Hand Missal History Project
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Independent history project by Nico Fassino. Dedicated to exploring Catholic history through the untold and forgotten experiences of the laity across the centuries.
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Some memes from a friend, in response to my article
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October 7, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Some memes from a friend, in response to my article
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Due to the length of the piece, and the many different topics discussed, I will be sharing excerpts and photos in several threads spread across a few days.
That's all for today!
In the meantime, check it out and let me know what you think
🔗 handmissalhistory.com/dialog/
That's all for today!
In the meantime, check it out and let me know what you think
🔗 handmissalhistory.com/dialog/
October 7, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Due to the length of the piece, and the many different topics discussed, I will be sharing excerpts and photos in several threads spread across a few days.
That's all for today!
In the meantime, check it out and let me know what you think
🔗 handmissalhistory.com/dialog/
That's all for today!
In the meantime, check it out and let me know what you think
🔗 handmissalhistory.com/dialog/
First, I survey the origins & development of these vernacular methods for active participation in the Mass.
Next I explore what contemporary figures thought about them.
Lastly, I reflect on what lessons these methods (their successes & failures) can teach us today.
Next I explore what contemporary figures thought about them.
Lastly, I reflect on what lessons these methods (their successes & failures) can teach us today.
October 7, 2024 at 2:43 PM
First, I survey the origins & development of these vernacular methods for active participation in the Mass.
Next I explore what contemporary figures thought about them.
Lastly, I reflect on what lessons these methods (their successes & failures) can teach us today.
Next I explore what contemporary figures thought about them.
Lastly, I reflect on what lessons these methods (their successes & failures) can teach us today.
I have identified at least three distinct genres of these vernacular methods, and I explore each in detail:
1⃣ the Children’s Mass
2⃣ the Children’s ‘Dialog’ Mass
3⃣ the English Dialog Mass
1⃣ the Children’s Mass
2⃣ the Children’s ‘Dialog’ Mass
3⃣ the English Dialog Mass
October 7, 2024 at 2:42 PM
I have identified at least three distinct genres of these vernacular methods, and I explore each in detail:
1⃣ the Children’s Mass
2⃣ the Children’s ‘Dialog’ Mass
3⃣ the English Dialog Mass
1⃣ the Children’s Mass
2⃣ the Children’s ‘Dialog’ Mass
3⃣ the English Dialog Mass
Each one of these English Mass methods was granted imprimatur & continued to be approved through multiple editions over decades
They were recommended by respected theologians and catechists, and were openly discussed and approved of by clerical, education, and choral journals
They were recommended by respected theologians and catechists, and were openly discussed and approved of by clerical, education, and choral journals
October 7, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Each one of these English Mass methods was granted imprimatur & continued to be approved through multiple editions over decades
They were recommended by respected theologians and catechists, and were openly discussed and approved of by clerical, education, and choral journals
They were recommended by respected theologians and catechists, and were openly discussed and approved of by clerical, education, and choral journals
What do I mean by “vernacular recitation of the Mass texts”?
The congregation would read aloud - in unison and in English - the liturgical texts while the Mass was underway.
They would often even recite some of the priest's parts!
(👇this was first published in 1927!)
The congregation would read aloud - in unison and in English - the liturgical texts while the Mass was underway.
They would often even recite some of the priest's parts!
(👇this was first published in 1927!)
October 7, 2024 at 2:41 PM
What do I mean by “vernacular recitation of the Mass texts”?
The congregation would read aloud - in unison and in English - the liturgical texts while the Mass was underway.
They would often even recite some of the priest's parts!
(👇this was first published in 1927!)
The congregation would read aloud - in unison and in English - the liturgical texts while the Mass was underway.
They would often even recite some of the priest's parts!
(👇this was first published in 1927!)
This new research reveals that vernacular recitation of the Mass texts far predates the post-conciliar reforms.
It was also pretty popular!
I have found at least 69 book titles containing these vernacular Mass methods, published in a combined total of at least 329 editions between 1861 and 1961!
It was also pretty popular!
I have found at least 69 book titles containing these vernacular Mass methods, published in a combined total of at least 329 editions between 1861 and 1961!
October 7, 2024 at 2:41 PM
This new research reveals that vernacular recitation of the Mass texts far predates the post-conciliar reforms.
It was also pretty popular!
I have found at least 69 book titles containing these vernacular Mass methods, published in a combined total of at least 329 editions between 1861 and 1961!
It was also pretty popular!
I have found at least 69 book titles containing these vernacular Mass methods, published in a combined total of at least 329 editions between 1861 and 1961!
