San Antonio, Texas, USA

 

Latest News:

Quarterly meeting coming up soon.

Date and time to be posted.

 

Location:

Our Lady of Fatima Latin Mass Community has moved to St. Piux X Catholic Church (on Harry Wurzbach) as of February 17, 2008. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, S.T.D. has appointed St. Pius X Catholic Church to provide the Traditional Latin Mass for the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The Latin Mass times are as follows:
Sundays - 12:00 Noon
Wednesdays - 7 am
Saturdays - 8 am with Confession from 8:45 - 9:45
First Fridays - 8 am
Holy Days of Obligation - TBA

Summorum Pontificum:

On July 7, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI released his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, affirming that the traditional latin Mass was NEVER abrogated, and that it is freely available to the faithful. An english translation of the text is available at Zenit's web site: click here, and also from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: click here.

 

Prayer Requests:

Please keep Father Ralph Nuytten in your prayers.

Please keep Dr Joseph Hudson, who has suffered a stroke, in your prayers.

 

Approved by the Archdiocese of San Antonio:

Even prior to the release of Summorum Pontificum, we had permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass from our local bishop. Before his retirement, Archbishop Patrick Flores granted approval for our Traditional Latin Mass in two seperate letters, the latest one dated July 27, 2004. We also received permission from the current Archbishop, Jose H. Gomez.

 

Clergy:

Father Ralph Nuytten, CICM (retired)

Father Franz Schorp, SM

Father Kloster, Diocesan Priest

Father Verbrugghe, USAF Ret.

 

Important Quote:

"I am of the opinion, to be sure, that the old rite should be granted much more generously to those who desire it. It's impossible to see what could be dangerous or unacceptable about that. A community is calling its very being into question when it suddenly declares that what until now was its holiest and highest posession is strictly forbidden and when it makes the longing for it seem downright indecent. Can it be trusted any more about anything else? Won't it proscribe tomorrow what it prescribes today?". (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI)