TLM Community Explores Traditional Liturgy with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski

Approximately 90 members of Maine’s TLM community turned out on Sunday, August 18th, for an engaging evening with noted author and liturgist Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, at Holy Martyrs Church in Falmouth.

Dr. Kwasniewski, a founding faculty member, administrator, and choir director at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander, Wyoming, spoke for an hour in a lecture titled, “The Grace of Stability: How Liturgy Forms the Christian Soul.” The lecture was followed by an extended period of Q & A, then attendees enjoyed a dinner and fellowship while continuing to engage Dr. Kwasniewski in conversation concerning how for over 1500 years the traditional Roman Rite has provided a foundation for the Catholic clergy and laity alike, while also developing the bedrock of Western Civilization.

Specific topics Dr. Kwasniewski discussed included the choice and development of Latin as a hieratic, or sacred, language, because of its capacity to articulate both the intellectual heights and the spiritual depths of the emerging Christian faith, as well as the role of the monastic movement in solidifying and spreading the liturgical practices that have sustained and strengthened the Church for well over a millennium.

Una Voce Maine would like to thank Dr. Kwasniewski for sharing his time and insights, the many members of the TLM community whose generous financial support made the entire evening possible, Spencer Dunzik for managing the dinner and clean-up, Austin Gallant of St. Brendan the Navigator Parish in Camden for his generous offer of the promotional poster, and Fr. Cartwright and Joe Moreshead of Holy Martyrs Church for their gracious support and hospitality from start to finish.

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About Dr. Kwasniewski

Dr. Kwasniewski has pursued a career as a freelance author, public speaker, editor, publisher, and composer, with the intention of dedicating his life to the articulation and defense of Catholic Tradition in all its dimensions.

Over the past twenty years, Dr. Kwasniewski has published over 1,300 articles, both academic and popular, on sacramental and liturgical theology, the aesthetics of music, Thomistic thought, and the social doctrine of the Church. His articles have been translated into more than 18 languages.

For more of his writings, he publishes regularly to his Substack Tradition and Sanity, and contributes to the long-standing blog New Liturgical Movement.

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Donations Welcome

This event was sponsored by Una Voce Maine.

UVM asks for donations to help the defray the expenses for the event, which fall outside our regular annual budget. If you would like to contribute (whether online or by check) we ask that you include the note “Peter K.” so that we will be able to separate donations for this event from other contributions.

Pope Francis grants private audience to head of FSSP

The Holy Father granted a private audience to the superior general and two other priests of the FSSP on February 29th 2024. During the meeting, the Fraternity’s continued use of the 1962 liturgical books and rites were reaffirmed by the Pope. As a result, the Holy Father’s 2022 decree to the FSSP following Traditiones Custodes is widely considered to remain in effect for the future.

The FSSP has issued an official public statement statement about this audience.

The meeting was an opportunity for them to express their deep gratitude to the Holy Father for the decree of February 11, 2022, by which the Pope confirmed the liturgical specificity of the Fraternity of St. Peter, but also to share with him the difficulties encountered in its application. The Pope was very understanding and invited the Fraternity of St. Peter to continue to build up ecclesial communion ever more fully through its own proper charism.

Statement by Ecclesia Dei Superiors on Traditionis Custodes

Twelve superior-generals of Ecclesia Dei Communities met in France in August 2021 and issued a statement addressing Pope Francis’ recent Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes.

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Follow-up

A follow-up decree was issued by the Holy Father on February 11, 2022 regarding the FSSP’s continued use of the 1962 Liturgical Books. This decree can be read below.

In Memoriam: Fr. Calvin Goodwin, 1948-2021

Fr. Goodwin celebrated the Latin Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. In 2000, he entered the FSSP and taught Latin at the seminary in Nebraska.

The following is written by Rev. Fr. Arnaud Evrat, General Superior of the FSSP at the time of his passing.

