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Good points. There is one Indult in Boston in a back alley but beautiful parish. The Tridentine is at noontime and the rest of the Masses are NO. So far, I haven't heard about any problems (demanding daily low Masses, etc) and the Indult has been there for about 10 years with a very devoted community...It's a nice community and it seems to me that by bringing back the traditional stuff, the community is more of a community. --- Like I don't see the NO's looking at the Tridentine families like they have two heads. Everyone seems very friendly.

We have the same thing here in Indianapolis. Around five years ago, the Archbishop gave us a permanent home. It was an older parish, that was slowly dying and slated to be closed in the near future. This was because the younger generation had moved out of the neighborhood. The first year was a little rough, as both sides did have a natural distrust of one-another. But as time passed, we have become friends.

Sundays and Holy days, both Masses are sung. Weekdays, the 2 Masses are alternated. Quite a few of the local trads attend the weekday NO Mass, and some of the NO folks attend the Low Mass during the other days.

We have the Sacraments available in both Rites, and the Funeral Masses are available also in both Rites.

Parish life is very good. We have First Friday, all night Exposition. At first, it was supported only by the trads, but now, the NO folks are helping to fill up the night hours. They are also increasingly taking part in other devotions, such as the annual Corpus Christi procession. We have an annual festival in which both groups volunteer to work, and I could go on.

As an aside, I am not sure what the Indult parish does regarding the "table" altar. It is nowhere to be seen during the Tridentine Mass.

Due to necessity, we move it to the side and down into the nave, and bring it back into position after High Mass. During the week, whenever Low Mass is celebrated, one of the side altars are used, leaving the NO altar in place for the NO weekday Masses.

We also have portable communion rails. They are moved to the center for High Mass and moved in front of the side altars for the NO Mass. Personally, I wish they were permanent. Maybe someday soon.

When we arrived at the church, there was no confessional. That's right, there was no confessional. It was removed during a wreckovation during the early eighties. A new confessional was built that accomodates both Rites.

All in all, this has worked out very well, and we both look forward to many more years of happy and peaceful co-existance.

Beautiful. THis is what I had in mind and it is what I think Sinkspur has in mind. Among us on these threads are those who cling to the port side of the Barque and those who cling to the starboard side.

We can be a positive influence on each other and following Sinkspurs suggestion is one way to do it.

The Barque moves through troubled waters by the pneuma of the Holy Ghost and sometimes we tack to one side and sometimes the other. We Catholics, for most of our existence, have had more than one Rite available to us and, as ol' Msgr. Nolan learnt me, " And that then, is as it should be."

I have really enjoyed this thread and the signs of hope and goodwill shown here

We have the same thing here in Indianapolis. Around five years ago, the Archbishop gave us a permanent home.

This is an FSSP parish, right?

Weekdays, the 2 Masses are alternated. Quite a few of the local trads attend the weekday NO Mass, and some of the NO folks attend the Low Mass during the other days.

Are the New Masses celebrated by the FSSP priests?