Traditional parishes near Northwestern U?

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I plan on attending Northwestern University after I graduate high school, and I am wondering if anyone had any suggestions for good, traditional Catholic parishes either within walking distance or with easy access via the Metra or CTA.

I am open to parishes that offer any of the following:
  1. Traditional Novus Ordo (orthodox homilies, preferably at least some Latin and Gregorian chant)
  2. Tridentine Mass
  3. Eastern Divine Liturgy
For the latter two, it goes without saying that the parishes must be in union with Rome. No SSPX or Eastern Orthodox, please!

Thanks!
 
Mickey_Jackson said:
For the latter two, it goes without saying that the parishes must be in union with Rome**. No SSPX** or Eastern Orthodox, please!

Thanks!
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Do not be so sure that SSPX is not in union with Rome. This is a highly debatable claim; one that can not be made lightly.
 
Seminarian_Matt said:
Do not be so sure that SSPX is not in union with Rome. This is a highly debatable claim; one that can not be made lightly.
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The Holy Father says they are in schism. He gets to make that decision, not them.

But that’s a discussion for another thread. For my own reasons, I will not attend an SSPX church (Among other things, I have a bit of a problem with their bishops denying the Holocaust). Therefore, I am asking for recommendations of non-SSPX churches.
 
Mickey_Jackson said:
I plan on attending Northwestern University after I graduate high school, and I am wondering if anyone had any suggestions for good, traditional Catholic parishes either within walking distance or with easy access via the Metra or CTA.

I am open to parishes that offer any of the following:
  1. Traditional Novus Ordo (orthodox homilies, preferably at least some Latin and Gregorian chant)
  2. Tridentine Mass
  3. Eastern Divine Liturgy
For the latter two, it goes without saying that the parishes must be in union with Rome. No SSPX or Eastern Orthodox, please!

Thanks!
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honneurs.free.fr/Wikini/wakka.php?wiki=IllinoiS

I think St. John Cantius is a half-block from a CTA subway station.
 
Mickey_Jackson said:
The Holy Father says they are in schism. He gets to make that decision, not them.
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While this is proper for a seperate discussion, I must point out that Pope Benedict XVI has never declared neither the founders of SSPX in schism nor excommunicated.
 
Seminarian_Matt said:
While this is proper for a seperate discussion, I must point out that Pope Benedict XVI has never declared neither the founders of SSPX in schism nor excommunicated.
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JPII excommunicated them, because Archbishop Lefebvre broke a very clear canon law, and disobeyed a very clear papal directive, by ordaining the four bishops.

Read Ecclesia Dei. Not much ambiguity there. After you’ve done so, then we can have a discussion, not before.
 
Mickey_Jackson said:
Read Ecclesia Dei. Not much ambiguity there.
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You are right about that. “Wide and generous application of the directives already issued some time ago by the Apostolic See, for the use of the Roman Missal according to the typical edition of 1962” is pretty straightforward to me too. 😉

And you’re welcome on that link I provided for you. 🙂
 
Mickey,
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  The good news is there are a lot more Tridentine masses in the Chicago Archdiocese than when I went to Depaul 10 years ago.  On the 1st Sunday of the month, St. Lambert in Skokie is supposed to have a TLM at 5pm (can't find this on their website though, saw it on ecclesia dei coalition's).  That would only be a couple of miles away.
  St. John Cantius has two TLM's every sunday (High & Low), and most (if not all by now) other days of the week.  It was very close to Depaul, but from Northwestern, you would be looking at taking the purple line to Howard St., changing to the Red Line, and taking that to Chicago Ave, and then Bus or cabbing it about 15 blocks west.  You could also take the red line to the loop, and then pick up to Blue line out towards O'Hare (St. John Cantius is at the top of the stairs from the Milwaukee Ave. stop).  Either way, figure on a good hour each way as there aren't as many trains/busses on weekends.  
 If you have a car, it would be a quick shot down Lake Shore Drive, and over on Chicago Ave - maybe 25-30 minutes, plenty of parking.
 The coalition in support of Ecclesia Dei's website - [ecclesiadei.org/](http://www.ecclesiadei.org/) - does a very good job of keeping up to date on approved masses.
 St. John Cantius's website is [www.cantius.org](www.cantius.org).
Best of luck & God Bless! Chicago has the best food in the US!
 
