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Morgan on March 7th, 2008
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WANTED: ONE PRIEST IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
It is a sad, though very real fact, that in the entire Archdiocese of Mobile, there is only one priest trained to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form. He is an aging priest, not in the best of health, and the Extraordinary Form Mass is offered by him once per month at one church, far removed from most of the Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese.
This is the tokenism of the past - a vestige of the whispered suppression of the Extraordinary Form in the years leading up to July 7, 2007, when our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI took action.
This melancholy situation, common particularly in the United States, is precisely why our Holy Father issued his Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum, and exactly why Una Voce Central Alabama was formed.
Unlike the Diocese of Birmingham, where Bishop Baker, working with Una Voce Northern Alabama, has demonstrated leadership in encouraging priests to learn the Extraordinary Form, it is evident that leadership within the Archdiocese of Mobile must come from the ground up - from individual priests and the laity.
The time is now. Every priest now has the Indult, by the Grace of God through His Successor to the See of Peter. What each priest chooses to do, or not do, with this Holy Gift, is up to his own conscience.
In an effort to help fulfill the wishes of our Holy Father, Una Voce Central Alabama will pay the workshop expenses for any priest in the central or southeastern portion of the Archdiocese of Mobile who wishes to be trained in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. We will also contemplate paying same for any altar servers, including Deacons. Our only condition is that once trained, the priest and servers pledge to regularly celebrate the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in Montgomery or the Montgomery area.
With this in mind, Una Voce Central Alabama is pleased to announce the following workshops for priests wishing to learn the Extraordinary Form of the Mass - one by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, the other by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.
The workshops are as follows:
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter Workshop: April 11-15 and May 12-16
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is pleased to collaborate with Una Voce America in making possible workshops hosted by Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska, on teaching priests to say the extraordinary form of the Latin Roman Rite.
The Mass Training Workshop is a five-day course comprising classroom sessions and practical hands-on instruction with individual instructors, giving ample opportunity for questions and answers. Subjects covered will include:
* an overall introduction to the Traditional Liturgy and traditional liturgical principles
* a practical study of the rubrics of the 1962 Roman Missal covering principally the ceremonies of the Low Mass with an introduction to the Sung Mass
* an overview of the 1962 Roman Missal and liturgical calendar
* strategies for gaining proficiency in Latin and Gregorian Chant.
The next Mass Training Workshops will be offered:
Friday, April 11 - Tuesday, April 15
Monday, May 12 - Friday, May 16
Please contact the seminary to secure a reservation for the next available session as spaces are limited: Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Attn: Mass Training Workshops, P.O. Box 147, Denton, NE. 68339 [Ph: (402) 797-7700.
If you are unable to attend any of the listed dates, please continue to check back as other dates will be added once additional workshops are confirmed.
The cost for the Mass Training Workshop is $300.00. This fee covers all meals, room and board at seminary, classroom seminars, individual instruction, and a complete packet of training materials including DVD video and CD audio aids. A non-refundable deposit of $100.00 is due in advance to secure your reservation. Please send in your deposit as soon as possible ~ at least two weeks in advance of attendance. Please see our Sign Up page for more information.
http://www.fssptraining.org/resources.html
For those priests who require financial assistance, Una Voce America has established a financial aid program program. Please contact: Una Voce America, c/o Mr. Jason King, PO Box 1146, Bellevue, WA 98009.
Workshop attendees stay at Our Lady of Guadalupe seminary during the duration of the training.
The seminary requires that you send us the following documents so that you will be properly registered for the training program (please see the Sign Up page for detailed instructions):
1. Your $100 non-refundable deposit to secure your reservation due no later than two weeks prior to your scheduled workshop.
2. The registration form with your contact information, travel arrangements, and particular interests and needs.
3. A letter testifying that you are a priest in good standing with your diocese or religious community. A standard diocesan form is satisfactory. Please see the Sign Up page for a sample letter.
If you have any questions about the FSSP training program, please feel free to contact us. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to the possibility of meeting you here in Denton. Oremus pro invicem!
