Are there any plans to offer the Latin rite mass at St. Isidore?
I have remained hopeful since the Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI that perhaps we might have it offered. A: Thank you for submitting your question to the parish website’s Chalkboard page. The question is an important one and there is still some confusion on the subject throughout many dioceses in the U.S. When Pope Benedict XVI issued his statement on the Latin Mass, the secular press and media also added to the confusion. So your question provides the opportunity to offer some clarification to the parish community. One of the critical requirements for offering the Latin Mass is that the priests celebrating the Mass have to be able to speak fluently and correctly in Latin, as well as be able to read and write it. Unfortunately after the implementation of the Vatican II instructions of the early 1960s on the Mass being in the vernacular language of the country, seminaries around the world stopped instruction in the Latin language, as did many of the Catholic High
