Sunday Mass in the Extraordinary Form to be offered at our Lady of Fatima Church

“What earlier generations held as sacred remains sacred and great for us too”
Benedict XVI

On January 12, 2021, the Most Rev. Christian Riesbeck, CC, appointed the Rev. Dr. Michael McGowan as Spiritual Advisor to the Latin Mass Community of the Diocese of Saint John, effective immediately.

Father McGowan will provide Mass, the other sacraments, and pastoral ministry to the faithful of the Diocese who wish to worship in the Extraordinary Form.

In his Apostolic Letter given Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum of July 7, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI, permitted priests of the Latin Church to celebrate Mass according to the Missal promulgated by Pope St. John XXIII in 1962, known as the Tridentine Mass or Traditonal Mass (TLM), which was never abrogated by the Second Vatican Council.

The celebration of Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form is permitted for a stable group of the faithful who spontaneously request it, with respect for the requirements of the law.

Bishop Riesbeck was approached by this stable group of the faithful, residing in the Diocese of Saint John, and has now acceded to their request for more regular pastoral care.

Therefore, beginning on Sunday, April 18, 2021, Mass in the Extraordinary Form, will be offered every Sunday at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Fredericton at 12:30 PM.

Those interested in attending this Mass on a regular basis are invited to register by April 5, 2021 by contacting the parish by email: [email protected]