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JANUARY 2009 ORIGINAL EDITION NOW AVAILABLE
Provided to the TRADITIO Network by the National Registry of Traditional Latin Masses
The TRADITIO Network has been informed by the National Registry of Traditional Latin Masses that those who have paid the $10 Annual Use Price for the 2009 eBook Official Traditional Catholic Directory, Listing All Traditional Latin Masses and Traditional Resources for North America - 14th Edition (2009) may now update their copies to the January 2009 Original Edition. We urge TRADITIO Network readers to buy and have on hand the current monthly revised edition of the Directory because we frequently refer our readers to it for traditional Mass locations and traditional resources, as well as the answers to many questions. For further information, click on the Official Traditional Catholic Directory department, provided to the TRADITIO Network by the National Registry of Traditional Latin Masses.
Those who have previously paid the 2008 Annual Use Price to download the 2008 Original Edition and 2008 Monthly Revised Editions must now pay the Annual Use Price for 2009, if they wish to download the 2009
Annual Edition and the 2009 Monthly Revised Editions.
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2009 OFFICIAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY PUBLISHED - 12/18/08
THE TRADITIO NETWORK HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF TRADITIONAL LATIN MASSES THAT THE 14TH ANNUAL EDITION (2009) OF THE OFFICIAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY, LISTING ALL TRADITIONAL LATIN MASSES AND TRADITIONAL RESOURCES FOR NORTH AMERICA HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CLICK ON THE OFFICIAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY DEPARTMENT, PROVIDED TO THE TRADITIO NETWORK BY THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF TRADITIONAL LATIN MASSES. THE 2009 ANNUAL USE PRICE IS NOW DUE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO USE THE 2009 EDITION AND ITS MONTHLY UPDATE EDITIONS.
New Gregorian Chant CD Issued in St. John Schola Series - 01/03/09
The St. John Schola for Gregorian Chant informs us that it has just issued the seventh of its live Gregorian chant recordings in its A Traditional Chapel Sings Gregorian Chant series. The first shipments will begin January 15, 2009. This set is highly recommended by the TRADITIO Network for its fidelity to the Traditional Roman Liturgy and for its utility in training Gregorian scholae (chant choirs) in traditional churches, chapels, and oratories. Free music sheets are available to accompany the recordings. For further information, see the TRADITIO Network's Gregorian Chant department, Provided by the St. John Schola for Gregorian Chant. If the listing for the new volume is not yet there, it will be at some point during the week of January 4, 2009.
New Articles Added to the TRADITIO Library of Files - 01/02/09
Several articles have been added to the TRADITIO Library of Files, including Catholic apologetics on common doctrinal questions from a former Protestant minister and articles on the Traditional Latin Mass and the invalid Novus Ordo Ordinal. For further information, click on the TRADITIO Library of Files (FAQs and Traditional Apologetics) department.
Traditional Liturgical Calendar Updated - 12/17/08
The liturgical calendar of the traditional Roman Rite has been updated for 2009 by the monks of the traditional Abbatia Ss. Rosarii, who kindly provide this service for the TRADITIO Network's readers. For further
information, click on the Traditional Liturgical Calendar department.
2008 Liturgical Calendar and Ordo Recommendations - 12/01/08
Around this time of year people look for a Catholic calendar and Ordo for the next year. The calendar and Ordo that the TRADITIO Fathers recommend are both based on the most traditional form of the Roman Rite, before the Conciliar-Bugnini changes of 1951, 1956, 1960, and 1962. It is the one that corresponds to the fully traditional version of the Missale Romanum and the Breviarium Romanum in four volumes. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Publications produces the best and most complete full-color calendar, both in the calendar's daily boxes and in the religious art that accompanies each month. It contains full information about all feasts, commemorations, votive Masses, fasts and abstinence, Ember Days, and more. In the back matter, there is excellently-summarized information about indulgences, fast and abstinence, and other practical matters. The St. Lawrence Press produces the best and most complete annual Ordo available, the Ordo Recitandi Officii Divini Sacrique Peragendi [Order of Reciting the Divine Office and Carrying Out the Sacred Rite], entirely in Latin and in the traditional form. It contains detailed information about the Mass and Divine Office that priests and the most advanced laypeople use, much more complete in its detail than any calendar can give. Additional pages give the rubrics for Solemn Votive Masses, rubrics for conventual Masses and private votive Masses, and the text for the movable feasts sung on Epiphany. For further information, click on the TRADITIO Network's Traditional Liturgical Calendar department.
where each day the Fathers provide unique, lively, often bitingly satirical commentary from half a century's observation of the Church both pre-and post-Vatican II, on current events in the Catholic Church from the traditional perspective.
where the Saint, rank, and color of the day are listed, together with any fast and abstinence applicable.
Listen to Gregorian Chant Provided to the TRADITIO Network by the St. John Schola for Gregorian Chant
For Gregorian chant recorded live, we recommend the St. John Schola CD series: A Traditional Chapel Sings Gregorian Chant:
Volume I: Christmas Matins of the Divine Office-An Abridgement (December 2006) Volume II: First Mass of Christmas (December 2006) Volume III: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (January 2007) Volume IV: Pentecost (May 2007) Volumes I-IV: Box Collection (May 2007) Volume V: 14th Sunday after Pentecost (September 2007) Volume VI: 4th Sunday after Easter (February 2008) Volume VII: Basilica of Sts. Peter & Paul (January 2009)
In addition to its CD series, the St. John Schola has provided to the TRADITIO Network chant clips with supporting music sheets and booklets, which can be downloaded free of charge. For further information, click on the TRADITIO Network's Gregorian Chant department.
where the TRADITIO Network continuously offers for sale in a "silent auction" traditional Catholic books and compact discs that are typically hard to find and not listed on auction sites. Advance notice of this sale has been sent to those on our booksale E-mail list. If you would like advance notification of booksale announcements, simply E-mail your name and E-mail address to TRADITIO.
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