FAQ 5: WHAT TRADITIONAL BOOKS DO YOU RECOMMEND? TRADITIO Traditional Roman Catholic Network E-mail: traditio@traditio.com, Web: www.traditio.com Copyright 1994-2008 CSM. Reproduction prohibited without authorization. Last Revised: 03/01/08 ************************************************************************** For current contact information, refer to the latest edition of the Official Traditional Catholic Directory. See www.traditio.com/nat.htm for further information. ************************************************************************** GENERAL NOTE It is safest to rely on works that were published before 1950, or at least 1962, except in the case of later authors who are explicitly traditional. In cases of unknown authors, consult your traditional priest or confessor for guidance. Many books written after those years are infected with the errors of Modernism or of Papolatry (idolatry pertaining to the pope, contrary to the Roman Catholic dogma of Vatican Council I) and should be studiously avoided by traditional Catholics, as they contain particularly gross errors and even deliberate disinformation. The Warning List below contains some of the most virulent examples. Also, one must be careful of books originally published before Vatican II, but reissued afterwards. For example, Canon Francis Ripley's "This is the Faith: A Complete Explanation of the Catholic Faith" was originally published in 1951. However, it was recently reissued with the text being changed to "update" it to practices after Vatican II. This is also the case with many post-conciliar editions of the "Baltimore Catechism," the "Catechism of Pope Pius X," and other originally traditional books. ============================================================================ INDEX AUCTORUM PROHIBITORUM (LIST OF PROHIBITED AUTHORS) MODERNIST AUTHORS SINCE TIME OF VATICAN II Raymond E. Brown, S.S., taught heretical views about Sacred Scripture Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., condemned by Pius XII and John XXIII Yves M.J. Congar, O.P., whose works were condemned by Pius XII Charles Curran, whose license to teach theology was revoked by Paul VI; now teaches at a Protestant university Henri De Lubac, S.J., whose works were condemned for heresy by the Holy Office Gerald Ellard, S.J. Andrew Greeley Hans Kung, whose license to teach theology was revoked by Paul VI; he joined the Freemasons and excommunicated himself Thomas Merton, once a Trappist monk who embraced Buddhism John Courtney Murray, S.J., whose works were condemned for heresy by the Holy Office Karl Rahner, S.J., silenced by John XXIII; declared under suspicion of heresy by the Holy Office Joseph Ratzinger, later Benedict XVI, declared under suspicion of heresy by Pope Pius XII and the Holy Office; his book, "Introduction to Christianity," was banned because of heresy by Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Poland Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P., received official Notifications of heretical views from Paul VI Fr. Hans Urs Von Balthasar, S.J. (1905-1988), previously under suspicion of heresy by the Holy Office ANTI-TRADITIONAL AUTHORS OF THE NOVUS ORDO SECT (whose works are frequently filled with calumnies against traditional Catholic clergy and laity) David Armstrong Bill Basile Terence Boyle Thomas Bottenkotter William Grossklas Scott Hahn E. Michael Jones Steven Hand Karl Keating Peter Kreeft James & Paul Likoudis F. John Loughnan Peter Stravinskas Robert Sungenis Peter Vere Gary Wills Thomas Woods NOVUS ORDO CONTEMPORARY PERIODICALS Adoremus Catholic Answers Culture Wars Homiletic & Pastoral Review National Catholic Register The Wanderer This Rock OTHER EWTN Cable Network. "Cooperates in burying landmarks of the Faith, even as it presents itself as a bastion of rock-solid Catholic Tradition, EWTN's mixture of certain aspects of traditional Roman Catholicism with absolutely appalling novelties invented during the past 40 years would have reduced the pre-conciliar popes to a state of apoplexy" (Ferrara). Replete with "Charistmatic" hosts and a Novus Ordo spin; populated with typically anti-traditional "lay theologians," who often express erroneous and unCatholic views; features the Novus Ordo counterfeit service with a veneer of Latin. Mother Angelica, the original foundress, has been sidelined for several years by a stroke. ============================================================================ RECOMMENDED BOOKS APOLOGETICS Belloc, Hilaire: THE CRISIS OF CIVILIZATION. The great 20th-century British Catholic historian shows that Catholicism built the Western World -- from Roman times through the Dark Ages to the High Middle Ages -- but that the false social philosophy of the Protestant Reformation, based on Calvinism, has been causing an ever deepening breakdown of the world. Belloc concludes by stating that only a return to traditional Catholicism will remedy the crisis of our crumbling world. $12.00 (paperbound) from Tan Books. Duran, Fr. Alphonsus Maria & Vota, Fr. Paul Mary: WHY APOLOGIZE FOR THE SPANISH INQUISITION? Provides the facts of the Inquisition, which are quite different from the commonly-believed myth, drawing on the first-time- ever study by historians of the actual cases taken from the archives of the Inquisition itself. 