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The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Perpetual Mass Association.

With your purchase, you will receive a Perpetual Mass Enrollment Folder.

You can enroll an individual (living or deceased) or a family (living, deceased or living/deceased).

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are perpetually enrolling in our Mass Association.

After getting your Perpetual Mass Enrollment Folder in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution ($20 donation for an individual enrollment or $95 for a family enrollment) for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s).

You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us with your donation in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Perpetual Mass Association.

With your purchase, you will receive a Perpetual Mass Enrollment Folder.

You can enroll an individual (living or deceased) or a family (living, deceased or living/deceased).

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are perpetually enrolling in our Mass Association.

After getting your Perpetual Mass Enrollment Folder in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution ($20 donation for an individual enrollment or $95 for a family enrollment) for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s).

You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us with your donation in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Perpetual Mass Association.

With your purchase, you will receive a Perpetual Mass Enrollment Folder.

You can enroll an individual (living or deceased) or a family (living, deceased or living/deceased).

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are perpetually enrolling in our Mass Association.

After getting your Perpetual Mass Enrollment Folder in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution ($20 donation for an individual enrollment or $95 for a family enrollment) for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s).

You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us with your donation in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer weekly Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mass Association.

After purchasing this Mass Card for an Annual Enrollment you will be sent this Mass Card with its own matching envelope.

You will also receive a Registration Form on which you will write down the name of the person(s) you are enrolling for one year in our Mass Association.

After getting your Mass Card in the mail you must return this Registration Form to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago along with your tax-deductible contribution for offering the Traditional Latin Mass for your loved one(s). You must complete the Registration Form and return it to us in order to enroll someone in the Mass Association for one year.


SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOUR ANNUAL ENROLLMENT

-Living members share in the celebration of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) offered by the Canons Regular each week of the year.

-Every week, the deceased loved ones whom you enroll in our Perpetual Society receive the benefit of the Mass offered by the Canons Regular according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

-Every family or individual perpetually enrolled will enjoy a share in the daily celebration of the Divine Office and the recitation of the Holy Rosary offered by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius.

-A special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) will be offered annually for the living members on the Feast of Pope St. Pius V (May 5) and on the Feast of Pope St. Pius X (September 3).

-Each year, on All Souls Day (November 2) and on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15), the Canons Regular will offer a special Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) for the deceased members of the Perpetual Society.

-Living and deceased members will share in all the good works performed by the Canons Regular.

Each year, for Father’s Day, the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer three Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Father’s Day Triduum of Masses.

After purchasing this Mass Card for the Father’s Day Triduum you will be sent our Father’s Day card with a matching envelope.

You will also receive a Reply Envelope on which you will write down all of your intentions for these three Masses and in which you will send us your tax-deductible contribution for offering these three Masses. You must complete the reply envelope and return it to us

Each year, for Mother’s Day, the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago offer three Latin Masses (1962 Missale Romanum) for all those enrolled in our Mother’s Day Triduum of Masses.

After purchasing this Mass Card for the Mother’s Day Triduum you will be sent our Mother’s Day card with a matching envelope.

You will also receive a Reply Envelope on which you will write down all of your intentions for these three Masses and in which you will send us your tax-deductible contribution for offering these three Masses. You must complete the reply envelope and return it to us

Reply Envelope

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Now your schola can sing the proper through-composed melismatic verses that correspond to the Offertory Proper Chants of the Liturgical Year (1962 Missal).

The Ceremonial for Sacred Music describes all the rubrics, traditions and customs of liturgical music as celebrated in the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missale Romanum).

This is a treasured resource for choirmasters, organists, choir members, as well as for Priests learning to sing Mass.

A special feature of this book is a complete chant tutorial for Priests, Deacons and Subdeacons learning to sing Orations, Prophecies, Epistles, and Gospels. Musical examples in square-note notation are included for every possible tone of the Orations, Epistles, Prophecies and Gospels.

This is a rare find! This 62 page booklet guides the faithful though the 40 days of Lent by taking them on a pilgrimage of the “stational churches” of Rome.

How did the Catholic Church in Rome observe Lent in the early centuries of the Church? It went on pilgrimage to the STATIONAL CHURCHES OF ROME.

The word “station” seems to come from the Latin “statio,” (i.e. “standing together") alluding to the ancient custom of the Catholic faithful gathering at a particular church with the Bishop for the celebration of the Holy Mass.

Before the end of the 1st century, the growth of the Catholic Church in Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria required multiple Eucharistic liturgies in different “domus Dei” (churches in private homes), but the Bishop’s Mass remained the official public liturgy.

When periods of persecution died down, official stations were designated for celebrating major feast days in various churches, so that as much of the Catholic faithful as possible might attend Mass with the Bishop.

After the Constantinian Peace, the privative “domus Dei” became the “tituli,” titular or parish churches, which numbered 25 by the 5th century. Eventually the Roman stations were reorganized and assigned to these titular churches, plus the new Constantinian basilicas. The number of stational churches gradually increased, especially under the liturgical influences of Jerusalem. Pope Leo III (795-816 A.D.) completed the list of the STATIONAL CHURCHES OF ROME with 94 stations on 92 days, including the 40 days of Lent and the octave of Easter.

The STATIONAL CHURCHES OF ROME provides the faithful a way to deepen their Lenten pilgrimage toward the day of Christ’s Resurrection on Easter, by developing devotion to the saints, by encouraging all to pray for the intentions of the Holy Father and by appreciating more profoundly the riches of the Sacred Scripture found in the Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missale Romanum).

“For very many this book of Mr. Geoffrey Webb’s will be a Godsend.” So penned Fr. Bede Jarrett, OP in the foreword of this invaluable title.

This brief, but comprehensive work presents a supernatural approach to understanding the center of Catholic life, the altar.

Considered by some to be “the bible” on the subject of the altar, this book covers its historical development, form, symbolism, and vesting, as well as it appurtenances, such as the cross, candles, use of flowers and reliquaries.

Continuing the words of Fr. Jarrett:

It presents to us in its unending formulas the ritual of Redemption. It does not aim at imposing the dead hand of antiquarianism on the adornment of the altar. It deals with the decrees of the Congregation that are in force, some directive, some perceptive, but only such as are of value today.

This book is also an inestimable resource from a practical aspect, in so far as it demonstrates how to construct a proper altar that conforms to the Church’s prescriptions and ideals without exhausting the parish coffers.

Please do not think that to carry out what is here recorded and to accomplish it…will necessarily be expensive. All that is written here can be done without much cost…

Mr. Webb’s magnificently composed text is complimented with pictorial examples of altars and line drawings that demonstrate how to implement what he outlines.

A timeless classic, this book will be of great general interest to any Catholic, lay or cleric, particularly church architects, liturgical artists, sacristans, those involved in liturgical functions, altar and rosary sodalities, florists, altar vesture manufactures, as well as religion teachers for all ages.

Special Offer - Order 2 or more DVDs for $10 each

Saint John Cantius, Restoring the Sacred, investigates how a decaying old church in Chicago became a thriving religious and cultural treasure. When a Catholic priest with no previous parish experience arrived, he faced a building in severe disrepair, but he realized that there was an even deeper need: to restore the faith and sacred culture of the parish community.

Enjoy the interview of Rev. C. Frank Phillips, CR, Pastor of St. John Cantius and Founder of the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius. You will also hear from various members of the Canons Regular, the priests and brothers who have had a hand in resurrecting the parish life of St. John Cantius.

This report presents the statistics recorded by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius on the implementation of Summorum Pontificum from 2007-2010. Learn how many priests have been trained in the use of the 1962 Missale Romanum, what dioceses and religious orders they have come from, etc.

See the statistics of the now famous Latin Mass website http://www.SanctaMissa.org and see where in the world the website is most popular. These statistics have been presented to the Holy Father, the Bishops at the USCCB meeting in November, 2010, and now you can read the same report for yourself.

DISCOUNT: Get 2 or more of these DVD’s for only $15.00 each.

This single DVD presents two very important ceremonies for Roman Catholic Bishops celebrating the Extraordinary Form according to the 1962 Pontificale Romanum. Watch this DVD to observe an instructional video on the Sacrament of Confirmation as well as a video of Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool with Bishop Joseph Perry.

Confirmation - 1962 Pontificale Romanum
This video is a documentary and instructional video teaching Bishops how to offer Confirmation with the usus antiquior.

Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool - Forma Extraordinaria
Enjoy the beauty and splendor of the Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool with the Most Rev. Joseph Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, uninterrupted by any commentator. This breathtaking Mass was filmed live on the Solemnity of the Most Precious Blood at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama, with assistance of EWTN and Mother Angelica. Watch the rubrics and ceremonies of the Mass unfold before your eyes as the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius assist Bishop Perry in the intricacies of these ceremonies.

The highly-regarded 2-volume rubrical work for various pontifical ceremonies according to the traditional Roman Rite is available again!  Once difficult and expensive to obtain can now be yours for a reasonable price.

Consisting of 456 pages, this set is packed with invaluable information about pontifical ceremonies and a must for anyone who has care of the Church’s sacred liturgy.

Originally printed in 1961, this edition is concurrent with the 1962 rubrics for those pontifical ceremonies treated, such as Mass at the Throne or Faldstool, Low Mass, Mass celebrated in the Presence of a Greater Prelate, Vespers, the Investiture of a Monsignor, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week (per the 1955 reform), and much more!

456 pages, hardbound in red cloth with gold embossing on the cover and spine, sewn binding, a marking ribbon, and printed on natural-colored paper.

SPECIAL OFFER: Get the 2011 Liturgical Calendar and the 2011 Ordo

The 2011 LITURGICAL ORDO covers the complete Liturgical Calendar of the Church according to the 1962 Missale Romanum & 1962 Brevarium Romanum. This edition of the Ordo for the Traditional Latin Mass is the easiest to use - it is very “user-friendly”!

For any given day, the 2011 LITURGICAL ORDO contains a clear and simple listing of the feast to be celebrated with its liturgical rank (I, II, III, or IV) and color (Green, White, Red, Rose, White, Black, Violet), together with the liturgical rubrics to be observed.

An excellent feature of the 2011 LITURGICAL ORDO is the inclusion of the special plenary indulgences and prayers that come from the 1962 Indulgentiarum Doctrina, as well as important documents from Rome pertaining to the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form).

The 2011 LITURGICAL ORDO is a must-have for each sacristy and for every priest celebrating the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite according to the Liturgical Books of 1962 promulgated by Blessed John XXIII . 

DISCOUNT - Buy 2 or more DVDs at $20.00 each plus shipping/handling

The long-awaited DVD of the Historic Solemn High Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is now available.

Watch this Video Sample...

History was made this past April 24, 2010. With approximately 4,000 of the Catholic Faithful taking part, and for the first time in almost half a century, a Solemn High Pontifical Mass was celebrated at the majestic High Altar of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., honoring our beloved Holy Father.

Few have ever seen anything like it! And none has been captured and televised live worldwide as this Mass was.

Celebrated by His Excellency Edward J. Slattery, Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, the Mass commemorated the fifth anniversary of the inauguration of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

This magnificent DVD shows EWTN’s broadcast of a truly glorious Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. A minute-by-minute commentary provides a rare liturgical education for us all. Highlights show the cappa magna procession; the vesting of the bishop; the procession of over 100 clergy into the sanctuary; the sacred bearing of ministers and servers throughout the ceremony, oriented toward liturgical east; and the angelic sacred music of the choirs and schola.

This DVD is also an excellent way to evangelize for the Church’s sacred liturgy and tradition, as His Holiness Pope Benedict desires.

This fascinating book on the use of candles in the Roman liturgy was previously difficult to obtain secondhand. In addition to explaining the ancient use and symbolisms of candles, Fr. Edwin Ryan (a noteworthy American liturgist) outlines the various liturgical rules for candles.

This work is also unique and interesting for its wonderful illustrations by Terence J. Hughes and James R. Howard.  There are nine illustrations in all (four in beautiful watercolor and the remainder in black and white) which depict liturgically-correct altars properly vested with antependiums and conopaeums (even with some optional riddel curtains), and decorated with candles and flowers the Roman way.

Though ostensibly produced to sell candles, the book serves as an excellent example of the Liturgical Movement’s efforts in the United States to promote authentic practices of the Roman Rite against commonplace abuses and unbecoming expressions of liturgical art.

Reproduced as a high-quality softcover edition, a special natural-colored stock with a semi-sheen finish was used for the text, while the original vibrancy of the watercolor drawings was accurately recaptured.

Fully indexed and includes a table of contents, this book is a perfect reference for general interest, altar sodalities, sacristans, seminaries, catechism classes, and Catholic libraries.

Order 2 or more sets for $12.50 each...

