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Serving Latin Mass • Learn from FSSP Seminarians!

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 14, 2018

OW WOULD YOU LIKE for your son to learn the proper method of serving in the Extraordinary Form? What if you could have them trained by seminarians from the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter? Does this sound too good to be true? Think again!

Alongside the Sacred Music Symposium, there will be a special FSSP training camp for those who desire to serve at the Altar:

* * Direct Link: Register Instantly (FSSP.la)

Boys 12 and under have their own classes; so do boys 13 and older. All events take place at Saint Therese Catholic Church: 1100 East Alhambra Road; Alhambra, CA 91801. There is no cost, but a donation is requested to help cover the expense of feeding the participants—and young boys can eat a lot! (By the way, the Sacred Music Symposium still has a few spots available.)

89025 FSSP Altar Boy Training Workshop

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Here’s a fantastic video from last year, courtesy of the TLM YouTube channel.

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22 October 2021 • “Sad & Unnecessary”

The USCCB has completely deleted a section of their website which (before they deleted it) contained helpful resources for the classical Roman Rite. Something cool they had included (before they deleted it) was a link to the new prefaces, approved by Pope Francis on 25 March 2020. Will this madness never end?

—Jeff Ostrowski

11 October 2021 • “Sing All Verses?”

Some claim Catholics deserve condemnation because (unlike Protestants) Catholics often omit verses when singing hymns at Mass. Is that true? The wonderful Sophia Institute Press—as part of a series on authentic sacred music—has provided an answer (PDF) to this question.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Where do Catholics find hymns?

The wonderful Sophia Institute Press has begun a “Q+A” section which tackles common liturgical questions, and here’s a sample: “At a conference I recently attended, the speaker said hymns don’t belong at Mass; was he telling the truth?” And you can read the answer. To access the complete set (which is a work in progress), scroll towards the bottom of this link.

—Jeff Ostrowski