Official statement of the Austin Latin Mass community.

Bishop Vásquez took the action pursuant to the requirements of Traditionis Custodes and its rescript from February 2023. The bishop's letter informed us the last day for a Traditional Latin Mass will be March 19, the feast of the namesake and patron of the Saint Joseph Latin Mass Society. It’s a fitting day. We will say thank you to Saint Joseph for his patronage and we will ask for his continued guidance and advocacy.

The TLM has been offered in Austin since Advent of 1988 and at the Cathedral since the Spring of 2007.

This has been a tremendously painful blow. The Latin Mass community at the cathedral succeeded in integrating with the wider cathedral parish. We provided a great counterexample to the "standoffish Trad" stereotype. This effort makes the action even more painful; we lose not only the liturgy we love, but our parish family.

Cruelty was not the intention, but cruelty is the effect. We remind ourselves this is Christ's Church, not ours. The cathedral is led by good, holy priests, and we trust in the Holy Ghost to work through our pastors to attend to the needs of the faithful.

St. Joseph Latin Mass Society
http://AustinLatinMass.org