1 O Queen of the Holy Rosary, Mainzer Gesangbuch, (c. 1833)
2 Introductory Rosary Prayers
3 1st Joyful Mystery - Annunciation
4 Alma Redemptoris Mater, Gregorian Chant
5 2nd Joyful Mystery - Visitation
6 Beatám me dicent - Magnificat, Gregorian Chant
7 3rd Joyful Mystery - Nativity
8 Ave Verum, Op. 15, Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
9 4th Joyful Mystery - Presentation
10 Ave Maria, J. S. Bach (1685-1750), Arr. Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
11 5th Joyful Mystery - Finding the Christ Child in the Temple
12 Maria Mater Gratiae, Op. 47, No. 2, Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
13 Concluding Rosary Prayers
14 Memorare (“Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary”)
15 Salutation to Our Lady of St. Francis of Assisi
16 Morning Offering to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
17 Daily, daily, sing to Mary, Trier Gesangbuch (c. 1695)

1 Salve Regina, Gregorian Chant
2 Introductory Rosary Prayers
3 1st Sorrowful Mystery - Agony in the Garden
4 Stabat Mater, Gregorian Chant
5 2nd Sorrowful Mystery - Scourging at the Pillar
6 Ave Maris Stella, Op. 2, No. 3, Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
7 3rd Sorrowful Mystery - Crowning with Thorns
8 Ave Maria, Giulio Caccini (1551 –1618), Arr. Rev. S. Haynes, SJC (b. 1971)
9 4th Sorrowful Mystery - Carrying of the Cross
10 Salve Mater, Gregorian Chant
11 5th Sorrowful Mystery - Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord
12 Ave Maria, WoO 7 no. 1, Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
13 Concluding Rosary Prayers
14 Lovely Lady dressed in blue
15 Litany of Loreto
16 Marian Prayer for Conversion of America
17 Sub Tuum (“We fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God”)
18 Dedication of the Family to Mary
19 O Sanctissima, Sicilian Melody (c. 1794)

1 Hail Holy Queen, Arr. Rev. Scott Haynes, SJC (b. 1971)
2 Introductory Rosary Prayers
3 1st Glorious Mystery - The Resurrection
4 Be joyful Mary, Heavenly Queen, Arr. Rev. Scott Haynes, SJC (b. 1971)
5 2nd Glorious Mystery - The Ascension
6 Ave Maria, Op. 2, No. 2, Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
7 3rd Glorious Mystery – Descent of the Holy Ghost
8 Regina Caeli, Gregorian Chant
9 4th Glorious Mystery - The Assumption of our Lady
10 Ave Regina Caelorum, Gregorian Chant
11 5th Glorious Mystery - The Coronation of our Lady
12 Ave Regina Caelorum, Op. 171, No. 6, Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
13 Concluding Rosary Prayers
14 Ave Maria, Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
15 Angelus (“The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary”)
16 Regina Caeli (“Queen of Heaven Rejoice! Alleluia”)
17 Prayer to Our Lady of St. Germanus
18 Immaculate Mary, Arr. Rev. Scott Haynes, SJC (b. 1971)

Click here to download the texts and translations used on “The Traditional Rosary,” as well an instruction on how to pray the Rosary.

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Audio Tutorial of the Latin Mass

Missa in Cantu & Missa Lecta Audio CD’s and Workbook provides you with the most complete way of studying the Latin prayers and chants of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum). The perfect combination! The 2-CD set and the Booklet...

Includes:

* Latin prayers of the Ordo Missae of the Roman Missal
* High-quality digital audio of the sung parts of the Mass as sung by priests, deacons, and subdeacons
* Audio of altar server responses and dialogue
* Accompanying handbook with latin texts and over 60 pages of musical notation
* Gregorian Chant Mass VIII - Missa de Angelis
* Almost 200 audio tracks in a two CD set
* And more...

Missa in Cantu & Missa Lecta Audio CD’s and Workbook provides you with the most complete way of studying the Latin prayers and chants of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum).

Do you want to learn how to pray and sing the Traditional Latin Mass? Now you can learn with the help of Missa in Cantu & Missa Lecta . This 2 CD set, with booklet, provides an excellent audio tutorial in liturgical prayer and Gregorian Chant for the Extraordinary Form of the Mass (1962 Missale Romanum).

Recorded at St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Chicago, Missa in Cantu & Missa Lecta is a great gift to a priest or seminarian learning the Traditional Latin Mass. But it is also useful to altar boys who are learning their parts. Choir members just beginning to sing Gregorian Chant Masses will appreciate the inclusion of the popular Missa de Angelis (Kyriale VIII) and Credo III. Missa in Cantu & Missa Lecta provides all of the prayers of the Ordo Missae for priests studying the Extraordinary Form, as well as recordings of the sung parts of the Mass (i.e. Prophecy Tone, Epistle Tone, Gospel Tone), as sung by priests, deacons, and subdeacons.

CD I

MISSA IN CANTU

In Dominicis ad Asperionem Aquae Benedictae

1. Asperges me - Incipit
2. Vidi aquam - Incipit
3. Asperges me I - Incipit
4. Asperges me II - Incipit
5. Preces
6. Preces – T.P.
7. Oratio

Gloria – Ite Missa Est – Credo

8. Missa I – Gloria- Incipit
9. Missa I – Ite Missa Est – Ab Octava Paschae - Incipit
10. Missa I – Ite Missa Est - Incipit
11. Missa II – Gloria- Incipit
12. Missa II – Ite Missa Est - Primo- Incipit
13. Missa II – Ite Missa Est - Secundo- Incipit
14. Missa II – Benedicamus Domino- Incipit
15. Missa III – Gloria- Incipit
16. Missa IV – Gloria- Incipit
17. Missa IV – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
18. Missa IV – Benedicamus Domino- Incipit
19. Missa V – Gloria- Incipit
20. Missa V – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
21. Missa VI – Gloria- Incipit
22. Missa VI – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
23. Missa VII – Gloria- Incipit
24. Missa VII – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
25. Missa VIII – Gloria- Incipit
26. Missa VIII – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
27. Missa VIII- Benedicamus Domino- Incipit
28. Missa IX – Gloria- Incipit
29. Missa IX – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
30. Missa IX – Benedicamus Domino- Incipit
31. Missa X – Gloria- Incipit
32. Missa XI – Gloria- Incipit
33. Missa XI – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
34. Missa XI – Benedicamus Domino- Incipit
35. Missa XII – Gloria- Incipit
36. Missa XII – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
37. Missa XIII – Gloria- Incipit
38. Missa XIII – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
39. Missa XIII – Benedicamus Domino- Incipit
40. Missa XIV – Gloria- Incipit
41. Missa XIV – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
42. Missa XV – Gloria- Incipit
43. Missa XV – Ite Missa Est- Incipit
44. Requiescant in pace - Incipit
45. Benedicamus Domino– Simplex- Incipit
46. Credo, I, II, IV- Incipit
47. Credo III- Incipit
48. Credo V- Incipit
49. Credo VI- Incipit

Oratio – Epistola – Evangelium

50. Oratio – Tonus Festivus
51. Flectamus Genua
52. Humiliate Capita Vestra Deo
53. Oratio – Tonus Solemnis
54. Oratio – Tonus Simplex
55. Tonus Prophetiae
56. Punctum Interrogativum
57. Tonus Epistolae
58. Tonus Evangelii – Simplex
59. Tonus Evangelii – Alter Tonus
60. Tonus Evangelii – Solemnis

Praefationes in Tono Sollemni

61. Toni Praefationem – Solemnis
62. Praefatio Solemnis de Nativitate Domini
63. Praefatio Solemnis de Epiphania Domini
64. Praefatio Solemnis de Quadragesmia
65. Praefatio Solemnis de Sancte Cruce
66. Praefatio Solemnis Paschalis
67. Praefatio Solemnis de Ascensione Domini
68. Praefatio Solemnis de Sanctissimo Corde Jesu
69. Praefatio Solemnis de D. N. Jesu Christo Rege
70. Praefatio Solemnis de Spiritu Sancto
71. Praefatio Solemnis de Sanctissima Trinitate
72. Praefatio Solemnis de Beata Maria Virgine
73. Praefatio Solemnis de S. Joseph, Sponso B.V.M.
74. Praefatio Solemnis de Apostolis
75. Praefatio Solemnis Communis

Praefationes in Tono Feriali

76. Toni Praefationem – Ferialis
77. Praefatio Ferialis de Nativitate Domini
78. Praefatio Ferialis de Epiphania Domini
79. Praefatio Ferialis de Quadragesmia
80. Praefatio Ferialis de Sancte Cruce
81. Praefatio Ferialis Paschalis
82. Praefatio Ferialis de Ascensione Domini
83. Praefatio Ferialis de Sanctissimo Corde Jesu
84. Praefatio Ferialis de D. N. Jesu Christo Rege
85. Praefatio Ferialis de Spiritu Sancto
86. Praefatio Ferialis de Sanctissima Trinitate
87. Praefatio Ferialis de Beata Maria Virgine
88. Praefatio Ferialis de S. Joseph, Sponso B.V.M.
89. Praefatio Ferialis de Apostolis
90. Praefatio Ferialis Communis
91. Praefatio Defunctorum

CD II

Praefationes Particulares

1. Praefatio Solemnis de Adventu
2. Praefatio Solemnis de SS. Sacramento
3. Praefatio Solemnis de Omnibus Sanctis et SS. Patronis
4. Praefatio Solemnis in Dedicatione Ecclesiae
5. Praefatio Ferialis de Adventu
6. Praefatio Ferialis de SS. Sacramento
7. Praefatio Ferialis de Omnibus Sanctis et SS. Patronis

Pater Noster - Benedictio

8. Pater Noster—Solemnis
9. Pater Noster—Simplex
10. Ante Agnus Dei
11. Tonus Confiteor
12. Benedictio Pontificalis

Ordinarium - Missa VIII - Missa de Angelis

13. Kyrie eleison
14. Gloria in excelsis Deo
15. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
16. Agnus Dei
17. Credo III

MISSA LECTA

Orationes Dicendae cum Sacerdos Induitur Sacerdotalibus Paramenti

18. Cum Lavat Manus
19. Ad Amictum
20. Ad Album
21. Ad Cingulum
22. Ad Manipulum
23. Ad Stolam
24. Ad Casulam

Ordo Missae
Missa Catechumenorum

25. Praeparatoriae Orationes in Pede Altaris
26. Aufer a nobis
27. Oramus te Domine
28. Ab illo benedicaris
29. Kyrie eleison
30. Gloria in excelsis Deo
31. Oratio
32. Conclusio Orationis: Per Dominum Nostrum…
33. Conclusio Orationis: Per Eundem Dominum…
34. Conclusio Orationis: Qui tecum…
35. Conclusio Orationis: Qui vivis…
36. Conclusio Orationis: In unitate eiusdem…
37. Munda cor meum
38. Jube domne benedicere
39. Evangelium
40. Per evangelica dicta
41. Jube Domine benedicere
42. Credo in unum Deum

Ordo Missae
Missa Fidelium

43. Offertorium
44. Suscipe Sancte Pater
45. Deus qui humanae
46. Offerimus tibi
47. In spiritu humilitatis
48. Veni sanctificator
49. Per intercessionem
50. Incensum istud
51. Dirigatur Domine
52. Accendat
53. Lavabo
54. Suscipe Sancta Trinitas
55. Orate Fratres
56. Praefatio
57. Sanctus
58. Te igitur
59. Memento pro vivis
60. Communicantes
61. Hanc igitur
62. Quam oblationem
63. Qui pridie
64. Simili modo
65. Hic est enim calix
66. Unde et memores
67. Supra quae propitio
68. Supplices te rogamus
69. Memento pro defunctis
70. Ipsis Domine
71. Nobis quoque peccatoribus
72. Per quem haec omnia
73. Per ipsum
74. Pater noster
75. Libera nos
76. Per eundem
77. Qui tecum
78. Pax Domini
79. Haec commixtio
80. Agnus Dei
81. Domine Jesu Christe qui dixisti
82. Pax tecum
83. Domine Jesu Christe fili Dei
84. Perceptio corporis
85. Panem caelestem
86. Domine non sum dignus
87. Corpus Domini nostri
88. Quid retribuam
89. Sanguis Domini nostri
90. Confiteor/Miserator/Indulgentiam
91. Ordo Administrandi Sacram Communionem
92. Quod ore/Corpus tuum
93. Oratio post Communionem
94. Ite missa est
95. Benedicamus Domino
96. Requiescant in pace
97. Placeat tibi
98. Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus
99. Evangelium: Joannem I:I-XIV

Sacerdos
Reverend Scott A. Haynes, S.J.C.

Acolytus
Brother Robert Maresh, S.J.C.

Cantate Domino Chorus
Jillian Krickl
Ashley Michalowski
Kathryn Michalowski
Sarah Michalowski
Elizabeth Miller
Anna Pacek
Simonetta Pacek
Stephanie Sheffield
Katherine Swee
Michelle Vezzoli
Ava Voissem
Claire Yashar

Schola Cantorum
Brother Robert Brachovich, S.J.C.
Brother Damien Dawes, S.J.C.
Brother Juan Garcia, S.J.C.
Brother Anselm Karas, S.J.C.
Brother Sean Littledale, S.J.C.
Brother Kevin Mann, S.J.C.
Brother Chad McCoy, S.J.C.
Brother Robert Maresh, S.J.C.
Brother Brian Schafer, S.J.C.
Brother Matthew Schuster, S.J.C.
Brother Scott Thelander, S.J.C.
Brother Mark Visconti, S.J.C.

Chironomos
Reverend Scott A. Haynes, S.J.C.

Organum
Brother Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.

This large-print edition of the 1954 Liber Brevior,includes the entireKyriale, all the liturgical chant propers for all Sundays, Commons and Feasts, plus Sunday Compline and Vespers as well as the Requiem and Burial liturgies.. Additional chants are included in honor of the Blessed Sacrament and the Virgin Mary and more. Special chants for the liturgical seasons are included as well.

(Sample page from the Liber Brevior)

This edition of the Liber Brevior works perfectly for the celebration of the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missal) and will only miss a few proper settings for saints canonized between 1954 and 1962, such as St. Martin de Porres. For those parishes who celebrate the Holy Week services according to the 1962 Missale Romanum, using the 1954 edition of the Liber Brevior will require careful consultation with the Missal as there were some liturgical modifications in those years.

Small choirs will be pleased to see that the Liber Brevior includes easier Psalm-tone settings for Graduals, Alleluias and Tracts in an appendix in the back of the book.

(Sample page of the simplified psalm-tone settings of the Graduals, Alleluias, etc. in the appendix.)

Unlike the Liber Usualis the Liber Brevior does not include the text of the Orations, Epistles and Gospels sung by the Priest at High Mass. Thus the Liber Brevior has fewer pages, a mere 800.

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The most popular pre-Vatican II sacristy manual. We searched high and low for a good sacristy manual. Nothing could be clearer and simpler than the scheme of this 1932 book which has been newly typeset by Biretta Books, Ltd.

The Sacristan’s Manual encapsulates every possibility in the ceremony of the Traditional Latin Mass that occurs in the course of the year. And it does it in succinct manner and with precision.

