The MSM is fully in communion with Rome and, as members, we sometimes refer to ourselves as “traditional” Catholics, but never as “traditionalists.” Indeed, we have a healthy aversion to all "isms."
We are Latinists. During the Chapters General, we have daily (ordinary rite) mass in Latin at the Commanderie in Montireau, as well as at Chartres and in local parishes. We also sing 2-3 of the hours (lauds, vespers and sometimes compline) in Latin on a daily basis. The office of capitulary chapters, and the daily liturgy of the hours, should likewise also ideally be sung or recited in Latin.
In addition to favoring the use of Latin, our members also tend to appreciate the central importance of the Sacraments in regulating their lives, say grace before meals, pray together with their families, kneel while receiving communion, and beat their chests when making the act of contrition... We are committed to praying not only the Rosary but also the Chaplet of St-Michael, attending mass more than once per week (ideally daily), and confessing our sins regularly…
We are, as a group, followers in what His Holiness has called “the hermeneutic of continuity.” What this expression refers to is the principle that all of the changes that were introduced as a result of the Vatican II Council must be interpreted as evolutionary clarifications and enhancements to the Church’s teachings and liturgy, and not as some sort of revolutionary rupture from the Church’s millennial teachings. They must be understood in the context of continuity, of what went before and must continue afterwards. The Hermeneutic of Continuity, as explained by His Holiness, means that those who took Vatican II to be a radical break from the past do not necessarily understand what the Magisterium was attempting to do during the Council. The changes were meant to be understood as minor, incremental adjustments to the Church's practices -not as a wholesale rejection of the millennial Tradition of the Church.
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