Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Shawn Tribe posts a link to the English language blog for Juventutem and some very nice photos of the Solemn Mass .

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!

Summorum Pontificum >> "...undisputed communion. It is a pearl of great price..." The New Liturgical Movement >> Transalpine Redemptorists Now in Canonical Good Standing

Ars Catholica >> Tip of hat, wag of the finger (Copyright Stephen Colbert) Ars Catholica >> Interesting blog on sacred music The New Liturgical Movement >> Ss. Peter and Paul in Malta with the Canons of the Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul: Basilica Insignia and Mitred Canons

The New Liturgical Movement >> Summary of Events at Westminster (Praise God, there has been such a huge response to the Pontifical Mass that the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales has released a "detailed" press notice; please note that the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales is listed in the menu on the right and offers "resources" which are excellent!) Whispers in the Loggia >> Ora et Labora (Rocco Palmo mentions the "shockwaves" from Westminster in his post today) WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: Calling children up around the altar (lot of great information in the comments, as always) FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> The War on Abstinence (Ryan T. Anderson, an assistant editor at First Things). Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church

Shawn Tribe of The New Liturgical Movement is also reporting on the story from Damian Thompson of the Telegraph.co.UK linked here also . He too is searching for the exact transcription of the press conference as the assertions are pretty strong.

The New Liturgical Movement >> High in the Duomo in Milan, a Relic of the Passion The New Liturgical Movement >> A Little More From Finland (a link from Shawn Tribe to a photo album of the Usus Antiquior)

The New Liturgical Movement >> Video from the first Solemn Mass at Ss. Trinita dei Pelligrini, Rome (Video of the Introit & Kyrie and Offertory by Shawn Tribe) The Recovering Choir Director >> Three recent posts on reviving Gregorian chant, juxtaposed

The Black Biretta >> North to Alaska (Fr. Trigilio on a Catholic Answers cruise) The New Liturgical Movement >> Preparing Santissima Trinita for the Big Day (Photo intense) WDTPRS >> Acton University: Day 1

Matthew posts a nice story on the TLM situation in Tallahassee, Florida . It is a personal view as it may mark the first time the TLM was ever celebrated in this Parish. The local paper also covered the story well . Check it out!

The New Liturgical Movement has two fabulous stories today. Don't miss either! The first post is an interactive map of "scholas" (American English for Scholae) that is international . Wonder where the nearest schola is located? Bookmark this page! You can add your own location if you have a schola! The second post is on Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, WI : At the Corpus Christi Mass in the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, the local Bishop, H. E. the Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, in his homily made express reference to the pope's example of three days before and encouraged everyone present and physically able to receive the Blessed Sacrament on their tongues and on their knees out of reverence on this solemn occasion. For this purpose, there not being an altar rail, kneelers were put in front of the sanctuary for Communion. Check the entire story . It is wonderful!

Gregor Kollmorgen of The New Liturgical Movement has posted a letter and link from the Spanish blog, Secretum Meum Mihi , which contains a response from the PCED to a letter regarding training in the Extraordinary Form sent by a seminarian. The response is not binding but quite interesting .

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Jeffrey Tucker posts a link to an article by Daniel Burke which appeared in the Kansas City Star but is syndicated widely . Here is just a bit: After a public relations push by Pope Benedict XVI, who wants Gregorian chant restored to its “pride of place” in the liturgy, a plainsong renaissance is percolating among U.S. Catholics as well. Nearly 200 scholas — choirs that sing plainsong — have popped up around the country, many in the last five years, according to the Church Music Association of America, or CMA. Sacred music seminars that once drew 40 to 50 people now lure hundreds of Catholic musical directors, organists and singers. And priests-in-training in seminaries across the country are increasingly asking to be educated in the intricacies of Gregorian chant, said William Mahrt, CMA president and sacred-song expert. Please go to the New Liturgical Movement for more .

The New Liturgical Movement >> "Friends of the NLM" Facebook Group Established (for those inclined to use "Facebook") Whispers in the Loggia >> In Big D, a Year of K-Far ( Bishop Kevin Farrell)

Gregor Kollmorgen has translated an important story from " L'Osservatore Romano " concerning the new F.S.S.P. Parish established in Rome . The full title of Kollmorgen's post is "Osservatore Romano on New FSSP Rome Parish - An Example for Dioceses the World Over." This paragraph emphasizes the importance of the story: "This is an act disposed by the Pope for the diocese of Rome which has a value in itself, in the progressive path of putting into application the motu proprio on the Roman liturgy before the reform carried out in 1970," explains the president of the Vatican commission which deals with relations with the faithful attached to the previous Latin liturgical tradition, especially those so far in various ways related to the fraternity founded by Msgr Marcel Lefebvre who wish to remain united to the Successor of Peter in the Catholic Church. But - adds Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos - "the realization of a personal parish also has an

Jeffrey Tucker of The New Liturgical Movement has great news to report ! Here is just a snippet: The Church Music Association of America is making fast progress on printing a new book. It is called Psallite Sapienter: A Musician's Guide to the 1962 Missal . It is by B. Andrew Mills, the marvelous and learned organist at St. Agnes in New York. It is the one reference that every Catholic musician needs to provide music for the extraordinary form. [...] Please check out this story . There is a link to where you can purchase this book!

RORATE CAELI >> Will the Pope celebrate a Traditional Mass? Don Guido answers it - or maybe not RORATE CAELI >> "The Truth of Humanae Vitae does not change" The New Liturgical Movement >> More Exploration of Re-Enchanting the Parish Sanctuary (Shawn Tribe)

Gregor Kollmorgen of the New Liturgical Movement has a very insightful post . It arises from a liberal journal called " Jesus " and features an interview with Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos of the PCED. Here is part of the interview on the motu proprio , Summorum Pontificum : What are the questions that have arrived and would deserve an answer? "The first regards Latin, because - they say - to celebrate in a language which you do not know is not convenient. Unfortunately, the seminarians, but also some priests, have not studied it and therefore it is difficult for them to celebrate in the extraordinary form. To do so one should at least know the canon of the Mass , the part of the consecration. We in "Ecclesia Dei" are equipping ourselves and we are preparing meetings, courses and means of electronic communication for a deep knowledge of the earlier liturgy. Some courses are already being held in France, Germany, Brazil, Central America and the United Stat

Shawn Tribe of The New Liturgical Movement posts upcoming events in sacred music in CA, MI, IL, VA and internationally .