The reader is told what he must do to prepare for the ceremony: what vestments to lay out, how to lay them out, how to prepare the altar, and what special features each particular ceremony contains. Fr. William A. O’Brien, a pastor, teacher, and liturgy expert defines each term and provides easy-to-understand illustrations and diagrams.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: THE SACRISTY AND ITS CONTENT
A. THE SACRISTY
B. THE VESTMENTS-THEIR NATURE AND CARE
C. THE SACRED VESSELS
D. SACRED VEILS AND COVERINGS
E. OTHER CEREMONIAL ACCESSORIES
F. BOOKS AND CARDS USED FOR SACRED CEREMONIES AND THE CHURCH RECORD BOOKS
CHAPTER II THE SANCTUARY AND ITS FURNISHINGS
A. THE SANCTUARY
B. THE FURNISHINGS IN THE SANCTUARY
CHAPTER III THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF HOLY MASS
I. General Preparations
II. Detailed Schedule of Preparations for the Various Masses and Services
A. LOW MASS
B. “MISSA CANTATA” (Sung Mass with One Priest)
C. SOLEMN MASS (Sung Mass with Priest, Deacon and Subdeacon)
D. REQUIEM MASSES AND FUNERAL SERVICES
I. LOW MASS, BODY NOT PRESENT
II. “MISSA CANTATA” or, REQUIEM, BODY NOT PRESENT
(Sung Mass With One Priest)
III. SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS, BODY NOT PRESENT (Sung Mass with Priest, Deacon and Subdeacon)
IV. REQUIEM MASS FOLLOWED BY ABSOLUTION, THE
BODY BEING PRESENT
V. SERVICES IN THE CEMETERY
VI. FUNERALS OF ADULTS OUTSIDE OF MASS
VII. FUNERAL MASS AND BURIAL OF INFANTS
a) For the Mass followed by the Burial Service
b) For the Burial Service of Infants Outside of Mass
E. NUPTIAL MASSES
I. NUPTIAL LOW MASS
II. NUPTIAL “MISSA CANTATA” (Sung Mass With One Priest)
III. SOLEMN NUPTIAL MASS (Sung Mass with Three Priests)
F. PRIEST’S FIRST SOLEMN MASS
CHAPTER IV THE PREPARATIONS FOR BENEDICTION AND
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
A. Preparation of the Altar for Benediction
B. Preparations in the Sacristy
C. The Color of the Vestments for Benediction
D. For Benediction with the Ciborium. (Private Benediction)
E. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Before Mass
F. Forty-Hours’ Devotion
I. HIGH MASS AND PROCESSION ON THE FIRST DAY
II. MASS “PRO PACE” (FOR PEACE) (On the Second Day)
III. THE MASS OF REPOSITION AND THE PROCESSION (On the Third or Closing Day)
CHAPTER V: PREPARATIONS FOR VARIOUS FEASTS AND
DEVOTIONS DURING THE LITURGICAL YEAR
A. ADVENT
B. CHRISTMAS, CIRCUMCISION AND EPIPHANY
C. THE FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION-CANDLEMAS DAY-FEBRUARY 2.
D. FOR SAINT BLASE’S DAY
E. SEPTUAGESIMA AND THE SEASON OF LENT
I. ASH WEDNESDAY
II. PASSION SUNDAY
III. PALM SUNDAY
IV. HOLY WEEK
F. EASTERTIDE
G. ST. MARK’S DAY AND THE ROGATION DAYS
H. ASCENSION THURSDAY
I. THE EVE OF PENTECOST (Whitsun Eve)
J. PENTECOST AND ITS OCTAVE
K. CORPUS CHRISTI
L. FROM PENTECOST TO ADVENT
M. ALL SOULS’ DAY (NOVEMBER 2)
CHAPTER VI PREPARATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS
A. BAPTISM
B. PENANCE
C. THE HOLY EUCHARIST
D. CONFIRMATION
E. MATRIMONY
F. EXTREME UNCTION
CHAPTER VI
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, DEVOTIONS AND BLESSINGS
A. VESPERS
1. SIMPLE VESPERS
2. SOLEMN VESPERS
B. THE BISHOP’S VISITATION
C. THE CEREMONY OF THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN
D. AFTERNOON OR EVENING DEVOTIONS
E. BLESSINGS
Alphabetical Index

Click here to get this book in soft-cover...

The most popular pre-Vatican II sacristy manual. We searched high and low for a good sacristy manual. Nothing could be clearer and simpler than the scheme of this 1932 book which has been newly typeset by Biretta Books, Ltd.

The Sacristan’s Manual encapsulates every possibility in the ceremony of the Traditional Latin Mass that occurs in the course of the year. And it does it in succinct manner and with precision.

The reader is told what he must do to prepare for the ceremony: what vestments to lay out, how to lay them out, how to prepare the altar, and what special features each particular ceremony contains. Fr. William A. O’Brien, a pastor, teacher, and liturgy expert defines each term and provides easy-to-understand illustrations and diagrams.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: THE SACRISTY AND ITS CONTENT
A. THE SACRISTY
B. THE VESTMENTS-THEIR NATURE AND CARE
C. THE SACRED VESSELS
D. SACRED VEILS AND COVERINGS
E. OTHER CEREMONIAL ACCESSORIES
F. BOOKS AND CARDS USED FOR SACRED CEREMONIES AND THE CHURCH RECORD BOOKS
CHAPTER II THE SANCTUARY AND ITS FURNISHINGS
A. THE SANCTUARY
B. THE FURNISHINGS IN THE SANCTUARY
CHAPTER III THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION OF HOLY MASS
I. General Preparations
II. Detailed Schedule of Preparations for the Various Masses and Services
A. LOW MASS
B. “MISSA CANTATA” (Sung Mass with One Priest)
C. SOLEMN MASS (Sung Mass with Priest, Deacon and Subdeacon)
D. REQUIEM MASSES AND FUNERAL SERVICES
I. LOW MASS, BODY NOT PRESENT
II. “MISSA CANTATA” or, REQUIEM, BODY NOT PRESENT
(Sung Mass With One Priest)
III. SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS, BODY NOT PRESENT (Sung Mass with Priest, Deacon and Subdeacon)
IV. REQUIEM MASS FOLLOWED BY ABSOLUTION, THE
BODY BEING PRESENT
V. SERVICES IN THE CEMETERY
VI. FUNERALS OF ADULTS OUTSIDE OF MASS
VII. FUNERAL MASS AND BURIAL OF INFANTS
a) For the Mass followed by the Burial Service
b) For the Burial Service of Infants Outside of Mass
E. NUPTIAL MASSES
I. NUPTIAL LOW MASS
II. NUPTIAL “MISSA CANTATA” (Sung Mass With One Priest)
III. SOLEMN NUPTIAL MASS (Sung Mass with Three Priests)
F. PRIEST’S FIRST SOLEMN MASS
CHAPTER IV THE PREPARATIONS FOR BENEDICTION AND
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
A. Preparation of the Altar for Benediction
B. Preparations in the Sacristy
C. The Color of the Vestments for Benediction
D. For Benediction with the Ciborium. (Private Benediction)
E. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Before Mass
F. Forty-Hours’ Devotion
I. HIGH MASS AND PROCESSION ON THE FIRST DAY
II. MASS “PRO PACE” (FOR PEACE) (On the Second Day)
III. THE MASS OF REPOSITION AND THE PROCESSION (On the Third or Closing Day)
CHAPTER V: PREPARATIONS FOR VARIOUS FEASTS AND
DEVOTIONS DURING THE LITURGICAL YEAR
A. ADVENT
B. CHRISTMAS, CIRCUMCISION AND EPIPHANY
C. THE FEAST OF THE PURIFICATION-CANDLEMAS DAY-FEBRUARY 2.
D. FOR SAINT BLASE’S DAY
E. SEPTUAGESIMA AND THE SEASON OF LENT
I. ASH WEDNESDAY
II. PASSION SUNDAY
III. PALM SUNDAY
IV. HOLY WEEK
F. EASTERTIDE
G. ST. MARK’S DAY AND THE ROGATION DAYS
H. ASCENSION THURSDAY
I. THE EVE OF PENTECOST (Whitsun Eve)
J. PENTECOST AND ITS OCTAVE
K. CORPUS CHRISTI
L. FROM PENTECOST TO ADVENT
M. ALL SOULS’ DAY (NOVEMBER 2)
CHAPTER VI PREPARATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS
A. BAPTISM
B. PENANCE
C. THE HOLY EUCHARIST
D. CONFIRMATION
E. MATRIMONY
F. EXTREME UNCTION
CHAPTER VI
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, DEVOTIONS AND BLESSINGS
A. VESPERS
1. SIMPLE VESPERS
2. SOLEMN VESPERS
B. THE BISHOP’S VISITATION
C. THE CEREMONY OF THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN
D. AFTERNOON OR EVENING DEVOTIONS
E. BLESSINGS
Alphabetical Index

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King Caspar
King Melchior
King Balthasar
Three Kings
St. Joseph
Angel Yellow-Blue
Angel Pink-Blue
Angel Red
Three Angels
Virgin with Child

St. John Cantius Church in Chicago houses an elaborate 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio” from Rome. A presepio is the Italian version of the traditional Nativity Scene or Creche, only much larger. It includes not only the Nativity scene of the Christ Child with the Blessed Virgin, Joseph, shepherds and animals, but also a multitude of village scenes depicting Italian peasant life with villagers dressed in traditional folk costumes.

Originally, this presepio was to be donated to the Vatican but the donor chose rather to bequeath it to St. John Cantius where it is on permanent display in the church’s museum room. In order to generate funds to preserve and maintain our historic praesepio we have created these Praesepio Nativity Ornaments for your purchase. Now you can decorate your home at Christmas with these glass ornaments, painted in Poland. 

Praesepio Nativity Ornaments



King Caspar
King Melchior
King Balthasar
Three Kings
St. Joseph
Angel Yellow-Blue
Angel Pink-Blue
Angel Red
Three Angels
Virgin with Child

Praesepio Nativity Ornaments St. John Cantius Church in Chicago houses an elaborate 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio” from Rome. A presepio is the Italian version of the traditional Nativity Scene or Creche, only much larger. It includes not only the Nativity scene of the Christ Child with the Blessed Virgin, Joseph, shepherds and animals, but also a multitude of village scenes depicting Italian peasant life with villagers dressed in traditional folk costumes.

Originally, this presepio was to be donated to the Vatican but the donor chose rather to bequeath it to St. John Cantius where it is on permanent display in the church’s museum room. In order to generate funds to preserve and maintain our historic praesepio we have created these Praesepio Nativity Ornaments for your purchase. Now you can decorate your home at Christmas with these glass ornaments, painted in Poland. 

Praesepio Nativity Ornaments



King Caspar
King Melchior
King Balthasar
Three Kings
St. Joseph
Angel Yellow-Blue
Angel Pink-Blue
Angel Red
Three Angels
Virgin with Child

St. John Cantius Church in Chicago houses an elaborate 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio” from Rome. A presepio is the Italian version of the traditional Nativity Scene or Creche, only much larger. It includes not only the Nativity scene of the Christ Child with the Blessed Virgin, Joseph, shepherds and animals, but also a multitude of village scenes depicting Italian peasant life with villagers dressed in traditional folk costumes.

Originally, this presepio was to be donated to the Vatican but the donor chose rather to bequeath it to St. John Cantius where it is on permanent display in the church’s museum room. In order to generate funds to preserve and maintain our historic praesepio we have created these Praesepio Nativity Ornaments for your purchase. Now you can decorate your home at Christmas with these glass ornaments, painted in Poland.

Praesepio Nativity Ornaments



King Caspar
King Melchior
King Balthasar
Three Kings
St. Joseph
Angel Yellow-Blue
Angel Pink-Blue
Angel Red
Three Angels
Virgin with Child

St. John Cantius Church in Chicago houses an elaborate 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio” from Rome. A presepio is the Italian version of the traditional Nativity Scene or Creche, only much larger. It includes not only the Nativity scene of the Christ Child with the Blessed Virgin, Joseph, shepherds and animals, but also a multitude of village scenes depicting Italian peasant life with villagers dressed in traditional folk costumes.

Originally, this presepio was to be donated to the Vatican but the donor chose rather to bequeath it to St. John Cantius where it is on permanent display in the church’s museum room. In order to generate funds to preserve and maintain our historic praesepio we have created these Praesepio Nativity Ornaments for your purchase. Now you can decorate your home at Christmas with these glass ornaments, painted in Poland.

CHRISTMAS MUSIC FROM ST. JOHN CANTIUS

This stunning CD has over an hour of fantastic music! With over twenty traditional carols and motets this could be the perfect Christmas gift! Also includes a beautiful 15 page booklet with song lyrics!

IN QUIET CONTEMPLATION

Quiet and meditative sacred music CD of Gregorian Chant, Sacred Polyphony and Organ Music to calm the soul and draw the spirit into the presence of God.

MISERERE

This recording, which presents the emotional depth and variety of music for this important liturgical season, traces the six major services of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.

ECCE REX

A fantastic collection of Christmas hymns, carols, and motets demonstrating the dynamic quality of the choir and the superb acoustics of St. John Cantius Church!

DUO SERAPHIM

The Cantate Domino Choir of St. John Cantius Church of Chicago along with Organ Masterworks, and works by the Resurrection Orchestra. Music of Haynes, Dering, Albinoni, Haydn and Mozart. 

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Quiet and meditative sacred music CD of Gregorian Chant, Sacred Polyphony and Organ Music to calm the soul and draw the spirit into the presence of God.

Read more about In Quiet Contemplation, the artists who produced it, the song titles and text translations, and more...

