Baltimore and the TLM - UPDATE!
NB : A kind poster on WDTPRS pointed out that I had "shortchanged" the Archbishop "one" seminary; he was actually Rector of two seminaries . My comment below should have reflected that. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf deals with an email he received from someone in the Western part of Maryland concerning the TLM in the Archdiocese of Baltimore . The email reports in part (bold and red were added by Fr. Z. for emphasis): [...] I live in western Maryland (Hagerstown) and we have been trying to get a TLM in this area since the MP was released. At my own church, we presented the pastor with a 40 signature petition, but without success. I have written the Archdiocese of Baltimore twice and never received a response. Because my pastor really had little interest, I joined a larger group in the next county. It is well organized with almost 100 people. They found two priests and church willing to offer the TLM to us but they refused to do so without the OK of the Archdio