liturgy guy

The open letter below was written by a mother in the Diocese of Charlotte who attends one of the parishes impacted by Bishop Michael Martin’s liturgical agenda.

What does a new bishop do when he inherits a thriving diocese, one with beautiful, reverent, liturgies, engaged and intentional faithful, with vocations and ordinations booming?

This weekend the faithful of Charlotte have learned that as of the 1st Sunday of Advent November 30, 2025, Bishop Michael Martin has ordered that altar rails should no longer be used for the distribution of Holy Communion in the Diocese of Charlotte.

The good people at Regina Magazine (who published a collection of my essays several years ago), just released a new documentary film by Sean O’Halloran chronicling recent events in my home Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina.

𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦, 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘳.

On Saturday, October 14, 2023, Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais of the Society of Saint Pius X celebrated Confirmations in the Traditional Rite at All Souls Catholic Church, a parish church in the Diocese of Orlando, Florida with full permission of the…

The following letter was sent to H.E.

The following excerpt is from Dr.

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