Feast of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

Cardinal Castrillón-Hoyos celebrates the Traditional Latin Mass in Westminster Cathedral

During his visit to England, His Eminence, who is the President of the Vatican Commission entrusted with provisions for the Traditional Latin Liturgy, made a number of important pronouncements on the future of the Traditional Latin Liturgy, or the “Gregorian Rite” as he refers to it.

In his address to the Annual General Meeting of the Latin Mass Society, His Eminence said:

“…The Holy Father is aware that in different places around the world many requests from priests and lay faithful who desired to celebrate according to the ancient rites were often not acted upon. That is why he has now authoritatively established that to celebrate according to the more ancient form of the liturgy – the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as well the sacraments and other liturgical rites – is a juridical right, and not just a privilege accorded to all.

Certainly this must be done in harmony with both ecclesiastical law and ecclesiastical superiors, but superiors also must recognise that these rights are now firmly established in the law of the Church by the Vicar of Christ himself. It is a treasure that belongs to the whole Catholic Church and which should be widely available to all of Christ’s faithful…”

The Daily Telegraph reports His Eminence replied to a question about the Traditional Latin Mass in ordinary Parishes saying: “Not many parishes – all parishes. The Holy Father is offering this not only for the few groups who demand it, but so that everybody knows this way of celebrating the Eucharist,” adding that “People don’t know about it, and therefore they don’t ask for it,” but saying that a stable group could consist of as few as three people, and they need not come from the same parish. Let us pray that His Eminence’s next tour date is Carlow Cathedral.

Pictures of His Eminence’s visit can be found here. His Eminence’s homily at that Mass can be found here [PDF].

God bless His Eminence, Cardinal Castrillón-Hoyos! God preserve our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI!

Tradition on the March

On Saturday, 12th July, St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association is organising a Walking Pilgrimage for Vocations. Commencing at 11 a.m. in St. Brigid’s Church, Milltown, County Kildare, Ireland, with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (Missal of Blessed John XXIII).

After Mass, the walkers will make their way via Fr. Moore’s Well, near the Curragh Plains, to St. Brigid’s Well, Kildare Town, Ireland, where the pilgrimage will conclude. This is a distance of about 6 miles.

You are welcome to attend all or any part of the day’s events. If you are planning to walk, please let the Vocations Promoter know at: catholicheritagegroup at catholic.org.

St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association wishes to express thanks to Fr. Moore, the present Parish Priest of Allen and namesake of the Parish Priest of Allen for whom the Holy Well is named, for permission to have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in St. Brigid’s Church, Milltown.

St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association also wishes to express thanks to Dr. Moriarty, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, for granting the Plenary Indulgence for the Pauline Holy Year, under the usual conditions, to those attending this Mass.

Introduction

St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association aims at safeguarding the rich liturgical heritage of the Catholic Church and promoting its use in the sacramental life of the Church in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. In effect, this means that we seek the full implementation of Summorum Pontificum throughout the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, wherever there is a genuine pastoral need.

This blog will keep you informed of the activities of St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association, and of progress made in implementing Summorum Pontificum, particularly throughout the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin.

Posts will be made on the first weekend of the month.

Aims of St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association

• 1: To work as a lay Catholic movement for an organic restoration of the Liturgy in conformity with its nature and with the Latin tradition.

• 2: To ensure that the traditional Roman Catholic Mass as codified in the Missale Romanum edited by Pope John XXIII in 1962 is maintained both in practice and in law as one of the forms of Eucharistic celebration, which are recognized and honoured, in universal liturgical life.

• 3: To obtain freedom of use for all other Roman liturgical books enshrining previous liturgical disciplinary forms of the Latin tradition.

• 4: To safeguard and promote the use of Latin, Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony in the Holy Roman Catholic Church.

• 5: To encourage the establishment of non-territorial parishes and or chaplainces in which only the liturgical books used in 1962 are employed.

• 6: To serve the Church by helping the members of the movement and through their apostolate all the Christifideles better to understand and more fully participate in the Catholic liturgy as a sacred action.

The Latin Mass in the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland

From October, 1996, to July, 2007, St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association was in constant correspondence with the Bishops of Kildare and Leighlin regarding the provision of Holy Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Typical Edition of the Roman Missal on Sundays and Holydays, in accordance with Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter, Ecclesia Dei Adflicta, of 2nd July, 1988.

From July, 2007, separate Parish-based groups in SEVEN PARISHES of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin have been seeking the implementation of Pope Benedict XVI’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum by means of the regular provision of Holy Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Typical Edition of the Roman Missal on Sundays and Holydays.

Since December, 2007, the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin has been planning one monthly Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Typical Edition of the Roman Missal. None has yet taken place. Details will follow if they become available.