The schema below should help in accomplishing the objective:
 
 

I. Pray for the restoration of the traditional Latin/Roman rites.

 (1) Pray privately.

 (2) Pray publicly, i.e. with other Catholics in public.

 (a) Pray before and after Holy Mass, in Church.

 (b) Invite Catholics to pray with you in the home.

 (3) Pray, above all, the Holy Rosary.

 (4) Whether at home, in Church or elsewhere, be sure to express your intention.
 
 

II. Speak to other interested Catholics.

 (1) Call them on the telephone.

 (2) Meet with them in person.

 (3) Tell them:

 

(a) to join you in prayer,

 (b) to call or visit others with the news and same message,

 (c) that there are others, many others, who want the traditional rites nowadays, and

 (d) that you are hoping and working to bring the Fraternity of Saint Peter to your region.

 (5) Keep a written list (for your records) of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of those interested.
 
 

III. Hold a public event to manifest the grassroots aspiration to restore the traditional Latin rites in your diocese. For example:

 (1) Invite someone in-the-know to lecture on the history and/or current status of the traditional rites.

 (2) Place a small advertisement in the newspaper, seeking other interested Catholics.

 (3) Submit a story to the press about the growing movement of Catholics in your region who hope to see restored the traditional rites (e.g. to report on any of your events).

 (4) Have a supper, party or get-together to celebrate a Saint's feast and to help support the effort.

 (5) Hold a bake-sale, coffee-klatch et cetera.

 (6) Place an ad in the parish bulletin of a pastor favorable to the effort.
 
 

IV. Address your rightful aspirations to the local bishop according to the norms published in the Pope's Apostolic Letter of July 2, 1988, Ecclesia Dei, and send a copy to the Apostolic Nuncio in Washington D.C. (See address of the Nuncio, below.)
 
 

His Excellency/Eminence

 Most Reverend [NAME of LOCAL ORDINARY]

 Bishop/Archbishop/Cardinal of [NAME of DIOCESE]

 [ADDRESS]
 
 

Your Excellency/Eminence:
 
 

His Holiness Pope John Paul II has decreed, as I believe you know, that "respect must everywhere be shown for the feelings of those who are attached to the Latin liturgical tradition, by a wide and generous application of the directives issued some time ago [by the Pope] for use of the Roman Missal ... of 1962." (Apostolic Letter, Ecclesia Dei, July 2, 1988.)
 
 

I [or "we", if spouses co-sign for selves - and children] want you to know that I/we are sincerely attached to the Latin liturgical tradition; and furthermore, I/we humbly request that you grant a wide and generous application in this, our diocese, of His Holiness' directives issued some time ago for use of the Roman Missal of 1962.
 
 

It would give me/us much satisfaction to speak or meet with Your Excellency/Eminence about my/our rightful aspirations for the traditional Latin rites. If a priest from the diocese could not be found, perhaps a priest of the Fraternity of Saint Peter could be invited to serve the faithful who desire the traditional Roman Liturgy.
 
 

Awaiting your response, I/we thank Your Excellency, and ask that You believe me/us your obedient servant(s).
 
 

in Christ and Mary,

 SIGNATURE

 cc: Archbishop Nuncio Gabriel Montalvo
 
 

 Most Reverend Gabriel Montalvo, D.D.

 3339 Massachusetts Avenue NW

 Washington, D.C. 20008 USA

 tel 202/333-7121 * 202/337-4036 fax
 
 

Rev. Father Paul Carr, FSSP

 Regional Superior, Fraternity of St. Peter

 PO Box 196 Elmhurst, PA 18416 USA

 tel 570/842-4000 * 570/842-4001 fax

 www.fssp.com info@fssp.com
 
 

Mrs. Mary M. Kraychy, Executive Director

 Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei

 PO Box 2071

 Glenview, IL 60025-6071 USA

 tel 847/724-7151 * 847/724-7158 fax
 
 

Castrillón Cardinal Hoyos, President

 Ecclesia Dei Commission

 Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11

 00120 VATICAN CITY STATE

 011-39-06/698-85-213 or 85-494 fax 011-39-06/698-83-412