Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Awesome! EWTN interview with our own Alex Begin, creator of the EWTN series, "Extraordinary Faith"

Inspirational! Whether you have seen any of the EWTN series on "Extraordinary Faith," if you love magnificent Catholic architecture, art, music and liturgy, here is an interview with the inestimable Alex Begin (creator of the show), hosted by Fr. Joseph Mary Wolfe on EWTN 'LIVE' (Fr. Mitch Pacwa was still in recovery following a hospital stay). Even the lovely Diane Begin makes a couple of appearances in the show, in the first row of the audience on the left, dressed in black, with blonde hair. Enjoy!

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Monday, May 16, 2016

Tridentine Masses coming this week to metro Detroit and east Michigan



Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
* 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." These chapels are not listed among the approved parishes and worship sites on archdiocesan websites. Also please note that St. Joseph's SSPX Chapel in Richmond has moved to Ray Township, at 57575 Romeo Plank Rd., Ray Twp., MI 48096.

**NB: [Update: All St. Joseph's Church Masses have been re-located to St. Josaphat, Detroit, until further notice, due to structural renovations.]


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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Shock and awe! "Why a Chaste Engagement Matters"

Emily Stimpson, "Why a Chaste Engagement Matters" (National Catholic Register, April 10, 2016).

[Hat tip to JM]
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Some excellent questions by Greg Krehbiel on the prospect of women deacons

Now that Pope Francis seems intent on opening the next Pandora's Box, this one about women deacons, here are some very good questions that really ought to be carefully considered, offered here by Greg Krehbiel, a very sharp-minded fellow who even brews his own beer! Love this guy!


[Hat tip to JM]
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Winner of Dutch art contest on current multiculturalism in Europe

The title: "WATERING THE TREE OF YOUR OWN DEMISE" (The Burning Platform, May 10, 2016):


[Hat tip L.S.]
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Dueling Catholic Videos that leave some Protestants perplexed

D.G. Hart, "Dueling Videos" (Old Life, May 9, 2016). One is a USCCB video on religious liberty that cause Michael Sean Winters and Anthony Annett to cringe. The other is Pope Francis' most recent prayer video, which provokes an acrid response from Michael Matt. Thought-provoking.

[Hat tip to JM]
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Elementary, my dear Watson ...

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Sunday, May 08, 2016

Fr. Perrone: Primavera, springtime, children, the Blessed Virgin, irrepressible hope of faith, and grand feast days of spring

Fr. Eduard Perrone, "A Pastor's Descant" [temporary link] (Assumption Grotto News, May 8, 2016):
Primavera - literally, 'the first green' -- is Springtime. Nature shows her loveliest, maidenly beauty at this very time. The famous, mysterious paintings by Botticelli comes to mind when I see the enticing, chaste blossoms of early spring. A tree just outside the rectory show herself at the most arresting just now. That tree -- which perhaps should be removed because its jumbled roots entangle the ground and stress the rectory's basement walls -- I can't get myself to take down simply because at this very time of year she dazzles me with her beauty. Ah! the season of love! Holy Church, seizing the opportunity, makes us look upon the loveliness of the Virgin Mary, She whose month this is. Both virginal and yet maternally fruitful, Holy Mary is the apogee of created beauty, of holiness and supernatural grace. Because this is the month of Mary we have the May Crowning today and the First Communion of our children. The comeliness of innocence is difficult to speak of in words but so readily recognized when seen. Children, springtime, Virgin Mary -- the three go naturally together, as various facets of this singular, perennially youthful manifestation of beauty.


