Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

A common search item concerns the TLM at Georgetown University . It was widely reported initially that this was going to be offered weekly, that it was to be held in the Copley Crypt and that the time would be constant during the school year. Thus, I posted it in the Mass Menu . I searched the Georgetown websites to see if I could find this Mass and confirm these facts, but finally found a location that refuted these initial reports. Someone I found to be "in the know" informed me that the TLM Mass is currently "suspended," if/when it is held, it will be a private Mass , that it is NOT going to be open to the general public , and that it is not a general fixture for the Archdiocese of Washington. As such, I have removed this Mass listing from the Right Menu . It should surprise nobody that any college Mass is held for the University students and is probably said as a private Mass by one or more priests at their discretion. Therefore, I am happy to recei...

Patrick Archbold at Summorum Pontificum found a great news story . The National Catholic Register has a story by Valerie Schmalz entitled, "Ite, Missa Est . Interest in ‘Extraordinary Form’ of the Mass Growing on Campus." Here is just a bit: [...] “The Mass is the Mass, but the traditional Latin Mass seems more sacred,” said Leah Turner, a junior at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. “It seems to capture the tradition of the Church more.” Notre Dame, Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif., Christendom College in Front Royal, Va., and St. Vincent College are among the colleges that began to offer the Mass of Blessed John XXIII shortly after the Summorum Pontificum’s effective date of Sep. 14. Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., plans to offer it soon and Franciscan University of Steubenville will offer its first such Mass on March 30. Summorum Pontificum, which the Pope issued on his own initiative or motu proprio, said that the Mass according to the Missal of ...