By Providential Design : Melbourne’s Indispensable Latin Mass Revival - Pax Orbis
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By Providential Design : Melbourne’s Indispensable Latin Mass Revival
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This article describes the early history of the Latin Mass revival during the 1970’s around Melbourne, Victoria including the genesis of two SSPX parishes.
By Marc J de Castella
In my recent article, “A Life Changing Blessing,” I recounted some details concerning the Catholic settlement at “St Benedict’s” in the Upper Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia. I described the polemics arising from the post-conciliar “reforms,” most notably, the polarising impact of the radical liturgical changes imposed upon the Melbourne Archdiocese in the early to mid 1970’s.
Eager to avoid the unpleasant atmosphere at Rev. Heffey’s community chapel, which was fraught with tension, some families, (including mine), began attending the Novus Ordo at St Joseph’s Catholic Parish in the nearby …