Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Shawn Tribe of the New Liturgical Movement is reporting that the Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Chicago will offer training to interested priests and seminarians in the Usus Antiquior from May 19th through May 23rd. Go here for more information .

This could be BIG ! Fr. John Zuhlsdorf of What Does the Prayer Really Say was sent a jpeg copy of a letter sent to a seminarian who received the letter as a response from the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei (PCED). In part, it states ( Fr. Z's comments here ): First, the Commission says that seminarians "have the right" to be instructed also in the older form of Mass. Second, those responsible for formation of seminarians "should provide for the instruction in both forms of the Roman Rite." Please go to his blogsite to see the jpeg file of the letter that was sent . Wow!

I am indebted to a friend who sent me an email with a link to this article in the Telegraph. In the "Holy Smoke" column by Damian Thompson of December 14th , he reports the following: Bad news for England’s ludicrously overstaffed Catholic seminaries, one of which employs 37 staff for 32 students. The Pope wants them to teach trainee priests how to say the traditional Latin Mass. They won’t like that... England’s seminaries are all pretty much in the same mould: Left-leaning, liturgically trendy, politically correct, therapy-obsessed and terrified of a younger generation of conservative Catholics. Most of them would rather teach Unitarian circle-dancing than the Tridentine Mass. But they may not have much choice. The pontifical commission Ecclesia Dei, unimpressed by certain bishops’ sour response to the liberation of the Latin Mass, realises that there is a shortage of priests who know how to celebrate the complicated ancient liturgy. Since demand for it is rising, semina

Fr. Zuhlsdorf has posted a note to either seminarians or to seminary faculty asking for feedback on the status of the Traditional Roman Missal in their training. I would like some news from seminarians or seminary instructors . What is happening in your seminary with the "Traditional Latin Mass"? Are there celebrations of the older Mass now? Are there plans? Is there instruction for men now to learn to celebrate Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum ? Are there plans? What about the Rituale Romanum ? Any training for how to marry, bury and baptize? Let’s avoid rumors . Let’s get facts . The comments so far are illuminating and quite hopeful, I think. JUST A REMINDER: The Rorate Mass is scheduled tomorrow on EWTN . It should be something quite beautiful to see!