The Italian Mass My Take On It

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Mass is celebrated in the Archdiocese of New York in 25 languages. Where I now reside, in the Diocese of Buffalo, weekly Sunday Mass is celebrated in at least eight foreign languages (not including Latin, we have two parishes that celebrate the Tridentine Mass weekly,) that I know of. There was no official information on Buffalo’s website. And yes, OP, the Ukranians have their own language Mass as do the Czechs.

Additionally, there are several festival celebrations of Mass in other languages that aren’t regularly celebrated, including Ongegawe and Mohawk as well as Chinese. The presence of two national shrines means that they draw pilgrims and visitors from all over. Their groups’ priests frequently are guest celebrants at these Masses.

I love our diversity, one of my favorite “religious tourism” things to do is to go to one of these shrines. Under a translucent dome of a map of the Northern Hemisphere which forms the basilica, you can see on any given Sunday people of European, Asian, Pacific Island, and African descent as well as a smattering of Tuscaroras from the neighboring reservation. It is a moving sight to see all colors of humanity gathered together with one mind and one heart to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in a Marian shrine. Truly, we are both catholic as well as Catholic!
 
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