Posted on 06/04/2021 5:01:07 PM PDT by ebb tide
Father Philip Wilhite of Sacred Heart Church in Conroe, Galveston-Houston Archdiocese, Texas, announced that the Traditional Latin Mass in his church will be discontinued.
“After due consideration, conversations with the Archdiocese, and to best serve the spiritual needs of those who prefer the Extraordinary Form, we will transition from offering this form here at Sacred Heart to encouraging all to be active parishioners of Regina Caeli Catholic Church,” he wrote on FaceBook.com (June 2). One wonders what "due consideration" means and whether this measure is meant to promote sanitary Covid distancing.
The last Mass in Sacred Heart will be celebrated on June 9. After that, only Eucharists will be presided. The Regina Caeli Church in Houston is run by the Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) and about 36 miles (58km) away from Sacred Heart.
The weekly Mass at Sacred Heart existed only for six months. Galveston-Houston Archdiocese is run by Cardinal DiNardo who in December 2015 participated personally presided over the blessing of the grounds and the ceremonial groundbreaking for the FSSP parish.
Ping
The persecution has begun.
N.B. There's an SSPX chapel just 21 miles from Sacred Heart Church, 17 miles closer than Regina Caeli.
This tends to bolster the school of thought that the war on the TLM will happen in two phases: (1) force the Mass out of diocesan parishes and into those runs by traditionalist religious orders like FSSP; and (2) put said orders under the control a Vatican prelate who will decapitate their leadership, shutter their seminaries and dissolve them. Traditionalist problem solved.
I’m of the school of thought, though, that this will be Bergoglio’s personal Waterloo. As Phil Lawler and others have pointed out, this is far different, weaker Church than existed 50 years ago. If the Vatican picks this fight, it won’t necessarily win it. The SSPX provides a model for resistance.
No longer a reason for FSSP to maintain any connection with the Vatican FakeChurch®™. Reverse the reversal. Form a kinder, gentler SSPX.
Now you're talking about reverting back to the Church of Nice.
The Catholic Church is following the twisted path of the Episcopal/Anglican church in its downward spiral that leads to Hell.
Wonder if Dinardo will do this to your parish too???
No... many of the new priest that have been ordained support the TLM. I believe the Cardinal has been extremely supportive of the TLM.
I disagree. The Chapel of St. Basil (University of St. Thomas) only offers one Traditonal Latin Mass per week: 10:10 am on Fridays. Not very conducive to fostering orthodox vocations.
DiNardaro forbade Holy Communion on the tongue for over a year in his archdiocese, only exempting the TLM venues. What was the reasoning behind that?
For the same reason, they LOVE planned parenthood - satanism requires this. If you disbelieve me, you do not understand.
As for the reasoning for not allowing communion on the tongue, the Cardinal will probably point to the CDC or his brother bishops. Not to say I agree... just pointing out what his response would probably be.
Do you know any other Bishops that were less stringent than the Cardinal on tongue policies? I am not saying it was right, but out of all the bishops of the US, please identify those that allowed Communion on the Tongue? At least he eventually allowed it to take place.
By the way, I disagree with the Cardinal quite a number of things - but he has been better than most on this issue. Definitely not perfect - but definitely better in my opinion.
I’m a Trad, in fact, SSPX. You don’t defeat the enemy of souls (the one unworthy of mention) by giving “it” so much power, “it is only an ape” of God. There seems to be over-reaction, at rumblings from this anti-papal administration, the Augean Stable product of which will be cleaned up by the incoming, true papacy. Mellow out.
I call B.S. In my opinion, the only orthodox Catholic bishop in the State of Texas is Joseph Strickand of Tyler.
DiNardo has still not lifted his dispensation of the Sunday obligation, he's a company man, through and through.
That's why he's a cardinal and Strickland is not. Strickland lifted his Sunday dispensation on March 10th.
DiNardo is pathetic.
Yep, you get it.
I am not disagreeing with you that Dinardo is a company man, but compared to other bishops - lets say - Cupich, Gregory, Stowe, McElroy - he is a 1000 times better. Compared to Strickland, I am going with Strickland.
But remember - Strickland also signed that letter about permit and guns in Texas. (If we are going to talk about other things besides liturgy).
https://txcatholic.org/oppose-hb1927-permitless-gun-carry/
Your problem is comparing bishops to each other rather than looking at them individually. Each bishop is his own shepherd with his own flock.
Dinardo happens to be a wolf.
Take your own namesake. St Athanasius was a lone shepherd, surrounded by wolves. Since when is one wolf better than another wolf?
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