When the Shrine of Christ the King announced last year that it would be suspending public Masses, its parishioners were stunned. The church, which had celebrated the Mass in Latin since 2004, was the only remaining church in the Archdiocese to do so.
Elizabeth Chaidez and her sister Annette Chaidez, right, attend the Latin Mass at St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago on Sept. 18, 2022. Both were in a group earlier that day learning about the mass.
Vatican II ordered the altar moved closer to the congregation. Standing behind it, the priest now faced the congregation. Lay Catholics could carry the offering, the wine and bread, to the altar. Women could deliver the scriptural reading. “It spoke to me, even though I didn’t understand a word,” said Alexandra Morgan, who is studying Latin at St. John Cantius Church at 825 N. Carpenter St.
Christ the King supporters say it had no choice. Cardinal Blase Cupich had ordered churches offering the Latin Mass to substitute the vernacular mass on the first Sunday of each month, Christmas, Easter and other holidays. That wasn’t feasible for the Institute of Christ the King, which champions the Latin Mass.
“The bishop has the key that unlocks a priest’s ability to perform the Mass,” David Black, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, which adjoins Christ the King, told the Hyde Park Herald on Aug. 8. “ is basically withholding that key, as well as changing the fundamentals of the form of worship as it has existed at the Shrine for years.
Nick Chapello points to a common response used during the Latin Mass while teaching a class in the parish hall at St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago, Sept. 18, 2022.
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