Looking for very orthodox parish in San Antonio

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Hi everyone. We are about to move to San Antonio (Northeast side) in the next couple of months. I am looking for a very traditional, very orthodox parish. Would love one that offers the TLM at least sometimes but will be grateful for one that is respectful. I have been stuck in a very liberal area where we elect our parish council during Mass (during the homily) and the music director gives the priest a blessing (laying hands on him and all). An idea of what I am looking for would be a parish where there is a commitment to Eucharistic Adoration, the unborn, respect for the priesthood and religious life, few if any EMHC, old fashioned confessional, etc. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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When I was in San Antonio, I went to the Maronite Catholic Church. Seemed “orthodox” enough for me:D .
 
I have an email buddy from San Antonio who loved Little Flower (although I have no idea how far that is from your new home). She attends and is a member of Our Lady of the Atonement, which is an Anglican Use parish, but it’s very orthodox and quite traditional. Just a couple of suggestions for you. God bless.
 
Can a parish be sort of orthodox?? (I ask because you specifically said very orthodox.) 😉 😛
 
QUOTE=E.E.N.S.;1615599]Can a parish be sort of orthodox?? (I ask because you specifically said very orthodox.) 😉 😛

Well, I guess you could rate the parish by the amount of nonsense that occurs…

Now, I know you live in the northeast side of SA, but I wish to recommend, as noted above, Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church, if you are willing to make the drive this way. (This is not a TLM one but an Anglican Use parish.)

Also, you can consider:

St. George Maronite Catholic Church, which is around the same area (northwest).

I have heard that Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church (from our campus minister) has much liturgical abuse but good community life (NW San Antonio).

Consult the following:

archdiosa.org/parishes/counties/bexar.html
 
We were visiting family in San Antonio last summer, and attended Holy Spirit Catholic church in NE San Antonio. We found nothing to complain about. The liturgy was beautiful. They have perpetual adoration - according to their website and some pro-life ministries. I couldn’t tell you if they have traditional confessionals, however.
 
We were visiting family in San Antonio last summer, and attended Holy Spirit Catholic church in NE San Antonio. We found nothing to complain about. The liturgy was beautiful. They have perpetual adoration - according to their website and some pro-life ministries. I couldn’t tell you if they have traditional confessionals, however.
 
Monica37 said:
Hi everyone. We are about to move to San Antonio (Northeast side) in the next couple of months. I am looking for a very traditional, very orthodox parish. Would love one that offers the TLM at least sometimes but will be grateful for one that is respectful. I have been stuck in a very liberal area where we elect our parish council during Mass (during the homily) and the music director gives the priest a blessing (laying hands on him and all). An idea of what I am looking for would be a parish where there is a commitment to Eucharistic Adoration, the unborn, respect for the priesthood and religious life, few if any EMHC, old fashioned confessional, etc. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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Here’s one that offers a TLM (2 actually) every Sunday…

olof-sanantonio.com/
Sundays: 9 AM and 11 AM (confession available before Mass)
First Friday: 7 PM
First Saturday: 9 AM
Holy Days of Obligation: 7 PM

If you want a TLM it would be worth checking out…
 
In San Antonio, I am mighty fond of Our Lady of Pertpetual Help in Selma, which is a bit of a drive, but very orthodox and considered northeast; Our Lady of Atonement of course; and St. Joseph on New Laredo Highway (but it’s in South San, so you want to be careful).

You can never go wrong driving in SA. Just get on Loop 410 and if you miss an exit, you’ll get there sooner or later.

I would never recommend an SSPX chapel, even one that claims to be a church. And while in charity I’ll grant that web sites take time being updated, Our Lady of Fatima’s claim to be approved by the Archdiocese should be invesitgated.
 
Monica37, when you get there and find what your looking for, PLEASE sent the priest over to us!
 
I emailed my friend in San Antonio and she also recommends St. Matthews, but I don’t know what side of town it’s on.
 
Thanks for all the replies! I am trying to find out more about St Maximillian Kolbe but am having trouble reaching them. Also, some of you have mentioned a church “for Anglican use” sorry but I’m not sure what that means. Could someone clarify?
 
Monica37 said:
Thanks for all the replies! I am trying to find out more about St Maximillian Kolbe but am having trouble reaching them. Also, some of you have mentioned a church “for Anglican use” sorry but I’m not sure what that means. Could someone clarify?
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Sometimes a whole Anglican (Epsicopalian) parish will come home to Rome; sometimes, a population of Anglicans will do so in a certain area.

When they became Catholic (which the are, in every sense of the word), they are allowed to retain parts of their beautiful, most reverent liturgy.

atonementonline.com/intro.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Use
 
I will echo the endorsements of Our Lady of the Atonement. If you’re moving to the Northeast and want something that’s a little closer to you, St. John Neumann is an excellent choice, IMHO.

