Availability of the EF

[corsair]

The Seattle Archdiocese spans from British Columbia to the Oregon border; from the Pacific ocean to the Cascade mountain crest. It has one FSSP priest that was accepted by the Abp under ten years of pressure by Una Voce Western Washington and other Trad groups.

This priest celebrates Mass 7 days a week and visits a couple of different parishes on ocassion. The FSSP is being “hosted” by a Novus Ordo parish.

It is 120 miles (2 1/4 hours) each way from my house in SW Washington. We are lucky in that we have permission to have a monthly Dominican Mass at a small rural mission parish. This priest comes up from Portland, Oregon.

The only consistent EF Mass near Eugene is SSPX at Veneta, Oregon. They have a beautiful large chapel and a school there.

Portland, Oregon only has a once a week EF Mass done by a priest from a nearby parish. Its still held at St. Birgitta’s. The time has bounced around since Fr. Brown became ill and retired.
Holy Rosary in Portland does a monthly Dominican Rite Mass and several times a year they celebrate a Missa Cantata on special feast days.

In Seattle, several times a year, the Dominican parish, Blessed Sacraament, celebrates a Solemn High Dominican Mass. We have gone to this Mass for the last two years. It is a magnificent Mass.

But the daily grind of weekends ( with fuel at above $3.00 a gallon) at local Novus Ordo Masses kind of still rules the day

 

[Sarah25]

My home parish does not offer the Latin Mass. As far as I know, the choices in the archdiocese of Oklahoma City is one diocesan approved Latin Mass, one independent FSSP, and one SSPX. From where I live, it would be about 30ish minutes to either of these which is great for me. There is also an SSPX chapel in Tulsa which is about 2 hours drive. I don’t know if the Tulsa diocese has any of their own Latin Masses.

 

[wisdomseeker]

I don’t. But I know there’s one in Bend, which I believe is the next county over from Eugene.

thanks. i am going to eugene in 20 days. i hope to go a LM over there. have you heard of St thomas beck chapel in veneta?

 

[roadsend]

thanks. i am going to eugene in 20 days. i hope to go a LM over there. have you heard of St thomas beck chapel in veneta?

St. Thomas Becket is an SSPX chapel in Veneta, which I believe has two Masses on Sunday and two or three daily Masses.
Unfortunately it is about a 400 mile round trip from my home on the north coast.
Veneta is 15-20 minutes from Eugene.

 

[wisdomseeker]

St. Thomas Becket is an SSPX chapel in Veneta, which I believe has two Masses on Sunday and two or three daily Masses.
Unfortunately it is about a 400 mile round trip from my home on the north coast.
Veneta is 15-20 minutes from Eugene.

oh, i see. it should be about one hour from harrisburg where i am going to stay.

but i want to go there.

 

[roadsend]

oh, i see. it should be about one hour from harrisburg where i am going to stay.

but i want to go there.

Actually it is about thirty minutes from Harrisburg.
Go southwest through Junction City and Cheshire.
Pick up the Territorial Hwy. at Cheshire and it will take you south straight to Veneta.

 

[wisdomseeker]

Actually it is about thirty minutes from Harrisburg.
Go southwest through Junction City and Cheshire.
Pick up the Territorial Hwy. at Cheshire and it will take you south straight to Veneta.

thank you so much for the info. God bless.
great food in Oregon.

 

[roadsend]

Glad to help.
I have only been to Veneta once in the past fifty years and have never been to Mass at St. Thomas Becket. I have driven past it on Bolton Hill Rd, which runs into the Territorial Hwy.
It is a beautiful chapel and I have heard that the inside is just as nice.

 

[rwoehmke]

They don’t even talk about it in my parish. No EF in my Diocese of Superior WI. Many of our priests have cluster parishes and are probably too busy to take time to learn much of anything let alone Latin and rubrics for EF.

Across the river in Minnesota, maybe between a 30 minute to one hour drive, I believe there are perhaps three parishes with Mass in Latin, but I know that at least some of those Masses are OF in Latin.

 

[JRKH]

They don’t even talk about it in my parish. No EF in my Diocese of Superior WI. Many of our priests have cluster parishes and are probably too busy to take time to learn much of anything let alone Latin and rubrics for EF.

This is truly a problem that many areas will have to endure for awhile. The scarcity of Priests and the consquent workload of those we have.
I am hopeful that the Seminaries will help eleviate this by training our new priests in both rites as promoted by the Holy Father.

Across the river in Minnesota, maybe between a 30 minute to one hour drive, I believe there are perhaps three parishes with Mass in Latin, but I know that at least some of those Masses are OF in Latin.

Looks HERE like there is one Parish offering the EF in Duluth twice a month.
St. Benedict Church
1419 St. Benedict Street, ZIP:55811
Mass times: Sun:1st 1:00 PM.,3rd 1:00 PM.

Peace
James

 

[sskelly]

I happily drive 12 miles to the Pittsburgh TLM.
My two closest parishes do not offer it. I asked one priest at the church I used to attend, and he said, jokingly, if the mass was in Latin the sermon should be in Latin too. So I don’t ever expect to see a TLM there. It’s a large parish with only one resident priest.

 

[wisdomseeker]

Glad to help.
I have only been to Veneta once in the past fifty years and have never been to Mass at St. Thomas Becket. I have driven past it on Bolton Hill Rd, which runs into the Territorial Hwy.
It is a beautiful chapel and I have heard that the inside is just as nice.

thank you. pray that i will be there in a few days. May God bless you with a LM very close to you.

