The Archdiocese of Toronto, in Canada, will begin applying new restrictions to the Traditional Mass next Sunday, September 20, in the communities served by the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Once a month, one of the celebrations scheduled according to the 1962 Missal must be replaced by the Novus Ordo, and, according to information released from Toronto, the other sacraments may not be administered according to the traditional liturgical books either.
The background is especially significant: it was the Archdiocese itself that decades ago promoted the celebration of the Vetus Ordo at Saint Vincent de Paul to offer a diocesan alternative to the faithful attached to the traditional liturgy and to prevent them from attending the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (FSSPX). The pastoral solution, maintained later by successive archbishops, is now beginning to be restricted under the government of Cardinal Francis Leo in application of Traditionis custodes.
According to Vox Cantoris, since the end of spring the auxiliary bishops of Toronto have held conversations with the priests responsible for the main communities linked to the traditional liturgy to determine the application of the restrictions.
Among them is Father Russell Asch, chaplain of the faithful who participate in the traditional liturgy at Saint Lawrence the Martyr in Scarborough and Saint Patrick in Schomberg, as well as the priests of the Oratory of Toronto, responsible for Holy Family and Saint Vincent de Paul.
The first measures began to be applied in June in the communities served by Asch. The Oratory continued conversations with the Archdiocese in the meantime and will begin applying the new provisions next September 20.
In Holy Family and Saint Vincent de Paul, once a month, one of the Sunday Masses that until now were celebrated according to the usus antiquior must be celebrated according to the reformed Missal.
In Saint Vincent de Paul the former high altar may be used. In Holy Family, on the other hand, the celebration will be sung in Latin, but must be carried out versus populum.
The remaining scheduled celebrations will continue, for now, according to the 1962 Missal.
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