It would be easy to fall prey to pessimism or cynicism over so many bad things happening in our world these days. It's a temptation to which we must not yield, not even an inch. Just as nature obstinately puts forth her glories in spring, just as the emergence of the sun causes life daily to spring up, just so God bestows the marvels of supernatural blessings upon His undeserving children day after day. We need to pull ourselves out of any self-indulgent tendencies towards moroseness about the many things we might (justly) find worthy of complaint and, with St. Paul, look above, upon the things of heaven, rather than down upon the base, sorroful things here below. I'm not suggesting we acquire the technique of "positive thinking" -- a vain, secularist, stupid exercise -- but that we recognize the truth of stubbornly insistent goodness in prevailing over evil, of beauty over vulgarity. In terms of our faith, it's the truth of Christ's victory over the devil, even though he, in the short run, is given his allotted time and influence to fulfil his providential role in making us struggle, fight, for the truth and for the kingdom of God so that by contending with him we might merit for ourselves a place in heaven.

Be ye then of good cheer, though you will surely have a share in the woes of this life. Spring is a reminder of the good things of God and an invitation to look above the many wicked beckonings of the evil one, and to persevere in hope. The Virgin Mary is the Mother of holy hope, Mater sanctae spei. We turn to Her with confident love, She who never abandons us "unaided" (as the Memorare reminds us).

Some great days just ahead of us. Next Sunday will be Pentecost, that once minor Jewish festival forever converted into a Christian feast of momentous significance through the coming of the Holy Spirit. We will celebrate the day with full solemnity at the 9:30 Solemn High Mass with the 'Credo' Mass by Mozart. The Men's League will gather to appear before the Eucharistic Lord this Saturday at 6:30 a.m. adoring and petitioning Him for things many and untold. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred not this Tuesday but one week from then -- on the 17th. Our friend, Father Aiden Logan will return here to give a talk on patriotism (a much neglected topic) on May 22 in a fundraising event for the K of C. Then, of top-drawer significance, Corpus Christi Sunday will greet us on May 29th with its stirring, inspiring prayers and chants composed by St. Thomas Aquinas. This day concludes with the Eucharistic Procession and the four-fold blessing with the Blessed Sacrament. Concerning which I want to sent out a general call to our parishioners to see if any families (or individuals) would set up and adorn the outdoor altars for Corpus Christi Sunday, altars upon which the Lord will repose. We need four such altars by four families or persons. It's an honor for anyone to undertake this, a task which is -- I think -- not too onerous and immensely rewarding. If you think you'd like to do this for the Lord and for your parishioners, please call the rectory soon and let us know. You'll be given particulars about what's to be done and what the parish will supply for you.


In fine I should mention the feast of the Sacred Heart June 3 which we will observe with all due solemnity this year, accompanied by Schubert's Mass in G Minor at the 7:00 evening Mass; the special Mass at 9:30 a.m. June 5, the day of Canonization of Saint-elect Stanislaus Popcaynski, founder of the Marians, whereupon the Schubert Mass will again be performed and the image of the Saint will be blessed, and an open banquet will be offered to all in the gym following the Mass. (More about that day later.)

For the moment, however, delight in the pleasant expectation of these joyful celebrations in these most lovely days of Primavera.

Fr. Perrone
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Tridentine Community News - The Doctors of the Church; Book review: The Wonders of the Mass; Miles Christi Mass format; TLM Mass schedule


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

Tridentine Community News by Alex Begin (May 8, 2016):
May 8, 2016 – Sunday After the Ascension

