Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

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Human Life International has just announced a new website called "Humanae Vitae Priests ." The site has a great many features for priests including archived newsletters, Parish bulletin inserts, advice on topics for sermons, etc. Please check this out. The link is now in the Blogroll and Favorites in the right lower menu.

Here is a link to the Vespers Schola CD cited by Jeffrey Tucker in the post below with his review. The CD of Sacred Music "is performed by the Seminarians of Mount St. Mary's under the direction of Mr. Frederick Ziegler, Organist/Director of Liturgical Music." Msgr. Steven P. Rohlfs STD , Rector, Mount St. Mary's Seminary has this to say about the CD: "It is with great joy that we present the Mount St. Mary's Seminary Vespers Schola's first CD recording of Sacred Music. Quality Sacred Music has always enhanced one's prayer life and worship. I pray that this recording will encourage you to meditate on the many glorious gifts that God bestows upon His people. Please enjoy this recording and remember the seminarians with your prayers and generosity as they prepare for the Holy Priesthood." The CD is modest in price and Comments from the New Liturgical Movement suggest the online ordering issue is being addressed.

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I've said it before... Some stories just make you smile. This was posted today on the Catholic Review Online by George P. Matysek, Jr . FOURTEEN young men have stepped forward to enter the priesthood. Read the fabulous story here . Praise God! Please pray for them. If we want Shepherds, we must ask Our Lord and His Mother to find us many more!

Catholic World News today reports that H.E. Archbishop Piero Marini, former Master of Ceremonies to the Holy Father, tells "L'Osservatore Romano" that the liturgical changes following Vatican II are "irreversible ." The motu proprio , the archbishop said, was intended primarily to appeal to those Catholics who have a special connection with the pre-conciliar liturgy . He said that the document was “only a gesture to serve unity.” Meanwhile, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf of " What Does the Prayer Really Say ?" posts a nice story today on the TLM celebrated at Seton Hall University accompanied by a link to over 150 photos ! In attendance were over 50 students, a great many of them seminarians. In his homily Father Grimm stressed the importance of Catholic traditions , stating that the Extraordinary Form is the same Mass of countless saints including Padre Pio and Elizabeth Ann Seton. After Mass students whom never experienced the Extraordinary Form were great...

Gregor Kollmorgen of The New Liturgical Movement reports on the Extraordinary Form of the Mass ( as reported by John Paul Sonnen of Orbis catholicus ) celebrated in Rome today. Go here for Gregor's story, photo and the link to the report .

George P. Matysek, Jr. of Catholic Review Online has posted a great story on a new vocations website initiated by the Archdiocese of Baltimore . Here is a snippet of the article: The majority of men who contact the Archdiocese of Baltimore for information about the priesthood do it through e-mail. So it made sense for the archdiocese to have a top-notch Web site to be more proactive in reaching out to future priests through the World Wide Web, according to Father Gerard Francik, vocations director. The archdiocese has just launched a new Web site, www.becomeapriest.org , devoted to providing information about discernment, the priestly life and applying for the priesthood. The site replaces an older one that was much less interactive, Father Francik said. The new site features profiles of current seminarians, resources for discernment, advice for parents, prayers, links to men’s and women’s religious communities and video of seminarians talking about their vocation. Four seminarians –...

Each week, H.E. Archbishop Edwin O'Brien posts an article in the Catholic Review Online in his " Thoughts on Our Church " column . Today he is visiting the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he is the Chair of the Board of Governors and his thoughts are on seminarians : Another impressive and, indeed, inspiring hallmark of today’s seminarians, in Rome and in our own distinguished St. Mary’s Seminary in Roland Park and Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, is a return to a Eucharistic-centered spirituality . At NAC, all are “on deck” at 6:15 a.m. for morning prayer and 6:30 a.m. community Mass before walking a typical 25 minutes to classes across town. Come evening, one would have to be impressed by the numbers in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament during the voluntary holy hour of exposition. Many seminarians volunteer the fact that they discovered their vocation through devotion to the Blessed Sacrament in parishes where Eucharistic adoration was regularly sc...

Father Zuhlsdorf of WDTPRS carries this story from Zenit on His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali and the TLM at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia . Here is the opening sentence of the story : Since Benedict XVI has said that the Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal promulgated by Blessed John XXIII should be available to those who prefer it, seminarians should be taught to say it, says Cardinal Justin Rigali. Father Z. has more as well as his customary commentary !

Father John Zuhlsdorf has posted an important story on WDTPRS regarding the upcoming letter from the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei on the TLM and seminarians . Here is one snip: So, here we get a little direction about the concept behind idoneus . The PCED says there will not be a test for Latin. However, that does not mean there can’t be tests. (That would, of course, open up the whole "double standard" issue again.) The PCED speaks of "sufficient mastery" of a) reading, pronouncing, and c) understanding texts. There is no indication of what "sufficient mastery" is, but it is a start. I think "to read" and "pronounce correctly" are pretty much the same thing, unless "to read" and "understand" are the same. Either way, the letter does indicate that whatever the priest reads aloud must be pronounced properly. Read the story here .

The latest newsletter from Human Life International President Father Thomas J. Euteneuer dated February 25th pulls no punches : We are just five months away from the 40th anniversary of the papal encyclical on birth control, entitled Humanae Vitae , and I am writing to ask your assistance in a project that I hope will impact thousands of men responsible for this marvelous teaching—our priests and seminarians. The project is simple: to send to as many priests and seminarians as possible a new email newsletter that is dedicated to educating them on the teaching of this encyclical. In a moment, I will tell you how you can help me in this project, but first let me explain why this is important. There are two complaints that I have heard in literally every one of the 50+ countries I have visited. Complaint one is that priests don't preach enough about abortion. That is painfully...

Father John Zuhlsdorf of What Does the Prayer Really Say carries two excellent posts that use material from the Catholic Herald and which deal with the training of seminarians in the TLM in seminaries. One is an article and the other is an editorial. Catholic Herald: All seminaries must teach the old Latin Mass, says Vatican Catholic Herald: editorial on seminaries training for the TLM As usual, these are MUST reads just to get Fr. John's take on the articles/editorial.