In Memoriam

Fr. Calvin Goodwin, born October 24, 1948, was originally from Norwalk, Connecticut. He was a graduate of Fairfield University in Connecticut and received advanced degrees in philosophy from the University of Toronto and Theology from Weston School of Theology in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 1974, Father Goodwin entered the Society of Jesus. During his formation years, he spent four years at Cheverus High School in Portland, where he taught Latin and Greek. Fr. Goodwin was ordained a priest on June 9, 1979 and returned to Cheverus to teach the classics for 20 years. A gifted teacher, he was loved by his students and greatly admired by his colleagues.

In 1999, moved by his great love for the Traditional Latin Mass, Fr. Goodwin applied to the Fraternity of St. Peter. From August 1999 to June 2000 he was Assistant Chaplain at our apostolate in Pequannock NJ. Then from 2000 to 2013 he taught at the seminary of the Fraternity in Denton, NE.

He was definitively incorporated into the FSSP on October 18, 2004.

In addition to his teaching duties, Fr. Goodwin was the spiritual director to many of our seminarians at OLGS. He later became the Director of Priest Training for those priests wishing to learn the Traditional Latin Mass.

Throughout his priesthood, Father Goodwin showed a special dedication to contemplative orders of sisters: most notably, the Sisters of the Precious Blood in Portland and the Carmelites in Danvers, Massachusetts and later Valparaiso, Nebraska, serving as the Confessor for the community and offering spiritual direction.

In 2013, Fr Goodwin asked to retire in order to assist his mother to Lewiston, while continuing to collaborate with Latin Mass Magazine and to serve as a retreat preacher, among other things.

In October 2016 Fr Goodwin suffered a serious hemorrhagic stroke from which he came out quite diminished. Unable to celebrate Mass again, he spent his last years in a nursing home, surrounded by his mother and comforted by the visits of several confreres. He wanted to offer his sufferings for the Fraternity.

Requiescat in Pace !

Rev. Fr. Arnaud Evrat
General Secretary

Video

The video below features Fr. Goodwin speaking about the Traditional Latin Mass training for priests.  

Free Baltimore Catechism Course for Children

The Our Lady of the Rosary Family Catechism is a free online course providing video lessons for children on each chapter of the Baltimore Catechism, for children. Each lesson has a quiz at the end, and progress is tracked so that you can see how well all are doing.

A thorough information package is available for parents to ensure they’d know upfront the principles and methodology of this course before committing to signing up for it.

This course is provided by the The Voice of the Family - a family-centered lay apostolate - and has endorsements from Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider, among many others.

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For those who’d prefer something closer to a book format, a public domain edition of The Baltimore Catechism is another option, available below.

Eucharistic Miracles of the World

Blessed Carlo Acutis catalogued 152 Eucharistic Miracles - old and new - over the course of his short life.

The site below features a highly illustrated presentation of them. Scroll down for the list of miracles listed by country.

A book based on his work and the previous website can also be found here.

Maria de Jesus of Agreda in America

Maria de Jesus de Agreda, Spain (1606-1665) is commonly known for the writings of her visions, entitled ‘The Mystical City of God’. Her body is completely incorrupt. In the 17th century, "The Lady in Blue", without leaving her Convent in Spain, catechized Indians in Southwestern USA by bilocating over 500 times.

The brief pdf below documents her bilocation from her convent in Spain, to America.

Annual Pilgrimages for 2023

Many in the community participate in annual pilgrimages throughout the northeast. The following are those pilgrimages for 2023.

The Pilgrimage for Restoration

From the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament, Lake George Village, NY to the Shrine of Our Lady’s Martyrs of New France, Auriesville, NY. Walking in the footsteps of the Martyrs, Sept. 29- Oct. 21 2023. More information at the pilgrimage blog and website.

Pilgrimage in the footsteps of Fr. Sebastien Râle

On Saturday August 12th, Joseph Moreshead lead the annual Pilgrimage in the footsteps of Fr Sebastien Rale in Madison, Maine. For more information on this annual event, go to friendsoffrrale.org

Download hymn: the Ave De Fatima

"In the End, My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph"

The ‘Ave De Fatima’, also known as the ‘Fatima Ave’, is a popular Marian hymn, commonly sung in honor of Our Lady of Fatima.

A rendition of it is available for download here.