CHARLOTTE — St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte began a new commemoration of First Saturdays devotion by offering a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form Sept. 3.
The Mass, which previously was offered in the Ordinary Form (English), will now be a High Mass in the Extraordinary Form each First Saturday at 10 a.m. Parochial vicar Father Jason Christian, who served as homilist for the Mass, noted the purpose of this Mass is to offer to God the highest of solemnities as a way to honor Our Lady of Fatima’s request for prayer and penance for the sins of man.
The Solemn High Mass was attended by nearly 120 people and offered by Father Joseph Matlak, administrator for St. Basil the Great Ukrainian Mission and Holy Trinity Middle School chaplain, with Father Noah Carter as deacon and Father Christian as sub-deacon.
— Mike FitzGerald | Catholic News Herald