High Mass in St. Margaret Mary's Church
Msgr. Gilles Wach, Prior General and Founder of the
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest,
celebrates Mass on his visit to
St. Margaret Mary's Church, Oakland CA, May 29, 2005
on The Feast of Corpus Christi.

This photo shows the Holy Father in 1998 with two members of the Institute of Christ the King, 
Fr. Lenhardt and Fr. Wiener, as deacons of honour in Weimar, Germany, when the Pope, at that time Cardinal Ratzinger, was celebrant of a pontifical solemn High Mass.

HISTORY
of the Latin Mass in the parish


    The Most Rev. John S. Cummins, Bishop of Oakland, permission was granted to use the 1962 Roman Missal at St. Margaret Mary's Church.  This Mass (the pre-Vatican II Mass) was first said in our Parish by our former pastor, Fr. Vladimir Kozina on September 10, 1989.
      On Sept. 19, 1999 we celebrated the 10th anniversary of this liturgy in our parish, with Bishop Cummins as celebrant.  Click here to view PHOTOS of this event.

THE TRADITIONAL
LATIN MASS


Every Sunday at 12:30 pm
1962 Roman Missal   
 
  The Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron, Bishop of Oakland, has appointed Fr. Michael Wiener of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, as Episcopal delegate for the Latin Rite of 1962 in the Diocese of Oakland.
  Fr. Wiener will serve the 1962 Latin Mass community here in our parish and in the
Diocese.  Every Sunday the High Mass (Gregorian Schola, Children's Choir, Adult Choir, and Organ) is offered at 12:30pm and every weekday the Low Mass is celebrated in this rite at 6:00pm.


INSTITUTE OF
CHRIST THE KING SOVEREIGN PRIEST

      Faithful to the Holy Father, the Institute of Christ the King serves all those who are attached to the Latin Mass.  The Institute has been blessed with many graces that are
attributed to the mercy of our Heavenly King and the intercession of the first patroness Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.  Founded only in 1990, the Institute has nearly 50 priests, over 60 seminarians, and works in more than 35 dioceses throughout the whole world.  "Live the truth in charity" (veritatem facientes in caritate) is the motto of this young community, which strives to follow St. Francis de Sales' advice:  "Cook the truth and charity until it tastes sweet". 

    The Institute of Christ the King is present in several American dioceses e.g., Chicago, St. Louis, Rockford, Green Bay, La Crosse, and now Oakland.  The Institute is called by the bishops to help preserve the Catholic traditions in this country. 

    One of the outstanding examples of the efforts being made by the Institute to combine faith and culture is St. Mary's Oratory of the Immaculate Conception in Wausau, Wisconsin, confided to the Institutes' care by the Most Rev. Raymond L. Burke, now Archbishop of St. Louis. 

The following link will give more information about the Institute and especially the consecration of St. Mary's Oratory in Wausau by Archbishop Burke.

                www.institute-christ-king.org

Click here for more information on the
Institute of Christ the King
Sovereign Priest.


OUR PIPE ORGAN

    St. Margaret Mary's is blessed to have a fine Moeller Pipe Organ, Opus 6009, installed in 1931.  Traditional Catholic hymns and sacred organ literature is played every Sunday.  The  Second Vatican Council directs that "the pipe organ is to be held in high esteem in the Latin Church for it is its  traditional  instrument..."  The organ, now consisting of two manuals and 14 ranks, was rebuilt and enlarged in 1988 by the M.P. Moeller Co. of Hagerstown, MD.  The organ fund goal of $75,000 was surpassed in just a few months by contributions from our generous parishioners.

To view the organ specifications, click below:
        The Pipe Organ of St. Margaret Mary's


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Fr. Wiener, the Servers, and Choir of the Angelus
Easter Sunday 2005
photo taken in front of rectory of St. Margaret Mary's.