31 pages, pamphlet, February 2000. $5.95 paperback + $2.00 shipping from Loreto Publications. Horvat, Marian T.: IN THE WAKE OF THE CRUSADES. Why no apology is necessary for the Holy Crusades. An explanation of what motivated the West to a just war and an epic episode of history. $4.00 + $3.00 shipping from Tradition in Action. Whitcomb, Paul: THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS THE ANSWER. This excellent booklet answers from the Catholic perspective the most common questions that non-Catholics have about the Catholic Faith: the existence of one true faith, the indulgences, papal infallibility, the seven Sacraments, the Bible, the need of good works for salvation, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Saints, Purgatory, the priesthood and celibacy, transubstantiation, Latin, the title "Father," infant Baptism, birth control, divorce, and other topics. $3.25 from Tan Books. BIBLE MODERN "CATHOLIC" TRANSLATIONS, SUCH AS THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE AND PARTICULARLY THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE, WHICH IS THE NOVUS ORDO BIBLE, ARE DEFINITELY NOT ACCEPTABLE, AS THEY DELIBERATELY INTRODUCE INTO THE TRANSLATION MODERNISTIC CONCEPTIONS AT THE WHIM OF THE TRANSLATOR. MODERN "CATHOLIC" TRANSLATIONS ARE NOT LITERAL TRANSLATIONS AT ALL, BUT SO-CALLED "DYNAMIC" TRANSLATIONS, WHICH ALLOW THE TRANSLATOR TO USE PERSONAL CONCEPTION OF WHAT THE TEXT MEANS AND TO INJECT HIS OWN THEOLOGICAL IDEAS. THESE TRANSLATIONS SHOULD BE AVOIDED BY TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS AS LEADING TO PERVERSION OF FAITH. THE OFFICIAL CATHOLIC BIBLE: BIBLIA SACRA IUXTA VULGATAM CLEMENTINAM. This is the only version of Sacred Scripture accepted by the Church as being dogmatically error-free. It is called the Vulgate, sometimes the Sixto-Clementine Vulgate, after the two popes under whom the text was re- edited in Renaissance times. At the behest of Pope St. Damasus I (304-384), St. Jerome (342-420), the scholarly patron saint of translators, undertook the task of translation, having not only a command of the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew tongues that escapes modern translators but also access to manuscripts of the Bible that have long since perished. 1255 pages (including introductions, indices of key words, Old Testament texts found in the New Testament, and maps of the Holy Land, all in Latin), $59.95 (#B728) from the American Classical League. THE MOST TRADITIONAL TRANSLATION: DOUAY-RHEIMS BIBLE. This is the traditional version of St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate in English, the "Catholic King James." It was originally published in 1582/1609 (about the time of the King James Bible of 1611, which is substantially based upon it) and revised in 1750 by Bishop Challoner. It is a literal translation of the St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate Bible, the only official Bible of the Catholic Church, and diligently compared with the original Hebrew and Greek. $39.95 plus $7.00 shipping from Loreto Publications. THE NEXT-BEST TRANSLATION: THE NEW TESTAMENT - CONFRATERNITY VERSION. A reprint of the Confraternity edition, first published in 1941. An update of the Douay-Rheims, upon which it is based, with more modern English than that of the 17th century. Pocket size (8 x 13 cm) with ribbon marker, $14.45 from Scepter Publishers. ADEQUATE: THE HOLY BIBLE, REVISED STANDARD EDITION - CATHOLIC VERSION. A modern (1946/1952/1957/1965/1966) literal translation, but faithful to the Hebrew and Greek texts rather than to the official Latin Vulgate. N.B. This is not the New Revised Standard Version, which introduces inclusive language and other aberrations. Compact size (13 x 21 cm), $34.45 (burgundy or black, leatherbound, gilded edges) or $39.45 (burgundy or black, indexed) from Scepter Publishers. BIBLICAL COMMENTARY: THE HAYDOCK BIBLE, THE DOUAY-RHEIMS OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS WITH COMMENTARY AND DICTIONARY OF BIBLICAL TERMS AND NAMES. In the 1840s Fr. George Haydock collected extensive commentary from many of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church and used them as footnotes to the Douay- Rheims text. Leather hardcover with satin ribbon marker, 22 x 28 cm), $125.00 + $10.00 shipping from Loreto Publications. CALENDAR & ORDO THE TRADITIO NETWORK RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING, BOTH BASED ON THE MOST