I am a senior in high school and my school is novus ordo. Myself and a few of my friends who attend the sspv or SSPX are attempting to make our school trad. I am having difficulty doing this as: the “priests” were ordained in the new rite, they refuse to hold a Latin mass even with the true priest ordained in the old rite because they are “retired”, and the brothers are all typical 1970s modernists.
I have attempted to spread the rosary and get the word out about the 15 promises, but the brothers say that I am “too rigid”. My sodality moderator even went as far as reading a book about prayer which was aimed for all religions, when I asked why not just tell the sodality to pray the rosary he told me “it is too difficult for them to understand”. My friends and I have been viewed as hardliners by the liberal religion teachers and they now refuse to let us voice our complaints: whenever I ask for the TLM to be said at school masses, the teacher says “oh yea sure we have been praising witches since the 1960s” to mock my dislike of the novus ordo.
Earlier today I asked the newly “ordained” “priest” for a TLM and he said they dont have the resources and would possibly have to bring people in who knew it. Could I contact the SSPX for them to say a mass?
It seems hopeless at this school. Please give me your advice.
The school is mariantist for reference, you could PM me for the name of the school but I’m not that comfortable giving up the exact name to everyone because I am possibly the most outspoken trad at my school and could easily be identified by a modernist staff member who would like nit hung more than to see me silenced or disciplined.
What you should do is to study Summorum Pontificuм. Then get a group of your fellow traditional Catholics together and make a formal request in writing for there to be a celebration of the TLM. If they refuse then go to your bishop. If he refuses then go to the Vatican. It is important that you be respectful toward all of the legitimate authorities. Keep copies of all of your correspondence.
I think you should think in terms of the long term. It may not happen while you are in school, but if there is enough of a demand then it will happen.
One thing that I think is important and will help your cause is that you should in no way say or do anything that would tell the priests of the Novus Ordo that you are in any way rejecting Vatican II. That will strengthen your position when/if you need to appeal any denial of your petitions for the TLM.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_commissions/ecclsdei/docuмents/rc_com_ecclsdei_doc_20110430_istr-universae-ecclesiae_en.html
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