Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

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!

Fr. Zuhlsdorf's blog, "What Does the Prayer Really Say?" has an email report and some comments on the initiation of the Traditional Latin Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. He writes, in part: I received this wonderful bit of news via e-mail from a seminarian at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, in Philadelphia: I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that the rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia made the announcement tonight at the rector’s dinner. Next semester St. Charles will have the Mass according to the 1962 Missal , an elective on the Mass and Sacraments from the 1962 form, and the Eucharist and Liturgy classes will be modified to cover the extraordinary form. These are all the details for now. God Bless Pope Benedict! We never thought this could ever happen, even a year ago. There will be celebration tonight in Philadelphia! Please read the entire post and the comments which are very

The Summorum Pontificum blog has a link to a fascinating article posted on the blog Catholic Church Conservation . A portion of the post is cited here: A prerequisite for the request for the old Mass is the existence of a "fixed group of believers." The German Bishops are attempting to use this point against the Motu proprio 'Summorum Pontificum'. The latest edition of the German theological journal 'Una Voce Correspondence' has published an article with the title "A Canonical Note on " Summorum Pontificum "and its practical implementation". The author is the Right Revd. Father Wolfgang Rothe, Canon Lawyer and former Subregens of the Seminary of St. Pölten. The paper deals with the question of how big a group of believers must be to request the old Mass, or whether such a group needs to be of a particular size. Father Rothe also raises the problem, as to what is to be understood by the phrase "enduring existance" of this grou

I received an email from a member of Ad Altare Dei about the Christmas Tridentine Mass schedule for Saint Alphonsus Church in Baltimore . On Tuesday, December 24th, 2007, there will be carols sung by the Mixed Choir starting at 11:30 P.M. followed by a Midnight TLM Mass. On Christmas Day, there will be a TLM Mass at 11:30 A.M. Please check for updates and for a full schedule on the Ad Altare Dei website.

Catholic World News on-line is reporting that the Vatican Congregation for Clergy has initiated a new campaign of prayer for priests . The story reads in part: The Congregation for Clergy, in a document released on December 8, calls for a major worldwide drive to promote Eucharistic adoration "for the reparation of faults and sanctification of priests." [emphasis mine] In a document issued on December 8, the Congregation for Clergy urges diocesan bishops throughout the world to join in the prayer campaign, and recommends specific steps that should be taken to foster a spirit of Eucharistic adoration. In response to troubles within the ranks of the clergy, the Congregation acknowledges that "a great many things are necessary," but announces its plan "for the departure point to be a spiritual endeavor." A spiritual renewal will only come through prayer, the document argues. The Congregation for Clergy notes that Pope Benedict XVI, in the apostolic exh

Catholic Online reminds us that there will be a " Rorate " Mass celebrated by the F.S.S.P. on EWTN from Hanceville, AL on Saturday morning December 15th at 8:00 AM EST . The Mass takes its name from the openings words of the Mass: The " Rorate Mass," so called because it begins with the words " Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant iustum ..." (Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Just One...), is a votive Mass offered within the season of Advent in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Please tune in if you possibly can and have your TIVO ready to record. The first TLM celebrated on EWTN had a huge backlog of DVDs on order.

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Evae, ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte; et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. The publication of the Motu Proprio , Summorum Pontificum , by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, has opened the Traditional Latin Mass to the faithful more widely. As the " usus antiquior ," the "extraordinary form" can be said by all priests privately at their discretion and publicly in those locations where a group wishes to participate in this form of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The greater availability of the TLM has been amazing as even the lay press has amply documented. The Mass was celebrated this weekend as part of the Triduum of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in New York . A Req