TRADITIONAL FORM OF THE ROMAN RITE, BEFORE THE RUBRICAL CHANGES OF 1951, 1956, 1960, AND 1962. THIS IS MOST AUTHENTIC FORM, TO WHICH MORE AND MORE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC PRIESTS ARE RETURNING IN PREFERENCE TO THE "MOTU" MESS OF 1962. Calendar: Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Publications, $10.00. Ordo: St. Lawrence Press, $15.00. CATECHISM AND DOCTRINE ONE MUST BE CAREFUL OF CATECHISMS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BEFORE VATICAN II, BUT REISSUED IN "UPDATED" FORM TO PRACTICES AFTER VATICAN II. OFTEN THESE "UPDATES" ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY NOTED, BUT INCLUDED IN THE TEXT WITHOUT WARNING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SECOND PRECEPT OF THE CHURCH ON FASTING AND ABSTINENCE. Laisney, Francois: BAPTISM OF DESIRE. Treats clearly and succinctly the Church's teaching on this point, which has been taken to extremes by both the Liberals (who have reduced to little the necessity of the Sacraments and the Church) and the "Feeneyites" (who overemphasize the exterior belonging to the Church and confuse the character of Baptism with the grace of Baptism). A final chapter summarizes the teaching of Sacred Scripture and the Fathers. $15.00 (paperback) from Angelus Press. McHugh, John A. & Callan, Charles J., trans.: CATECHISM OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT FOR PARISH PRIESTS ISSUED BY ORDER OF POPE PIUS V. Known as the "Roman Catechism," this is the most authoritative catechism, written by a saint and promulgated by another saint. Includes the arguments from Scripture and Tradition for the doctrines and practice of the faith. The theology is rather advanced. $20.00 (paperback) from Tan Books. O'Connell, Francis J., ed.: THE NEW CONFRATERNITY EDITION, REVISED BALTIMORE CATECHISM AND MASS NO. 3. This is the text of the official revised edition of 1949 with Scriptural citations, annotations, and study helps. The Baltimore Catechism resulted from the Baltimore Councils of the last century. $14.95 (paperback) from Seraphim Company. St. Pius X: CATECHISM OF POPE ST. PIUS X. CATECHISM OF PIUS X. Pope St. Pius X desired to fill the need for a simple catechism that could be easily understood and that would be uniform throughout the world. Provides the catechumen with a Catholic vision of faith, prayer, Commandments, the Sacraments, and virtue. Beautiful in its simplicity. 179 pages, 1910/1993, $6.45 (paperback) from Angelus Press. DIVINE OFFICE & BREVIARIES N.B. The TRADITIO Network provides in its "Traditional Divine Office, Mass & Sacraments" department each Hour of each Day of the traditional Divine Office in the traditional Latin version (with an English translation to assist those who are still learning Latin). Be aware that many versions floating around in books and on the internet are not the traditional Divine Office, but "Liturgy of the Hours," a Novus Ordo product that is even more filled with Modernism than the Novus Ordo service. BREVIARIUM ROMANUM - FULLY TRADITIONAL FOUR-VOLUME EDITION OF 1942. Complete, with Vulgate Psalter. Contact Bonaventure Publications for current information on the status of this publication. Otherwise, check with the used book sources in the Official Traditional Catholic Directory. BREVIARIUM ROMANUM - HISTORICAL EDITION OF 1568. Edited by Manlio Sodi and Achille Maria Triacca, consisting of the Breviary as published after the Council of Trent and promulgated by Pope St. Pius V. It does not include the new division of the Psalter implemented by Pope St. Pius X, nor does it include the newer feasts. However, it can serve until the Bonaventure Publications reprint is issued. $82.50 (paperback, 1080 pages), $40.66 (CD) from Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano. OFFICIUM DIVINUM CUM TEXTU PSALMORUM E VULGATA BIBLIORUM EDITIONE [DIVINE OFFICE WITH THE TEXT OF THE PSALMS FROM THE VULGATE EDITION OF THE BIBLE]. This abridgement contains a significant portion of the Divine Office for the use of the laity, including Sunday at Lauds, Prime, Sext, Vespers, and Compline, as well as weekdays and Saturday at Prime, Sext, and Compline, with the traditional Vulgate Psalter. This edition includes the Bugnini "modernizizations" of 1956 and 1960, but in these extracts the differences with the traditional Divine Office are comparatively minor. Thus, this abridgement supplies the Hours corresponding to morning, noon, and night prayer, with a good amount of the Gregorian chant for the Hours. Be sure to get the SECOND EDITION, as the first edition contains some translations from the New Order New American Version. 