Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

I am saddened that more Catholics are unaware of or do not actively support Adoremus. This site strives for beauty in our Masses and liturgy and is readily available on the web . The organization publishes a monthly newsletter and asks only for donations for support. Sadly, the questions/answers on the back page concerning routine "irregularities at Mass" or violations of the GIRMs is one of its most popular features. I have noted "seekers" who wish to find basic Latin hymns or even a "smattering of Chant" and want to know where to find it? Well, here is a link to a vital page that is a beginning. This is to what the Second Vatican Council considered to be the barest minimum of traditional Chants and Hymns taken from the Graduale Romanum . It came to be known as the Jubilate Deo and is published here by Adoremus . Note it is linked to an MP3 format. Here is a link to their full Table of Contents on music articles . Please join !

Dr. Edward N. Peters of In the Light of the Law puts forth the proposal that those who commit euthanasia should be excommunicated . For some months I have been researching and writing an article on euthanasia in canon law. I hoped against hope that it might remain an academic exercise, but (to judge from, say, this report on the practice of euthanasia in Belgium ) the speed with which the Western, specifically Christian, protection of innocent life is collapsing suggests that one of my projected canonical recommendations deserves an earlier hearing than appearance in a peer-reviewed journal can afford. Simply put, I recommend that euthanasia be made an excommunicable offense under the 1983 Code of Canon Law . I hope his proposal is given serious consideration in light of his arguments .

I received an email with some news on a local TLM Parish, Saint John the Baptist in Front Royal, VA : There is a very well established community in Front Royal, VA for the Traditional Mass at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church . We attend this Mass every once in a while. In addition to their Sunday Tridentine Mass at 12:30, their new Pastor, Fr. Fassano, has recently added two weekly masses: On Fridays at 7:00 pm , and on Saturdays at 8:30 am (except on 1st Saturdays). This is not in their website yet, but I called the Parish office and they confirmed this information. Thanks for the news tip!

Father Zuhlsdorf adds more information on what appears to be some shuffling imminent within the Curia .

Amy Wellborn urges us to give "props where props are due." This is a really nice story ! The NLM reports that a Justine Ward classic, "Advanced Studies in Gregorian Chant," is back in print . Here are the Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English for Easter Saturday. Rocco Palmo of " Whispers in the Loggia " has a beautiful story on the Archdiocese of Baltimore, William Cardinal Keeler and the restoration of the Basilica of the Assumption . This is a "local" must read and especially so for history buffs!

I am indebted to the Tridentine Latin Rite Missal Project for the Latin translations . Note that only a Missal such as the Baronius (F.S.S.P. edition, Summorum Pontificum ) will have all the Latin text. This Sunday is called from the first words of the Introit, the Sunday of Quasimodo , or Sunday in Albis ( deponendis ), because the neophytes on that day put aside their white garments. In English the term Low Sunday is in contrast with Easter or High Sunday. Another Latin name Pascha clausum is preserved in the French: Paques closes and in the Dutch or Flemish: Beloken Pasen : close of Easter, this Sunday ending the Octave. -- Let us proclaim our faith in the risen Lord, and in His divine Presence in the Holy Eucharist. INTROIT ¤ I. Peter 2. 2 Quasi modo geniti infantes, alleluia: rationabiles, sine dolo lac concupiscite, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. -- Exsultate Deo adjutori nostro: jubilate Deo Jacob. V.: Gloria Patri . . . Quasi modo . . . As newborn babes, alleluia, desire the

WDTPRS : Rumors about Curial changes Divine Worship and Doctrine of the Faith NLM : New Prefect of the CDW? [Update]

Thomas Peters of AmericanPapist does a really nice job of gathering five stories germane to the Holy Father's visit in April . One is the story posted below from The New Liturgical Movement . Highly recommended !

A new blog called Traditional Vocations Blog is now linked to the Blogroll on the right menu . The blog concentrates on vocations to both men's and women's traditional Religious Orders . One recent post featured a link to Monasteries, for example . Have a look!

Jeffrey Tucker of The New Liturgical Movement is not encouraged by what he has discovered . ..

This article was posted today on the Archdiocesan website : Pope Benedict XVI Will Recognize Baltimore’s Anniversary During Historic Visit April 15-20 03/28/2008 Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, unveiled the official logo and program commemorating the Premier See of Baltimore’s 200th anniversary as an Archdiocese at a press conference at the Baltimore Basilica earlier today. The program of events kicks off the weekend preceding Pope Benedict XVI’s arrival to the United States with a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday, April 11 at 11 a.m. at the future site of the Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden, located at Charles and Franklin Streets. On Saturday, April 12 at 2 p.m. an exhibit commemorating the anniversary will be unveiled at St. Mary’s Seminary’s Laubacher Hall. The weekend culminates on Sunday with two events: The Anniversary Mass at the Basilica at 10:45 a.m., followed by the dedication of a bust honoring Cardinal William H. Ke

Donald DeMarco has a fascinating story in the latest issue of the National Catholic Register . It is an essay on Pierre Duhem . Here is just a small snippet: [...] Pierre Maurice Marie Duhem was born June 10, 1861, in Paris. He distinguished himself as one of the most brilliant students ever to attend the highly prestigious Ecole Normal Supérieure. Of the 800 or so graduates in France in 1882, he was and remained throughout his years at Ecole, first in his class in the science department. His doctoral thesis on thermodynamics, unfortunately, contradicted the position of the chemist Marcelin Berthelot, who was a powerful figure in the French academic establishment at the time. Though Duhem’s position was later vindicated, Bertholet ensured not only that the thesis would be rejected, but that Duhem would never teach in Paris. Duhem wrote another thesis, of a more mathematical nature, that three examiners accepted. But his career was permanently hampered as a result of his clash with B