THE TRIDENTINE MASS.

From: Commonweal | Date: September 8, 2000| Author: Shuter, Bill | Copyright information

Recently, for the first time in more than thirty years, I had an opportunity to attend the Tridentine Mass of my youth. It was celebrated at a parish church in Flint, Michigan, by the pastor of the university chapel in Ypsilanti of which I am a member.

The Mass left me with a set of strong but conflicting impressions. Of course, some of my impressions are personal or peculiar to Catholics of my generation. For the first half of my life, the Tridentine Mass was the only M...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Enthusiastic Catholics clamor for Mass of past: Interest grows for rare 16th-century service.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) ; ... for the church, he said. liz.kay@baltsun.com Copyright (c) 2007, The Baltimore Sun Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
Pope to Relax Policy on Old Liturgy; Letter Will Advise Bishops on Tridentine Mass, Said in Latin
The Washington Post ; The Vatican said yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a document providing for wider use of the Tridentine Mass, the centuries-old Latin rite that was largely supplanted in the 1960s by a new liturgy, usually translated into modern languages. Though the details of the long-awaited
THE TRIDENTINE MASS.
Commonweal ; Recently, for the first time in more than thirty years, I had an opportunity to attend the Tridentine Mass of my youth. It was celebrated at a parish church in Flint, Michigan, by the pastor of the university chapel in Ypsilanti of which I am a member. The Mass left me with a set of strong but
Pope to revive Tridentine Mass despite objections
Sunday Gazette-Mail ; VATICAN CITY - It was one of the most radical reforms to emerge from the Second Vatican Council. The Mass, root of Roman Catholic worship, would be celebrated in the vernacular and not in Latin. Now, little more than a generation later, Pope Benedict XVI is poised to revive the 16th-century
Pope restores Masses in Latin; m Many Catholics miss beauty of Tridentine rite, but Jews call some language "insulting.".(PAGE ONE)
The Washington Times ; Byline: Julia Duin THE WASHINGTON TIMES Pope Benedict XVI yesterday authorized wider use of the 16th-century Tridentine Mass, restoring the use of Latin and the sense of awe surrounding the most sacred rite in the Roman Catholic Church. His four-page apostolic letter is a historic concession to
N.Y. CATHOLICS TO CELEBRATE TRIDENTINE SERVICE.(NEWS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ; ... church's beliefs and the fidelity of its believers. ``The Latin Tridentine Mass has become a conservative rallying cry,'' declared a news release of Sunday evening's ceremony from Perricone. The old rite ``allows me to depart from Mass at peace instead of enraged ...
This is a true Catholic revolution
The Spectator ; Next Friday, 14 September, the worldwide restrictions on the celebration of the ancient Latin liturgy of the Catholic Church will be swept away. With a stroke of his pen, Pope Benedict XVI has ended a 40-year campaign to eradicate the Tridentine Mass, whose solemn rubrics are regarded with contempt
Some Catholics still want Mass to be in Latin, and some priests are providing the service.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; ELMHURST, Pa. _ Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary seems to float at the top of a steep green hill, looking out at the sky from its perch in the high, flowing mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. The building went up as an orphanage in the 1940s. Later, it became a retreat house for the Scranton
Catholics retain hope for Latin Mass revival.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) ; Byline: Jennifer McMenamin and Liz F. Kay Jul. 2--Mary Ellen Lamantia wept through the entire service the first time she attended a traditional Latin Mass. I felt like I had found my home again, she said of the Tridentine rite she heard at Christmastime in 1979 with other members of St. Hilary
The eyes have it.(Brief Article)
Alberta Report ; Catholics and evangelicals return to visual forms of liturgical worship Item: It is reported that the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver has authorized special parish for the saying of the Tridentine mass, the old Latin liturgy suppressed by the Church in 1970. Item A gunman opens fire in an