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The Archbishop of Westminster said he realized his decision would ‘disappoint some people’ but that he had to ‘keep the wider picture in view.’
LONDON — Cardinal Vincent Nichols has declined to give permission for the old Latin rite celebration of the Easter Triduum in Westminster, making it the first time since the 1990s that the Easter Triduum won’t be celebrated in the Diocese of Westminster according to the liturgical books in use before the 1970 reform of the liturgy.
The only “Traditional Triduum” in the diocese, which includes London, was to take place at St. Mary Moorfields, which has been attended by up to 200 people in recent years, drawing parishioners from other parts of the archdiocese who attend the traditional liturgy in other churches.
But in a Feb. 23 email obtained by the Register to Father Michael Cullinan, the regular celebrant of the traditional Triduum services, Cardinal Nichols said that “for the sake of the wider provision” of allowing the traditional liturgy elsewhere in the archdiocese, he would “have to decline” Father Cullinan’s request for the Triduum services to take place at St. Mary Moorfields.
The Latin Mass Society of England and Wales said in a statement Feb. 27 it was “grieved” by the news, and pointed out that the faithful who attend the traditional liturgy in several other locations in the archdiocese “will now be denied the chance to attend the most important liturgical days of the year according to this liturgy within the Archdiocese of Westminster.”
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LONDON — Cardinal Vincent Nichols has declined to give permission for the old Latin rite celebration of the Easter Triduum in Westminster, making it the first time since the 1990s that the Easter Triduum won’t be celebrated in the Diocese of Westminster according to the liturgical books in use before the 1970 reform of the liturgy.
The only “Traditional Triduum” in the diocese, which includes London, was to take place at St. Mary Moorfields, which has been attended by up to 200 people in recent years, drawing parishioners from other parts of the archdiocese who attend the traditional liturgy in other churches.
But in a Feb. 23 email obtained by the Register to Father Michael Cullinan, the regular celebrant of the traditional Triduum services, Cardinal Nichols said that “for the sake of the wider provision” of allowing the traditional liturgy elsewhere in the archdiocese, he would “have to decline” Father Cullinan’s request for the Triduum services to take place at St. Mary Moorfields.
The Latin Mass Society of England and Wales said in a statement Feb. 27 it was “grieved” by the news, and pointed out that the faithful who attend the traditional liturgy in several other locations in the archdiocese “will now be denied the chance to attend the most important liturgical days of the year according to this liturgy within the Archdiocese of Westminster.”
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Cardinal Nichols Prohibits Traditional Easter Triduum Services
The Archbishop of Westminster said he realized his decision would ‘disappoint some people’ but that he had to ‘keep the wider picture in view.’
