Extraordinary Form Latin Mass at Mission San Buenaventura, California Set to End After
15 Years
On December 8, 2012, Rev. Thomas Elewaut, the recently assigned pastor at
Mission San Buenaventura informed, via a letter, the parishioners who
attend the Extraordinary Form 1:30 p.m. Traditional Latin Mass that he
planned to see the Mass that has been held at the Mission for more than 15
years ended and that he desired that his parishioners attached to this
venerable form of the Mass find a new parish where it might be offered. He
also informed these parishioners that he will not allow the Triduum in the
Extraordinary Form, contrary to the allowance for just this in Universae
Ecclesiae and the past history of providing for a Triduum in the
Extraordinary Form.
A quote from the new pastor regarding one of his reasons for removing this long standing Latin Mass:
"...the Mission is a place of pilgrimage and tourist visitation which is hindered by the additional Sunday Mass; visitors often have a limited opportunity to tour the Mission and have expressed reservation on touring the church during Holy Mass."
The whole sad story:
http://www.unavoceventura.org/news/n...et_to_end.html
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15 Years
On December 8, 2012, Rev. Thomas Elewaut, the recently assigned pastor at
Mission San Buenaventura informed, via a letter, the parishioners who
attend the Extraordinary Form 1:30 p.m. Traditional Latin Mass that he
planned to see the Mass that has been held at the Mission for more than 15
years ended and that he desired that his parishioners attached to this
venerable form of the Mass find a new parish where it might be offered. He
also informed these parishioners that he will not allow the Triduum in the
Extraordinary Form, contrary to the allowance for just this in Universae
Ecclesiae and the past history of providing for a Triduum in the
Extraordinary Form.
A quote from the new pastor regarding one of his reasons for removing this long standing Latin Mass:
"...the Mission is a place of pilgrimage and tourist visitation which is hindered by the additional Sunday Mass; visitors often have a limited opportunity to tour the Mission and have expressed reservation on touring the church during Holy Mass."
The whole sad story:
http://www.unavoceventura.org/news/n...et_to_end.html
