a number of reasons, not the least of which is because the oldest parish in the Archdiocese was named in her honor. Ste. Anne de Detroit Parish survives to this day: Run by the Basilian Fathers, it is located at the Detroit end of the Ambassador Bridge and is the sister parish to the similarly Basilian-run Assumption Church at the Windsor end of the bridge.
Ste. Anne’s Feast Day this year in both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms is Tuesday, July 26. On that Tuesday, a High Mass for the Feast of Ste. Anne will be celebrated at Windsor’s Assumption Church at the usual time of 7:00 PM.
In Detroit, however, St. Josaphat Church will be taking advantage of a provision in the rubrics for External Solemnities. **St. Josaphat’s 9:30 AM Mass on Sunday, July 24 will be for the External Solemnity of Ste. Anne. **Tridentine rubrics allow the Feast of the patron saint of a diocese to be moved to the nearest Sunday. As far as we know, St. Josaphat will be the only Tridentine Mass in the Archdiocese of Detroit to celebrate the Mass of Ste. Anne on the Sunday. Veneration of the relic of Ste. Anne will follow the Mass, and a reception will be held in the Parish Hall afterwards.
From: Tridentine Community News (July 17, 2011)
This Mass will be a Solemn High Mass. Please come as we celebrate the patroness of the Archdiocese of Detroit, Good Ste. Anne. Invite your family and friends.