The Doctors of the Church

Have you ever wondered just who are the “Doctors of the Church”? We’re not talking about the Vatican Physician Corps here. The term may be casually used, but it actually refers to a very specific set of individuals, known for the depth of their grasp of the faith and the orthodoxy of their teaching. Interestingly, there are some relatively recent additions to the list. The below table, taken from catholic.org, provides the complete list, showing name, lifespan, and the date of designation by a Pope.
  • St. Athanasius, 296 – 373, 1568 by Pius V
  • St. Ephraem the Syrian, 306 – 373, October 5, 1920 by Benedict XV
  • St. Hilary of Poitiers, 315 – 367, May 13, 1851 by Pius IX
  • St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 315 – 386, July 28, 1882 by Leo XIII
  • St. Gregory of Nazianzus, 325 – 389, 1568 by Pius V
  • St. Basil the Great, 329 – 379, 1568 by Pius V
  • St. Ambrose, 339 – 397, September 20, 1295 by Boniface VIII
  • St. John Chrysostom, 347 – 407, 1568 by Pius V
  • St. Jerome, 347 – 419, September 20, 1295 by Boniface XIII
  • St. Augustine, 354 – 430, September 20, 1295 by Boniface XIII
  • St. Cyril of Alexandria, 376 – 444, July 28, 1882 by Leo XIII
  • St. Peter Chrysologous, 400 – 450, February 10, 1729 by Benedict XIII
  • St. Leo the Great, 400 – 461, October 15, 1754 by Benedict XIV
  • St. Gregory the Great, 540 – 604, September 20, 1295 by Boniface XIII
  • St. Isidore of Seville, 560 – 636, April 25, 1722 by Innocent XIII
  • St. John of Damascus, 645 – 749, August 19, 1890 by Leo XIII
  • St. Bede the Venerable, 672 – 735, November 13, 1899 by Leo XIII
  • St. Gregory of Narek, 951 – 1003, February 21, 2015 by Francis
  • St. Peter Damian, 1007 – 1072, September 27, 1828 by Leo XII
  • St. Anselm, 1033 – 1109, February 3, 1720 by Clement XI
  • St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090 – 1153, August 20, 1830 by Pius VIII
  • St. Hildegard of Bingen, 1098 – 1179, October 7, 2012 by Benedict XVI
  • St. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231, January 16, 1946 by Pius XII
  • St. Albert the Great, 1206 – 1280, December 16, 1931 by Pius XI
  • St. Bonaventure, 1221 – 1274, March 14, 1588 by Sixtus V
  • St. Thomas Aquinas, 1226 – 1274, April 11, 1567 by Pius V
  • St. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380, October 4, 1970 by Paul VI
  • St. John of Avila, 1500 – 1569, October 7, 2012 by Benedict XVI
  • St. Teresa of Avila, 1515 – 1582, September 27, 1970 by Paul VI
  • St. Peter Canisius, 1521 – 1597, May 21, 1925 by Pius XI
  • St. John of the Cross, 1542 – 1591, August 24, 1926 by Pius XI
  • St. Robert Bellarmine, 1542 – 1621, September 17, 1931 by Pius XI
  • St. Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559 – 1619, March 19, 1959 by John XXIII
  • St. Francis de Sales, 1567 – 1622, November 16, 1871 by Pius IX
  • St. Alphonsus Ligouri, 1696 – 1787, July 7, 1871 by Pius IX
  • St. Therese of Lisieux, 1873 – 1897, October 19, 1997 by John Paul II
Book Review: The Wonders of the Mass

Reader James Murphy follows up on our April 17 book reviews with a recommendation of a third book by Fr. Paul O’Sullivan, OP: The Wonders of the Mass. While most of us are familiar with the great benefits of attending Holy Mass, this brief 42-page book enumerates the graces that come from the Mass in great detail. One excerpt:
By the Mass we offer to God the greatest praise, the greatest glory He could possibly desire. We give Him most perfect thanks for all the benefits He has bestowed on us. We make more reparation for our faults than by the severest penances.
As with Fr. O’Sullivan’s other books, this one is filled with anecdotes of how Saints and ordinary people alike have benefitted from devotion to the Mass. He also points out that reverently celebrated Masses will attract more converts to the Faith. The book concludes with a list of practical recommendations in a chapter entitled, “How to Hear Mass with Profit”.

Fair warning: You will want to go to Mass more often after reading this book.

