Bishop Finn Establishes Home For Latin Mass Community

Historic Old St. Patrick’s Reserved for Tridentine Latin Rite

Bishop Robert W. Finn announced that in October a priest from the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest, will arrive to assume full-time pastoral care of the Latin Mass Community of the Diocese of Kansas City ~ St. Joseph. The plan also establishes the Old St. Patrick Oratory, 806 Cherry Street, in downtown Kansas City, as the community’s home. The community currently gathers for Sunday Mass and feast day celebrations at our Lady of Sorrows Parish, 2552 Gillham Road, Kansas City.

Father Denis Buchholz, trained in celebration of the Tridentine Latin Rites, is scheduled to arrive in October and assume duties as rector of the oratory. Because Old St. Patrick lies within the parish boundaries of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the community will exist as oratory – similar to a parish, but without specific geographical boundaries -- reserved for participation in the Roman Rite of 1962. Prior to his death, Blessed Pope John XXIII sanctioned use of the Roman Rite. In a 1988 public statement, Pope John Paul II stated, “Respect must everywhere be shown for the feelings of all those who are attached to the Latin liturgical tradition.”

It seems that even though the heretics and dissenters in the Church seem to attract most of the attention or the people, there are still some things happening that raise our hearts in thanksgiving to God! Such is this great news about the Institute of Christ the King in Kansas City-St Joseph...

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