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My parish has a traditional priest!
Topic Started: Saturday, 6. October 2012, 17:37 (404 Views)
Rose of York
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Rose of York
Saturday, 6. October 2012, 17:37
My parish priest offers Mass in the Ordinary Form, in the local language (English). His vestments are in the modern style, with no embroidery. No incense is used. Our priest hears confessions and pronounces absolution from sins. He goes out to the homes of sick people, to give them Holy Communion, and administer the Sacraments of the Sick and Reconciliation. We have weekly rosary, Holy Hour and Benediction. At the Saturday Vigil Mass we have one Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, two readers and a cantor who sings the psalm.

Mass in my parish is invariably in the Ordinary Form, in the local language (English). The priest wears modern vestments, he never uses incense.

The information I give in the first paragraph of this posting is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I put it to members that my parish has a traditional Catholic priest. The Mass and sacraments in our parish are valid, all is done according to regulations that have the approval of the Pope. We parishioners are content with the manner in which our priest offers Mass and administers sacraments, that makes us all traditional Catholics.

What say you, folks?

:cook:


Well?

Is he or is he not a traditonal priest?
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one of the flock

It depends what you mean by traditional. Traditional as in doing all the usual priestly duties - yes. However this does not usually spring to mind when I hear the word traditional . :question:
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The priest is fulfilling all his traditional duties in a modern way. After all we wouldn't expect to see him going around on a donkey because the apostles did - unless the terrain of the country demanded otherwise.

Neither would we expect his bulletins on parchment instead of paper or websites.
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Wednesday, 10. October 2012, 09:49
The priest is fulfilling all his traditional duties in a modern way.
Thanks Derek, that is the point I was trying to make. I see no justification for people to claim to be Traditional Catholics just because they prefer a liturgical practises that were introduced hundreds of years after the birth and death of our founder, God the Son. What they regard as non-traditional will be claimed to be traditional some time in the future.
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tomais

Good-trad-happy clappy-
BUT
have they been properly ordained? Is their transsubstatiation correct?
Why do you- and you know who you are-why bother at all?
Try being a Quaker then!
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Notjustamum

I would say my parish has a traditional priest. We also have an assistant priest.

We have five Masses on a Sunday (including the Vigil) and each has at least one EMHC, my "usual" mass at 10am always has two EMHCs. None of these Masses are in Latin. (We do have a neighbouring parish where Latin is the norm).
Our priest wears modern vestments; incense is sometimes used.

As well as the Sunday Masses we have two daily Masses every day except Wednesday when there is just one. There is Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after each Mass on a Friday.

Our Priests are friendly and welcoming and there are close links with the primary school. The whole school attends Mass on Holy Days of Obligation, and at the beginning and end of each term. The infant classes take part in liturgical services which they "run" and the junior classes take turns to "run" one of the Friday morning Masses - reading, leading the singing, serving etc.

First Holy Communion classes are led by Father with a team of Catechists. Confirmation classes are led by another team of Catechists with less input from Father but hs is still involved.

To me, being in my early 40s, this is traditional.

Once a month there is a mass that I never attend - The Youth Mass - there are "rock" hymns, electric guitars and drums. The Confirmation Mass each year is the same, in fact my daughter didn't enjoy her day at all and I know of at least one family where the child is thinking of going elsewhere for her confirmation next year. So what would that be called if our "usual" way of doing things isn't actually as traditional as I like to think?
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Monday, 15. October 2012, 14:54
I would say my parish has a traditional priest. We also have an assistant priest.

We have five Masses on a Sunday (including the Vigil) and each has at least one EMHC, my "usual" mass at 10am always has two EMHCs. None of these Masses are in Latin. (We do have a neighbouring parish where Latin is the norm).
I understand that the main Mass in a parish must be in the Ordinary Form, that would not be in Latin. Is that neighbouring parish a diocesan parish, or perhaps Orthodox, SSPX or Anglo Catholic?

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Once a month there is a mass that I never attend - The Youth Mass - there are "rock" hymns, electric guitars and drums. The Confirmation Mass each year is the same, in fact my daughter didn't enjoy her day at all and I know of at least one family where the child is thinking of going elsewhere for her confirmation next year. So what would that be called if our "usual" way of doing things isn't actually as traditional as I like to think?
It is usual for Confirmation to take place during the Bishop's Visitation, which is once every three years.
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Once a month there is a mass that I never attend - The Youth Mass - there are "rock" hymns, electric guitars and drums.


Can I go?

Gerry ( not a youth)

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We have Confirmation every year (sadly, though, no electric guitars or drums)

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tomais

Look at: Saint Peter's Church,Cowgate Edinburgh.
Simple straightforward site;two priests,( full time) regular visitirs,the last one, just left father Christian from India.
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Stringed instruments are traditional. According to sacred scripture we should give our praise some welly aka clamour.

Psalm 150

1 Alleluia! Praise God in his holy place, praise him in the heavenly vault of his power,

2 praise him for his mighty deeds, praise him for all his greatness.

3 Praise him with fanfare of trumpet, praise him with harp and lyre,

4 praise him with tambourines and dancing, praise him with strings and pipes,

5 praise him with the clamour of cymbals, praise him with triumphant cymbals,

6 Let everything that breathes praise Yahweh. Alleluia!
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Rose of York
Monday, 15. October 2012, 15:29
Notjustamum
Monday, 15. October 2012, 14:54
I would say my parish has a traditional priest. We also have an assistant priest.

We have five Masses on a Sunday (including the Vigil) and each has at least one EMHC, my "usual" mass at 10am always has two EMHCs. None of these Masses are in Latin. (We do have a neighbouring parish where Latin is the norm).
I understand that the main Mass in a parish must be in the Ordinary Form, that would not be in Latin. Is that neighbouring parish a diocesan parish, or perhaps Orthodox, SSPX or Anglo Catholic?

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Once a month there is a mass that I never attend - The Youth Mass - there are "rock" hymns, electric guitars and drums. The Confirmation Mass each year is the same, in fact my daughter didn't enjoy her day at all and I know of at least one family where the child is thinking of going elsewhere for her confirmation next year. So what would that be called if our "usual" way of doing things isn't actually as traditional as I like to think?
It is usual for Confirmation to take place during the Bishop's Visitation, which is once every three years.
There have been complaints from our neighbouring parishioners, there is one Mass in the Ordinary Form at 9am on the Sunday but the 10.30 Mass with Children's Liturgy available etc is definitely in Latin with the Priest having his back to the congregation, I have been to this Mass for baptisms and I am afraid I didn't like it.

We definitely have confirmations every year! There are usually around 30 young people each year so if we waited for three years then that would be 90+ which would be a lot wouldn't it?

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Rose of York
Monday, 15. October 2012, 16:44
Stringed instruments are traditional. According to sacred scripture we should give our praise some welly aka clamour.

Psalm 150

1 Alleluia! Praise God in his holy place, praise him in the heavenly vault of his power,

2 praise him for his mighty deeds, praise him for all his greatness.

3 Praise him with fanfare of trumpet, praise him with harp and lyre,

4 praise him with tambourines and dancing, praise him with strings and pipes,

5 praise him with the clamour of cymbals, praise him with triumphant cymbals,

6 Let everything that breathes praise Yahweh. Alleluia!
4. is rather worrying but I like the triumphalism of 5. !!

:prayrosary:

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Is 'The Main mass' the one with most attendance or the one which is sung or high despite the attendance?

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