Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Thanks to my friend, Ken, I am collating a listing of TLM Masses in the MD, DC and Arlington, VA Metroplex for Ascension Thursday. The listing is on the Special Events Calendar ; just check Thursday, May 13th, 2010. I will continue to update as needed.

Holy Week & Easter Calendar - 2010 Updated March 31st, 22:20 EDT CATHEDRALS, BASILICAS AND SHRINES Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore (Latin Mass is Novus Ordo) Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC (Novus Ordo) Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore (Novus Ordo) Saint Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, D.C. (Latin Novus Ordo) Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, Washington, DC National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, Mount Saint Mary's, Emmitsburg, MD (Novus Ordo) PARISHES Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Annandale, VA (Novus Ordo) Old St. John the Evangelist Church , TLM Congregation, Our Lady Queen of Poland Parish, Silver Spring, MD: Palm Sunday, 7:50 AM - Blessing & Procession of Palms; 8:00 AM - TLM with Schola; Good Friday, 11:00 AM - Confessions; 12:15 PM - Stations of the Cross; 1:00 PM - Liturgy with Schola; Easter Sunday, 8:00 AM - TLM with Schola Saint Alphons

Last update: 03/30/08: This post will be updated as further information comes in . Note that much of this has been gleaned from PDF files of Parish Bulletins. Emails to me of updates to your Parish would be MOST appreciated . The area covered is only MD, DC, VA, PA, DE and WV. Note too that only Latin or Tridentine Mass Parishes are included here. Saint Alphonsus Church, Baltimore, MD Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption, Baltimore, MD (Latin N.O.) Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Gainesville, VA Saint Benedict's Chapel, Chesapeake, VA Saint Catherine of Siena, Great Falls, VA Saint Francis de Sales, Benedict, MD (TLM on Easter Sunday) Saint James Catholic Church, Charles Town, WV (Canons of the New Jerusalem) Saint John the Evangelist, Silver Spring, MD Saint John the Baptist, Front Royal, VA (I presume the Mass for Easter at 12:30 is a Tridentine Mass; also, the regular Monday Mass at 7 AM in the Chapel will be a TLM beginning April 13th) Saint Joseph's Ca

A persistent visitor has been seeking a "monastery" in "Salisbury, MD" which is on Maryland's Eastern Shore. To see if there was one, I first went to the right menu and clicked the link to FAQs . This took me to the FAQs post. Then, I looked at the last item, #4, which lists Religious Orders. The Religious Life Directory is what I wanted . I clicked the link and went to the "geographical menu" listing for Maryland which is here . T his lists every "religious house" in the State of Maryland . I found that Salisbury, MD has a listing for the following: Jesus and Mary. Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary , P.O. Box 1755, Salisbury, MD 21802. [W] There is a website address for the Joseph House, a Non-Profit Organization run by the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary . I hope this helps. This is the only "monastery" I can find unless it is an Eastern Catholic entity.

Yesterday, I posted that TLM groups were forming in certain parts of Maryland and asked for feedback to assist those groups. I received a marvelous email from good friend, M.S., who writes: Dear TLM in Maryland, I'm a parishioner at St. James Catholic Church in Charles Town, WV (about 25 minutes from Frederick, MD). I would like to let you and your bloggers know that there is a strong group planning the TLM in our Parish . For the last few months we have had the Extraordinary Form of the Mass offered only once a month. We are hoping to have the Mass offered weekly soon . The next two Masses scheduled are: - Traditional Latin Mass on Passion Sunday (March 16) at 4 pm - High Mass on Easter Sunday (March 23) at 4 pm. St. James Catholic Church 60 Crosswinds Dr. Charles Town, WV 25414 All for Jesus through Mary, MS Saint James the Greater Roman Catholic Church has a website . Rumors on the internet also suggest that the local Ordinary is favorably disposed to the TLM.

The National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes is one of the oldest American replicas of the revered French shrine, dating to about two decades after the apparitions at Lourdes (1874), although the site had already been in use for more than seventy years as a place of prayer and devotion. The Grotto was proclaimed a Public Oratory on December 8, 1965 by His Eminence Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, Archbishop of Baltimore. A place of pastoral beauty and spiritual inspiration, the Grotto draws hundreds of thousands of religious pilgrims and tourists annually. CLICK to enlarge...