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Submitted by R Pickett on Thu, 23/01/2025 - 11:06

LMS celebrates the diverse heritage of the traditional movement

The Latin Mass Society is a member of Una Voce, a worldwide confederation of national and regional organisations dedicated to the traditional Latin Mass. Throughout the Holy Year 2025 the society is holding a series of special Sung Masses in association with other Una Voce groups.

The first of these was held on Monday 20 January in association with Una Voce Nigeria. Members of the Nigerian diaspora attended a Sung Mass of Bl Michael Tansi, a twentieth century Igbo Nigerian priest, who was beatified by St John Paul II in 1998.

Submitted by Portia Berry-Kilby on Thu, 16/01/2025 - 14:41

Dates for your diary

We are pleased to share the following confirmed dates of upcoming national events. Further details will be posted on our website in due course.

St Catherine’s Trust Summer School
3rd - 9th August

Residential Latin Course
11th - 16th August

Walsingham Pilgrimage
21st - 24th August

Annual Sung Mass at Chiddeock
20th September

Annual Sung Mass at Snave
20th September

Annual Oxford Pilgrimage
18th October

Submitted by Gareth Copping on Thu, 16/01/2025 - 00:00

Iota Unum returns - a new series of talks in London for Traditional Catholics

quippe dico vobis: donec transeat caelum et terra, iota unum aut unus apex non praeteribit a lege donec omnia fiant.

For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled.
(Mat 5:18)

Submitted by R Pickett on Mon, 16/12/2024 - 13:47

Christmas Mass Times 2024

LMS members are able to view online Mass Listings for Christmastide here.

Here our Chairman explains why full Mass listings are only available to LMS members. If you would like to know about Mass times in a particular area, please contact the LMS office.

O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin and enter in;
be born in us today.

Submitted by Portia Berry-Kilby on Mon, 16/12/2024 - 10:28

Hundreds of intentions prayed for during November

During the month of November, weekly Masses were celebrated for the intentions of Latin Mass Society members and benefactors. Members and benefactors were invited to send us the names of deceased persons they wished to have prayed for; hundreds of people were prayed for at these Masses.

Submitted by Portia Berry-Kilby on Tue, 03/12/2024 - 13:19

LMS Shop restocks with Christmas items

The Latin Mass Society's Shop has been stocked with a range of items suitable for the celebration of Advent and Christmas. We offer a selection of devotional books to take you through the season of Advent, and books that tell the great story of Christmas. We also offer an attractive range of Christmas cards, a calendar for 2025, and an updated Ordo for 2025. We encourage you to place orders as soon as possible to ensure delivery by Christmas. The office will be closed between Christmas and New Year.

Please visit lms.org.uk/Christmas to browse our festive items.

Submitted by R Pickett on Mon, 07/10/2024 - 10:12

November Masses - leave your Mass intentions here

A Requiem Mass will be offered each week throughout November 2024 for the intentions of Latin Mass Society members and benefactors. The first of these will be the LMS Annual High Requiem Mass, which this year will be held at the Birmingham Oratory on All Souls' Day, Saturday 2 November, at 11.00 am. The other Masses will be offered as private celebrations each week throughout the month. Members and benefactors can leave the names of deceased persons they wish to pray for here.

Submitted by R Pickett on Mon, 12/08/2024 - 09:51

Guild of St Clare - Discount Day

12 August is the feast day of St Clare of Assisi and the patronal day of the Guild of St Clare. To celebrate we are offering a 20% discount on all guild products. Cliick here to go to our online store and see our guild offerings:

Submitted by Portia Berry-Kilby on Thu, 18/07/2024 - 08:40

LMS patron launches public petition in support of the Latin Mass

LMS patron James MacMillan has started a change.org petition to "Stop the ban on the Traditional Latin Mass". This petition follows his letter to The Times on July 3rd, which included Catholic and non-Catholic signatories, stressing the importance of the Old Rite and imploring Rome not to introduce further restrictions on the Mass.

Submitted by Gareth Copping on Wed, 03/07/2024 - 12:26

LMS Patrons lead a joint letter to save the Traditional Mass

PRESS RELEASE - Latin Mass Society Patrons lead a joint letter to save the Traditional Mass

The Latin Mass Society welcomes the intervention of 48 prominent figures of culture, academia, and politics, including Catholics and non-Catholics, in a letter to The Times published today, in support of the Traditional Mass.

The letter appeals to the value of the ancient Mass both as a cultural artefact—‘a cathedral of text and gesture’—and an irreplaceable spiritual treasure, with a unique ability to ‘encourage silence and contemplation’.