Chinese Catholic schoolchildren sing Gregorian chant at Mass in San Francisco (1936, HD)

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PAROCHIAL SCHOOL FOR CHINESE, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Children blessing themselves as they enter chapel As Rev. George W. P. Johnson starts mass, Chinese children silhouetted in foreground Closeup Father Johnson and Chinese altar boys Children singing during high mass Closeups longshots and cut ins of children singing The Kyrie and praying at altar Scenes in the kindergarten General scenes of the class with children at desks Chinese children give allegiance to the flag Several classroom scenes and children spelling Closeup of Chinese youngster as he misspells word A few Chinese words, meaning school's out.
Dated 1936 Nov 25

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@baac81 5 күн бұрын

Old St Mary's Cathedral and Chinese Mission, California Street, San Francisco. A ministry of the Paulist Fathers since 1894.

@asaxr 6 күн бұрын

Proof that Latin is no barrier to learning the Tridentine Mass. 🙏

@gentz8310 5 күн бұрын

@@asaxr And Latin is the most "democratic" language nowadays, it's no one's mother tongue. Perfect as liturgical language, worldwide.

@janettedavis6627 3 күн бұрын

Singing Greek not Latin. This was always Greek .

@VerbumVeritatisVincit 2 күн бұрын

Kyrie Eleison is always Greek. In Latin it would be Domine miserere nobis...

@asaxr 2 күн бұрын

@@VerbumVeritatisVincit agreed. None the less, not a barrier to learning the mass. ☺️🙏

@tlynn7043 2 күн бұрын

That was part of the beauty of the Latin Mass. It was exactly the same Mass in every church in every city in every country. Everywhere, the same.

@ronvanwegen 6 күн бұрын

Still better than any film Disney has produced in the last twenty years!

@linda.yuri999 3 күн бұрын

🔥❤️

@ninasamuels9482 6 күн бұрын

There is hope in these beautiful children.

@gotogd1233 6 күн бұрын

This took place nearly 100 yrs ago. I highly doubt any of them are still alive.

@silviavaldes5795 4 күн бұрын

Están vivos para la Eternidad,porque rezaron y vivieron su fe:así se protegieron de la muerte eterna.@@gotogd1233

@dr.carolinegeethasings5627 4 күн бұрын

Mesmerising to see and listen to the children sing and Praise God👌👏🏼🙏 Proud to be a Catholic 🙏❤

@dorothyleong6716 5 күн бұрын

Wow,beautiful children with lovely chanting voice. God bless all these children.

@user-kl9ip6mj6v 5 күн бұрын

As children of God, we recognize beauty when we see it.

@TrinityUne-z5o 4 күн бұрын

❤️

@Morlla234 6 күн бұрын

Wow, amazing! Wherever you go and whatever time the mass never changed!

@erikriza7165 10 сағат бұрын

Until it did, in the destructive and reckless 60s

@user-sk1qp9cf4s 5 күн бұрын

Oh what a wonderful and beautiful souls these children are...

@saetainlatin 4 күн бұрын

My heart became filled with pride, warm and childlike joy.

@5Neeny 5 күн бұрын

Born in 1951, i remember how beautiful the thriving Catholic Church life was as compared to now. The Church still thrives and will explode in numbers, but my generation has witnessed an extremely hard century in the time since Christ instituted Her. This is beautiful to see!

@chorjennie4038 4 күн бұрын

cannot agree with u more

@TrinityUne-z5o 4 күн бұрын

@@5Neeny ❣️

@DemitriVladMaximov 6 күн бұрын

This is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.

@skyt4133 5 күн бұрын

I remember singing that kyrie in latin as a youngster. Goes to show how old I am. I also was an altar boy and said the mass in latin.

@salvatoreshiggerino6810 2 күн бұрын

In Greek, you mean?

@oskarkarcz6842 5 күн бұрын

It was before people were told that they're to stupid too learn Gregorian Chant.

