A story one would like to know more about, no?
Beginning July 4, the Pigo Catholic Cemetery Chapel/Mausoleum will begin traditional requiem Masses, according to a news release from the Archdiocese of Agana. Every first Friday at 6:30 p.m., Fr. Eric Forbes will preside over the requiem Mass, or Mass for the dead, which will be said in the Tridentine Rite, or in Latin. The decision was made in light of the July 7, 2007, apostolic letter under the title Summorum Pontificum, through which Pope Benedict XVI allows for and promotes a wider use of the Church’s liturgical books enforced in 1962, the news release stated. Masses said in Latin are remembered fondly by Guam’s faithful and present an opportunity for younger generations to experience this timeless liturgical form, the news release added.
Only requiem Masses? Or will all the Masses for the burial of the dead now be old Masses? What is this about?
St. Louis-Marie de Montfort,
Pope St. Pius X,
St. Joseph,
St. Ambrose of Milan,
St. Thomas Aquinas,
St. Francis (and St. Clare),
St. Catherine of Siena,
St. Alphonsus Ligouri,
St. John Chrysostom,
It sounds like he is offering the Votive Mass for the Dead on First Fridays.