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Bishop Mark Jabalé of Menevia in Wales has authorised a new Saturday afternoon Mass in the Traditional Latin Rite. The Mass will be celebrated every second Saturday at 4 pm by Canon Michael Lewis at Our Lady of Ransom Church, Victoria Road, Llandrindod Wells. The Latin Mass Society records its grateful thanks to Bishop Mark and Canon Lewis for their pastoral concern in authorising this Mass. The first Mass was celebrated on Saturday May 13 with an enthusiastic congregation of about 35, which is a good congregation for a weekday Mass in this thinly-populated part of Wales. This Mass joins...

The Tenth Annual Seminar of the Latin Mass Community of Rockford will take place this year on Friday, May 26th and Saturday, May 27th, 2006, at St. Mary's Oratory in Rockford.

Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz, Vicar General of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, will be interviewed on Relevant Radio's "Morning Air" on Monday, 22 May, at 8:00 am CET. On that same day, Monsignor Schmitz will also be celebrating the Mass which is broadcast by the Catholic radio network at 8:30 pm CET, in the Traditional Latin Rite. For frequencies go to www.relevantradio.com. For streaming audio go to http://www.relevantradio.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=287&srcid=217.

Archbishop Raymond Burke, who previously consecrated his former Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is known as one of very few bishops in the United States who has sincerely been "wide and generous" (Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, by Pope John Paul II, June 1988) in allowing all of the Classical Roman rite sacraments in his diocese. He has begun to show his benevolence toward the Classical Roman liturgy and sacraments also in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, as will be shown later in this interview. Bishop Fernando Rifan, the only traditionalist bishop in full communion with...

R. Michael Dunnigan of San Antonio, Texas has been named chairman of Una Voce America, according to an announcement today by the organization's board of directors. Una Voce (a Latin phrase meaning "with one voice") is an international federation of associations founded in 1966 in Rome, which now includes national associations in 26 nations on six continents. It is dedicated to ensuring that the Roman rite of Mass as codified by Pope Pius V is maintained as "one of the forms of eucharistic worship which are honored in universal liturgical life." In addition, Una Voce promotes increased access to --...

The old Latin Mass will return to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston for the first time since 1970 when Monsignor Edward Sadie leads a special service at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral. The church choir will sing in Latin as well. Sadie thought it was a good idea when the Catholic Church dropped the Tridentine Mass — Catholics know it as the Latin Mass — in 1970. It had been many centuries since Latin was the language of the people, and that was never the case in America. Now Sadie thinks it’s a good idea to bring the Tridentine...

THIS week marked the first anniversary of Benedict XVI's election to the papacy. In the first year of his reign, the Pope has bided his time, making very few changes to the curia appointed by his predecessor, John PaulII, and the overall governance of the church. So far the emphasis has been on continuity, but there are emerging signs of significant change. A fortnight ago I noted that the Catholic world was convulsed with reports that the Pope was about to grant a universal indult, or general permission, for priests to use the Tridentine rite of mass in Latin without...

THE language might belong to a different age, but a group of worshippers at Buranda in Brisbane's inner south feel the Latin Mass at St Luke's parish is as relevant now as it was 1500 years ago. Father Gregory Jordan, from the St Ignatius Jesuit Community at Toowong, presides over the weekly traditional Latin Mass at St Luke's. Tradition takes precedence over entertainment and Fr Jordan said the Mass had steadily gained popularity in Brisbane's Catholic community since it was revived in 1990. "It is very important and we believe the Mass is not our property to do with what...

Covington Bishop Roger Foys announced Friday that he will begin celebrating what is known as Tridentine Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption starting Nov. 21. He will celebrate the first Mass at 2 p.m. On subsequent Sundays, the Latin Mass will be celebrated in the cathedral at 12:15 p.m. Foys announced the Latin service Friday and said it was being reinstituted in response to requests from members of the diocese. Pope John Paul II and Pope Paul VI before him approved Tridentine services under the church's 1962 Missal for use worldwide. The Tridentine Mass got its name because...

CHURCH OF ST. ANN 110 E. 12th St. (betw. 3rd & 4th Aves.) 212-477-2030 Vatican II who? If you ever grooved along to "Kumbaya," we forgive you. If you ever bopped around during Guitar Mass (two words that should have never been joined in any sort of holy setting), we also forgive you. We didn't know any better. Having come of age after Vatican II, we didn't know what we were missing until we got older: the gorgeous lace mantillas, novenas, St. Christopher medals. All, things they took away. After Vatican II, see, wise Church leaders decided that congregations should...

