Philadelphia Archbishop sets up ‘quasi-parish’ for traditionalists
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has set up a “quasi-parish” for those interested in the traditional Latin Mass.He said there was a “growing interest” in the Extraordinary Form and that it was “timely to provide additional pastoral care”. The quasi-parish, in Conshohocken, a suburb of Philadelphia, will become a permanent parish if deemed a success, and will be entrusted to the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP), a traditionalist group founded in 1988. The church, St Mary’s, had been part of a parish merger and was only used for Masses occasionally. David Swedkowski, who campaigned to preserve the church, said: “We couldn’t be more thrilled.”
