Dark Hollers

You may, then, imagine our parish community’s devastation, confusion, and sorrow this week when Bishop Martin, our shepherd here in the Diocese of Charlotte, announced new restrictions upon the Traditional Latin Mass. Our pain was greatly amplified by an email from His Excellency which stated, among many other things, that no one affected by Hurricane Helene was going to be affected by the new guidelines, because the Latin Mass had not been offered in Western North Carolina since 2023. To the contrary, as multiple sources will confirm, mission chapels have been publicly offering the T.L.M. both in Blowing Rock (the mission chapel to our parish in Boone) and in Marion at Our Lady of the Angels mission, as well as the mission in Highlands dedicated to Our Lady of the Mountains.