Tuesday, November 13, 2012

LATIN MASS GROWS IN SAVANNAH DIOCESE


GREAT NEWS!

THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY OF THE GOLDEN ISLES IS PROUD TO SAY THAT THE FIRST LATIN MASSES IN BRUNSWICK GA IN 50 YEARS WAS A FANTASTIC SUCCESS. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE WERE ESPECIALLY SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE SATURDAY MORNING LOW MASS, WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH AN UNADVERTISED MASS, WITH 29 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. AT THE SUNDAY HIGH MASS FATHER CELEBRANT, SAID HE DISTRIBUTED 100 SACRED HOST, NOT TO MENTION THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR MANY PEOPLE SING SOME OF THE RESPONSES AT THE HIGH MASS, SUCH AS " ET CUM SPIRITU TUA", "AMEN", " LIBERA NOS A MALO", ETC. AFTER MASS SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT HE ACTUALLY SAW PEOPLE CRYING IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH OUT OF LOVE FOR THIS MASS WHICH THEY HAD NOT SEEN IN FIFTY YEARS. DURING THE COFFEE AND DONUTS AFTER MASS, PEOPLE WERE SHOWING ME THEIR TRADITIONAL MISSALS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN BEFORE THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR ALTAR SERVERS, INCLUDING MY FATHER WHO SERVED  FOR THE FIRST TIME  AT THE HIGH MASS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR ONE CHOIR MEMBER FROM JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, BECAUSE WITHOUT HIS EXCELLENT SINGING WE COULD NOT OF HAD A HIGH MASS. I ALSO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE AT THE LATIN MASS COMMUNITY IN SAVANNAH GA WHO HELPED US IN NUMEROUS WAYS.

 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK FATHER MATHEW MCCARTHY FOR DRIVING FROM   TO THE GA COAST TO SAY THESE HOLY MASSES. A SPECIAL THANKS SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN TO ALL OF OUR GROUP MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALL EXTREMELY HELPED IN OUR EFFORT TO RESTORE SACRED TRADITION TO THE GA COAST. HOPEFULLY WEWILL HAVE MORE TRADITIONAL MASSES IN THE SOUTH EAST GEORGIA AREA VERY SOON, AND EVENTUALLY, IF OUR LORD WILLS IT, HAVE A TRADITIONAL PARISH IN THE SOUTHEAST OF GEORGIA.


Latin Mass Society of the Golden Isles

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