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Naples, FL: implementing Summorum Pontificum Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:14 pm (GMT -5) Naples, FL: implementing Summorum Pontificum Fr. John Zuhlsdorf What Does The Prayer Raelly Say? 28 October 2007 http://wdtprs.com/blog/2007/10/naples-fl-implementing-summorum-pontificum/ In the wake of Summorum Pontificum, we need patience and foresight in exercising our rights. Lot's of patience. In that light, check out this nice story is in the Naples [Florida] Daily News (http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/oct/27/new_old_mass/?). My [i.e., Fr. Z's] emphases and [comments]. A new old Mass It's not for every Catholic, but for some, the Latin Mass offers a kind of intimacy, a solemn focus Quote: VICTORIA MACCHI, Special to the Daily News Saturday, October 27, 2007 There is no music, no chatter [!] as people settle in for an early Sunday Mass. No one is late, [!] and the shuffling of feet is audible as the congregation rises and the priest enters. As he reaches the altar, he turns away from the crowd so everyone faces the same direction. [Exactly right.] An altar server struggles to move a rail into place, closing off the altar from the congregation. Without a microphone, the priest's recitation of the Mass in Latin is just loud enough for people to follow, [after all… how loud does it have to be?] in English, in the missalettes, but soft enough that as the parishioners kneel, sit and stand, the creaking of wood and knees echoes around the chapel. At the Catholic Tridentine Mass, also known as the Latin Mass, [but not by the better informed] an average of 100 people attend every Sunday at St. Agnes Chapel in Naples since it began on Aug. 26 "People go to the old Mass to pray to God," says the Rev. James Fryar, after the recently added Latin Mass at St. Agnes Chapel in Naples. "People go to the new Mass with more of an orientation on a 'myself' sort of thing. 'What I understand, what I get out of Mass, how I can participate more.' [Is that slightly unfair? Probably, but he has a point. That probably does characterize the majority of people in a regular parish with the Novus Ordo.] There is a certain amount of participation [I would say quite a lot, actually.] in the old Mass as well. … But it's more oriented towards God." Treacy Gibbens switched from attending Sunday Mass at St. Williams Parish in Naples to the Latin liturgy this summer. "There are fewer distractions," he says. "You can really pray. I love it." Born in 1923, Gibbens grew up with this Mass. As the director of the local chapter of Una Voce, an organization devoted to the promulgation of the Latin Mass, he is pleased with its addition to the schedule at St. Agnes. "I can remember before Vatican II, as you'd be walking out of the church after the Mass, your mind was still on the Mass. There wasn't all the talking after that Mass that there is nowadays," he said of the new Mass, or the Novus Ordo. [This begs the question: If people behaved more reverently in church before and after Mass, would that do it for him? At St. Agnes in St. Paul, people are very quiet and respectful in Church, and the Novus Ordo is used. This isn't an old Mass v. newer Mass phenomenon. A lot has to do with the way the priest has formed the flock.] From 1962 to 1965, the Second Vatican Council promoted [mandated] a series of reforms to the Catholic Church, including changes to the liturgy, in an attempt to bring the Mass closer to the people. This included allowing for the use of the vernacular during Masses and the use of local customs as permitted by the bishop. Since then, the use of local languages has flourished in Masses around the world, leaving a small but vocal group of Catholic laypeople and clergy, who support the use of the Roman liturgy or Latin Mass. In a statement issued by Pope Benedict XVI on July 7, he asserted that the Latin Mass [the OLDER form of Mass in Latin] was to be more generally allowed and that congregations wishing to celebrate it had only to ask their parish priest, rather than request it of their bishop. The issue, however, was that since the reforms not all priests studied the Roman liturgy in the seminary, therefore not all parishes could fulfill the need. [Give it time.] This is why Fryar comes from Sarasota, where he arrived three months ago, to Naples every weekend to officiate the Latin Mass [Don't phrases like this get you the sense that the author isn't Catholic?] at 8 a.m. before heading back up to his parish of St. Martha's for a 1:30 p.m. Mass on Sundays. Three years ago, Fryar was ordained into [again] the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, a community of Roman Catholic priests who only celebrate the Latin Mass. In order to serve the needs of Catholics asking for the old Mass, he was brought down from Pennsylvania three months ago. "I figured, look, if I want to be a priest, I want to go all the way and do the Mass as holy as I can," says the 33-year-old priest. "You can tell it's serious — this Mass, there's no messing around." At the low Mass, which is the liturgy in its simplest form, the only sound that intentionally breaks the silences is when the servers ring small bells during the consecration. To receive communion, congregents must kneel at the altar