Dominican Rite Candlemas Photopost
On February 2, the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, commonly called Candlemas, a Dominican Rite Solemn Mass, the blessing and procession of candles, was celebrated at St. Albert the Great Priory in Oakland CA, the house of studies of the Western Dominican Province. Our new prior provincial, the Most Reverend Christopher Fadok, O.P., assisted and received the friars’ candle-offering. Some of the sixty or so faithful who attended came from as far away as Fresno and Fullerton!
The celebrant was Fr. Augustine Thompson, O.P., professor of history at the Dominican School of Theology and Philosophy in Berkeley CA; deacon was Fr. Christopher Wetzel, O.P., parochial vicar of St. Dominic’s Church SF; subdeacon was Bro. Joseph Selinger, O.P.; first acolyte, Bro. Nathaniel Maria Mayne, O.P.; second acolyte, Bro. Matthew Heynen, O.P.; thurifer and holy water carrier, Bro. John Peter Anderson; crucifer and pax-bearer, Bro. Paul Maria Müllner, O.P. The music from the Dominican Gradual was lead by the cantors, Bro. Patrick Rooney, O.P. and Bro. Elias Guadalupe Ford, O.P.
Highlights of the Mass follow.
| Blessing of the Candles |
| The Provincial Receives his Candle |
| The Laity Receive their Candles |
| The Procession Enters the Cloister Garden Led by the Holy Water Carrier |
| Statue of Our Holy Father Dominic in the Cloister Garden |
| Some of the Laity Following the Procession |
| The Station Altar for the Procession |
| The Mappula is Placed on the Minsters’ Laps as they Sit for the Kyrie |
| Intoning the Gloria |
| Subdeacon Arrives at the Altar during the Procession with the Chalice during the Gloria |
| The Singing of the Collect |
| Subdeacon Sings the Reading from Sirach |
| Preparation of the Chalice during the Responsorium (Gradual) |
| Deacon Sings the Gospel (Seen from North Passage Way) |
| Singing of the Creed |
| Et incarnatus est. |
| The Prior Provincial Receives the Friars’ Candle Offering after the Offertory |
| Incensing of the Altar after the Offertory and Candle Offering |
| Bowing for the Gratias agamus |
| Incensing of the Minsters during the Preface |
| The Elevation of the Host |
| The Elevation of the Chalice |
| The Ministers Kiss the Pax Instrument |
| The First Cantor Kisses the Pax |
| Ecce Agnus Dei |
| Communion of the Friars |
| Communion of the Congregation |
| Ablutions |
| Deacon and Subdeacon Put the Corporal and Chalice in Order |
| Swinging for the Postcommunion Prayer |
| The Blessing |
| Swinging for the Last Gospel |
| Et verbum caro factum est |
| Recessional Procession |
I thank Bro. Joshua Gatus, O.P., for these photographs.
Source: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2019/02/dominican-rite-candlemas-photopost.html
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