Canons Regular of St. John Cantius Workshop: May 19-23
From Monday, May 19, 2008, through Friday, May 23, 2008, the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Chicago, will offer a Traditional Latin Mass Training Workshop for priests and seminarians at the Cardinal Stritch Retreat House on the campus of Mundelein Seminary. Priests and seminarians from the USA and beyond are invited to attend.
Those priests and seminarians interested to learn the Extraordinary Form of the Latin Roman Rite (1962 Missale Romanum) will have a special opportunity over a period of five days to study the Traditional Latin Mass with the Canons Regular, as well as an opportunity to gain experience with the Traditional Roman Liturgy through hands-on demonstration, conferences and question/answer sessions. Registration information is available at:
Each day the Mass will be celebrated according to the 1962 Missale Romanum. Participants will have an opportunity to see all forms of the Traditional Latin Mass during the course of the week:
* Missa Lecta (Low Mass)
* Missa Cantata (High Mass without incense)
* Missa Cantata (High Mass with incense)
* Missa Solemnis (Solemn Mass)
* Missa Pontificalis (Pontifical Mass)
This workshop will provide:
* Instruction in the Rubrics of the 1962 Missale Romanum
* Instruction in the Low Mass (Missa Privata)
* Instruction in the High Mass (Missa Cantata)
* Instruction in the Gregorian Chant for the Priest
* Instruction in the Ecclesiastical Latin
Most Rev. Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, will speak on the spirituality of the Traditional Latin Mass and Rev. C. Frank Phillips, C.R., the Founder of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, will speak on the role of the Extraordinary Form in parochial life.
For more information go to:
http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/workshop-index.html
http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/letter-from-cardinal-francis-george.html
For more information:
Fr. Scott Haynes, SJC
Canons Regular of St. John Cantius
825 N. Carpenter Street
Chicago, Illinois 60622
USA
Phone: 312.243.7373
Fax: 312.243.4545
EMAIL: Sanctamissa@sanctamissa.org
If you are a priest in the Archdiocese of Mobile, and interested in obtaining financial assistance from Una Voce Central Alabama to attend either of these workshops, please contact us at: unavocecentralalabama@yahoo.com
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Morgan on January 23rd, 2008
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “SACRED THEN AND SACRED NOW”
Una Voce Central Alabama is pleased to recommend the hottest new book on the Catholic market, Thomas E. Woods Jr.’s Sacred Then And Sacred Now: The Return Of The Old Latin Mass, just published by Roman Catholic Books.
“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too.” — Pope Benedict XVI
Following his highly popular and critically acclaimed
How The Catholic Church Built Western Civilization, Dr. Woods has produced what may be the definitive book on the genesis of the Holy Father’s
Summorum Pontificum, and the impact it will have toward enriching the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church.
In his own words, Dr. Woods explains the purpose of the book:
“The book serves several purposes. First, it explains the mind of Pope Benedict XVI on liturgy, and why he took the bold move of restoring the traditional Latin liturgy throughout the Roman Rite for those Catholics who want it. The Pope’s initiative is not just for old fogies who refuse to get with the times. Sacred Then and Sacred Now explains why Benedict is so anxious for the faithful to avail themselves of this great treasure.
Second, it walks beginners through the old Mass: when to sit, stand, and kneel, what the various prayers and gestures mean, and the like. It then explains why certain practices (including but not limited to Communion kneeling and on the tongue) are preserved in the old liturgy. Finally, it replies to typical objections: e.g., no one speaks Latin anymore, the priest should face the people, the people should “participate” more, etc.
I wrote the book so that both the beginner to the traditional Mass as well as the more advanced student could profit from it. It’s also useful to give to people, priests and laity alike, who may not understand your interest in the traditional liturgy.”
The book will also be availabe to order from Amazon on February 1st.
And, for those in the Montgomery area, the book will be available from St. Peter’s Bookshop, St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Montgomery, (334) 262-7304.
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Morgan on January 14th, 2008
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HOLY FATHER CELEBRATES MASS IN SISTINE CHAPEL AD ORIENTAM
Pope Benedict celebrated parts of Sunday’s Mass ad orientam, re-introducing a posture that he maintains has always been proper for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms Mass of the Roman Rite.
