Heres an interesting article about new priests being called to - TopicsExpress

Heres an interesting article about new priests being called to serve the Lord by offering the traditional Latin Mass, and the many faithful, especially youth, who are encountering the Lord through it. Its certainly correct to note the resurgence of traditional worship, but calling it a throwback is completely off the mark: the liturgy develops through time but is essentially timeless. We could also have done without the editorializing lead about perceptions of Pope Franciss preferences, as we know and trust that the Churchs Tradition is for yesterday, today, and tomorrow! On Tuesday, four men were ordained into the priesthood at St. Francis de Sales Oratory, the neo-Gothic church in south St. Louis known for practicing the Latin liturgy, for its soaring 300-foot steeple and for its listing on the National Registry of Historic Places. The Mass marked only the second time members of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest have been ordained in the United States. The religious community, founded in Africa in 1990, regularly celebrates the old-style Mass, or the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, as Pope Benedict XVI referred to it. The last set of U.S. ordinations to the institute was celebrated in 2007 and involved only two deacons. This year’s group was larger, with four men welcomed into the priesthood. Four other men were ordained earlier this year in Italy, where the institute is based. Mary Kraychy, with the Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei, a nonprofit based in Glenview, Ill., that promotes the Latin Mass, says she’s seen a slow but steady rise in the practice, with more than 400 churches offering the liturgy today. The organization sells missals that display the Latin text of the Mass alongside the English translation. Kraychy describes it as a “youth movement,” with much of the enthusiasm for the rite espoused by those who are too young to remember the Second Vatican Council. stltoday/lifestyles/faith-and-values/ordinations-signal-growing-popularity-of-latin-catholic-mass/article_a8a85b5b-b340-538b-80c7-a3dce8a2131e.html