Sunday, October 20, 2019

Tridentine Community News - London Oratory Schola Sings for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI; Rubrics Books for the Ordinary Form; Fort Hood Episode of Extraordinary Faith Now Viewable on YouTube and Vimeo; Tridentine Masses This Coming Week


"I will go in unto the Altar of God
To God, Who giveth joy to my youth"

Tridentine Community News by Alex Begin (October 20, 2019):
October 20, 2019 – Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

London Oratory Schola Sings for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

There’s the A-List, and then there’s the A-List. Readers of this column have heard about the amazing music program on offer at the London Oratory in England. One of the several choirs which sings there is the London Oratory Schola, a boys’ choir from the affiliated London Oratory School. They rehearse every day, sing for many Masses at the church, tour the world every year, and sing for film scores, most notably the Harry Potter films.

Last Sunday, October 13, they were invited to sing at the Vatican for the Canonization Mass for St. John Henry Newman. That’s impressive enough, but the young choristers had a surprise in store: They were also invited to sing for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. In the photo below, taken after the private concert (a video is available on the schola’s Facebook page), choir director Charles Cole is seated on Pope Benedict’s left. What a joy to see one of our most renowned Latin repertoire choirs being given such a significant honor.


Rubrics Books for the Ordinary Form



Many readers of this column are aware that there exist books which are considered the standard references for the rubrics of the Traditional Latin Mass: The primary, and periodically updated, reference is the 2009 edition of Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described, by Fortescue, O’Connell, and Reid; and the secondary reference, particularly for calendar issues, is the 1964 edition of O’Connell’s The Celebration of Mass.



Less well-known are the comparable books for the Ordinary Form of Mass: Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott of Melbourne, Australia, wrote Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite [now in its second edition], Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year, and Ministry at the Altar, the definitive books concerning celebration of and serving the Novus Ordo. No one else has undertaken this sort of effort.

A common theme in these books is that His Excellency recommends that we look to the Traditional Mass rubrics for guidance when the norms for the new liturgy are unclear or ambiguous. Continuity does make sense.

Bishop Elliott has toured the world lecturing on proper celebration of the Holy Mass and even concelebrated a Latin Novus Ordo Mass ad oriéntem at St. Josaphat Church in Detroit in 2005. More recently he has offered the Extraordinary Form at various prominent churches and conferences around the globe.

Fort Hood Episode of Extraordinary Faith Now Viewable on YouTube and Vimeo


Episode 23 of Extraordinary Faith – Fort Hood – is now available for viewing on-line. This episode covered the remarkable establishment of a Latin Mass community at one of the U.S.’s largest army posts. You can find the episode on the Extraordinary Faith channel on both YouTube and Vimeo. This episode was posted on-line prior to some earlier episodes due to popular demand; additional episodes will be posted in upcoming weeks.

Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
  • Tue. 10/22 7:00 PM: High Requiem Mass at Holy Name of Mary, Windsor (Daily Mass for the Dead)
  • Sat. 10/26 8:30 AM: Low Mass at Miles Christi (Saturday of Our Lady)
  • Sun. 10/27 11:00 AM: Pontifical Solemn Mass at Assumption Grotto (Christ the King) – Celebrant: Raymond Cardinal Burke
[Comments? Please e-mail tridnews@detroitlatinmass.org. Previous columns are available at http://www.detroitlatinmass.org. This edition of Tridentine Community News, with minor editions, is from the St. Albertus (Detroit), Academy of the Sacred Heart (Bloomfield Hills), and St. Alphonsus and Holy Name of Mary Churches (Windsor) bulletin inserts for October 20, 2019. Hat tip to Alex Begin, author of the column.]

Saturday, October 19, 2019

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* NB: The SSPX chapels among those Mass sites listed above are posted here because the Holy Father has announced that "those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of their sins," and subsequently extended this privilege beyond the Year of Mercy. These chapels are not listed among the approved parishes and worship sites on archdiocesan websites.

Sunday, October 13, 2019

Tridentine Community News - The Mystical Body of Christ; Archbishop Cordileone to Celebrate Traditional Mass at DC’s National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception; Visiting the “Scavi” at the Vatican; St. Mary, Williamston Debuts Monthly Traditional Mass; Tridentine Masses This Coming Week


"I will go in unto the Altar of God
To God, Who giveth joy to my youth"

Tridentine Community News by Alex Begin (October 6, 2019):
October 6, 2019 – External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary

The Mystical Body of Christ


Via Juventútem London comes the above diagram of the Mystical Body of Christ, depicting the relationship between the Church Militant on Earth, the Church Suffering in Purgatory, and the Church Triumphant in Heaven. We must never forget the assistance that the branches are able to provide one another, in particular the obligation we have to assist the Suffering Souls in Purgatory.

