2018 Sacred Liturgy Conference

The Latin Mass - Immaculate Heart of Mary Oratory - San Jose, CA

VOCARE S3E20 : Fr. James Mawdsley

TRADITIONAL CATHOLICISM: International Youth Movement

From The Remnant Newspaper:

When even more conservative bishops such as Alexander Sample find it necessary to partner with Evangelical outfits such as the 'non-denominational' ministry, ‘Young Life, to try to get disenfranchised Catholic kids to come back to the Church, it's obvious there's a big problem. 

Just 50 years after Vatican II the Catholic world has lost its Catholic identity to such an extent that the bishops are reduced to consulting non-Catholic ministries to help them stop the hemorrhaging of Catholic young people out of the Church. One wonders if a non-denominational Protestant partnership can help resolve problems caused by a largely Protestantized Catholic liturgy.  But there is a Catholic alternative that is working and that is taking root all over the world. 

What is it? It's called going back to the future, and it’s an international Catholic youth movement based on the Traditional Latin Mass.

Fr. Nix: TLM Class 4

TLM Class #4 by Fr. Nix:

http://padreperegrino.org/2017/12/13/tlm-class-4/

Fr. Nix: TLM Class #3

http://padreperegrino.org/2017/11/28/tlm-class-3/

Western Civilization Exists for the Mass: The Liturgy Guy

From Brian Williams  -The Liturgy Guy:

Many are stunned today at the speed in which western civilization is collapsing. Coinciding with this is the post-conciliar crisis within the Church, the fourth great crisis of Christendom as it has been described by that great defender of orthodoxy, Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Kazakhstan. What may not be as clear too many is the connection between the destruction of the Mass and of the collapse of the Christian west.

To read the rest of the essay, click on the below link:

https://liturgyguy.com/2017/11/07/western-civilization-exists-for-the-mass/

How One Priest Discovered the Extraordinary Life

From Brian Williams,The Liturgy Guy Blog:

The following guest post is by Rev. Jeffrey R. Keyes, a Roman Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, California. Father Keyes was born in 1953, ordained in 1991, and serves at the Cathedral in Santa Rosa. He is also chaplain for the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa, and teaches Scripture and Church history at Cardinal Newman High School.

I personally had no desire to learn how to offer the Extraordinary Form. My intention was to celebrate the Ordinary Form in the manner that Sacrosanctum Concilium imagined it: in Latin, with English readings and orations. If it stayed the same Mass after Mass it would be in Latin. If it was for this mass only it would be in English. Of course, Mass would be celebrated “ad orientem.”

I learned the Extraordinary Form because a bishop asked me to, telling me that there were 100 families in the region asking for it. So in 2012 I celebrated my first Extraordinary Form Mass. On a two week vacation I celebrated in the Extraordinary Form every day so that I could really learn it and be comfortable with it.

Three things happened.

First, it completely transformed my priesthood and it affected the way I celebrated the Ordinary Form. Every Mass became completely Christocentric. Many people recognized this and it caused a greater spirit of prayer in believers.

Secondly, boys who served the mass began to think of vocations to the priesthood. Ordinary boys who would play and roughhouse with great abandon became little soldiers of Christ with great seriousness in the celebration of the Mass.

Thirdly, it caused a reaction of visceral anger and anguish on the part of liberals who were now convinced that I was completely nuts. Their angry letters caused my provincial superior to judge me in a manner that had little relation to reality. So from 3000 miles away he made decisions which changed the nature of the parish and disrupted my life. And I am grateful because I landed in a place that appreciates the Extraordinary Form, that loves reverent prayer, and even has 24/7 adoration. And I am no longer subject to that provincial.

This post originally appeared at Fr. Jeffrey Keyes website and is reprinted here with his permission. 

7 Reasons why I love the Traditional Latin Mass

Saint Josemaria Escriva and The Traditional Latin Mass

This is from Fr Z's Blog today:

Joseph Card. Ratzinger had been concerned for years about the loss of Christian identity, which is at the heart of Western Civilization. Later, as Benedict XVI, he gave us a great tool by which we could reinvigorate our Catholic identity and, so, resist the negative influences of secularism and relativism.

To read the entire post click HERE.

Traditional Catholic Priest: The Importance of Latin in the Church

Fr. Peter Carota posted the below video on his website, Traditional Catholic Priest, the other day.  It's 22 minutes long, but it's time well spent if you're interested in learning what happened to this sacred form of the liturgy.  If you think it was Vatican II that caused the disappearance of the Traditional Latin Mass, you would be wrong.  If you think it was Pope John XXIII, you would also be wrong.  You might be shocked to learn that the Traditional Latin Mass has never been "discarded" as you might have been told by today's progressive catholics (including, unfortunately, some members of the clergy). 

In fact, Latin has been the official language of the Church since the 4th century, and Vatican II did nothing to change that.  Fr. Barone, near the end of the below video, offers the following quote: 

"Without Latin we do not know who we are or where we come from."

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI