San Antonio, Texas, USA
Latest News:
Our Lady of Fatima Latin Mass Community, formerly located at St Maximilian Kolbe Chapel, moved to St Pius X Parish and has been integrated into the parish (please see "Location" below).
This site is now being kept up purely for archival purposes, in fond memory of the early days of the community when I was a regular altar server.
Father Ralph Nuytten (CICM) was our original pastor, and passed on to his eternal reward in 2008. Father Nuytten's obituary can be accessed by clicking: here.
Location:
Our Lady of Fatima Latin Mass Community has moved to St. Piux X Catholic Church (on Harry Wurzbach) as of February 17, 2008. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, S.T.D. has appointed St. Pius X Catholic Church to provide the Traditional Latin Mass for the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The Latin Mass times are as follows:
Sundays - 12:00 Noon
Wednesdays - 7 am
Saturdays - 8 am with Confession from 8:45 - 9:45
First Fridays - 8 am
Holy Days of Obligation - TBA
Summorum Pontificum:
On July 7, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI released his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, affirming that the traditional latin Mass was NEVER abrogated, and that it is freely available to the faithful. An english translation of the text is available at Zenit's web site: click here, and also from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: click here.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
Father Ralph Nuytten passed away in 2008, please remember him in your prayers.
Please keep Dr Joseph Hudson, who is recovering from a stroke, in your prayers.
Marie Pauline Hudson Loomis passed in 2011, please remember her and her family in your prayers.
Michael Tobias Villalobos passed away in 2010, please remember him and his family in your prayers.
Please keep Andrew Pancurak in your prayers.
Approved by the Archdiocese of San Antonio:
Even prior to the release of Summorum Pontificum, we had permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass from our local bishop. Before his retirement, Archbishop Patrick Flores granted approval for our Traditional Latin Mass in two seperate letters, the latest one dated July 27, 2004. We also received the approval of the subsequent Archbishop, Jose H. Gomez. Summorum Pontificum was then released in 2007, and gave all priests the right to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass, and stated clearly that it had never been abrogated.
Clergy:
Please see St Pius X Parish web page for names and contact info: click here.
Important Quote:
"I am of the opinion, to be sure, that the old rite should be granted much more generously to those who desire it. It's impossible to see what could be dangerous or unacceptable about that. A community is calling its very being into question when it suddenly declares that what until now was its holiest and highest posession is strictly forbidden and when it makes the longing for it seem downright indecent. Can it be trusted any more about anything else? Won't it proscribe tomorrow what it prescribes today?". (Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI)