[pseudo-ignatius]

That's kind of a surprise to me as well, but if he was celebrating somewhere other than the cathedral (and not at a regular parish), he may have just shown up and let whoever was acting as MC run the show. That, or there's some other detail unknown. If the chapel only had glass chalices for distribution (an abuse, but something outside of his control), he may have preferred to consecrate in the flagon rather than in non-noble chalices.

I don't mean to sound like I'm searching for ways to defend everything His Excellency does, but he has certainly won my respect and admiration, and I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. I was very pleasantly surprised to see that he implemented the changes so quickly at the cathedral. In my home diocese of Galveston-Houston (where I am now), nothing has been said yet by the chancery about the new norms, and none of the parishes I've attended have made the changes (but I would suppose that Annunciation downtown probably has).

[Desdemona]

If Burke was out at CBC, it's technically not his house.

The high schools around here are really a cultural thing and a hotbed of liturgical abuse - and you can't convince the teachers at the schools there is any problem. They just don't believe there is.

[lrslattery]

I would also tend to believe that he was put in a awkward position in this case.

I believe we have been extraordinarily blessed to have had Bishop Burke assigned here. I look forward to the positive changes he will implement here in the coming months.