The Pope used the Sistine Chapel’s ancient altar set right against the wall under Michelangelo’s dramatic depiction of the Last Judgment, instead of the altar placed on a mobile platform that had been used in recent years for Masses in the historic Chapel.
A statement by the Vatican’s office for liturgical celebrations said it had been decided to use the old altar, where ballots are placed during papal elections, to respect “the beauty and the harmony of this architectonic jewel”.
That meant that for the first time in this kind of celebration since the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), the pope faced the Cross, celebrating the Mass by leading the people, with all facing the Altar (ad orientam). He also read his homily from an old wooden throne on the left of the altar used by Pius IX in the 19th century.
The conservative German-born pontiff is slowly reintroducing some of the old rituals phased out by liturgical commissions after Vatican II, which allowed the vernacular to be used, while maintaining Latin as the official language of the Mass.
In July, the Pope issued a decree allowing wider use of the old Latin mass (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite). He has also said he would like the centuries-old Gregorian chant, which officially holds “pride of place” in liturgical celebrations, to return to regular usage in all Roman Catholic parishes throughout the world. The Holy Father has also recommended that altar rails be returned to the sanctuary of Catholic churches.
During Sunday’s mass commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ, which was celebrated in Italian, the Pope baptised 13 babies, carefully pouring water on their heads from a golden shell.
He spoke about the significance of baptism, which marks the admission of a person in the community of Christians.
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Morgan on January 14th, 2008
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SCHISMATIC GROUPS RETURNING TO THE CHURCH
ROME, JAN. 13, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Six months after Benedict XVI issued an apostolic letter on the extended use of the 1962 missal, the Vatican says it is seeing fruits of reconciliation with Catholics who objected to the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
“Summorum Pontificum,” allows for more availability of the Latin-language Mass, a rite the document dubs the “extraordinary form.” The letter, issued “motu proprio” (on his own initiative), brought attention to the situation of schismatic groups such as the Society of St. Pius X, that refuse to celebrate the “Novus Ordo” Mass established by Vatican II.
Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos told ZENIT that after the June 7 document, one group has already asked to return to full communion with the Church.
Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, as the president of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesiae Dei, is the Vatican official in charge of facilitating the return to full ecclesial communion of people linked to the Society of St. Pius X, founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
“We have already received responses [to the letter],” Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos said. “Here in Rome we have a community that has asked to return and we have already begun mediating their full return.”
Requests, he continued, are coming in from around the world: “Many of the faithful have contacted us, written and called, to say they want full communion.”
Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos clarified the current status of members of the Society of St. Pius X due to excommunications issued by the Vatican to group members in 1988, in the wake of the schismatic gesture by Lefebvre of ordaining four bishops illicitly.
He explained: “The excommunications for the consecration done without the Pope’s permission affects only those bishops who carried out the consecration, and those bishops who received episcopal ordination in this illicit form in the Church, but it does not affect the priests or the faithful. Only those bishops are excommunicated.”
According to the Vatican prelate, what is needed now is “to sew back together the ecclesial fabric, because our brothers — I know them, I know some of the bishops even better — are all people of good will, people who want to be disciples of Jesus.”
“In this moment,” he continued, “with a little humility, with a little generosity, we can return to full communion, and the faithful want this because they do not want to participate in the rites when the priest is under suspension because the Church does not permit them to say Mass and absolve sins — so the faithful want this full return.”
Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos said he hoped that everyone involved will continue “to work with the Holy Father to sew back together this unity so that these good people can have the fullness of holiness that comes from union with the only Church of Christ, founded upon Peter and his Successors.”
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Morgan on January 4th, 2008
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YOUTH TAKING THE LEAD IN RETURN TO TRADITION AND SOLEMNITY
A youth movement for Catholics devoted to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman liturgy is planning to attend World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia.
Juventutem derives its name from a Latin word for “youth” and is a multi-national organization dedicated to the daily sanctification of young Catholics through traditional devotions and liturgy.