194 pages, hardcover, 2 ribbons, $29.95 from Angelus Press. Benedictines of Solesmes, eds.: LIBER USUALIS WITH INTRODUCTION AND RUBRICS IN ENGLISH. Since the turn of the century, the Liber Usualis has been the indispensable handbook for church choirs singing Gregorian chant. It contains virtually all the Gregorian chant for the Mass and the Divine Office -- antiphons, psalms, hymns, etc., according to the 1953 traditional rubrics with the traditional Vulgate Psalter. Since most of the Divine Office is included, it could serve secondarily as an equivalent to the Breviary. The introduction includes a full description of notation, interpretation, and pronunciation. 1921+ pages, hardcover, $107.00 + $14 shipping from St. Bonaventure Publications. Little, Vilma: THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MEANING AND USE OF THE DIVINE OFFICE. Describes the history and content of the Divine Office, and how the Mass conforms to the Divine Office. Provides instructions according to the traditional pre-1950 rubrics for how to pray each Hour of the Breviary in enough detail for the layman who wants to pray the official prayer of the Church, which surpasses all private devotions, including the Rosary. 200 pages, hardcover, $21.95 from Angelus Press. OFFICIUM PARVUM BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS (LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY). The Little Office is a shorter form of the Divine Office in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Roman Breviary, for use by certain religious orders, as well as the laity, particularly those who have the obligation of saying the Little Office through their enrollment in the confraternity of the Brown Scapular (Mt. Carmel). It has the same elements as the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Roman Breviary. This is a bilingual Latin/English edition according to the traditional pre- 1950 rubrics with the traditional Vulgate Psalter. 118 pages, hardcover, $18.00 + $5.00 shipping from St. Bonaventure Publications. HISTORY Crocker, III, H.W.: TRIUMPH: THE POWER AND GLORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, A 2000-YEAR HISTORY. $29.95, Prima Publishing, ISBN 076159241, 512 pages from www.amazon.com. "Crocker has dared to pen a panoramic, 2000-year history of the Church that makes no -- absolutely no -- apologies or concessions to Catholic bashers." Crocker's comments on John XXIII and Paul VI are surprisingly insightful and critical, although he does tend to whitewash John Paul II. Laux, Fr. John: CHURCH HISTORY: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO THE PRESENT DAY FOR UPPER HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE COURSES AND ADULT READING. $24.00 (paperback) + $4.00 shipping from Tan Books & Publishers. Principe, Lawrence: SCIENCE AND RELIGION. This course of twelve 30- minute lectures presents the most rational summary of the interaction between theology and science that we have heard. The lecturer is a professor both science and the history of science. The lectures amply support the Catholic Church's historical role as the principal supporter of science throughout the ages. They dispel much of the atheistic and Protestant propaganda that the Church is the enemy of science, as the lectures present clearly and in detail the overwhelming counter-evidence through copious references to the theology of St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and other Church Fathers. The lectures demonstrate the traditional relationship of science and religion that is too often obscured by the divisive, hot-headed rhetoric and the gross oversimplifications we often see in today's headlines. They treat the current anti-evolution furor, for example, which centers on the fixation that Genesis I should be taken literally, a view that had been rejected by the Fathers of the Church already from St. Augustine on. Course #4691, two DVDs $199.95, six audio CDs $134.95, MP3 or MPEG-4 audio download $89.95, transcript book $19.95 + $10.00 shipping. LATIN INSTRUCTION BOOKS Baumeister, Edmund J.: THE NEW MISSAL LATIN: A TWO-YEAR COURSE BASED ON THE SUNDAY MISSAL, BOOKS ONE AND TWO. This is a reprint of a book that was originally a high-school text used by the Marianist Fathers in their schools in the 1940s. It is suitable for adult use, but unfortunately the authors do not give neither the accentuation or the syllabic quantities that would allow one to figure it out. The vocabulary is based on the Sunday Masses in the Missale Romanum, but two-thirds of that vocabulary is shared with classical authors like Cicero and Vergil, so those who afterward might wish to go on to sample the great works of classical Latin literature will not be at a disadvantage. Book One consists of short lessons, vocabulary, exercises, and reading passages. Book Two is a continuation of the Book One set for an advanced study of the Latin of the Roman Missal which includes the entire Traditional Latin Mass with full vocabulary on the lefthand page and the Latin text on the righthand page. Supplementary manuals, keys, and audiotapes are also available. 