Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Shawn Tribe gets a second link today ! He reports on the NLM that the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny has organized a Solemn High Mass at the Church of Our Saviour in New York with a talk by Dr. Alcuin Reid to follow. The date is set for March 30th at 5 PM with the talk to follow. See his blog for details .

Shawn Tribe reports that the Latin Mass Society will hold its second training session on the Usus Antiquior this summer in Oxford, England . The Society can accommodate as many as 60 priests and seminarians. Go to his blog for full details .

Fr. John Trigilio posts an interview by Bruno Volpe of Petrus with Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship concerning Communion in the hand . He also adds some fascinating comments of his own: Fr. Zuhlsdorf has consistently spoken of a gravitational pull between the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Roman Rite, with which I totally and unequivocally agree. Many of us believe Pope B16 intends that both the TLM and the Novus Ordo mutually enhance one another insofar as the future of Catholic sacred worship is concerned. Since Divine Liturgy is integral to Catholic dogma (lex orandi, lex credendi), it is obvious that in this post Vatican II (and post JP2) era, a liturgical renaissance is unfolding. While still in the advent of such an epic moment, the most important element of contemporary worship is the decline in REVERENCE. Just as Communion in the Hand was banned in the Middle Ages after abuses became prolific, it may very well need to be

Gregor Kollmorgen continues with his wonderful photo essay as to how the local newspaper, the Traunsteiner Wochenblatt , reported the occasion of the "Primiz" of Fr. Berger on July 1st, 1951, the Feast of the Precious Blood . The "Reverend brothers" are again featured prominently!

Maine will have the TLM beginning in July says Fr. Zuhlsdorf .

The Ignatius Insight Scoop blog has a marvelous article by Carl Olson on the decision by Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville, Illinois to block the appearance of a Bible scholar, Professor Luke Timothy Johnson of Emory University at a Catholic Newman Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. There is no way I can do this justice--even in summary--so I urge you to check out this article by Olson. Olson really "nails it . "

The Catholic Review , the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, carries a story on Maryland Senate Bill 690, and House of Delegates Bill 1146 . These bills have been introduced into the Maryland State Legislature. The article was written by George P. Matysek, Jr. and was posted yesterday in the online version. Here is a snippet from the article: [...] The legislation seems to have been sparked by a recent “investigation” by the NARAL Pro-choice Maryland asserting that crisis pregnancy centers give out inaccurate or misleading information to clients. The study was based on the reports of NARAL volunteers who posed as pregnant women and visited 11 crisis pregnancy centers. They claimed that crisis pregnancy center volunteers gave them medically inaccurate information and tried to pressure them not to have abortions. Nancy Paltell, associate director for the respect for life office of the Maryland Catholic Conference, said the report is part of a coordinated smear campa

New Catholic posts a beautiful article by Michael Sternbeck of the Saint Bede Studio New South Wales, Australia on the chasuble . It is beautiful article entitled " Styles and Tradition in the chasuble of the Roman Rite ." Please don't miss it!

The New Liturgical Movement has a beautiful photo essay by Gregor Kollmorgen concerning a Tridentine Mass in 1951. Don't miss it! The Subdeacon is familiar!

Ignatius Insight Scoop has a post by Carl Olson that summarizes a fascinating and yet sobering article by Jeff Ziegler on religious vocations in the United States . The post is a summary of an article from Catholic World Report which is very in-depth. In culling through the article, one paragraph jumps out and it was mentioned by several commentators on the Insight Scoop blog: Echoing the comments of other bishops and vocation directors, Paterson's Bishop Serratelli tells CWR , "God has been good to us. In the last three years, we have earnestly begged him for an increase of vocations. We instituted a pastoral initiative in all the parishes on all vocations, with a special emphasis on priesthood and the consecrated life… We have encouraged prayer by everyone, especially prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Where Jesus is loved and adored in the Eucharist, vocations follow ." That sort of makes sense, doesn't it? If we all kneel before Jesus in the Holy Eucharist a

CNA carries a story on a statement released by a coalition of organizations asking Catholic Colleges to boycott asking any politician with pro-abortion views from speaking on their campuses . The statement calling for a boycott of politicians in conflict with the Church was organized by the Cardinal Newman Society , a group dedicated to the renewal and strengthening of Catholic identity in higher education. Signatories included the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights , the Fellowship of Catholic University Students , Catholics United for the Faith , the Catholic Medical Association and the Society of Catholic Social Scientists . Cardinal Newman Society President Patrick J. Reilly summarized the need for the statement, saying, “Like any Catholic institution, a Catholic college or university has a distinct and unique responsibility to provide an environment that supports and upholds Catholic values.” To read the full story, click here .

Father Zuhlsdorf reports on a new District Superior for the F.S.S.P.