rail, [Unless they have a broken leg or choose to stand…] and can only receive the host on their tongue, rather than in their hands as they do the new Mass. [Wrong… they sadly still have the right to receive in the hand, though we are very glad they don't.] Several women at St. Agnes also carry on the tradition of using the chapel veil, or mantilla, a triangle or semi-circle of lace of lace often in white or black placed loosely over their hair. Starting a Latin Mass in Naples was motivated by a demand from local Catholics, and by geography, says Bishop Frank Dewane of the Diocese of Venice, of which Naples is a part. "We have a Latin Mass scheduled in Sarasota and parishioners often traveled up from the Southern deanery to attend, so we responded to the requests that we had," says the bishop. "The diocese wanted to make the Latin Mass convenient [HURRAY! Generosity rather than stinginess!] to parishioners and the chapel at St. Agnes Church was chosen. - – - While some of the older parishioners rise early Sundays for a dose of religious nostalgia [GRRRRRR…. this is condescending.] — and others for the convenience of the early Mass — younger families make up at least half of the Latin Mass congregation at St. Agnes chapel. Fryar says more than 90 percent of the participants at Masses performed by his order are young families. "We like to bring our kids because it teaches them better. The outward signs (of the Novus Ordo Mass) don't really represent what's going on," says Jared Kuebler, 27. [Interesting observations.] He and his wife Maria, 26, moved to the area in August from California so Jared could begin graduate school at Ave Maria University. They have attended the Latin Mass at St. Agnes since then. The couple believes that their children, a one-and-a-half-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son, pick up on the sobriety of the Mass. "It's not somewhere where they can play around," says Jared Kuebler. "There's things here that remind you this is something special, outside of your daily life," he adds. "They notice the difference. They sit quietly and they play quietly." [Yes… I think this is about right.] Music at other Masses, says his wife, had them wriggling around. Gregorian chant, which is sometimes performed at the Latin Mass, might not be conducive to playtime. [Truer words were never spoken!] Joseph Pearce, 46, a professor of literature at Ave Maria University attends the Latin Mass. He says his young son "is a handful whatever Mass we go to" but the family comes to St. Agnes Chapel for the smaller community and the more solemn nature of the service. "I like the reverence of it. We're not exclusively Latin Mass people," Pearce says, adding that while he and his family have attended the new Mass as well, they feel particularly at home with the Latin Mass congregation because of its size. "But I think that what we mustn't lose sight of is the focus of the Mass is Christ, particularly Christ's sacrifice … And if the community aspect of the Mass eclipses that dimension — and at it's worst, there's a danger of that — then we've lost focus." - – - But the issue of the Latin Mass is a sensitive one in the Church amongst the clergy and laypeople. [Only among some laypeople and clergy.] As the New Mass gained ground over the Roman liturgy following Vatican II, tensions emerged. "People experienced the loss of the Latin Mass as the loss of something you love, and I think some of that is still there," explains Fr. Robert Murphy, a priest at St. William Parish in Naples. "When the Mass went from Latin to the language of the people, there were a significant amount of people who never went to Mass again. It was a tough adjustment on everybody." [Folks… the sloppy term "the Latin Mass" has me chewing my own tongue off, but we have to be patient.] For many priests, however, the Novus Ordo was what they learned in seminary, and there is little inclination to change their ways. "I have no inclination to. I never had it, and I still have a vocation, and I love the Church. I don't see myself taking the time to learn (it). I'm perfectly content in English." [I wonder if that does not smack slightly of laziness.] Murphy, for example, says he has no inclination to learn to preach the Latin Mass. "I never had it, and I still have a vocation, and I love the Church," says Murphy, who has been a priest in the Diocese of Venice nearly 14 years. "I don't see myself taking the time to learn (it). I'm perfectly content in English." The demand for the Latin Mass at his old parish of St. Andrew's in Cape Coral only came from one or two people, he says. He believes it is "perfectly OK" to worship in the vernacular, adding the local need for Spanish, Creole and Polish-speaking clerics. "We try to serve all people," Murphy emphasizes. [Except those who want the older Mass?] Fryar doesn't disagree. "People who are comfortable praying in English to God — by all means, pray to God the best way you can." [Everyone do your own thing!] After announcing the addition of Fryar's Latin Mass to the congregation, Fr. Robert Kantor said people were curious about the larger picture concerning faith and church. The decision to bring it to St. Agnes was based on hospitality, [!] says Kantor, the administrator of St. Agnes. "I did want the people here to understand