Bishop of Plymouth calls for improved provision of traditional Mass

[_Abyssinia]

Bishop Mark O’Toole praises ‘the fidelity of those who like to attend Mass in the Extraordinary Form’

Bishop Mark O’Toole of Plymouth has said there should be “systematised provision” of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form for Catholics in his diocese.

Interviewed in the Latin Mass Society’s magazine Mass of Ages, Bishop O’Toole “praised the ‘fidelity’ of those who like to attend Mass in the Extraordinary Form”, and said he would “like to establish a regularity of provision and systematised provision” of the Mass.

catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/05/12/bishop-of-plymouth-calls-for-improved-provision-of-traditional-mass/

 

[Denise1957]

Wonderful article!

 

[ProVobis]

While we’re on the topic, Fr. Z in a recent article, mentioned that the 1962 liturgical books for the bishops has been reprinted.

wdtprs.com/blog/2015/04/new-pontifical-canon-for-use-by-bishops-in-the-extraordinary-form/

The Canon Missae is used by bishops for the Ordinary of Mass. It was usually a large format book, over-sized, with large print, easy to read and sing from by – ehem – older gents whose eyesight isn’t necessary the best. It would be held for the bishop at the throne or faldstool and later propped up in the center of the altar, e.g., against the doors of the tabernacle.

It’s always been one of my gripes with the handmissals, that the Latin is in finer print than the English and that’s unfortunate for those who want to follow in or learn Latin.