Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Courtesy, USCCB Papal Visit Site Friday, April 18 8:30 a.m. - Movement to New York Andrews Air Force Base 10 a.m. - Address to the United Nations United Nations Headquarters 6 p.m. - Ecumenical Prayer Service St. Joseph Parish, Yorkville, NY

Amy Wellborn posts a link to her blog in the New York Times site: Uniter, not a divider RORATE CAELI : We propose Jesus of Nazareth WDTPRS : Fr. Zuhlsdorf has extensive commentary on the NLM article posted below

Charlotte Was Both by Amy Wellborn has two posts of interest. She posted an item " On Sexual Abuse " and a Breaking Story on the Holy Father who met with abuse victims Fr. Dwight Longenecker of Standing on My Head : Why America Needs the Pope Jeffrey Tucker of The New Liturgical Movement posts Music for the D.C. Mass: The End of an Era and the Beginning of Something New WDTPRS : Papa Ratzinger - POW: 'Thank God He Stayed in Line with the Others' RORATE CAELI : Academic Freedom Cannot Justify Positions that Contradict the Faith

George P. Matysek, Jr. posts a story on a discernment retreat on the Catholic Review Online this week. Here is a snip from the article: Father Gerard Francik, vocations director, said turnout at this year’s dinner was the biggest in more than a decade and probably the biggest ever. After dinner, participants gathered in the chapel to listen to priests and seminarians tell their vocation stories and answer questions about the priestly life. Archbishop O’Brien said he was attracted to the priesthood through the example of the priests of his home parish in New York. Everything revolved around the parish, he said, and it was easy to identify with priests. The archbishop said he loves every minute of his priesthood and he encouraged his audience to be open to God’s call. Read the entire story here .

Gregor Kollmorgen has posted a beautiful photoessay of this morning's Papal Mass from Nationals Park in Washington, DC . It is part of The New Liturgical Movement's continuing coverage of the Papal Visit.

A great many of you are trying to find the Mass Readings for the Papal Mass at Nationals Stadium. Please check the EWTN website here . You will notice on the right under, "Words," a link that reads " Liturgical Texts for the Apostolic Visit ." Clicking this will give you the PDF version. Your browser may also be able to view the pages in HTML. I believe this is from the Vatican and has the Vespers service and all liturgies. There are also the words of Pope Benedict to be said at "Ground Zero."

Charlotte Was Both : Amy Wellborn's "Open Liturgy Thread" from Nationals Stadium First Things: On the Square >> Benedict in America: As of Thursday (Fr. Richard John Neuhaus) WDTPRS : Petrus: Archbp. of Lima (Peru) on Communion in the Hand - NO ! WDTPRS : Good TLM News in Georgia (USA): 18 People Expected, 117 Came

Russell Shaw, OSV : A bit of a bombshell Alejandro Bermudez, New York Times : Catholics Should Be...Catholics

AmericanPapist : Reactions to Pope Benedict's Speech to U.S. Bishops ("In a phrase, it's turning heads") AmericanPapist : President Bush to Pope: "Awesome Speech your Holiness" The New Liturgical Movement : More from Washington Papal Vespers The New Liturgical Movement : The Catholic Songbook for All Time (the Graduale Romanum or Roman Gradual) The New Liturgical Movement : Two Gregorian Concerts in Washington, This Weekend Whispers in the Loggia : Pope Takes the Field

Courtesy of USCCB Papal Visit Site Thursday, April 17 8 a.m. - Pre-Mass Activities 10 a.m. - Mass begins Nationals Park 4:45 p.m. - Address to Catholic Educators The Catholic University of America 6:15 p.m. - Interreligious Gathering Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

Update from Rocco, Part II: Whispers in the Loggia : Address of Pope Benedict to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (in addition, three questions were also asked of the Holy Father which he answered at some length ) The New Liturgical Movement : Music for Vespers at the Shrine (good reviews!) AmericanPapist : Videos and Photos from the Visit to the Shrine

Yesterday, I posted a link to an article on The New Liturgical Movement with comments on the Liturgy by Fr. Mitch Pacwa. Fr. Pacwa noted that he celebrates the Maronite Divine Liturgy but not the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Missal due to his facility in Aramaic. That brought some questions. I asked my friend, Carolyn, to kindly assist in explaining the Eastern Catholic Churches. Here is her post: Although it is not widely known in our Western world, the Catholic Church is actually a communion of Churches. According to the Constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium, the Catholic Church is understood to be "a corporate body of Churches," united with the Pope of Rome, who serves as the guardian of unity (LG, no. 23). At present there are 22 Churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The new Code of Canon Law, promulgated by Pope John Paul II, uses the phrase "autonomous ritual Churches" to describe these various Churches (canon