Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

RORATE CAELI : 3:55 PM EST: Peter is in America (minor quibble, it is now EDT here in the Eastern Zone of the US!) WDTPRS : Fuller account of what the Pope said on the airplane (this story is based on a report from the NY Times) WDTPRS : VIS in the Pope's USA visit (Andrews Air Force Base is in Prince George's County, Maryland. As a Military base, it is part of the Archdiocese for the Military Services. Fox News reported that several thousand military members and their families were invited to attend the landing at the Air Force Base. One could see them on the TV shot.).

Gregor Kollmorgen of The New Liturgical Movement translates the updated piece by Andrea Tornielli as it now stands to demonstrate why the issue of Curial changes may not be set in concrete . Tornielli is well connected in the Vatican, apparently, so his opinion is respected. Patrick Archbold of the Creative Minority Report is quite happy that Bishop Murphy has "coaxed" the restoration of the Tabernacle in Archbold's Parish back to where it belongs RORATE CAELI : Benedict XVI and the United States - America: The Moderate Way

RORATE CAELI : Motu Proprio wars in the Roman Curia - Ranjith off to Sri Lanka ? (This is a long and important post!) RORATE CAELI : Confirmation that the TLM is indeed returning to Notre Dame de Paris in June Catholic-Hierarchy News : Daneels name Apostolic Signatura Secretary (Curial news) Catholic-Hierarchy News : De Paolis named Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See President (Curial news)

RORATE CAELI : Thou shalt not bear false witness (continued "issues" with the Good Friday prayer) The New Liturgical Movement : Dominican Rite Mass in Seattle, WA (Votive Mass of St. Dominic according to the Traditional Dominican Rite on August 8, 2008; see here for more!) WDTPRS: Steubenville: update on celebration of the TLM on campus

RORATE CAELI : Regina Caeli: Tu laetitiae Israel RORATE CAELI: The continuing eradication of Christianity in Iraq Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English: Saint Vincent Ferrer

RORATE CAELI : COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE (concerning "Oremus et pro Iudaeis" ) Whispers in the Loggia : Conversi ad Concilium (Rocco Palmo's take on the Communique )

Patrick Archbold of Creative Minority Report feels that "It's Morning Again in the Catholic Church ." I have to concur on this delightful take! Don't miss the YouTube clip! RORATE CAELI : Ave, Sancta Dei Genitrix ! Classic Rorate Caeli! The Latin Collect for the Feast of the Annunciation. Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English: THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

RORATE CAELI : C astrillón speaks: On the SSPX: "Discussions may take place inside the Church ." (New Catholic provides more information on the story reported earlier) WDTPRS : Father Zuhlsdorf responds to an earlier post today on " Shouts in the Piazza " concerning Confession on Good Friday by Fr. Selvester

Traditional Latin Propers in English, Easter Thursday The New Liturgical Movement: Church for Juventutem Celebrations during World Youth Day in Sydney announced RORATE CAELI : Brussels--From Merovingian to Mohammedan Charlotte Was Both : Is the Easter Vigil too long ? (Amy doesn't think it is up for a vote!) WDTPRS : How do Americans view the Pope and the Church ?

New Catholic of RORATE CAELI has an eye-popping post: the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Vingt-Trois, has announced the return of the Usus Antiquior Mass to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris (Notre-Dame de Paris) sometime in June . Laus Deo!

The New Liturgical Movement has the full Holy Week schedule for the Church of Our Saviour, Park Avenue in New York . This is the site of Father George William Rutler's Meditations on the "Seven Last Words" each Good Friday. RORATE CAELI has a photoessay on Palm Sunday in the Philippines . Father John Zuhlsdorf of WDTPRS has an MP3 Podcazt of part of Saint Augustine's Sermon on the Lord's Passion. This is in Latin, of course .

