Dear Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community Inc,

Posted on February 4, 2012 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

On behalf of all the priests and seminarians of the Fraternity of St.Peter working and studying in North America, I thank you for your generous support to the Fraternity for 2011.

The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter perseveres always in expanding the work we do in service of the Church. This fall, Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary accepted 22 new men into formation, 19 second-year men received Tonsure and the cassock, and a large number received Minor Orders. The future is thus bright as we look forward to the ordinations of many new Fraternity priests in the years to come.

We are greatly encouraged by the many blessings we have received in support of our mission, and God sustains our work through the numerous benefactors who bring our work to fruition. We pray for His continued assistance as we joyfully toil in the yoke He has chosen to lay upon us. May God bless you with peace and joy for your prayers and support. Please be assured of the prayers of our priests and seminarians for you and your intentions.

In Corde Iesu, per Mariam,
Fr. Gregory Pendergraft, F.S.S.P.
Director of Development

Dear Members of the Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community

Posted on January 30, 2012 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

After a year that I could never have imagined, I have much to be grateful for this Christmas Season. Among God’s blessings to me are you and your very thoughtful enrollment in the Christmas Novena of Masses offered by the Fraternity of Saint Peter at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary.

As I thank God for you in my prayers, I wish you a very joy-filled Christmas and the Lord’s peace in the New Year 2012.

God bless you and those you hold dear.

Grateful for our belief that “Nothing is Impossible with God, “ I am

Your brother in Christ,
Most Reverend David A. Zubik
Bishop of Pittsburgh

From the Mail

Posted on January 30, 2012 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

Dear PLMC,

Veni, Domine Jesu!

Thank you so much for enrolling me in the Christmas Novena of Masses with the Priests of the Fraternity of St. Peter. I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness, more than my words can express. Know that the PLMC is in my heart and in my prayers daily. Please remember me in your prayers. Dominus vobiscum!

Love in Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
Sister Marianne Lis

From the Mail

Posted on January 30, 2012 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

Dear Friends of the Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community,

Greetings and warmest wishes from Saint Vincent! Thank you for your generous gift. Your thoughtfulness and kindness are deeply appreciated. Be assured of the continued prayers and gratitude of the Benedictine Community. May God’s blessings be yours in great abundance now and always.

With every good wish I remain

Faithfully in Christ,
Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki, O.S.B.
Archabbot of Saint Vincent

Dear Friends of the Institute,

The canons, oblates, seminarians, and sisters of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest offer you prayerful wishes for a blessed feast of Christmas and a New Year full of heavenly grace.

Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz
Vicar General & Provincial Superior
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest

Dear Members of the Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community,

May the gift and joy and the blessing of peace be yours this Christmas and in the New Year.

Fr. Gerald and the Passionist Community
St. Paul of the Cross Monastery

Dear Members of the Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community,

Thank you for the Christmas greeting and Mass intentions. May God bless you and your families at Christmas and throughout the New Year.

Fr. S.

Dear Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community,

In love we find acceptance. In love we find the spirit of peace. May love light our way this Christmas.

Fr. F.

Dear Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community,

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thank you for your Christmas gift of a Christmas Novena of Masses.

Fr. K.

Dear Members of the Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community,

May God’s love abound in your heart this Christmas and in the year to come.

Fr. A.

PLMC Business

Posted on January 29, 2012 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

Anyone wishing to receive a report of his contributions to the Pittsburgh Latin Mass Community, Inc. for the calendar year 2011 should submit a written request to our Treasurer, Tom Oxenreiter, via the PLMC mailing address given on the right sidebar. Remember to include your name and return address!

Donations to support the promotion of the traditional seminarians, traditional seminaries, and the Traditional Latin Mass can also be sent directly to our P.O. Box.

Resources for seminarians to learn TLM on their own.

Posted on December 17, 2011 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

This article from Fr. Zuhlsdorf on the training of seminarians…

QUAERITUR: Resources for seminarians to learn TLM on their own. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

During an ordination, someone must stand up in front of the ordaining bishop and attest that seminarians are properly formed and educated and suitable for ordination.

