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Article: Surreptitious Latin Mass is another sign of the times.
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 4, 1994
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WILMINGTON, N.C. - The sounds of clinking teacups and the laughter of the lunchtime crowd filter under the door of St. Anthony's Chapel. But inside, the priest continues the solemn whispering of the traditional Latin Mass. The graying altar boys hold the priest's silver chalice. The mute statues of saints look on.
This is the gospel according to Fr. Ernest Beck, a Roman Catholic priest who has defied the church heirarchy to recapture what he sees as the lost dignity of his faith.
The opening of the chapel - on the ground floor of a downtown Wilmington office building - has tapped into a national movement and prompted some soul searching in Wilmington's ...