Immaculate Conception Church - Omaha, NE
Posted on 08/13/2007 9:37:08 AM PDT by NYer
We were happy to hear at this morning’s Mass at Omaha’s St. Patrick church (a shared indult parish), that the Archbishop of Omaha (His Excellency Elden Curtis) has decided to make Immaculate Conception Church the first Traditional Latin Mass Parish in Omaha as of August 20, 2007. It is designated as a Personal Parish and entrusted to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, with Fr. John Brancich as Pastor, and Fr. Chad Ripperger as Parochial Vicar. We will enjoy full use of the Traditional form of the sacraments. Our move will begin on August 20, and the first Mass will take place on August 26th. The Church even comes with its own bowling alley under the gym!
The archbishop is providing a transition period for the approx. eighty parishioners who attended the Novus Ordo Mass, by allowing one Saturday evening Mass in english until December 31st of this year. They will also be able to request a Novus Ordo funeral Mass in the future, in which case a priest will be brought in to offer the Mass. Ten or more of the olde rparishioners have stated that they will stay at Immaculate Conception even with the Traditional Mass being offered. They stated "That’s what they grew up with, we can get used to it again". Thatis great news for us. We are growing even before it’s official!
Our Pastor mentioned this as an historic day for us. He said we may be, in fact, the first parish where the full implementation of the Motu Proprio will take place in its full implementation. Incredible!
Immaculate Conception Church is in the National Registry of Historic places, and our pastor mentioned that this is perhaps the most beautiful parish that the Fraternity of St. Peter has use of in all of North America. It is simply stunning!
We have been waiting for this day for almost 20 years! Deo Gratias!
Such good news! I hope this is just the first of many. Congratulations to the parish! They will be blessed.
Forgive him ... he’s been filling out paperwork for the Department of Redundancy Department. Next, he’ll go withdraw some cash from the ATM Machine.
Wonderful news! May the movement spread across the nation.
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