Hello, Medievalist Catholic here

Warwick · August 19, 2018, 11:19:49 AM

Hello, I'm new here and I'm 24. I have been going to Latin mass or the past 2 years and have been a medievalist all my life. Medieval Catholic spirituality warms my soul deeply. the connection for me got so undeniably strong I couldn't not go to a Latin mass to see for myself and it was amazing. I am in Baltimore, MD, and while I have been to the Latin mass Parish there. I can not stand the city for the life of me. So I have been going to St. Lawerence, in Harrisburg, PA

sedmohradsko · August 19, 2018, 11:48:02 AM

That's quite a hike for mass! I've visited St. Lawrence too! I haven't been to St. Alphonsus in ages, the last time I went was before the FSSP took over. Have you been there since it has? I have been meaning to go for a visit.

Have you ever been to Mount Calvary in Baltimore? It is an Ordinariate parish that is about as high-church as you can get. Their mass is, I think, basically the Tridentine liturgy in English. They haven't adopted a Novus Ordoish mass like some Ordinariate parishes are doing.

Gardener · August 19, 2018, 12:06:11 PM

Welcome. If you want good conversation, hit up the organist/schola director at the Harrisburg Fraternity parish. Great guy. Tell him Jon in Colorado says hi.

Warwick · August 19, 2018, 12:09:25 PM

Yeah I have been to all 3 and I have been to St. Alphonsus since then. Seems like there doing a lot better. I try to go there but I really cant stand the location and the city makes me a bit depressed honestly. Mount Calvary was nice as it had its own parking. but tbh huge culture shock seeing a priest with 7 kids. Use to them being celibate. Yeah St. Lawrence is far but when im there i seem to enjoy it most

Warwick · August 19, 2018, 12:15:28 PM

Sounds amazing thank you Gardener. My focus is on Medieval Military history and Chivalry I am obv awestruck by the liturgy even if i don know much about it or is harder for me to get as its not my realm of focus. That being said one of the most powerful things i have seen in life is the bond between Chivalry and Catholicism, its so beautiful

PerEvangelicaDicta · August 19, 2018, 11:07:50 PM

Welcome, friend.

red solo cup · August 20, 2018, 03:40:06 AM

Michael Wilson · August 20, 2018, 05:58:54 AM

Welcome to the forum!

Fleur-de-Lys · August 20, 2018, 09:20:14 AM

Welcome, Warwick!

Are you a graduate student, or are you an amateur medievalist?

Warwick · August 20, 2018, 06:03:57 PM

Thank you everyone. I do it in my free time and have been wroting A Chivalric Romance for 4 years now. Its a personal project, so not sure about publishing. Who knows. Love the picture, pre Raphelite?

Fleur-de-Lys · August 20, 2018, 06:26:07 PM

Quote from: Warwick on August 20, 2018, 06:03:57 PM
Thank you everyone. I do it in my free time and have been wroting A Chivalric Romance for 4 years now. Its a personal project, so not sure about publishing. Who knows.

That sounds very interesting!

QuoteLove the picture, pre Raphelite?

Are you referring to my avatar? It does look a bit pre-Raphaelite. I believe it's a photograph though. I'm not sure where it originated. It's just a random image I found online. I wanted to have an avatar of a lady reading, and I think this one represents me well.

Serviam · August 21, 2018, 02:55:47 AM

It's a photo of Anne Hathaway from the movie "Becoming Jane". I didn't know that from having seen the movie, I reverse image searched it. I assure you I am very manly in my taste of movies and actually only seen two, namely Predator and Terminator II, oh and documentaries on firearms and meat processing.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1544587/I-could-only-become-Jane-by-reading-all-her-letters-admits-star.html

Welcome

Warwick · August 21, 2018, 04:16:18 AM

Aww thank you Fleur, she looks very Pre Raphelite indeed, happy it fits you thats great. What do you like reading?

Thank you so much everyone

Fleur-de-Lys · August 21, 2018, 09:15:21 AM

Quote from: Serviam on August 21, 2018, 02:55:47 AM
It's a photo of Anne Hathaway from the movie "Becoming Jane". I didn't know that from having seen the movie, I reverse image searched it. I assure you I am very manly in my taste of movies and actually only seen two, namely Predator and Terminator II, oh and documentaries on firearms and meat processing.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1544587/I-could-only-become-Jane-by-reading-all-her-letters-admits-star.html

Welcome

That's funny. I had no idea. But I do like Jane Austen and nineteenth-century literature in general. I also like medieval literature.

What about you, Warwick? Which medieval works are your favorites? Or do you prefer the nineteenth-century re-imaginings of the Middle Ages?

Carleendiane · August 21, 2018, 04:54:00 PM

Welcome, Warwick. I find what you've said interesting and welcome you, looking forward to your posts! Hope you find this forum a good fit for you. Funny, your username makes me think of warlock, lol.