Miles Christi Mass Format

We have received many expressions of concern about the format of Mass being employed at the Miles Christi Family Center on Saturdays. They have chosen a format which is not supported by mainstream liturgical authorities, that of a Low Mass with sung Introit and Mass Ordinary, in essence a hybrid between a Low Mass and High Mass. This is an innovation this author has not seen in 30+ years of visiting Tridentine Mass sites across the globe, and is most definitely odd. Occasionally one sees practices in the Extraordinary Form that are out of the norm, but which circumstances make necessary, for example a priest with mobility problems omitting genuflections. However, this particular innovation has thin justification. Several people including this writer have explained to the regional superior that official references do not permit this particular format, but so far he has been unwilling to make a change.

Let us be grateful that the majority of local Extraordinary Form Mass sites faithfully follow the rubrics.

Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
  • Mon. 05/09 7:00 PM: Low Mass at St. Josaphat (St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Confessor, & Doctor)
  • Tue. 05/10 7:00 PM: Low Mass at Holy Name of Mary (St. Antoninus, Bishop & Confessor)
  • Sat. 05/14 8:30 AM: Low Mass at Miles Christi (Vigil of Pentecost)
[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 May 8, 2016. Hat tip to Alex Begin, author of the column.]
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Tridentine Masses coming this week to metro Detroit and east Michigan



Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
* 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." These chapels are not listed among the approved parishes and worship sites on archdiocesan websites. Also please note that St. Joseph's SSPX Chapel in Richmond has moved to Ray Township, at 57575 Romeo Plank Rd., Ray Twp., MI 48096.

**NB: [Update: All St. Joseph's Church Masses have been re-located to St. Josaphat, Detroit, until further notice, due to structural renovations.]


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Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Fr. Perrone on the chain of authority from Christ to the priest, how this is mirrored in traditional church architecture, and why modernists are uncomfortable in such churches

Fr. Eduard Perrone, "A Pastor's Descant" [temporary link] (Assumption Grotto News, May 1, 2016)
Recently I mentioned to a couple under instruction that I could not teach them catechism nor could I preach at Mass without having had faculties from the archbishop, that is, without having received a mandate from him who alone has the authority to designate me for this ministerial work. Behind this assertion is the fact that no one possesses authority on his own; authority must be lawfully derived from another who himself has legitimate authority. Thus, there is authority that parents naturally have over their children; of a teacher over his students; and of a lawfully designated ruler over the populace. In the Church, no one has any authority unless it has been concretely given by Christ.

Even our Lord Himself, though divine, in His human nature received authority from His Father ("All authority has been given to me, both in heaven and on earth...."). It was said of Him that He had been "appointed," and that He did not take the honor of priesthood upon himself, but was called to it by the Father (cf. Hebrews 5:5). He Himself said that as He had been sent from the Father (in the Incarnation), so it was that He was sending His apostles (the very word means 'those who are sent'). So then, no one in the Church has authoritative position without having divine authority which comes from Christ -- authority that's not merely subjectively felt to have been received, but which was truly, legally, lawfully conferred upon him. (So much then for ministers and self-made reverends who have no apostolic leg to stand on, no matter how much they may feel themselves to have been "called" to ministry, no matter how talented or dedicated to the Gospel they may be. No one can start his own religion, his own church.) A validly ordained and lawfully deputized Catholic priest is one who has been literally called (and not merely subjectively felt to be called) to holy orders by his bishop and who has been given by him the mandate to preach, teach, and to absolve sinners in the sacrament of Confession.

This instruction on the Church authority as derived from Christ and made actual through apostolic succession, Ordination, and through the exercise of juridical power rooted in divine authority, led me to think about the architecture of our parish church. In a tour I gave of it to some visitors I mentioned that ours is a traditional cruciform church, that is, it was made in the form of a cross, a design wherein the most sacred part is the sanctuary -- the place where Christ's head would be on the cross if one could get the aerial view of the church building. This traditional architectural shape of a church contrasts with the modernistic circular design of many churches built since the 1960s, a form which reflects not the hierarchical body of Christ (with Christ at the position of the head and His bodily members in the transept and the nave), but rather an egalitarian assembly of people where there is no head, no position of leadership, but where all are in equal placement, 'in the round.' This model does not reflect the Catholic theology of the Church (Christ being the Head, and His members subordinated to Him) but represents a protestant, individualistic, self-ruling kind of society where there is no true authority but where everyone, including those said to have been "ordained," are of equal position and status.

