On Long Island, Changes to Traditional Mass Schedule Announced.

The Diocese of Rockville Center has published a notice outline changes to all of the Traidional Masses on Long Island. We reproduce the document:

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE’S 2019 TRIDENTINE MASS PLAN

With the upcoming departure of Fr. Walter Kedjierski for Washington, D.C., the recent death of Msgr. James McDonald, and the transfer of Fr. Jeff Yildirmaz, we must address the coverage of Tridentine Masses in the Diocese. As you may be aware, this year in particular, the diocese is now experiencing a critical shortage in priest personnel; a shortage that will only continue and worsen in the years to come.
However, Bishop Barres is pleased to announce that we have developed a plan to serve the needs of the Tridentine community and to reduce the burden on priests, while maintaining the same number of Masses in each Vicariate as before. The new schedule of Masses will be:
Western Vicariate Sunday Mass: 11:30 am Sundays at St. Rocco’s in Glen Cove (Parish Mass)
~The weekly 9:00 am Sunday Diocesan Mass at St. Ladislaus in Hempstead will end on Sunday, August 25, 2019. It will be replaced by a weekly 11:30 am Sunday parish Mass at St. Rocco’s in Glen Cove beginning on Sunday, September 1, 2019.
Central Vicariate Sunday Mass: 12:30 pm Sundays at St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills (Parish Mass)
~This Mass will continue unchanged.
Eastern Vicariate Sunday Mass: Sunday Mass to Alternate Locations (Parish Masses)
~The weekly 3:30 pm Sunday Diocesan Mass at St. Isidore’s in Riverhead will end on Sunday, May 26, 2019. The following two Masses together will replace the Riverhead Mass:
12:45 pm Sundays at Church of St. Rosalie, East Quogue; 1st , 3rd & 4th Sundays (Parish Mass)
1:30 pm Sundays at St. Peter’s Church, Amagansett; 2nd & 5th Sundays (Parish Mass)

~From Sunday, June 2, 2019, until the end of the summer, the former Riverhead Mass will be celebrated every week at St. Rosalie’s in East Quogue. Beginning in September, the Masses will alternate. The first Mass in Amagansett will be on Sunday, September 8, 2019.
Under this new plan, there are no longer any Diocesan Tridentine Masses; instead,all are parish-based Masses. This means that we will ask the faithful to travel to a location convenient to the priest, rather than having the priest, on a Sunday, leave his parish to travel to another location to celebrate the Mass. I have asked Fr. John McCartney to assume the role of Diocesan Coordinator of the Tridentine Mass, to replace Fr. Walter. We will also add a page to the Diocesan website to assist the faithful in finding dates, times and locations for all regularly celebrated Tridentine Masses, as well as those celebrated occasionally or on special feasts.
Bishop Barres wants all those who are devoted to the Tridentine Mass in our diocese to know that he is very grateful for the seriousness with which these families, often with young children, practice their Catholic Faith. He is also aware of how many young people from these families participate in events like Quo Vadis, vocation retreats, and other diocesan and parish events across Long Island. Bishop Barres is hopeful that these families can become evangelizers, promoting dramatic missionary growth for the Faith
by their witness, and especially by helping to bring back to the fold those who have been separated from it. He also hopes for future vocations from them!
Bishop Barres wants to express his gratitude to the pastors who have generously agreed to make these Masses part of their weekly parish schedule: Dom Daniel Nash, Can. Reg.; Fr. Bob Hewes; Fr. Steve Maddaloni; and Fr. Ryan Creamer. He is also grateful to the priests who will assist them in offering these Masses: Dom Elias Carr, Can. Reg.; Dom Gabriel Rach, Can. Reg.; Fr. John Wachowicz; and Fr. Michael Bissex.
Additionally, Bishop Barres has written a letter to all the priests of the diocese, encouraging any priest who would like to assist by occasionally celebrating these Masses to contact the pastor of the parish where they are being held to offer his services.
Bishop Barres believes that this model of parish-based Masses offers the best plan to keep the same number of Tridentine Masses in all three regions of the diocese, to minister to the faithful who are devoted to and who desire to hear Mass in the Extraordinary Form, while at the same time being attentive to the increasing demands placed on fewer and fewer priests.