Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

OSV Daily Take posted this story by Mary Deturris Poust concerning the University of Maryland at College Park . Since it was initially reported by the Baltimore Sun, it made the national news. Apparently, cooler heads in the Maryland Senate prevailed in having this "film" event cancelled. The update contains the details of the cancellation via an update in the Baltimore Sun.

After reading this story , I wanted to return to this subject as Latin is definitely coming back into vogue. Not only is the language the parent of the Romance languages, it is of immeasurable help in learning English vocabulary, in understanding terms in Law, Medicine and other fields, and, of course, for the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. I surveyed the "field" so to speak in the greater Baltimore area of those Universities with which I am familiar. Many offer excellent programs in the Classics with Latin interspersed, but I hoped to find a course of study with a Degree in Latin suitable to teach the language at the secondary level. At the University of Maryland, College Park, the Classics Department has such a course of study . Note that there is an undergraduate Latin major which leads to a degree suitable for teaching Latin . In addition, the University offers a Master's program which is probably more suitable for instruction at a Seminary . I am sure the

One of the largest "small cities" in the state of Maryland is the University of Maryland, College Park Campus . (I don't know how often the Sitemeter read "Masses, Univ. Md., College Park"). Finally, the Catholic Terps website is up again and I have posted it on the Blogroll and Favorite Website menu to the right . Check it out! It has a full Mass schedule and a nice activities calendar as well with links to a number of great sites. Special activities are also listed!

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Here is a nice article on the Latin Mass and what is happening at the University of Maryland, College Park published in the on-line version of the Diamondback . A hat tip to Fr. Z. and his blog, "What Does the Prayer Really Say" for this article from the archives of early December. Students at the Catholic Student Center are trying to infuse the present-day Mass with some customs from the past. For the past two months, students at the CSC have gathered each Wednesday before the evening Mass, or the Catholic worship service, to learn prayers and portions of the service in Latin, the formal language of the Catholic Church. During the same time period, four students learned the traditional songs and chants of the church as part of the Schola Cantorum, an all-male choir with a name that means "school of song" in Latin. The semester's work culminated in an extra Mass celebrated Nov. 30 in Latin with music provided by the schola. Approximately 25 students