Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Okay, if you have landed here, you are in the right place, but you will have to do this logically... First, you need to find a Parish. Then, you need to call the Rectory and find out when Masses or Services are held; many have recordings at this time of year. This is not listed in any master database...sorry, I wish I could say otherwise. In the Maryland, DC, Arlington area: First, if you are looking for the Extraordinary Form Mass, the Usus Antiquior , the Tridentine, a Latin Mass or the Gregorian Rite, those Holy Week listings are here (and will be updated all week). If you are simply looking for a "Novus Ordo" or "regular" Sunday Mass (or Passion Service), proceed as follows: Near Baltimore and not near D.C. or its adjacent Maryland suburbs, find a Parish here . In Maryland but on the Eastern Shore near Salisbury or Ocean City, go here . In D.C. or along the Western shore of Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay, find a Parish here . South of D.C. and across the

Traditional Latin Mass in Baltimore, click here . Mass anywhere in Baltimore or its counties, click here . Mass anywhere else in the U.S., click here . EWTN, see link in the header above. The Mass in Latin for today, click here .

Okay, I'm getting hundreds of requests. If you are in the Archdiocese of Baltimore , look here. The instructions are fairly straightforward. If you are in the Archdiocese of Washington, check the Blogroll and Favorites menu on the right menu bar. The AD of DC has a website and it too lists ALL parishes . If you are from outside the region, look at the header which contains the name "Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland." There is text which reads MassTimes.org . Click that hyperlink and simply state where you are. It will locate parishes everywhere in the US, Canada and even internationally. You will simply have to state that you are seeking a Holy Day and look at the websites which come back to you. That's the best I can do, friends! Good hunting!

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Click the image to find Mass Times for any location in the world. Choose from ten languages plus English. The site is self explanatory. Note: Novus Ordo Easter Masses are likely to follow the normal Sunday schedule. MassTimes.org is also to be found in the Blogroll and Favorite Menu to the right side of this window. Just scroll down.

Rule #1 : If you are interested in attending either a TLM Vigil Mass or Easter Sunday TLM Mass , FIRST check the Parishes located to your RIGHT on the TLM menu I've posted . These have TLM Masses weekly; their websites should have information on the TLM or Vigil and its time. Rule #2 : If you can't find what you need, here is the best list I can come up with on short notice of my past posts and from surveying the internet locally: Baltimore/MD Access: Saint Alphonsus Church, Baltimore, MD, TLM Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption, Baltimore, MD, Latin Novus Ordo ANY Catholic Mass in Maryland; Click on the City or Locale for a Full List Near You Washington, DC or Virginia Access: Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC DC Catholic Blog Calendar Franciscan Monastery, Washington, DC, Easter Vigil (subject to timeout errors ) TLM or Latin Mass in DC/VA locations Campus Mass at UMaryland, College Park Campus Masses Centered In or Near College Park, MD West Virgi

George P. Matysek Jr. of the Catholic Review Online files this story : Calling it the “main preoccupation” of the seminary to “create priests after the heart of Christ,” Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated Mass with the board of trustees, seminarians, administrators and members of the St. Mary’s Seminary community in Roland Park, March 3. The archbishop held up the example of the royal official in the Gospel of John who sought Jesus and asked for a cure for his son. Christ told the man to return home, and on the journey the son was cured. “What confidence in Christ he showed as he turned on his heels and headed back,” said Archbishop O’Brien. Believers today must show that same kind of confident faith, the archbishop said. They must not be like the Pharisees who witnessed what Jesus did but did not know who Jesus was, he said. “We think we know Christ – but how deeply?” Archbishop O’Brien said. “We think we want to do his will, but how full are our prayers of ourselves and our will