Probably not really a culture shock, as no one has been raised in traditional society anymore. It is all people coming BACK to tradition.
They probably use the traditional Dominican Rite, as it would actually be UN-traditional for Dominicans to use anything but.
It is vastly similar to the Tridentine however. It is important for tradition to not only preserve the Tridentine Rite (which seems safe for now) but also the other Traditional Roman Rites (ambrosian, moazorbic, carmelite, dominican etc) which seemed to disappear after the Novus Ordo was promulgated. It is a special task to preserve one of the less-widespread traditional rites.
This is very true. We have Capuchin-Franciscan Friars. Prior to Vatican II they used what I call a “mitigated” Tridentine mass and Divine Office. St. Francis of Assisi took the Gregorian chant out of their liturgy, mass and Divine office, and replaced it with music that he wrote called Laudas. Laudas has nothing to do with Lauds. Laudas were songs of praise in Italian, with Italian music and instruments. The best known ones are the Canticle of the Sun and the Prayer for Peace.
The Divine Office had to be read, not chanted. To this day, they do not chant the office and the only chant that they use is plain chant for some parts of the mass.
Also, Francis took out the Latin sermon and replaced it with the sermon in Italian.
Even though Francis was a lay brother, he was the Superior General and founder of a religious order of what he called clerical and lay brothers. He also took kneelers out of the friaries and received special license for those lay brothers who had the appropriate theological formation to preach. Most of the Brothers today have Masters and Doctorate degrees in theology, canon law, liturgy, scripture and are not priests. They have have more lay brothers than priests.
One of their friars is the official preacher to the Vatican household.
Some people in our parish requested the TLM and the friars said that they could not do it, because they had never really celebrated it exactly the same way as secular priests or priests in congregations have. It is not part of their tradition, just as it is not part of the Dominican or Carmelite tradition.
Even Pius V, who promulgated the Tridentine mass, never celebrated it himself. Pius V was a Dominican Friar and he celebrated the Dominican rite. He even dressed as a Dominican during his entire papacy. That’s why the Popes to this day were parts of the Dominican habit. They inherited this from Pius V.
JR