 

[georgewithfaith]

In Dallas, our Bishop recently allowed a parish located in a suburb called Irving where the Cowboys used to play football. It’s located about 45 minutes from where I live. The church is called Mater Dei and this is a link to their website:

materdeichurch.org/

Last week I attended my first Latin Mass at this church and I am forever grateful to the people who worked to make this church possible. I cannot explain it but I was engaged and sensed a deep unity with Christ unlike any Mass I have experienced before. The music was uplifting. Everything about this Mass helped me focus on the sacrifice of Christ.

Nothing interrupted my focus, not the priest, not the members of the choir, not an EM and not another person at the church. I have read about the Saints and how the Mass lifted them up and now I can relate to that. I did not have a mystical experience but I understand how the great Saints could have had one.

I plan to go back to this church again. This Mass is pleasing and worthy.

I was born the same year the Novus Ordo Mass was started and have been raised with it all my life. The last straw for me was two weeks ago when I attended the “youth” Mass and the EM gave me a host that had the taste of lotion on it.

After attending a Latin High Mass I am encouraged that a conversion will take place in the church and this Mass will become the ONLY form of Mass. At some point, I don’t know when, but at some point this Mass will garner more attention and start to spread. This form of the Mass is our hope!

 

[roadsend]

thank you. pray that i will be there in a few days. May God bless you with a LM very close to you.

And thanks to you.
I hope your trip goes well. Let us know what you think about the chapel.

 

[JRKH]

In Dallas, our Bishop recently allowed a parish located in a suburb called Irving where the Cowboys used to play football. It’s located about 45 minutes from where I live. The church is called Mater Dei and this is a link to their website:

materdeichurch.org/

Last week I attended my first Latin Mass at this church and I am forever grateful to the people who worked to make this church possible. I cannot explain it but I was engaged and sensed a deep unity with Christ unlike any Mass I have experienced before. The music was uplifting. Everything about this Mass helped me focus on the sacrifice of Christ.

Nothing interrupted my focus, not the priest, not the members of the choir, not an EM and not another person at the church. I have read about the Saints and how the Mass lifted them up and now I can relate to that. I did not have a mystical experience but I understand how the great Saints could have had one.

I plan to go back to this church again. This Mass is pleasing and worthy.

I was born the same year the Novus Ordo Mass was started and have been raised with it all my life. The last straw for me was two weeks ago when I attended the “youth” Mass and the EM gave me a host that had the taste of lotion on it.

After attending a Latin High Mass I am encouraged that a conversion will take place in the church and this Mass will become the ONLY form of Mass. At some point, I don’t know when, but at some point this Mass will garner more attention and start to spread. This form of the Mass is our hope!

I am glad that you had such a wonderful experience with the EF, though I don’t share your view that it will become the “ONLY form of Mass”. There is much to be said for the OF when it is properly executed. Just watch the daily mass on EWTN to see what I mean (it’s on three or four times a day).

What encourages me about your post is that you, who were never exposed to the Latin Mass, were so taken by it. Your post is the voice of many others who have, do, and will feel the same way once they are exposed to the mass in the EF. It may not be a majority, or even half of the total catholics, but it will be a sizable number and the EF will eventually take it’s rightful and equal place along side of the more properly properly celebrated and reverent OF.

Peace
James

 

[kbarr82]

I live in the Diocese of Des Moines, which has only one celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the entire Diocese (St. Anthony, Des Moines). Unfortunately child care obligations preclude me from attending this Mass. With what many of our newer parish buildings look like, I don’t know what, if any, real demand or desire exists for the EF among our faithful. I have been entertaining the idea of asking around to see if there would be a desire for the Latin Mass at my parish, which is quite large. The liturgy leaves a lot to be desired. It is very “contemporary.” However if there is a level of interest, say 15-20 people, I see no reason why I couldn’t suggest a Latin Mass or possibly form a committee per the guidelines of Summorum Pontificum, as there are priests in our diocese who know it. Any ideas?

 

[kbarr82]

As it is, if and when my wife and I are blessed with another child, I plan to have him or her baptized according to the EF in the Roman Missal of 1962, as is permitted according to Summorum Pontificum. I assume that would not be too difficult to arrange…

 

[wisdomseeker]

And thanks to you.
I hope your trip goes well. Let us know what you think about the chapel.

i sure will.

 

[wisdomseeker]

I live in the Diocese of Des Moines, which has only one celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the entire Diocese (St. Anthony, Des Moines). Unfortunately child care obligations preclude me from attending this Mass. With what many of our newer parish buildings look like, I don’t know what, if any, real demand or desire exists for the EF among our faithful. I have been entertaining the idea of asking around to see if there would be a desire for the Latin Mass at my parish, which is quite large. The liturgy leaves a lot to be desired. It is very “contemporary.” However if there is a level of interest, say 15-20 people, I see no reason why I couldn’t suggest a Latin Mass or possibly form a committee per the guidelines of Summorum Pontificum, as there are priests in our diocese who know it. Any ideas?

I think it is a great idea. go for it. if you can have that many people, i am sure the numbers will grow as you advertise for the EF Mass. God bless you on this. i am myself trying to do the same in my area. but mine battle is greater because of the bishop here is very liberal and he does not allow LM. there is one in the Diocese, in the Chapel, allowed due to the pressure of the people but they are limited, they couldnt baptize, or first Communion, or marriage. very shamefull.

 

[malphono]

i am myself trying to do the same in my area. but mine battle is greater because of the bishop here is very liberal and he does not allow LM. there is one in the Diocese, in the Chapel, allowed due to the pressure of the people but they are limited, they couldnt baptize, or first Communion, or marriage. very shamefull.

I meant to mention this earlier, but you really should get your group of people together and if there is still no satisfaction locally, then complain – loudly – to the Ecclesia Dei Commision.

There is no reason that the Ritual of 1962 cannot be used, nor is there a reason not to offer the EF. The usual excuse of “we don’t have priests trained in it” is, as I said in a previous post, a lot of hogwash.