Posted on 07/20/2007 9:07:38 PM PDT by ELS
Archbishop Burke locuta est.
God bless Archbishop Burke. The announcement that seminarians will be trained in the extraordinary form is wonderful news.
God bless Archbishop Burke. I am beginning to think again of St. Louis as the Rome of North America.
I would like to post these links with the intent that they may be helpful to someone:
For Priests Who Would Like Learn How To Celebrate The Roman Rite
An invitation to priests: Learn To Celebrate The Classical Roman Rite, courtesy of Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP)
03/11/2007, UVA Launches Priest Training Workshops (Joint Effort with FSSP)
Summorum Pontificum Contact Database
"[...] putting the Catholic faithful who want to assist at the extraordinary form of the Holy Mass in touch with Catholic priests who want to say the extraordinary form of the Holy Mass." (copied)
Forum
Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum - TLM in USA (post your 1962 Mass locations here)
just for fun
Siete favorevoli al ritorno della messa in latino?
Sì 75.3%
No 24.7%
Numero Votanti: 43084
I never voted in Italian before! ;-)
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Amen.
I know Fr. Oppenheimer, founder of the Canons Regular of New Jerusalem, pretty well. He once told me about how then Bishop Burke welcomed him into the diocese of Lacrosse, Wisconsin before they both moved on to St. Louis. Fr. Oppenheimer said Burke provided him with all the help he could give, and made the canons feel right at home. Then an exchange along the following lines took place:
Fr. Oppenheimer thanked Burke for everything he had done.
Burke told him he was glad to help, and then said: “I do have one favor to ask of you Father.”
Fr. O.: “Sure, what can I do for you, Your Excellency?”
Burke: (and Fr. O said he made this request with great humility), “Sometime I would like to serve as your altar server at the old Mass.”
Fr. O. was pleased and horrified at the same time. He knew this was a sign of great humility on Bishop Burke’s part. A bishop, a rising star in the Church, who once was the highest ranking American canon lawyer in history, was asking him if he could be his altar boy to humbly assist at Mass! Fr. O. knew, however, that this could never be. He said something like: “No, Your Excellency, you could never serve as an altar server. You’re a bishop, we would gladly have you assist at Mass in your role as bishop!”
Fr. Oppenheimer, who as a convert, former member of SSPX, original member of FSSP, and now the founder of a religious order has seen it all, but he was genuinely touched by Archbishop Burke’s humility. I wish we had many more bishops like him. I wonder if he will be made a cardinal soon too?
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Catholic Caucus?
ELS, I’ve added the caucus designation to the header as requested by Petronski. If you’d rather it be an open thread, let me know.
From your keyboard to God's eyes. That is a beautiful account of his request to Fr. O. Thank you for posting it.
Between Abp. Burke and the ICRSS in St. Louis, MO and the Benedictines of Mary in Kansas City, MO, I am giving serious thought to moving out to Missouri.
It makes me wonder why the two of them were specifically chosen. I also wonder if Benedict XVI personally selected the bishops to be invited to that meeting.
Thank you for posting those links.
Ave Maria!
Thanks for the informational post.
I'd have to say my gut feeling is that this Pope isn't inclined to leave things to chance -- not when he's been working on this motu proprio so long, soothing French bishops and all. However, the gist of the meeting seems to have been lost on O'Malley.
I wonder if Ecclesia Dei is tracking diocesan responses the way, say, Fr. Zuhlsberg and summorumpontificum.com are. I hope so!
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