Letter between Cardinal Nichols and the Prefect of the CDW

Letters between the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England, Vincent Nichols, and the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Archbishop Arthur Roche, have been made public, first on Gloria TV and then on the 1P5 blog.

FIUV President Joseph Shaw comments on them on 1P5:

They have been offered to OnePeterFive and since they are now going to be seen by everyone I can comment on them publicly. Some of the contents are a little technical and obscure, but none of it should surprise us, the basic message is positive, and it also gives us a chance to respond to arguments currently being developed to limit what we can do.

Read it all there.

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The FIUV welcomes the Latin Mass Society of Slovakia

The FIUV has formally welcomed LMS Slovakia (Spolok latinskej Omše) as a member. 

They were founded in August 2021, and admitted to the Federation in September.

I had the honour of meeting Mr. Peter Čambál, the President, their Chaplain, Fr Ľubomír Urbančok, and other members of their group in Rome during the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage.

Quite a few priests in Slovakia have learnt how to celebrated the Vetus Ordo and the association has already organised a retreat for families and a training event for altar servers. 

By a happy coincidence the association has been founded on the 50th anniversary of the English Indult, a response by Pope Paul VI to an initiative by a native of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, Alfred Marnau. If you want to read a Slovakian translation of the story of the 'Agatha Christie Indult' you will find it on their website here.

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InfoCatolica: Spanish-language interview with the President

2019 Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage: procession to St Peters, crossing
the bridge towards the Castel San Angelo

D. Joseph Shaw es Doctor en Filosofía. Tutor titular en el St. Benet’s Hall, de la Universidad de Oxford, es además presidente de la Latin Mass Society de Inglaterra y Gales, asociación para la defensa y promoción de la misa tradicional, y ha sido recientemente nombrado presidente de la Federación Internacional Una Voce (FIUV), en la que previamente había ejercido varios años como secretario. Shaw pertenece igualmente al Consejo organizador de la peregrinación Populus Summorum Pontificum, integrada por sacerdotes y fieles de la liturgia antigua, que todos los años acuden a Roma en la festividad de Cristo Rey según el calendario de 1962. Prolífico autor de numerosos artículos sobre temas litúrgicos, ha sido además editor de los “Position Papers” (informes de situación), que la FIUV publicó, con estudios sobre distintas materias relacionadas con la liturgia romana clásica.

Read it all there.

See the interview in English here.

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Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2021

The FIUV is part of the organising board for the pilgrimage.

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Gregorius Magnus 12, Winter 2021, published

I am pleased to announce the Winter 2021 issue of Gregorius Magnus is available.

Gregorius Magnus 12, Winter 2021, is now available as a PDF, and on ISSUU, optimised for mobile devices.

In this edition:

Reactions to Traditionis Custodes

From members' magazines: Peter Kwasniewski on proclaiming the Gospel to the north; Pope Francis and Dante; Remembering Mgr Richard Soseman; Cardinal Merry del Val.

Features: J.R.R.Tolkien by Robert Lazu Kmita; Traditional walking pilgrimage in Spain.

50th Anniversary of the English Indult; Petitions from 1966 to 1997.

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Message from the President, Dr Joseph Shaw

To the Member Associations of the Federation, and all our supporters and friends.

It is with some apprehension that I take up the role of President of the FIUV, in light of my personal limitations, and at a time when the situation of the Church’s ancient Latin liturgy is more difficult than it has been for many years. Yet I do so with confidence in the strength of the Federation, represented above all by our membership and support base. This is larger and more active than it has ever been in our history, and the current difficulties are stimulating further growth.

Over the last decade I have been closely involved in two large-scale projects undertaken by the Federation: the production of the Position Papers on the 1962 Missal, which began to appear individually in 2012 and were published as a book in 2019, and the Report on the implementation of Summorum Pontificum for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which we submitted to the Holy See in July 2020. These utilised different aspects of the deep reserves of experience which exist among the Federation’s members and supporters: the Position Papers calling on their intellectual resources, and the Report on their practical knowledge of their local situations. No other organisation could have undertaken either project so successfully, and they demonstrate the Federation’s irreplaceable role in the traditionalist movement.

New President and Officers of the FIUV

Joseph Shaw on the Latin Mass Society's
Walking Pilgrimage to Walsingham, Aug 2021

At the General Assembly held (for the first time) online, on Saturday 2nd October 2021, a new Council and President were elected. The Council subsequently confirmed the Officers.

The outgoing President, Felipe Alanis Suarez (Una Voce Mexico) had served three consecutive terms of office; he remains on the Council as the First Vice President.

The new President is Joseph Shaw (Latin Mass Society, England and Wales); he had previously been the Secretary.

The new Secretary is Christopher Cordeiro (Una Voce South Africa).

The Treasurer remains Monika Rheinschmitt (Pro Missa Tridentina, Germany).

The full Council is listed here.

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