Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Fr. Dwight Longenecker actually has two posts with regard to the hideous Pro-Life debacle in Britain. The first is entitled, " Politics, Sentimentality and Utilitarianism ," and the second is entitled, " Silence is Deafening ." This passage from post #1 sums up his view: Sentimental and utilitarian arguments are fine as part of the arsenal, but the only way abortion will really stop is when people decide that it is gravely immoral. They will only decide that it is gravely immoral when they decide that killing an innocent person is gravely immoral, and they will only decide that when they really understand what a human person is, and they will only understand that when they come to believe that each person is an immortal soul created in God's image, and they will only come to believe that when they start believing in God. Every argument is a theological argument. Amen!

Father Zuhlsdorf received an email post on a Corpus Christi Mass tomorrow, Thursday, May 22nd, at Saint Mary, Mother of God in Washington, DC. Go here for details . Arrive early--7 PM-- according to "comments."

Gregor Kollmorgen of The New Liturgical Movement has posted a letter and link from the Spanish blog, Secretum Meum Mihi , which contains a response from the PCED to a letter regarding training in the Extraordinary Form sent by a seminarian. The response is not binding but quite interesting .

Creative Minority Report >> The Legend of Shea and Eden (very, very good!) The New Liturgical Movement >> New and Old (Jeffrey Tucker) The New Liturgical Movement >> What About These Mysterious Times Called the 1960's ? ("Incense and Peppermint, " Jeffrey!)

Standing on My Head >> British Baby Killers (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) The New Liturgical Movement >> Liturgy of the Hours in Gregorian Chant The New Liturgical Movement >> Measuring and Implementing the Reform of the Reform: Prudence but not Meagreness (Shawn Tribe) WDTPRS >> TLM in Winchester Cathedral, UK! ( PS: This is the Anglican Cathedral) Whispers in the Loggia >> Gotham's "Ides of May"

George P. Matysek, Jr. posted this story in the Catholic Review Online dated today on two bills--566 and 597-- which passed the Maryland Senate . His Excellency, Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, had asked the Governor of Maryland to veto these bills. Read the full story here .

Jeffrey Tucker posts a link to an article by Daniel Burke which appeared in the Kansas City Star but is syndicated widely . Here is just a bit: After a public relations push by Pope Benedict XVI, who wants Gregorian chant restored to its “pride of place” in the liturgy, a plainsong renaissance is percolating among U.S. Catholics as well. Nearly 200 scholas — choirs that sing plainsong — have popped up around the country, many in the last five years, according to the Church Music Association of America, or CMA. Sacred music seminars that once drew 40 to 50 people now lure hundreds of Catholic musical directors, organists and singers. And priests-in-training in seminaries across the country are increasingly asking to be educated in the intricacies of Gregorian chant, said William Mahrt, CMA president and sacred-song expert. Please go to the New Liturgical Movement for more .

LatinMassNetwork >> Oregon Traditional Latin Mass Schedule - Una Voce, Bend, OR The New Liturgical Movement >> Confirmations in Paris (Beautiful photo!) WDTPRS >> Diocese of San Diego and Summorum Pontificum: not very friendly WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: Fatima prayer in Latin (check the comments) WDTPRS >> Tallahassee TLM - 8 June WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: Holy Communion at an SSPX chapel

The Curt Jester has a story today on Archbishop Raymond Burke and the success he has had in vocations . The story is from the St. Louis Today and concerns Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. Don't miss it; the story of "the walks" is priceless. Always happy to report "great news!"

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Creative Minority Report >> The Eighth Dirty Word LatinMassNetwork >> St. Bernardine of Siena The New Liturgical Movement >> Chant: Sacred and Secular Working to Mutual Benefit The Recovering Choir Director >> Questioning Organ Volume Levels Whispers in the Loggia >> "All in Our Little Backwater" (Video link to Bishop Michael Duca's ordination and installation)

Carl Olson has posted the responses of the Bishops of California on the ruling on "same-sex marriage" on the Ignatius Press Blog today. The responses can be found here .