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Scenes from TWO PROCESSIONS are featured on this website now, 2009 and 2010.
The photos and videos of the 2010 event are in production now and will appear shortly. CLICK HERE if you'd like us to email you when 2010 is ready for your viewing.
The Choir and Choristers of Saint Stephen the First Martyr parish in Sacramento, who sang for the Solemn High Mass which culminated the Marian Processions, have released a CD and mp3 of Gregorian Chant and Sacred Polyphony.
CLICK HERE to preview this music, and to order it.
WHAT IS A MARIAN PROCESSION?
Marian devotions are external aids to interior devotion to the Mother of God. As He hanged dying on the cross, Our Lord gave His mother to us to be our mother. The Bible-based prayers, Hail Mary, and the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary are the most frequently prayed devotions to her. Another traditional devotion is the public procession honoring her.
In many countries, the Marian procession, once common, has all but vanished. Although Vatican II affirmed the value of devotion to Our Lady, after Vatican II attention to her declined in many places for many years. It's time to fix this!
Gratefully, Catholics now enjoy a resurgence in understanding her role in our salvation and responding to it. How great is this the special love Jesus has for her -- and how remarkable that He gives us to her care.
If you are Catholic, we hope you are inspired by this website and this example of how Catholics like you help bring awareness of our Blessed Mother to the streets of their city, where it's greatly needed.
If you are not Catholic, we offer you this glimpse into what our Church has taught and fostered from the time of the Apostles.
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| This traditional Marian Procession culminated with a Traditional Latin Solemn High Mass-- what Pope Benedict XVI identifies as the important "extraordinary" form of the Roman Rite Catholic Mass.
Of course, your procession does not have to culminate in a Mass at all, but this tradition is also worth considering.
Many of us remember when the Mass in Latin was the only form of the Roman Rite Catholic Mass, anywhere. But then, most of us did not fully understand what the priest was saying and doing, what some parts of the Mass meant.
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Donations to help fund the 2010 Sacramento Marian Procession may be given to Saint Stephen the First Martyr Parish, Sacramento. Specify "May Procession" on your check. CLICK
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You've seen them in the movies. If you're old enough, you may have walked in one. The Marian Procession, an ancient tradition to prayerfully bring devotion to Our Blessed Mother to the streets of your community.
For centuries, the month of May has been dedicated to Mary. What better time for a procession like this?
This website will show you a video of a recent May procession in Sacramento, California, organized and coordinated by a small team of dedicated lay Catholics. This was their first Marian procession and about 450 men, women, and children walked this 3 mile pilgrimage with them. This success, and the appreciation of the participants, has inspired the organizers to make this an annual event.
CLICK HERE for a White Paper with complete information on how you can organize a procession like this in your own community. Live the ancient tradition. Proclaim the Gospel with your feet. Show your children how to live the Gospel. Bring Christ's mother, our mother, to your neighbors in this unique, prayerful, public, powerful way.
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Radio is very helpful in letting people know about the procession. If you have a Catholic radio station in your area, ask them to help you. HERE IS an example-- a public service announncement promoting this year's Sacramento event on the Immaculate Heart Radio family of stations serving millions of listeners.
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| EXPLORE these PHOTOS and a MOVIE. A traditional May Procession, a visable, public proclamation of our faith, and a Tribute to Our Blessed Lady, Queen of Heaven. This is Sacramento, California's first May Procession in memory. A 3-mile pilgrimage through the streets of Sacramento.
For helpful details to help you organize such a Marian procession in ANY community, CLICK HERE FOR A WHITE PAPER.
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Along with two other priests, Father McNeely, pastor of Saint Stephen's, and celebrant of the Mass crowning the procession at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, heard confessions on the sidewalks throughout these 3 miles.
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Coming Spring 2010, beautiful and educational DVD, filmed at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament following the procession.
Understanding the Traditional Latin Mass artistically displays the celebration of this Mass and its beautiful Gregorian Chant, and includes interviews with experts explaining the history of this form, and the spiritual meaning of the parts of the Mass. They will also compare praying the Latin Mass with praying the modern ordinary form we know each Sunday. The goal is to deepen our appreciation, understanding and participation in every Mass we attend.
Beautiiful Gregorian Chant is part of this Mass. LISTEN to an excerpt.
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