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Thanks to Fr Ray Blake, I have been looking through the website of the FSSP in Venice. Don Konrad zu Loewenstein FSSP has care of the Church of San Simòn Piccolo near the railway station. There are some photos from last Sunday's Mass at NLM (San Simeon Piccolo, Venice). The above photo is from the website - taken on the feast of St Mark.As Fr Blake remarks, San Simòn seems to be the place for young Venetians. It is rather heartbreaking to realise that he is also probably right in describing the Church as "not that significant" in Venetian terms. Venice is one place in Italy that I have not yet visited: I'm rather keen to go there now. When I do, I think I'll ask them if I can take home one of their more ordinary Churches - perhaps one that they wouldn't really miss too much.
The FSSP Venice website is very well put together and it is the only website I can remember which has had background music that I have not turned off.
5 comments:
Father, I would thoroughly recommend a trip to Venice - a wonderful city with some breathtakingly splendid churches, many of which are off the beaten track but well worth finding.
In fact anything off the beaten track in Venice is worth investigating; avoid the obvious grockle-traps designed to rip off foreigners and you'll have a splendid time.
San Marco is great out of season; Mrs Rusticus and I went there last October, and the queues were fairly short - and to put the icing on the cake we managed (quite off the cuff) to attend Mass in one of the side chapels.
I have been to Mass at SSPicolo - it is a wonderful 20 minute walk from Rialto, through Venice of the tourist track. Lots of recommendable churches apart from the obvious greats".
Nicholas Hinde
Dear father, since a couple of years there is a discussion in Venice about what the mayor of the city is planning,namely giving the church of San Simòn Piccolo to the muslims to be used as a mosque. (correct my broken english,pray)
Thirty years ago when I lived near Venice I discovered quite by accident the church of San Simeon and it hosted then the (as it was) tridentine rite. Amazing that the tradition continues
mictel08.
My wife and I would go to Venice anytime. We've already been, she once, I twice. As nhinde said, 'lots of reccomendable churches' - but only one(?) traditional Mass.
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