Track Listings

1.  Voice: Ave Maria, Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) (2:54)

2.  Chant: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas, Introit, Trinity Sunday (3:15)

3.  Choir: Kyrie from ‘Messe Basse,’ Gabriel Faure (1845 – 1924) (2:17)

4.  Chant: Benedictus es, Domine, Gradual, Trinity Sunday (2:25)

5.  Organ: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (3:49)

6.  Chant: Alleluia, Benedictus es, Domine, Alleluia, Trinity Sunday (1:50)

7.  Organ: O Mensch Bewein, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (5:21)

8.  Chant: Benedictus sit Deus, Offertory, Trinity Sunday (1:55)

9.  Choir: Sanctus from ‘Messe Basse,’ Gabriel Faure (1845 – 1924) (1:49)

10.  Organ: Prière a Notre-Dame from ‘Suite Gothique,’ Op. 25, Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897) (5:02)

11.  Chant: Benedicimus Deum, Communion, Trinity Sunday (1:14)

12.  Choir: Benedictus from ‘Messe Basse,’ Gabriel Faure (1845 – 1924) (2:28)

13.  Chant: Redemísti nos, Introit, Feast of the Precious Blood (3:37)

14.  Choir: Ave Verum, Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963) (2:10)

15.  Chant: Hic est qui venit, Gradual, Feast of the Precious Blood (4:23)

16.  Choir: Agnus Dei from ‘Messe Basse,’ Gabriel Faure (1845 – 1924) (2:54)

17.  Chant: Alleluia. Si testimónium hóminum, Alleluia, Feast of the Precious Blood (2:28)

18.  Organ: Andante Sostenuto from Organ Symphony No.9 in C ("Gothique"), Op.70, C.M. Widor (6:28)

19.  Chant: Calix benedictiónis, Offertory, Feast of the Precious Blood (1:43)

20.  Organ: Air on a G String, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (5:01)

21.  Chant: Christus semel oblátus est, Communion, Feast of the Precious Blood (0:48)

22.  Voice: Panis Angelicus, Cesar Franck (1822 – 1890) (4:16)

Total Time: 69 minutes and 41 seconds

This book provides a full color tour of St. John Cantius Church of Chicago. See the awe-inspiring sacred art and the thrilling architecture of one of Chicago’s most important churches.

Hoc loco habitat fortune, hic quiescit cor.
In this place abides happiness, here the heart finds peace.

For over 100 years this church has been a place of happiness as well as a place where the hearts of so many faithful have found peace. The beauty of the church building inspires one to raise mind and heart to God. The austere stone facade with the inscription Ad majorem Dei gloriam, sets the tone that not only this structure, but everything we do is done for the greater glory of God.

The warmth of the interior, while massive, invites the visitor into a church reminiscent of churches in Europe, most especially Poland. The give and take of the contrasts of light from the stained glass windows on the wood altars, balustrades, and floor truly give one a sense of peace.

But a church is more than the art and architecture it contains. The structure is brought to life through the Church’s theology which is carried out in the sacred ceremonies of the Mass, the Sacraments,
a variety of devotions, and Her sacred music ranging from Plainchant or Gregorian chant to the classical works of Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert.

All of these are united, as in a symphony, with the art, architecture, and the light contrasted against the dark wood. It is with great pleasure that we present this booklet of the art and architecture of St. John Cantius.

Over the past twenty years much has been done to restore the beauty of this church. The structure itself speaks of the majesty of God and the Divine worship which occurs daily. Over the past twenty years we have been able to restore the stained glass windows each telling a story of our Faith in the medium of glass.

The wood floor in the nave and sanctuary complement the wood altars and the medallions in the floor are a miniature in our catechism of the life of Christ: from His birth to His glorious Resurrection. The painting of St. John Cantius, our patron, brought back to its original splendor, brings our attention to this humble priest of the Middle Ages.

The main bell tower boasts four bells which announce the time, feast days, weddings, and funerals. Two carillons provide the surrounding neighborhood with melodies from sacred chant to devotional hymns.

In restoring the sacred, we have also been able to commission liturgical works of art from sacred vesture, to sacred vessels, from a replica of the Wit Stwosz altar in St. Mary’s Church in Cracow, to crowns for our Blessed Lady, a Centennial Chalice and the Millennium Monstrance.

This photo book provides a complete catalogue of the Traditional Latin High Mass in high quality digital color photographs. A help to priests and altar servers alike.

The accompanying text describes the actions of the Priest, the Master of Ceremonies, the Thurifer and Boat-bearer, the Acolytes and the Crucifer. Over 400 color photos of the Missa Cantata (the Sung ‘High’ Mass) in sequential order.

Table of Contents

3 Reverence in the House of God
4 Hand Positions
4 Bowing and Genuflecting
5 Ringing of Bells
5 Liturgical Kisses
6 Thurible and Thurifer
6 Latin Pronunciation
7 Preparation of the Altar Boys
8 Preparation for the Priest
8 Asperges Ceremony
12 Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
13 Incensation during the Kyrie
16 Incensation of the Altar Cross
17 Incensation of Relics
18 Incensation of the Mensa
19 Incensation of the Front of the Altar
20 Incensation of the Priest
21 Introit
22 Kyrie and Gloria
25 Oration(s) and Epistle
27 Preparing for the Gospel
29 Singing the Holy Gospel
31 Sermon
32 Credo
34 Offertory Prep.
37 Offertory Incensation
39 Incensation of the Oblata
40 Incensation of Relics on the Altar and of the Mensa
41 Incensation of the Front of the Altar
44 Sanctus
45 Canon of the Mass
50 Pater Noster
51 Domine non sum dignus
53 Communion of the People
54 Ablutions
55 Transfer of the Missal Stand…
59 Last Gospel
60 Recessional and Return to the Sacristy
64 Appendix: High Mass without the Asperges Ceremony

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This audio CD presents the Cantate Domino Choir of St. John Cantius Church of Chicago along with Organ Masterworks. This choir of treble voices presents some of the popular sacred repertoire such Mendelssohn’s Laudate Pueri and Duo Seraphim by Dering, but includes a new Mass setting in the style of Franz Josef Haydn by Fr. Scott Haynes, SJC, the choir’s director. Br. Jonathan Ryan, SJC, principal organist of St. John Cantius Church, presents classic organ favourites by Bach, Franck, Brahms and Widor.The Resurrection Orchestra of St. John Cantius Church joins in this CD presentation playing on the Mass setting along with several Orchestral Favourites by Albinoni, Haydn and Mozart.

Read text translations and biographies of the musicians here...

Track Listing

Musical Gems for Choir and Organ

1.  Duo Seraphim, Richard Dering (1580 – 1630) (2:37)
2.  Gaudent in Caelis, Richard Dering (1580 - 1630) (1:28)
3.  Laudate Pueri, Op. 39 No. 2, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) (4:28)
4.  Gloria from ‘Mass in E Flat,’ Op. 155, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839 – 1901) (3:04)

Orchestral Favourites

5.  Church Sonata in C Major, K 263, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) (5:30)
6.  Organ Concerto in F Major, Movement III, Hob. XVIII:7, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) (3:45)
7.  Sonata da Chiesa No. 2 for Trumpet and Orchestra in D Major, Movement III, Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751) (1:09)

Choral Mass with Orchestra in the Vienesse Classical Tradition

Missa in Honore Sancti Pauli, Rev. Scott A. Haynes, SJC (b. 1971)
8.  Kyrie (2:12)
9.  Gloria (3:10)
10. Credo (5:40)
11.  Sanctus (1:36)
12.  Benedictus (4:00)
13.  Agnus Dei (2:20)

Organ Masterworks

Trio Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
14.  Movement I: Adagio - Vivace (2:45)
15.  Movement II: Andante (5:19)
16.  Movement III: Un poco allegro (2:41)
17.  O Welt Ich Muss Dich Lassen, Op. 122, No. 11, Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) (3:01)
18.  Adagio from Fantasie en ut majeur, Op. 16, César Franck (1822 – 1890) (2:35)
19.  Allegro from ‘Symphony No. 6 in G Minor,’ Op. 42, No. 2, Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) (8:53)

Timing: 68:02

The Ceremonial for the Missa Cantata with Incense is a complete guide to the celebration of the parish High Mass for the Priest, Master of Ceremonies and the Altar Boys. Each action of the Mass is clearly explained step by step. Priests will appreciate the diagrams that are provided for the incensation of the oblata, the relics and the altar. A music tutorial for the Priest at High Mass is included as a special bonus.

Order the Soft-cover version for $15 each...
Order 2 or more of the Soft-cover version for $12.50 each...

We are happy to offer these new copies of Epistles and Gospels for Pulpit Use at the low price of $35.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.

This soft-cover volume contains all the Epistle and Gospel readings in English in LARGE 16 point bold type print for Sundays and Feast Days. This book was originally printed in 1893 but has been updated to conform with the Missale Romanum 1962.

In the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, (Missale Romanum 1962) the priest reads the Epistle and Gospel at the Altar in Latin, but before the Sermon/Homily the priest customarily re-reads the Epistle and Gospel in the vernacular for the benefit of the faithful. The translation provided here follows the traditional English translation from the Douay-Rheims (Challoner) edition, that has been revered as the English translation most faithful to the official Latin Vulgate edition of St. Jerome.

This item is a must for any priest celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass. Order your copy of the Epistles and Gospels for Pulpit Use at the low price of $20.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.

You may also be interested in the Sunday Epistles and Gospels.

CONTENTS OF THIS EDITION

ACT OF CONSECRATION OF THE HUMAN RACE
TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS , 177
ACT OF REPARATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS, 178
ADVENT, I SUNDAY, 1
ADVENT, II SUNDAY, 2
ADVENT, III SUNDAY, 3
ADVENT, IV SUNDAY, 4
ALL SAINTS , 154
ALL SOULS , 155
ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN, 118
ASCENSION OF OUR LORD, 66
ASCENSION, SUNDAY AFTER THE, 68
ASH WEDNESDAY, 28
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, 138
CANDLEMAS, 111
CHRISTMAS, FIRST MASS, 6
CHRISTMAS, SECOND MASS, 7
CHRISTMAS, THIRD MASS, 8
CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD (OCTAVE DAY OF NATIVITY) ,11
COMMON OF SAINTS, 154
CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL, 109
CORPUS CHRISTI , 74
DILEXISTI, 175
EASTER, 57
EASTER MONDAY, 58
EASTER, I SUNDAY AFTER, 60
EASTER, II SUNDAY AFTER, 62
EASTER, III SUNDAY AFTER, 63
EASTER, IV SUNDAY AFTER, 64
EASTER, V SUNDAY AFTER, 65
EPIPHANY, 13
EPIPHANY, I SUNDAY AFTER, 14
EPIPHANY, II SUNDAY AFTER, 16
EPIPHANY, III SUNDAY AFTER, 17
EPIPHANY, IV SUNDAY AFTER, 19
EPIPHANY, V SUNDAY AFTER , 19
EPIPHANY, VI SUNDAY AFTER, 21
EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS, 146
FRIDAY OF PASSION WEEK, 116
GOOD FRIDAY, 48, HOLY FAMILY, 14
HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS, 148
HOLY INNOCENTS, 165
HOLY NAME OF JESUS, 12
HOLY ROSARY, FEAST OF, 149
HOLY TRINITY, 72
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, 161
IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, 139
KINGSHIP OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, 107
LENT, I SUNDAY OF, 29
LENT, II SUNDAY OF, 31
LENT, III SUNDAY OF, 32
LENT, IV SUNDAY OF, 34
LOQUEBAR , 173
MANY MARTYRS IN PASCALTIDE, 169
MAUNDY THURSDAY, 46
NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, 6
NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, 144
NEW YEAR’S DAY , 11
OCTAVE DAY OF NATIVITY, 11
OF A CONFESSOR AND BISHOP, 170
OF A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP, 172
OF A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, 170
OF A MARTYR AND BISHOP, 167
OF A MARTYR DURING EASTER TIME, 168
OF A MARTYR NOT A BISHOP , 167
OF A MARTYR NOT A VIRGIN, 176
OF A VIRGIN AND MARTYR, 173
OF A VIRGIN NOT A MARTYR, 175
OF AN ABBOT, 173
OF HOLY WOMEN, 176
OF MANY VIRGINS AND MARTYRS, 174
PALM SUNDAY, 37, 40
PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN, 50
PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW, 40
PASSION SUNDAY, 36
PASSION, II SUNDAY OF THE, 39
PENTECOST, 69
PENTECOST, I SUNDAY AFTER, 72
PENTECOST, II SUNDAY AFTER, 75
PENTECOST, III SUNDAY AFTER, 78
PENTECOST, IV SUNDAY AFTER, 79
PENTECOST, IX SUNDAY AFTER, 85
PENTECOST, LAST SUNDAY AFTER, 105
PENTECOST, MONDAY AFTER, 70
PENTECOST, V SUNDAY AFTER, 80
PENTECOST, VI SUNDAY AFTER, 82
PENTECOST, VII SUNDAY AFTER, 83
PENTECOST, VIII SUNDAY AFTER, 84
PENTECOST, X SUNDAY AFTER, 86
PENTECOST, XI SUNDAY AFTER, 88
PENTECOST, XII SUNDAY AFTER, 89
PENTECOST, XIII SUNDAY AFTER, 91
PENTECOST, XIV SUNDAY AFTER, 92
PENTECOST, XIX SUNDAY AFTER, 98
PENTECOST, XV SUNDAY AFTER, 93
PENTECOST, XVI SUNDAY AFTER, 95
PENTECOST, XVII SUNDAY AFTER, 96
PENTECOST, XVIII SUNDAY AFTER, 97
PENTECOST, XX SUNDAY AFTER, 100
PENTECOST, XXI SUNDAY AFTER, 101
PENTECOST, XXII SUNDAY AFTER, 102
PENTECOST, XXIII SUNDAY AFTER, 103
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF OUR LORD, 130
PROTEXISTI, 123
PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, 111
QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, 124
QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY, 26
RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD, 57
RESURRECTION, VIGIL MASS OF THE, 56
SACRED HEART OF JESUS, 76
SANCTI TUI, 169
SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY, 22
SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY, 24
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT OF PRAYERS AND FEAST DAYS, 178
SS.  PETER AND PAUL, 128
ST. ALOYSIUS, 125
ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, 135
ST. ANDREW, 159
ST. ANNE, 133
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, 125
ST. AUGUSTINE, 142
ST. BARTHOLOMEW, 140
ST. BENEDICT, 118
ST. BONIFACE, 123
ST. CATHARINE, VIRGIN AND MARTYR, 158
ST. DOMINIC, 136
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, 149
ST. FRANCIS OF SALES, 111
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, 160
ST. GEORGE, 119
ST. IGNATIUS DE LOYOLA, 135
ST. JAMES THE GREATER, APOSTLE, 132
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, NATIVITY, 126
ST. JOHN VIANNEY, 137
ST. JOHN, THE EVANGELIST, 164
ST. JOSEPH, 117
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER, 121
ST. LAWRENCE, 137
ST. LOUIS, 141
ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST, 119
ST. MARTIN , 158
ST. MATTHEW, 146
ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE, 112
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, 147
ST. NICHOLAS, 160, 177
ST. PATRICK, 114
ST. PAUL, CONVERSION OF, 109
ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES, 122
ST. PIUS X, 142
ST. ROSE OF LIMA, 142
ST. SIMON & JUDE, 152
ST. STEPHEN, 163
ST. THOMAS APOSTLE, 162
SUNDAY BETWEEN NEW YEAR’S DAY AND EPIPHANY, 12
SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF CHRISTMAS, 10
TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD, 136
VIGIL MASS OF THE RESURRECTION, 56
VIGIL OF THE NATIVITY (DISPLACES IV SUNDAY IN ADVENT WHEN VIGIL FALLS ON SUNDAY.), 5
VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, 130

Our typesetting provides a 16 point text in bold that is easy to read...

