mass schedule
5:30 pm Sat. Vigil - Recited Novus Ordo Mass in English
9:00 am Sun. - Simple Sung Novus Ordo Mass in English with choir
11:30 am Sun. - Sung Novus Ordo Mass in English & Latin with schola, incense, ad orientem
1:30 pm Sun. - Sung Novus Ordo Misa en Español & Latin with choir, incense, ad orientem seasonally
5:00 pm 4th Sun. Missa Cantata, Usus Antiquior, sung in Latin with schola, incense, ad orientem
7:00 am Mon. - Recited Low Mass in the Usus Antiquior in Latin, ad orientem
7:00 am Wed. & Fri. - Recited Novus Ordo Mass in English
12:00 pm Mon. - Fri. - Recited Novus Ordo Mass in English
- Novus Ordo -“New Order” of Mass following the Second Vatican Council (2000 Missal)
- Usus Antiquior - The “more ancient use”; Traditional Latin Mass / Extraordinary Form (1962 Missal)
- ad orientem - Priest & people together face liturgical east; symbol of the Church awaiting Christ’s return in glory
confession
The sacrament of Confession is available starting 30 minutes before each weekend Mass and each daily noon Mass, except Thursdays, and also by appointment.
nursery
Offered during the 9:00 & 11:30 Sunday Masses. Volunteers and donations needed.
prayer & adoration (outside of lent)
•Morning Prayer - after the 7am Mass on Mon/Wed/Fri
•Adoration - First Fridays following the Noon Mass until 5:30 pm Benediction, and continuing from 9pm - 7am
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PLEASE JOIN IN PRAYER
- A Rosary will be prayed after all Masses this weekend. We will gather at the statue of the Blessed Mother.
Beginning October 28, each Sunday at 12:45pm, we will pray a Bilingual Rosary with our parishioners from our English and Spanish Masses. This is an opportunity for our bilingual community to join in solidarity through the prayers that we share in common. All are invited.
- Christ Post, husband of Mayra and father of Niko and Ariana, was in a serious accident on October 19. Chris is improving, thanks be to God, but the recovery will be long. The family greatly appreciates the continued prayers of our parish community.
- Barbara DeGaetano, wife of Deacon Gaspar, passed away on Thursday afternoon, October 11. Fr. Blatchford was at the bedside and prayed the last rites, including the Litany of the Dying. She died during the Litany of the Saints. May she rest in peace.
- On Sunday, October 28, at 5pm we invite you to join us for our next fourth Sunday Missa Cantata, a chanted Latin Mass in the ancient form of the Roman rite, accompanied by the singing of our Gloria Dei Schola and our Jubilate Deo Youth Schola. This Mass will celebrate the Kingship of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the ancient calendar. (The nursery will not be staffed for the Missa Cantata. Also, we will not be having a potluck after this Mass.)
- Please pray for all priests of the diocese as they go on retreat the week of October 22-25. Our priests will able to offer the 7am Low Mass on Mon., Oct. 22 and the Fri., Oct. 26 7am and Noon Masses. A deacon will offer a Communion Service at our other Mass times this week.
- ALL SAINTS MASSES, PARADE, and RECEPTION Thurs., Nov. 1, is the Solemnity of All Saints, and a holy day of obligation. We will have a sung noon Mass and a 6:30pm sung bilingual Mass, followed by a parade of saints to All Saints Academy, where we will have a reception everyone, with candy for the children.
- ALL SOULS DAY and ADORATION - On, Fri. Nov. 2, we will have All Souls Day Masses at the Basilica at 7am and noon, and at Mt. Olivet Cemetery at 5pm. First Friday Adoration will be in the Rectory Chapel from 12:30-5:30pm. All-night Adoration will be in Varallo Parish Hall from 9pm–7am, hosted by our Hispanic community.
- On the weekend of Nov. 3-4, because we will only have one priest in town, we will only be able to offer confessions at 5pm Saturday and 11am Sunday.
- In accord with Bishop Stika, on Fridays at 7am and noon, the Basilica will offer the Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the reparation of sins against the Church. Mass will conclude with the recitation of an Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the assembly. This will be the Mass offered every Friday, except when it is superseded by a feast day.
Help Needed for our Hispanic Families
We are working on bringing a representative from the Tennessee Immigration and Refugee Rights Coalition for a meeting at the Basilica to discuss ways we can help our fellow Hispanic parishioners who do not have the legal status that we enjoy, and live in fear of deportation. After the recent government raid in Grainger County, St. Patrick’s in Morristown partnered with this Coalition to provide refuge, child care, and other emergency assistance to many families who were displaced. We hope to be able to come together at the Basilica to respond effectively if something like this were to happen here. If you would like to be a part of a rapid response team help our immigrant community, please give us your name and contact information so that we can keep you involved in the discussion. A signup sheet is at the Hispanic ministry table by the kitchen, or you can contact the parish office. And please pray for our immigrant community.
As Bishop Stika has said, our response to this crisis “isn’t about politics or personal agendas. It’s about being the face, hands, feet, and heart of Jesus— at all times and to all people.”
SANCTUARY RENOVATION UPDATE
The Basilica began a sanctuary renovation on July 23, and we expect it to be completed by December. While the church is being renovated, we will continue to offer Masses and confessions at our regular times.
