I have a lot of respect for Cardinal Eijk, he is a very good prelate - perhaps that's surprising given (as the article mentions) how secular the Netherlands is now.
My family and I often travel through, or holiday in, the Netherlands and it is sad to see how the majority of the fine Churches the country possesses are now museums, gallerie…
I have a lot of respect for Cardinal Eijk, he is a very good prelate - perhaps that's surprising given (as the article mentions) how secular the Netherlands is now.
My family and I often travel through, or holiday in, the Netherlands and it is sad to see how the majority of the fine Churches the country possesses are now museums, galleries, restaurants, nightclubs etc.
We attend the Traditional Mass at either St Agnes, Amsterdam (FSSP), or St Willibrords, Utrecht (SSPX). The latter is only a short distance from Cardinal Eijk's Cathedral and is undoubtedly one of the finest Churches I have ever visited, let alone attended Mass in. As the local ordinary, the Cardinal's portrait is displayed, as in ever SSPX Chapel worldwide.
The Mass attendance at these venues is always quite encouraging. We first went to St Willibrord's when the SSPX just acquired it and so attendance was low then - but now it is booming. The beauty of tradition never fails to draw people to it and it is always a success where it is given a chance (this is precisely why Francis' restricted the TLM, to impede its success).
I do wonder if Cardinal Eijk really believes what he said, when he claimed no association between Vatican II and the collapse of the faith in the Western World, or if he only said that to avoid friction with the Vatican. The evidence for an association between Vatican II and the collapse is overwhelming.
I have a lot of respect for Cardinal Eijk, he is a very good prelate - perhaps that's surprising given (as the article mentions) how secular the Netherlands is now.
My family and I often travel through, or holiday in, the Netherlands and it is sad to see how the majority of the fine Churches the country possesses are now museums, galleries, restaurants, nightclubs etc.
We attend the Traditional Mass at either St Agnes, Amsterdam (FSSP), or St Willibrords, Utrecht (SSPX). The latter is only a short distance from Cardinal Eijk's Cathedral and is undoubtedly one of the finest Churches I have ever visited, let alone attended Mass in. As the local ordinary, the Cardinal's portrait is displayed, as in ever SSPX Chapel worldwide.
The Mass attendance at these venues is always quite encouraging. We first went to St Willibrord's when the SSPX just acquired it and so attendance was low then - but now it is booming. The beauty of tradition never fails to draw people to it and it is always a success where it is given a chance (this is precisely why Francis' restricted the TLM, to impede its success).
I do wonder if Cardinal Eijk really believes what he said, when he claimed no association between Vatican II and the collapse of the faith in the Western World, or if he only said that to avoid friction with the Vatican. The evidence for an association between Vatican II and the collapse is overwhelming.