it was a result of need. "These are people that are trying to be accommodated to celebrate a Mass that's part of the Church," he say "I don't think this means anything other than the Bishop trying to serve people who like this Mass." [Excellent.] Fryar says he believes it is unfair to compare the Latin Mass to more contemporary interpretations. "The Latin Mass has been around for 2,000 years, and it took maybe three centuries to get it perfected to one stage. … What you have in the 20th century is that the Mass has been perfected for 20 centuries. The new rite Mass is valid; it's good; it's holy … but it's only been around for what, 40 years?" [A good point.] There are no immediate plans to expand the venues for Latin Mass in the Naples/Ft. Myers area, however, Bishop Dewane, however, "There are no immediate plans to expand the venues for Latin Mass" in the Naples/Ft. Myers area. [Is there an echo?] "It's hard to say about the future. It depends whether the new generation that was not brought up in it wants to go back to it," said Murphy. "The future is that it will always happen as long as there are priests who want to say it." [That's for sure!]. In the balance a very nice article, insofar as its content is concerned

Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish martyrs Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:29 pm (GMT -5) Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish martyrs By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer Yahoo! News VATICAN CITY - The Vatican staged its largest mass beatification ceremony ever Sunday, putting 498 victims of religious persecution before and during Spain's civil war on the path to possible sainthood. The ceremony has drawn criticism from some in Spain who see it as implicit criticism of the current Socialist government as it takes a critical look at the country's civil war past and the fascist dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco, which was supported by the Roman Catholic Church. Seventy-one bishops from Spain, a host of Spanish politicians and Spanish pilgrims massed in St. Peter's Square for the ceremony, waving Spanish flags and breaking into applause after Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints, declared the 498 beatified. Spain's 1936-69 civil war pitted an elected, leftist government against right wing forces that rose up under Franco, who went on to win and presided over a nearly 40-year dictatorship staunchly supported by the Catholic Church. Violence against clergy had been simmering since 1931, with leftist forces targeting the institution they saw as a symbol of wealth, repression and inequality. Their attacks against the clergy gave Franco a pretext for launching his rebellion. The church estimates that nearly 7,000 clergy were killed in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The 498 people beatified on Sunday — who were killed in 1934, 1936 and 1937 — are comprised of two bishops, 24 priests and 462 members of religious orders, as well as a deacon, a subdeacon, a seminary student and seven lay Catholics. By declaring the 498 martyrs, the Vatican could proceed with beatification without having to confirm a miracle attributed to the intercession of each of the victims. A miracle is necessary for any of them to be declared a saint. Pope Benedict XVI appeared from his studio window after the Mass to greet the pilgrims, saying the beatification of so many ordinary Catholics showed that martyrdom wasn't reserved to a few but "is a realistic possibility for the entire Christian people." "This martyrdom in ordinary life is an important witness in today's secularized society," he said. Some in Spain have questioned the timing of the ceremony, coming three days before Parliament is to pass a Socialist-sponsored law seeking to make symbolic amends to victims of the war and of the Franco dictatorship. The bill mentions people persecuted for their religious beliefs, but for the most part it is an unprecedented, formal condemnation of the Franco regime. Critics say the Vatican, which since the late 1980s has beatified nearly 500 other clergy killed in the war, is acting with political motivation and is hitting back at the government by choosing now to beatify nearly another 500 all at once. The church says the ceremony is being held now because Benedict finished signing the decrees only two months ago. Ties between the Holy See and Spain have been strained since the Socialists took office in 2004. The government has angered the Vatican by introducing legislation facilitating divorce on demand and gay marriages, as well by scrapping plans by a previous conservative government to make religion an obligatory subject in schools. Spain also permits abortion. Saraiva Martins took aim at all those initiatives in his homily Sunday, saying Catholics must defend church teaching on protecting life from conception until natural death — Vatican language for opposing abortion. Drawing sustained applause from the crowd, he cited the need to protect the family "founded on the sole and indissoluble marriage between a man and woman, on the primary right for parents to educate their children, and on other question that spring up in daily life in the society in which we live." _________________ Blessed Pius IX, pray for us!

