In the very large archdiocese where I live, one local archdiocesan parish offers one EF Mass per week. This parish has one of the most talented and liturgically sensitive music directors in town; it also has excellent OF liturgies. It is possible that other parishes in the archdiocese offer the EF, but not in my metropolitan area.

Interestingly, there is a small chapel staffed by the SSPX here, and there are still other small chapels of questionable allegiance to the Pope that offer private EF Masses.

Generally speaking, SP is not on anyone's radar, save for the members at the parish described above.

In the very large archdiocese where my wife works (yes, different from where we live), I think three total parishes offer the EF. We are very far away from that archdiocesan seat, and the EF is alien to the parishioners in this area of AD 2 as well.

Both metro areas are top 20 U.S. cities in terms of population, and one of them is even a "Catholic city." I could say more about its history, but I'll spare you.

In my diocese it's hardly had any effect at all. For the most part it's been ignored/disregarded. Sure, we got FSSP at two churches (both shared, and we're not even sure that they'll remain in the diocese long), but only one priest to travel between them. I've heard various people saying that they feel that the diocese is dragging it down, too. I believe it.

In my own locality, priests have not been open to the EF at all with the exception of one. We're "divisive", "not needed", or we're told that we have to procure an official diocesan position on the EF -- an official position that doesn't exist. One priest flatly said he didn't care about SP when told about it. One time when we did get an EF at a local church, the "Liturgy Coordinator" did his best to sabotage it.

So not much change here. I need a new diocese.

MACW, funny that we didn't ponder that amazingly obvious question last night.
It pains me to simply answer "No."
Amazing though how much lip service is afforded the Holy Father personally among clerics. They probably think "It's not as if my life depended upon what he says."
What is bound in heaven....

We're lucky to have a parish administrator who loves the EF and celebrates it, albeit imperfectly, on occasion (our late bishop limited Father to once per liturgical season), but, as Charles pointed out--we're at opposite ends of the same diocese--there's really no encouragement coming from the chancery, although we can only hope things might improve under the current ordinary.

Not much in my old diocese (Richmond). No new latin masses added as far as I know. I don't think I ever expected SP to work magic in the short run. Plenty of "spirit of Vatican II" dead wood has to be cleared.

I know no details, but there is an EF parish being formed in the north of Houston. It has been given significant acreage and monetary support, and, of course, has the approval of our wonderful Cardinal. I am not at all a partisan of this development in the Church's liturgical life, but appreciate it as an historic rite which we should respect... along with some others, like Sarum, Gallican, Hereford, Cologne, and on and on. It would have to be something awfully good to get me away from Our Lady of Walsingham, Anglican Ordinariate, and the EF isn't it.

Does one have to be a partisan to appreciate this development? I think not. It is not – or should not be – a partisan issue at all.

Hmmm. Lutheran. That explains a lot! LOL.

The Diocese of Knoxville at one time was the smallest Catholic diocese in the country. We are still not large, and are still maybe 4-5% of the local population. However, we have a weekly Sunday EF mass in Knoxville, and there is one twice a month in a smaller city south of us. The masses are regulary advertised in the diocesan newspaper and the bishop has been supportive. However, the attendance is rather flat and I don't see any significant future growth. I think the people who want to attend the EF do, and the remainder choose to go to OF masses.

Things are coming along in the diocese of Madison. Several parishes through out the diocese offer the EF on Sundays. And some also offer daily Mass as well. All of the paishes that do, other than the cathedral, are run by the Sciocety of Jesus Christ the Priest (some may remember when they made national news a few years ago for bringing back their parishes to the straight and narrow).

The bishop is also very supportive. He'll be celebrating his public Mass on the 15th in the EF, and does it several times a year.

