Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Joseph - Una Voce Philippinensis: January 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Location Map of Holy Family Parish, Roxas District

Here's where the new home of our Traditional Latin Mass is located.

Beginning tomorrow, January 19, 2012, the 8:30 A.M. TLM on weekdays and Saturdays will be held here. The regular Sunday Missa Cantata according to the 1962 Missal will also be held here beginning next Sunday, January 22, 2012 at the usual time of 2:00 P.M.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Our new home: Holy Family Parish

Beginning January 19, Thursday, the daily (and Sunday) Traditional Latin Mass in Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy will be transferred to the much bigger Holy Family Parish (see above) in Roxas District, Quezon City. This is due to the assignment of our chaplain, Fr. Michell Joe Zerrudo, as the new pastor of Holy Family Parish.

The schedule will continue to be the same: weekday TLM's at 8:30 A.M. and the Sunday Mass at 2:00 P.M.

The information at the sidebar and on WikkiMissa will be updated in the next few days. Directions will also be posted. I also hope to be able to finish a post on our Advent and Christmas Masses and events.

Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy -- "PLDM" -- served as refuge for the Traditional Latin Mass from late 2006 (when Summorum Pontificum was but a rumor) until this month. The last regular Sunday TLM was offered today and the last weekday TLM will be offered there on January 18. This parish was the scene of some of the Traditional Latin Mass movement's greatest joys and triumphs and it will forever remain in our memories and prayers.

TLM in the news

From Philippine Daily Inquirer's website (posted on the evening of January 14, 2012):

Corona attends last of novena Masses at SC Saturday
By Philip C. Tubeza

MANILA, Philippines—Beseeching Heaven’s assistance in Latin, supporters of Chief Justice Renato Corona held a Tridentine Mass at the Supreme Court on Saturday, the last of novena of Masses for the beleaguered head of the judiciary.

Corona attended the Latin Mass late Saturday afternoon with his wife and more than 100 supporters, including former Philippine Commission on Good Government chief Camilo Sabio.

When asked after the Mass about the World Bank report finding mismanagement and questionable disbursements from a World Bank loan for a judicial reform program, Corona said: “It’s hard to answer that because I haven’t read it.”

The report was dated Dec. 28, 2011.

Corona also said that he had yet to decide whether to attend the opening of his impeachment trial in the Senate on Monday.

Asked again about the World Bank report that proceeds of the WB loan were used by Supreme Court justices to pay a travel agency of lawyer Estelito Mendoza, Corona said, “I haven’t read that. You are forcing me to answer.” He then went up the stairs into the Supreme Court building.

The priest who offered the Mass was Fr. Dominic Lim OFMConv.

For the background to this case, which is a major political story here in the Philippines, please read this article: Philippines braces for impeachment trial for Chief Justice.

In the Philippines, the "separation of Church and State" is interpreted more loosely than in the United States, and it is common for Masses to be held in government offices for special occasions or events as well as during First Fridays.

Who we are

Societas Ecclesia Dei Sancti Joseph (SEDSI) -- known until early 2012 as Ecclesia Dei Society of St. Joseph or EDSSJ -- was founded (as the Latin Mass Society of the Philippines) on December 18, 1987 to promote and defend access to the older forms of the Roman Rite in the Philippines, but always in alignment with and in obedience to the canonical norms and lawful ecclesiastical authorities of the Roman Catholic Church. In 2010 it became part of Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce.

SEDSI is currently based in Holy Family Parish, Madre Selva St. cor. Lilac St., Roxas District, Quezon City. From late 2006 until January 18, 2012 it had its home in the Parish of the Lord of Divine Mercy. Both are parishes of the Diocese of Cubao (suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Manila). In Holy Family Parish, Mass according to the 1962 Missal is said every Sunday and on most weekdays as well.

Members of SEDSI also assist with other TLM's (whether one-off or regularly scheduled Masses) in Metro Manila and rest of the Philippines, either in their official or in their personal capacities.

Members of SEDSI are very active in other religious causes in addition to the promotion of the older forms of the Roman Rite. Some are active in the pro-life movement, others in promoting devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and various saints.