Tuesday, October 23, 2007

But are they stable?

Here is a semi-interesting story about a group of students who have requested an extraordinary form Mass at Georgetown in Washington, DC. Seems that the powers that be are asking the same question asked by officials of the archdiocese, that is, what constitutes a stable group of the faithful.

Fr. Timothy Godfrey, director of campus ministry, said he “will follow the same route as the Archdiocese [of Washington, D.C.] and take time in the implementation of this Mass.” He said the archdiocese is working on determining what a “stable group of faithful” entails.

I fear this very question may prove to be one of the main excuses for complacency across the nation. And it seems like it is the only only portion of the letter, "Summorum Pontificum," some pastors are willing to quote...

read the article

More recent articles:

For more articles, see the NLM archives: