[Magdalen] Papal Visit.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Think it plays well in Houston... lots of Spanish speaking RC here... and 
many central/south American priests here in Anglo parishes as well (and also 
from the Philippines ),
Lynn

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>
>
> Silly me.  I assumed the Mass and Canonization Liturgy yesterday
> would be held IN the National Shrine, giving the excellent musical  forces
> of the Basilica a chance to show off their talents.  But no, I should 
> have
> known that the Mass would be out of doors, allowing a very large  crowd
> to get closer participation than watching television monitors.
>
> Significantly, the Mass was in Spanish.  I'm sure one of the reasons  for
> this is the Pope's obviously rudimentary English.  If memory  serves,
> Benedict XVI in such a situation would revert to a mostly Latin  format,
> and there was some chanting of the Ordinary in Latin.
>
> Still, I wonder how this is all playing in much of middle America.
> Spanish instead of English?  I am led to believe that the  Philadelphia
> Mass over the weekend will be in English, but we shall see.
>
> This commentary should not be construed as my somehow deploring
> the use of Spanish, which is, of course, the language of perhaps
> 40% of USA Roman Catholics, but rather questioning just how such things
> play in Peoria......or for that matter Atlanta, Houston, and  Charleston.
>
>
> David Strang.