Tridentine Community News

Tridentine Community News (June 26, 2011):

New Pastors for St. Josaphat & Assumption-Windsor

On July 1, Fr. Darrell Roman becomes the new pastor of the cluster of St. Josaphat, St. Joseph, and Sweetest Heart of Mary Churches. Fr. Roman is a Detroit native and studied for the priesthood in Poland for the Society of Christ. He has served as assistant pastor of St. Florian, Hamtramck and St. Joseph, Lake Orion and is presently in the process of incardinating into the Archdiocese of Detroit. He has an interest in Latin Liturgy and has participated in the comments on some of the liturgical blogs, including Fr. Z’s. He plans to learn the Tridentine Mass soon. In the interim, the full rotation of celebrants who have served St. Josaphat Church in the past will resume.

Also on July 1, Fr. William Riegel, CSB becomes the new pastor of Windsor’s Assumption Parish, which includes Assumption Church and Holy Name of Mary Church. Fr. Riegel is a Basilian priest from Detroit who has most recently taught at and served as Director of Operations of the neighboring Assumption University. He takes this office at a critical time as construction will soon begin on the restoration of Assumption Church. Fr. Peter Hrytsyk remains the chaplain of Assumption’s Latin Mass Community.

We ask your prayers for our new pastors as well as for outgoing St. Josaphat pastor Fr. Paul Czarnota and outgoing Assumption pastor Fr. Paul Walsh as they begin their new ministries.

LLA Videos Available On-line

St. Michael’s Media has made available the recordings from the 2010 Latin Liturgy Association Convention. All of the talks and excerpts from Bishop Joseph Perry’s Pontifical Mass may be viewed on-line, on the Media page at: www.windsorlatinmass.org


DVDs of all of the above continue to be available from www.realcatholictv.com.

Recommended Read: The Mass of Ages Magazine

Despite the plethora of information available about the Extraordinary Form of Holy Mass on the Internet on web sites and blogs, there is still a place for traditional printed media.

A few newsletters exist, such as the Fraternity of St. Peter’s monthly publication and ones published a few times per year by the Institute of Christ the King and Una Voce America. The aforementioned are available free upon request. The Latin Liturgy Association publishes an occasional newsletter for its (paid) members. In the realm of traditional monthly periodicals, The Latin Mass magazine is perhaps the best known and most widely distributed glossy publication.

Less known in North America is The Mass of Ages, the superb quarterly magazine published by the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales. With a diverse editorial mix, interesting content by a broad spectrum of authors, and extensive coverage of the thriving Tridentine Mass scene in the U.K., The Mass of Ages shows what is possible when a highly structured advocacy organization works relentlessly to place the Extraordinary Form in the mainstream of Catholic life. The Mass of Ages is widely distributed in Catholic bookshops in the U.K., alongside The Catholic Herald and The Catholic Times, newspapers which give a comparable amount of coverage to Extraordinary Form matters as North American Catholic newspapers typically allocate to pro-life or social justice issues.

The Mass of Ages is sent at no charge to members of the Latin Mass Society. Membership and single copy purchase information is available at: http://www.lms.org.uk/news-and-events/magazine

Tridentine Masses This Coming Week

Mon. 06/27 7:00 PM: Low Mass at St. Josaphat (Feria [Celebrant may choose a Votive Mass])

Tue. 06/28 7:00 PM: Low Mass at Assumption-Windsor (Vigil of Ss. Peter & Paul)

Wed. 06/29 7:00 PM: High Mass at St. Josaphat (Ss. Peter & Paul, Apostles)

Fri. 07/01 7:00 PM: High Mass at St. Josaphat (Sacred Heart of Jesus) [First Friday]

Sat. 07/02 9:30 AM: High Mass at St. Josaphat (Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ) [First Saturday]

[Comments? Please e-mail tridnews@stjosaphatchurch.org. Previous columns are available at www.stjosaphatchurch.org. This edition of Tridentine Community News, with minor editions, is from the St. Josaphat bulletin insert for June 26, 2011. Hat tip to A.B.]