408 + 383 pages, paperback, $19.95 (Book One), $15.95 (Book Two), plus $3.00 + $1.00 shipping, from St. Mary's Publishing Co. Seidl, Fr. Suitbert H., O.C.D.: COURSE ON THE LIVING LATIN LANGUAGE, SECOND EDITION, AMENDED AND ENLARGED. This course is the fruit of a nearly lifetime-long experience in teaching and using Latin as a spoken language. It is entirely different from other available instructional materials in method and approach to the language. You learn from the beginning to think in Latin and to avoid the usual method of translating by grammatical analysis. Moreover, this course is based on the obvious assumption that language is an acoustic phenomenon and has to enter into our mind through the ears and not through the eyes, and that our memory has to keep the sound of the words and not the image of a printed text; therefore, the cassettes which go with the Cursus are an essential part of this method. 13 audiocassettes, $61.00 + $7.05 shipping from Editiones Familiae Sancti Hieronymi. Sharpley, G.D.A.: BEGINNER'S LATIN: AN EASY INTRODUCTION. A light introduction to Latin, using composed Latin set at a monastery in northern Europe around the ninth century. The grammar is introduced gradually, but by the end you should have enough knowledge to understand Vulgate Latin fairly well. A key to the exercises is provided, together with a Latin-English and English-Latin dictionary. 216 pages, paperback, $11.95, from www.amazon.com. Sweet, Waldo: ARTES LATINAE CD-ROM. For those who prefer a spoken approach to learning Latin, the "Sweet" method has been a standard approach for many years. Artes Latinae uses Latin for everything: to define words, explain structures, ask questions, describe pictures, interpret stories, and talk to people. This CD-ROM contains the course as spoken in the Ecclesiastical (Italianate) pronunciation, as well as the American Scholastic (as used in most schools) and the Restored Classical (a more accurate version of the Scholastic). Package (manual, graded reader, reference notebook, unit test book, and unit test guide) for Levels I $99.00, Level II $111.00, Level III $88.00 from Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Wheelock, Frederick M. (Richard A. LeFleur, ed.): WHEELOCK'S LATIN, 6TH EDITION. This the standard college text for classical Latin, consisting of 40 chapters with grammatical explanations and readings based on ancient Roman authors. It is well suited for self-study, with exercises, an answer key, and an English-Latin/Latin-English vocabulary. Assumes some familiarity with grammatical concepts and terms. 510 pages, paperback, $20.00, from HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022, ISBN 0-06-095641-0. Wheelock, Frederick M. (Paul Comeau & Richard A. LaFleur): WORKBOOK FOR WHEELOCK'S LATIN, 3RD EDITION REVISED. Contains additional exercises for WHEELOCK'S LATIN. 335 pages, paperback, $17.00, from HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022, ISBN 0-06- 095642-9. MARRIAGE MARRIAGE 101: A CATHOLIC MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSE. This work expresses the traditional teachings and values of the Sacrament of Matrimony, based on the Marriage Preparation Course developed by the Marriage Preparation Service in 1946 at the University of Ottawa. It has been adapted, without changing the structure, to issues facing the sacred union of marriage in the 21st century, with the additional of other material necessary for today's Catholic couples, all taken from approved sources. It is meant to be read by those preparing for this holy state or by couples who would like a thorough review of their duties as Catholic spouses and parents. 185 pages, $17.00 (including shipping) large-format spiralbound from OLG Press. Sheen, Fulton J.: THREE TO GET MARRIED. Marriage from the traditional Catholic perspective, as explained by one of the greatest Catholic prelates of the 20th century. $9.95 paperback + $4.50 shipping from Stella Maris Books or Scepter Publishers. Vaillancourt, Fr. Kevin. LIVING AND LOVING TOGETHER IN CHRIST. An audiocassette review on Christian marriage and modern sexual ethics. $22.00 + $5.00 shipping from Catholic Research Institute. Wickens, Paul: HUSBAND & WIFE: JOYS, SORROWS AND GLORIES OF MARRIED LIFE. Information and advice from the author's experience over a period of 35 years, especially through pre-Vatican II Cana conferences. $5.00 paperback from Neumann Press. MASS -- ALTAR MISSALS MISSALE ROMANUM - FULLY-TRADITIONAL EDITION OF 1942. Currently out of print. Check with the used book sources in the Official Traditional Catholic Directory. MISSALE ROMANUM - HISTORICAL EDITION OF 1570. Edited by Manlio Sodi and Achille Maria Triacca, consisting of the Missal as published after the Council of Trent and promulgated by Pope St. Pius V. It does not include the newer feasts. However, it can serve until a reprint of the 1942 edition is issued. $82.50 (paperback, 768 pages), $40.66 (CD) from Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano. MASS -- GENERAL Gamber, Msgr. Klaus: THE REFORM OF THE ROMAN LITURGY: ITS PROBLEMS AND BACKGROUND. Offers a devastating critique of the New Mass by a chaplain to Pope Paul VI and a convincing proof that the Traditional Latin Mass is an irrevocable part of Sacred Tradition that cannot be abrogated even by a pope. An addendum demonstrates how the "for all" translation of the all-English canon is in error. 