Tridentine troop surge

The parochial administrator of a metro Detroit church has an article entitled "17 ... And Counting" in today's parish bulletin:

We couldn't resist a headline reminiscent of the announcer from a James Bond film, counting down the launch of a doomsday weapon. The number 17 refers to the number of priests in the Archdiocese of Detroit whom we have learned are considering starting a Tridentine Mass of one sort or another. That's 11 more than we knew about three weeks ago. We believe this is the second highest interest level of any diocese in North America.

Even such ebullience couldn't prevent the cool caveat of realism, however:

Of course, many if not most of these will not pan out, and those that do may not start for several months.

Still ... much better than driving for two hours or more to escape the horrors of standard AmChurch fare. It's a nice change to go to church expecting to encounter Christ and not come away, as Martin Mosebach says, a theater critic.