Full text of Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos address to the Latin Mass Society

June 16, 2008
To all of you, on behalf of the Church, I say: “thank you for remaining faithful to the Church and to the Vicar of Christ; thank you for not allowing your love for the classical Roman liturgy to lead you outside of communion with the Vicar of Christ!” I also say, “Take heart!” for it is obvious from the many young people in England and Wales who love the Church’s ancient liturgy that you have done very well in preserving and handing on a love for this liturgy to your children.   More »

Latin Mass to return to England and Wales

June 6, 2008
The traditional Latin Mass – effectively banned by Rome for 40 years – is to be reintroduced into every Roman Catholic parish in England and Wales, the senior Vatican cardinal in charge of Latin liturgy said at a press conference in London today. In addition, all seminaries will be required to teach trainee priests how to say the old Mass so that they can celebrate it in all parishes. Catholic congregations throughout the world will receive special instruction on how to appreciate the old services, formerly known as the Tridentine Rite. Yesterday’s announcement by the senior Vatican cardinal in charge of Latin liturgy, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, speaking on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, will horrify Catholic liberals, including many bishops of England and Wales.   More »

Measuring and Implementing the Reform of the Reform

May 20, 2008
In looking at the reform of the reform movement, one is struck by the difficulty of categorizing it and its different stages. This is no deficiency in the movement itself, it is just the context in which the reform of the reform must operate. This was a topic that has come up on the Friends of NLM Facebook group. Particularly, the question arose as to whether a listing of reform of the reform parishes could be developed, similar to listings for Masses in the ancient Roman rite. Immediately some difficulties came forward. How do you categorize this? First of all, the reform of the reform is a process.   More »

Cardinal Ratzinger's 2003 letter on the Traditional Latin Mass

May 8, 2008
Dear Dr. Barth, if you commit yourself to work for the cause of the liturgy in this way, you will surely not stand alone, and you will prepare "public opinion in the Church" for eventual measures in favor of an expanded use of the earlier liturgical books. I believe, though, that in the long term the Roman Church must have again a single Roman rite. The existence of two official rites is for bishops and priests difficult to “manage” in practice. The Roman rite of the future should be a single rite, celebrated in Latin or in the vernacular, but standing completely in the tradition of the rite that has been handed down. It could take up some new elements which have proven themselves...   More »

Cardinal Hoyos says the Pope wants Traditonal Mass in parishes even when it isn’t requested

May 2, 2008
Cardinal Hoyos explains that Pope Benedict XVI hopes to foster a “spiritual and theological richness” by promoting - not just permitting but promoting - wider use of the Mass of St. Pius V, that this Mass is a universal gift - not a gift merely for the so-called traditionalists - but for the whole Catholic Church, that parishes and priests should make available the Extraordinary Form of the Roman RIte even if it is not specifically asked for, or requested”, and that the Pope wants this Mass to become normal in parishes so that "everyone may have access to this treasure..."   More »

FIRST SATURDAY COMMUNION OF REPARATION

April 5, 2008
In obedience to Our Lady at Fatima's request in 1917 to honor and to make reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for all the blasphemies and ingratitude of men, TRANSITUS OBLATES are to practice and promote this devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary through a perpetual observance of First Saturdays, making it one of Reparation to atone for the sins of the world and Renewal of their True Devotion Total Consecration to Mary.   More »

FIRST FRIDAY COMMUNION OF REPARATION

April 4, 2008
In obedience to Our Lord's instructions, "Behold this heart which has so loved men. Establish in the world a devotion to My Sacred Heart," TRANSITUS OBLATES are to practice and promote this devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through a perpetual observance of First Fridays - receiving Holy Communion of nine consecutive First Fridays.   More »

HOLY HOUR OF REPARATION & CONSECRATION

April 3, 2008
Every Thursday before First Friday, TRANSITUS OBLATES are to render to Our Lord a Holy Hour of Reparation for sins, offenses, and sacrileges against Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Sacred Heart and Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart...   More »

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #2 (PT.1)

March 12, 2008
My dear fellow Oblates, inquirers, and friends, we have been led, by way of the Liturgical Year, into the “desert” (or “wilderness”) for the liturgical season of Lent which is derived from the Latin word for 40. As we know, the desert is not only a geographical location, but it is a fearful spiritual journey into unknown territory, a divine encounter with the Almighty, and an unavoidable confrontation with the Enemy.   More »

LETTER FROM THE SUPERIOR GENERAL #1

January 1, 2008
It is fitting that we began our journey of inquiry and initiation into this lay monastic association at the beginning of the Church's Liturgical Year during the season of Advent. Advent is a penitential time (though not as severe as Lent) of preparation for the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ on the Feast of the Nativity (December 25).   More »

THE PRESENTATION OF OUR LADY IS THE BEST PREPARATION FOR ADVENT AND OUR ADMISSION INTO TRANSITUS

November 21, 2007
This Advent, may we be impregnated with the Word of God - faithfully fulfilling all that is the Divine Will, and in doing so, give birth to Our Lord in the coming Feast of the Nativity (Christmas) through our holiness and acts of charity. Likewise, may we adequately prepare ourselves for our initial stages of Inquiry (Candidacy) and Initiation (Postulancy) into Transitus.   More »

TRANSITUS HAS GONE PUBLIC!

September 17, 2007
It is fitting that this is the day that we take this small but momentous step into such a fearful undertaking. For what we have embraced will require us to let go of so many things. Yet, what we seek to gain, in its smallest measure, is worth more than what the world could ever appraise. Maybe this is a veiled glimpse of what our father Francis experienced on Mount Alverna.   More »