Newman Club Holy Week Activities

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I’m sorry for not posting this sooner.

This year for Holy Week Carnegie-Mellon is hosting what amounts to the full Monastic liturgical schedule of the Divine Office. The Office is the public prayer of the Church, consisting mostly of psalms and biblical readings. The Vespers said on Sundays at the Oratory and Compline said daily at CMU are parts of the Office, but for Holy Week we will be breaking out the full liturgy. We will also be turning CMU’s chapel into something that actually looks like a Church. There will be candles, chanting, and yes Eddie, incense. These offices will be done as “Reader Services” (as we aren’t forcing the priests to put in more work than they already do during Holy Week). This means that we need people who can sing (still come if you can’t). If you have the slightest idea how singing goes (even better if you’re familiar with Gregorian or Byzantine chant) let our Pitt VP, Steven Kesslar, know so that he can send you the texts/music so that we can sound a little better. If you don’t know how to sing a brief tutorial is all you need (most of the parts only have two notes). We need three leaders for each office and some powerful people in the choir (that’s everyone else, liturgically speaking). So volunteer! Steven’s e-mail address is anthrakeus@gmail.com.

Of course, you can come to whichever offices you like. Come to one, or come to all. And, as always, Pitt students are welcome (CMU students don’t bite… much). Non-students are likewise welcome.

P.S. Because we needed supplies to pull this off, and didn’t what to make the Oratorians pay for our fun, some of our club members paid for the stuff. If you can donate a dollar or two that would mean that no one member is footing the whole bill. In the unlikely event that donations exceed the actual cost any extra will go to the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land to help keep these holy places running in a hostile environment. Donations for liturgical supplies or for the Franciscans can be forwarded to Mike Nigra, the CMU President, either at one of the services or at the Newman Center Front Desk.

Also, becaue Holy Week is a great time to see interesting and prayer-inspiriing liturgies the schedule below includes not only the CMU offices but also the liturgies at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Holy Spirit Byzantine Catholic Church (a great opportunity to get a sense of the Catholic East), and the Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community (yeah Missal of Bl. John XXIII!). If you have any questions about these liturgies, please don’t hesitate to ask. Rides will be provided for anything outside of Oakland, so give Steven Kesslar an e-mail for any such liturgies ASAP, spaces fill up really fast (even with a few cars available).

******While all of the liturgies are quite impressive, the ones we strongly encourage you to go to are:

-Palm Sunday at Holy Spirit: the number of varieties of flora to be blessed is in the double digits; this isn’t just your regular old palms
-Anointings on Holy Tuesday and Spy Wednesday: unlike in the Roman Rite, the Byzantines celebrate the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick for everyone a few times a year. If you miss out on this one, you won’t get a crack at this Sacrament for another 50 years. *WARNING* Only 7 people can receive communion at the Holy Tuesday liturgy (we had to warn them ahead of time; it’s a Seminary, not a Parish Church- they don’t have a lot of Our Lord sitting around). If you plan to go e-mail Steven immeadiately.
-Tenebræ- Morning prayer durning the Triduum is a really cool liturgy. There are all sorts of fun traditions, like extinguishing 15 candles in succession and making a racket to symbolize the darkness and the earthquake at the death of our Lord.
-Good Friday Vespers: for the Third year in a row the Newman Clubs will be going to Byzantine Vespers on Good Friday. The Roman Rite has no liturgy (not even the office) on Good Friday evening, so we all go East. Come with us, and make the pastor Msgr. Duker’s millennium. Holy Spirit isn’t a big parish; it’s our goal to have more college students that parishoners there (we came close last year).
-The Easter Vigil, any Easter Vigil: the Vigil is the central liturgy of the Church year, and if you go to St. Paul’s you can see some of our Newman Club members become Catholic.
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Hope you can come!
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*Schedule*
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Palm Sunday
Mass Schedule as normal except:
10:00 A.M.- Divine Liturgy and Blessing of Palms, Willows, Olive Branches, and Flowers, Chanted Slavonic and English {HS}
11:00 A.M.- Blessing of Palms and Procession {PLMC}
11:30 A.M.- Solemn Mass of Palm Sunday, Chanted Latin {PLMC}
4:15 P.M.- Solemn Vespers of Floral Sunday with the Ambrose-Romanos Singers, Chanted English {SCM}
10:00 P.M.- Matins and Lauds, Chanted Latin {UC}
 
