Saturday, July 25: Seven Churches Tour in honor of St. James & St. Anne

  

Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 07:15 A.M.

Seven Churches Pilgrimage

From St. Anne's on Sicard St. to

Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy

Join us at right after the 07:15 (7:15 AM) Mass at St. Anne Catholic Church on Sicard & Irving for our first Seven Churches Tour in over a decade. We will be reciting the Rosary, singing hymns and other spiritual songs, and praying some of the Hours between each church along the way. We will conclude with Sung First Vespers at St. Anne at Our Lady of the Rosary at about 15:00 (3 P.M.). It is recommended to pack water, snacks, and a hat for the day's journey. 

THE ITINERARY:

1. St. Anne, 621 Sicard St, San Diego, CA 92113
2. Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1770 Kearney Ave, San Diego, CA 92113 
3. Our Lady of Angels, 656 24th St, San Diego, CA 92102
4. St. Patrick, 3585 30th St, San Diego, CA 92104
5. St. John the Evangelist, 1638 Polk Ave, San Diego, CA 92103
6. St. Vincent de Paul, 4080 Hawk St, San Diego, CA 92103
7. Our Lady of the Rosary, 1668 State St, San Diego, CA 92101

Saturday, July 25, 2026, 15:00 (3 P.M.)

1st Vespers of St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin

Hebdomadary: TBD

Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church

1668 State Street San Diego, CA 92101

Text of Vespers with translation for printing or reading on mobile devices.

This Saturday at Vespers, we make a solemn commemoration of St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Titular Saint of the F.S.S.P. Traditional Latin Mass apostolate in San Diego. Also commemorated at Vespers is St. James the Great, a Patron of Spanish lands and the Patron of Pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago in Spain; as well as the Saturday commemoration of the assumption of the Holy Prophet Elijah (Elias) into heaven upon the flaming chariot, as witnessed by his Holy servant, the Prophet Elisha (Eliseus).

Bilingual Italian-German colour-map of the 7 Churches of Rome (c. 1720)

No Vespers This Sunday. Our Lady of Refuge Vespers on Sunday, July 5.

We inform our friends and benefactors that due to the absence of most of us this coming Sunday there will be no sung Vespers at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. Our celebrations of Sunday Vespers in the Traditional Roman Rite will resume on Sunday, July 5, always at the same time 15:00 (3 PM). On that day, we will sing Vespers of Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners (Patroness of California). Access to the church is from the side door through the courtyard (south door).

 

Sunday, July 5, 15:00 (3 P.M.)

 Vespers of Our Lady of Refuge

 Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church

1668 State Street

San Diego, CA 92101

Votive Vespers and Mass of Our Holy Patron

 

Hieronymus Frezza, St. Philip Neri,
National Gallery of Scotland

Tuesday, June 2,  19:00 (7 P.M.)

  Votive Choral Vespers of St. Philip Neri

Hebdomadary: Chaplain (LCDR) Brad Guillory, U.S. Navy

Wednesay, June 3,  18:30 (6:30 P.M.)

  Votive Sung Mass of St. Philip Neri

Celebrant: Fr. John Lyons, F.S.S.P.

Text with translation for printing or reading on mobile devices. 

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St. San Diego, CA 92113-2396

This year the feast of St. Philip Neri, patron of Chorus Breviarii, fell during the Octave of Pentecost and could not be liturgically celebrated. Therefore we organized votive Choral Vespers and Sung Mass in the traditional Roman Rite for the first available time slots. Please join us at St. Anne to honor the Saint of Gentleness and Kindness! Many thanks to the clergy for their time, hospitality, and support!

NOTE:

We also remind you that we continue to sing Vespers in Gregorian chant every Sunday at 15:00 (3 P.M.) at Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy (1668 State St, San Diego, CA 92101). Access to the church is from the side door through the courtyard (south door).

Vespers Time Variation, This Sunday Only

 Today's Sunday Vespers will begin at 15:30 (3:30 PM), 30 minutes later than usual always at the same venue

Our Lady of the Rosary

Catholic Church

1668 State Street

San Diego, CA 92101

Saturday, Apr. 11: Sung Mass of Easter Saturday

St. Peter and St. John go to the Tomb
Jerome Nadal, S.J. (1507-1580)

Saturday, April 11, 9:00 A.M.

 Sung Mass of Easter Saturday

Celebrant: Fr. John Lyons, F.S.S.P.

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St. San Diego, CA 92113-2396

Text with translation for printing or reading on mobile devices. 

Join us this Saturday in singing for a Sung Tridentine Latin Mass and hear for the last time this year the famous sequence Victimæ pascali. Chorus Breviarii San Diego will sing the ordinary (Mass I) and the full Gregorian proper from the Liber Usualis. 

NOTE:

We also remind you that we continue to sing Vespers in Gregorian chant every Sunday at 15:00 (3 P.M.) at Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy (1668 State St, San Diego, CA 92101). Access to the church is from the side door through the courtyard (south door).

UPDATE (2026/4/12):

Today's Vespers are canceled and will resume next Sunday.

TENEBRÆ 2026

Man of Sorrow, Albrecht Dürer, 1511, woodcut

Wednesday, April 1, 19:00 (7:00 PM.)

TENEBRÆ of Maundy Thursday

St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church of Encinitas 

1001 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas, CA 92024

Text with translation for printing or mobile devices (1st part). 
Text with translation for printing or mobile devices (2nd part).

Friday, April 3, 5:00 (A.M.)

TENEBRÆ of Good Friday

St. Anne Catholic Church

621 Sicard St., San Diego, CA 92113-2396

Text with translation for printing or mobile devices (1st part). 
Text with translation for printing or mobile devices (2nd part). 

Friday, April 3, 19:30 (7:30 PM.)

TENEBRÆ of Holy Saturday

St. Juan Diego Center

11812 Pala Mission Road, Pala, CA 92059

Text with translation for printing or mobile devices (1st part). 
Text with translation for printing or mobile devices (2nd part).

Tenebrae consists of the sung offices of Matins and Lauds on each of the three days of the Sacred Triduum. The Psalms and Antiphons will be sung in Gregorian chant, while the Responsories will be sung in the harmonized Tonus Chorus Breviarii. Our thanks to the clergy for allowing us to introduce this ancient practice to their flocks: in particular Fr. James Bahash, pastor of St. John's in Encinitas, Fr. John Lyons, F.S.S.P, pastor of St. Anne,  Fr. Jesus Valenzuela, F.S.S.P., parochial vicar at St. Anne, Fr. Gerardo Fernandez, pastor of Mission San Antonio de Pala, and Fr. Peter Adrian Miller,  O. Praem, chaplain of TLM North County. For those who may be occupied with work during the day, Good Friday Tenebrae at St. Anne will finish around 7:15 in the morning. Blessed Triduum to all.

 

Access to the Church During Sunday Vespers

As we remind our friends and benefactors that Vespers in Gregorian chant will be sung (as on every Sunday) tomorrow, Sunday January 4, at 15:00 (3 P.M.) at Our Lady of the Rosary in Little Italy (1668 State St, San Diego, CA 92101), we wish also to inform that access to the church will be from the side door through the courtyard (south door). Happy New Year!