Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

The News and Events segment of the Christendom College website begins its article of January 23rd this way: On January 22, the entire student body of Christendom College, including members of the faculty and staff , led hundreds of thousands in protesting abortion at the 36th Annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. Select students were given the honor of carrying the lead March for Life banner as well as the official March for Life flags. Photo Credit: Christendom College, Front Royal, VA Fantastic!

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

Lifesite.net reports that Belmont Abbey College in Charlotte, NC has removed certain employee benefits that are at odds with a Roman Catholic institution of higher education. Here is a snippet: [...] President William Thierfelder said, "As a Roman Catholic institution, Belmont Abbey College is not able to and will not offer nor subsidize medical services that contradict the clear teaching of the Catholic Church. There was no other course of action possible if we were to operate in fidelity to our mission and to our identity as a Catholic college." In a letter to staff and faculty, Thierfeder answered the question: Were any faculty, staff or committees consulted on this change? He said, "No. The teaching of the Catholic Church on this moral issue is clear. The responsibility of the College as a Catholic College sponsored by the monks of Belmont Abbey to follow Church teaching is equally clear. There was no other course of action possible if we were to operate in fi

Catholic World News has a story today on the Cardinal Newman Society and its attempts to monitor the activities of nominally Catholic Universities . Each year at about this time, the CNS announces those colleges which intend to portray the V-Monologues on their campus. This year is no exception. The link will take you to a page which describes this play . Here are the Catholic colleges that are scheduled to portray the V-Monologues this year: Bellarmine University College of the Holy Cross College of Mount Saint Vincent College of Saint Rose DePaul University Dominican University of California Fordham University Georgetown University John Carroll University Le Moyne College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Marygrove College Regis College Saint Mary’s College of California University of Detroit Mercy University of Notre Dame University of San Francisco Note that this list was updated today and the Universities ar