Joy, frustration and humor: reactions to Vatican law change on lectors, altar servers In the wake of ... elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Latin Mass July 18, 2021, at St.

Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor's restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western Church revival.

He learned how to serve as a master of ceremonies for it, which means he's the adult male altar server who responds in Latin on behalf of the congregation during the Mass and helps direct the ...

A new generation of young altar servers captivated by the solemn rituals of Latin Mass is mastering the traditional rite in growing numbers in the Boston archdiocese as the liturgy makes a ...

An altar server lights the candles before a traditional Latin Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Covington on Friday, July 16, 2021. (Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune | The New ...

his servers are still swinging censers, and his parishioners are translating his chants in their missals. The Latin Mass lingers on at St. Joseph. The mystery and the reverence that parishioners ...

But it signals a divide within the church. Old Latin Mass at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit. Devotees describe it as a more reverent form of worship.Credit...Nick Hagen for The New York Times ...

Matthew, where her three sons have acted as altar servers for the priest. 'It connects us as Catholics to something deeper.' — Lea Hansen, of Babylon, on the Latin Mass. Henry and Lea Hansen ...

An altar server prepares a censer for use during a traditional Latin Mass at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz) Collin found the homilies at ...

Unlike the new Mass, called a "banal fabrication" in 1993 by the current pope, it makes unquestionably clear the "faith and practices" of Catholics, especially the sacrificial aspect of the Mass ...

So I decide to go to a church that celebrates the Latin Mass every Sunday at 11 AM ... The opening procession included 8 servers in surplices (all male), an assistant to the priest and the ...