However, seminarians of the Latin Church are not being trained in the whole of the Roman Rite. According to the Church’s law, the Roman Rite has two forms. How many seminaries are training men also in the Extraordinary Form with adequate training, real training… not just an occasional Mass they get to watch. Furthermore, the Code of Canon Law requires that all seminarians be very well-trained in Latin (can. 249). Is that happening? Universae Ecclesiae reiterated this point. I also know of a document from the Congregation for Catholic Education which requires that there be a Patristic Theology component in the curriculum, not just the occasional reference in history or theology courses.

I think it is great, therefore, when – just as some of us did back in the day – seminarians are learning to row the boat all on their own…

… read the rest HERE.

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix.

Posted on December 17, 2011 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix. Nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus, sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta. Amen.

We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

An ancient prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the oldest known version of which is found on an Egyptian papyrus from the 3rd century. This prayer is used in Litanies to the Blessed Mother and as a concluding prayer to Compline. A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who recite it.

Memoriale Vitae Sacerdotalis

Posted on December 17, 2011 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

O sacerdos! Tu quis es?
Non es a te, quia de nihilo.
Non es ad te, quia es mediator ad Deum.
Non es tibi, quia soli Deo vivere debes.
Non es tui, quia es omnium servus.
Non es tu, quis alter Christus es.Quid ergo es? Nihil et omnia,
O sacerdos!

O priest! Who art thou?
Thou art not from thyself, because thou art from nothing.
Thou art not to thine own self, because thou art a mediator to God.
Thou art not for thyself, because thou ought to live for God alone.
Thou art not of thyself, because thou are the servant of all.
Thou art not thyself, thou who art another Christ.
What therefore art thou? Nothing and everything,
O priest!

(Excerpt from “The Priest Is Not His Own” by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen)

New life is found for Catholic church artifacts

Posted on December 5, 2011 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

Article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review…

New life is found for Catholic church artifacts

By Craig Smith
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, December 5, 2011

As a seminarian, the Rev. Joseph McCaffrey knelt before a tabernacle in the chapel at Mercy Hospital, where his mother was being treated for a brain tumor, and prayed for her recovery.

Later, when he was named pastor of Ss. John and Paul Church in Marshall, he noticed that same tabernacle — an ornamental cabinet used to store the Blessed Sacrament — at his new church.

And when it came time to build a new Sts. John and Paul Church building, he “knew that was going to be in there.”

The practice of reusing religious items is a common one among Catholics. The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has two warehouses — one an old church — that house aging, unused religious articles and statuary.

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Thank You

Posted on November 30, 2011 by DumbOx in Uncategorized

Dear PLMC, Inc. Members,

We are happy to report that the Yellow Ribbon Girls and their Gang of Volunteers have completed another of our Christmas Mailings. We could not have done this so successfully without your generous donations of supplies, continued support, and extremely helpful volunteers.

Any type of clerical material is always in great demand so we were happy to include the hundreds of your promotional pens and pencils in the Christmas Care Packages. Thanks also for the hundreds of rosaries and devotional items that you sent. We are a Faith-based group and appreciate your help in keeping our troops supplied with items they need to provide for their spiritual comfort as well as their physical comfort.

We were sorry to learn of the death of your member, Charles Heidenreich. The hundreds of Bibles and other religious books from his library that we have been given were mailed to U.S. servicemen and women who are deployed in several countries from Europe, the Middle East, and Japan. His help will be greatly missed but we thank his family for the large donation of materials from his estate.

We are also happy to report that the monthly boxes we are sending to 3 young men from your organization are being received by them and that we have been hearing from them through their e-mails when they have the time to write. They are a credit to their families for sharing what we send to them with the men stationed in outlying camps and we can never thank them enough for their generosity and concern for others serving around them.

Thanks also to Judy Delia who has been our main contact with your organization.She and her helpers have spent many hours collecting and packing donations of everything from toothbrushes to Bibles and have also assisted us in packing the Care Packages for mailing for more than 2 years.

We hope that you had a Blessed Thanksgiving and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please keep our group in your prayers and say some prayers every day for our troops. As we say in every message to our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, “Stay Safe! Stay Strong!”

Sincerely,
Patti, Bonnie, and Vicki The Yellow Ribbon Girls

Succisa Virescit!