Health care for the unborn? Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:42 am (GMT -5) Revised SCHIP Bill Does Not Codify Rule Helping Women Avoid Abortions by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor October 25, 2007 Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Pro-life groups largely did not weigh in on Thursday on a bill to reauthorize the SCHIP program, but the measure could possibly have picked up extra votes had it contained a provision they support. The bill did not codify a program into law that helps pregnant women avoid abortions. In 2002, President Bush authorized a change in the SCHIP program that allowed states to cover poor pregnant women and their unborn babies under the medical insurance program. In total, 12 states including California, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Texas, Wisconsin and Michigan have done so. Pro-life groups were thankful for the "unborn child rule" Bush put in place because it provides help to vulnerable pregnant women who might have an abortion because of financial pressures. When Congress considered a bill to massively expand the SCHIP program, pro-abortion leaders removed the unborn child rule. Eventually, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa added an amendment that made sure the rule stayed in place for now. However, lawmakers rejected an amendment by Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado to make the unborn child rule a permanent part of the SCHIP program. President Bush ultimately vetoed the bill and Democratic leaders put forward a revised version of their SCHIP expansion bill on Thursday that failed to get enough votes to override a second expected presidential veto. Douglas Johnson, the legislative director of National Right to Life, told LifeNews.com that "the Democratic leadership in the House [again] refused to allow a vote on an amendment to codify the rule," with language similar to the Allard amendment. While the revised SCHIP bill contains the Grassley "neutrality" language, abortion advocates missed out an opportunity to gain more support for the bill by prohibiting lawmakers from making the unborn child rule permanent. States are still free to use the rule to help poor pregnant women avoid abortions but Congressional leaders could still work to topple it, especially if an abortion advocate is elected in next year's elections. _________________ http://www.geocities.com/demographic_crash

A New Weapon in Fight for the Unborn Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:38 am (GMT -5) New York Pregnancy Center's Mobile RV Continues to Help Women Avoid Abortion by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor October 25, 2007 New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- A New York chain of crisis pregnancy centers continues to provide positive alternatives to women considering abortions in the Big Apple. The center has employed a unique idea by using a converted motorhome with a portable ultrasound unit to assist women with unplanned pregnancies. LifeNews.com reported in February about Expectant Mother Care's mobile unit and its plans to park the motorhome at major abortion facilities six days a week to give women other options apart from abortion. EMC founder and president Chris Slattery told LifeNews.com at the time that the idea marked "a dramatic new chapter in the pro-life movement's efforts to reach out in compassion to women" and he says the mobile unit continues to help women. Slattery gave an update on the outreach to CBN News. "We go out to the toughest neighborhoods in the South Bronx and the most international area of Queens where there's a huge pocket of abortion clinics along a strip we call it 'Abortion Row,'" he said. On four days out of the week, Slattery and his ultrasound technician and bilingual counselor head to an abortion center in the Bronx. They offer free ultrasounds and helpful counseling for women in a variety of situations. "We're probably intervening with a dozen women a week who we get to take an ultrasound, talk with the counselor in either English or Spanish," he told CBN. Slattery said the mobile pregnancy center is seeing a high percentage of success. "We are successful probably eight out of 10 times. We're successful in turning the mother around if we can get her in to talk with us," he explained. Julie Beyel works with the RV and tries to get women headed to the abortion business to talk with her staff instead, she told CBN News. "What I do is I basically look…to see if women may be getting dropped off in a cab and I approach that woman to let them know we offer free help for pregnant women," she explained. Slattery