deigloriam said:
Mickey,
Code: 
  The good news is there are a lot more Tridentine masses in the Chicago Archdiocese than when I went to Depaul 10 years ago.  On the 1st Sunday of the month, St. Lambert in Skokie is supposed to have a TLM at 5pm (can't find this on their website though, saw it on ecclesia dei coalition's).  That would only be a couple of miles away.
  St. John Cantius has two TLM's every sunday (High & Low), and most (if not all by now) other days of the week.  It was very close to Depaul, but from Northwestern, you would be looking at taking the purple line to Howard St., changing to the Red Line, and taking that to Chicago Ave, and then Bus or cabbing it about 15 blocks west.  You could also take the red line to the loop, and then pick up to Blue line out towards O'Hare (St. John Cantius is at the top of the stairs from the Milwaukee Ave. stop).  Either way, figure on a good hour each way as there aren't as many trains/busses on weekends.  
 If you have a car, it would be a quick shot down Lake Shore Drive, and over on Chicago Ave - maybe 25-30 minutes, plenty of parking.
 The coalition in support of Ecclesia Dei's website - [ecclesiadei.org/](http://www.ecclesiadei.org/) - does a very good job of keeping up to date on approved masses.
 St. John Cantius's website is [www.cantius.org](www.cantius.org).
Best of luck & God Bless! Chicago has the best food in the US!
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I’ll look into St. Lambert’s, since with my sense of direction I would probably get lost trying to find my way to St. John Cantius! Even if they only offer the TLM once a month, I suppose I can be reasonably certain that their NO masses will be fairly orthodox. Thanks for the advice! And yes, Chicago does have the best food in the US. I’ll probably be confessing the sin of gluttony every week 😛

On a similar note, does anyone know if there’s a Newman Center or something similar at Northwestern? I’d like to go to daily Mass if possible, but for obvious reasons I’m not too keen on the idea of going into Skokie or Chicago every morning!
 
ProVobis said:
You are right about that. “Wide and generous application of the directives already issued some time ago by the Apostolic See, for the use of the Roman Missal according to the typical edition of 1962” is pretty straightforward to me too. 😉

And you’re welcome on that link I provided for you. 🙂
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Sorry, I meant to say thanks. St. John Cantius does sound like my dream parish.

And yes, you’re right, the bishops should have obeyed JPII and ensured that those among the Faithful who wanted a TLM were provided with one. In addition to being their duty, this also might have prevented many people from turning to SSPX chapels, where the Masses are illicit and the confessions and marriages are invalid.
 
Mickey_Jackson said:
JPII excommunicated them, because Archbishop Lefebvre broke a very clear canon law, and disobeyed a very clear papal directive, by ordaining the four bishops.

Read Ecclesia Dei. Not much ambiguity there. After you’ve done so, then we can have a discussion, not before.
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I have read it.

He said that SSPX was excommunicated automatically but since Canon Law allows for exceptions (and SSPX may have had one of them, i.e. grave necessity) there is doubt on the matter. Note: Pope John Paul II never publicly declared them excommunicated.

Read Questions 11 & 12 here and then we can continue this discussion:

sspx.org/sspxfaqs.htm
 
Mickey_Jackson said:
On a similar note, does anyone know if there’s a Newman Center or something similar at Northwestern?
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You may want to contact the Archdiocese of Chicago for some help there. Cardinal George is the best.

Northwestern is a good school. What are you studying there?
 
ProVobis said:
You may want to contact the Archdiocese of Chicago for some help there. Cardinal George is the best.

Northwestern is a good school. What are you studying there?
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Yes, I’ve heard great things about Cardinal George.

At Northwestern, I’ll probably go into either economics or pre-law, both great programs at that school. And the best part: the girl I’ve had a crush on since sophomore year is considering studying musical theater there 👍
 
For the record, Cantius is at the Blue Line “Chicago” stop.
I live in Rogers Park, the northernmost neighborhood in Chicago (right by Evanston), and it takes us 20 minutes to drive on a bad day.
From Evanston, you’d hop the purple line to the “Chicago” stop, then take the 66 bus west for a few minutes. Drops you off right at Cantius.
It’s really not a bad ride, and nice to have that time to pray a rosary or whatever…
(St. Lambert’s has a FANTASTIC, wonderful pastor. He is involved in ‘charismatic Catholicism’, which isn’t my cup of tea, but he has added the TLM once in a while, which is great. I go to St. Lambert’s once in a while for Mass - I just adore Fr. Simon. But Cantius is heaven on earth. What can I say, I’m biased. And as a matter of fact, once Father Simon asked me where I was from, and when I said “Cantius” his eyes lit up and he got a big smile and exclaimed, “AH! The mother church of the renewal!”)
😃
 
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