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In February 2010, Clear Creek Abbey gained abbatial status. It uses the 1962 Roman Missal (Tridentine Mass). [2] [3] The choir is well known for its Gregorian chant. Its first abbot, as of 2010, is Dom Philip Anderson, who had been the prior since the monastery's founding. He has said, “We just follow the old monastic life.
Despite the Tridentine Mass being supplanted by a new form of the Roman Rite Mass, some communities continued celebrating pre-conciliar rites or adopted them later. This includes priestly societies and religious institutes which use some pre-1970 edition of the Roman Missal or of a similar missal in communion with the Holy See.
At the same time, it was decided to close Saints Peter and Paul Church. The last regularly scheduled Mass in the church was celebrated on June 25, 2006, by the Rev. Marty Goetz who had been the pastor since 2001. [4] On June 13, 2009, Bishop Martin Amos approved the sale of the church building to the Clear Creek Heritage Association.
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In 2010, the monastery was elevated to the status of an abbey, and Father Anderson received the blessing as the first abbot of Our Lady of Clear Creek on April 10, 2010, from Bishop Edward Slattery. [2] This marked a significant milestone in the history of the monastery and in the life of Abbot Philip Anderson.
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