About a week ago as I was doing an internet search for Latin audio I found a link to the Latin Mass Society of Ireland. They've done a very nice job on their website... it's quite simple and straightforward and includes helpful articles and some great audio.
If you visit the website you’ll see an impressive schedule of Latin Masses taking place on the Emerald Isle and the folks involved are to be congratulated for their efforts and perseverance. I discovered today that one of our Latin Mass devotees receives email updates from this group and credits much of their success to a man named Peadar Laighleis who is currently listed as the President of the Society.
On the homepage of the website three really interesting, practical and in depth articles on the basics of Latin Mass are offered. Take a look at each title below:
What is the Tridentine Mass?
Why Latin?
Text of the Mass
Finally, here's an useful summary by Peadar Laighleis on the state of the Latin Mass in Ireland which I found on the Derry Latin Mass website forum.
The Derry Latin Mass initiative is to be commended.
There are only a handful of dioceses that can be said to be anyway generous: Tuam, Dublin, Raphoe (notwithstanding the Raphoe thread), Cork & Ross and Limerick. That leaves a further twenty-one, though things are happing in Kilala, Down & Connor and Galway - and at a slower pace in some of the more rural dioceses.
But let's face it - the LMSI is about getting the Extraordinary Form in every diocese on at least a Sunday and Holy Day basis. In some dioceses, the work is well underway (though offers of help will be gratefully accepted, thank you). In others, we could do with volunteers on the ground - which is why I think this initiative is so good.
In any event, we begin from an American rather than a European perspective - not 'when are they going to give us the Latin Mass', but 'what are we going to do about getting a Latin Mass'. Just remember, the liberals have been telling us that 'we' are the Church.
Peadar Laighleis
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I thought Mr Alaisdir Ua Séaghdha was President of the Latin Mass Society of Ireland.
ReplyDeleteDear Eric,
ReplyDeleteI am very flattered at the comments above, but I could do nothing without the incredible team I have behind me. The situation has improved in Ireland since the above message and, with God's help, continues to do so.
We are interested in what goes on internationally and especially in the case of places with large Irish populations like Newfoundland, so we wish you the best of luck. Of course, if we can help in any way...you know where we are.
In Domino & Domina,
Peadar Laighléis,
President,
Latin Mass Society of Ireland.