Although Mass attendance in the DOR is in a state of free fall, one parish has managed to buck the trend. Our Lady of Victory, a parish that is a bastion of orthodoxy, has seen a tremendous increase in registered parishioners in recent years. This in a parish that is located in a less than desirable urban area in downtown Rochester. Many of the parishioners are suburban refugees who have been displaced from their home parishes by liberal looniness.

Our Lady of Victory is characterized by reverent liturgies, outstanding musical accompaniment, no nonsense homilies, and a priest/administrator who is orthodox to the bone. There is no Sister Susie giving the homily, no altar girls driving out the altar boys, and no politically correct homilies. People are allowed to worship in peace and don’t leave Mass frustrated by the latest liturgical abuse.

If the diocese really wants to turn things around here, then they will find that the solution is right under their nose. It’s in a tiny little church in the heart of Rochester.

Liberalism equals decline, orthodoxy equals growth. It doesn’t get much simpler than that.