N.Y. CATHOLICS TO CELEBRATE TRIDENTINE SERVICE.Byline: Peter Steinfels Peter F. Steinfels (born in 1941) is an American journalist and educator best known for his writings on religious topics. A native of Chicago, Illinois, and a lifelong Catholic, Steinfels earned his PhD from Columbia University and joined the staff of the journal The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times A centuries-old form of the Roman Catholic Latin Mass The term Latin Mass refers to the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Mass celebrated in Latin. Specifically, the term is frequently used to denote the Tridentine Mass: that is, the Roman-Rite liturgy of the Mass celebrated in accordance with the successive editions of the Roman , which was supplanted after the Second Vatican Council Noun 1. Second Vatican Council - the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms Vatican II Vatican Council - each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church a quarter-century ago, will be celebrated Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , bringing to the fore many of the complex religious and political discontents fueling conservative Catholicism. With John Cardinal O'Connor welcoming worshipers to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Alfons Cardinal Stickler stick·ler n. 1. One who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for neatness. 2. Something puzzling or difficult. , the retired head of the Vatican library and archives, will preside at a Solemn High Pontifical Mass using the Tridentine rite. Named for the 16th-century Council of Trent Noun 1. Council of Trent - a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished , which inspired its uniform use throughout Western Catholicism, the Tridentine Mass is said in Latin by a priest facing an altar, with his back to the congregation. It was the Mass familiar to Catholics before the Second Vatican Council initiated a revision of the liturgy in 1963. The revised liturgy, meant to encourage active participation by the whole congregation, is celebrated in local languages, with the priest facing the people across a free-standing altar. But when the new Mass officially replaced the Tridentine rite in 1971, it set off a long-running battle between church officials and some Catholics, including members of the clergy who were unhappy with a host of changes in church practice. With the authorization of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła in 1984, more than 100 of the 181 dioceses in the United States now permit a few parishes to provide a Tridentine Mass. But no diocese has spotlighted it as the New York Archdiocese will do Sunday evening. Not since the Tridentine Mass was supplanted a quarter century ago has it been ``celebrated by a cardinal of curial cu·ri·a n. pl. cu·ri·ae 1. a. One of the ten primitive subdivisions of a tribe in early Rome, consisting of ten gentes. b. The assembly place of such a subdivision. 2. a. rank in the cathedral of a premier archdiocese with the express consent of the local cardinal,'' the Rev. John A. Perricone, who arranged the event, said Wednesday, speaking of Stickler's high position in the Vatican. Stickler has been coming to New York for several years, at Perricone's invitation, to say Tridentine Masses at parish churches. A year ago, Perricone, a 49-year-old priest who teaches philosophy at St. Francis College in Brooklyn and lives at St. Agnes parish in Manhattan, brought Stickler and O'Connor together and sought permission to have Sunday evening's Mass held in the cathedral where it could receive greater attention. Stickler and O'Connor were made cardinals at the same ceremony in 1985. A call to O'Connor's office Wednesday asking for the cardinal's comment was not returned. Unlike many who may be drawn to Sunday evening's liturgy either out of love of an ancient language or nostalgia for the familiar ritual of their younger days, advocates of the old rite like Perricone see it as a vaccine against the toxins of modern culture, a means of maintaining the purity of the church's beliefs and the fidelity of its believers. ``The Latin Tridentine Mass has become a conservative rallying cry,'' declared a news release of Sunday evening's ceremony from Perricone. The old rite ``allows me to depart from Mass at peace instead of enraged en·rage tr.v. en·raged, en·rag·ing, en·rag·es To put into a rage; infuriate. [Middle English *enragen, from Old French enrager : en-, causative pref. ,'' said Roger A. McCaffrey, the publisher of The Latin Mass, a quarterly with 16,000 subscribers. ``I hear that all the time from people who are fed up with the garbage that goes on at the typical parish Mass these days,'' he added, such as ``females in the sanctuary,'' the area near the altar, and ``irreverence before the Blessed Sacrament.'' Perricone likes to point to young people like Christopher Grizzetti who have fallen in love with the Latin liturgy. Grizzetti, who works at an investment management firm in Manhattan, is 25. He left the church during his college years and discovered the old Latin rite shortly after returning two years ago. ``You are given the opportunity to be with Our Lord in the Eucharist in a quiet manner,'' he said. ``There aren't distractions in being asked to participate constantly.'' He contrasted this with parish liturgies that were ``always trying to be innovative'' and where ``the music was overwhelming and distracting.'' |
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