Archbishop Cordileone to Celebrate Traditional Mass at DC’s National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception


On Saturday, November 16 at 10:00 AM, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will celebrate a Pontifical Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form at Washington, DC’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. This will only be the third or possibly fourth time that the Traditional Mass will have been celebrated in the main upper church of the National Shrine over the past 50 years. The Mass will be broadcast live on EWTN. The occasion is the debut of composer Frank La Rocca’s Mass of the Americas. First performed for the Ordinary Form in 2018, La Rocca specifically adapted this Mass setting for the Extraordinary Form, and colleagues from San Francisco’s Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship will comprise the choir at the Basilica. Visiting the “Scavi” at the Vatican


The “Scavi” are the excavations of the necropolis beneath St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. St. Peter’s tomb is located there. It is not well-known that tours of the Scavi are available. The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has published a web page explaining how to arrange such a visit. For details, see: https://va.usembassy.gov/embassy/vatican-visit/the-scavi/

St. Mary, Williamston Debuts Monthly Traditional Mass

Via Juventútem Michigan comes word that St. Mary Church in Williamston, Michigan is introducing monthly Tridentine Masses on Sundays at 5:00 PM. The celebrant will be pastor Fr. Mark Rutherford. Consult the parish’s Facebook page for the specific dates on which Masses will be held.

Williamston is located southeast of Lansing, Michigan.

Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
  • Tue. 10/08 7:00 PM: Low Mass at Holy Name of Mary, Windsor (St. Bridget of Sweden, Widow)
  • Sat. 10/12 8:30 AM: Low Mass at Miles Christi (Saturday of Our Lady)
[Comments? Please e-mail tridnews@detroitlatinmass.org. Previous columns are available at http://www.detroitlatinmass.org. This edition of Tridentine Community News, with minor editions, is from the St. Albertus (Detroit), Academy of the Sacred Heart (Bloomfield Hills), and St. Alphonsus and Holy Name of Mary Churches (Windsor) bulletin inserts for October 6, 2019. Hat tip to Alex Begin, author of the column.]

Tridentine Community News - Weekly Low Mass Debuts at St. Mary of Redford; Particulars on Commemorations; Diocese of Biloxi Latin Mass Training; Tridentine Masses This Coming Week


"I will go in unto the Altar of God
To God, Who giveth joy to my youth"

Tridentine Community News by Alex Begin (October 13, 2019):
October 13, 2019 – Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Weekly Low Mass Debuts at St. Mary of Redford

Beginning on October 19, a weekly Saturday 8:00 AM Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be held at St. Mary of Redford Church. Parish Administrator Fr. Athanasius Fornwalt, FHS will be the celebrant. Keep an eye on this parish, as occasional Solemn High Masses are also in the planning stages.

Particulars on Commemorations

A reader asked about the rules for Commemorations on Sundays. A Commemoration is the addition of a second – and in a few instances a third – Collect, Secret, and Postcommunion to the Mass. On weekdays this is a common occurrence when there are secondary Saint(s) on the same Feast Day. On Sundays the rules are a little different: Sundays are days of our Lord, and He must be at least commemorated. When a special Sunday Feast of our Lord is mandated (e.g.: the External Solemnity of Corpus Christi) or is optional (e.g.: the External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart), the skipped Sunday After Pentecost is not commemorated, as the primary Feast is already of our Lord.

When a special Sunday Feast is not of our Lord (e.g.: the Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel or the External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary), the collects of the skipped Sunday After Pentecost are added, so that our Lord becomes part of the day’s observances. On Mission Sunday, the collects from the Votive Mass of the Propagation of the Faith are added as commemorations.

Trivia question: The Altar Missal contains (weekday) Masses for the secondary Saints. When can those be celebrated? Answer: 1) If the secondary Saint is the Patron Saint of a parish of diocese, it takes precedence on the Feast Day. In that case the roles are reversed, and the Saint that is the primary Saint becomes the secondary one. The Mass of the secondary Saint is celebrated, and the usually Primary Saint is commemorated instead. 2) On a Fourth Class Feria or Feast, the celebrant may elect to celebrate the Mass of any Saint, including the Mass of one of the usually secondary Saints from any day of the Church Year.

