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Category Archives: SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Lafayette, IN: regular TLM
From a reader: Traditional Latin Mass to be offered: Una Voce of Lafayette, Indiana and the St. Rita Latin Mass Community are pleased to announce that there will be a regularly scheduled Traditional Latin Mass on the fourth Sunday of … Read More
REVIEW: The General Principles of Ceremonies of the Roman Rite: For Inferior Ministers
To restore continuity to the Latin Church’s liturgical worship, and by doing so supporting and accelerating his "Marshall Plan" to revitalize our Catholic identity after decades of enervation, Pope Benedict gave us Summorum Pontificum. It is a great gift to … Read More
Back to the question of “stable group”
There was some confusion when the Emancipation Procl… er um Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum was released about the Latin Art. 5, § 1. In paroeciis, ubi coetus fidelium traditioni liturgicae antecedenti adhaerentium stabiliter [previously continenter] exsistit, parochus eorum petitiones ad … Read More
The “Gravitational Pull”
One of the fruits of Summorum Pontificum whereby His Holiness liberated the older form of Mass, will be the "gravitational pull" it will exert on the way the newer form, the Novus Ordo is celebrated. Fully aware that the plural … Read More
Chatter about restructuring of Pont. Comm. Ecclesia Dei
I have mentioned before, more than once, that it was likely the Pontificial Commission Ecclesia Dei would be assumed into the structure of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. If some other arrangement can be made … Read More
From Bytom, Poland, a beautiful photo
A lovely view of a Mass in Poland at Holy Ghost Church in Bytom: Brick by brick, people.
WDTPRS – Epiphany (1962MR)
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 6 January – Epiphany (1962 Missale Romanum – Roman Station: San Pietro in Vaticano) “Epiphany” comes from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”. The antiphons for Vespers in the Liturgy of … Read More
QUAERITUR: transferring Epiphany for the TLM to Sunday
From a reader: Dear Fr. Z, Here we go again… The PCED [Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei] affirmed that it was OK with them (or at least with Msgr. Perl) for a Novus Ordo parish to have the TLM said on … Read More
Catholic Herald: Bp. Conry (Arundel & Brighton) speaks out
Today in the excellent Catholic Herald, the best Catholic weekly in the UK, there is an article/interview with His Excellency, Most Reverend Kieran Conry, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton. Inter alia he talks about Summorum Pontificum and the TLM. Let’s … Read More
A purpose of Summorum Pontificum
There is a wonderful phrase in Latin… Repetita iuvant. The Pertinacious Papist has a good reminder: Una Voce America’s Nota (No 39, Fall 2008) carries the following brief excerpt from the address of Pope Benedict XVI to the Bishops of … Read More
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