We end the calendar year and begin the Western Rite liturgical year preparing for the festival in which we celebrate the Incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ. On Saturday, December 8, we will observe the feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Matins at 9:30AM, Mass at 10:00 and a pot-luck brunch […]

There are several important feast days in the month of November, beginning with the great celebration of All Saints on November 1. We will transfer our observance of this day to the Sunday within the octave, November 4. As has been our custom for many years, we will continue the celebration with a party at […]

In addition to our normal schedule of services, we will celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Walsingham on Saturday, October 20. This celebration of a vision of the Theotokos by an English woman, the building of a shrine and the subsequent centuries of pilgrimage to this shrine has been observed by the Western Rite parishes […]

The month of September includes a number of holy days, beginning with the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God on Saturday, September 8, which we will celebrate with Matins at 9:30AM and Mass at 10:00. The secondary feast of our patron, St. Gregory the Great (September 3, the day of his consecration), […]

Summer is a time for conferences. The annual Parish Life Conference for the Dioceses of New York and Washington and Charleston will be held in New Brunswick, New Jersey July 4-8. Western Rite Vespers will be offered on Thursday evening of the conference. Fr. Nicholas will also attend the Clergy Symposium at Antiochian Village July 16 – 20 and the […]

The month of June is a month of important feast days in the Church year. We begin on June 3 with the celebration of the great feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was given by God to the Apostles, enabling them to carry on Christ’s work in the world. As is our custom at […]

Thanks to all who helped make our Holy Week and Easter celebrations so beautiful: to those who served at the altar and prepared bread and vestments for the services; to those who sang, who prayed, and to those who brought food to share.  Christ is Risen! Indeed he is risen! During this month of continuing […]

Holy Week at St. Gregory’s – Palm Sunday, April 8:  Matins at 9AM, blessing of Palms, Procession and Solemn Mass with the Passion Gospel of St. Matthew at 9:30AM. Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, April 9 and 10:  Vespers at 7PM, Mass at 7:30 with the Passion Gospels of St. Mark and St. Luke. Holy […]

Having begun our Lenten observances on Ash Wednesday, February 29, we will spend the month of March concentrating on the disciplines of this season: fasting, prayer, penitence, alms-giving. As is our custom at St. Gregory’s, we will set aside Friday evenings for Lenten suppers, classes and Stations of the Cross and Benediction. These will begin […]

We begin and end the month of February with special services and we make the transition from the Christmas cycle of celebrations to that which is determined by the date of Pascha. Candlemas – also known as the Presentation of Christ in the Temple and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary – will be […]