This text bears the original Imprimatur of the Archbishop of Milwaukee, Frederick Xavier, from October 15, 1893.

Newly Typeset and Updated for the 1962 Edition of the Missale Romanum by The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius, Chicago

Learn to bring something to Mass - Understanding.

The Heart of the Mass dissects the Mass into its component parts, prayer by prayer with Latin & parallel English. Explanations from the Fathers & Doctors, revelations to Saints, teachings of the Church, history and mystic commentary. Tells you what the celebrant and altar servers are doing, the symbolism of their gestures, and the spiritual significance of articles used for celebrating Mass.

A marvelous little guide to learning more about your Catholic faith!

Praesepio Nativity Ornaments



King Caspar
King Melchior
King Balthasar
Three Kings
St. Joseph
Angel Yellow-Blue
Angel Pink-Blue
Angel Red
Three Angels
Virgin with Child

St. John Cantius Church in Chicago houses an elaborate 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio” from Rome. A presepio is the Italian version of the traditional Nativity Scene or Creche, only much larger. It includes not only the Nativity scene of the Christ Child with the Blessed Virgin, Joseph, shepherds and animals, but also a multitude of village scenes depicting Italian peasant life with villagers dressed in traditional folk costumes.

Originally, this presepio was to be donated to the Vatican but the donor chose rather to bequeath it to St. John Cantius where it is on permanent display in the church’s museum room. In order to generate funds to preserve and maintain our historic praesepio we have created these Praesepio Nativity Ornaments for your purchase. Now you can decorate your home at Christmas with these glass ornaments, painted in Poland.

This Christmas we are happy to offer three different Praesepio Nativity Ornaments. These collector items are available only for a limited time and so they make a wonderful collector’s item. Each year we expect to offer new Praesepio Nativity Ornaments with the various images from our 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio.” Purchase your collector-edition Praesepio Nativity Ornaments today! 

Praesepio Nativity Ornaments



King Caspar
King Melchior
King Balthasar
Three Kings
St. Joseph
Angel Yellow-Blue
Angel Pink-Blue
Angel Red
Three Angels
Virgin with Child

St. John Cantius Church in Chicago houses an elaborate 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio” from Rome. A presepio is the Italian version of the traditional Nativity Scene or Creche, only much larger. It includes not only the Nativity scene of the Christ Child with the Blessed Virgin, Joseph, shepherds and animals, but also a multitude of village scenes depicting Italian peasant life with villagers dressed in traditional folk costumes.

Originally, this presepio was to be donated to the Vatican but the donor chose rather to bequeath it to St. John Cantius where it is on permanent display in the church’s museum room. In order to generate funds to preserve and maintain our historic praesepio we have created these Praesepio Nativity Ornaments for your purchase. Now you can decorate your home at Christmas with these glass ornaments, painted in Poland.

This Christmas we are happy to offer three different Praesepio Nativity Ornaments, sold individually or in a set of three. This is the “Virgin with Child” ornament. These collector items are available only for a limited time and so they make a wonderful collector’s item. Each year we expect to offer new Praesepio Nativity Ornaments with the various images from our 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio.” Purchase your collector-edition Praesepio Nativity Ornaments today!

Praesepio Nativity Ornaments



King Caspar
King Melchior
King Balthasar
Three Kings
St. Joseph
Angel Yellow-Blue
Angel Pink-Blue
Angel Red
Three Angels
Virgin with Child
Three Angels, St. Joseph, Virgin with Child

St. John Cantius Church in Chicago houses an elaborate 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio” from Rome. A presepio is the Italian version of the traditional Nativity Scene or Creche, only much larger. It includes not only the Nativity scene of the Christ Child with the Blessed Virgin, Joseph, shepherds and animals, but also a multitude of village scenes depicting Italian peasant life with villagers dressed in traditional folk costumes.

Originally, this presepio was to be donated to the Vatican but the donor chose rather to bequeath it to St. John Cantius where it is on permanent display in the church’s museum room. In order to generate funds to preserve and maintain our historic praesepio we have created these Praesepio Nativity Ornaments for your purchase. Now you can decorate your home at Christmas with these glass ornaments, painted in Poland.

This Christmas we are happy to offer three different Praesepio Nativity Ornaments, sold individually or in a set of three. This is the “St. Joseph” ornament. These collector items are available only for a limited time and so they make a wonderful collector’s item. Each year we expect to offer new Praesepio Nativity Ornaments with the various images from our 250 year-old Neapolitan “praesepio.” Purchase your collector-edition Praesepio Nativity Ornaments today!

3 Super Christmas Gifts...


DVD of Latin High Mass and Benediction for Christmas

If your parish is wanting to start the Traditional Latin High Mass (Extraordinary Form-1962 Missale Romanum), this is the DVD for you!

DVD Features

* Latin High Mass with Incense
* See the priest’s rubrics of the Missa Cantata (High Mass) demonstrated
* Learn how to serve as Master of Ceremonies, Acolyte, Thurifer and Crucifer
* Observe the rubrics of liturgical music for the Extraordinary Form
* Every action of the priest and server is clearly demonstrated
* Special video of sacristy preparation and vesting
* Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
* Stunning choral music by the St. Cecilia Choir of St. John Cantius Church, Chicago.
* Evocative rendering of the Gregorian Chant propers and ordinary by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius
* Organ music by Br. Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C., featuring the church’s 101 year-old Kilgen organ. WOW!

Christmas Music from St. John Cantius

This stunning CD has over an hour of fantastic music! With over twenty traditional carols and motets this could be the perfect Christmas gift! Also includes a beautiful 15 page booklet with song lyrics! Read more here, see the audio tract titles and hear free samples...

1. O Come, All Ye Faithful Listen to Sample (mp3 - 723 kb)
2. Also Hat Gott die Welt Geliebt (Schütz)
3. Resonet in Laudibus
4. Coventry Carol
5. Angels We Have Heard on High Listen to Sample (mp3 - 599 kb)
6. Allons Gai Bergers
7. O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 822 kb)
8. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
9. In Dulci Jubilo
10. In the Bleak Midwinter Listen to Sample (mp3 - 1.54 mb)
11. I Wonder as I Wander
12. Carol of the Bells
13. Videntes Stellam (A. Gabrieli)
14. Gaudete Christus est Natus
15. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
16. Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (Praetorius) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 784 kb)
17. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
18. Silent Night
19. Nowell Sing We
20. Le Sommeil de L’Enfant Jesus
21. Christmas Hymn (The Echo Carol)
22. Remember O Thou Man (Ravenscroft) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 1.03 mb)





Ecce Rex: Chistmas Favourites from St. John Cantius

Another fantastic collection of hymns, carols, and motets demostrating the dynamic quality of the choir and the superb acoustics of St. John Cantius Church! Also includes a beautiful 15-page booklet with song lyrics! Read more here and hear audio samples...

1. Alma Redemptoris Mater Listen to Sample (mp3 - 936 kb)
2. A Virgin Unspotted
3. The First Noel Listen to Sample (mp3 - 883 kb)
4. The Cherry Tree Carol Listen to Sample (mp3 - 1.52 mb)
5. The Holly and the Ivy
6. O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen)
7. Good King Wenceslaus
8. Ave Maria (Josquin de Pres) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 1.45 mb)
9. Hodie Christus Natus Est
10. Mary Had a Baby
11. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
12. What Child is This Listen to Sample (mp3 - 639 kb)
13. Here is the Little Door
14. O Magnum Mysterium (Poulenc)
15. Dadme Albricas, Hijos d’Eva
16. Riu, Riu, Chiu
17. Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light
18. A Hymn to the Virgin Listen to Sample (mp3 - 990 kb)

The ever increasing interest in the Liturgical Traditions of the Church gives rise to the need for adequately trained altar servers and what better way to assist than to resurrect this classic altar boy manual! This famous handbook is an invaluable resource for all altar boys from beginning to advanced.

Thanks to the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius in Chicago, whose religious brothers serve the Traditional Latin Mass daily, we have been able to include multiple high quality digital images of the positions and actions of the servers in this newly typeset edition.

Though written for Instructors, this manual can also be used for home study, schools and sacristies. Dom Matthew Britt begins by offering specific instructions on common ceremonial actions, including how to make the proper bow, how to light the candles, and how to carry the Missal.

He also walks the servers step-by-step through Low Mass (with one or two servers), High Mass, Solemn High Masses, Nuptial and Requiem Masses, Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Contains more than 24 precise diagrams showing the various actions and positions of Acolytes, Thurifer, Master of Ceremonies, Sub-Deacon, and Deacon. Includes servers responses for the 1962 Latin Mass. How to Serve is a brief and clear manual from 1934 that is simply the best book of its kind. It will once again become the standard reference for acolytes, handing on to young servers the disciplines necessary for reverent Catholic ceremonies.

Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh, author of The Altar Boys Ceremonial observes that every altar boy

“should realize that...he is , after the priest, and in the absence of other priests or Sacred Ministers, the closest one in the whole church to our Divine Savior in the Blessed Sacrament. Occupying this very important position in his parish, an Altar Boy s conduct should be exemplary at all times and in all places.”

Laundering Liturgical Linens is loaded with everything you need to know to care for liturgical linens. 40 step-by-step drawings. How to identify the various linens by their folds and embroidered markings. Detailed and definitive folding instructions (Yes, there is a right way to fold and several wrong ways to be avoided.).

Laundering Liturgical Linens includes a glossary of altar linen terms. Illustrated quick reference chart. Guidelines and tips for laundering, ironing and mending. (Just when to use spray starch and how much.) Includes tidbits that even the “old-pros” will find useful.

Laundering Liturgical Linens is recommended for everyone who launders or mends liturgical linens, or who wishes to volunteer to do so.

Indispensable for sacristans who want to have a neat and orderly sacristy!

If your parish is wanting to start the Traditional Latin High Mass (Extraordinary Form-1962 Missale Romanum), this is the DVD for you!

DVD Features

* Latin High Mass with Incense
* See the priest’s rubrics of the Missa Cantata (High Mass) demonstrated
* Learn how to serve as Master of Ceremonies, Acolyte, Thurifer and Crucifer
* Observe the rubrics of liturgical music for the Extraordinary Form
* Every action of the priest and server is clearly demonstrated
* Special video of sacristy preparation and vesting
* Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
* Stunning choral music by the St. Cecilia Choir of St. John Cantius Church, Chicago.
* Evocative rendering of the Gregorian Chant propers and ordinary by the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius
* Organ music by Br. Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C., featuring the church’s 101 year-old Kilgen organ. WOW! 

Celebrant
Reverend Scott A. Haynes, S.J.C.
Associate Pastor, Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago

Master of Ceremonies
Brother Anselm Karas, S.J.C.

Acolytes
Brother Kevin Mann, S.J.C. and Brother Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.

Thurifer
Brother Robert Brajkovich, S.J.C.

Boat-bearer
Brother Juan Garcia, S.J.C.

Crucifer
Brother Scott Thelander, S.J.C.

Processional Music
Offertoire sur des Noëls
l’Organiste Pratique livraison 1, Op. 39 - No. 6
Felix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)

Introit
Dominus dixit ad me
Gregorian Chant, Mode II
Ps. 2, 7. V. 1.2.8

Kyrie eleison
Kyriale VIII
Missa de Angelis
Mode V

Gloria in excelsis Deo
Kyriale VIII
Missa de Angelis
Mode V

Epistle
Titus 2:11-15

Graduale
Tecum principium
Gregorian Chant, Mode II
Ps. 100, 3. V. 1

Alleluia
Dominus dixit ad me
Gregorian Chant, Mode VIII
Ps. 2, 7

Holy Gospel
Luke 2:1-14

Organ Interlude after the Holy Gospel
Vom Himmel hoch
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau
(1663-1712)

Credo in unum Deum
Credo III
Gregorian Chant, Mode V

Offertorium
Lætentur cæli
Gregorian Chant, Mode IV
Ps. 95, 11

Motet
Ave Maria
Josquin des Pres
(c. 1450 to 1455 – 1521)

Sanctus
Kyriale VIII
Missa de Angelis
Mode VI

Organ Music after the Consecration
In Dulci Jubilo, Op. 28, No. 41
Marcel Dupré
(1886-1971)

Agnus Dei
Kyriale VIII
Missa de Angelis
Mode V

Communion
In splendoribus
Gregorian Chant, Mode VI
Ps. 100, 3

Motet
O Magnum Mysterium
Francis Poulenc
(1899 – 1963)

Ite Missa Est
Kyriale VIII
Missa de Angelis
Mode V

Recessional Music
Hodie Christus Natus Est
Jan Peeters Sweelinck
(1562 – 1621)

Gaudete Christus est Natus
Swedish Melody from ‘Piae Cantiones’
(1582)

Film Location
Saint John Cantius Roman Catholic Church
825 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois 60642
United States of America

This Altar Missal has been in production for over one year to ensure top quality. The Missals are now completed and being shipped to our webstore. The truck delivery should arrive by Jan. 15th at the latest. Place your order today and we will fulfill the order ASAP.

