www.byzcath.org Forums News & Events Church News Latin not lost at some area Catholic churches

Aloha Monday,

Well isnt that somethin' :rolleyes: It about time....Praise Da Lord !

Latin not lost at some area Catholic churches By Joan D. LaGuardia
jlaguardia@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com on April 18, 2005



Ave Maria University chaplain the Rev. Robert Garrity delivers a Sunday Mass in Latin and English. Latin, the classic language of Catholic faith, is gaining new popularity. STEPHEN HAYFORD/news-press.com



Latin � a so-called "dead" language � is having a lively resurrection in Southwest Florida.

Ave Maria University, northeast of Naples, and St. Martha Parish in Sarasota regularly celebrate the Roman Catholic worship service, Mass, in Latin.

Ave Maria, a Catholic university, requires the study of Latin in its core curriculum.

St. Leo Parish in Bonita Springs has a Latin choir.

"What happens during the Mass is so beautiful, the Latin words truly reflect the beauty and the majesty," said Mary Jo Klein after a Latin Mass in the Stella Maris chapel of Ave Maria on Sunday.

Read More:

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050418/NEWS01/504180380/1075

Randy,

I'm happy for the Latins but what does this have to do with the Christian East?

Admin

Aloha Monday Braddah,

My apology.... I thought that not everyone are familiar with the Latin and not inform that there is a Latin revival going on. In my case, I am Eastern but since I got no car to go to the Eastern Catholic churches and have been going to the RC instead....I sort of missing the traditional rites of the church. Oh well.. i still think that this article is very informative regarding the Latin Rites specially those RC who are missing a traditional church and now going to the Eastern Catholic Churches.
Mahalo > <

Administrator,

In the long run, this may have much to do with the Christian East. I posed a question to Photius in another thread about how the loss of tradition in the Western Liturgy was viewed in the Orthodox world. The topic has also come up in several other threads recently. It leads me to believe that the loss of tradition in the West may be a significant impediment to unity. Therefore, it would seem to me to be of concern to us all. Any news which indicates a return of tradition in the West should therefore be viewed with interest by those who desire unity of East and West, as I think most of us here do.

From a more practical standpoint Randy's post also provides useful information to those ECs and Orthodox who wish to breathe with both lungs. It gives them an opportunity to view a Latin Liturgy that is more traditional than what they would find in the average Latin parish. This will be useful for those interested in examining the rich traditions of the West.

Good post!!

I'm very much for bringing back some Latin to the Roman Liturgy.

I get a spiritual lift from Mass in Spanish because of it being a romance language derived from Latin.

Also, it's a good idea too check in with our other lung too. Randy's post on the Latin liturgy is relevant to a Byzantine forum.

Paul

Back in the 50's and early 60's the Mass in the Roman rite was said in Latin universally. People, average people, were proud of this. I myself witnessed this when I was stationed in Bavaria at that time.

The point is not language, with one caveat (Quo Primum) because the Eastern Churches had the Divine Liturgy in the vanacular. The language is OK.

The validity of the Mass, post Vatican II, I seriously question. So I avoid it because there are easily accessable alternatives, at least for moi.

Randy, I'm sure you'll be happy to know that our new Pope is a STRONG advocate of having more Latin in the Mass.