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Tridentine Mass returns to San Jose Diocese
Closed Cafeteria ^ | January 14, 2007

Posted on 01/13/2007 3:43:12 PM PST by NYer

From the California Catholic Daily:
Not just a Tridentine indult Mass, but a full-fledged oratory authorized to administer all the sacraments according to the traditional Latin Rite has been established in Santa Clara.

Augustinian priest Father Pedro Ottonello will serve as chaplain at the Oratory of the Chapel of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, located at 1298 Homestead Road in Santa Clara, telephone (408) 248-4330.

San Jose Bishop Patrick McGrath not only granted Father Ottonello faculties to celebrate Mass according to the 1962 Latin Rite missal, but also granted the oratory a full canonical establishment on the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Jan. 7. This means that it will be able to administer all the sacraments according to the traditional rite.

The oratory will function under the supervision of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest, a worldwide foundation of priests founded in 1990 exclusively to celebrate the Mass and sacraments according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.
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In addition to permitting the sacraments according to the traditional rite, Bishop McGrath “has granted the privilege of the sacramental registers to the Oratory, whose faithful can accordingly receive the sacraments of marriage and confirmation directly at the Oratory, and also the Rite of Christian burial,” said a Jan. 3 statement by Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz, vicar general for the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest and its U.S. provincial superior.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help has Masses at 8, 9:30, and 11 a.m. and at 5:30 p.m. Confessions are 30 minutes before Mass.



TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: ca; mass; santaclara; tridentine
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1 posted on 01/13/2007 3:43:15 PM PST by NYer
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2 posted on 01/13/2007 3:45:16 PM PST by NYer (Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
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I'm just wondering why interest in the Tridentine mass is so high, yet interest in the Sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation seems so low.

I go to Mass every week, and everyone goes up to receive Communion, but Confession is a mere two times a week, for a half-hour. I include myself in that group.

Conversion starts with the heart, not the form of the ritual.
3 posted on 01/13/2007 4:08:10 PM PST by PatrickF4
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To: PatrickF4

Yeah, but the "form of the ritual" can inspire people. You probably don't go to the church for which this is planned, but I'd bet the line is pretty long at the confessional in that church before Mass.

I don't know how old you are, but once upon a time, there were two confession times per Saturday, and about 15 minutes of Confession before every Mass. People went a lot because if they went to Mass, the opportunity was there.

Plus, you didn't have the clergy telling you that going more than once a year was excessive (which I heard in CA).


4 posted on 01/13/2007 4:13:09 PM PST by livius
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To: livius
I am too young (45) to remember the "good old days", and I can understand that the Tridentine Mass has a mystique about it that can inspire people. It also has a uniquely Catholic feeling to it, which does not happen with the "Novus Ordo", or whatever you want to call our current form. Our priests routinely remind people of the benefits, even the need for confession; it all falls on deaf ears.
5 posted on 01/13/2007 4:22:35 PM PST by PatrickF4
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I agree with Livius. My priest, who says the old and new Mass, has confession twice on Saturdays, before 2 new Masses on Sundays, and once or twice a week besides. Right before a major holy day comes up it is not unusual for him to be in the confessional for five hours a day!

My pastor mentioned this recently because he is 83 years old and long periods in the confessional are really getting hard on him. He always says, however, that no matter how tired he gets in the confessional, the peace he feels at helping people reconcile with God always guarantee that he'll sleep like a baby.


6 posted on 01/13/2007 4:25:44 PM PST by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: PatrickF4

I'm about 15 years older, so I grew up under the Old Rite and the old practices. Frequent confession was one of them.

I can still remember how shocked I was when we were told we were going to confession "too often." The clergy and Vat II created this situation, and the clergy are the ones who are going to have to tell people it's important - and then show up in the confessional more than 1/2 hour per week.

Fer Pete's sake, they can sit there for an hour and read a decent book, their breviary (do priests even do this anymore?), or pray for an hour if nobody shows up. It's not going to kill them.


7 posted on 01/13/2007 4:26:55 PM PST by livius
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To: PatrickF4

"I'm just wondering why interest in the Tridentine mass is so high, yet interest in the Sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation seems so low."

I've found that where the Tridentine Mass is offered, interest in the Sacrament of Confession is high. Interest in Confession at Novus Ordo parishes is generally low. At the church where I attend the Tridentine Mass, the lines for Confession are quite long week after week.


8 posted on 01/13/2007 4:29:51 PM PST by Cavalcabo (Sancte Michael, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.)
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To: PatrickF4
I'm just wondering why interest in the Tridentine mass is so high, yet interest in the Sacrament of Confession/Reconciliation seems so low.