indicated that the abortion center can't do much about their presence. "There's nothing they can do except the cursing they throw at us and occasional harassment of us. We're pretty much free to do what we want on this public sidewalk," he said. He said pregnancy centers across the country have visited with him about the mobile center with the idea of duplicating the concept in their communities. He said pro-life advocates as far away as New Zealand have contacted him. A New Weapon in Fight for the Unborn By Charlene Israel CBN News October 26, 2007 CBNNews.com - The battle over abortion has been going on for more than 35 years. Now there's a new weapon in the pro-life movement to save the lives of the unborn. Taking It to the Streets A 32-foot-long, brightly colored mobile home dodged in and out of traffic and made its way down the narrow streets of New York. It's a sight you don't see every day. But this isn't just any old RV. This one has a portable ultrasound unit onboard - and its mission is to save unborn babies. It's called 'Operation Frontline' and it's a pro-life mobile ultrasound clinic - the first of its kind in New York. Veteran pro-life activist Chris Slattery heads the operation. CBN News recently went for a ride in the life-saving vehicle. "We go out to the toughest neighborhoods in the South Bronx and the most international area of Queens where there's a huge pocket of abortion clinics along a strip we call it 'Abortion Row.'" Four days a week Slattery, along with his full time ultrasound technician and bi-lingual crisis pregnancy counselor, pull up to an abortion clinic in Bronx, New York. They offer free ultrasounds and friendly compassionate crisis counseling to all pregnant women who are on their way to have an abortion. "We're probably intervening with a dozen women a week who we get to take an ultrasound, talk with the counselor in either English or Spanish. We are successful probably eight out of 10 times. We're successful in turning the mother around if we can get her in to talk with us," he said. 'Operation Frontline' also reaches out to pregnant women who plan to keep their babies Julie Beyel works with Slattery as a sidewalk counselor. "What I do is I basically look…to see if women may be getting dropped off in a cab and I approach that woman to let them know we offer free help for pregnant women." She says she explains to the woman that an abortion clinic does not really help women. She explains that instead "it leaves women with negative feelings - maybe feelings of guilt." Time for a Baby Shower Ultrasound technician Wadiya Penzellna says the results are amazing and rewarding. She says that some of the women who decide to keep their babies will return with pictures of their infants. "I have pictures. We speak a lot, go to baby showers. It's been nice," she said. So what's the response from the abortion clinic? Slattery says, "There's nothing they can do except the cursing they throw at us and occasional harassment of us. We're pretty much free to do what we want on this public sidewalk." He says the idea for a mobile pro-life center is catching on. We're finding people are coming here to visit us to see how we're doing this from around the country," he said. "We've even had inquiries from New Zealand about opening up a mobile clinic like this." But despite the positive results, Slattery says he has one regret. He said, "I just wish we had thought of this many years ago. We're going go full whole hog with this now and save as many lives with this tactic as we can." _________________ http://www.geocities.com/demographic_crash

"Bringing gay and lesbian issues into the living rooms of Am Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:22 am (GMT -5) "Bringing gay and lesbian issues into the living rooms of America" Catholic university's law school honors "one of the most recognized lesbian leaders in the country" California Catholic Daily October 28, 2007 http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=955ce71f-c1be-4e47-8129-17e11c29b63f The School of Law at Santa Clara University, a self-described "Jesuit, Catholic university," honored Elizabeth Birch, "one of the most recognized lesbian leaders in the country" at its fourth annual Celebration of Diversity Gala held on Oct. 25. An alumna of the law school, Birch was from 1994 to 2004 the president and executive director of the Human Rights Campaign, "the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization," said a law school news release. During her time with the Campaign, its membership grew from 100,000 to 1.1 million supporters, and its budged rose from $6.5 million to almost $30 million. Birch's