Indult granted to FSSP for use of pre-Bugnini changes
Mar 6, 2018 16:37:19 GMT
Post by Admin on Mar 6, 2018 16:37:19 GMT
Fraternity of St. Peter petitioned for and received permission from the Vatican to use the pre-1955 Missal for Holy Week
The announcement is now available in print from two parish bulletins from Sun Feb 18 2018:
www.olmcfssp.org/uploads/OLMC2.18_.2018_.pdf
-There is a great desire among many of the FSSP to celebrate Holy Week not according to the 1962 Roman Missal, but the 1955 Missal. The greater richness of the rites and ceremonies, the connection with the Breviary, and the overall coherence of the previous Holy Week are, in the opinion of many of the brethren, superior. A petition was made to the Holy See to obtain permission for this, and it was granted a week and a half ago, after a long period of waiting.
- Further permission needed to be obtained from our superiors, and I immediately requested it. It was granted for our parish, so Holy Week this year will be rather different from what you are used to. I hope to be giving some catechesis on this over the next several weeks in this bulletin. The permission is given for three years ad experimentum, and then reports will be sent to the Holy See as to how things went and how it was received by the faithful. Your priests and the choir will do their utmost to celebrate these mysteries with the greatest attention and devotion.
- For those who do not have the older missals, booklets will be made available (Latin/English) to follow everything.
- Further permission needed to be obtained from our superiors, and I immediately requested it. It was granted for our parish, so Holy Week this year will be rather different from what you are used to. I hope to be giving some catechesis on this over the next several weeks in this bulletin. The permission is given for three years ad experimentum, and then reports will be sent to the Holy See as to how things went and how it was received by the faithful. Your priests and the choir will do their utmost to celebrate these mysteries with the greatest attention and devotion.
- For those who do not have the older missals, booklets will be made available (Latin/English) to follow everything.
www.stjoanarc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Bulletin-2-18-18.pdf
Digression: A week prior on Sun Feb 11, it was announced from the pulpits at some of the FSSP parishes, but notably not in print. This seems to be an ongoing experiment on the part of FSSP to see if they are able to disseminate information to FSSP parishioners but not call the whole world's attention to such information.
Anyway, from these two bulletins we now know:
The indult to use the pre-1955 missal for Holy Week was granted by Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
It is ad experimentum for three years (2018, 2019, 2020)
The experiment is to see if the indult should be given wider reach (i.e. beyond FSSP) in future years.
The Prayer for the Jews, published by Pope Benedict XVI, is to be used on Good Friday.
Besides the permission from Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, each individual FSSP parish had to request permission from superiors. Internet rumors are that 25 FSSP parishes were granted permission.
Source
For a clearer understanding of the what the Fraternity of St. Peter stands for:
archives.sspx.org/SSPX_FAQs/q13_fraternity_of_st_peter.htm