This will be the ONLY reprinted Altar Missal available in complete conformity with the final revisions made by the Holy See in 1962 to the traditional Roman Missal. So unlike the other “1962” missal being offered in the USA, our edition will include:

* ST. JOSEPH’S NAME IN THE CANON (added in November 1962),
* AD LIBITUM PREFACES (added in July 1962 and which includes the restored Advent preface),
* PRO ALIQUIBUS LOCIS section specifically arranged for the USA DIOCESES per the 1962 liturgical calendar (added in December 1962)
* Original imprimatur by Cardinal Francis Spellman.

See our promotion page for the Missale Romanum 1962
MissaleRomanum1962.com

The famed Benziger Brothers were one of America’s premier printers to the Apostolic See before they went bankrupt shortly after Vatican II. This faithful reprint of their altar missal is a testament to their labors which were not in vain and are of service to American Catholics in the 21st century as they were 40 years ago in the 20th!

* hard casing in red (or green) durable bonded leather (wears better than leather and requires no special care)
* ornate gold-embossing on both cover boards and spine
* thick cover boards and reinforced spine with decorative hubs (as shown above on the original)
* poly-grosgrain colored ribbons finished with bows (prevents fraying)
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* flexible bonded leather tabs in matching cover color and black
* original quality black and red text throughout (all exact scans of the original pages)
* sturdy sewn binding and endsheet construction
* non-acid missal-quality paper (nearly the identical specs Benziger used)
* gilded page edges
* a slip jacket for proper storage of your investment

Missale Romanum 1962

As its name would suggest, the defining element of the Roman Rite is romanitas, an ancient Latin term that refers to what it is to be Roman. As admirably described by Mr. Edmund Bishop in The Genius of the Roman Rite and further elaborated upon by Dom Ferdinand Cabrol in The Excellence of the Roman Mass, the Roman Rite is composed of simplicity and common sense, of sobriety and discipline, of gravity and dignity.

The General Principles of Ceremonies of the Roman Rite by Louis J. Tofari gives an excellent explanation of the rubrics of ceremonies for altar servers. For those Masters of Ceremonies who train servers, this is a wonderful resource and training tool for altar servers.

General Notions
Inferior Ministers
General Deportment
Uniformity of Action
Walking
Sitting
Processions
Common formation patterns
Per breviorem and per longiorem

Rules of Precedence
Walking with a superior
Crossing to the other side of a superior
Giving way to a superior
Where conflict of space occurs
Kneeling and standing with a superior
Precedence of sitting
Proximity
Turning
When turning by oneself
Inward turn
During the reading of the Gospel
Turning coram Sanctissimo

Liturgical Gestures
Hands
Folded hands
Making the large Sign of the Cross
Making the small Sign of the Cross
Striking the Breast
Torches
Books
Communion plate

Reverences
Bows when kneeling
Bows when standing
The simple bow
Bowing when ministering to a sacred minister
Bowing when an act of reverence is required towards another person
The moderate bow
The profound bow
Genuflections
General notions
The single-knee genuflection
The double-knee genuflection
Predella protocol
Direction of genuflection
Kneeling in place instead of genuflecting
Combining genuflections
Special rules of genuflecting coram Sanctissimo
Solita Oscula

Conditions that Affect Reverences
Leaving the view of the altar
When carrying or accompanying an image of Christ
Ratione accomodationis
How this rule affects the bowing for inferior ministers
How this rule affects genuflecting for inferior ministers
Coram Sanctissimo
Who to follow in making reverences
During the Sacred Triduum

Lighting and Extinguishing of Altar Candles
In general
Particular method of lighting and extinguishing the altar candles

Appendix
Privileges of sacred ministers
Diagram of a typical sanctuary
General principles of ceremonies diagram symbols
Outside points in the sanctuary
Outside view of the altar
Common formation patterns
Practical examples of enacting the rules of coram Sanctissimo, in actu functionis for inferior ministers

Glossary of Terms
Sanctuary-related
Rubrically-related

When celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass with incense, every priest will appreciate this set of altar cards which include the Offertory incense prayers.

Among the more difficult of the prayers of the Mass to memorize are the prayers used at the Offertory incensation. This unique set of altar cards, with large and clear print, makes it simple to execute the more difficult ceremonies of the Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form. An invaluable resource for priests beginning to celebrate the Roman Mass according to the 1962 Missale Romanum.

These altar cards include all of the usual prayers, including the Aufer a nobis, Oramus te, Ab illo benedicaris, as well as the prayers used at the incensation at the Offertory.

Blessing of Incense

Per intercessiónem beáti Michaëlis Archángeli, stantis a dextris altáris incénsi, et ómnium electórum suórum, incénsum istud dignétur Dóminus bene + dícere, et in odórem suavitátis accípere. Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.

Incensation of the Oblata

Incénsum istud, a te benedíctum, ascéndat ad te, Dómine, et descéndat super nos misericórdia tua.

Incensation of the Altar

Dirigátur, Dómine, oratio mea, sicut incénsum in conspéctu tuo: elevatio mánuum mearum sacrificium vespertínum. Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo, et óstium circumstántiæ lábiis meis: ut non declínet cor meum in verba malítiæ, ad excusándas excusatiónes in peccátis.

Returning the Thurible

Accéndat in nobis Dóminus ignem sui amóris, et flammam ætérne caritátis. Amen.

After having been out of print for over 30 years, this indispensable rubrical resource for the Extraordinary Form is now again available!

Author of several liturgically-related works, J.B. O’Connell is noted for his ability to clearly explain the complex ceremonial workings of the Roman Rite, particularly for the celebration of Mass by the priest.

The Celebration of Mass is valued by clergy and laity alike not only for its concise handling of the general rubrics, but also for its chapters that briefly describe the history of the development of the traditional Roman Mass, liturgical law, the proper understanding of the force of custom, the importance of the decisions made by the Sacred Congregation of Rites and the opinions of fellow rubricians.

O’Connell’s last revision made of The Celebration of Mass was printed in 1964 after a span of nearly 10 years from his last edition, making it one of the few rubrical books completely in conformity with the new code of rubrics implemented in 1960 that comprise the 1962 edition of the Missale Romanum.

Fully indexed and beautifully hardbound in dark green with gold embossing on the cover and spine.

“Whilst preparing the most recent edition of Adrian Fortescue’s Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described I added to the bibliography the 1964 edition of Canon J. B. O’Connell’s classic The Celebration of Mass noting that, in fact, this was the only book published in English at the time which conformed exactly to the 1962 editio typica of the Missale Romanum (which itself only appeared from the Vatican Press early in 1963 – printing and binding having been stopped and re-started in order to accommodate Bl. John XXIII’s insertion of St. Joseph into the Canon of the Mass). The 1962 edition of Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described was, therefore, published before the 1962 Missale Romanum and missed some rubrical modifications that appeared only in the editio typica.”

“But Canon O’Connell – undeterred, interestingly, by the approach of an ecumenical Council (on the Conciliar Liturgical Commission of which he was a peritus at the time) – proceeded with a thorough revision of his own comprehensive textbook on how to celebrate Mass. It received its imprimatur less than a month before the promulgation of Sacrosanctum concilium and appeared in print in the USA the following year whilst Fr. Bugnini was busy organising the infamous work of his Consilium.”

“Needless to say, this fourth edition of O’Connell’s book was quickly found to be redundant (though Canon O’Connell prepared a four page supplement which was printed and sold with the book listing many of the early changes made immediately following the Council) and many traditionalists have missed its importance because of its date.”

“Yet, for priests and seminarians learning how to celebrate the traditional rite of Mass, it is the basic textbook, more so, dare I say than even Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described. Ceremonies is certainly the basic manual for all involved in the celebration of the traditional rites, from sacristans to celebrants, but The Celebration of Mass is the textbook every seminarian and priest ought to have studied carefully in order to understand not only the ceremonial of the celebration of Mass, but the nature of the liturgy and the requirements of liturgical law, the rules occurrence and concurrence, the intricacies of the calendar, etc.”

“The book does have much to offer laity involved in the celebration of the traditional liturgy, most especially its “Synopsis of the Ceremonies of Solemn Mass” (Appendix A) which lays out the respective duties of the celebrant, deacon, subdeacon and MC for each part of the Mass in parallel columns. The synopsis does contain one error (spotted by my longstanding friend Mr. Michael Pearce of Sydney) in that its instruction that the subdeacon lower the paten, genuflect etc., should be placed during the Pater and not at the Per quem haec omnia.”

“It had long been my hope that O’Connell’s invaluable book would be reprinted and I am delighted to report that this has recently taken place in the USA. The worthy hardback reprint (alas, not a new edition) is being distributed by Preserving Christian Publications. Its availability will further enhance the intelligent and faithful celebration of the traditional Mass according to the typical edition of the 1962 Missale Romanum.”

Dr. Alcuin Reid, noted liturgical author and speaker

Translated from the French by Rev. Dom Laurence Shepherd
Monk of the English Benedictine Congregation
St. Mary’s Abbey, Stanbrook—June 14, 1885

An excerpt from Explanation of the Prayers and Ceremonies of Holy Mass on the incensing of the altar…

The Altar represents our Lord Jesus Christ. The Saints’ Relics which are there, remind us that the Saints are His members.  For, having assumed our human nature, He not only suffered His Passion, triumphed in His Resurrection, and entered into His glory by the Ascension, – but He, also, founded the Church upon earth, and this Church is His mystical Body; He is its Head, and the Saints are its members.  From this point of view, then, our Lord has not the fullness of His mystical Body without His Saints; and it is for this reason, that the Saints, who are reigning with Him in glory, are united with Him, in the Altar, which represents Him...The Priest, having finished the prayer, which he said bowing down, and his hands joined on the Altar, prepares for its Incensing...Holy Church has borrowed this ceremony from heaven itself; where St. John witnessed it.  In his Apocalypse, he saw an Angel, standing, with a golden censer, near the Altar, on which was the Lamb, with four-and-twenty elders around him. (Apoc. viii. 3.) He describes this Angel to us, as offering to God the prayers of the Saints, which are symbolised by the incense.

About the Author...

Dom Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger (1805--1875) was a Benedictine priest and abbot of Solesmes. On July 11, 1833, the feast of St. Benedict, Dom Prosper Guéranger and five companions reopened the small monastery at Solesmes. It was the first monastery to be reopened in France after the Revolution. Abbot Guéranger encouraged the chant research and restoration work of the monks of Solesmes, and he worked tirelessly to restore monastic life to France, to purge the French Mass of its Gallican elements and thereby restore the Roman Liturgy to France.

Dom Guéranger was the author of The Liturgical Year, which covers every day of the Catholic Church’s Liturgical Cycle. It is a set of 15 volumes. Guéranger, the Abbot of Solesmes, restored the Priory of Solesmes. Guéranger was well regarded by Pope Pius IX, and was a proponent of the dogmas of papal infallibility and the Immaculate Conception. Dom Guéranger is credited with reviving the Benedictine Order in France, and revitalizing the Tridentine Latin Mass.

Explanation of the Prayers and Ceremonies of Holy Mass includes the following chapters...

• EXPLANATION OF THE MASS
• JUDICA ME
• CONFITEOR
• INCENSING THE ALTAR
• INTROIT
• KYRIE
• GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
• COLLECT
• EPISTLE
• GRADUAL
• ALLELUIA or TRACT
• SEQUENCE
• GOSPEL
• CREDO
• OFFERTORY
• INCENSING OF THE ALTAR
• LAVABO
• SUSCIPE, SANCTA TRINITAS
• ORATE FRATRES
• PREFACE
• SANCTUS
• THE CANON OF THE MASS

• TE IGITUR
• MEMENTO OF THE LIVING
• COMMUNICANTES
• HANC IGITUR
• QUAM OBLATIONEM
• CONSECRATION OF THE HOST
• CONSECRATION OF THE WINE
• UNDE ET MEMORES
• SUPRA QUAE PROPITIO
• SUPPLICES TE ROGAMUS
• MEMENTO OF THE DEAD
• NOBIS QUOQUE PECCATORIBUS
• PER QUEM HAEC OMNIA
• PATER NOSTER
• LIBERA NOS QUAESUMUS
• AGNUS DEI
• PRAYERS BEFORE THE COMMUNION
• COMMUNION
• POSTCOMMUNION
• ITE MISSA EST
• THE BLESSING
• THE LAST GOSPEL

The front of the Server’s Mass Response Card contains the Latin responses with their corresponding English phonetic renderings, according to the standing Roman pronunciation.

Basic rubrical instructions and gestures are also given. The card also helps the server understand the variations of responses of Requiem Mass, Masses of Ember Days, and even Pontifical Mass.

The card also covers the correct Roman pronunciation of ecclesiastical Latin:

· Importance of Correct Pronunciation
· Method of Making the Responses at Mass
· Latin Vowel Sounds
· Latin Consonants
· Common Pronunciation Mistakes

Newly typeset and printed on a anti-glare matte paper stock helps protect this card from moisture and frequent use. The font size is clear, with rubrics printed in red and prayers printed in black. 

The Altar Server’s Handbook of The Archconfraternity of St. Stephen is the ultimate altar boy ceremonial, covering the general directions for serving and the manner of serving every form of the Mass, from Low Mass to Solemn High Mass.