Needless to point out perhaps, architecture matters. The modern architecture, so prevalent in many Catholic churches, makes the laity feel that they are equal in position and authority to the priest who is merely their "presider" for the liturgy, or the appointed "president." In such case, lay people feel they have been "empowered" (a favorite slice of Saint Suburbanite jargon) to decide for themselves what they will believe and be taught, empowered to fashion their own liturgies, and to rule in areas proper to the ordained priesthood. One then out not to underestimate the power of art (here, of architecture) either to reinforce and sustain true, orthodox faith or else to usurp it.

We are regarded as being a traditional parish by many people, rightly so. Our church's very shape reflects the inherent hierarchical structure the Church, that is, which it has of its very nature, due to the express will of its divine Founder. Your parish priests, however unworthy, have been called by the Church to perform the ministerial service needed for the salvation of your souls. This is not a matter of self-imposed tyranny over you, of an outmoded pre-Vatican II "model" of the Church; it is rather of the very essence of the priesthood. And so, when one walks into our church building for the first time one gets a sense of this theological structure from its very architectural structure. And so it is that those of a modernistic frame of mind rightly feel discomfort upon entering our church. They sense there the majesty of God and His authority looming over them. Our church building itself is a catechetical lesson in Catholicism.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Tridentine Community News - Miles Christi begins weekly low Masses; Bishop Boyea to celebrate two EF Masses in May; Reminder: EWTN Live this Wednesday; Ascension Thursday; Reminder: First Friday Masses at Old St. Mary's; TLM Mass schedule


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

Tridentine Community News by Alex Begin (May 1, 2016):
May 1, 2016 – St. Joseph the Worker

Miles Christi Begins Weekly Low Masses

Congratulations to Fr. Stephen and Fr. Paul of Miles Christi, who are now holding regular Masses in the Extraordinary Form at their beautiful new Family Center Chapel in South Lyon, Michigan. Weekly Low Masses are held on Saturdays at 8:30 AM, with the first Mass having been held on Saturday, April 30. These will be Low Masses with Hymns. Special thanks to Jon McDonnell, Cecilia Lakin, and the von Buelow family for providing the impetus to make this happen.

The chapel is ideally outfitted for the Extraordinary Form, with a High Altar, Communion Rail, and no freestanding altar. If you are able to go, please try to thank the Fathers for taking this important step. We hope to see more of them at our various local Latin Mass sites.



Bishop Boyea to Celebrate Two EF Masses in May

As Juventútem Michigan pointed out in a Facebook post this past week, can your bishop match up to His Excellency, Bishop Earl Boyea of the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan? Bishop Boyea will celebrate two Pontifical Masses during May, the first, today, May 1 at 10:00 AM in the Crypt Church of St. Mary Cathedral in Lansing for the St. John XXIII Latin Mass Community, and at 3:00 PM on Sunday, May 22 for the Flint Latin Mass Community at St. Matthew Church.

Reminder: EWTN Live this Wednesday

The episode of EWTN Live about Extraordinary Faith with guest Alex Begin will be shown live at 8:00 PM this Wednesday, May 4, and will be re-run on Thursday, May 5 at 1:00 AM and 9:00 AM, and Sunday, May 8 at 4:00 AM. It will also be available on-demand on Roku, on the Android and iOS apps, and on the EWTN Live web site at: http://www.ewtn.com/tv/live/ewtnlive.asp.

