[Grey Ghost II]

Some TLM priests and others still strongly object to this feast mostly because they see it as a platitude toward the Communists. I have witnedssed outright refusal to say this Mass among some priests who adhere to the 1962 Missal.

For what it's worth, the 2004 calendar put out by the Angelus Press (SSPX) lists May 1 as the feast day of St. Joseph the Workman.

[jrny]

Of course they do...the SSPX does follow the 1962 Calendar. What I witnessed, however, was 2 individual priests of the SSPX refuse to say the Mass of St. Joseph the Worker.

More common, however, is the fact that everywhere I have been in the SSPX, they downplay the feast. They say the Mass, yes, but there is a never a High Mass for it, Vespers, or even a mention of it from the pulpit. On the other hand, the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19th. is always observed with great solemnity. So, what I don't understand is why they do not afford the same honors to St. Joseph on his other feast with all the extra pomp that is becoming of a first class feast.

The fact that the feast this year fell on Sunday sort of forced them to celebrate it with more solemnity this year.