Una Voce Michigan

Press Release on Motu Proprio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Nathan Collins
Una Voce Michigan
2345 Lancashire Drive, Apt. TB  
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Phone: 734-996-2695
www.michiganlatinmass.org
UnaVoceMichigan@gmail.com

Una Voce Michigan Celebrates the decision by Pope Benedict XVI to Allow Greater Access to the Traditional Latin Mass

Ann Arbor, MI – July, 7, 2007 – Una Voce Michigan, a lay organization whose mission is the promotion and support of the Traditional Latin Mass within the Roman Catholic Church, gratefully thanks His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for his gracious decision to liberalize access to this ancient form of Catholic liturgy.

Una Voce America, the parent organization to Una Voce Michigan, has begun a collaborative program with Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska to train priests in saying the Traditional Latin Mass.   To support its mission of fostering and preserving access to the Traditional Latin Mass, Una Voce Michigan is offering scholarships to Michigan priests interested in attending these workshops designed to introduce priests to the language and liturgical actions of the Traditional Latin Mass.       

Una Voce America is one of 26 national associations comprising the International Federation Una Voce , a lay apostolate founded in Rome in 1966. Una Voce (a Latin phrase meaning "with one voice") is dedicated to the preservation of the Roman rite of Mass as codified by Pope St. Pius V in the sixteenth century. Most Catholics today attend Mass according to the rite established by Pope Paul VI in 1969, which generally is celebrated in the everyday language of the people. The position of Una Voce is that those Catholics who wish to attend Mass in Latin according to the ancient rite should be permitted to do so, and the organization works within Church structures to increase the availability of this Mass.  

Currently, there are a number of Episcopally approved traditional Latin Masses said throughout Michigan, including Masses in Detroit, Jackson, Flint, Grand Rapids, Paw Paw , and Gwinn.  It is the hope of Una Voce that many more priests and lay faithful may now experience the religious depth and beauty of the Traditional Latin Mass.     

For information: http://www.michiganlatinmass.org
Contact: UnaVoceMichigan@gmail.com
Phone: 734-996-2695