The Roccasecca Project and Newman on Tap team up to present an evening in memory of Fr. Ian Ker, the great convert, priest, scholar and biographer of Newman and Chesterton who recently passed away in England on November 5, 2022. He had been a visiting professor for a couple of years at the then College of St. Thomas in the 1980s. 

 All are invited to a 6 pm Sung Requiem Mass at Holy Cross Catholic Church (1621 University Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413) preached by Fr. James Reidy, a retired professor of English from the University of St. Thomas and longtime friend of Fr. Ker. The Mass will feature a Schola Cantorum composed of singers from Holy Cross and beyond. The Holy Mass will be livestreamed on the Holy Cross YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/xyg6dq7fVMM. A social reception will follow the Mass in Kolbe Hall at Holy Cross which will feature a brief talk at about 7:45 pm by Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson on “Tract 90 and the Drama of Newman’s Conversion”. The talk will also be available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DQi8Hu1ZRis

For more information about the Roccasecca Project, an independent, Catholic, non-profit organization of alumni from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Minnesota, please visit our website at: www.roccaseccaproject.org. More about the Newman on Tap apostolate and the recently launched “Newman on Tap Presents” Podcast focusing on various sermons of St. John Henry Newman can be found at: https://newmanontap.com. 

William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices
Sung by the St. Agnes Chamber Choir

Schedule

• 6:15 p.m. – Brief catechesis on the Mass
• 6:30 p.m. – Procession & Holy Mass offered in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
• 7:45 p.m. – Refreshments in Carolyn Hall
• 8:15 p.m. – Lecture by Dr. John Boyle – “St. Thomas Aquinas, Light and Contemplation”