New TLM Suppression: Diocese of Austin axes scheduled Latin Mass at Texas A&M University

 

News sent by our friends at Texas A&M in College Station:

College Station, Texas – In a stunning intervention, the Diocese of Austin has forced the cancellation of a scheduled Traditional Latin Mass at Texas A&M University, silencing one of the most vibrant and growing expressions of Catholic faith among young people in America.

Published Article: Attendance of Traditional Latin Mass strongly correlated with Stronger Belief in the Real Presence in the Blessed Sacrament

Pontifical Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia

It seems obvious to those of us attached to Traditional Catholicism, but Dr. Natalie Lindemann, at William Paterson University (Wayne, New Jersey), actually went to the trouble of conducting the social research to prove it and of publishing a detailed analysis of the results in the article "Liturgy Matters: Traditional Liturgical Practices Predict Belief in the Real Presence."

Interesting excerpt:

Outgoing Bishop Kills Traditional Latin Mass in Monterey (California) -- Poor Catholics of Austin, Texas!

 Bishop Daniel Garcia was named by Leo XIV for the huge diocese of the Texan capital, Austin, in July -- transferred from Monterey, California, to which he had been named by Francis in 2018.

As a parting gift to the faithful of Monterey, he decided to kill the 17-year-old Traditional Latin Mass in the diocese. Could something be more petty, more pathetic, and more ridiculous?

13% of all US Catholics attended a Traditional Latin Mass in the Past 5 Years: Traditional Catholics are 7.1% of all practicing Catholics in America

 

From the Pew Research extensive statistical study of American Catholics:

13% of Catholics say they have attended a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) at least once in the last five years, including 2% who say they attend a TLM weekly today.

Now, let's break this down. 

Traditionis Custodes Persecution continues under Leo XIV - Traditional Masses Removed from Parish Churches in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is a vast diocese in one of the fastest growing regions in America: 5.5 million people and over half a million Catholics. For all these, one chapel in an isolated area in an unnamed building on a country highway.

They really think we're idiots.

The dishonorable bishop's letter (dated from today, Friday, May 23) below [Updated with picture and information of the chapel offered by the dishonorable bishop to the pariahs of the diocese.]

The New York Times: "Catholics Who Prefer Latin Mass Pin Hopes on a New Pope"

 

Main excerpts below:

Catholics Who Prefer Latin Mass Pin Hopes on a New Pope 

Ruth Graham

The New York Times

May 7, 2025 (page A12)

About 140 people came to the Sweetest Heart of Mary church in Detroit for the Traditional Latin Mass at noon the Sunday after Easter. Incense and organ music wafted through the ornate sanctuary, built by Polish Catholics in the late 19th century. It was a beautiful sunny spring afternoon, and the lilacs by the rectory were in bloom.

TLM in the Fifty States, a Thread: An Ode in Images to a Traditional Catholic Renaissance that is Blossoming in America

 

North America: between the arid deserts and deep volcanic valleys of Mexico and the rugged mountains and vast cold expanses of Canada, lies a geographic wonder that begot a geopolitical powerhouse, the United States of America.

The third most populous nation on earth, and her most prosperous, the United States is both benefited and threatened by its location: constantly in the news for curious weather events, it truly has the most extreme climate in the world.

From Saint Augustine in the Atlantic to the Junipero Serra foundations in the Pacific, and from the English refugees of Maryland and the Italians and Irish of New England to the Damien de Veuster colonies in Hawaii, Catholicism has had an eventful history in the Nation: all started and sustained since the beginning by the Traditional Latin Mass.

Despite the collapse since the Council, and the relentless persecution of Tradition under the current pontificate, Traditional Latin Catholicism is undergoing a Renaissance in America. We tried to document a little bit of it in this Twitter thread:

ALABAMA#TLMinTheFiftyStates pic.twitter.com/W4ogq4bmWe

— Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) February 2, 2024