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To: Land of the Irish
Any parish that offers a Traditional Latin Mass, on a regular schedule, will be supported.

Well, that wouldn't be true in our parish, the second largest in our diocese.

There is no demand for a Tridentine Mass.

However, all six of our Novus Ordo Masses are full, every single Sunday.

154 posted on 06/04/2004 9:47:27 PM PDT by sinkspur (Adopt a dog or a cat from an animal shelter! It will save one life, and may save two.)
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To: sinkspur
There is no demand for a Tridentine Mass.

That's what Maida had been saying for years.

155 posted on 06/04/2004 9:50:11 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
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To: sinkspur
all six of our Novus Ordo Masses are full, every single Sunday.

You really have six Masses on Sunday? What are the times? I wouldn't doubt that two of your "six" Masses are the Saturday afternoon golf masses.

P.S. My church is full every Sunday.

156 posted on 06/04/2004 9:56:44 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
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To: sinkspur

"There is no demand for a Tridentine Mass. However, all six of our Novus Ordo Masses are full, every single Sunday."

Coulda fooled me. Mass attendance in the U.S. is now around 17%--and only around 5% in Europe. (The preconciliar Church boasted 80%+ attendance.) More Protestants now attend worship services than Catholics now attend Mass. Instead of bragging about how full your six wonderful churches are, you might ask yourself where all the Catholics went.


160 posted on 06/04/2004 10:06:23 PM PDT by ultima ratio
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To: sinkspur
There is no demand for a Tridentine Mass.

Sinkspur, we've discussed this before. The Catholics in the pews have no idea that there is a Tridentine Mass available even when it is available in their own diocese. You can't and won't demand something when you don't even know it exists.

I tried to raise awareness of our local Tridentine in my parish... talked to the pastoral associate nun about it (she's the watchdog & the one who wears the cassock [although it's mismatched polyester with sensible shoes]) and I was pretty much shunted to the side.

180 posted on 06/05/2004 7:02:25 AM PDT by american colleen
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To: sinkspur
Well, that wouldn't be true in our parish, the second largest in our diocese. There is no demand for a Tridentine Mass.

And YOU know this because you personally asked every single parishoner, yourself. Of course.

And perhaps they don't. Sometimes a sickness manifests itself so fully in the poor host that the victim no longer even wants to be healthy, not even remembering what health is.

However, all six of our Novus Ordo Masses are full, every single Sunday.

The question is: FULL OF WHAT?
207 posted on 06/05/2004 3:29:22 PM PDT by broadsword (Liberalism is the societal AIDS virus that thwarts our national defense.)
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