http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org Dedicated to the Liturgy of the Catholic Church Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:03:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FIRST EXTRAORDINARY FORM MASS IN MONTGOMERY DRAWS 300 It is with great joy that we announce that the first Extraordinary Form Mass held in Montgomery in 40 years drew over 300 of the faithful on Sunday, September 27th, packing St. Peter's Catholic Church and equaling the average number of faithful who ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2009/09/29/31/ At Last!  Extraordinary Form Mass To Be Celebrated In Montgomery, September 27th Una Voce Central Alabama is pleased to announce that, after 40 years, the Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form) will be celebrated at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Montgomery, Alabama, at 5:00 p.m., Sunday, September 27th.  Father Mark Fischer, Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2009/08/28/29/ PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY FORM MASS PRESENTED It is with great joy that Una Voce Central Alabama announce that a petition, containing over 100 signatures of parishioners, representing "a stable group of faithful" in accordance with Article 5 of our Holy Father's Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, has been presented to the Pastor ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2009/07/17/28/ To All Orthodox Catholics In Central Alabama Perhaps the hardest part of our mission as a chapter of Una Voce is disseminating information to Roman Catholics in Central Alabama who wish to see the establishment of regular celebrations of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass, as given to us by the ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2009/03/23/26/ SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM UPDATE - FROM RORATE CAELI "We acknowledge the ongoing rumor about a possible publication of the clarification document of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum in January 2009. Gregor Kollmorgen, of The New Liturgical Movement, offers a translation of the text published in the Italian religious news website Pontifex (Bruno ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2008/10/22/25/ UPDATE: THE LEGACY OF PERVASIVE FEAR On March 7, we offered the post below, asking for ONE PRIEST in Central Alabama, willing to be trained in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Recently, Una Voce Northern Alabama asked that we join with them in securing regional priest training, to be conducted by ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2008/07/03/24/ 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 ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2008/03/07/23/ 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 ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2008/01/23/17/ 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 ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2008/01/14/15/ 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," ... http://www.unavocecentralalabama.org/2008/01/14/13/