From the neighboring diocese:

Dear Family in Christ:

On September 14th, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, I will offer Mass in Latin according to the Roman Missal promulgated by Blessed John XXIII in 1962.

This special Mass will take place in the Cathedral of St. Paul, in Birmingham, at 12:10 pm, and all are invited to attend.
At a recent Diocesan Consultors’ Meeting, at which the new Bishop of Birmingham, Bishop Robert Baker, was present, a plan to implement the recent Motu Proprio of Pope Benedict XVI, Summorum Pontificum, was still in discussion.

Following the meeting and as an immediate sign of solidarity with the wishes of the Holy Father, I will offer this Mass on the day designated by the Pope as the initial day opening the observance of the decree. It will be the beginning of a process to gather and train priests who wish to say the Mass in this form.

Our Holy Father asks us to have an appreciation for this “Extraordinary Form” of the Liturgy, not as separate from the usual way of offering Mass but a tradition, a way of experiencing a deeply reverential and effectively spiritual event in our lives.
It is not possible to respond in every single parish of our Diocese, but we hope to train priests who will be able to have this Latin Mass according to the Roman Missal of 1962 consistently in some regions of the Diocese.

Like the Holy Father, we entrust this ministry to the powerful intercession of Mary, Mother of the Church.

Sincerely in Christ,

Most Reverend David E. Foley
Diocesan Administrator
Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama