"The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei has clarified that girls are not allowed to serve at the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. It made clear that the Instruction on Summorum Pontificum, Universae Ecclesiae, does not permit female altar servers at the older Mass."
Universae Ecclesiae states “the Moto Proprio Summorum Pontificum derogates from those provisions of law, connected with the Sacred Rites, promulgated from 1962 onwards and incompatible with the rubrics of the liturgical books in effect in 1962″. Permission for female altar servers came with the Circular Letter of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments of 1994. However, the rubrics of the 1962 Missal did not allow for females on the sanctuary during Mass.
The letter, signed by Mgr Guido Pozzo, Secretary of Ecclesia Dei, said that “permitting female altar servers does not apply to the Extraordinary Form”...
This article is by Rachel Obordo
Wednesday, 8 June 2011 –
Catholic Herald UK
Bridget Mary's Reflection:
How long, O God, how long, will Catholics put up with the sexism within the institutional church.? This decree sends a hostile message to girls that they are not equals at the altar.
Girls, we need your energy, gifts, and passion for God and for serving God's people. Come and visit our communities and offer your services! We will warmly welcome you! If you feel called to be a priest, let us know, we will encourage you on this journey to justice and equality in our church. Come and see!
Bridget Mary Meehan, RCWP
www.associationofromancatholicwomenpriests.org
sofiabmm@aol.com
Thank you for this warm welcome for girls and women! I hope it will be heard in a wide circle and i'll do mine, to spread it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what the RCWP would do to prevent something like *this* from happening.
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I dont see how you can continue to use the abuse of minors as an excuse to conduct faux-rdinations of women any longer.