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LENTEN SERVICE at Maria Hilf in Cologne, Germany

Again, like most Latin Mass parishes, the pattern of growth includes attracting young families.

"There are more and more young people and young families that come to Maria Hilf," according to Dr. Von Behr, "We presume that the word about the Extraordinary Form of the holy Mass is getting around between them after they seem to have turned away from the ordinary form."

Frequent confessions and religious vocations

The newly-built confessionals at Maria Hilf stand out against the manifest general tendency of Catholics in Germany to avoid this Sacrament.

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