Despite having a Catholic population of only 97,000, the Lincoln diocese ordained 22 men from 2010-2012. Only seven diocese in the entire country ordained more. One of those, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (with a Catholic population over 4.2 million) ordained 34 men during those same three years. In other words, L.A. only ordained four more men per year on average despite having a population 44X greater than Lincoln.
(This priest also told me that allegedly, Bugnini never celebrated a Sung Mass in his entire life. So I think his new nickname should be "Annibale Lecta".)
allegedly, Bugnini never celebrated a Sung Mass in his entire life
This appears to contradict the story that the "demo version" of the new Mass, celebrated before the synod fathers on 1967 by Bugnini himself was a sung Mass. Reportedly card. Heenan was not excited, as the idea was to coerce the congregation to sing, too.
Why Irishmen should not want to sing in church when they sing so freely in pubs and at home is a complete mystery to me.
This is funny, because English Protestants seem to break out in 4-part harmony without being asked.
Why Irishmen should not want to sing in church when they sing so freely in pubs and at home is a complete mystery to me.
Yet one more reason I'm not terribly fond of falling back on +Heenan
This Tradition is pre-Reformation...CofE tradition of child choristers
And unless/until we have hymn texts which have received full scrutiny from the same authorities as the propers, they are IMHO not proper. Although (as a PIP) I do sing them for want of being offered something better.we have not had the stability needed to build a strong tradition of congregational singing.
Although (as a PIP) I do sing them for want of being offered something better.
Although (as a PIP) I do sing them for want of being offered something better.
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