Decades ago when we were still in the House Of Bondage (sic JHN), there was a Church Directory, indicating the level of churchmanship in every English Anglican church which was somewhere on the spectrum between 'Prayer Book Catholic' and 'Full Catholic Privileges'. (And in the episcopopter era, FIF did a list.)
After the hoped-for regularisation of the SSPX, we could (in this on-line age) have a Catholic version; listing all the churches where the EF was celebrated ... or where the OF was so reform-of-the-reform as to be almost undistinguishable ... or where the Ordinariate Use was done in its more 'Tridentine' version ... or where Ukrainian or Melkite liturgy could be had ... you get the idea.
Not 'pure' enough, some of you think? Well, it's how the once-admirable Good Food Guide used to function: full entries for real food but supplementary information about the best-of-the-rest in otherwise arid areas miles from a decent restaurant.
It would be a charitable ecumenical enterprise enabling Tablet readers to know which churches fail to tick their exacting boxes.
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was for nearly three decades at Lancing College; where he taught Latin and Greek language and literature, was Head of Theology, and Assistant Chaplain. He has served three curacies, been a Parish Priest, and Senior Research Fellow at Pusey House in Oxford. Since 2011, he has been in full communion with the See of S Peter. The opinions expressed on this Blog are not asserted as being those of the Magisterium of the Church, but as the writer's opinions as a private individual. Nevertheless, the writer strives, hopes, and prays that the views he expresses are conformable with and supportive of the Magisterium. In this blog, the letters PF stand for Pope Francis. On this blog, 'Argumentum ad hominem' refers solely to the Lockean definition, Pressing a man with the consequences of his own concessions'.
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was for nearly three decades at Lancing College; where he taught Latin and Greek language and literature, was Head of Theology, and Assistant Chaplain. He has served three curacies, been a Parish Priest, and Senior Research Fellow at Pusey House in Oxford. Since 2011, he has been in full communion with the See of S Peter. The opinions expressed on this Blog are not asserted as being those of the Magisterium of the Church, but as the writer's opinions as a private individual. Nevertheless, the writer strives, hopes, and prays that the views he expresses are conformable with and supportive of the Magisterium. In this blog, the letters PF stand for Pope Francis. On this blog, 'Argumentum ad hominem' refers solely to the Lockean definition, Pressing a man with the consequences of his own concessions'.
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The churches to look for were DSCR.
D: Daily Mass, S: Sung Mass/Parish Communion every Sunday at the same time, C: Confessions heard at advertised times, R: Continuous Reservation of the Blessed Sacrament.
I seem to recall it was the late Fr Peter Blagdon-Gamlen (may he rest in peace) who was responsible for the 'Church Travellers Directory'.
Actually, if you google "latin mass finder" or some variant thereof you'll come across a plethora (!) of web sites and even an iphone app--all devoted to directing interested persons to the nearest traditional mass.
Thank you! I do in fact know about such things. What I was trying to hint at was something a little bit broader than just an EF Directory (I really must try to be clearer!!) bringing diverse informatio into one corpus.
There is a link to the PDF files of scans of Fr Peter Blagdon-Gamlen's 'Church Travellers Directory' on
https://stchrysostoms.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/the-church-travellers-directory/
Published in 1973 (well within my active memory!), it makes interesting but very sad reading in retrospect.
If you follow this link to MassTimes.org you should hopefully get a map of a portion of Chicago, with parishes in that area marked and, in the right hand column, information re Masses and other liturgies. Information regarding language and type of liturgy is included. Thus, #3 St. Mary of Perpetual Help has a traditional Latin mass @ 8:30 on Sundays, all other masses in English (presumably not the traditional Roman liturgy). OTOH, #5 St. Pius V (!) has most masses in Spanish. And so forth. Perhaps something like that is what you had in mind?
One wonders how far down the scale the directory could go:
Follows the order of Mass; uses the words of consecration; refers to God using feminine terms; refers to God in the past tense; identifiable nuns; identifiable ex-nuns; balloons; stickers; advertises couples retreat to improve marriages; advertises divorce assistance group.
Rating: always, never, encouraged, discouraged, more, less, more or less
The Latin Liturgy Association does something very like that here: http://www.latinliturgy.com/id6.htm
Alas, the list is exclusive to the U.S. and Canada but it's a start.
Best,
-John-
Father, you need not be clearer. We need to read your messages more attentively - it was all there!
I should add that it's woefully out of date. There are many more in this Archdiocese of Los Angeles alone. But someone did make a start. . ..
For a start it would be good to know what hours churches were open. This is an increasingly perplexing problem for travellers who want to spend time before the Blessed Sacrament in cities as well as towns and villages.
On a recent visit to the USA we found the cathedral and all parish churches locked for most of the day in the see city of Galveston, TX with the exception of a brief period before and after Mass.
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