@tonyshang1303 3 күн бұрын

it's really a touching moment, being a children of God is such a beautiful things on earth...

@gentz8310 6 күн бұрын

Deo Gratias

@user-yh9gm3eu6l 4 күн бұрын

How i wish some of them are still alive ,reminiscing their childhood days. God reward you 🙏

@CatholicArchive 3 күн бұрын

Heaven is better.

@michaelhoerig5920 6 күн бұрын

Absolutely enchanting. I have goose bumps!

@user-rj7wm5qv3l 5 күн бұрын

God bless the children

@albertaowusu3536 4 күн бұрын

So we'll behaved!❤🙏

@Palms-yw4xt 6 күн бұрын

What striking beauty and innocence, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!

@magdalenelah8231 5 күн бұрын

Beautiful kids ❤❤❤🙏🏽🙏🙏🏼

@MacheteMambi Күн бұрын

From Heaven. The One True Mass.

@trudiswanson9855 9 сағат бұрын

Almighty and merciful God, remember these voices raised to You in innocence and obedience in Jesus Christ.

@marytygett4189 2 күн бұрын

Love this so much !!! Fr Patrick Peyton, pray for us 🙏☘️🌹

@macp5992 5 күн бұрын

AMAZING ❤🙏🏾✝️

@GBCompton 3 күн бұрын

This is still happening. I subbed as a First Communion catechist during the past religious ed year. I almost cried at the innocence of the children in my class. Even at my teen Confirmation students. God is at work in each of us, no matter the circumstance. God is beyond all praising! Thank you, Lord, for my Catholic Faith.

@vrego4050 3 күн бұрын

Thank you

@Lexarf0rk 5 күн бұрын

And yet some clergy believe this Mass, administered to nearly all Canonized Saints, should be banned… We MUST return to tradition. No more status quo ordo at st. typicals. Salve Maria!

@fool1shmortal Күн бұрын

I’m not accusing them of being Devil worshippers, but the clergy pushing for this banning of it are at least unwittingly doing his work; not God’s.

@norabongiorno6197 6 күн бұрын

One nation under God

@1978gisa 5 күн бұрын

Beautiful ♥️🙏🏼

@LeoChiu229 3 күн бұрын

Wow, that's awesome! I used to attend a Chinese parochial school between Stockton & Clay Street in Chinatown when I was a kid wearing the parochial school uniform with a white dress shirt, red sweater & corduroy pants. It was called St Mary's Chinese Mission School & there was a small chapel below called the Holy Family Chruch run by the Paulist Fathers in the 1950s.🙏🙏

@berniechan7462 Күн бұрын

God bless these children, Amen

@patriciacarol622 Күн бұрын

God bless these children & their parents.

@jesusacuna309 Күн бұрын

You, sir, just earned your 1,000th subscriber.

@jrzzrj 5 күн бұрын

Wow! A rare video gem. Never seen something like this before. Thank you.

@helenalaw3477 4 күн бұрын

Such beautiful children n so angelic . Our Lord must be so proud of them 💕

$@fractureman9719$

@fractureman9719 5 күн бұрын

KYRIE ELEASON LORD HAVE MERCY CHRISTIE ELEASON CHRIST HAVE MERCY KYRIE ELEASON LORD HAVE MERCY

@ChristianSaintSavior 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. Pax Christi!

@user-nx2xm4he4j 6 күн бұрын

Absolutely beautiful! ❤️‍🔥🙏✝️

@Lawrence70500 6 күн бұрын

Nineteen Thirty Six Praise the Lord 🙏

@catherinepamei78 12 сағат бұрын

How sweet is that!❤

@mariafalcon5397 5 күн бұрын

So much reverence, unlike the novus ordo, 😢

@GBCompton 3 күн бұрын

Well, thankfully, the Lord Jesus also hears the prayers of us novus ordo peasants!

