Quite disappointing that this kind of thing is still going
on anywhere in the Catholic world, in light of Summorum
Pontificum, and the fact that Pope Benedict held his last event at Oscott
at the end of his last visit to Britain.
Seminarians at St Mary's College, Oscott,
in Birmingham recently asked the rector if they could have the Extraordinary
Form celebrated there – note, they did not ask to be trained how to say it.
The answer? Essentially, get
stuffed, but couched in genial and friendly language. Oscott, which trains
priests from the Midlands and North of England, has decided that Summorum
Pontificum – which requires that a group of the faithful have the old
Mass celebrated for them if they make an appropriate request – does not apply
within its walls. But seminarians are generously told that they can attend the
EF elsewhere (like every other Catholic in the world).
Some of the students are pretty
disgusted by this ruling: not only does it go against the letter and spirit of
Benedict XVI's legislation, but the "House Notes" in which the news
was broken also seem to play the trick of turning the request for the celebration of
the Mass (which should be automatically granted) into one for special training in
it (which is easier to turn down).
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