Pope Benedict recently advocated a wider use of the Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite) in the Church, following the issuance of his Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, which became effective September 14, 2007.
Devotion to this Extraordinary Form of the Roman liturgy is growing among young Catholics, who have discovered the rich treasures of the Church, many of which have been downplayed, or even largely discarded, for three decades by bishops and priests of the 60’s generation.
Now, a new generation has discovered the great devotions of the Church, its Sacred Catholic Music and its rich liturgical heritage.
One of the most surprising news stories to come out of World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany was the presence there of a large group of young Catholics, numbering in the thousands, who were worshiping God using some of the oldest rites in the Catholic Church — including the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (formerly known as “Tridentine”).
This multi-national group called itself “Juventutem“, a word which appears at the beginning of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, at the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, with the invocation of the Priest, followed by the response of the altar server:
(Priest): “Introibo ad altare Dei.” (I will go up to the Altar of God)
(Altar Server): “Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam.” (To God, who gives joy to my youth)
Newspapers and magazines covered the story of these dynamic young people who were so devoted to the ancient traditions, music and devotions of the Catholic Church. Cardinal Francis George (USA), Cardinal George Pell (Australia), Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan (Brazil) and Archbishop Raymond Burke (USA) were among those Church dignitaries celebrating liturgies and leading devotions for Juventutem in 2005, which were often attended by WYD pilgrims coming from other groups to participate in the beautiful Masses and experience Gregorian chant.
Although 2005 was the beginning of Juventutem, much has happened in the intervening three years. It is now not unusual to hear of a group of people devoted to the classical form of the Roman liturgy in the Catholic Church.
In July of 2007, Pope Benedict issued his Motu Proprio entitled Summorum Pontificum, in which he clarified that the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Roman Rite takes two forms - the Forma Extraordinaria (Extraordinary Form, formerly called Tridentine), and the Forma Ordinaria (Ordinary Form, formerly called Novus Ordo).
The Holy Father stated that one reason for the issuance of Summorum Pontificum, in fact, was the widespread devotion to these liturgical forms by young Catholics throughout the world.
“Immediately after the Second Vatican Council it was presumed that requests for the use of the 1962 Missal would be limited to the older generation which had grown up with it,” the Holy Father wrote in his letter to bishops accompanying Summorum Pontificum, “But in the meantime it has clearly been demonstrated that young persons too have discovered this liturgical form, felt its attraction and found in it a form of encounter with the Mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist, particularly suited to them.”
Juventutem and other groups devoted to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite are not the curiosity they once might have been in 2005. Indeed, the number of young Catholics seeking more tradition and solemnity in the Mass through its celebration in the Extraordinary Form, has grown dramatically.
Juventutem has now become an international youth movement whose goal is the daily sanctification of Catholic youth through Roman traditions. A contingent of Juventutem members will meet this summer in Australia for WYD 2008, and the organizers plan a 2-week long schedule of religious and cultural events.
Juventutem USA has organized a WYD 2008 group package, led by Rev. Fr. Denis Buchholz of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest. This priestly order, founded in 1990, is entirely devoted to the liturgical forms of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Fr. Buchholz was part of Juventutem at WYD 2005 and is currently pro rector of Old St. Patrick Roman Catholic Oratory in Kansas City, MO. The schedule of events includes daily Mass according to the Extraordinary Form; Lauds, Vespers, and Compline on most days; catechesis and rosary; attendance at the Papal Mass; and of course, some days to explore Australia.
All Catholics aged 16-30 are welcome to join the group, and Una Voce Central Alabama strongly encourages young Catholics in the Archdiocese of Mobile to become a part of this growing, exciting organization of youth who are finding more fulfillment in their spiritual life by recapturing the best, most solemn devotions of the Roman Catholic Church.
For more information on joining Juventutem USA in Australia for WYD 2008, please visit www.juventutemusa.org.
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Morgan on January 3rd, 2008
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VATICAN MOVES TO BLOCK OBSTRUCTIONIST BISHOPS
The Vatican has begun drafting a document to elaborate on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent liberalization of the old Latin Mass (now known as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite) because some bishops are either ignoring his move or misinterpreting it, Vatican officials said.
