CHARLOTTE — St. Ann Parish and the Charlotte Latin Mass Community marked the Feast of Christ the King Oct. 28 with a High Mass in the Extraordinary Form, followed by a special Eucharistic Procession.
With more than 260 faithful in attendance, Father Jason Barone, chaplain of Charlotte Catholic High School, offered Mass and preached on the sovereignty of Christ.
The Mass featured beautiful chanting from the Cantate Domino Latin Choir and St. Ann schola. After Mass, Father Barone led the attendees in the third annual Eucharistic Procession around streets surrounding St. Ann and concluded by praying the Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which carries with it a plenary indulgence on this feast day.
The Extraordinary Form calendar retains the feast of Christ the King on the day originally established by Pope Pius XI in 1925, the last Sunday in October. The feast is also to symbolize the role of the “Church Militant” right before the feasts of the “Church Triumphant” (All Saints, Nov. 1) and the “Church Suffering,” (that is, the Poor Souls in Purgatory, on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2).
— Photo provided by Markus Kuncoro and Mike FitzGerald