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Order of Mass in Latin and English

Order of Mass in Latin and English

This is the beginning of the Order of Mass (the standard form of Catholic church service, also called the Ordinary of the Mass) in both Latin and English. Latin was the international language of Catholic ritual for centuries. The English version is from the 1970s. The Second Vatican Council (1962–65) allowed the Latin Mass to be replaced with services in vernacular (commonly used) languages.

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Society of Mary Archives

Reference: Missale Romanum 1952; Small altar missal

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Rory Sweetman, Catholic Church – Fitting into New Zealand society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/29303/order-of-mass-in-latin-and-english (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rory Sweetman, i tāngia i te 26 April 2011.

Comments

Kevin Ward
23 May 2023
Learned to serve 1963 when one had to be able to make the Latin responses with no sheet to read from. Loved it as a special language for God.
thomas edward porritt
25 February 2023
i knew the mass word for word in latin when they changed it to english,ithink that is when i stopped attending mass which was sad
Julia Connell
26 March 2022
I was born in 1971 - I can still remember (just) when the mass was said in latin.