Sadly, there is no "REAL Catholic Pastor", because there is no Parish. The physical property is owned by a real-estate development corporation, from which these pseudocatholics are leasing it.
...and the beat goes on in the Archdiocese of Boston (RCAB).
We have a Cardinal who has never seriously considered pastoral needs of traditionalist Catholics who is seemingly bent on shutting down Holy Trinity Church (HTC), home of Boston's German Catholic and Indult Latin Mass communities, despite our pleadings.
Check out:
http://www.holytrinitygerman.org/
Lost on the RCAB is the important role historic churches like Patrick Keeley's Holy Trinity (1877) play in both our physical patrimony and call to evangelization as Catholics. All we seem to experience is a general lack of pastoral solicitude and general diminishment by clerical utilitarians in the role Houses of God play as an effective physical manifestation in the culture war (in Massachusetts). What we hear from the Archdiocese of Boston (RCAB) reconfiguration facilitators are sound bytes that minimize the role churches will play in the modern Catholic identity. Labels as “worship space” and parrotted phrases as , "It only buildings" are most troubling. Previous generations of Boston Catholics regarded the Sacred Architecture of the parish as a primary encounter with the Faith that housed God's Incarnate Reality in the Blessed Sacrament...the "Gate of Heaven". It too said it all. I guess times have changed where a Catholic sense as virtually vanished by those who should be leading the charge.
The Cardinal, despite his physical proximity (a 7 minute walk) to HTC, has never had the decency to even darken Holy Trinity's door...even in unannounced manner. In fact its my understanding that he recently visited “Bridge over Troubled Waters”, a home for troubled young people, in the former HTC Rectory. When asked if he had any interest in seeing Holy Trinity’s interior, he simply responded, “No”. So much for pastoral solicitude, at least as far as the concerns of HTC’s parishioners.
Maybe I’m just “sour grapes”. I get the feeling the Archdiocesan weekly, 'The Pilot' and his Blog (http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/) are very careful to cultivate an impression “Cardinal Sean” is very accessible, very low key and has an interest in the downtrodden. Personally, I have found him less accessible than Cardinal Law in the mid-90’s, who only seems to communicate through his inner circle unless there is some advantage.
Since 2003, we have continually stressed the importance of a dedicated apostolate for the Faithful who seek out the richness of Classical Roman Rite and Sacraments, to both stem an exodus and the general growth of schismatic groups, (particularly those harboring sedevantist error) and attracting newcomers. What has been the RCAB's answer?…
One of dozens of replies:
“Please know the Archbishop has received requests similar to your’s in the past and has consistently responded that in accord with the request of Ecclesia Dei the archdiocese of Boston provides the celebration of Mass in the Tridentine(sic)Rite and has qualified priests to celebrate this Mass. It is not the intention of the Archbishop to begin a Tridentine(sic)Rite parish, thus at this time he does not envision the necessity nor the advantage of inviting priests from either of the two groups (FSSP & ICK) that you mention to the Archdiocese as we can provide for the celebration of the Mass on a weekly basis.”
Most Reverend Richard G. Lennon (now Bishop of Cleveland)
15 Feb 06
There you have it, one of dozens of boiler plate responses received from the RCAB Chancery that continues to dismiss the general aspirations of the Faithful. I never cease to be amazed that our hierarchy thinks this is solely a liturgical issue with never any consideration of a legitimate need for parish life born out of the Classical Liturgy.
FYI, I understand that the sedevacantist CMRI chapel in Woburn (MA) has now more that 300 people attending on a Sunday. Most Sundays we see between 200-250 at HT. Now why the flap and astonishment over Sacred Heart? Maybe the RCAB will get the hint.