biography on the web site of the Diversity Education Center at Central Washington University says she "has been credited with bringing gay and lesbian issues into the living rooms of America in a new, fresh and creative way… Birch talks to America. She has allowed million more Americans to understand gay lives in a fresh way." In 2005, Birch launched a television talk show, "Birch and Co.," addressing "gay" and lesbian issues on the homosexual cable network, here!TV. Rosie O'Donnell and Pat Buchanan were among her guests. The Diversity Education Center biography notes that "George Magazine dubbed Birch and her partner, Hilary Rosen… one of Washington's ten most powerful couples." A June 22, 1999 article in the homosexual magazine The Advocate said Birch and Rosen adopted twins, a boy and a girl, in 1999. "Hilary and I have always had gay rights issues in the forefront of our lives, but we have never had anything cut as close to our souls as becoming parents," Birch told The Advocate. In 2007, The Advocate announced the separation of Birch and Rosen after 15 years as a couple. Birch spoke in behalf of the Human Rights Campaign against the 1996 federal "Defense of Marriage Act." In her testimony she said homosexuals are denied "the freedom to choose to marry – the right to enter into a civil legal union – the right to assume the duties and responsibilities regarding the person with whom we share a life long commitment. We are denied the right to put into practice the values embodied in any civil marriage – the values of caring, commitment, mutual interdependency and love." Homosexuals, said Birch "are continuously accused of lacking stability and the deepest kind of commitment in our relationships – let me assure you, our relationships are nothing short of miracles when one considers all that tears at them."

Vatican honours Spanish war dead Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:01 am (GMT -5) The victims are regarded by the Church as martyrs Vatican honours Spanish war dead Last Updated: Sunday, 28 October 2007, 10:33 GMT The Vatican has beatified 498 Roman Catholics executed during the Spanish Civil War, in the largest ceremony of its kind ever held. Most of the victims - nearly all of whom were clergy - were killed at the outset of the war in 1936, by militias fighting for the Republican government. The move has been criticised by some because it recognises victims from only one side of the brutal conflict. But the Vatican said it was not about "resentment but... reconciliation". The Roman Catholic Church was closely linked with the right-wing forces of General Francisco Franco, who won the war in 1939 and went on to impose nearly four decades of dictatorship. Many people think that by honouring the victims from only one side of the Civil War, the Roman Catholic Church is dividing Spaniards, says the BBC's Danny Wood in Madrid. However, the Spanish government has supported the beatification and is sending Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos to the ceremony. Killers forgiven The Mass in St Peter's Square was attended by nearly all of Spain's bishops and tens of thousands of pilgrims, who congregated on Sunday morning to honour those lauded by the Church as martyrs of the Spanish Civil War. It was being conducted by Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, while Pope Benedict XVI was to address a message to the pilgrims. The 498 victims included two bishops, 24 priests, 462 monks and nuns, three church staff and seven lay people. They were among an estimated 7,000 clergy killed by left-wing Republican forces between 1931 and 1939. One was Bishop Cruz Laplana y Laguna, who was taken prisoner by leftist militiamen two days after the war broke out in July 1936. He was shot by a firing squad two weeks later, reportedly telling his killers before they opened fire: "May God forgive you, as I forgive and bless you." This coming week, the Spanish parliament is expected to pass a landmark law acknowledging the victims of the war and its aftermath. The Law for the Historical Memory also obliges the Catholic Church to change any pro-Franco monuments inside its churches. This legislation has caused as much controversy as the Vatican's beatification, since Spaniards still find it very hard to reconcile their differences about this period of their history, says the BBC's correspondent. The war is thought to have claimed the lives of at least 250,000 people. While atrocities were carried out on both sides, it is thought the right-wing Nationalists killed more people. _________________ http://www.geocities.com/demographic_crash

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