New TLM attendant

[Aran_Houlihan]

That seems to be the norm in any place where I have attended the Traditional Latin Mass. It’s packed with young people and young families with lots of children. One study showed that the Latin Mass appealed most to the one group of people that is is very difficult to get to Church - young adult men.

It clearly shows that the Latin Mass has a bright future in the Church.

we only have the two masin the traditional Catholic Latin Mass form in my diocese but I am hoping that more parish will start using the traditional Catholic Latin

 

[Aran_Houlihan]

That seems to be the norm in any place where I have attended the Traditional Latin Mass. It’s packed with young people and young families with lots of children. One study showed that the Latin Mass appealed most to the one group of people that is is very difficult to get to Church - young adult men.

It clearly shows that the Latin Mass has a bright future in the Church.

we only have the two masin the traditional Catholic Latin Mass form in my diocese but I am hoping that more parish will start using the traditional Latin mass

 

[Rich_C]

I went to a Traditional Latin and I was shock that the amount of young people attend the Traditional Latin and its slowly coming to parish in the UK

My parish is the same way. The pews are full and mostly with young families – parents in their late twenties or early 30s with 2, 3, 4, or 5 kids. Probably 50-60% of the parish is under 30. About 20% of the parish is older, retirement-age folks. Almost no baby boomers, however, which I find interesting.

 

[10thCrusader]

My parish is the same way. The pews are full and mostly with young families – parents in their late twenties or early 30s with 2, 3, 4, or 5 kids. Probably 50-60% of the parish is under 30. About 20% of the parish is older, retirement-age folks. Almost no baby boomers, however, which I find interesting.

It definitely dispels the myth about nothing but a bunch of old ladies in veils at the traditional Latin Mass. Even Pope Benedict XVI observed this in the letter* Motu Propria Data*, accompanying the Summorum Pontificum:

Immediately after the Second Vatican Council it was presumed that requests for the use of the 1962 Missal would be limited to the older generation which had grown up with it, but in the meantime it has clearly been demonstrated that young persons too have discovered this liturgical form, felt its attraction and found in it a form of encounter with the Mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist, particularly suited to them. Thus the need has arisen for a clearer juridical regulation which had not been foreseen at the time of the 1988 Motu Proprio.

 

[frankbeenaround]

My parish is the same way. The pews are full and mostly with young families – parents in their late twenties or early 30s with 2, 3, 4, or 5 kids. Probably 50-60% of the parish is under 30. About 20% of the parish is older, retirement-age folks. Almost no baby boomers, however, which I find interesting.

I’m 76 years old and have lived through the loss and now this most wonderful, practically miraculous comeback of the Mass of my youth. Yesterday St. Martin of Tours Church in Louisville was filled-up as usual for the Latin High Mass at noon – families everywhere, kids of all ages, adults of all ages. It was like being back in the 1940s and 50s. Maybe even a bit better, because now I notice lots of people answering the priest responses that only the servers used to say, including the “Sursum corda”, etc., at the Preface, when the whole atmosphere suddenly changes. And the Domine non sum dignus right before Holy Communion. I mean there is a real, engaged understanding of the pace and meaning of what’s happening, especially from the Preface onward. And, SO MANY for Communion, hundreds – lots more than in the old days. I came back from receiving and knelt in the pew and felt this powerful gratitude about what’s happening in the TLM movement. With the statue of Our Lady close-by it was easy to say, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Peace, All

~ Frank

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[AdDeum]

My parish is the same way. The pews are full and mostly with young families – parents in their late twenties or early 30s with 2, 3, 4, or 5 kids. Probably 50-60% of the parish is under 30. About 20% of the parish is older, retirement-age folks. Almost no baby boomers, however, which I find interesting.

I think this is the norm… the Baby Boomer generation tends to shy away from the TLM. Not really sure why, but they just do.

 

[Rich_C]

I’m 76 years old and have lived through the loss and now this most wonderful, practically miraculous comeback of the Mass of my youth. Yesterday St. Martin of Tours Church in Louisville was filled-up as usual for the Latin High Mass at noon – families everywhere, kids of all ages, adults of all ages. It was like being back in the 1940s and 50s. Maybe even a bit better, because now I notice lots of people answering the priest responses that only the servers used to say, including the “Sursum corda”, etc., at the Preface, when the whole atmosphere suddenly changes. And the Domine non sum dignus right before Holy Communion. I mean there is a real, engaged understanding of the pace and meaning of what’s happening, especially from the Preface onward. And, SO MANY for Communion, hundreds – lots more than in the old days. I came back from receiving and knelt in the pew and felt this powerful gratitude about what’s happening in the TLM movement. With the statue of Our Lady close-by it was easy to say, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Peace, All

~ Frank

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I’ve met so many people around your age who were heartbroken when they took the old Mass away. It warms my heart that you’ve got it back again.

God bless.

 

[Rich_C]

I think this is the norm… the Baby Boomer generation tends to shy away from the TLM. Not really sure why, but they just do.

IMO, it’s because they are old enough to remember it, but generally too young to have understood it well. Hence, they remember it as something that no one can understand.

 

[10thCrusader]

I’m 76 years old and have lived through the loss and now this most wonderful, practically miraculous comeback of the Mass of my youth. Yesterday St. Martin of Tours Church in Louisville was filled-up as usual for the Latin High Mass at noon – families everywhere, kids of all ages, adults of all ages. It was like being back in the 1940s and 50s. Maybe even a bit better, because now I notice lots of people answering the priest responses that only the servers used to say, including the “Sursum corda”, etc., at the Preface, when the whole atmosphere suddenly changes. And the Domine non sum dignus right before Holy Communion. I mean there is a real, engaged understanding of the pace and meaning of what’s happening, especially from the Preface onward. And, SO MANY for Communion, hundreds – lots more than in the old days. I came back from receiving and knelt in the pew and felt this powerful gratitude about what’s happening in the TLM movement. With the statue of Our Lady close-by it was easy to say, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Peace, All

~ Frank

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We have one old fellow that comes to the Latin Mass every Sunday. I think he feels the same as you. He can barely walk, but he stubbornly insists on kneeling at the communion rail every time. Sometimes one of the young fellows near him has to give him a hand, as his wife is rather frail, and can’t quite get him standing again. We all love him. He’s like the old grandpappy of the parish.

Surprisingly, we find more older gentlemen attending the TLM than older ladies. Once again, the myth of “old ladies in veils” is not holding up.

 

[Rich_C]

We have one old fellow that comes to the Latin Mass every Sunday. I think he feels the same as you. He can barely walk, but he stubbornly insists on kneeling at the communion rail every time. Sometimes one of the young fellows near him has to give him a hand, as his wife is rather frail, and can’t quite get him standing again. We all love him. He’s like the old grandpappy of the parish.

We have some gentlemen like this, as well. There is also a young man in a wheelchair who takes public transportation in from the suburbs every Sunday and insists on getting out of his chair to kneel at the rail for Holy Communion. He’s kind of a hero to me.

Surprisingly, we find more older gentlemen attending the TLM than older ladies. Once again, the myth of “old ladies in veils” is not holding up.

The TLM is a very manly liturgy, IMO. Except for the “kiss of peace.” LOL.