Tridentine Mass

[THurifer2]

At other parishes, there should not be a TLM at one Mass and an NO at all the others. I think it divides the community.

Jim

Then you can say the same about Spanish and English Masses too? Perhaps there should be only Spanish Churches and English Churches similar to your mentioning of TLM churches and N.O. churches.

 

[PaixGioiaAmor]

Then you can say the same about Spanish and English Masses too? Perhaps there should be only Spanish Churches and English Churches similar to your mentioning of TLM churches and N.O. churches.

Yes, you can say the same about Spanish and English masses. This is why I am a proponent of bilingual masses, but not Spanish masses as a separate worshipping community.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

Then you can say the same about Spanish and English Masses too? Perhaps there should be only Spanish Churches and English Churches similar to your mentioning of TLM churches and N.O. churches.

Yes, in parishes where there are Spanish Masses for Spanish speaking parishioners, there is in fact a division. I know first hand, of such a parish. English Masses on Sunday, are in the morning. The one and only Spanish Mass, is in the afternoon. Children of the English speaking parishioners go to religious ed classes on Sunday Evening and on Monday. Children of Spanish speaking parishioners, go to Spanish taught, religious ed classes immediately after Mass, Sunday afternoon. Of course this is mandated by the Spanish speaking parishioners, not the English Speaking parishioners, who expressed disdain for the accommodation the Spanish speaking parishioners were receiving.

Jim

 

[scylla]

Yes, you can say the same about Spanish and English masses. This is why I am a proponent of bilingual masses, but not Spanish masses as a separate worshipping community.

Amen, I am in a parish with Spanish and English Masses and it does separate the Church somewhat. Now that being said, bilingual Masses are a waste when the only person who speaks Spanish is the reader and the priest.
Once we switched to having a separate Spanish mass our bilingual Mass is often ignored by the majority of Spanish speakers.

Now it would be horrible to create a whole separate parish for the Spanish speakers, being in the same parish still unites us and we do have some inter-mixing. It is not perfect and I am pretty sure with two different languages it will never be, unless there is a common language to unite both communities.

That being said, Latin is the the uniting language of the Church, except for these days there are many who twist the understanding of it to be divisive. We should promote it to unite all communities of Catholics and not have separate parishes, but seek ways to use our common faith to unite us.

God Bless
Scylla

 

[Jean_Anthony]

This thread is closed. Thank you all.