On June 3, 2015, the newly-ordained Fr. Gabriel Thomas Mosher, O.P. celebrated a Missa Cantata in the Dominican Rite, Votive Mass of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, at the Carmel of the Holy Family in Kensington (North Berkeley) CA. The Mass was sung by the Carmelite Nuns and served by Bro. Gregory Liu, O.P. and Bro. Christopher Brannan, O.P., students of the Western Dominican Province. Fr. Peter Hannah, O.P. was thurifer and took these photos.
Fr. Gabriel will celebrate four more Masses of Thanksgiving in the Bay Area:
Saturday, June 6, 10:00 a.m., Missa Cantata in the Dominican Rite, Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (First Friday Devotion: Confessions from 9:30 to 9:50, Rosary after Mass), Saint Albert the Great Priory, Oakland CA.
Sunday June 7, 10:00 a.m., Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, in the Ordinary Form Roman Rite, Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park CA.
Thursday, June 11, 8 p.m., Solemn High Mass in the Dominican Rite, Votive Mass of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, St. Dominic’s Church, San Francisco CA.
Sunday, June 14, 12:30 p.m., Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form Roman Rite, External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Church, Oakland CA.![]()
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| The Opening Collect |
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| Reading of the Gospel |
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| Fr. Gabriel Greeting the Nuns |
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| The Genuflection during the Creed |
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| Reading the Offertory Verse |
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| Behold the Lamb of God |
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| Final Blessing |
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| Genuflection during the Last Gospel |
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| Returning to the Sacristy |
Saturday, June 6, 10:00 a.m., Missa Cantata in the Dominican Rite, Votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (First Friday Devotion: Confessions from 9:30 to 9:50, Rosary after Mass), Saint Albert the Great Priory, Oakland CA.
Sunday June 7, 10:00 a.m., Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, in the Ordinary Form Roman Rite, Corpus Christi Monastery, Menlo Park CA.
Thursday, June 11, 8 p.m., Solemn High Mass in the Dominican Rite, Votive Mass of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, St. Dominic’s Church, San Francisco CA.
Sunday, June 14, 12:30 p.m., Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form Roman Rite, External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, St. Margaret Mary Church, Oakland CA.