The Vatican’s No. 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said in comments published Thursday that the Vatican would be issuing an “instruction” on how to put the Pope’s document, Summorum Pontificum into practice, since there had been what he called some “uneven” reactions to it since it went into effect September 14, 2007.
The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, appointed by the Holy Father, has ultimate authority over implementation of “Summorum Pontificum” and lay Catholics can appeal directly to Ecclesia Dei if their bishop restricts or obstructs rights granted under “Summorum Pontificum”.
“Summorum Pontificum” issued by the Holy Father in July removed restrictions on celebrating the formerly-called Tridentine Mass, the rite celebrated exclusively in Latin before the Second Vatican Council “permitted” use of the vernacular, though still maintaining Latin as the official language of the Mass.
In “Summorum Pontificum”, Pope Benedict XVI decreed that the Roman Rite is now divided into two forms of celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of Mass - the Forma Extraordinaria (Extraordinary Form), that being what was formerly called the “Tridentine”, and the Forma Ordinaria (Ordinary Form), that was formerly called the “Novus Ordo” as decreed by Pope Paul VI upon development by Catholic and protestant liturgical commissions in the years following the conclusion of the Second Vatican Countil.
Following the 1960s, the Extraordinary Form could only be celebrated with an Indult from local bishops — an obstacle that had greatly reduced its availability. It was not uncommon for bishops, particularly in the United States, to spread the word that it was not wise for a priest’s future to even request the Indult to celebrate the Extraordinary Form.
Benedict removed that requirement in “Summorum Pontificum” by extending the Indult universally to all priests of the Roman Rite, and further granting extensive rights to lay Catholics in obtaining regular daily and Sunday celebration of the Extraordinary Form in every parish, as well for funerals, weddings and baptisms.
Implementation, however, has been uneven, with some obstructionist bishops issuing rules that “practically annul or twist the intention of the pope,” Monsignor Albert Malcolm Ranjith, secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments, said recently, according to the Vatican’s missionary news agency FIDES.
Such reactions amounted to a “crisis of obedience” toward the pontiff, he was quoted as saying, although he stressed that most bishops and other prelates had accepted the Pope’s will “with the required sense of reverence and obedience.”
Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said the upcoming instruction would lay out criteria for the Pope’s document to be correctly applied, according to an interview published Thursday in the Italian religious affairs weekly “Famiglia Cristiana”. He gave no date for release of the Vatican rules for implementation.
He asserted that reactions to “Summorum Pontificum” had included misinterpretations at each end of the spectrum.
“Some have even gone so far as to accuse the Pope of having reneged on Council teaching,” Bertone was quoted as saying. “On the other hand, there are those who have interpreted the (document) as authorization to return exclusively to the pre-Council rite. Both positions are wrong, and are exaggerated episodes that don’t correspond to the pope’s intention. Essentially, the Holy Father wishes only to see both the Extraordinary and Ordinary Forms of the Roman Rite made available in all parishes.”
Despite such incidents, the Rev. John T. Zuhlsdorf, who runs a blog that has charted implementation of the Pope’s document, said he had seen growth in both interest in and celebrations of the older form of the Mass, among all ages of Catholics.
“In some dioceses in the United States, bishops have been stepping up to the plate and not only learning the older form, but celebrating it themselves,” he said. “Younger priests are attending workshops. Several seminaries are offering training for their priesthood candidates.”
Both Una Voce and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter have been instrumental in educating Catholics as to the rights of priests and lay Catholics under “Summorum Pontificum”, and the Fraternity has embarked upon massive training programs for priests.
Currently, within the Archdiocese of Mobile, only one valid Extraordinary Form Mass is celebrated each month, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Whistler.
This state of affairs will change as “Summorum Pontificum” is gradually implemented, both by pastors of parishes as well as future instructions from the Ecclesia Dei Commission, which oversees all matters pertaining to implementation of “Summorum Pontificum”.