Chapters:

General Directions
Particular Instruction
The Manner of Serving Low Mass
Communion outside Mass
Benediction
Solemn High Mass
High Mass—Missa Cantata
High Mass of Requiem
Mass before the Blessed Sacrament Exposed

The Archconfraternity of Saint Stephen is a Guild formed with the object of sanctifying the server while serving the Mass and other sacred ceremonies. It was formed in March of 1905 in England by Father Hamilton MacDonald with the permission of Cardinal Bourne, then Archbishop of Westminster. Later of that same year, it was blessed by Saint Pius X. On December 04, 1906, the same Pope erected the guild to be an Archconfraternity with permission to establish other chapters of the Guild outside of the Diocese of Westminster within the British Isles. On February 19, 1934, Pope Pius XI allowed the Guild to spread throughout the entire British empire, and throughout the world.

Why is it important to have a Guild like the Archconfraternity? It helps us to come closer to the source of all graces, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. To be like the good angels led by Saint Michael, that is, to serve God. It develops a deeper contemplation on the Sacrifice of the Cross. The soul is nourished by frequent reception of Our Lord in Holy Communion. “To serve at the Altar… is next to the Priesthood the highest privilege which a layman can enjoy”(a quote from Cardinal Griffin’s Preface). It also develops devotion in the soul. It helps us to become more devout. The children (boys) develop good behavior at an early age. Their souls are fed with doctrines in the Catechism and nourished by serving the Mass. Their innocence are kept having the knowledge of what is right and wrong. “What you sow, you reap,” says the Lord. Therefore, if you sow in this kids the knowledge of God, that is through catechism and serving Mass, and they grow with it, expect good Catholics and good vocations in the future.

Who may join the Archconfraternity? “Membership is open to any boy or man, without any limit of age, who can serve Mass, and who has the desire to conform to the objectives of the Guild”(Handbook). To serve reverently, intelligently, regularly, and punctually are the basic objectives of the Guild. We are encouraging the boys and men alike, of the Parish, to join us to serve Our Lord and stay with Our Lady at the foot of the cross by serving the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!
The Archconfraternity exists for the sanctification of the server and the salvation of his soul. Catholic organization like this helps build the society by promoting the sacramental value of the Holy Mass. It promotes the Mass, the source of all graces, the glory of the martyrs, our consolation here on Earth, and the foundation of the eternal truths.  The Holy Mass and the Archconfraternity go together, they are inseparable! And, of course, the prayers of Saint Stephen, the First Martyr, one of the First Seven Deacons (Acts) to shed blood for Our Lord Jesus Christ, are so efficacious before God. He would never allow a Catholic organization dedicated to his name go on extinction. The Archconfraternity, therefore being a witness to the tradition of Our Holy Mother the Church, will help us think of the great value of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, how to love the Mass, how to treasure it, and most of all, how to defend it at all times. God wills that the Mass and Guild should continue and thanks be to Him for having them here in Our Lady of Victories.

CUI SERVIRE REGNARE EST (’To serve Him, who is to reign.’)

How to Serve Low Mass is a marvelous handbook for altar boys learning to serve the Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missale Romanum).  The booklet features not only pictures of the sanctuary, sacred vessels, and vestments, but it also guides the studious altar boy through the basics of Latin pronunciation. Father William O’Brien’s How to Serve Low Mass teaches the diligent altar server how to assist at Tridentine Latin Mass with precision and with confidence. 

Sections of the book include:

• Low Mass with One Server
• Low Mass with Two Servers
• Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
• Mass in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament Exposed

Father O’Brien’s handbook, presenting the Mass in five clear and simple lessons, makes for a wonderful gift to any young man aspiring to “go to the altar of God.”

We are happy to offer How to Serve Low Mass at the low price of $8.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.

Chapter 1 - Correct Serving at the Altar
Chapter 2 - Low Mass with One Server
Chapter 3 - Parish Low Mass with Two Servers
Chapter 4 - High Mass (Two Servers)
Chapter 5 - Requiem High Mass and Funeral
Chapter 6 - Solemn High Mass
Chapter 7 - Solemn Requiem High Mass
Chapter 8 - Simple Vespers
Chapter 9 - Benediction
Chapter 10 - Processions
Appendix I - Communion outside Mass
Appendix II - Server’s Mass Prayers
Appendix III - Server’s Prayers (Vesting and Devotion to St. Aloysius)

This excellent and concise guide for altar servers assists men and boys in learning to serve the Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missale Romanum). The Handbook for Altar Servers describes the roles of each server in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Liturgy (i.e. the role of the thurifer, Master of Ceremonies, acolytes, etc. are carefully described for each ceremony.) The Cantius Webstore is happy to offer the Handbook for Altar Servers at the low price of $15.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.

Covering everything from Low Mass to Mass in the Presence of the Supreme Pontiff, the Ritus Servandus explains the rubrics for the celebration of the Mass according to the Missale Romanum of 1962. This edition, masterfully translated, and type-set in a clear, easy-to-read font, makes this a very user-friendly pocket-size booklet.

Seminarians, Deacons, Priests and Bishops should all have this excellent guide to the Mass, which presents the rubrics of the Extraordinary Form in their beauty and simplicity, without any commentary.

This inexpensive item makes a wonderful Ordination gift for your favorite seminarian or for anniversary gift for your Parish Priest. Order today!

Intended primarily for new-comers to the Tridentine Latin Mass (Extraordinary Form - 1962 Missale Romanum). Forty-seven striking color photos accompany the explanations of every major part of the Mass.

Sections include:

• What is the Mass?
• Mass of the Catechumens
• The Introit
• The Gloria
• The Epistle
• The Gospel
• Sermon
• The Creed
• Mass of the Faithful
• Offertory
• The Preface
• The Canon
• The Consecration
• The Our Father
• Holy Communion
• Final Blessing and the Last Gospel
• Prayers after Mass

For the Visitor at Mass 48pp, softcover 1-50 $4.00 ea. 51-100 $3.00 ea. 101 or more $2.50 ea.

The photographs are mini-meditations in themselves, clearly evoking the nature of the liturgical actions taking place. The explanations are rich in concise spiritual, doctrinal, liturgical and historical insights.

Can be read before the Mass as a preparation or read at Mass as you follow along. Priced inexpensively so that they can be freely given to anyone new to this form of the Mass.

Most importantly, you will learn to unite yourself to the Sacrifice of the Altar. This is a form of active participation that is little understood today...consequently, this book will deepen the faith of all Catholics.

This is the guide published in 1962 for priests praying the Divine Office, according to the liturgical books of Blessed John XXIII.

The title word “new” is rather misleading today, as it actually refers to the new code of rubrics promulgated in July 1960 for the traditional Roman Breviary.

In this handy, concise and easy-to-read book, Fr. Hausmann leads the reader step by step through each of the 8 canonical hours, their contents, special particulars, and how they are said, all the while providing important tips on how to recite the Divine Office with a correct liturgical spirit.

An indispensable book for any Catholic who would like to become better acquainted with the traditional Roman Breviary, the Church’s liturgical treasure that in connection with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass forms the Church’s official daily prayer.

A great gift for seminarians, perfect also for any cleric or laic who might want to brush up on their breviary rubrics!

This is a DVD of the Traditional Latin Mass (Low Mass of Trinity Sunday), as celebrated according to the 1962 Missale Romanum at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago.

Special Features of this DVD:

Features:

* Full-length instructional video of the Low Mass from the perspective of the Priest
* Full-length instructional video for the altar server
* Over 500 carefully taken photos in slide shows of every ceremony of the Latin Mass
* Stunning choral and organ music
* Video of sacristy preparation and vesting rite

This DVD of the Low Mass (Extraordinary Form) provides two complete versions of the Mass - one from the perspective of the altar boy and one from the perspective of the priest. Also, this video shows the sacristan setting up the vestments in the traditional manner, as well as the vesting of the priest with the prayers from the 1962 Missale Romanum.

This DVD also features wonderful choral and organ music, demonstrating the approved way of ornamenting the Low Mass with Sacred Music. Among the music included is:

Ave Verum, Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Duo Seraphim, Richard Dering (c. 1580 -1630)
Cantate Domino, Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)
Preludium in C-dur, BWV 545, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

An added feature of this DVD is the multiple menu options (see list below), enabling the viewer to skip to just about any part of the Mass.

A feature of this DVD not seen anywhere else is a Slide show of the various scenes of the Mass. For each of the Menu options listed below, the viewer can either watch a sequence of carefully made photos or a short video clip of that scene.

MENU OPTIONS
PREPARATIO ORATIONES PRO VESTIENTE
PROCESSIO
SIGNUM CRUCIS
PSALMUS XXXXII
CONFITEOR
DEUS, TU CONVÉRSUS
AUFER A NOBIS
ORÁMUS TE, DOMINE
INTROITUS
KÝRIE ELÉISON
GLORIA IN EXCÉLSIS DEO
ORATIO
EPISTOLA
GRADUALE
ALLELUIA
MUNDA COR MEUM
DOMINUS SIT IN CORDE MEO
EVANGELIUM
PER EVANGÉLICA DICTA DELEÁNTUR NOSTRA DELÍCTA
CREDO IN UNUM DEUM
ANTIPHONA AD OFFERTORIUM
SUSCIPE, SANCTE PATER
DEUS, QUI HUMÁNÆ SUBSTÁNTIÆ
OFFÉRIMUS TIBI, DÓMINE
IN SPÍRITU HUMILITÁTIS
VENI, SANCTIFICÁTOR
LÁVABO INTER INNOCÉNTES MANUS MEAS
SÚSCIPE, SANCTA TRÍNITAS
ORÁTE FRATRES
SECRETA
PRÆFATIO DE SANCTISSIMA TRINITATE
SANCTUS, SANCTUS, SANCTUS
TE IGITUR
COMMEMORATIO PRO VIVIS
COMMUNICANTES
HANC IGITUR
QUAM OBLATIONEM
QUI PRIDIE
SIMILI MODO
UNDE ET MEMORES
SUPRA QUAE
SUPPLICES TE ROGAMUS
COMMEMORATIO PRO DEFUNCTIS
NOBIS QUOQUE PECCATORIBUS
PER QUEM HÆC OMNIA
PER IPSUM
PATER NOSTER
LÍBERA NOS
PAX DÓMINI SIT SEMPER VOBÍSCUM
AGNUS DEI
DÓMINE JESU CHRISTE, QUI DIXISTI
DÓMINE JESU CHRISTE, FILI DEI VIVI
PERCÉPTIO CÓRPORIS TUI
PANEM CÆLESTEM
DÓMINE NON SUM DIGNUS
CORPUS DÓMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI
QUID RETRÍBUAM
SANGUIS DÓMINI NOSTRI JESU CHRISTI
ECCE AGNUS DEI
COMMUNIO POPULI
QUOD ORE SÚMPSIMUS
CORPUS TUUM, DÓMINE
ANTIPHONA AD COMMUNIONEM
POSTCOMMUNIO
ITE, MISSA EST
PLÁCEAT TIBI
BENEDICTIO
EVANGELIUM: IOANN. 1, 1-14
ORATIONES LEONIS XIII POST MISSAM

Credits

Celebrant
Reverend C. Frank Phillips, C.R.
Pastor
Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago, Illinois

Altar Server
Reverend Scott A. Haynes, S.J.C.
Associate Pastor
Saint John Cantius Church, Chicago, Illinois

Congregation
Kelli Campillo
Clare Campillo
Donna Connolly
Rosemary L. Geter
Andrew Karas
Athanasius Karas
Faustina Karas
Laura Karas
Sally Mordente
Anne Seybert
Clifford Seybert
James Seybert
Marie Seybert
Angela Teska
Rich Teska
Anatole Upart

Director
Reverend Scott A. Haynes, S.J.C.

Assistant
Brother Joshua Caswell, S.J.C.

Technical Advisor
Brother Robert Maresh, S.J.C.

Graphic Design and Photography
Brother Joshua Caswell, S.J.C.

Cantate Domino Choir

Soprano I
Jillian Krickl
Stephanie Sheffield
Anna Pacek
Simonetta Pacek

Soprano II
Kathryn Michalowski
Katherine Swee
Claire Yashar

Alto
Ashley Michalowski
Sarah Michalowski
Elizabeth Miller
Michelle Vezzoli
Ava Voissem

Director of the Cantate Domino Choir
Reverend Scott A. Haynes, S.J.C.

Organist
Brother Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.

Processional Music
Plein jeu from Ave maris stella from Première Livre d’Orgue, Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703)
Edition: Brother Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.

Offertory Music
Ave Verum, Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Edition: Salabert

Offertoire, Charles Alexis Chauvet (1837-1871)
Edition: Brother Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.

Communion Music
Duo Seraphim, Richard Deering (1580-1630)
Edition: Reverend Scott A. Haynes, S.J.C.

Adagio from Fantasie en ut majeur, Op. 16, César Franck
Edition: Brother Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.

Recessional Music
Prelude from Praeludium et Fuga in C, BWV 545, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Edition: Brother Jonathan Ryan, S.J.C.

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Saint John Cantius Roman Catholic Church
825 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, Illinois 60642-5499
United States of America

The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius was founded in 1998 by Reverend C. Frank Phillips, C.R., with the blessing of Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago, as a Roman Catholic religious community of men dedicated to the restoration of the sacred in the context of parish ministry. Its mission is to help Catholics rediscover a profound sense of the sacred through solemn liturgies, devotions, sacred art, sacred music, as well as instruction in Church heritage, catechetics, and Catholic culture. This mission is reflected in the community’s motto Instaurare Sacra - To Restore the Sacred. To learn more about the Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius, visit us on the web at: http://www.canons-regular.org/

Learn more about the Traditional Latin Mass at: http://www.sanctamissa.org/

Today and during the Sacred Triduum, the Matins and Lauds of the Divine Office are often sung in a haunting service known as the Tenebrae service (“tenebrae” meaning “shadows”), which is basically a funeral service for Our Lord. During the Matins on Good Friday, one by one, the candles are extinguished in the Church, leaving the congregation in total darkness, and in a silence that is punctuated by the strepitus (a loud clatter intended to evoke the earthquake that was said to happen at the moment of death) meant to evoke the convulsion of nature at the death of Christ. It has also been described as the sound of the tomb door closing.

