Hand Missal History Project

Independent history project by @NicoFassino. Exploring Catholic history through the untold and forgotten experiences of the laity across the centuries.

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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 🧵⤵️

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@frkevinnotts And here's his Wikipedia entry:

https://t.co/j3FUoznBuV

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@frkevinnotts This article has more information on the artist:

https://t.co/sgQCVP99h1

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@yeacolyte I have not, but that isn't to say it doesn't exist. I simply have not known about it to look for it. I also certainly have not done any exhaustive searches, only targeted/limited things

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This reminded me of something I found while researching rituales:

The 1680 rite for Les Mans directs that the couple should kneel on the lowest step of the altar (husband on the Epistle side, the wife on the Gospel side) and hold candles throughout the wedding mass!

[New Liturgical Movement @NLMblog]

Why at a Nuptial Mass the Couple May, and Should, Kneel Inside the Sanctuary https://t.co/HqXFbtqr7n

[Sharon Kabel @1SharonKabel]

I love collecting old photos of wedding masses, to show all the instances of couples kneeling behind the altar rail! Here’s my collection:

https://t.co/xObfFzUups

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there are many similar rituale examples of 'customs' for the Roman rite Latin west which are like this:

the celebration of the sacraments was not merely the text Roman Ritual + unofficial local custom supplied in addition

often it was officially printed in the liturgical books

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(I also think it is interesting that this was not merely local custom in a general sense - it happened here and there, according to tradition and the personal predilections of those involved. Rather, it was formally rubricized and printed in the official liturgical books!)

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@CatholicSmark This is why the story of how the initial liturgical changes were implemented, understood, and received between 1964 and 1968 is so important

It complicates and upends many standard narratives about these things, and presents a much more complex picture

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@CatholicSmark There were already battles between bishops, clerics, and layfolk over the permissibility of "the Latin Mass" in January and February 1965

At that point, on paper, nothing had even changed yet "officially" in the liturgy! The first obligatory Vatican revision had not yet occurred

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I just learned that my "New Mass of 1964" series received mention in the @CatholicHerald

My thanks to @LMSChairman for reading and engaging with my study of the popular reception of the initial liturgical reforms, between 1964 and 1968

[The Catholic Herald @CatholicHerald]

Research into the liturgical reforms introduced before the Novus Ordo reveals that confusion, resistance and division were already apparent long before 1969.

✍️ @LMSChairman

https://t.co/tPBbC6rkSW

[The Catholic Herald @CatholicHerald]

Research into the liturgical reforms introduced before the Novus Ordo reveals that confusion, resistance and division were already apparent long before 1969.

✍️ @LMSChairman

https://t.co/tPBbC6rkSW

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Did you know that the Wisconsin State Historical Society Library has the second largest collection of newspapers (historic and current) in the United States.... surpassed only by the Library of Congress?

It's a phenomenal research resource.

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👑

[Chase Steely @Chase_Steely]

Wife: what are you watching?

Me:

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They also have an amazing restored reading room