This article is based on extensive original research – analyzing a vast number of hand missals & prayer books published throughout the Anglophone world for more than a century
This gives us new unparalleled insight into what was **actually happening** in the pews during these years
This gives us new unparalleled insight into what was **actually happening** in the pews during these years
![The Australian Catholic Hymn Book, 5th ed. (Sydney: Louise Gille & Co., sd [1890s?]). Photo courtesy of the State Library of New South Wales, public domain.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pr7vypta57r5urxc6wpjndz2/bafkreiheom72sqpm3vz5zsh7pxocfu2n7ybfuktg3fyubhlzyfnwubmf4i@jpeg)
October 7, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This article is based on extensive original research – analyzing a vast number of hand missals & prayer books published throughout the Anglophone world for more than a century
This gives us new unparalleled insight into what was **actually happening** in the pews during these years
This gives us new unparalleled insight into what was **actually happening** in the pews during these years
This is a heavily illustrated & expanded version of an article which I published in the Society for Catholic Liturgy's Antiphon Journal earlier this spring
It features 31 photos of extraordinary hand missals and prayer books, many of which are now very scarce
(this one is from 1870 btw 👀)
It features 31 photos of extraordinary hand missals and prayer books, many of which are now very scarce
(this one is from 1870 btw 👀)
October 7, 2024 at 2:39 PM
This is a heavily illustrated & expanded version of an article which I published in the Society for Catholic Liturgy's Antiphon Journal earlier this spring
It features 31 photos of extraordinary hand missals and prayer books, many of which are now very scarce
(this one is from 1870 btw 👀)
It features 31 photos of extraordinary hand missals and prayer books, many of which are now very scarce
(this one is from 1870 btw 👀)
I’m back with a new research project!
It's a study of vernacular congregational participation at Mass between 1861 and 1961.
Everything you think you know about liturgy before the Second Vatican Council is probably wrong 🧵⤵️
It's a study of vernacular congregational participation at Mass between 1861 and 1961.
Everything you think you know about liturgy before the Second Vatican Council is probably wrong 🧵⤵️
October 7, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I’m back with a new research project!
It's a study of vernacular congregational participation at Mass between 1861 and 1961.
Everything you think you know about liturgy before the Second Vatican Council is probably wrong 🧵⤵️
It's a study of vernacular congregational participation at Mass between 1861 and 1961.
Everything you think you know about liturgy before the Second Vatican Council is probably wrong 🧵⤵️
The program for the 2023 Society for Catholic Liturgy conference has just been released - check it out!
Can't believe it's just two weeks away.
I'm excited to present my paper alongside Dr. Carmina Chapp on Friday afternoon.
I hope to see you there!
tinyurl.com/SCL-2023
Can't believe it's just two weeks away.
I'm excited to present my paper alongside Dr. Carmina Chapp on Friday afternoon.
I hope to see you there!
tinyurl.com/SCL-2023
September 8, 2023 at 3:48 PM
The program for the 2023 Society for Catholic Liturgy conference has just been released - check it out!
Can't believe it's just two weeks away.
I'm excited to present my paper alongside Dr. Carmina Chapp on Friday afternoon.
I hope to see you there!
tinyurl.com/SCL-2023
Can't believe it's just two weeks away.
I'm excited to present my paper alongside Dr. Carmina Chapp on Friday afternoon.
I hope to see you there!
tinyurl.com/SCL-2023
In 1926 when the Vatican attempted to slow down the adoption of Gothic vestments, this kind of ultramontane deference was absent.
In America, some diocesan newspapers commented wryly on how absurd the thing sounded
In America, some diocesan newspapers commented wryly on how absurd the thing sounded
July 27, 2023 at 2:48 PM
In 1926 when the Vatican attempted to slow down the adoption of Gothic vestments, this kind of ultramontane deference was absent.
In America, some diocesan newspapers commented wryly on how absurd the thing sounded
In America, some diocesan newspapers commented wryly on how absurd the thing sounded
As part of his letters, Baines talks about the info he was trying to get out of Rome to see if it was ok.
He talks about a rumor he heard regarding the exact specifications that Rome had approved: a width of 3ft 6in.
He talks about a rumor he heard regarding the exact specifications that Rome had approved: a width of 3ft 6in.
July 27, 2023 at 2:42 PM
As part of his letters, Baines talks about the info he was trying to get out of Rome to see if it was ok.
He talks about a rumor he heard regarding the exact specifications that Rome had approved: a width of 3ft 6in.
He talks about a rumor he heard regarding the exact specifications that Rome had approved: a width of 3ft 6in.
At the opening of the new Pugin-designed St. Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham in 1841, the plan was for Cardinal Wiseman and the clergy used Gothic vestments.
Baines was deeply concerned about this and wrote letters to try and get it sorted out.
