Latin Mass Finder
I am asked frequently for recommendations on finding a good Latin Mass. There are four primary places I go to find one. If those fail, I have to do a bit more digging, since some Latin Mass centers do not publicly advertise. But I do have good sources that can often let me know where they are. Having said that, here are the four sources I turn to:
http://www.traditio.com/nat.htm - Fantastic resource for finding Independent Chapels. I advise everyone to do research to ensure information is up to date. Call or email the priest contacts or check out their websites for the most accurate information. Many of these use the fully Traditional Latin Mass before the aberrations of 1956, 1960, and 1962.
https://cmri.org/cmri-directory-of-traditional-latin-masses/ - Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen.
https://sspx.org/en/list-sspx-chapels - Society of Saint Pius X, founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
https://www.sspv.org/index.php/locations - Society of Saint Pius V, founded by Bishop Kelly and Bishop Sanborn.
What to do if you do not have access to a good Traditional Latin Mass near you? Fr. Cekada (RIP) offers some good points:
“Deepen your own knowledge of the Catholic faith, educate yourself about the errors of the modernists, sanctify yourself, form the members of your family in the faith by word and example, do your best to keep a cheerful spirit in the face of adversity and put everything in the hands of God.”
Some good steps:
1. SET UP A FAMILY ALTAR: Set up a family altar or shrine. Enthrone the Sacred Heart there as King of Love in your home.
2. USE SACRAMENTALS: Have and use blessed candles, holy water as well as a blessed crucifix and statues and holy pictures, medals and scapulars.
3. BLESS! Sprinkle your home with holy water frequently, bless your food and your children. Make frequent signs of the cross.
4. SET A REGULAR TIME FOR SUNDAY WORSHIP: Set aside a time every Sunday for Mass prayers, spiritual reading and catechism, especially for children.
5. SAY SPECIAL SUNDAY PRAYERS: Your Sunday devotional hour could take many forms:
The Sunday Collect, Epistle and Gospel, with an act of Spiritual Communion
The rosary and seasonal or fitting prayers, such as Litanies
“Mass for the Absent” or Father Goffine’s “Manner of Following Mass at Home”