Holy Monday
Mass Schedule as normal except:
10:00 A.M.- Minor Hours, Chanted Latin {UC}
7:00 P.M.- Low Mass, Recited Latin {PLMC}
10:30 PM-  Vespers and Compline, Chanted Latin {UC}
 
Holy Tuesday
Mass Schedule as normal except:
9:00 A.M.- Matins and Lauds, Chanted Latin {UC}
4:30 P.M.- Liturgy of the Presanctified and Sacrament of Anointing (in accordance with Byzantine Catholic tradition offered to all during Holy Week) Chanted English {SCM}
7:00 P.M.- Low Mass, Recited Latin {PLMC}
10:30 PM-  Vespers and Compline, Chanted Latin {UC}

Spy Wednesday
Mass Schedule as normal except:
9:00 A.M.- Matins and Lauds, Chanted Latin {UC}
2:30 P.M.- Minor Hours and Vespers, Chanted Latin {UC}
7:00 P.M.- Low Mass, Recited Latin {PLMC}
7:00 P.M.- Liturgy of the Presanctified and Sacrament of Anointing, Chanted English {SJC}
10:30 PM- Tenebræ of Holy Thursday, Chanted Latin {UC}

Holy Thursday
10:00 A.M.- Chrism Mass, Sung English {SPC}
5:00 P.M.- Minor Hours, Recited Latin {UC}
7:00 P.M.- Divine Liturgy of the Mystical Supper, Chanted Slavonic & English {HS}
7:00 P.M.- Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Sung English {SPC}
7:00 P.M.- Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Chanted Latin {PLMC}
c. 8:00 PM-  Seven Churches Tour {leaving from SPC}

Good Friday
All day  Artistic Renderings of the Way of the Cross on Display in the Large Conference Room {NC}
8:00 A.M.- Morning Prayer, Chanted English {SPC}
9:00 A.M.- Tenebræ of Good Friday, Chanted Latin {UC}
12:00 noon- Seven Last Words of Our Lord, Recited English {SPC}
1:00 P.M.- Sermon on the Passion, Recited English {PLMC}
1:30 P.M.- Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, Chanted Latin {PLMC}
1:30 P.M.- Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, Sung English {SPC}
4:30 P.M.- Minor Hours, Recited Latin {Carnegie-Mellon University Center Caffee Room}
7:00 P.M.-  Vespers of Great Friday, Chanted Slavonic & English {HS}
10:00 P.M.- Tenebræ of Holy Saturday, Chanted Latin {UC}

Holy Saturday
8:00 A.M.- Morning Prayer, Chanted English {SPC}
9:00 A.M.- Jerusalem Matins, Chanted Slavonic & English {HS}
12:00 noon- Minor Hours, Recited Latin {Location TBA}
4:30 P.M.- Vespers, Recited Latin{Carnegie-Mellon University Center Caffee Room}
5:30 P.M. Bible Study: Gospel of John{ Carnegie-Mellon University Center Caffee Room}
7:00 PM-  Vigil of the Resurrection, Chanted Slavonic & English {HS}
8:30 P.M. Easter Vigil, Sung English {SPC}
10:30 P.M.- Solemn Vigil of the Resurrection, Chanted Latin, {PLMC}

Easter Sunday
Mass Schedule as normal except:
8:00 A.M.- NO Low Mass {PLMC}
9:00 A.M.- Holy Mass, Recited English {NC}
10:00 A.M.- Resurrection Matins and Divine Liturgy with the Solemn Chanting of the Resurrection Gospel, Chanted Slavonic & English {HS}
11:30 A.M.- Solemn Mass of the Resurrection, Chanted Latin {PLMC}

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*Directions*
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HS: Holy Spirit Byzantine Catholic Church
4815 Fifth Ave. (at Devonshire)

From Pitt: Walk down Fifth to WQED and cross Fifth Ave. or take the 71D or 500  to Fifth & Clyde.
From CMU: Walk down Morewood to Fifth Ave. and cross street.
Holy Spirit is next to Rodef Shalom Synagogue.

 

NC: Ryan Catholic Newman Center
4450 Bayard St.

