If
you wish to preserve the Tridentine Mass at St. Mary’s, please follow these
Recommended Guidelines when writing to the Bishop - Time is of the Essence!
1.
Address the Bishop as Your
Excellency or Dear Excellency.
2.
Keep the letter’s tone positive
and respectful.
3.
Express gratitude for having the
Mass for the length of time we have had it.
4.
Ask the Bishop to continue the
Mass after Fr. Johnson’s retirement to be celebrated on Sundays and all Holy
days according to the 1962 calendar.
5.
Consider asking him to permit the
celebration of the other sacraments (baptisms, weddings, funerals) in their
traditional form and to permit the celebration of daily Mass.
6.
Do not refer to the Mass solely
as the Latin Mass - it must be called the Tridentine Mass to avoid confusion
with the Novus Ordo in Latin.
7.
Do not attack the Novus Ordo or
question its validity.
8.
Relate how holy and wonderful the
Tridentine Mass is and how it has affected your life.
9.
Mention how your faith and that
of family members have grown as a result of attending the Tridentine Mass
regularly.
10. Mention
the range in ages, especially young families, and the diversity of nationality
and race of those attending the Mass.
11. Mention
that assisting at an Indult Tridentine Mass allows the faithful to have their
rightful aspirations met, without having to attend other non-indult Latin
Tridentine Masses.
12. Make
mention of the Bishop’s authority and your obedience to him as Christ’s
shepherd.
13. Try
to use words like diverse, Christ-centered, community, collaborative, unified,
and pastoral.
14. You
may wish to mention the Bishop’s charity towards other members of the Diocese
of Orange’s diverse Catholic community (Hispanic, Polish, Vietnamese, Korean,
Charismatic, and Youth Masses); as well as his charity towards our Jewish,
Muslim, and our other Protestant brothers and sisters via ecumenical and
inter-religious dialogue.
15. Keep
the letter to one page only – adjust line spacing, font, margins etc. as
necessary. Page two is rarely if ever read.
16. Check
punctuation, spelling and grammar!!!!
17. Have
another person read the letter before you send it to check for clarity, errors,
run on sentences or negativity, and edit accordingly.
18. Compose
and send your letter as soon as possible !
19.
Contact us if you have any questions:
(562) 691-5246 viceprez2@uvoc.org
or secretary@uvoc.org
Write
with charity, conviction, humility, and obedience.
This
may be the most important letter you ever write.
Send your letters to:
His
Excellency Bishop Tod Brown
Chancery Office, Marywood Center
P.O. Box 14195 Orange,
CA. 92863-1595
Please send a copy of all correspondence to:
UVOC, 980 Dorothea Road, La Habra Hts., CA 90631
Above all, we ask that you please pray for the successful future of this Latin Tridentine Mass.