The Latin Mass Society Diocese of Middlesbrough: October 2022

The purpose of this blog is to provide an open forum for discussion of the aims of the society; news from the wider Church and details of Masses and events of interest in the diocese. The Latin Mass Society in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough expresses its full filial devotion and loyalty to Holy Mother Church, Pope Francis and Bishop Drainey.

REGULAR TRADITIONAL MASSES IN THE DIOCESE OF MIDDLESBROUGH

12 Noon. Every Sunday Missa Cantata
York Oratory (Church of St Wilfrid)
Duncombe Place, York. YO1 7EF

8:15am Monday-Friday
9:15am Saturday

Feast Days (as advertised) usually at 6pm.

Church of St Mary & St Romuald, High Street, Yarm. TS15 9AA

2pm Sunday.

Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St Peter Chanel

119 Cottingham Road, Hull. HU5 2DH

7.30pm Every Thursday. Low Mass.

VESPERS AND BENEDICTION

4pm. Every Sunday
York Oratory (Church of St Wilfrid)
Duncombe Place, York. YO1 7EF

Compline and Vespers (as advertised)

(see link to the Rudgate Singers Calendar below)

31 October 2022

All Saints and All Souls

Tuesday 1st November and Wednesday 2nd November are the feasts of All Saints and All Souls respectively. On both days, Mass will be offered in the older form at the York Oratory as follows:

8.15am Low Mass

6.00pm Sung Mass

12 October 2022

Mass attendance in the USA

This graph caught my eye. It seems that Mass attendance in the USA has been in decline since the time of Vatican II, but that the decline has been particularly steep during the reigns of Paul VI and Francis.