For a complete list of approved Tridentine Rite Masses, see www.latinliturgy.com. This includes Masses in the Novus Ordo in Latin (often referre to as the 1970 Missal or the Mass of Paul VI) and in the so-called Tridentine Rite (also referred as the 1962 Missal or the Mass of Pius V--none of these labels are strictly accurate, but they are what are used among those interested in the Latin Mass). The Latin Liturgy Association is interestedi n all aspects of Latin Liturgy, pre-and post-Vatican II, music, chant etc.
The organization in the North America particularly interested in the approved Tridentine celebrations is the Coalitionin Support of Ecclesia Dei, PO Box 2071, Glenview, IL 60025-6071. They have no website, to my knowledge. They maintain the most up-to-date list of approved Tridentine Rite Masses in North America. The equivalent in England is Una Voce, headed by Michael Davies. I do not have contact information. A Latin-liturgy organization exists in France but I have no details. The Latin Liturgy Association website probably has links. I think there may also be one in the Low Countries.
Ecclesia Dei was the decree issued in 1984 by John Paul II not merely authorizing celebration of the Tridentine rite but encouraging it to be made readily available to those who desired it, but under the approval of the local bishop. The Coalition in Support of Ecclesia Dei asks its adherents to petition bishops respectfully for that permission. A large number of dioceses in the United States and Canada have such approved Masses, but often only once a month. It is correct that many major metropolitan areas have an approved Tridentine Mass weekly and in some instances daily. In Chicago three parishes are authorized: St. John Cantius (www.cantius.org) and St. Thomas More in the city itself and one more in the suburbs. St. Agnes (near Union Station) in New York City plays a similar role, St. Agnes in St. Paul, Minnesota is another major center for Latin liturgy, including classic musical settings and plainchant. In Toronto, I believe the Oratory has taken up this function.
There are many unapproved Tridentine rite Masses; the largest number are offered by adherents of the Society of St. Pius X, the Lefebvrist movement.
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is an order of priests dedicated to the Tridentine Rite, virtually exclusively (last year they almost came to schism over the question of how absolutely exclusively). They have a flourishing seminary which has just moved to Nebraska (diocese of Lincoln, I believe) from near Scranton, Pa. A new order of priests dedicated to both Tridentine and Novus Ordo Latin liturgy and attendant musical heritage is the Society of St. John Cantius (see www.cantius.org for a link). There are many others and I'm sure others on the list could supplement this very sketchy outline. The Latin liturgy spectrum from schismatic via near schismatic to full loyalty to Vatican II is quite broad and anyone delving into these sources of information must be prepared to suspend judgment until he has gotten his seal-legs. First impressions may be very deceiving, especially for those accustomed to the notion that Latin is a dead language and the Latin liturgy ceased to exist with the commission to reform the liturgy after Vatican II.
Dennis Martin
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