Pax Tecum,
Jay
 
OutinChgoburbs said:
In San Antonio, I am mighty fond of Our Lady of Pertpetual Help in Selma, which is a bit of a drive, but very orthodox and considered northeast; Our Lady of Atonement of course; and St. Joseph on New Laredo Highway (but it’s in South San, so you want to be careful).
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I would heartily NOT recommend OLPH in Selma. I have attended there with my now in-laws and it was an exercise in modernism. I guess that is typical of many parishes, but I (early in my conversion) couldn’t stand it. It was far too protestant-like for me…

That, of course, is only my opinion and it might have changed in the last couple of years…
 
Dropper said:
I would heartily NOT recommend OLPH in Selma. I have attended there with my now in-laws and it was an exercise in modernism. I guess that is typical of many parishes, but I (early in my conversion) couldn’t stand it. It was far too protestant-like for me…

That, of course, is only my opinion and it might have changed in the last couple of years…
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How many years? When I lived in NE SA in the 80s, it was the bastion of rectitude in light of the nearby St. Helena. When I returned to visit in the early 2000s, it was bigger, but pretty much the same liturgically. Maybe a different Mass?
 
OutinChgoburbs said:
How many years? When I lived in NE SA in the 80s, it was the bastion of rectitude in light of the nearby St. Helena. When I returned to visit in the early 2000s, it was bigger, but pretty much the same liturgically. Maybe a different Mass?
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It was a late Sunday Mass. It may have been a “Teen Mass” or whatever. That could have accounted for it…

I will give it the benefit of the doubt though… I only visited there once and that was just over 2 years ago…

Hope you have a great day.
 
Our Lady of the Atonement is definately what you are looking for. I’m quite confident that as soon as a universal indult is given they will begin to to offer the TLM. The church was built with Tradition in mind. There is no “people’s altar”, there are definately no bongo drums or guitars, only the schola and organ with an Eastward facing altar connected to the Tabernacle. All communion is received at the rail on the tongue. Women wear veils, and the families are large. They are probably one of only a handful of churches in the US that had to expand because of a growing parish, and not because of consolodations or anything else. Outside of the Mass the priest always wears his cassock and confessions are heard daily. They have a Latin N.O. on Sunday evenings, and Low and High Anglican Usage Masses on Sat. and Sun. The architecture bespeaks Catholicism and even the ceiling art has theological significance. (hint. It’s a stylized net, but look where it’s dragging everyone) They have a school that is so orthodox they refused to be run by the kooks in the diocese, so it remains a private academy that hands on the faith to a growing army of kids. My wife and I have considered moving to S.A. after school, just for this parish. You will not be disappointed.
 
I have been living in NE San Antonio since May and have had a very up and down time trying to find an orthodox parish. A couple that I have been to seem to be quite ‘clap happy’ and sing every part of the liturgy, raise hands high in the air, and chat during Mass. I have been to the minor basilica - Little Flower National Shrine and have found the Mass to be much more reverent. It is far away for me but I attend once a month as I am an aspirant with the Secular Discalced Carmelite community there.

We attend St Monica’s in Converse which is OK. My husband feels uncomfortable at times there but we don’t have the time or the gas to go to the National Shrine every week. I will look into Our Lady of the Atonement though… it may be a possibility.

Sorry I am not very helpful! We are used to gregorian chant and a very reverent Mass at our old parish and it has been an adjustment here.
 
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Our Lady of the Atonement is definately what you are looking for. I’m quite confident that as soon as a universal indult is given they will begin to to offer the TLM. The church was built with Tradition in mind. There is no “people’s altar”, there are definately no bongo drums or guitars, only the schola and organ with an Eastward facing altar connected to the Tabernacle. All communion is received at the rail on the tongue. Women wear veils, and the families are large. They are probably one of only a handful of churches in the US that had to expand because of a growing parish, and not because of consolodations or anything else. Outside of the Mass the priest always wears his cassock and confessions are heard daily. They have a Latin N.O. on Sunday evenings, and Low and High Anglican Usage Masses on Sat. and Sun. The architecture bespeaks Catholicism and even the ceiling art has theological significance. (hint. It’s a stylized net, but look where it’s dragging everyone) They have a school that is so orthodox they refused to be run by the kooks in the diocese, so it remains a private academy that hands on the faith to a growing army of kids. My wife and I have considered moving to S.A. after school, just for this parish. You will not be disappointed.
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Who are the “kooks?” Actually, I’ve seen Father Phillips at lunch with business casual style clothes, but he did wear them to adult Bible study yesterday.😉 It is also worthy of note that we are one of only six in the United States (including the newly forming one) that use the Book of Divine Worship (Anglican Use) and that have websites. (There were seven the week before including those w/o websites. On this note, the website for the Pastoral Provision, well, looks better.)
 
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