@mariafalcon5397 3 күн бұрын

@@GBCompton well, I still go to the novus ordo, I guess I’m a peasant! But there is a big difference! 😊

@emmap1159 Күн бұрын

God be with us

@josephine4796 2 күн бұрын

Awesome. Pure reverence.

@user-uf5nv5cb3b Күн бұрын

Saint Francis Xavier pray for the Church in Red China. Those brave people are in grave danger.

@dionypas1625 5 күн бұрын

So Beautiful.

@fernandaoliveira2895 5 күн бұрын

💒💒💒 Deo gratias.

@dmiserv2093 16 сағат бұрын

Absolutely mesmerizing😇 I love the Latin mass. Every time I pray the Pater noster I always get tears in my eyes, I don't know why!!!hope they are all still alive and in touch with the faith of God.🥰

@thomaspham1506 4 сағат бұрын

So lovely Choir ! Reminded me of beautiful traditional Latin Mass before Vaticano 2 years.

@jansmarco7842 5 сағат бұрын

remind me of my childhood in the early 80's in Indonesia. I attended a catholic primary school, the school was just right next to the church.every day at 12.00 pm we would pray angelous .

@dfaz333 2 күн бұрын

Precious

@carljoseph6185 Күн бұрын

Amen🙏

@fernandobarrera1370 6 күн бұрын

Deo gratias

@marialourdesbaniqued5923 Күн бұрын

God bless all the children in the world.

@angeljude5308 Күн бұрын

Deo Gratias🙏

@ritchesinoro1512 5 күн бұрын

Wow it's amazing, Amen 🙏🙏🙏

@tinh_lai_ivietnam5253 Күн бұрын

Wonderful example of education and discipline. Bring bck the order in the classroom and teachers ar doing the education function, not the union.

@qentrepreneurship9987 49 минут бұрын

I grew up into a catholic family hapily. Cheers from lake Titicaca Peru

@stlouisix3 5 күн бұрын

That was remarkable.

@manorama12 5 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@anglahataybiyayaa.b.3173 2 күн бұрын

❤i love thesong❤❤❤❤❤❤

@yoshiven 15 сағат бұрын

CongrTulations, me he quedado sin palabras

@joeshmoe9111 5 күн бұрын

Praise God.

@mangili.giuseppe5611 Күн бұрын

Che bello vedere CRISTIANI CINESI ❤ FRATELLI NOSTRI🙏❤

@rodelacusar99 12 минут бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤Lovely❤

@debbieramsey8933 5 күн бұрын

So precious! Saints of the future!

@ledasantos2369 Күн бұрын

Amém 🙏🙏🙏🇧🇷

@t6443 5 күн бұрын

So beautiful !!!

@Individualati 3 күн бұрын

Very moving.

@user-ck9rb9qx3e 6 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this wonderful film.

@MrsHgLamp 7 сағат бұрын

❤❤❤

@moiragralund3848 2 сағат бұрын

What a bunch of cuties

@TrinityUne-z5o 6 күн бұрын

This Mass could be found in every country where Catholics lived...And other Catholics would know where the Mass was. So lovely...❤ ⚜️Christ The King⚜️ 🌹Ave. Maria🌹 ⚜️🥀🙏 P.S I like your channel are you on any other platforms?

@franciscavarpit6554 4 күн бұрын

Simply beatiful❤

@angeljude5308 Күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@richardimon468 13 сағат бұрын

I wonder if these children and their children are still Catholics today? Beautiful!

@HopeLaFleur1975 4 күн бұрын

Very. Cool. ❤

@trollsneedhugs 6 күн бұрын

Interesting hand position during pledge of allegiance. I was brought up to believe only German people did that during those years.

@TheRogZone 5 күн бұрын

This was the standard way to pledge allegiance in many Western nations, including the United States. Hand stretched out and palm upward. When the Nazis came to power in Germany they inverted the palm to face downward and pledged to Hitler. In response the people of the United States started placing their hands over their hearts. It has been that way ever since.

