Ping!
“On the East Coast, at Fordham, Jesuit Father Joseph Currie, director of campus ministry, said the university offers the Mass once a month in deference to the Pope and the desire of students who formed a Facebook group to request it. “We are giving it a chance to catch on,” Father Currie said. “If it is of God, it will last. If it is not of God, it will go on its way.”
Ummmmmmmmmm, if we have a reunion anytime soon, the rest of you guys just come on over and don’t tell this guy where you are going, OK?
The Usus Antiquor did not originate in 1570! This is a very common mistake because of a misunderstanding of the name. The “Tridentine” Mass was codified and the ancient forms made officially the norm for the universal church during that year at the Council of Trent under Pope Saint Pius V. The Liturgy of the Church goes further back by many centuries to early Christian times. There are Missals in existence from centuries earlier that are virtually identical to the Tridentine version. It was not suddenly invented in 1570, but dates from antiquity.
It is almost impossible to read an article on the Extraordinary Form (or most things Catholic it seems) without finding many errors. With Fr. Fessio’s help this one is better than most, and I realize I’m pointing out what may seem a small detail. But I feel it’s important for non-Catholics and post-Vatican II younger ones to realize that there is a tradition here that is deeply intertwined with the entire history of the church, actually of all Christendom, not just the last five centuries.
**Notre Dame offers the extraordinary form at 8 a.m. on Sundays in a chapel located at the center of the campus and attendance hovers around 100, Perkins said. The resurgence of Notre Dame’s Catholic identity, with 75% of the Catholic students attending Mass at least on Sunday, is enriched by the extraordinary form, he said.**
Good news for Notre Dame and for Catholics!