On October 13,
2000, Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio, Bishop of Camden, in the Jubilee Year,
and on the anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima,
established Mater Ecclesiæ Roman Catholic Church within
the Diocese.
We were established having no regional boundaries
the way normal parishes do. This is in order to serve Catholics
who feel an attachment to the Traditional Latin Mass and Sacraments
according to the Roman Missal of 1962.
In 1988,
Pope John Paul II in the binding Moto Proprio "Ecclesia Dei"
encouraged a wide and generous application of the Traditional
Latin Mass.
Mater Ecclesiae is the first
canonically established Church owned and staffed by a Roman
Catholic Diocese, that has been granted exclusive use of the
Roman Missal Typical Edition of 1962.
The "Tridentine Mass"
has been called "The Most Venerable Rite of Mass in all of Christianity"
as well as "The Most Beautiful Thing This Side of Heaven".
We invite you to join us as we celebrate these Divine Mysteries
at Mater Ecclesiae.