In our Diocese, the priest which sings the Mass for us (and is not a diocesan priest) has said that we have only one person who is our friend. It's very good that the friend happens to be the Bishop, and he has been very supportive, but he is the only one. He asked all his pastors to let us have the Mass at one of their parishes; no one did. The bad news, aside from that, is that the establishment here actively tries to rid itself of us; the good news is that the few newly ordained priests and seminarians that we have ARE interested in the EF, even though their expressed interest at this point would make things very difficult for them. So we're playing a waiting game, trying to survive and grow while giving our many children the opportunity to grow up with the EF as the "norm". By twos and threes new people come to our Sunday Missa Cantata and either stay permanently or come as often they can, telling their friends about it. In four years, we've already had three weddings (including one of our schola members) and six funerals (also including one of our schola). We are living our sacramental lives under the EF as far as we can, with the approval of the local Ordinary.

It's also helpful, in a rather perverse way, that no one else is interested in doing this right now. We're not competing for resources with anyone, and the nearest schola is 60 miles away (Hi, Chris!). I've told our schola that I expect in 5 years that the Diocese will contact us and ask for our help. I might have been slightly crazy at the time I said it, but I've seen signs since then that I might be right.

The desire for the Extraordinary Form is growing faster than the ability of traditional orders to meet the need,with the result that growth is restrained somewhat. I don't know if we get much help from the Chancery, but I can drive to Mass in any direction no more than 2 hours and attend Mass in at least 5 locations. The future looks better: the ordinary of a neighboring diocese has just become Metropolitan Archbishop of a major American city -- and he's friendly to the EF.

On vacation in New Orleans this June I attended a beautiful EF Mass at St. Patricks. It was the first Mass of a newly ordained priest. Absolutely gorgeous and the church was full.

Here in Portland, Oregon (home of OCP), nothing has changed at all. We have 2 thriving SSPX parishes, probably due to the negative way the Archdiocese looks at EF Masses. To counteract the popularity of the SSPX, Bishop Lukewarm (that is what Vlasny means in Czech, and he is Czech) allows one tiny country parish, way out in the boonies to have the EF Mass every Sunday. These are pretty poor accommodations on the part of the Archdiocese. If the Bishop would place the EF Mass right alongside the OF Mass, like maybe at the Cathedral, the SSPX would have the wind knocked right out of their sails. Meanwhile, the little country parish just limps along...

Our diocese has:
-- 1 Sunday principal Mass in the EF in indult parish pre-SP under the now-retired bishop; our pastor was made the Bishop's Delegate for the EF by the present bishop (my home parish);

--1 Sunday evening EF;

--2 one-Sunday-per month, afternoon or evening EFs (cathedral, about 100 attendees; and shrine, about 30);

--and two weekday EFs (Tuesday am, always Low Mass, and Wednesday pm, once in a while Missa Cantata).

These Masses are offered by four priests total (two travel to offer the once/month EFs). The Wednesday night EF is offered by a one-year-ordained priest whose pastor is preparing to offer the EF as well; whether or not that will become a regular Sunday offering remains to be seen, as the parish is building a much-larger church to accommodate its size, which may free up time in the weekend Mass schedule.

Probably about half of our seminarians are interested in offering the EF. The priest ordained this past June offered a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving as his first Mass, but it was insisted/published that his official first Mass was the OF he offered on Sunday.

Other than the present parishes, the EF is just not on the radar. When I am out and about assisting with Masses at diocesan events, most people have never heard of the EF. (I find out about this because I always veil, which seems a nine-day's wonder, particularly when I'm conducting, and people always ask, so it's a natural opening to talk about the EF.) The bishop has offered Confirmation in the EF twice, this year and three years ago, and is friendly to it; but the EF is not actively promoted by the Office of Divine Worship. (To be fair, the Director of the ODW has his hands full with the OF, and he is a good man.)

In support of the EF, there are four musicians involved, of which I am one (I direct the schola that assists at the cathedral EF and in my own parish's EF on most holy days, and I volunteer in that capacity; I am also a volunteer when I plan and carry out the music for diocesan Masses every so often). Many of the parishes have only volunteer musicians and a different set of them for each mass, with no coordination or oversight. Most pastors appear afraid of their musicians and see no reason for anything to change.