198 pages, paperback, $19.95 from Catholic Treasures. Trinchard, Fr. Paul: "NEW MASS" CONCLUSIVELY INVALID: ACCORDING TO THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE. This book presents the theological evidence that the "New Mass" is conclusively invalid, using the principles from Apostolic Tradition reiterated in Apostolicae Curae by Pope Leo XIII declaring the Anglican "New Mass" invalid. 252 pages, paperback, $16.00 from MAETA. Vaillancourt, Fr. Kevin: THE TRIDENTINE MASS: AN EXPLANATION AND COMMENTARY. A series for those who wish to increase their devotion to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Particularly useful for those who are just beginning to attend the Traditional Latin Mass or those who wish to refresh their basic knowledge about the content of the Mass. Three audiocassettes, $22.00 + $5.00 shipping from Catholic Research Institute. MASS - DVDS For DVDs of various forms of the Traditional Latin Mass (Low, High, Solemn), many with the best of classical polyphonic music, consult the catalog of Catholic Counterpoint. IMMEMORIAL TRIDENTINE MASS: LIVE 1940 RECORDING. This VHS videocassette and DVD of the Solemn Easter Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Chicago is narrated and explained by Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen. It is absolutely the best recording of the Traditional Latin Mass, for although it is in black and white, it comes from the learned grace of a period where this was the only form of Mass celebrated daily in every Roman Catholic church in the world. $20.00 from Keep the Faith. MASS -- HANDMISSALS Lefebvre, Dom Gaspar: THE SAINT ANDREW DAILY MISSAL WITH VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS AND FEASTS AND KYRIALE. The most complete truly traditional missal in print. The Ordinary and the Propers of all daily and Sunday Masses are printed in Latin and English. Also includes the Latin-English text of the common Sacraments, a treasury of liturgical prayers and litanies, and the texts and music for Vespers and all the chant Masses. Contains outstanding and detailed traditional commentaries on the liturgical, historical, and spiritual meaning of the Propers for each Sunday and feastday. Reprint of the 1945 edition. 1978+ pages, hardbound with gilt page edges and five ribbon markers, $58.00 + $11.00 shipping from St. Bonaventure Publications. Lasance, F.X.: THE NEW ROMAN MISSAL. The second most complete missal in print. The Ordinary and the Propers of all daily and Sunday Masses are printed in Latin and English. The Ordinary of the Mass is printed in red and black type and includes large illustrations. Other features of this missal are a complete explanation of the meaning and benefits of each part of the Mass, a brief account of the lives of the Saints for each day of the year, an examination of conscience, and various devotions and prayers. Published in 1945, updated to 1958. 1852 pages, red and black type, black hardcover with gilded edges and ribbon markers, $39.95 from Catholic Treasures Books. Stedman, Fr. Joseph: MY SUNDAY MISSAL EXPLAINED. This is a faithful reproduction of the 1941 edition of the classic "pocket missal" edited by Fr. Stedman and used by soldiers in the fields of World War II. It has red and black ink on each page and provides a Table of Moveable Feasts until 2018. It contains the Latin and English for the Ordinary of the Mass, with Propers for all Sundays of the year, with an explanation for the layman. A unique numbering system explains how to follow the Mass. 354 pages. $15.00 from MAETA. MASS -- MUSIC Montani, Nicola A: THE ST. GREGORY HYMNAL AND CATHOLIC CHOIR BOOK, COMPLETE EDITION (1941). This hymnal has been the standard and most popular Catholic choir hymnal in the United States from the 1920s. It contains a complete collection of Latin Masses, motets, hymns and liturgical music for the various seasons of the ecclesiastical years, together with English hymns. The complete edition also contains the four-part music for organ. It contains devotional 450 melodies from traditional sources that are truly Catholic in origin. $35.00 + $4.99 shipping from Neumann Press. Rossini, Carlos: "PROPER" OF THE MASS FOR THE ENTIRE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR. This book provides the Propers of the Mass (Introit, Gradual-Alleluia- Tract, Offertory, and Communion) in psalmtone, with