Dear Folks,

German on the bulletin cover and singing Latin at Mass? What are we to think?

The German on the bulletin cover was an artistic selection by the bulletin editor. Don’t worry, Masses will not now be in German.

What about singing the Creed in Latin as we did a couple of weeks ago? The second Vatican Council explicitly asked that all of the faithful know the Latin Mass parts that correspond to them: the Gloria, Creed, Holy Holy Holy, Memorial Acclamation, and the OurFather. This has been sadly and widely ignored.

So in trying to gently keep this alive, the parish is faithfully trying to be a part of the universal church. However, some folks do not know this, nor do they have a desire for this. is is why it has been primarily in the shorter liturgical seasons, and why we have done mostly the three shortest prayers.

However, this year, I suggested to the music director that we sing the Latin version of the Creed. It generated a few raised eyebrows, but also a good number of open hymnals! Next weekend, we will sing the Credo again in Latin. Pentecost Sunday seemed a particularly good feast to use the universal language of the Latin Rite Church! We might break it out occasionally on big feasts. There is no intention to move away from praying the creed in English, as the normal routine.

Two ways that you might prepare for next weekend:

1. Here is a link to the chant that we will use to pray the Creed. You could familiarize yourself with the music, to make it easier.

https://tinyurl.com/bdcnk2k8

2. I have asked the music director to put the music, Latin text, and English translation into the music sheet handed out at Mass. This should make it easier for you to to follow the meaning of the sung text in Latin.

Great News!!!!

Soon-to-be Fr. Stan Lee will be joining us aer his ordination next month!! It was announced this week, and we look forward to his arrival at the end of June!!

We will be back up to ve priests, and I will plan on adding back the Masses we had to drop when we lost Fr. Renner last summer!! (the start date for those will be in the bulletin next month).

We are working on receiving a little biographical info on Fr. Lee to share with you all. I am certain you all will warmly welcome him, as for the priests, we are sooooo ready to welcome him to our rectory!

pax,

Father John Mosimann