CHARLOTTE — St. Ann Parish in Charlotte and the Charlotte Latin Mass Community celebrated the feast of the Immaculate Conception Dec. 8 with a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form.
The Solemn High Mass featured Gregorian Chant from the St. Ann Schola and was offered by Father Joseph Matlak, chaplain of Holy Trinity Middle School and pastor of St. Basil the Great Mission of the Ukrainian (Eastern) Rite; Father Jason Barone, chaplain of Charlotte Catholic High School, as deacon; and St. Ann’s pastor, Father Timothy Reid as subdeacon. Immediately after Mass, the Blessed Sacrament was exposed in Eucharistic Adoration as St. Ann’s hosted its annual Vigil for Life to pray for an end to abortion.
The feast day also saw a Solemn High Mass offered at St. Michael Parish in Gastonia and a low Latin Mass offered during the day at St. Mark Church in Huntersville.
— Photo provided by Markus Kuncoro/Charlotte Latin Mass Community