On March 15, Laetare Sunday, His Eminence Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, will celebrate for the first time in his episcopal ministry a Pontifical High Mass according to the traditional Roman Rite. The Mass will take place in the historic church of the Immaculate Conception (Grote Kerk) in Oss, Netherlands. For many faithful attached to the ancient Roman liturgy, this occasion represents a historic moment in the contemporary Catholic life of the Netherlands, the first celebration of a pontifical Mass by a cardinal since the post-Conciliar liturgical reform. The Mass will begin at 12:30pm; the church is located at Kerkstraat 15, Oss.
