Pro Tridentina (Malta)

For the promotion and dissemination of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in the Archdiocese of Malta and the Diocese of Gozo, as endorsed by the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum promulgated by Pope Benedict XVI (2007) and in the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae (2011). We adhere to the traditional Catholic motto: We are what you once were. We believe what you once believed. We worship as you once worshipped. If you were right then, we are right now. If we are wrong now, you were wrong then.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

New FIUV Council 2015 - 2017 elected

During the XXII General Assembly of the International Federation Una Voce (FIUV) being held in Rome, the new FIUV Council was elected. The members are:

Alain Cassagnau – UNA VOCE FRANCE

Albert Edward Doskey – UNA VOCE CUBA

Eduardo Colon – UNA VOCE COSTA RICA

Fabio Marino – UNA VOCE ITALIA

Felipe Alanis – UNA VOCE MÉXICO

Hajime Kato – UNA VOCE JAPAN

Johan von Behr – UNA VOCE GERMANY

Joseph Shaw – THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Juan Manuel Rodriguez-Cordero – UNA VOCE SEVILLA (Spain)

Marcin Gola – UNA VOCE POLONIA

Monika Rheinschitt – PRO MISSA TRIDENTINA (Germany)

Oleg-Michael Martynov – UNA VOCE RUSSIA

Othon de Medeiros Alves – UNA VOCE NATAL (Brazil)

Patrick Banken – UNA VOCE FRANCE

Rodolfo Vargas Rubio – ROMA ÆTERNA (Spain)

Of these the following members were elected as follows:

Felipe Alanís Suárez (UNA VOCE MÉXICO), President (photo above)

Patrick Banken (UNA VOCE FRANCE), Vice-President.

Monika Rheinschmitt (PRO MISSA TRIDENTINA), Treasurer.

Juan Manuel Rodríguez y García-Cordero (UNA VOCE SEVILLA), Secretary.

This time round, for a number of reasons, Pro Tridentina (Malta), a member of the FIUV, did not nominate a person for the Council. This brings to an end therefore the mandate of Godwin Xuereb, who served as a Councillor for the period 2009 - 2012 and 2012 - 2015.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Hall of Honour (5): Edric Micallef Figallo

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Dr Edric Micallef Figallo was Pro Tridentina (Malta)'s first Secretary, a post he held between 2007 - 2012. He was responsible for drafting the organisation's first (and current) statutes. He made a good defense of the Tridentine Mass in the local media. During the the period of his activity with the organisation, Micallef Figallo was one of the main promoters and discussions related to the Tridentine Masses in Valletta. He considers the Tridentine Mass as showing more solemnity, a greater sense of sacrifice and mystery than the Novus Ordo Missae, and also due to the beauty of the Latin language.

Micallef Figallo works as an advocate and he also successfully completed an LL.M. (masters of law) degree in European & Comparative Law course at the University of Malta. Micallef Figallo is also a freelance translator, with a particular preference for legal translation work (in any combination of the Maltese, Italian and English languages).

Micallef Figallo is also involved with pro-life and other Catholic organisations, in particular Italy's Alleanza Cattolica, and a close collaborator of its main exponent Massimo Introvigne.