Gregorius Magnus, issue 4

The FIUV is now reviving the publication of its magazine, Gregorius Magnus, which can be downloaded here. (See also the webpage maintained by Una Voce Russia for the past issues).

The 4th issue of Gregorius Magnus (February 2018) is 24 pages about:

• Position Paper 32: The Extraordinary Form and Islam
• UV General Assembly in Rome, Nov 2017
• Book Review: History of the FIUV
• Irish Abortion Referendum
• Una Voce in England, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Nigeria

FIUV PP 32

The propaganda magazine of the Islamic State (ISIS), Dabiq, published this typical photo from a Traditional Latin Mass as an example of what they call 'Christian disbelief and paganism' in an article titled 'Why we hate you and why we fight you'

In the West as well as in countries of Islamic heritage, engagement with Islam is a practical reality for many Catholics. Secular liberalism and Evangelical Protestantism criticise Islam in part for what it has in common with Catholicism. As Pope Benedict observed, ‘A reason which is deaf to the divine and which relegates religion into the realm of subcultures is incapable of entering into the dialogue of cultures.’ In terms of religious culture, the use of a sacred language, ritual, and chant, and the appeal of aestheticism specifically to men, gives the ancient Latin liturgical tradition, and its associated spirituality, a similar area of common ground with Islam to that enjoyed by the ancient churches of the East. . . . . . . .

The 32nd in the FIUV Position Papers series, called “The Extraordinary Form and Islam” is now available in the FIUV Positio section.

FIUV PP 31

Temptation of Christ

 by Vasily Surikov

Pope St John Paul II noted that the New Age Movement rejects a ‘rationalistic religiosity’, and for this reason its adherents can find attractive the mystery, ritual, chant, of the Extraordinary Form, and its incarnational character. The Extraordinary Form can in turn help to free those attracted by the New Age from Pelagianism, by its consistent stress on our need for grace; from their spiritual subjectivism, by its objectivity; and from any connections with the Occult, by its evident spiritual power. The potential attraction of the ancient liturgy for New Age adherents is also suggested by the many converts to the Faith from the ‘decadent’ Romanticism of the late 10th century, and from Hermeticism, both precursor movements of the New Age. . . . . . .

The 31st in the FIUV Position Papers series, called “The Extraordinary Form and New Age” is now available in the FIUV Positio section.

General Assembly 2017: Officers and Council

Today the FIUV closed meeting elected or confirmed the following Officers and Council

President: Felipe Alanís Suárez  (Una Voce México)

President d'Honneur: Professor Count Neri Capponi; Jacques Dhaussy (Una Voce France)

Vice Presidents: Patrick Banken (Una Voce France)

Jack Oostveen (Ecclesia Dei Delft, The Netherlands)

Secretary: Joseph Shaw (Latin Mass Society, England and Wales)

Treasurer: Monika Rheinschmitt (Pro Missa Tridentina, Germany)

Councillors:
Oleg-Michael Martynov (Una Voce Russia)
Jarosław Syrkiewicz (Una Voce Polonia)
Derik Castillo (Una Voce México)
Andris Amolins (Una Voce Latvija)

Eduardo Colón (Una Voce Puerto Rico)
Fabio Marino (Una Voce Italia)

Egons Morales Piña (Una Voce Casablanca, Chile)

FIUV Open Forum 2017 in Rome.

The Fœderatio Internationalis Una Voce is pleased to invite you to it's Open Forum this next Saturday 16 of September in the City of Rome, that will be preceded by the main activities of the International Pilgrimage Summorum Pontificum 2017.

The order of the day will be:

SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2017

1.      9:00 Eucharistic Adoration in the church Santa Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova), Piazza Chiesa Nuova, 00186 Roma

2.      9:45 Solemn procession through the streets of Rome, guided by The Most Reverend Abp. Guido Pozzo, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei Opening prayer. Singing of Veni Creator Spiritus.

3.      11:00 Pontifical High Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter’s, choir directed by Maestro Aurelio Porfiri

OPEN FORUM

The Open Forum its a great opportunity for Lay People and Clerics interested in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite to share their experiences and get to know people from all around the world that work in the promotion of the Usus Antiquor. The appointment is in CASA TRA NOI, Via di Monte del Gallo, 113, 00165 Roma, Italia 

5.      18:00 Presentation of Paix Liturgique regarding the International Surveys about Traditional Latin Mass made in recent years.

6.      18:45 Presentation of Mr. Leo Darroch’s new book on the History of the FIUV

7.      19:30 Arrival of His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke. Message of His Eminence to attendants and Blessing.

"Die Teilnahme von Kindern an Meßfeiern in der außerordentlichen Form des Römischen Ritus"

Erstkommunion in Stuttgart, St.Albert
First Holy Communion in Stuttgart, St. Albert Church

"Die Teilnahme von Kindern an Meßfeiern in der außerordentlichen Form des Römischen Ritus" ist ein wichtiges Thema für die traditionellen Gemeinden auf der ganzen Welt.

Lesen Sie hier eine deutsche Übersetzung des im Dezember auf Englisch erschienenen Positionspapiers Nr. 30 THE PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN AT THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM.

Die deutsche Übersetzung wurde zuerst im Magazin "Dominus vobiscum" (Nr. 14, März 2017) veröffentlicht, das herausgegeben wird von "Pro Missa Tridentina", der Laienvereinigung für den klassischen römischen Ritus in der Katholischen Kirche.

FIUV PP 30

View from the choir loft,
St William of York, Reading,
with the FSSP

Since the Extraordinary Form attracts many young families, celebrations are often characterised by the presence of many children. The EF cannot be adapted to children in the way the Ordinary Form sometimes is, but it has certain advantages in respect to children, notably its use of non-verbal forms of communication, the predictability of the Rites, and the relative informality of the congregation during Mass. The powerful impression made on children by the solemn and expressive ceremonies finds a precedent in the experiences of children in Scripture, when they attended the solemn reading of the Law, were blessed by our Lord, and when they proclaimed His Kingship at the Entry into Jerusalem. These also point to the objective value of the liturgy to children, including the many blessings given to the congregation in the liturgy. Above all, a consistent experience of the liturgy, with adults offering a model of an appropriate engagement with it, is a ‘school of prayer’ for children, as for adults.. . . . . . .

The 30th in the FIUV Position Papers series, called “The Participation of Children at the Extraordinary Form” is now available in the FIUV Positio section.