Una Voce Central Alabama is presently working toward the ultimate goal of seeing the Extraordinary Form made easily available to all Roman Catholics in the central Alabama portion of the Archdiocese and, in time, to all areas of the Archdiocese proper.
Great progress has been made in the Suffragan Diocese of Birmingham, under the leadership of Bishop Baker (see article below), and through the very hard work of Una Voce Northern Alabama.
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Morgan on December 27th, 2007
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ST. CECILIA SCHOLA CANTORUM ANNUAL WORKSHOP
(Auburn) St. Cecilia Schola Cantorum has announced its annual chant and polyphony workshop, to be held in Auburn, February 1-2, 2008.
A very special conductor coming from the Netherlands, Wilko Brouwers, will be the honored guest.
All parish choirs in central Alabama are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop, in order to learn the basics of chant and polyphony. Considering that both the documents of Vatican II, and the General Instructions of the Roman Missal firmly state that Gregorian Chant has “pride of place” in the Roman Catholic Church, it is far past time that Catholic Masses be once again filled with this sacred music, which was written specifically for our Catholic liturgy.
More information is here: www.ceciliaschola.org/workshop
You can register online at the above link.
You can always write to the Schola with questions: contact@ceciliaschola.org
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Morgan on December 27th, 2007
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GOOD NEWS FROM UNA VOCE NORTH ALABAMA
Extraordinary Form Masses: Diocese of Birmingham
Sunday Jan. 6, The Epiphany, Low Mass 2pm
Blessed Sacrament Church 1460 Pearson Ave. SW
Birmingham, AL 35211
Sunday Jan 20, Low Mass 2pm
Blessed Sacrament Church
1460 Pearson Ave. SW
Birmingham, AL 35211
Sunday Jan 27, Low Mass 4pm
Una Voce Meeting to Follow Mass
St. Mary of the Visitation
222 N. Jefferson St.
Huntsville, AL 35801
Bishop Baker has expressed his desire that the Extraordinary Form of the Mass be offered with regularity throughout the diocese. Fr. Alan Mackey (who offers the Latin Mass each Sunday in Jacksonville, Alabama) has been commissioned to head this initiative. A spiritual talk and question and answer session will be held after the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on each of the Sunday Masses listed above.
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Morgan on November 29th, 2007
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UNA VOCE AND FSSP ANNOUNCE WORKSHOP FOR PRIESTS
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is pleased to collaborate with Una Voce America in making possible workshops hosted by Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska to teach priests how to celebrate the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
The Mass Training Workshop is a five-day course comprising classroom sessions and practical hands-on instruction with individual instructors, giving ample opportunity for questions and answers. Subjects covered will include: an overall introduction to the Extraordinary Form and traditional liturgical principles; a practical study of the rubrics of the 1962 Roman Missal covering principally the ceremonies of Low Mass with an introduction to Sung Mass; an overview of the 1962 Roman Missal and liturgical calendar; and strategies for gaining proficiency in Latin and in Gregorian chant.
Dates
The next Mass Training Workshops will be offered from:
Monday January 21st – Friday January 25th
Space is limited so you must secure a reservation in advance!
Please visit our website: www.fssptraining.org to download a Registration Packet or contact the seminary at the address below or email: contact@fssptraining.org Mailing address: Our Lady of Guadalupe SeminaryAttn: Mass Training WorkshopsP.O. Box 147, Denton, NE. 68339Ph: (402) 797-7700
Cost, Deposit, & Financial Assistance
The cost for the Mass Training Workshop is $300.00. This fee covers all meals, room and board at the seminary, classroom seminars, individual instruction, and a complete packet of training materials including DVD video and CD audio aids. A non-refundable deposit of $100.00 is due in advance to secure your reservation. Space is limited so deposits must be received at least two weeks in advance of your workshop. For those priests who require financial assistance, Una Voce America has established a financial aid program. Please contact: Una Voce America, c/o Mr. Jason King, PO Box 1146, Bellevue, WA. 98009-1146.
Travel & Accommodations
The workshops are conducted at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary located in Denton, Nebraska just a few miles southwest of Lincoln. Travel information is provided in the registration packet. Nearby airports are Lincoln International (LNK) located 20 minutes from the seminary, and Omaha Eppley Airfield (OMA) located 90 minutes from the seminary.