Ascension Thursday

One of the awkward and, dare we say it, unresolved issues in the current liturgical calendar is the situation of the Feast of the Ascension. A Holy Day of Obligation in the United States [but not in Canada], the Feast of the Ascension is celebrated on a Thursday in the Extraordinary Form but in many dioceses is moved to the following Sunday in the Ordinary Form. A reasonable question is, is one bound under pain of sin to attend Holy Mass on Ascension Thursday if the choices are minimal and one observes the Extraordinary Form calendar? In the absence of clarification, the presumptive answer is yes, it is obligatory. It is permissible to move the Feast to the Sunday in the Extraordinary Form under the External Solemnity provision, but this is not commonly done, locally or globally.

This year, the only Tridentine Masses in our region on Ascension Thursday, which is this Thursday, May 5, will be at Assumption Grotto in Detroit, at 7:30 AM and 7:00 PM.

Reminder: First Friday Masses at Old St. Mary’s

The next First Friday Mass at Detroit’s Old St. Mary Church will be held this Friday, May 6 at 7:00 PM. The celebrant for this month’s Mass will be Msgr. Ron Browne. Devotions to the Sacred Heart will precede the Mass. The choir of Windsor’s St. Benedict Tridentine Community provides the music for this and every First Friday Mass at Old St. Mary’s.

Because of the good attendance last month, there will be another reception after Mass in the parish hall. The parish has been enthusiastically promoting this Mass, so we hope it will develop into one of our region’s mainstays.

Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
  • Mon. 05/02 7:00 PM: Low Mass at St. Josaphat (St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor, & Doctor)
  • Tue. 05/03 7:00 PM: Low Requiem Mass at Holy Name of Mary (Daily Mass for the Dead)
  • Thu. 05/05 7:30 AM & 7:00 PM: Low Mass at Assumption Grotto (Ascension of the Lord)
  • Fri. 05/06 7:00 PM: High Mass at Old St. Mary, Detroit (St. John Before the Latin Gate) [First Friday] – Celebrant: Msgr. Ronald Browne. Devotions to the Sacred Heart precede Mass. Reception in the parish hall after Mass.
  • Fri. 05/06 7:00 PM: Low Mass at St. Josaphat (Sacred Heart of Jesus) [First Friday]
  • Sat. 05/07 8:30 AM: Low Mass at Miles Christi Family Center Chapel, South Lyon, Michigan (Immaculate Heart of Mary) [First Saturday]
[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 May 1, 2016. Hat tip to Alex Begin, author of the column.]
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Tridentine Masses coming this week to metro Detroit and east Michigan


Tridentine Masses This Coming Week
    Sunday

  • Sun. 05/01 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 45 minutes before and after Masses) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (St. Joseph the Workman - 1st class)
  • Sun. 05/01 8:00 and 10:30AM Low Mass (Confessions 1/2 hour before Mass: call beforehand) at St. Ann's Church, Livonia [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (St. Joseph the Workman - 1st class)
  • Sun. 05/01 9:30 AM: High Mass at St. Josaphat, Detroit** (St. Joseph the Workman - 1st class)
  • Sun. 05/01 9:30 AM: High Mass at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (St. Joseph the Workman - 1st class)
  • Sun. 05/01 9:45 AM: High Mass at OCLMA/Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills (St. Joseph the Workman - 1st class)
  • Sun. 05/01 2:00 PM: High Mass at Holy Name of Mary, Canada (St. Joseph the Workman - 1st class)
  • Sun. 05/01 3:00 PM High Mass St. Matthew Catholic Church, Flint (St. Joseph the Workman - 1st class)

    Monday

  • Mon. 05/02 7:30 AM: High or Low Mass (varies) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (St. Athanasius - 3rd class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)
  • Mon. 05/02 8:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (St. Athanasius - 3rd class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)
  • Mon. 05/02 7:00 PM: Low Mass at St. Josaphat, Detroit** (St. Athanasius - 3rd class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)
  • Mon. 05/02 7:00 PM: High Mass (usually) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (St. Athanasius - 3rd class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)

