Author Topic: Seeking a valid Traditional Catholic Mass....Are there any out there? (Read 19955 times)

IllyricumSacrum · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2014, 07:57:23 AM »

You seem to be ahead of the game, SeekerofTruth.
Welcome.
Have you looked into Sacred Heart Traditional Chapel in Orlando?
You can also look into the Byzantine and Maronite parishes in your area as possible options, especially for Reconciliation, er, I mean Confession.

Himagain · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2014, 09:13:05 AM »

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About 10 years ago I met some Traditional Catholics in my area through prolife work, but they lacked charity and I was turned off from the Latin Mass because of their fanatical and judgmental ways. I have forgiven them, and I am now starting to believe that they were just poor and weak messengers, and I decided to take another look at the Traditional Catholic groups.

That seems to happen a good bit. I'm so glad you've heard His call over all the noise, and that you've found some thoughtful assistance here.

SeekerOfTruth · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2014, 09:49:53 AM »

Quote from: IllyricuмSacrum

You seem to be ahead of the game, SeekerofTruth.
Welcome.
Have you looked into Sacred Heart Traditional Chapel in Orlando?
You can also look into the Byzantine and Maronite parishes in your area as possible options, especially for Reconciliation, er, I mean Confession.

I am closer to Tampa than Orlando, but I will look into Sacred Heart.

I thought that going to an Eastern Catholic priest for confession is forbidden because of their acceptance of the V2 hierarchy. Is this true?

AlligatorDicax · « **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2014, 11:12:15 AM »

Quote from: IllyricuмSacrum (Sep 4, 2014, 8:57 am)

You seem to be ahead of the game, SeekerofTruth. [....]  Have you looked into Sacred Heart Traditional Chapel in Orlando?

Whether one types the phrase "orlando traditional catholic", or "traditional catholic orlando", into an Internet search engine, whether it's the privacy-hostile <www.google.com>, or the privacy-conserving <ixquick.com/>, the first nonadvertising result is <orlando-sacred-heart.org> (the customary "www." being optional). That's exactly the Web site you'd want to find.

The church provides a remarkably extensive slate of Masses and devotions (I've been told that the Missale Romanum is a 1948 edition). A link to its regular "SCHEDULE" is in the middle section of the menu-stripe on the Web site's main page, just below the name-plate. The header content below the name-plate provides not only the church's address, but also (for the directionally challenged) its latitude & longitude.

As for apostolic succession:
Pastor Louis Montelongo was ordained to the Catholic priesthood, according to the traditional rite, by independent Bp. Timothy Hennebery (R.I.P. June 2012).
Asst. Pastor Jonathan Derrington was ordained to the Catholic priesthood, according to the traditional rite, by independent Bp. Patrick Taylor (for whose valid succession through Bp. Thuc, Fr. Rama Coomaraswamy specifically cited confirmation by Fr. Malachi Martin's highly placed sources).

IllyricumSacrum · « **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2014, 12:44:37 PM »

Quote from: SeekerOfTruth

Quote from: IllyricuмSacrum
You seem to be ahead of the game, SeekerofTruth.
Welcome.
Have you looked into Sacred Heart Traditional Chapel in Orlando?
You can also look into the Byzantine and Maronite parishes in your area as possible options, especially for Reconciliation, er, I mean Confession.

I am closer to Tampa than Orlando, but I will look into Sacred Heart.

I thought that going to an Eastern Catholic priest for confession is forbidden because of their acceptance of the V2 hierarchy. Is this true?

The Uniate Particular Churches have their own valid hierarchy, with an unbroken lineage. While they may accept the NO hierarchy it is my experience that Eastern Rite priests do preach EENS more frequently and more forcefully than do many Trad clergy, SV or non-SV.