I hope that the Germans also consider an 11:00 start for the TLM, or consider moving their Mass back a half-hour so the TLM can get 10:30. The 8 or 9 AM timeframe is just too early for the families coming a large distance. No one wants to do “dawn patrol” with a van full of kids to cross the archdiocese for an 8 AM Mass. They’ll go to the noon TLM in Newton instead. If the idea is to boost the numbers at HT, I hope this factor is considered. Otherwise, HT will only be attractive to early risers without kids or those living within a fifteen minute commute. Just sayin’...
Described me to a T! ;-)
Seriously, most kids are early risers -- so perforce most parents are too! And if HT is a long distance, it sounds as if there will probably be a TLM closer in the Boston area that they'll prefer regardless of the time. I think 8:30 or 9:00 sounds great! I don't have kids, but it might take me an hour to get there. (When it was at noon, because of the bus schedule I could either be 20 minutes early or 10 minutes late.)