Jeanie Hannaman

By Rev. Dylan Schrader, Fr. Z's Blog, Complicit Clergy - I have the sad duty of bringing you the news that the celebration of Mass using the Missal of 1962 (the traditional Latin Mass) will end here in Westphalia at the end of June... I have been blessed to celebrate Mass in this form weekly for about the past seven years. St. Joseph in Westphalia has hosted this celebration for the Diocese of Jefferson City since my appointment as pastor here three years ago... Please bear with me. There is no statement from Bishop McKnight, now Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, or from our diocese, so these are my own words. I decided to write this out both so that I do not leave anything out and because I find this emotionally difficult to get through.

By Thomas Edwards, Catholic Herald - Cardinal Raymond Burke said that he has petitioned Pope Leo XIV to remove the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass... “It is my hope that he [Pope Leo] will put an end to the persecution of the faithful in the Church who desire to worship God according to the more ancient usage of the Roman Rite – this persecution from within the Church,” he said. “I certainly have already had occasion to express that to the Holy Father.”... “It is my hope that he will, as soon as is reasonably possible, take up the study of this question,” and... “restore the situation to as it was after Summorum Pontificum, and even continue to develop what Pope Benedict XVI had so wisely and lovingly legislated for the Church.”

Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, National Catholic Register - This Sunday throughout the universal Church, particular adoration is given to the Most Holy Trinity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us: “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the ‘hierarchy of the truths of faith’” (234). ...

By McKenna Snow, Catholic Vote - Pope Leo XIV spoke about unity, hope, and community in his historic June 14 video address to the young people of the Church and to those gathered at White Sox Rate Field for the Archdiocese of Chicago’s event celebrating the first American pontiff... The event included Mass celebrated by Cardinal Blase Cupich, music, testimonies, and the special message from Pope Leo, who is a native of Chicago. In his address, the Pope encouraged the faithful and young people in particular to be beacons of hope to the world and, having noted how prevalent isolation and loneliness can be in the world, to continue coming together in community.