From what I understand, those Catholics drawn to the Tridentine Mass, frequent confession. They are more introspective about their faults vs their faith.

I go to Mass every week, and everyone goes up to receive Communion, but Confession is a mere two times a week, for a half-hour. I include myself in that group.

In my very small Maronite Catholic parish, Confession is offered up until 30 minutes before Mass. There are no takers. Recognizing and preaching on the need for Confession, Father also offers two Reconciliation Services at Easter and Christmas. These beautiful services are accompanied by two Readings + the Gospel, a homily and an introspective reflection on our faults, prior to private confession. Again, no surprise, that those who avail themselves of these two semi-annual events, are the Catholics who adhere to tradition and who attend weekly Mass. Of late, the attendees include more Roman than Maronite Catholics.

Conversion starts with the heart, not the form of the ritual.

Agreed. Unfortunately, in today's secular society, oftentimes the heart doesn't respond until the grim reaper begins to knock at the door.

9 posted on 01/13/2007 4:46:53 PM PST by NYer (Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
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I was trying to emphasize what I have found among those I know who are in favor of reviving the Tridentine Mass in our parish, and others here in the Boston area. It seems the form is more important than the substance.
10 posted on 01/13/2007 4:48:04 PM PST by PatrickF4
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To: NYer

Just to clarify a bit, while the chaplin is Fr Ottonello, the Rector of the Oratory is Fr Michael Wiener of nearby Oakland diocese. He is a priest of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest and carries the title of Episcopal Delegate for the Tridentine Rite for the Oakland diocese, which has the full support of Oakland bishop Vigneron for further expansion.


11 posted on 01/13/2007 4:54:15 PM PST by m4629
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To: vladimir998
the peace he feels at helping people reconcile with God always guarantee that he'll sleep like a baby.

What a wonderful thing to say! And I'm sure it works, too, and he's probably one of the few 83 yr olds who is simply out like a light when he goes to bed.

It's very hard because we have not been training up new confessors. I think there are some young men who would probably like to do this, but they have older pastors who were developed in the post-VII "we're all perfect children of God" mentality. Therefore they are not permitted to hear confessions more than 1/2 hour per week (on their rotation, which might be only once or twice a month). This doesn't give them a lot of experience or encouragement.

12 posted on 01/13/2007 4:56:58 PM PST by livius
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To: livius

I think your comments are spot on Livius. Most priests just haven't gotten the proper training and teaching about confession!


13 posted on 01/13/2007 6:13:36 PM PST by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: m4629

An Episcopal Delegate? That's great. That means he actually has some stature in the diocese. That may protect him from some of the crappola that will come his way!


14 posted on 01/13/2007 6:14:39 PM PST by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: PatrickF4

"Conversion starts with the heart, not the form of the ritual."

The purpose of ritual is to speak to the heart.

Where there is beauty and majesty in the ritual, the heart may be inspired. Where the ritual is trite...


15 posted on 01/13/2007 7:19:41 PM PST by dsc
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To: PatrickF4

"I was trying to emphasize what I have found among those I know who are in favor of reviving the Tridentine Mass in our parish, and others here in the Boston area. It seems the form is more important than the substance."

From my experience, those who are in favor of reviving the Traditional Latin Mass pay much more attention to the "substance" than most Novus Ordo Catholics. However, the "form" is not unimportant. The form of the Traditional Latin Mass is filled with a deep symbolism which always reinforces the substance. Sadly, this has been lost in the new Mass.

In my own case, I have obtained a deeper understanding of the "substance" in my first year of attending the Traditional Latin Mass than I did in over thirty years of attending the new Mass.


16 posted on 01/13/2007 8:10:08 PM PST by Cavalcabo (Sancte Michael, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.)
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Not at my parish.


17 posted on 01/13/2007 9:45:50 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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18 posted on 01/13/2007 10:11:11 PM PST by anonymoussierra (Cordiali Saluti)
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Not at my parish.

Yeah, I think it makes a difference what the emphasis is from your priests.

I go to a pretty average N.O. parish with a 35 year old pastor. He makes it clear several times a year during his homilies that he, personally, sees his confessor a minimum of once a month. He models it for everyone else and makes it clear that the sacrament is available outside of the scheduled times, if needed.

If I have something serious to confess, I make sure I make it at the start of the scheduled time on Saturday, I've seen the line long enough that not everyone makes it before Mass starts an hour and a half later.

19 posted on 01/14/2007 7:25:02 AM PST by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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"I make sure I make it at the start of the scheduled time on Saturday, I've seen the line long enough that not everyone makes it before Mass starts an hour and a half later."

Perhaps your priest should take some more time from his busy week to offer this sacrament.


20 posted on 01/14/2007 8:08:04 AM PST by dsc
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