The Latin Mass: Censored in Chicago

“They might limit the amount we are able to say the Traditional Latin Mass, but they’ll never be able to shut us down entirely.”

In May, I left the Chicagoland area with these encouraging words from many of my friends who were very much involved in the traditional Catholic environment in Chicago. You see, we had been saying the rosary in the bitter cold for months outside the Cathedral in Chicago begin our bishop- the one who should be guiding us in faith- to allow us to have our traditional Mass back on the first Sunday of the month (he had banned every Catholic Church in the Chicago archdiocese from saying the TLM one Sunday a month). But they’d never be able to completely shut down a church, would they?

I’ll admit, I’ve been a bit out of the loop in this aspect since I moved to Florida, but I heard a few months ago that the Shine of Christ the King on the south side of Chicago was “temporarily shut down.” Yesterday, I asked my friend who is a parishioner there the status: It’s shut down.

Shut down until further notice.

She even said it is likely shut down until we get a new bishop which could take years- DECADES! Now many of you recognize that this picture is not of the Shrine- this is St. John Cantius. Voted the most beautiful church in the entire US for a few years. This church was my solice in the insanity of working downtown, and has raised up more God-fearing, pro-life youth than any church I know of.

And we are naiive if we think it’s safe. You guys… our CHURCHES are being shut down by the very ones supposed to lead!! Where is the outrage? Where are the protests? I’m sorry, but what is more important than freedom of religion- freedom to worship- and how are we just “accepting” that an entire church has been shut down in the Chicagoland area?

I really think we need to take action, we need to defend our churches, like we were doing earlier this year. Why did we stop? Let me know what you think in the comments