A solemn Pontifical Mass (ordinary form) will be celebrated on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, 25 March, at 6:00 P.M., at the Church of the Holy Innocents in midtown Manhattan (128 W. 37th St.), New York City. Cardinal Seán O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Boston, will be the principal celebrant. The Mass, which will feature ample use of Gregorian chant and polyphony (Mass VIII, Credo III, Palestrina's Missa Brevis in F), concludes the "professional day" of the Catholic Education Foundation's biennial symposium, to be followed by a gala dinner. Concelebrating will be Frs. Peter Stravinskas, Executive Director of CEF, and Thomas Kallumady, Pastor of Holy Innocents. Mr. Robert Prior (Church of Our Saviour, New York City) will be the organist and director of the schola.
