This video comes to you via Peter Tucker at the Chant Café. A nod of the miter to him.
I realize watching full videos online can be kind of daunting, but please watch this in its entirety. We can learn a tremendous deal from this parish and what they have done to bring people in. (Spoiler alert: It’s not lay preaching)
Tags: Liturgy, Music Sacred Catholic Liturgical and Chant, Orthodoxy at Work, Reflection, Vocations
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Very cool. There is a church near San Jose in California that is very much like this one, though it does not have as much richness in it. It has a shrine with a thirty foot statue of Mary and the Mass is celebrated in a respectful and good manner. It is called Our Lady of Peace. There already several vocations from that church to the priesthood there, several have become religious; one whose parents went to this church is now a member of the Franciscans on EWTN. But the most impressive is the Masses that they have on the 13th of each month between May and October, there is just so many people there. The website is
Oops. The website is this: http://www.olop-shrine.org
And again, I fail at writing a comment. Nice church, though. I’ve heard talk about a “smaller, purified church” that will most certainly have these qualities. But we’re not at that stage yet.