Diocese of Biloxi Latin Mass Training

There was much excitement this week in the Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi as three priests celebrated their first Holy Masses in the Extraordinary Form on October 8 & 9, after training from Extraordinary Faith: Congratulations to Fr. Mike O'Connor [pictured], Pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf Parish, Bay St. Louis; Fr. Marcin Wiktor, Parochial Vicar, St. Charles Borromeo, Picayune; and Fr. Colten Symmes, Parochial Vicar, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, Biloxi. Of particular interest to readers of this column: Fr. Wiktor studied at Orchard Lake Seminary with Fr. Louis Madey and attended Mass at St. Josaphat Church while there.



Extraordinary Faith’s music instructor spent two days teaching the choir of Our Lady of the Gulf to sing the Traditional Mass, and altar servers also received instruction. The Diocese of Biloxi is establishing a Traditional Mass site at the recently restored historic church, with the three priests rotating as celebrants. The Communion Rail will be reinstalled over the next several weeks in preparation. Our Lady of the Gulf Master of Ceremonies Bill Cork [pictured at left] arranged the training session.

Despite there being no advance publicity, approximately 50 faithful turned out for the first High Mass on Tuesday evening. The enthusiasm on the part of everyone involved was inspiring proof that good things are happening in the Church at the grass roots level, as people work together for beauty in worship.

Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
  • Tue. 10/25 7:00 PM: Low Mass at Holy Name of Mary, Windsor (St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin)
  • Sat. 10/19 8:00 AM: Low Mass at St. Mary of Redford (St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor) – Debut of new weekly Low Mass
[Comments? Please e-mail tridnews@detroitlatinmass.org. Previous columns are available at http://www.detroitlatinmass.org. This edition of Tridentine Community News, with minor editions, is from the St. Albertus (Detroit), Academy of the Sacred Heart (Bloomfield Hills), and St. Alphonsus and Holy Name of Mary Churches (Windsor) bulletin inserts for October 13, 2019. Hat tip to Alex Begin, author of the column.]

St. John Henry Cardinal Newman! - canonized today, Oct. 13th, 2019



Fr. Rutler's Weekly Column
October 13, 2019

Over forty years ago, I told a wise Protestant theologian that I had been reading the Apologia pro Vita Sua of John Henry Newman (1801-1890). He warned me that it is “a dangerous book.” That was just the sort of advice that makes a young thinker all the more eager to read it. And so I did, and so did countless others whose lives were changed by this book, whose passages are some of the most beautiful in the English language, and whose author’s the thoughts considering the psychology of the soul are undying.

Newman wrote that book in four weeks, standing at his upright desk in Birmingham, England, in response to a personal attack on his integrity: “I have been in perfect peace and contentment; I never have had one doubt. I was not conscious to myself, on my conversion, of any change, intellectual or moral, wrought in my mind . . . but it was like coming into port after a rough sea; and my happiness on that score remains to this day without interruption.”

Today Newman is to be canonized in Rome, a tribute to his unsurpassed gifts of grace as theologian, historian, writer, poet, preacher and, most of all, a pastor of souls. While preaching and writing immortal words, he also was meticulous in running the Oratory school he founded, even making costumes for school plays, paying coal bills, and playing his fiddle in the school orchestra.

In his honor and in thanksgiving for the Church’s recognition of his holiness, of which the angels never were in doubt, we shall dedicate today a shrine for him in our church. As with all that we try to do in our church, this sculpture is the work of one of our own parishioners. Newman foresaw with uncanny prescience the various challenges of our own day, and this monument should be a reminder to pray for his intercession on behalf of our local church and the Church Universal in a time of spiritual combat, which is a lot like what he faced in his own age.

To Newman’s great surprise, and even “shock,” the newly elected Pope Leo XIII in 1879 created him a cardinal. He had been so attacked and calumniated for his religious views over many years, that he was satisfied that the “cloud” had finally been lifted. In his acceptance speech he said that his entire life had been consecrated to refuting the doctrine of relativism which held that “Revealed religion is not a truth, but a sentiment and a taste; not an objective fact, not miraculous; and it is the right of each individual to make it say just what strikes his fancy.”

Today we sing Cardinal Newman’s hymn, “Lead, Kindly Light,” which his own life embodied and faith made bold: “I do not ask to see the distant scene, one step enough for me.”

Faithfully yours in Christ,
Father George W. Rutler

Tridentine Masses coming this week in metro Detroit and eastern Michigan


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* NB: The SSPX chapels among those Mass sites listed above are posted here because the Holy Father has announced that "those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of their sins," and subsequently extended this privilege beyond the Year of Mercy. These chapels are not listed among the approved parishes and worship sites on archdiocesan websites.