Holy Name Church

It is our intention at Holy Name to celebrate the ancient rite of Mass as authentically as possible. While Holy Name is a diverse parish that offers both the Novus Ordo and Tridentine Masses, we are not allowed to mix rites. Therefore, we kindly request that the faithful, when attending the Tridentine Mass, observe the following customs:

1. The traditional Eucharistic Fast calls for a minimum of three (3) hours of fasting before receiving
    Holy Communion. For those who wish, fasting from midnight before the Mass is commendable.

2. Please maintain a reverential silence before and after Mass out of respect for the Most Blessed
    Sacrament in the Tabernacle and for those attending Mass who wish to pray or meditate.

3. Only baptized Catholics in a state of grace (i.e., having confessed all mortal sins to a priest) are
    invited to receive Holy Communion.

4. Communion is received in the kneeling position at the Communion rail and on the tounge. The
    faithful must not pick up the consecrated host.

5. The communicant does NOT say "Amen" in response to the priest's "Corpus Dominie nostri...."

6. The priest alone sings or recites the "Pater Noster" (i.e., the "Our Father"). The choir or
    congregation respond only at the end with "Sed libera nos a malo." Having the people recite the
    "Pater Noster" is an innovation from De Musica Sacra (3 Sept.1958), issued by the Sacred
    Congregation of Rites. It authorized the faithful to say the Pater Noster with the celebrant in
    Latin during a dialogue Mass, but ONLY at in a Low Mass. Accordingly, this innovation is
    discouraged at Holy Name.

7. Holy Name does not stipulate a dress code for Mass, but churchgoers are reminded that
    they will be in the presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

8. Please remember to kneel, sit and stand during the proper times at Holy Mass:

      KNEEL: Beginning of Holy Mass; at the SANCTUS; at the Agnus Dei; at the
      Final Blessing; and when the Bishop passes.

      SIT: At the readings of the Epistle and at the Sermon.

      STAND: When the priest enters/leaves the church; at the Gospel; at the Creed; at the
      Pater Noster; and at the Last Gospel.

      ALSO: The faithful who wish to receive Holy Communion should begin to approach the
      Communion Rail after the recitation of the "Domine non sum dignus...."