Do You Know of Parishes that Celebrate the NO in Latin?

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I just wanted to take a survey of the members here to see if they know of any Masses that are celebrated in Latin. That is not even to mention the use of chant, incense, etc. I just want to know how prevalent the use of Latin is in Masses.
 
My parish does, and I know about 7-8 in the archdiocese who do.

But that is maybe 5% of the parishes.
 
I believe only one here in the east valley of phoenix; Corpus Christi. That’s one parish out of a dozen.
 
I know of a parish that uses Latin for a few parts, but that’s it. All the other NO Masses around use all English except on very rare occasions (I hear one does a bit of Latin during Lent).
 
In Archdiocese of Chicago:

St. John Cantius

The Oratory of Our Lady Mother of the Church (Readings in Polish)
 
In Central London, (England) the following churches all have their Solemn Sunday mass fully in Latin (NO) (apart from the readings and Homily):

Brompton Oratory
St James, Spanish Place
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Kensington
Farm Street, Church of the Immaculate Conception
St Ethelburga, Ely Place

Westminster Cathedral’s 10.30am Mass is part Latin - The first part is in English, but the Eucharistic Prayer and Pater Noster is in Latin. Many other churches follow this pattern.
 
I know of Ordinary Form Mass locally in Latin. Diocese of Brownsville in Texas: St. Jude Thaddeus Church run by the Oratorian Fathers has both an OF in Latin and an EF.

I’ve purged the terms “Novus Ordo” and “NO” out of my vocabulary. What do they mean?
 
My parish doesn’t, but our neighbouring parish St. Joseph’s in Longsight, Manchester has Novus Ordo in Latin at 7pm every Friday.
 
Wow, so the use of Latin is actually for more prevalent than I thought it would be (though I was not really expecting much at all). It’s great to hear. Maybe one day I will find one also, hopefully.
 
The Mission of Divine Mercy in New Braunfels TX celebrated the NO mass in Latin until the new mass translation came into use. They were asked by our Archbishop to use English so people could get used to the new translation. They still recite parts of the mass in Latin
 
amici_christi said:
The Mission of Divine Mercy in New Braunfels TX celebrated the NO mass in Latin until the new mass translation came into use. They were asked by our Archbishop to use English so people could get used to the new translation. They still recite parts of the mass in Latin
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Interesting. You would think that if you can follow the Mass in Latin that using the new translation would be no problem.
 
PacoG said:
I know of Ordinary Form Mass locally in Latin. Diocese of Brownsville in Texas: St. Jude Thaddeus Church run by the Oratorian Fathers has both an OF in Latin and an EF.

I’ve purged the terms “Novus Ordo” and “NO” out of my vocabulary. What do they mean?
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You may have, but the Vatican hasn’t. There was a document (2011 or 2010) from the Vatican that still referred to the OF as the Novus Ordo. If it’s good enough for the Vatican to still use, there’s nothing wrong with us using it.
 
amici_christi said:
The Mission of Divine Mercy in New Braunfels TX celebrated the NO mass in Latin until the new mass translation came into use. They were asked by our Archbishop to use English so people could get used to the new translation. They still recite parts of the mass in Latin
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It’s somewhat strange to me that any parish which celebrated completely in Latin would even care for any translation. And what if some of the parishioners were native Spanish or Polish speakers, for example?
 
There is religious community near me that celebrates the NO in Latin (apart from the readings). They are of the Benedictine Solesmes Congregation. I hope to join them one day and their liturgy is part of the reason I am drawn to them.
 
A college near where I live has both the EF and the OF in Latin available daily. For the OF the readings are in English but nothing else. So far as I know this is the only place nearby where Latin is available… But I really have not attended most o the parishes nearby. I put down ‘few and far between’ because I have not heard of others saying the OF in Latin, but it is quite possible that there are parishes that do have it, or at least parts of it, in Latin.
 
The_Curt_Jester said:
You may have, but the Vatican hasn’t. There was a document (2011 or 2010) from the Vatican that still referred to the OF as the Novus Ordo. If it’s good enough for the Vatican to still use, there’s nothing wrong with us using it.
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Give me the name of the document and where it can be located.
 
PerfectTiming said:
There is religious community near me that celebrates the NO in Latin (apart from the readings). They are of the Benedictine Solesmes Congregation. I hope to join them one day and their liturgy is part of the reason I am drawn to them.
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Quarr Abbey by any chance?

I am an oblate of a Benedictine community of the Solesmes Congregation: St-Benoît-du-Lac in Quebec. Their OF Mass is a mix of French and Latin: the propers (introit, gradual, alleluia, offertory and communion antiphon) are chanted in Latin; the ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, etc.) in Greek/Latin, and the rest (EP, collects, universal prayer, readings) in French plainchant. There are also two women’s abbeys that do a full Latin OF Mass at least most of the time: Westfield in Vermont, and Ste-Marie-des-Deux-Montagnes near Montreal. Then of course in France there’s Solesmes, St. Wandrille and no doubt others.

But in parishes, it’s exceedingly rare. Locally, when our schola sings once a month at least the propers and ordinary.
 
Before I even decided to become Catholic, the first Masses I attended were the Novus Ordo in Latin at Peoria IL, These Masses were so beautiful and profound, they helped open the door for me to inquire about Catholicism. They inspired in me a hunger for the Eucharist.

It is incredible sad that where I currently live (Lake wales Florida) there is virtually no use of Latin in the Mass. I feel as though the beauty and mystery or this ancient worship has been gutted out. If people only realized how much something as simple as an ancient and gorgeous language could draw people to the Church and to Jesus Christ… the reverence and moments of silence also. If only they knew how this impacts souls and lures them to The Beloved…
 
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