Baines was deeply concerned about this and wrote letters to try and get it sorted out.
July 27, 2023 at 2:40 PM
At the opening of the new Pugin-designed St. Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham in 1841, the plan was for Cardinal Wiseman and the clergy used Gothic vestments.
Baines was deeply concerned about this and wrote letters to try and get it sorted out.
Baines was deeply concerned about this and wrote letters to try and get it sorted out.
TLDR by the 1840s, Pugin had been so successful in reviving the Gothic style that is was fairly common in England.
A few of the more conservative and ultramontane bishops had reservations about it, worried that it was Against The Rules in Rome
A few of the more conservative and ultramontane bishops had reservations about it, worried that it was Against The Rules in Rome
July 27, 2023 at 2:36 PM
TLDR by the 1840s, Pugin had been so successful in reviving the Gothic style that is was fairly common in England.
A few of the more conservative and ultramontane bishops had reservations about it, worried that it was Against The Rules in Rome
A few of the more conservative and ultramontane bishops had reservations about it, worried that it was Against The Rules in Rome
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July 25, 2023 at 12:48 PM
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With the inclusion of the term in the 1954 American English Ritual, it became truly official
Its presence in the ritual was also used as justification to adopt the term as the normative practice
Here is an example from Cincinnati, from Karl Alter (chairman of the US Bishops)
Its presence in the ritual was also used as justification to adopt the term as the normative practice
Here is an example from Cincinnati, from Karl Alter (chairman of the US Bishops)
July 24, 2023 at 2:58 PM
With the inclusion of the term in the 1954 American English Ritual, it became truly official
Its presence in the ritual was also used as justification to adopt the term as the normative practice
Here is an example from Cincinnati, from Karl Alter (chairman of the US Bishops)
Its presence in the ritual was also used as justification to adopt the term as the normative practice
Here is an example from Cincinnati, from Karl Alter (chairman of the US Bishops)
O'Hara was also responsible for the 1954 Collectio Rituum, an innovative official adaptation of Roman Ritual for the United States
It was remarkable because it permitted most of the sacraments to be performed almost entirely in English
It also used "Holy Spirit"
It was remarkable because it permitted most of the sacraments to be performed almost entirely in English
It also used "Holy Spirit"
July 24, 2023 at 2:57 PM
O'Hara was also responsible for the 1954 Collectio Rituum, an innovative official adaptation of Roman Ritual for the United States
It was remarkable because it permitted most of the sacraments to be performed almost entirely in English
It also used "Holy Spirit"
It was remarkable because it permitted most of the sacraments to be performed almost entirely in English
It also used "Holy Spirit"
Here's an interesting example of how it began to take on more formal or official status
From the 1943 Dominican Sunday Missal (tag your favorite OP accounts here)
In a frankly bizarre editorial choice, they included *both* "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" usages
From the 1943 Dominican Sunday Missal (tag your favorite OP accounts here)
In a frankly bizarre editorial choice, they included *both* "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" usages
July 24, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Here's an interesting example of how it began to take on more formal or official status
From the 1943 Dominican Sunday Missal (tag your favorite OP accounts here)
In a frankly bizarre editorial choice, they included *both* "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" usages
From the 1943 Dominican Sunday Missal (tag your favorite OP accounts here)
In a frankly bizarre editorial choice, they included *both* "Holy Ghost" and "Holy Spirit" usages
The term "Holy Spirit" began to enter official liturgical use with the modernized 1941 Confraternity translation of the New Testament.
This translation was begun & overseen by Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara, a remarkable ecclesiastical figure, and was quickly added to hand missals, etc.
This translation was begun & overseen by Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara, a remarkable ecclesiastical figure, and was quickly added to hand missals, etc.
July 24, 2023 at 2:54 PM
The term "Holy Spirit" began to enter official liturgical use with the modernized 1941 Confraternity translation of the New Testament.
This translation was begun & overseen by Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara, a remarkable ecclesiastical figure, and was quickly added to hand missals, etc.
This translation was begun & overseen by Bishop Edwin V. O'Hara, a remarkable ecclesiastical figure, and was quickly added to hand missals, etc.
The Hours of Queen Isabella
Fol. 169v, St. John the Baptist Preaching. Circa ~1500.
Via the Cleveland Museum of Art
Fol. 169v, St. John the Baptist Preaching. Circa ~1500.
Via the Cleveland Museum of Art
July 20, 2023 at 12:47 PM
The Hours of Queen Isabella
Fol. 169v, St. John the Baptist Preaching. Circa ~1500.
Via the Cleveland Museum of Art
Fol. 169v, St. John the Baptist Preaching. Circa ~1500.
Via the Cleveland Museum of Art