	Tenebrae Service for Holy Thursday 5 1/2 by 8 inch booklet (approximately 28 pages) 1-49 $10.00 ea. 50-99 $8.00 ea. 100 or more $6.00 ea.
	Tenebrae Service for Good Friday  5 1/2 by 8 inch booklet (approximately 28 pages) 1-49 $10.00 ea. 50-99 $8.00 ea. 100 or more $6.00 ea.
	Tenebrae Service for Holy Saturday 5 1/2 by 8 inch booklet (approximately 28 pages) 1-49 $10.00 ea. 50-99 $8.00 ea. 100 or more $6.00 ea.

As the Traditional Tenebrae services are intimidating for smaller parishes (approximately 2 hours of singing), Monsignor Martin B. Hellriegel, created a modified Tenebrae Service for parishes. He maintains the entire structure of the service, but shortens the readings and psalms. In his Tenebrae services (approximately 45 minutes long), the Psalms are chanted in English according to simple Gregorian melodies and tones, yet some of the Latin and simple Greek Chants are provided (i.e. Christus Factus Est). See sample pages below.

Monsignor Martin B. Hellriegel (1890-1981) an Apostolic Protonotary, was one of the giants of the 20th century Liturgical Movement that Pope Pius X inspired. A native of Heppenheim, Germany, his most productive years were spent in America, where he was chaplain to the Most Precious Blood Sisters in O’Fallon, Missouri, then pastor of Holy Cross parish in St. Louis. Monsignor Hellrigel was influential in promoting liturgical reforms that Pope Pius XII had urged in Mediator Dei, his 1947 encyclical on the liturgy—in particular the restoration of the Easter Vigil and the participation of the congregation in the chants of the Mass.

During the Triduum, the Matins and Lauds readings come from the following day’s readings each night because the hours of Matins and Lauds were pushed back so that the public might better participate during these special three days (i.e., the Matins and Lauds readings heard at Spy Wednesday’s tenebrae service are those for Maundy Thursday, the readings for Maundy Thursday’s tenebrae “Cercis siliquastrum” service are from Good Friday, and Good Friday’s readings are from Holy Saturday’s Divine Office).

Legend says that the tree upon which Judas hanged himself was the “Cercis siliquastrum” -- a tree that is now known as the “Judas Tree.” It is a beautiful tree, native to the Mediterranean region, with brilliant deep pink flowers in the spring—flowers that are said to have blushed in shame after Judas’s suicide.

Sample Pages from the Holy Thursday Tenebrae Booklet

Sample Pages from the Good Friday Tenebrae Booklet

Sample Pages from the Holy Saturday Tenebrae Booklet

This hymnal for most of this past century has been acclaimed as the standard and most popular Catholic choir hymnal in the United States from the 1920s until the 1960s. This is a masterful reprint of the 1941 edition. It contains a complete collection of approved English and Latin Hymns, Motets, Masses and Liturgical Music for the various seasons of the Ecclesiastical Year. This beautiful, easy to read, and complete edition also contains the organ and piano accompaniment along with four-part music. A most favorite treasury of Catholic music, it contains devotional melodies from traditional sources that are truly Catholic in origin. Melodies and Hymn tunes that are known and loved by the French, Slovak, Polish, Italian, German, and other Catholics, are here given in their original form with appropriate English texts. Included in the almost 450 music enteries are selections for Advent, Christmas, Lent , Passiontide, Palm Sunday, Eastertide, Pentecost, Holy Trinity, Corpus Christi, the Blessed Sacrament, The Blessed Virgin, the Saints, Holy Communion, Holy Souls, Holy Week Responsories, Forty Hours Adoration, Confirmation, First Friday, Holy Hour, Pontifical Ceremonies, The Sacred Heart and a complete set of Benediction Motets. Music for High Mass is also included (Asperges and Vidi Aquam), together with the Responses, etc., and the Mass of the Blessed Virgin (Missa. B.M.V. cum jubilo), with Credo No. 4. Includes Alphabetical Index of First Lines, Classified Index of English Hymns and Latin Hymns and Motets. 

The Rituale Romanum is one of the greatest treasures of the Tridentine Roman Rite. Those priests wanting to see the full implementation of Pope Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum will need to have the Roman Ritual. The perfect companion to the 1962 Missale Romanum, Fr. Weller’s classic edition is in both Latin and English.

This deluxe version of the Latin-English Rituale Romanum comes in three volumes, and features a hardbound simulated leather cover, gold-embossing, sewn-in pages, a ribbon, and Gregorian Chant notation! The rubrics are printed in red and the texts of the prayers are printed in black. This superb edition of the Roman Ritual has an exhaustive index, making it easy to quickly find each blessing, exorcism and prayer. A perfect gift for your pastor, or an ideal gift for a priestly ordination, this is a marvelous resource for traditional Catholics!

We are happy to offer the Roman Ritual - three volume set at the low price of $150.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.

Deluxe Three-Volume Set

Volume I - The Sacraments and Processions. This volume of the Rituale Romanum presents all of the rites for 6 of the 7 sacraments, only omitting the Consecration of a Bishop, which is only found in the Pontificale Romanum. (607 pages)

Volume II - Christian Burial and Office for the Dead, Exorcism, Blessings Reserved to Religious or to Certain Places. This volume of the traditional Rituale Romanum gives the traditional Catholic priest the prayers and rubrics for the rites of burial, as well as other priestly blessings. (480 pages)

Volume III - The Blessings. This indispensable volume of the Roman Ritual gives all of the prayers and rubrics for all priestly blessings. (498 pages)

Highest Quality Edition of The Roman Ritual

• This edition is perfect for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
• All prayers and rubrics in Latin and English
• Three-volume set
• Durable hardbound cover
• Smythe sewn binding
• Gold-embossed cover
• Red ink for rubrics
• Black ink for texts of prayers
• Gregorian chant notation
• Exhaustive index for quick reference
• Each volume with a non-fraying red ribbon

When celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass, three Altar Cards are placed on the Altar to assist the memory of the priest in saying the prayers of the Mass of All Ages. These prayers are printed on three cards and placed at the middle of the altar and on the Epistle and Gospel corners of the altar.

The Missal of Pope Pius V calls the large Altar Card the “Tabella Secretarum” (tit. xx), and it contains prayers such as the “Gloria in excelsis,” the “Credo in unum Deum,” as well as the prayers of the Offertory and Consecration. The Altar Card placed on the Gospel corner provides the text of the Last Gospel, which is recited at the end of Mass.  For the sake of symmetry, the last Altar Card is placed on the Epistle corner and provides the prayer “Deus qui humanae substantiae,” which the priest says as he blesses the water. It also gives the prayer for the “Lavabo,” said as the priest washes his hands.

This lovely set of Altar Cards is printed on heavy cardstock and can be beautifully framed to match any altar. We are happy to offer this set of three Altar cards at the very low price of $40.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.

Priests just beginning to pray the Traditional Latin Mass according to the 1962 Missale Romanum will find the Mass Cheat-Sheet Card an important tool.

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This card (red and black ink) not only provides the text for the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, but also gives simple and clear instructions for the various movements of the priest at the altar.

Everything Needed to Understand and Appreciate the Traditional Latin Mass. Fr. George Moorman. Extremely informative, but very easy to read!

The Latin Mass Explained tells the Catholic faithful what happens, prayer by prayer, in the Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missale Romanum).

Why does the Church use Latin exclusively in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite? What is the sacred silence of the Mass? Why does the altar boy ring the bells? What vestments does the priest wear and why?

Pope Benedict XVI’s motu proprio opening the door to celebration of the Latin Mass.

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This recording, which presents the emotional depth and variety of music for this important liturgical season, traces the six major services of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.

We are happy to offer the music CD, MISERERE: Music for Holy Week from St. John Cantius, at the very low price of $15.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.

1. Ingrediente Domino - Malcolm (1:52)
2. Lamentations of Jeremiah - Guerrero (8:30) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 511 kb)
3. Amicis meus - Victoria (2:31)
4. Lamentations of Jeremiah - Chant (4:13) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 717 kb)
5. Seniores populi - Victoria (3:53)
6. Miserere - Allegri (9:16) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 540 kb)
7. Ubi Caritas - Raminsh (5:52)
8. St. John Passion - Chant/Lassus (15:37) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 753 kb)
9. Timor et tremor - Lassus (3:39)
10. Tenebrae Factae Sunt - Poulenc (4:28) Listen to Sample
11. Dum Transisset Sabbatum - Taverner (6:33)
12. Cantate Domino canticum novum - Shütz (3:10) Listen to Sample (mp3 - 506 kb) »
13. Ascendens Christus in altum - Victoria (6:05)



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Whether you have never assisted at the ancient Roman Rite of Mass (1962 Missale Romanum) or have been doing so your whole life, this book has plenty to offer. The neophyte will be forever indebted to Providence for having put this book in his hands. As for the “veterans,” you’ll be left wishing you had read this book decades ago.

Are you fervent in your faith? Fr. Dunney will give you a greater depth of understanding. Are you lukewarm? Let Fr. Dunney pull you out of the spiritual doldrums. You don’t get anything out of Mass? - Then, read this book.

Our challenge is to understand the Mass, participate in it and live by its lessons. Fr. Dunney will help you on all counts. Intellectually, by offering an authoritative explanation of the Roman liturgy, explaining every part of the Mass carefully and in depth, highlighting the priest’s role, vestments, altar vessels, and symbols. The text of the Traditional Roman Liturgy is presented in both Latin and English along with unique and fascinating insights into the history of the liturgy and the Church.

Loaded with examples from Holy Scripture and the lives of the saints, Fr. Dunney applies the lessons of the Mass to help you grow in virtue and character for a fuller spiritual life. More importantly, he will lead you to a true participation in the Mass, which is nothing less than the union of the soul with Christ as He represents on the altar the Sacrifice of Calvary. Not accessible to the average Catholic, you say? Too mystical? Think again. Liturgical scholars and authorities are quoted throughout and 126 illustrations help to clarify important points. Each chapter ends with a series of review questions � ideal for study, classes and homeschooling. The Mass is equally useful to the priest, seminarian, student, or layman. 

Every conceivable element of the traditional Latin Mass unfolds before the eyes of children 8 to 15 in this masterpiece. The author: famed educator Maria Montessori. She employs abundant illustrations—36 in all— to explain:

• The Meaning of the Mass
• What Is Necessary for the Mass
• Introduction to the Mass
• The Mass of the Catechumens
• The Mass of the Faithful

These chapter headings hint at the richness of detail in the best book on the Mass ever written for older children:

• Famous Eucharistic miracles
• History of the Mass
• Why we fast for Communion
• Liturgical colors have meaning
• Meaning of the altar…altar cloths…crucifix and candles
• Sacred vessels, bells, incense—all the items used at Mass explained
• Why we do more than watch when Mass is under way
• Meaning/origin of: Sign of the Cross, sacrifice, the priest’s whisperings
• Meaning of key prayers (Credo, Kyrie, Gloria, Confiteor, etc.)
• Why is so much silence required at Mass?
• Explained: the priest’s motions (e.g., keeping thumb and forefinger together after the consecration)

“We want our children to love the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Love proceeds from knowledge: you can only love what you know. The Catechism teaches us that our purpose in life is to know, love and serve God. It is only if you know God, that you can love Him. In The Mass Explained to Children, Maria Montessori gives young readers the knowledge from which a love for the Mass can grow.”
—Laura Berquist, Homeschool Specialist

Maria Montessori was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Born in the town of Chiaravalle, in the province of Ancona, Italy, in 1870, she became the first female physician in Italy upon her graduation from medical school in 1896. Shortly afterwards, she was chosen to represent Italy at two different women’s conferences, in Berlin in 1896 and in London in 1900. Her desire to help children was so strong, however, that in 1906 she gave up both her university chair and her medical practice to work with a group of sixty young children of working parents in the San Lorenzo district of Rome. It was there that she founded the first Casa dei Bambini, or “Children’s House.”

The church choir wanting to sing the Gregorian Chant propers from the Liber Usualis will find the organ accompaniments of the Proprium de Tempore a great assistance in singing for the Tridentine Latin High Mass.

The Proprium de Tempore ("Proper of the Season") gives the organist the complete accompaniment for the Gregorian Chant propers (e.g., the Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Tract, Sequence, Offertory, Communion) for all Sundays and seasonal feast days.

First published in 1947, this organ accompaniment book has in modern notation all of the seasonal propers for the liturgical year. Throughout the entire book, the organ notation is underscored by the Latin words, each hyphenated under the appropriate note.

Handily included at the bottom of each page an artful translation of the text is provided in both English and French. Fully indexed, all notations and text are in printed in black ink on medium stock paper to ensure durability, while the spacious comb-binding gives the organist easy and quick access.

This is an invaluable book for the members of the choir and schola singing the Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missale Romanum). This was the primary ‘proper’ chant book for High Mass choir members in the United States from the 1930s until Vatican II. If the Liber Usualis is intimidating for the smaller or less experienced choir/schola, this is the answer!

The ‘Proper’ Of The Mass is set to very basic Gregorian Psalm-tones with organ accompaniment. These ‘proper’ chants for the entire year are beautiful yet simple enough for most choir members to sing with limited practice. Includes complete daily, seasonal, ember-day, ferial, common Masses, etc. Table of Contents.

Also includes Preface, Instructions from the author to the organist & choir members, Preface, rules for liturgical pronunciation of Latin, notes on when to sing the various chants of the ‘proper’, and rules for
good vocal production.

This handy little card provides the complete prayers to be said after Low Mass. The Leonine Prayers may be said in the vernacular or in Latin, so this card provides the Latin prayers on one side and the English prayers on the reverse side.

This handy 8 ½” X 5 ½” card (red and black ink) gives the Latin and English text of the Prayers after Low Mass.

We are happy to offer the Prayers after Low Mass at the low price of $10.00 (USD), plus shipping and handling charges.