Mass celebrated by Father Robert Reed Wednesday, July 6, 2011
SergioBorge 06/07/2011 23:32:23
St. Maria Goretti VIRGIN AND MARTYR Feast: July 6 Information: Feast Day: July 6 Born: October 16, 1890(1890-10-16), Corinaldo, Province of Ancona, Marche, Kingdom of Italy Died: July 6, 1902 (aged 11), Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of … [More]
Mass celebrated by Father Robert Reed Wednesday, July 6, 2011
St. Maria Goretti VIRGIN AND MARTYR Feast: July 6 Information: Feast Day: July 6 Born: October 16, 1890(1890-10-16), Corinaldo, Province of Ancona, Marche, Kingdom of Italy Died: July 6, 1902 (aged 11), Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy Canonized: June 24, 1950, Rome by Pope Pius XII Major Shrine: Nettuno, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy Patron of: Crime victims, teenage girls, modern youth, Children of Mary Virgin martyr and miracle worker in death. She was stabbed to death on July 6 while resisting the advances of the son of her father's business partner. Maria was born in Corinaldo, Italy, the daughter of a farmer who moved the family to Ferriere di Conca, near Anzio. There Alexander Serenelli, a youth who lived in the same house, tried to seduce the young Maria. When she refused him, Alexander stabbed her repeatedly. Arrested for the murder, he was imprisoned and experienced a vision of Maria. Her cuase was opened becuase she was credited with some forty miracles after her death. She was canonized by Pope Pius XII (r. 1939-1958) in 1950, as a model of purity. Alexander attended her canonization. (Taken from Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints) Read more:http://www.ewtn.com/saintsHoly/saints/M/stmariagoretti.asp#ixzz1RNiczwON
Gosh.... beautiful Sancutary. 
Father, actually chanted the prayers! Lovely....thanks.
Why is there an old woman in the Sanctuary - holding the Sacramentary (no less!)? 
The psalmody was just too quick and the instrument quite inadequate; a male cantor might has proven more beneficial. However, a beautiful effort at solemnity during a low Mass. 
