Imagine a Catholic parish where lines form for Confession, boys work hard to be altar servers and three different choirs vie for the right to sing at Mass! How about religious instruction which really teaches the Faith in its entirety? And homeschooling groups which foster life-long learning, and deep friendships?
Finally, imagine parishes with First Friday devotions, regular Expositions of the Blessed Sacrament and VOCATIONS!
Impossible?
Not at all.
In fact, this is exactly what is happening in some parishes, all over America.
The experience of the pioneering priests working to bring the true reforms of Vatican II to their parishes bears careful listening to. In this wide-ranging and exclusive Regina Magazine interview series, four American priests speak candidly about their successful parishes offering both the Ordinary (OF) and Extraordinary (EF) Forms of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
On the East Coast, in suburban Connecticut, at St. Mary’s, Norwalk, Pastor Greg Markey’s thriving diocesan parish draws Catholics from dozens of nationalities to their reverent Masses (in English, Spanish and Latin). 
On the West Coast, Holy Rosary in Portland for decades has been a magnet for Catholics who drive many miles to this Dominican parish with reverent Novus Ordo Masses and the Dominican Rite. Pastor Vincent Kelber tells us the story.
In California, Father Jeffrey Keyes shares his journey as he has worked successfully to transform St Edwards parish in Newark, sadly disfigured by decades of liturgical abuse and sloppy catechism.
In St Louis, we see the astonishing good work being done by the Institute of Christ the King in restoring the faded glory of South Saint Louis Cathedral — another magnet for faithful Catholics. Plus, Canon Ueda, a Japanese convert, tells us his personal story.
PLUS, reports from New York City and Connecticut, by priests and lay people deeply involved in the restoration of Catholic culture through the parishes there. Not to mention stories from Palo Alto, California on the Choir that kept sacred chant alive there for 50 years, and a Diary of a Latin Mass Wedding from upstate Connecticut.
These are just a few of the INSPIRING, INTELLIGENT, CATHOLIC stories we cover in the Fall issue of Regina Magazine!
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