Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Fr. Tim Finigan explains the entire background behind the possible story in The Tablet . Father Tim, please realize that you and all good priests have allies everywhere! Our prayers for you and for your Parish as you request! Ad multos annos !

New Catholic of RORATE CAELI is also going with the story by Ignazio Ingrao in "Panorama ." The original story link is here . Gregor Kollmorgen is credited with the translation. The Papa Ratzinger blog (Italian) has also linked to the story .

Gregor Kollmorgen has dropped a bombshell over at The New Liturgical Movement. The post is from an article in the Italian weekly, "Panorama ." I'd take this with a grain of salt until confirmed. If Gregor has the jump on everyone, it will be one huge story!

Fr. Thomas Kocik posts a fascinating article on the "tensions" that exist between the Extraordinary and Ordinary Forms of the Mass . It seems we now have two principles in tension. On the one hand, there is (and has always been) the principle of obedience to liturgical norms. No priest, even if he be a bishop, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority. [4] Do we really want every priest to be permitted, ad libitum , to incorporate elements of the 1962 Missal into his celebration of the ordinary form of Mass? (Then again, the ordinary form is hardly noted for its stability and consistency from place to place.) Read this post here .

The Catholic Review Online carries a story by Chaz Muth on the Latin Novus Ordo ( Ordinary Form ) Mass celebrated each Sunday at the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in downtown Baltimore: If more Catholics knew this particular service was not the old style of the Tridentine Mass but a new-style Mass said in both Latin and English, they might be more willing to give it a chance, said Father Jeffrey S. Dauses, the new rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As it stands now, fewer than 100 worshipers sit in the pews of the nation’s first Catholic Cathedral during the Latin Mass, and Father Dauses believes the congregation will grow if the faithful understand more about the service. “We have a participation booklet that outlines the service in both English and Latin so you can follow the liturgy,” he said. “The readings and homily are all in English, so the word of God is accessible.” The Latin Mass has