Texas: Five Holy Masses Banned, While FSSP Church Already Crowded

The five diocesan Holy Masses in the Roman rite in Tyler, Texas, which will be cancelled by 30 November, are packed with young families and converts, writes Rorate-caeli.blogspot.com (9 November).

"Cancelling all five of the Latin Masses in the Diocese will place an enormous strain on its single FSSP parish".

The [for now] remaining parish of St Joseph, run by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, is already now crowded.

The five Holy Masses are currently celebrated in Tyler (cathedral), Malakoff, Texarkana, Gilmer, and Nacogdoches. People from Texarkana face a two-hour drive to Tyler if they want to attend Holy Mass.

There is no way that five additional congregations can be squeezed into St Joseph's.

One reason why Monsignor Joseph Strickland was removed as Bishop of Tyler in September 2023 was because he would not implement 'Traditionis Custodes'.

He stated: "As a shepherd and protector of my Diocese, I could not take actions which I knew with certainty would injure part of my flock and deprive them of the spiritual goods which Christ entrusted to His Church."

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