organ accompaniment, for the temporal and sanctoral cycles of the year. The Liber Usualis provides the full chant for the Propers (without organ accompaniment), but some choirs find some or all of the Gregorian settings too difficult. The psalmtone settings, which are perfectly acceptable to use for part or all of the Proper music of the sung Mass, provide a simpler, yet beautiful, way of rendering the Propers. Fr. Rossini was for many years organist and choir director at St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh from 1927 to 1949. MASS -- SERVING HANDBOOK FOR ALTAR SERVERS. Covers general principles, Mass with one server, Mass with two servers, High Mass, Requiem High Mass and Funeral, Solemn High Mass, Solemn Requiem High Mass, Simple Vespers, Solemn Vespers, Benediction, Solemn Benediction, Processions, Communion Outside Mass, and Server's Mass Prayers (with pronunciation), Server's Prayers. 44 pages, paperback, $4.00 from Angelus Press. HOW TO SERVE LOW MASS & BENEDICTION. Covers all the movements of serving, with ample use of diagrams, and the Latin responses with the English sound of each Latin word directly above, according to the 1962 rubrics. 48 pages, paperback, $9.95 from Angelus Press. SERVING AT THE ALTAR: LEARNING TO SERVE A LOW MASS WITH ONE SERVER. Consists of an audiocassette or CD that helps the server learn the correct pronunciation of the Latin responses, a booklet that provides the server with complete and detailed instructions for serving Low Mass, and a laminated card of Latin prayers and responses. 46-page booklet, audiocassette or CD, card, $11.00 + $5.00 shipping from Catholic Research Institute. SERVING LOW MASS - RESPONSES AND CEREMONIAL (#872). A practice involving all of the server's Latin responses at Low Mass, together with a summary of the ceremonial of serving Low Mass and selected Latin prayers for before and after Mass (1962 Missal). $2.50 from MAETA. PERIODICALS (IN ORDER OF RECOMMENDATION) #1 - CATHOLIC VOICE. The best. Excellent articles on traditional Roman Catholicism for the layperson. #2 - ROMAN CATHOLIC. Very good. Very useful articles on the Catholic spiritual life from a traditional point of view. #3 - REIGN OF MARY. Good. A variety of articles on doctrine, practice, history, and devotion from a traditional Catholic perspective. #4 - FOUR MARKS. Good. Articles on traditional Catholic issues. #5 - ABBEY REPORT. Good. Several articles on traditional Catholic subjects. ROSARY ROSARIUM (THE ROSARY). This compact disc contains all fifteen decades of the Most Holy Rosary, with opening and closing prayers, all prayed in Latin. It concludes with the Angelus, also prayed in Latin. Many traditional Catholics are finding that praying the Most Holy Rosary in the Church's sacred languages brings a depth of understanding that repetition in the common vernacular does not afford. The recitation of the Angelus once a day, or better thrice a day at morning, noon, and evening, is a simple traditional devotion that should be taken up actively by traditional Catholics. St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary Tapes. SAINTS CATHOLIC HISTORY THROUGH BIOGRAPHY. The best little book on the lives of the saints and their influence on the Church and the world. Sixteen saints are featured, about one for each century. The writing is straightforward and reverent without being saccharine. $12.95 + $2.95 shipping from Roman Catholic books. Schuster, George N.: THE WORLD'S GREAT CATHOLIC LITERATURE. Contains significant excerpts of works by many Catholic Saints and authors representing many centuries from earliest to the modern day. $24.95 + $2.95 shipping from Roman Catholic Books. Williamson, Claude: GREAT CATHOLICS. A book summarizing the life and times of 36 saints and saintly persons, each described by a different author. The list extends from St. Paul to Cardinal Hayes (ob. 1938). $19.95 + $2.95 shipping from Roman Catholic Books. TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC FAITH VS. VATICAN II & THE NOVUS ORDO Guimaraes, Atila Sinke, with Michael J. Matt, John Vennari, and Marian Therese Horvat: WE RESIST YOU TO THE FACE. Analyzes the consequences of the adaptation of the Church to the modern world and the consequences of ecumenism, as applied since Vatican II. The authors declare themselves in a state of resistance relative to the teachings of Vatican Council II, Popes John XXIII and Paul VI, and to the teachings of John Paul II that are objectively opposed to the prior ordinary and extraordinary papal magisterium." The authors affirm that this position implies the desire neither to judge the pope nor to declare the Apostolic See vacant. They base their act on Doctors of the Church, among them, St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Robert Bellarmine. $13.00 + $3.00 shipping from Tradition in Action. Guimaraes, Atila Sinke & Marian