New Catholic of RORATE CAELI points out that Gianni Cardinale in " Avvenire " publishes the story today that the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum has been finally published in the official gazette of the Holy See, the Acta Apostolicae Sedis (dated September 7, 2007). Here are some pointed changes: A subtitle was given to the motu proprio: « De uso extraordinario antiquae formae Ritus Romani » ("On the extraordinary use of the ancient form of the Roman Rite"); In article 1, the word «conditiones» was replaced with the more correct form «condiciones» , with no change in meaning ("conditions"); In article 3, the word «plerumque» was replaced with «habitualiter» (our translation remains "habitually"); In article 5, § 1, «continenter» was replaced with «stabiliter» , avoiding the notion that the group of faithful would have to be continuous in a certain parish - it only has to exist in a stable, but not necessarily in a permanent and continuo

Numerous blogs are carrying this, but here is the report from Amy Wellborn of Charlotte Was Both : Chaldean Archbishop Rahho of Mosul, Iraq has been found dead WDTPRS : Changes to the structure of the Pont. Comm. “Ecclesia Dei” - what this means WDTPRS : Card. Castrillon Hoyos to pontificate at Westminster Cathedral Rorate Caeli : "Caritas in veritate", the title of the new encyclical

There are some great stories posted on blogs this morning for your Catholic reading: Shawn Tribe of the New Liturgical Movement has an excellent post entitled , "The relationship of the Jewish Temple and Christian Liturgical Worship ." Please be sure to check it out! The Traditional Latin Mass in Michiana has the line-up for the TLM to be shown on EWTN in the coming weeks as well as what is currently scheduled for later as well. Great information to have on hand! Michael Sternbeck of Rorate Caeli advises us that Ignatius Press has just released the 1962 Ordo Missae with an Imprimatur by the Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia, the Most Reverend Denis Hart. Michael points out some of the translations for us in his review and these are interesting! Good reading for this day!

Father Demets of the F.S.S.P. files this neat idea on Rorate Caeli . The website in question was discovered by a Latin Mass Community in Arkansas and the information was posted to their bulletin: Domus Christiani is an association of families attached to the Latin Mass and which contains 120 groups in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Each group is composed of five to ten families, and when it is possible, it benefits from the spiritual guidance of a priest. The purpose of this association is the sanctification of marriage. According to the well-grounded spiritual tradition of the Church, this goal will be reached by three main means. First, it is the deepening of the interior life: Sacraments and prayer are its foundation. The study of doctrine and of its practical application contributes to increasing the knowledge and love of God. The devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of families, and the consecration of homes and families to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Im

New Catholic posts a beautiful article by Michael Sternbeck of the Saint Bede Studio New South Wales, Australia on the chasuble . It is beautiful article entitled " Styles and Tradition in the chasuble of the Roman Rite ." Please don't miss it!

New Catholic on the blog, Rorate Caeli , carries links to photos by J.P.Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus of the Diaconal Ordinations of Seminarians of the Institute of the Good Shepherd (IBP) . The ordinations took place yesterday, February 23rd, at the Basilica of the Most Holy Savior in Rome. The photos are well worth seeing . Hat tip to New Catholic for this find!

New Catholic of the blog Rorate Caeli reports on the first TLM Mass in Mississippi in 8 years ! On Saturday, February 9, 2008, at 6 P.M. Father John Noone celebrated the Mass according to the extraordinary form at Annunciation Catholic Church in Kiln, Mississippi. This was the first public Tridentine Mass in the entire state of Mississippi for about the last 8 years. A little over 100 people were in attendance with some driving well over an hour to attend. Please check the blog to read this great story .

New Catholic of Rorate Caeli posts the three Papal reminders on Catholics and politics . The post is taken from the address of His Holiness to the Members of the European People's Party : As far as the Catholic Church is concerned, the principal focus of her interventions in the public arena is the protection and promotion of the dignity of the person, and she is thereby consciously drawing particular attention to principles which are not negotiable. Among these the following emerge clearly today: [FIRST NON-NEGOTIABLE] - protection of life in all its stages, from the first moment of conception until natural death; [SECOND NON-NEGOTIABLE] - recognition and promotion of the natural structure of the family - as a union between a man and a woman based on marriage - and its defense from attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different forms of union which in reality harm it and contribute to its destabilization, obscuring its particular character and its irreplaceabl

New Catholic of Rorate Caeli reminds us today that the apparition at Lourdes will have its 150th anniversary this week . As such, the Apostolic Penitentiary has decreed : Each and every member of the Christian faithful who, truly repentant, is purified through sacramental confession, restored through the Most Holy Eucharist and offers prayers for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, will be able to gain a Plenary Indulgence daily, which may also be applied, by way of suffrage, to the souls of the faithful in Purgatory. The conditions to attain this indulgence and other links of interest are to be found on the Rorate Caeli blogsite and the visit must occur before February 11th .