    Tuesday

  • Tue. 05/03 7:00 AM High or Low Mass (varies) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Feria - 4th class, or Sts. Alexander & Companions - 4th class, or Finding of the Holy Cross - 4th class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)
  • Tue. 05/03 8:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (Feria - 4th class, or Sts. Alexander & Companions - 4th class, or Finding of the Holy Cross - 4th class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)
  • Tue. 05/03 7:00 PM: Low Requiem Mass at Holy Name of Mary, Canada (Daily Mass for the Dead)
  • Tue. 05/03 7:00 PM: Low Mass (usually) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Feria - 4th class, or Sts. Alexander & Companions - 4th class, or Finding of the Holy Cross - 4th class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)

    Wednesday

  • Wed. 05/04 7:30 AM: High or Low Mass (varies) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Vigil of the Ascension - 2nd class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)
  • Wed. 05/04 8:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (Vigil of the Ascension - 2nd class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)
  • Wed. 05/04 7:00 PM: High Mass (usually) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Vigil of the Ascension - 2nd class, or Rogation Mass - 2nd class)

    Thursday

  • Thu. 05/05 7:30 AM: High or Low Mass (varies) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Ascension of the Lord - 1st class)
  • Thu. 05/05 8:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (Ascension of the Lord - 1st class)
  • Thu. 05/05 7:00 PM: Low Mass at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Ascension of the Lord - 1st class)

    Friday

  • Fri. 05/06 7:30 AM: High or Low Mass (varies) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Feria - 4th class, or St. John Before the Latin Gate - 4th class, or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class, or St. Dominic Savio - 4th class) [First Friday]
  • Fri. 05/06 8:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (Feria - 4th class, or St. John Before the Latin Gate - 4th class, or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class, or St. Dominic Savio - 4th class) [First Friday]
  • Fri. 05/06 7:00 PM: Low Mass at St. Josaphat, Detroit** (Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class) [First Friday]
  • Fri. 05/06 7:00 PM: Low Mass (usually) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Feria - 4th class, or St. John Before the Latin Gate - 4th class, or Sacred Heart of Jesus - 3rd class, or St. Dominic Savio - 4th class) [First Friday]
  • Fri. 05/06 7:00 PM: High Mass at Old Saint Mary's, Greektown, Detroit (St. John Before the Latin Gate - 4th class) [First Friday] – Celebrant: Msgr. Ronald Browne. Devotions to the Sacred Heart precede Mass. Reception in the parish hall after Mass.

    Saturday

  • Sat. 05/07 7:30 AM: High or Low Mass (varies) at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (St. Stanislaus - 3rd class, or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class) [First Saturday]
  • Sat. 05/07 8:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 1/2 hour before Mass: call beforehand) at St. Ann's Church, Livonia [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (St. Stanislaus - 3rd class, or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class) [First Saturday]
  • Sat. 05/07 8:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (St. Stanislaus - 3rd class, or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class) [First Saturday]
  • NEW!!! - Sat. 05/07 8:30 AM: Low Mass at Miles Christi Family Center Chapel, South Lyon, Michigan (Immaculate Heart of Jesus) [First Saturday]
  • Sat. 05/07 6:00 PM Tridentine Mass at SS. Cyril & Methodius Slovak Catholic Church, Sterling Heights (St. Stanislaus - 3rd class, or Immaculate Heart of Mary - 3rd class) [First Saturday]

    Sunday

  • Sun. 05/08 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM: Low Mass (Confessions 45 minutes before and after Masses) at St. Joseph's Church, Ray Township [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 8:00 and 10:30AM Low Mass (Confessions 1/2 hour before Mass: call beforehand) at St. Ann's Church, Livonia [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 9:30 AM: High Mass at St. Josaphat, Detroit** (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 9:30 AM: High Mass at Assumption Grotto, Detroit (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 9:45 AM: High Mass at OCLMA/Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 12:30 PM: Old St. Patrick's, Ann Arbor (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 2:00 PM: High Mass at St. Alphonsus Church, Windsor, Canada (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 3:00 PM: Low Mass (call ahead for Confession times, 989-892-5936) at Infant of Prague, Bay City [NB: See note at bottom of this post about SSPX sites.]* (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
  • Sun. 05/08 3:00 PM High Mass St. Matthew Catholic Church, Flint (Sunday after the Ascension - 2nd class)
* 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." These chapels are not listed among the approved parishes and worship sites on archdiocesan websites. Also please note that St. Joseph's SSPX Chapel in Richmond has moved to Ray Township, at 57575 Romeo Plank Rd., Ray Twp., MI 48096.

