Promotional Video on the Latin Mass

Excellent and professionally produced video on the Latin Mass, filmed at Incarnation Catholic Church in Tampa, FL. Produced by: TwoSenseFilms.com One viewer noted “…great to see such a beautiful video explaining the richness and sacred nature of the Latin Mass.”

 

Angels and Demons: Watch this Video, Read this Posting

The video is a warm up. Now read the posting at Ignatius Scoop Blog entitled "Angels & Demons" is methodical, pedestrian, and quite silly.

Who and What Is the Catholic Church?

8 Yr. Old James Higgins, Future Pope Pius XIII

This video is from about one year ago-so little James is actually 9 years old now-but it's the first time I've seen it.

You have to watch it.

hat tip TLM Arlington

First Latin Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine

WKBT in La Crosse, WI includes the very nice video clip above and reports on the first ever Easter Sunday celebrations at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe which opened to the public last July.

It looks like a beautiful little retreat and pilgrimage center with a weekly Latin Mass at 9:30AM Sunday. And if you check out this page and scroll to the bottom you'll note an extensive history of association with Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, starting with this entry:

July 1999: Bishop Raymond L. Burke announces plans for the construction and establishment of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe to be located in La Crosse.

Who would've guessed?

According to the preceding video and news report (below), Jack Socha, the spokesman for the Shrine, seems to have long term plans for the celebration of Mass at the Shrine.

Easter Sunday took on an extra significance for one local parish.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrated its first ever Easter Sunday.

They marked the occasion by having two masses, a special Latin mass in the morning, and a normal Easter mass in the afternoon.

The masses were all part of an Easter celebration that also included some family activities.

Shrine officials say its great to see how well the shrine has done so far.

Jack Socha is the spokesman for the Shrine. He says, "Every day I see the shrine growing and people coming here from literally all over the country, it feels good. It feels good to see an easter celebration here and to think that 300 hundred years from now, on Easter sunday, we'll still be celebrating with the same music, the same lighting, the same marble."

The Shrine had a few other activities today besides mass.

They also had their first annual Easter egg hunt.

Children were able to search along the path leading up to the Shrine for the eggs.

They found prizes such as candy, special medals, stickers, and rosaries.

Organizers say the idea was to bring families together for Easter.

Egg Hunt Organizer Pat Krause says, "We are rejoicing in the family day together, the holiday together and at a religious shrine which is perfect for who we are."

The Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine opened to the public last July.

Shrine officials hope the masses and the Easter egg hunt will both become Easter traditions.

PBS Airs Segment on the Latin Mass

Msgr. Charles Pope is the pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian, a vibrant parish community in Washington, DC. He shares blogging duties with his associates at the Archdiocese of Washington. Last week he posted an entry Praying in Latin? and included the July 2007 video which appears below.

Nicely done video, but Msgr. rightly noted the following correction to the video:

You can learn more of the Old Latin Mass in this 5 minute video filmed here in the Archdiocese of Washington at Old St. Mary’s. One correction: At the beginning of the video someone has included a text that says the old Latin Mass and the new Mass are different rites. The Pope in 2007 chose to emphasize that this is NOT the case. Rather they are two different forms of the same Roman Rite. Enjoy this video featuring yours truly.