Interview with Mark F. Fischer, August 9, 2019
Project: Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Treasures Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Fr. Fischer explains how the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) came to the diocese of Lexington, KY and specifically how it came to St Frances de Sales parish in Scott County. He details the history of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) and it's part in bringing the TLM to Lexington and St. Frances de Sales. Fr. Fischer discusses the importance of the TLM, demographics of TLM worshipers at St. Frances de Sales, the recent renovation, financing of renovation, and the unique history of St. Frances de Sales' late 18th century founding.Interview Accession
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Childhood Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cincinnati music school California Priesthood Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) Priestly Fraternity of St.Peter (FSSP) Seminary in Germany Fr. Valentine Bishop Gainer Regina Pacis Traditional Latin Mass Community in Lexington TLM worshipers at St. Frances de Sales Parish in Scott County, Kentucky Parish history Fr. Badin Dominicans Parish schools Sisters of the Visitation Cardome St. Thomas Aquinas St. Pius X Society Excommunication Calvinism Geneva, Switzerland Book recommendations Regina Pacis Latin Mass Community Traditional Latin Mass Latin masses Diocesan seminaries St. Peter Catholic Church (Lexington, Ky.) Bishop Ronald William Gainer Father Valentine Young Bishops Catholic rites Second Vatican Council Vatican Two Vatican II St. Francis de Sales Church (Georgetown, Ky.) Sts. Francis and John Church (Georgetown, Ky.) SS. Francis and John Catholic Parish (Georgetown, Ky.) Novus ordo massInterview LC Subject
Priests Catholic Church--United States Catholic children Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter Mass Lexington (Ky.) Church architecture--Conservation and restoration Georgetown (Ky.) Church history Catholic theological seminaries Catholic Church Miracles--Anecdotes Christian saintsInterview Rights
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Fischer, Mark F. Interview by Mike Key. 09 Aug. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Fischer, M.F. (2019, August 09). Interview by M. Key. Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Treasures Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Fischer, Mark F., interview by Mike Key. August 09, 2019, Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Treasures Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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