Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Please check the Events Calendar for May as it is filling up . You will find all of the following: Saint John the Baptist Church TLM and May Crowning, May 17th Saint Bernadette Church, Silver Spring, TLM Mass on Ascension Thursday, May 21st Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Discernment Retreat, May 23rd USA Book Tour of Piers Paul Read, "The Death of a Pope" in the DC area on May 31st Anyone may post events to this site pending my approval or you may send me an email.

Some of you have been returning on a regular basis to find out more on the TLM at Saint James Parish in Charles Town, WV . The website is still under construction so that has not been of help. Also, I do not receive the bulletin. My faithful contact has been invaluable in linking me with the news from the Parish bulletin. Here is an email update I just received and I give my thanks for this information: As announced yesterday at St. James' bulletin: "TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS NEXT WEEKEND: Fr. Gismondi of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter will be here NEXT Sunday, May 18th, at 4:00 pm to offer a Traditional Latin Mass." I'm afraid that email from my contact will be the only way to get news out on this forum. I understand that altar boys are to be trained this summer so that a group of trained servers is always on hand.

George P. Matysek, Jr. of the Catholic Review gives a biosketch of the three transitional deacons to be be ordained at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore on May 10th . Two of the three seminarians, Gonzalo Cadavid-Rivera, 35, and Hector H. Mateus-Ariza, 36, are Spanish-speaking natives of Colombia, while Marc L. Lanoue, 42, hails from Massachusetts. As transitional deacons, Mr. Cadavid, Mr. Mateus-Ariza and Mr. Lanoue will be able to proclaim the Gospel during Mass, perform baptisms, witness marriages, perform vigil services and bring Communion to the sick. Ordination to the priesthood normally happens a year after ordination to the transitional diaconate. Read the full story here . Deo gratias! Ad multos annos!

I recently wrote to my contact at St. James the Greater Parish in Charles Town, WV to inquire if there are any updates to the TLM Mass schedule there. Here is the email response I just received: The Latin Mass at St. James is still only once a month. I was told there will be a Latin Mass in May, but the date has not been announced yet. Our Pastor, Fr. Brian Owens recently took the Latin Mass training in Nebraska that the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter offers for parish priests. I understand he doesn't want to start offering it on a weekly basis until he's able to do it correctly. That's why Fr. Gismondi, FSSP has been coming from DC once a month to offer this Mass. I heard that there will be a week-long Altar Boy Camp during the summer with a seminarian from that same Fraternity, working towards being able to offer it on a weekly basis. I'll let you know, as soon as I hear something else. Of course, the moment I hear, I will announce the schedule.