Masses are being celebrated in Varallo Parish Hall. The main entry to the vestibule is closed, but four entrances are available. See entry map.
Confessions are offered in the Rectory. (Use the front gate entry facing East 8th Street).
Adoration on First Fridays is in the rectory from 12:30-5:30pm. It will continue from 9pm-7am Saturday in Varallo Parish Hall.
See Fr. Carter's pastoral letter on the logistics of using Varallo Parish Hall as a temporary sanctuary location.
The electrical work updating our infrastructure continues. The new hardwood floors are being installed in the sanctuary, and the heart pine floors in the nave will soon be refinished. We have chosen the stone for the altar top of the main altar that will be consecrated by the Bishop. We are going with a locally quarried stone that will be a full 3-inch-thick slab instead of smaller pieces made to look like a full slab. Our intention is to also inlay the original altar stone from 1890 into our new altar. Please continue to pray for our workers and volunteers as our project progresses.
We need people in the parish to PRAY - for the people who are volunteering, for the material suppliers, for the laborers and craftsmen and all their families - specifically that no one is injured or hurt during the project, and these prayers, novenas - any and every kind of offering - can be set aside for the project's successful completion to greater glory of God, for the good of this parish and the good of His Holy Church.
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
The Women's Ministries meeting that was planned for Saturday, October 20th, at the Camp House from 9-10am has been CANCELLED.
Women's MinistriesAutumn Blessings Morning Retreat: Ladies, what are the Blessings in your life? In this beautiful season, let us gather for a morning of reflection and rejuvenation. Saturday, November 3rd from 8:30am to Noon in the Rectory. Please RSVP to Nikki Pacitti at (423)718-2843 or nicole.klein2@gmail.com.
St. Benedict is known as the Father of Western (European) Monasticism. But his spirituality of prayer and work is valid for even the layman who lives in the world. Our new chapter of lay oblates of St. Benedict focuses on applying the Rule of St. Benedict to our lives, learning to pray the Scriptures through lectio divina and offering the Liturgy of the Hours in praise of God. We are now meeting on the third Sunday of each month from 5-6:30pm. The next meeting will be on Oct. 21. Meetings will be held in Varallo Parish Hall while the church is under renovation. To find out more, please call the parish office or contact Daniel Sharkey at 877-3239.
The Catholic Motherhood ministry has begun studying Scott Hahn’s book: The First Society: The Sacrament of Matrimony and the Restoration of the Social Order, which can be ordered on amazon.com. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 13th from 10-11:30am in Varallo Parish Hall. All mothers are welcome and a nursery will be available.
Also, Catholic Motherhood ministry is offering a new study for moms of all ages, entitled, “Momnipotent," facilitated by Sandy Pricer, on the last Tuesday of each month. The next study will be on October 30th from 7-9:30pm, in the St. Dominic Religious Education building. Please bring a snack and/or drink to share if you are able. Contact Rachel Wesson with any questions or to be added to the Catholic Motherhood Group email list.
A monthly Evening of Recollection is offered at the Basilica. The evenings, normally led by a Basilica priest, include Adoration, confessions, a meditation on the writings of St. Josemaria Escrivá, and spiritual fellowship. Evenings are from 7-9pm and and are being held in the Rectory Chapel during the renovation. Due to Fr. Carter's travels, there will be no Evenings of Recollection in October. The next evenings will be November 7 for men and November 14 for women. Contact Dan and Nancy Fisher or the parish office for more information.
Our Book Club began discussing a new book, St. Thomas Aquinas: 'The Dumb Ox', by G. K. Chesterton, on Wednesday, September 19. The book is available on amazon.com as well as other booksellers. We continue to meet in Varallo Parish Hall at 7:40am on Wednesdays. All are welcome! For more information, please call the parish office.
Natural Family Planning Classes! - We now have a Couple-to-Couple League NFP teaching couple at the Basilica! See our Marriage page under Sacraments to find out about upcoming NFP class opportunities.
Note: Our Spanish language class that had been meeting on Wednesdays from 5pm to 6:30pm in the Religious Education building has been canceled.
Religious Education Classes for Age 3 - Grade 12 10:15-11:15am Sundays in the St. Dominic Building
Middle School and High School Youth Group 6:30-8:30pm Sundays at All Saints Academy
RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) 10:15-11:15am Sundays at All Saints Academy
Join in welcoming RCIA candidates and catechumens. Donations of sweet or savory breakfast items are needed. Please contact Danielle Jones to contribute, stushmo@gmail.com. Your help in providing hospitality during Sunday morning classes is appreciated.
Sign Up to Pray Rosary for RCIA
Our parish is praying for those in RCIA by sending the RCIA Rosary to a different home each week. Sign up at the table in front of the elevator entry into Varallo Parish Hall.
VIRTUS Training - Parents and other adults who would like to participate in our youth programs are required to be certified under the VIRTUS program. Deacon Gaspar will be offering a VIRTUS class at the Basilica on Tuesday, December 4, from 5:30 – 8:30pm. You can register for this or any of the upcoming VIRTUS sessions at virtusonline.org (click here and select the Knoxville Diocese).