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Rebellion How a Group of Students Started a Latin Mass Society Which Spread Around the World ~ Anthony Perlas became the President of the Latin Mass Society of Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. It was 2012, and Belmont’s Director of Student Activities, Tom Mc Acalester, added the brand new Latin Mass Society to the list of exhibition student clubs at the very last minute. A little more than two years later, Anthony is out of school – and the LMS has members around the world! REGINA Magazine caught up with Anthony and several members to get the inside track on this runaway success story. ~
REGINA: Anthony, how did you get involved? There were many reasons for me not to take this on: I had promised my dad, who was paying my college tuition, to focus on my studies, and not to join any clubs. But I felt a strong calling to take this on -- and if I hadn’t responded to the tugging of the Holy Ghost, who knows whether this ‘ordinary’ club would have had so much impact on the college, the Charlotte Diocese and the world – it literally became “extraordinary”!
She was very welcoming and open to people as well as friendly, informative and encouraging for people to attend the Latin Mass. She had the perfect temperament to host Latin Mass Society TV. Joanna and I immediately began recruiting the perfect team. This included Vice-Presidents Joanna Ruedisueli and Rithi Demonteiro, Grant Eddy, the Secretary of the Society as well as Brigid Casey as Director of Communications. Together we were an unstoppable team!
drinking, idling and slothfulness. For example, as a college student; you’re almost forced to socialize on Fridays and sometimes it involves drinking, and other secular entertainment that voids your soul and there’s often an
REGINA: What drew students Vice-President Joanna Ruedisueli to the Society? was the Host of the Latin Mass I think the idea of the Latin Mass Society TV that attracted our Society was to provide a retreat audience with her beauty, warm from the unspoken “coercion” smile and charisma. This is a that most college students face photograph of her after a Solemn on Fridays. There are already High Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic too many bad things going on Church in Charlotte, NC.” Friday evenings that involve
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