@UrsulaPainter 2 күн бұрын

How much evil must children still face in this world? Their innocence is so beautiful to behold! Has humanity lost all compassion?

@John2verse5 3 күн бұрын

Please pray for the city of my birth St. Francis/San Francisco California. It's become very blasphemous.

@jamiea.c.seerattan365 5 күн бұрын

I love it ❤❤❤❤

@Salve_Regina8 2 күн бұрын

Latin Mass forever.

@litoboy5 5 күн бұрын

Lovely ❤

@alvaroramos7564 Күн бұрын

its pretty obvious tlm is the superior mass not even a question at this point..

@rodelacusar99 5 минут бұрын

I love the Chinese children's before❤❤

@terrytzaneros8007 2 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏❤️🕊️👼👼👼

@user-gt2vw7bu2r 3 күн бұрын

Very awesome, thanks for sharing this precious video clip. God bless you and yours!!!

@Tony-ci7ys 3 күн бұрын

7:10 so cute! ❤ 😊

@jialehu9180 2 күн бұрын

Could you tell me where you found the archival footage, and if there’s a larger body of materials regarding this history :)? Thanks a lot! 🙏

@joelkenney4503 5 күн бұрын

Cute, trouble spelling cow

@fool1shmortal Күн бұрын

You would think, from the anti-Catholic media, that we made them all dress Western and speak English at all times. That last part was meant to he funny, because they are singing Katin hymns, but they are wearing native Chinese outfits and probably could speak Chinese when not in class. I don’t know if there were various dialects, though. Maybe they know those as people in Europe seem to know a number of languages of nations around them-and English.

@lewing658 4 күн бұрын

Wonderful to see.

@earthangel3234 3 күн бұрын

My uncle was a missionary in China in the Canton region before WW II. He was the pastor at Old St. Mary's during the 50s.

@bettypang4971 6 күн бұрын

Very nice! Thank you for sharing : priest’s vestment - very modern…and women didn’t veil …? The kids were very cute

@christinereich6050 6 күн бұрын

I was thinking about the veils too.

@antholianmartyr4860 6 күн бұрын

What do you mean by “very modern?” You should look deeper into the whole tradition of vestments…

@bettypang4971 6 күн бұрын

Clearly I don’t know much, but the priest’s vestment doesn’t appear very “traditional “…this could be an Ad Orientum Norvus Ordo Mass? (Could this be post conciliatory?) just wondering 🤔 😂 I am ready to be corrected 😂

@thomastan8707 5 күн бұрын

@@bettypang4971 This was in 1936, way before Vatican II. The Novus Ordo was promulgated in 1969. The vestments are not 'modern', they're Gothic styled, unlike the fiddleback Roman chasubles. But both are perfectly legitimate.

@12369ja 5 күн бұрын

@@bettypang4971this is 100% not a Novus Ordo Mass, look one up and you will see.

@ianbertus9689 5 күн бұрын

beautiful ❤️🙏 eyes tearing..😢

@marciecorda5209 5 күн бұрын

WHERE are these children now or their families?

@katperson7332 4 күн бұрын

The younger children here would be in their 90s now if still alive.

@amychan8413 Күн бұрын

This film was taken in 1936.

@pamelagoodman8405 4 сағат бұрын

One thing l noticed was that the children behave like typical American children rather than the weird communist vilms where the children seem more like robots.

@erikriza7165 10 сағат бұрын

Is that School still there? I wonder what the Paulists would be teaching them now. John Kerry goes to Mass at a Paulist Church. I saw that Church. It looked nothing like a church.

@peggylopez7197 5 күн бұрын

People have lost. There reverence for the holy Eucharist Silence in church they theyact like there in a movie theatre almost trample the priest at the end of mass to get out of church without taking a few moments to embrace the graces or tEucharist they just received