If you have further questions or need particular information please feel free to contact by email: contact@fssptraining.org or through the seminary switchboard (402) 797-7700.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, PO Box 147, 7880 W. Denton Rd., Denton, NE. 68339.
ph: (402) 797-7700 fx: (402) 797-7705 email: contact@fssptraining.org
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Morgan on November 20th, 2007
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OPINION FROM THE TELEGRAPH
(London) Two and a half years after the name “Josephum” came booming down from the balcony of St Peter’s, making liberal Catholics weep with rage, Pope Benedict XVI is revealing his programme of reform. And it is breathtakingly ambitious.
The 80-year-old Pontiff is planning a purification of the Roman liturgy in which decades of trendy innovations will be swept away.
This recovery of the sacred is intended to draw Catholics closer to the Orthodox and ultimately to heal the 1,000 year Great Schism. But it is also designed to attract vast numbers of disenchanted conservative Anglicans, who will be offered the protection of the Holy Father if they convert en masse.
The liberal bishops don’t like the sound of it at all.
Ever since the shock of Benedict’s election, they have been waiting for him to show his hand. Now that he has, the resistance has begun in earnest - and the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, is in the thick of it.
Benedict’s pontificate moved into a new phase on July 7, with the publication of his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum.
With a stroke of his pen, the Pope restored the traditional Latin Mass to parity with the modern liturgy. Shortly afterwards, he replaced Archbishop Piero Marini, the papal Master of Ceremonies who turned many of John Paul II’s Masses into politically correct carnivals.
Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor was most displeased. Last week, he hit back with a “commentary” on Summorum Pontificum.
According to Murphy-O’Connor, the ruling leaves the power of local bishops untouched. In fact, it removes the bishops’ power to block the ancient liturgy. In other words, the cardinal - who tried to stop Benedict issuing the ruling - is misrepresenting its contents.
Alas, he is not alone: dozens of bishops in Britain, Europe and America have tried the same trick.
Murphy-O’Connor’s “commentary” was modelled on equally dire “guidelines” written by Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds with the apparent purpose of discouraging the faithful from exercising their new rights.
A few years ago the ploy might have worked. But news travels fast in the traditionalist blogosphere, and these tactics have been brought to the attention of papal advisers.
This month, Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, a senior Vatican official close to Benedict, declared that “bishops and even cardinals” who misrepresented Summorum Pontificum were “in rebellion against the Pope”.
Ranjith is tipped to become the next Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, in charge of regulating worldwide liturgy. That makes sense: if Benedict is moving into a higher gear, then he needs street fighters in high office.
He may also have to reform an entire department, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, which spends most of its time promoting the sort of ecumenical waffle that Benedict abhors.
This is a sensitive moment. Last month, the bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion, a network of 400,000 breakaway Anglo-Catholics based mainly in America and the Commonwealth, wrote to Rome asking for “full, corporate, sacramental union”.
Their letter was drafted with the help of the Vatican. Benedict is overseeing the negotiations. Unlike John Paul II, he admires the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He is thinking of making special pastoral arrangements for Anglican converts walking away from the car wreck of the Anglican Communion.
This would mean that they could worship together, free from bullying by local bishops who dislike the newcomers’ conservatism and would rather “dialogue” with Anglicans than receive them into the Church.
The liberation of the Latin liturgy, the rapprochement with Eastern Orthodoxy, the absorption of former Anglicans - all these ambitions reflect Benedict’s conviction that the Catholic Church must rediscover the liturgical treasure of Christian history to perform its most important task: worshipping God.
This conviction is shared by growing numbers of young Catholics, but not by the church politicians who have dominated the hierarchies of Europe and America for too long.
By failing to welcome the latest papal initiatives - or even to display any interest in them, beyond the narrow question of how their power is affected - the bishops of England and Wales have confirmed Benedict’s low opinion of them.
Now he should replace them. If the Catholic reformation is to start anywhere, it might as well be here.