Protect Our Priests, NFP 501(c)3
Defending the Latin Mass
Defending Holy Priests
Organizing private chapels for the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM)
Protect Our Priests
Purposes and Objectives:
- To defend and preserve the Latin Mass
- To help cancelled TLM communities
- To assist cancelled priests
- To promote the awareness of the persecution of good priests and the TLM.
- To assist individuals and communities in establishing and maintaining private chapels
- To connect individuals and communities with priests so they have available the TLM and traditional sacraments
Is a Canceled Priests TLM Network a Good Idea?
A new organization called Protect Our Priests was recently launched that will “defend and preserve the Latin Mass by helping canceled TLM communities continue to have access to the Traditional Mass and Sacraments. We will do this by linking these communities with priests who are able to offer private services.” Essentially, it will pair up canceled TLM communities with canceled priests to create a network for providing the Sacraments in the traditional rite where they are not currently available.
To correct two grave injustices that currently exist in the Church
On the one hand, this organization seeks to correct two grave injustices that currently exist in the Church. Too many good priests have been canceled by their bishops without just cause. These priests are good men who desire to live out their priestly vocations, but have been removed from public ministry without canonical recourse and often even without a reason given. Bishops have abused their authority in order to sideline priests whose open orthodoxy makes them uncomfortable.
Likewise, the Traditionis Custodes era has seen the unjust shuttering of traditional Latin Mass communities. Faithful Catholics who want only to live out their faith like their ancestors did (something that all Catholics once desired) are told that what they are doing is dangerous and needs to be eliminated from the life of the Church. The spiritual harm done to them is incalculable.
Pope Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah
How You Can Support Protect Our Priests
1) Funds are urgently needed to preserve the Latin Mass for remote communities.
330+ diocesan locations in the United States are subject to having the Latin Mass cancelled by Pope Francis.
Contributions will be used to link these Latin Mass communities with priests who are able to offer private Traditional Masses & the Sacraments to faithful Catholics. Our all-volunteer staff will coordinate this effort to preserve the Traditional Latin Mass.
Funds will also be used to upgrade our basic website at www.ProtectOurPriests.com. We have an immediate need of $5,000 for this purpose.
Your financial support is critical.
We suggest a minimum contribution of $25 if possible; however no amount is too small. All amounts offered are fully tax-deductible.
Checks should be written to: Protect Our Priests 501(c)3.
MAIL CHECKS TO:
Protect Our Priests, NFP 501(c)3
Beverly Coscarelli
Vice President & Registered Agent
1500 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 1F
Chicago, IL 60607
Write your email address on the check memo line to be updated on this campaign.
2) Pray for this campaign to defend the Latin Mass.
3) Educate Novus Ordo Catholics about the Latin Mass. Help them understand that it's not just about Latin in the Mass, but the primary reason to support the Latin Mass is to preserve the unique prayers and sacred worship that is the Mass of the Ages. A large percentage of prayers contained in the Latin Mass were altered or omitted outright in the Novus Ordo.