Therese Horvat: PREVIEWS OF THE NEW PAPACY. Practically 500 photographs of what has happened to the papacy since Vatican II: awash in a sea of semi-nudity, engaging in paganistic dance, abandoning the unmistakable symbols of the papacy, schmoozing, often in a religious context, with heretics, schismatics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hinduists, and, yes, even Voodoists. There is little explanatory text; the photographs speak for themselves. $13.00 + $3.00 shipping from Tradition in Action. "In the Spirit of Chartres" Committee: WHAT WE HAVE LOST ... AND THE ROAD TO RESTORATION: A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE CHANGES IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. This 50-minute VHS videocassette is beautifully produced, with historical footage of the traditional Latin Mass, Sacraments, and papal ceremonies, as contrasted with the phoniness of the Novus Ordo Mess and other rites. The contrast will truly be shocking to those who have gradually slipped into the Novus Ordo Protestant-Masonic-Pagan service without realizing its unCatholicity. $5 + $3 shipping from "In the Spirit of Chartres" Committee. Kramer, Fr. Paul L.: A THEOLOGICAL VINDICATION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITIONALISM. A devastating indictment of the New Mass, critiqued on the basis of traditional and conciliar documents. 163 pages, paperback, 1997 $9.95 from Angelus Press. Le Roux, Abbe Daniel: PETER, LOVEST THOU ME? JOHN PAUL II: POPE OF TRADITION OR POPE OF REVOLUTION. A shocking chronicle of what has been going on in the current papacy, as documented by Vatican news reports and photographs. 213 pages, paperback, $13.95 from Angelus Press. Omlor, Patrick Henry: THE ROBBER CHURCH, AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF PATRICK HENRY OMLOR FROM 1967-1997. Omlor, the first major traditional author, dropped his first bombshell in 1967, when he wrote a treatise questioning the validity of Masses using the all-English Canon. The current volume incorporates 30 years of research and writing on the errors of the New Mass and the New Theology. 400 pages, paperback, $25.00 + $5.00 shipping from Catholic Research Institute. Ottaviani, Alfredo Cardinal; Bacci, Antonio Cardinal; and a Group of Roman Theologians: THE OTTAVIANI INTERVENTION: SHORT CRITICAL STUDY OF THE NEW ORDER OF MASS. The definitive critique of the New Mass, in which the leading Roman cardinals plead with Pope Paul VI in 1969 to abrogate the New Mass because of its "manifest errors against the integrity of the Catholic Faith." 63 pages, paperback, $5.00 from Tan Books. Radecki, Frs. Francisco & Dominic: WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? An outstanding methodical study of the unCatholic changes in Newchurch since Vatican II. Detailed comparisons of Mass and Sacramental formulae; full references. 348 pages, paperback, $13.95 from Mary Immaculate Queen Gifts & Books. Ruby, G.L.: THE RESURRECTION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: A GUIDE TO THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC MOVEMENT. This book describes how the true Roman Catholic Church is to be found in the traditional clergy and Traditional Latin Mass sites around the United States and the world rather in the Church of the New Order, which is not really Catholic. 481 pages, paperback, $24.95, from Writers Club Press. TWO RITES OBSERVED. This VHS videocassette includes Easter Sunday 1990 in the Traditional Latin rite of Mass and in the Novus Ordo (New Mass) rite, as celebrated in St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. Once you've viewed this video, you'll know why so many true Catholics have abandoned the Novus Ordo and returned to the Traditional Latin Mass, wherever they can find it. $20.00 from Keep the Faith. Trinchard, Fr. Paul: "NEW MASS" CONCLUSIVELY INVALID, ACCORDING TO THE PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE. Ordained a Jesuit priest and having received his Pontifical Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) just before the institution of the "New Mass," the author celebrated the "New Mass" all the days of his priesthood. After his retirement as a diocesan priest, he undertook a fifteen-year research and study of the "New Mass" versus the canonized Traditional Latin Mass and determined that on the basis of Roman Catholic theology, particularly Pope Leo XIII's Bull "Apostolicae Curae," which declared the Anglican service invalid after 300 years, Fr. Trinchard was shocked to discover that the "New Mass" is conclusively invalid. In this book he presents the evidence of his research and study on the question. Paperback, 2004, $16.00 + $6.00 postage and handling from MAETA. Wathen, Fr. James F.: THE GREAT SACRILEGE. The best doctrinal, liturgical, and canonical critique of the New Mass, from 1971. 181 pages, paperback, $9.00 from Tan Books.