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Experience the healing music of Frank La Rocca’s

Messe des Malades

Recent Mass: February 10, 2024
Cathedral of Christ the Light Oakland

CD Pre-Release Date: February 11, 2024

CD Official Release Date: March 15, 2024

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Purchase a copy and forward your receipt to raffle@bxvi.org to be entered.

The winner will be invited to an event with the Archbishop. 

Please pray for the intentions of the Patroness of this Mass, Moira Conzelman. Thanks to all of you who support Archbishop Cordileone’s ministry at the Benedict XVI Institute.

The Mass

Upcoming Mass: February 10, 2024 at Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California. 

“Frank La Rocca’s Messe des Malades does not seek simply to recapture the world of the past — It draws on the traditions of the Catholic church to address today’s needy world. The composer’s intimate understanding of the liturgical text, and extraordinary technical facility and musicality conjoined to create a work of exceptional poignancy. “Masterpiece” is not a word. to be used casually, but to my understand and my ear this Mass stands shoulder to shoulder with the great masterworks of the Renaissance.”

Martin Rokeach, Sacred Music Journal

Please pray for the intentions of the Patroness of this Mass, Moira Conzelman. Thanks to all of you who support Archbishop Cordileone’s ministry at the Benedict XVI Institute.

The Music

“Frank La Rocca’s Messe des Malades does not seek simply to recapture the world of the past — It draws on the traditions of the Catholic church to address today’s needy world. The composer’s intimate understanding of the liturgical text, and extraordinary technical facility and musicality conjoined to create a work of exceptional poignancy. “Masterpiece” is not a word. to be used casually, but to my understand and my ear this Mass stands shoulder to shoulder with the great masterworks of the Renaissance.”

Martin Rokeach, Sacred Music Journal


Mass Premieres and Media

Upcoming Messe des Malades

An invitation from Bishop Barber and Christ the Light Cathedral in Oakland, host of Frank La Rocca’s Messe des Malades on February 10, 2024.

2023 Messe des Malades

February 11, 2023 – Frank La Rocca’s Messe des Malades was celebrated on February 11, 2023 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, CA and sponsored in conjunction with the Order of Malta. Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, presided over the 14th Annual World Day of the Sick in the Cathedral.

2023 Messe des Malades Homily

February 11, 2023 – Live from the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, CA and sponsored in conjunction with the Order of Malta. Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, presiding over the 14th Annual World Day of the Sick in the Cathedral.

(Event) Composer Sneak Preview

October 2023 – Sneak preview Messe des Malades with composers Frank La Rocca and Joseph Gonzalez.

An Invitation from Archbishop Cordileone

October 2023 – An invitation from Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone to join us on February 11, 2023 in Oakland for the premier of Frank La Rocca’s Messe des Malades.

(Article) National Catholic Register

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, “Honoring Our Lady of Lourdes: a New Healing Mass for a Broken World” National Catholic Register (February 7, 2023) Read More