Friday, August 1, 2008

Low interest or Diocesan censorship?|

Personally, I believe if all dioceses would allow one Latin Mass to be added to their Mass schedule, we would see exponential growth at a very rapid clip. But this isn't happening because left of center dioceses are making it tough for priests to say a Latin Mass by making them take rigorous Latin tests that are all but impossible to pass. It's ok though, the train has left the station. Latin Mass will be victorious in due course. You can't stop a good thing.

Chesapeake chapel rare in saying Latin Mass | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com: "Pope Benedict XVI gave a thumbs-up last July to wider use of the Latin Mass, but a year later the old rite is still hard to find in the Richmond Diocese, which includes Hampton Roads.

In fact, none of the diocese's more than 150 parishes has added the Tridentine rite to its worship schedules, Catherine Combier-Donovan, of the diocese's Office of Worship, said recently.

'There's been a bit of interest expressed' among parishioners, 'but not a great deal.' The diocese is talking with Lynchburg-area congregants interested in adding the Latin Mass to local worship, she said."

Course to prepare altar servers for Latin Mass

Course to prepare altar servers for Latin Mass - SILive.com: "The New York Latin Liturgy Association will sponsor a training course for Catholic men and boys over 8 who want to learn how to serve the traditional Latin Mass of the Roman Catholic Church.

A year ago, the Vatican cleared the way for priests throughout the world to celebrate the Latin mass without prior approval from their bishops. Since then, according to William J. Leininger, chairman of the Grasmere-based Latin Liturgy Association, more than 100 Latin masses have been scheduled across the country, with 10 celebrated within the Archdiocese of New York. He said several Island parishes also are planning to offer masses in Latin."