Growing Interest In Traditional Latin Mass… Archbishop Chaput Of Philadelphia Creates Quasi-Parish
PHILADELPHIA (CNA/EWTN News) — A new quasi-parish for Catholics interested in the Traditional Latin Mass will open in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at a church that had been part of a 2014 parish merger. “In response to a growing interest, it has become timely to provide additional pastoral care for those wishing to participate in Divine Worship in the Extraordinary Form,” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput’s March 14 decree said. A quasi-parish is the equivalent of a parish under canon law, with some exceptions. It can later become a parish at the discretion of the local bishop. The new quasi-parish will be located at the site of the former St. Mary Parish in Conshohocken, a suburban Philadelphia borough in Montgomery County.…Continue Reading