Una Voce
In association UNA VOCE Germany eV to Catholic believers have joined that are the celebration of the Holy Mass and the sacraments connected in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. They stand for the promotion and preservation of the traditional Latin liturgy, for the associated musical tradition, especially of Gregorian chant, and for the dissemination of the traditional of the Church Fathers and the Councils deposit of faith, which is expressed precisely in this liturgy. The spiritual value and the lasting significance of the Usus antiquior of the Roman Church learned their confirmation by the motu proprio " Summorum Pontificum " of Pope Benedict XVI. July 7, 2007 in which the Holy Father noted that this form of the Mass was never abolished or prohibited.
This mysterious fabric of text and action has grown over 1500 years from the faith of the Church. So this liturgy will bear the freight of the whole story in itself, in which they fertilized not only the faith and piety of the people, but also the culture of many peoples.
The association is a member of the International Una Voce Federation, the members of 36 national associations around the world. Since its inception in 1967, the International Federation and its member organizations have advocated that the traditional form of the Roman rite receives full rights of citizenship in the Catholic Church.
With " Summorum Pontificum " This goal was reached again after many years. Nevertheless, there have been and resistors to make the motu proprio in the liturgical life of the Church fruitful and implement. Therefore, the association UNA VOCE written and spoken promotes a specific liturgical formation and support the believers in their desire for the celebration of Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. This includes the now taking place for 16 years Cologne Liturgical Conference with domestic and foreign theologians and liturgical scholars.
The crisis of the Church is based, as once Cardinal Ratzinger in his book " From My Life " found " largely on the disintegration of the liturgy. " To overcome this crisis, the so-called old rite, which dates back to the Great in its origins to the holy Pope Gregory, make an important contribution.
To support this concern the club UNA VOCE are out in particular the quarterly magazine UNA VOCE correspondence. The magazine, which appears in Volume 44, is a leading and essential forum for issues and themes of the liturgical tradition and defending the traditional faith of the Church.
Chairman of UNA VOCE Germany eV since 2012 Egmont Schulze Pellengahr. Since 1 July 2013, UNA VOCE correspondence appears in the self-published under the editorship of Ana María Pilar KOCH.