Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot

Minnesota Diocese Gives ‘Ad Orientem’ Worship a Shot

Courtesy Photo Father Scott Padrnos, a priest of the Diocese of Duluth, celebrates Mass ad orientem, or, “to the east,” at All Saints Catholic Church in Brainerd, Minnesota. In 2025, Bishop Daniel Felton issued directives to guide the use of the more traditional liturgical posture at 9 parishes. Unlike the Traditional Latin Mass, which refers to the form of the Roman Rite prior to the reforms of Vatican II, ad orientem is a posture that can be u…