With the aroma of incense hovering, the Rev. Eduardo Garcia lifts the communion wafer toward heaven, reciting, "Hoc est enim corpus meum." As the prayer echoes through St. Peter's Catholic Church in Volo, 15-year-old Beth Gammel says this is the moment she feels closest to God. She doesn't understand Latin, but the book she holds translates Garcia's prayer: "For this is my body." For Gammel and a growing number of young people, the once traditional Latin Mass provides a connection to the divine unmatched by any contemporary service. The Catholic rite dating from the 5th century had almost faded into...

Latin Mass brings more people to church Bishop Fernando A. Rifan, the apostolic administrator for traditionalist Catholics in a diocese in Brazil, visits East Providence and speaks of the resurgence of the traditional Mass. EAST PROVIDENCE -- The Catholic bishop who was tapped by the Vatican as the pastoral leader for thousands of Catholics in Brazil who remain attached to the old Latin Mass says he's convinced the rite will play a crucial role in the renewal of the church. "Because the guidelines and structure of the Tridentine rite are so much more strict, I believe it will protect us...

ALBANY - A local defrocked priest is now the subject of two criminal investigations, one in Boston and the other downstate. The Westchester County District Attorney's Office is in the preliminary stages of launching an investigation into former Albany priest Dozia Wilson, who spent nearly 10 years as a counselor at a Dobbs Ferry treatment center for at-risk children. According to a letter sent from the Westchester DA's office to John Aretakis, an attorney for alleged victims of clergy sex abuse, the Special Prosecutions Division is "anxious" to review any material the attorney might possess related to Wilson. Wilson landed...

A Pilgrimage to Québec and Canadian Shrines Sponsored by St. Joseph Association and Una Voce Albany was held August 17-19, 2004. Destinations included Ste. Anne du Beaupre, Québec; Notre Dame du Cap, Trois Rivieres; and St. Joseph Oratory, Montreal.

Latin at last The traditional Mass is making a modest comeback for Catholics who yearn for the rite they grew up with and for those in awe of its solemnity DUNN, N.C. - They came to a tiny rural church from all over North Carolina and as far away as Maryland to celebrate Mass in a language that's scarcely been spoken in the state's Roman Catholic churches for nearly 40 years. Once inside, they saw a version of the church as it looked and sounded before the reforms of the 1960s. The altar was pushed back against the wall. The...

MONROE -- Raising a family can be challenging at the best of times, especially for parents who maintain careers during the wonder years. After-school activities keep soccer moms and dads on the run, and making alternate arrangements on the "Mom, I-don't-feel-so-good" days can be a strategic nightmare. One Monroe family manages to juggle the professional careers of two parents with the busy lives of five children, without dropping the baby or losing sight of what's important. Peter and Christine Kelly are raising their brood of children on the outskirts of Monroe, with 170 acres to keep the children entertained and...

Gate of Heaven: the Solemn Consecration of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Oratory of the Immaculate Conception On May 31, 2003, this solemn Consecration was performed by the Most Rev. Bishop of Lacrosse, Raymond L. Burke. Witness the entire beautiful ceremony--the purification and dedication of the Church, translocation of the relics, consecration of the Church, and celebration of the first pontifical high Mass, using the traditional Latin rite of the Liturgy. Airs [on EWTN] October 6 [2004] at 10PM, October 9 [2004] at 1 PM October 10 [2004] at 10 AM.

DETROIT — Regular weekly celebration of the “old Mass” will return to the Archdiocese of Detroit this fall, following Cardinal Adam Maida’s authorization of a celebration of the Tridentine Latin Mass at St. Josaphat Church, Detroit, beginning Oct. 3. In a July 16 letter to priests of the archdiocese, Cardinal Maida noted that a 1984 indult was given by the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship allowing the Tridentine Mass to be celebrated “for pastoral need,” and that Pope John Paul II has urged respect for the feelings of those attached to the Latin liturgical tradition by giving a “wide and...

Father Joe The Man Who Saved My Soul By Tony Hendra Random House. 271 pp. $24.95 Tony Hendra will always occupy a warm spot in my heart because of his hilarious (and uncanny) imitation of John Lennon on "Magical Misery Tour," one of the selections on National Lampoon's 1972 LP Radio Dinner. Hendra was one of the founders of National Lampoon, and he recounts both his days there and how the Lennon send-up came about in Father Joe. But only in passing. For this is definitely not your usual show-biz memoir. True, by starting off with an account of how...

Today is not an easy day for the people of the Archdiocese of Boston. This morning all of our pastors and parishes were notified of the results of the reconfiguration process. Many parishes received the news that they would be remaining open and welcoming people from other parishes in the months ahead. As a result of this process there will be 65 less parishes, but this translates into the closing of 60 churches since five of the former parish churches will continue as worship sites. Although this reconfig-uration responds to the very special needs of the present, a radical reconfiguration...