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Article: DOMINUS VOBISCUM; FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE LATIN MASS, THEIR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2007
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Byline: Renee K. Gadoua Staff writer
It's just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, and silence fills Oswego's St. Mary Roman Catholic Church.
A bell chimes, and Mass begins.
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen," says the Rev. Stephen Wirkes.
"Introibo ad altare Dei," he says, which means, "I will go in unto the altar of God."
About 50 people - including worshippers in their 60s and 70s and families with young children - listen to the priest recite the Old Mass in Latin.
A group has gathered weekly at the Oswego church since 1988, when then-Bishop Joseph O'Keefe gave special permission for a priest to ...