Congregation at southern Maryland traditional Latin Mass more than triples in nine years

     The traditional Latin Mass at Saint Francis de Sales in southern Maryland’s Charles County began under the Ecclesia Dei permission granted by John Paul II in the 1980s. For many years thereafter the weekly congregation hovered between 30 and 40 people. Since 2010 the numbers have swelled to a loyal following numbering more than 100 people every Sunday.

     The parish is also unusual for the fact that there’s a community lunch at the parish hall every Sunday popular with young families with children, older folks, young married couples and singles.

     The Mass is offered every Sunday at 11 am with a high or sung Mass the first Sunday each month as well as on major solemnities. Visit the Saint Francis de Sales web site here.