The word “conservative” does not belong among the happiest formulations.  It conceals a character related to the temporal and fastens the will to the restoration of unsustainable forms and conditions. Today, he is the weaker who would retain something.

It would do us good, therefore, if we endeavor to separate the word from Tradition. Rather, what is important is to find or even rediscover that which always was the foundation of a healthy order and which will be so again. This, however, is outside of time and neither progress nor regress leads to it. Movements therefore circle around it. Only the means and the names change. In this sense we have to agree with the definition of Albrecht Erich Günther, who didn’t understand conservatism as “an attachment to that which was yesterday, but a life out of that which is always valid.” But only that which is removed from time can be valid always. That asserts itself, and, in fact, disastrously so, when it isn’t respected. 

Ernst Jünger, Rivarol, at 47 (Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart 1989) (my translation)

This Friday, March 19, is the Feast of St. Joseph. The following churches have scheduled Traditional Masses:

St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, low Mass, 8 am, Solemn Mass 7 pm.

Basilica of St. John the Evangelist, Stamford, CT, 7:30 pm

St. Pius X Church, Fairfield, CT, Solemn Mass, 7 pm.

Sacred Heart Church, Georgetown, CT, 12 noon.

St. Joseph Church, Danbury, CT, March 18, 6 pm: Solemn First Vespers; March 19, 6 pm Solemn Mass (See poster below for more details)

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridgeport, CT, low Mass 7:45 am, Missa Cantata, 6:45 pm

St. Patrick Parish and Oratory, Waterbury, CT, low Mass 8 am, Missa Cantata 6 pm.

St. Augustine Church, 30 Caputo Road, North Branford, CT, Missa Cantata, 6 pm. Father Robert L. Turner, celebrant.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York, NY, 7:00 A.M. – Low Mass; 7:45 A.M. – Low Mass; 7:00 P.M. – Missa Cantata 1962 and Blessing of St. Joseph’s table

Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, NY, 6 pm.

St. Claire of Assisi Church, 1918 Paulding Ave, Bronx, NY, Missa Cantata, 6 pm.

St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, Queens, NY, Missa Cantata, 7:30 pm.

St. Paul the Apostle Church, Yonkers, NY, 12 noon.

St. Barnabas Church, Bellmore, NY, (Long Island), Missa Cantata, 7 pm. The celebrant is Father Jeff Yildirmaz, the pastor of St. Barnabas. A new Latin Mass location on Long Island!

Notre Dame Church in New Hyde Park, NY (Long Island), Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark, NJ, Missa Cantata, 7 pm.

Corpus Christi Church, South River, NJ, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

Our own Bridgeport diocese in the great state of Connecticut took this step in 2018. Now, the diocese of Essen in Germany has appointed Sandra Schnell as its first woman parish director. She was interviewed in Katholisch.de, the internet presence of the Catholic Church in Germany.

Q: At your side is a “moderating priest.” What is your relationship to each other? Who has the say, when push comes to shove?

S. Schnell: “He is deliberately called the moderating priest not the pastor. (1) My mission is, very clearly, to lead the parish and the priest is to support me in doing so. He takes over the things that are tied to the status of the priesthood, such as administrating some of the sacraments. … But the moderating priest (also) presides over the Kirchenvorstand, in which I also have a seat. Moreover, he is rector of the parish church. (2)  In this we have joint responsibility. The priest assigned to me, Johannes Broxtermann, at 70 years of age is already a senior and is set on being present primarily in a supporting role.” 

(1) The word “moderating” (moderierend) that is used refers to a presenter or a moderator of a TV show or debate. (SC)

(2) I believe these last two functions of the “moderating priest” reference a parish administrative board exercising a financial management role and perhaps also the need to fulfill a requirement under civil or canon law. (SC)

SOURCE: Erste Essener Pfarrei-Leiterin: Meine Ernennung ist Hoffnungszeichen

See also, from the diocese of Essen: Sandra Schnell leitet künftig die Altenaer Pfarrei St. Matthäus

For the “views” of one Vatican office on the subject, see the Instruction:

“The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service of the evangelising mission of the Church” (07/20/2020)

A Solemn Traditional Mass for the Feast of Saint Joseph will be celebrated at the Church of St. Pius X in Fairfield, CT on Friday, March 19 at 7 pm.

A Missa Cantata for the Feast of St. Joseph is scheduled at St. Barnabas Church in Bellmore, NY (Long Island) on March 19 at 7 pm. The celebrant is Father Jeff Yildirmaz, the pastor of St. Barnabas.