When will SP have an impact on the diocese?

Attended the monthly memorial Mass at the cemetery yesterday. I was reminded that the diocese needs the EF to influence the ars celebrandi of the OF, as well as the restoration of sacred music. The Agnus Dei was in Latin, but there was piano accompaniment. It was also sped up a bit. The other week, I had been thinking that maybe Gregorian chant sung faster would be just as beautiful, but there was something sounded off about the tempo. Too rushed? I was thinking Byzantine chant sounds faster, but maybe there are just more notes within the same time interval.

So much sentimentalism in worship -- and someone didn't get the memo about holding hands during the our Father. Not that the diocese has ever discouraged it, as far as I know. (And yesteday's liturgy was an example of "NO clericalism" -- heavily dominated by the personality of the priest -- the giving of directions and commentary, ad libitum additions to the text, the mixing with the faithful during the Our Father and the sharing of the sign of peace.)

For now the celebration of the EF is limited to the oratory. When will priests take the initiative to celebrate it at their parishes? (How about at the shrine, once again?) Or would episcopal/chancery disapproval be too great to withstand?

How would things have been different if the Sarum rite had continued to be in use and was brought over by English missionaries? (Would the Irish have adopted an Anglo-American Catholic culture that was primarily English in origin?) The Roman rite may have unified Catholics, but it wasn't enough to create a new identity?
With so many ethnic parishes at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century... Is there  a link between Americanism and the loss of identity/culture? Catholics were quick to adopt some sort of American identity, and they ended up embracing Yankee myths and exceptionalism? And are these two part and parcel of Americanism? Could an English form of Catholicism have stood up to Americanism by creating an acceptable American and traditional identity that simultaneously rejected the Nationalist ideology?
 More on this if I finish that post on the diocese...

To be honest, I did think about the priesthood again while lamenting how bad things were in the diocese. Once we get a new bishop and everything stays the same...

In 5 days, it will be the one-year anniversary of the passing of RHK's father. One year already...

There were some snacks offered after Mass, but it was mostly sugar. It's so prevalent in society, the offering of sugar and carbs as treats. The other day, the teacher at school was going to reward somoe students with cookies and sugar drinks. What sort of paleo alternative would there be? I guess one solution would be to cut out snacking. Another would be nuts and such? Uhmerican teachers really should cut down on snacking. The consequences are obvious when they do too much. Public schools have been making an effort to cut the sugar out -- banning parties at school and the like. But the FDA guidelines (and local regulations) still rule in the cafeterias.