**NB: [Update: All St. Joseph's Church Masses have been re-located to St. Josaphat, Detroit, until further notice, due to structural renovations.]


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Robert Spaemann alarmed by Amoris Laetitia: fears rupture, schism

Robert Moynihan, "Letter #37, 2016: The Danger of Schism" (Inside the Vatican, April 28, 2016):
April 28, 2016, Thursday — A Prominent German Theologian Warns of the Danger of Schism
“That it is a rupture is something that is seems obvious to any person capable of thinking who reads the texts in question.” —Prof. Robert Spaemann, 89, a leading German Catholic philosopher, in an interview yesterday on the Pope’s document Amoris laetitia (“On the Joy of Love”)
It is “hard-wired” into the “genetic code” of the Christian faith — and into the historical memory of the Christian faithful — that there will always be temptations to leave the “straight and narrow” path, temptations to change doctrine, temptations to introduce “heresies,” temptations to betray the faith handed down from Christ and the Apostles, what we call “the deposit of the faith” (depositum fidei)....

The Spaemann Interview
The Catholic News Agency (CNA) news service (which is connected with the late Mother Angelica’s EWTN Catholic television network), has bureaus in a number of countries, and a journalist in the bureau in Germany, Anian Christoph Wimmer, has just published an interview with Spaemann. It appeared in German first and is now out in Italian thanks to the Vatican journalist Sandro Magister. (link)
Spaemann is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Monaco of Bavaria. He is one of the leading Catholic philosophers and theologians in Germany. He lives in Stuttgart. His latest book published in Italy was God and the World. An Autobiography in the Form of Dialogue, published by Cantagalli in 2014.
Here is my own English translation based on the Italian.
It is worth noting that Spaemann is the same age as Emeritus Pope Benedict, who turned 89 in April.

Spaemann: “It’s chaos made into a principle with the stroke of the pen”
This following is a translation of the interview on Amoris laetitia that Spaemann (photo) gave exclusively to Anian Christoph Wimmer for the German edition of the Catholic News Agency on April 28.
Professor Spaemann, as a philosopher, you followed closely the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Many believers today are asking whether the post-Synodal Exhortation Amoris laetitia of Pope Francis may be read in continuity with the teaching of the Church and of these Popes.
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Chilling effect on Catholic blogging?

Guy Noir - Private Eye is back to using carrier pigeons again; and today I received this lugubrious message folded up in a tiny paper that seemed to have been folded with a particular violence. But maybe I'm just projecting:
Do you recall asking if anyone thought this papacy has had a chilling effect on Catholic blogging?

Is there now any doubt? Pope Francis is the pope of one unanticipated surprise: demoralization.

In terms of conservative Catholic blogging, the answer is obviously a YES.

'Codgitator' has essentially ceased to publish. Whatever Bryan Cross' strange "Called to Communion" was, it is now so stale it is not worth a bother (but was also always strange). Father Dwight continues to opine from a comfortable Greenville SC safe house in a Pathos all-is-well mode. Amy Wellborn now does more travel blogging, understandably. Fr. Z plods along, but what is there to say? Etc etc.

And you have doubtless read over at 'Catholicam' this flatliner:
"When the guy in charge has absolutely zero interest in your concerns - and indeed, when it is questionable whether he even shares the most basic theological and philosophical assumptions as historic Catholicism - there is a strong sense of "Why bother?"
What can I possibly say?
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