SEARCHING FOR THE ARCHBISHOP (2) - Re: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King - Altar Girls (lots)...and Boys (not lots!) back in cassocks and surplices: Notes #2

Strange being almost at the midsummer point of the year and still reporting on the winter – but, as stated, we've had a delay in proceedings.

Anyway, to add to our earlier report of His Grace The Archbishop, the Most Rev. Malcolm McMahon, "genuflecting in the right direction" during the sung Latin Credo of the 2014 (Novus Ordo) Midnight Mass of the Nativity at the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, we'll record another positive word about the suddenly improved attire of the regular altar servers at our mother church (albeit a seemingly endless array of girls and the token-presences of clearly bossed-about young boys).

You can find representative images of the cathedral's altar serving team via the following photo link (taken at the 2015 Mass of the Lord's Supper on Maundy Thursday):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/liverpoolcatholic/16468454083/in/album-72157651436631289/

We'd show one here but the photo "sharing" facility within the "Liverpool Catholic" account has been disabled.

SEARCHING FOR THE ARCHBISHOP (1) - Re: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King - Midnight (Novus Ordo) Mass (Nativity of the Lord) 2014: Notes #1

As previously stated, if Liverpolitanus is to chronicle the seemingly endless effects of the unrestrained Modernism that has run like poison through the Archdiocese of Liverpool for over 50 years – and to specifically monitor developments from now onwards – it will also look, in charity, and in the interests of unity, for any positives.

However small.

This very post, therefore, is to record one such instance. It came as a welcome surprise and perhaps also an eye-opener for anyone who witnessed the fleeting moment that occurred in the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral early on December 25th, 2014 (our bet is that not many did - and that not too many others have been made aware of it).

But first some context.