Another “TLM”

Traditional Latin Mass returning to Mission San Juan Bautista

After an absence of 40 years, the Traditional Latin Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962 will return to Mission San Juan Bautista on the Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul, Sunday, June 29, at 2 p.m.

The Latin Mass – to be celebrated by Father Nicholas Milich – will be a Sung Mass or Missa Cantata, with Gregorian Schola composed of singers from throughout the northern part of the Diocese of Monterey.

In July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI relaxed most restrictions on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in his motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum. Benedict XVI decreed the traditional rite of the Mass as the “Extraordinary Form” of the Roman Rite with any Roman Rite priest free to celebrate it.

Current plans call for the Traditional Latin Mass to be celebrated regularly on Sundays at the San Juan Bautista Mission. For more information, contact the parish office at (831) 623-2127, or Andrew Russo at (831) 753-1419.