An Admonition to the Concerned Faithful: Father James F. Wathen - Thecrossroadsat23rdstreet on Feb 27, 2017. Father James Wathen (1932-2006) Taking his priestly functions seriously, Father James Wathen …More
An Admonition to the Concerned Faithful: Father James F. Wathen -
Thecrossroadsat23rdstreet on Feb 27, 2017. Father James Wathen (1932-2006)
Taking his priestly functions seriously, Father James Wathen selflessly strove for himself to give God proper worship, and for his flock to lead them to salvation through the truth of Christ and His Church. Father Wathen saw that the radical changes in the liturgical and teaching practice of the Church in the mid twentieth century were an about-face from the tried-and-true traditions of the Church–traditions which were an inherent part of the deposit of faith which originated with Christ and the Apostles. Moreover, he saw that the changes were being propelled by men who had accepted the same modernist ideologies which were formally condemned half a century before.
To combat this, Father worked tirelessly to educate his flock in the sound principles of orthodox Catholicism, and to bring the true Roman Catholic liturgy, the so-called “Tridentine Rite” to the growing number of concerned Catholics. Father was passionate in his love of the Church, and of truth, and this passion was made manifest in his prolific writing, particularly in his critique on the new Mass, The Great Sacrilege, and in Who Shall Ascend?, a thorough defense of traditional Catholic dogma against the post Vatican II Church.
Father Wathen Website: fatherwathen.com
Thecrossroadsat23rdstreet on Feb 27, 2017. Father James Wathen (1932-2006)
Taking his priestly functions seriously, Father James Wathen selflessly strove for himself to give God proper worship, and for his flock to lead them to salvation through the truth of Christ and His Church. Father Wathen saw that the radical changes in the liturgical and teaching practice of the Church in the mid twentieth century were an about-face from the tried-and-true traditions of the Church–traditions which were an inherent part of the deposit of faith which originated with Christ and the Apostles. Moreover, he saw that the changes were being propelled by men who had accepted the same modernist ideologies which were formally condemned half a century before.
To combat this, Father worked tirelessly to educate his flock in the sound principles of orthodox Catholicism, and to bring the true Roman Catholic liturgy, the so-called “Tridentine Rite” to the growing number of concerned Catholics. Father was passionate in his love of the Church, and of truth, and this passion was made manifest in his prolific writing, particularly in his critique on the new Mass, The Great Sacrilege, and in Who Shall Ascend?, a thorough defense of traditional Catholic dogma against the post Vatican II Church.
Father Wathen Website: fatherwathen.com