Take Forbes Ave. to Bellefield St. Go North two blocks to Bayard St. The Newman Center is on the right.

 

SCM: Ss. Cyril & Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary
3605 Perrysville Avenue
Observatory Hill, Pittsburgh

Please e-mail anthrakeus@gmail.com for a ride.

 

SJC: St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral
210 Greentree Road
Munhall, Pennsylvania 15120

For Directions go to:
http://www.pitt.edu/~lgk2/htmls/ stjohnsmap.htm

 

SPC: St. Paul’s Cathedral
Fifth Ave between Dithridge and Craig

From Pitt: taking any bus outbound on Fifth Ave. and get off at Craig St.
From CMU: walk along Forbes to Craig St. and take Craig to Fifth Ave.

 

PLMC: St. Boniface/ Pgh Latin Mass Community
2208 East St.
Northside/Spring Hill, Pittsburgh

Take any bus Downtown and catch the 12A at Liberty Ave. and Seventh St. (Clark Building) Get off across from the Church.

 

UC: Carnegie-Mellon University Center Wright-Rogal Chapel
Forbes at Morewood

From Pitt: walk or take any bus outbound on Forbes Ave. get off at Forbes and Morewood. The UC is the first building on the left.

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About Funky Dung

Who is Funky Dung? 29-year-old grad student in Intelligent Systems (A.I.) at the University of Pittsburgh. I consider myself to be politically moderate and independent and somewhere between a traditional and neo-traditional Catholic. I was raised Lutheran, spent a number of years as an agnostic, and joined the Catholic Church at the 2000 Easter Vigil. Why Funky Dung? I haven't been asked this question nearly as many times as you or I might expect. Funky Dung is a reference to an obscure Pink Floyd song. On the album Atom Heart Mother, there is a track called Atom Heart Mother Suite. It's broken up into movements, like a symphony, and one of the movements is called Funky Dung. I picked that nickname a long time ago (while I was still in high school I think), shortly after getting an internet connection for the first time. To me it means "cool/neat/groovy/spiffy stuff/crap/shiznit", as in "That's some cool stuff, dude!" Whence Ales Rarus? I used to enjoy making people guess what this means, but I've decided to relent and make it known to all. Ales Rarus is a Latin play on words. "Avis rarus" means "a rare bird" and carries similar meaning to "an odd fellow". "Ales" is another Latin word for bird that carries connotations of omens, signs of the times, and/or augery. If you want to get technical, both "avis" and "ales" are feminine (requiring "rara", but they can be made masculine in poetry (which tends to breaks lots of rules). I decided I'd rather have a masculine name in Latin. ;) Yeah, I'm a nerd. So what? :-P Wherefore blog? It is my intention to "teach in order to lead others to faith" by being always "on the lookout for occasions of announcing Christ by word, either to unbelievers . . . or to the faithful" through the "use of the communications media". I also act knowing that I "have the right and even at times a duty to manifest to the sacred pastors [my] opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church, and [I] have a right to make [my] opinion known to the other Christian faithful, with due regard to the integrity of faith and morals and reverence toward [my and their] pastors, and with consideration for the common good and the dignity of persons." (adapted from CCC 904-907) Statement of Faith I have been baptized and confirmed in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I, therefore, renounce Satan; I renounce all his works; I renounce all his allurements. I hold and profess all that is contained in the Apostles' Creed, the Niceno- Constantinopolitan Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. Having been buried with Christ unto death and raised up with him unto a new life, I promise to live no longer for myself or for that world which is the enemy of God but for him who died for me and rose again, serving God, my heavenly Father, faithfully and unto death in the holy Catholic Church. I am obedient to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. That is, I promote and defend authentic Catholic Teaching and Faith in union with Christ and His Church and in union with the Holy Father, the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of St. Peter. Thanks be unto Thee, O my God, for all Thy infinite goodness, and, especially, for the love Thou hast shown unto me at my Confirmation. I Give Thee thanks that Thou didst then send down Thy Holy Spirit unto my soul with all His gifts and graces. May He take full possession of me for ever. May His divine unction cause my face to shine. May His heavenly wisdom reign in my heart. May His understanding enlighten my darkness. May His counsel guide me. May His knowledge instruct me. May His piety make me fervent. May His divine fear keep me from all evil. Drive from my soul, O Lord, all that may defile it. Give me grace to be Thy faithful soldier, that having fought the good fight of faith, I may be brought to the crown of everlasting life, through the merits of Thy dearly beloved Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Behind the Curtain: an Interview With Funky Dung (Thursday, March 03, 2005) I try to avoid most memes that make their way 'round the blogosphere (We really do need a better name, don't we?), but some are worth participating in. Take for instance the "interview game" that's the talk o' the 'sphere. I think it's a great way to get to know the people in neighborhood. Who are the people in your neighborhood? In your neighborhod? In your neigh-bor-hoo-ood...*smack* Sorry, Sesame Street flashback. Anyhow, I saw Jeff "Curt Jester" Miller's answers and figured since he's a regular reader of mine he'd be a good interviewer. Without further ado, here are my answers to his questions. 1. Being that your pseudonym Funky Dung was chosen from a Pink Floyd track on Atom Heart Mother, what is you favorite Pink Floyd song and why? Wow. That's a tuffy. It's hard to pick out a single favorite. Pink Floyd isn't really a band known for singles. They mostly did album rock and my appreciation of them is mostly of a gestalt nature. If I had to pick one, though, it'd be "Comfortably Numb". I get chills up my spine every time I hear it and if it's been long enough since the last time, I get midty-eyed. I really don't know why. That's a rather unsatisfying answer for an interview, so here are the lyrics to a Rush song. It's not their best piece of music, but the lyrics describe me pretty well.

