Bishop Boland continues to deny our petition.

      At a recent meeting with our bishop, guidelines from Bishop Thompson, Diocese of Charleston, S.C. were given to Dr. Maher to pass on for our members to follow. 

It is the express will of Pope John Paul II that "respect must everywhere be shown for the feelings of those who are attached to the Latin liturgical tradition" (Ecclesia Dei, 6c) not simply by theoretical assent to the lawfulness of the former rites but by a wide and generous response to requests for their celebration. His Holiness also said :

"In this matter I ask for the support of the bishops and all those engaged in the pastoral ministry in the Church."

In this spirit, the Savannah Coalition for the Support of the Tridentine Mass, has     petitioned our bishop, his Excellency Kevin Boland, Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah , for  permission   to  celebrate  the  Tridentine  Mass  on  a  regular  basis  at  a   central  location.     We continue to collect signatures for this petition on a daily basis. And, as the support for the Mass continues to grow, we ask all our members to keep this special intention in their daily prayers.

 

We believe that using the rites which were the form of Catholic worship for over 1,500 years  will  preserve  the traditional emphasis on the Mass as Sacrifice,   with its central teaching of transubstantiation.   This,   in turn,  will help reverse the decline in vocations.       By introducing the Latin Mass to our children, they will be imbued from an early age with a sense of the sacred.

Our members are dedicated to ensuring that the Roman Mass codified by St. Pius V, is maintained  as  one  of  the  forms of eucharistic worship which are honored in universal liturgical  life,   and  to  restoring  the  use  of  Latin,   Gregorian Chant,   and  sacred polyphony  in Catholic liturgy.

 

We Catholics possess a living heritage. We owe a duty to our posterity to transmit it in its fullness, and as a living tradition. This is not only the feeling of the Savannah Coalition for    the Support of the Tridentine Mass, it is the teaching of all the postconciliar Popes.