New World Man He's a rebel and a runner He's a signal turning green He's a restless young romantic Wants to run the big machine He's got a problem with his poisons But you know he'll find a cure He's cleaning up his systems To keep his nature pure Learning to match the beat of the old world man Learning to catch the heat of the third world man He's got to make his own mistakes And learn to mend the mess he makes He's old enough to know what's right But young enough not to choose it He's noble enough to win the world But weak enough to lose it --- He's a new world man... He's a radio receiver Tuned to factories and farms He's a writer and arranger And a young boy bearing arms He's got a problem with his power With weapons on patrol He's got to walk a fine line And keep his self-control Trying to save the day for the old world man Trying to pave the way for the third world man He's not concerned with yesterday He knows constant change is here today He's noble enough to know what's right But weak enough not to choose it He's wise enough to win the world But fool enough to lose it --- He's a new world man...
2. What do you consider your most important turning point from agnosticism to the Catholic Church. At some point in '99, I started attending RCIA at the Pittsburgh Oratory. I mostly went to ask a lot of obnoxious Protestant questions. Or at least that's what I told myself. I think deep down I wanted desperately to have faith again. At that point I think I'd decided that if any variety of Christianity had the Truth, the Catholic Church did. Protestantism's wholesale rejection of 1500 years of tradition didn't sit well with me, even as a former Lutheran. During class one week, Sister Bernadette Young (who runs the program) passed out thin booklet called "Handbook for Today's Catholic". One paragraph in that book spoke to me and I nearly cried as I read it.
"A person who is seeking deeper insight into reality may sometimes have doubts, even about God himself. Such doubts do not necessarily indicate lack of faith. They may be just the opposite - a sign of growing faith. Faith is alive and dynamic. It seeks, through grace, to penetrate into the very mystery of God. If a particular doctrine of faith no longer 'makes sense' to a person, the person should go right on seeking. To know what a doctrine says is one thing. To gain insight into its meaning through the gift of understanding is something else. When in doubt, 'Seek and you will find.' The person who seeks y reading, discussing, thinking, or praying eventually sees the light. The person who talks to God even when God is 'not there' is alive with faith."
At the end of class I told Sr. Bernadette that I wanted to enter the Church at the next Easter vigil. 3. If you were a tree what kind of, oh sorry about that .. what is the PODest thing you have ever done? I set up WikiIndex, a clearinghouse for reviews of theological books, good, bad, and ugly. It has a long way to go, but it'll be cool when it's finished. :) 4. What is your favorite quote from Venerable John Henry Newman? "Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt." 5. If you could ban one hymn from existence, what would it be? That's a tough one. As a member of the Society for a Moratorium on the Music of Marty Haugen and David Haas, there are obviously a lot of songs that grate on my nerves. If I had to pick one, though, I'd probably pick "Sing of the Lord's Goodness" by Ernie Sands.

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