This page contains helpful information for those who may want to learn more about the Traditional Latin Mass.  This is not a requirement of those looking into the Secular Carmelites. 

  1. Why Pray in Latin?  This link contains information about the importance of Latin, and gives guides on how to pronounce Ecclesiastical Latin.
  2. How to Pray in Latin.  This link contains pronunciation guides for some common Catholic prayers.
  3. What to Pray in Latin.  This link contains an on-line Catholic Latin-English prayer book.
  4. Learn to Pray the Traditional Latin Mass.  This link contains videos and downloads to help participate in the Latin Mass.
Hymns - please forgive the You tube ads that may be linked.
  1. Salve Regina - (Hail Holy Queen).  This prayer is recited at the end of the Rosary, and is one of four Marian antiphons, traditionally said or sung after night prayers, immediately before going to sleep. This would be said the day after Pentecost until the beginning of Advent.
  2. Alma Redemptoris Mater - (Loving Mother of Our Redeemer). This is the Marian antiphon, sung from Advent to Candlemas (Feb 2nd).
  3. Ave Regina Coelorum - (Welcome, O Queen of Heaven). This is the Marian antiphon, sung from Feb 3rd through the end of Lent.
  4. Regina Coeli. (Queen of Heaven). This is the Marian antiphon, sung from Easter through Pentecost.
  5. Flos Carmeli - (Flower of Carmel).  This 13th century hymn to Our Lady is attributed to St. Simon Stock. The lyrics in both English and Latin can be found here.
Links to a few communities that celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in the United States:
  1. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP), is a community of priests that were canonically erected by Pope St John Paul II in 1988. Their locations in the United States can be found here.
  2. The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest was canonically erected in 1990. Their locations can be found here.
  3. The Canons Regular of St. Thomas Aquinas was canonically established in 2020 and is found in Madison, IL.
  4. The Canons Regular of St. John Cantius celebrates the liturgy in both the Novos Ordo and Vetus Ordo forms, and is found in Chicago, IL.
  5. Institute of the Good Shepherd, (IBP) is a community of priests that was established in 2006 under the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI. There is currently only one location in the US, in Winchester, New Hampshire; website can be found here.
  6. The Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer (FSSR) was received back into full communion with the See of Peter in 2008. This group was invited to establish a Monastery in the diocese of Great Fall- Billings, Montana.  There is no website for the monastery, but it appears that they support the Most Holy Rosary House in Jordan, Montana.
  7. The Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) currently has an irregular status within the church. A few facts about the SSPX can be found here. A list of the SSPX Chapels can be found here.  In recent news, the SSPX recently consecrated a newly built shrine called the Immaculata, in the town of St. Mary's, Kansas.
Where can I find a Traditional Latin Mass?

   Below are links to find a Traditional Latin Mass, that would include diocesan churches.  Please use diligence to confirm that the location you may want to visit is in communion with Rome .

Here are a few communities that have the Tradition Latin Mass, and use Latin and/or Gregorian Chant in the Divine Office:
  1. Monastery of the Little Flower of Jesus (Discalced Carmelite Nuns in Buffalo, NY)
  2. Monastery of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and St Joseph (Discalced Carmelites Nuns, formally from Brooklyn NY, moving to Pleasant Mount, PA)
  3. Monastery of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Discalced Carmelite Nuns, Fairfield, PA)
  4. Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Discalced Carmelite Nuns, Valparaiso, Nebraska)
  5. Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Discalced Carmelite Nuns, Post Falls, Idaho)
  6. Carmelite Monastery of the Infant of Prague ( Discalced Carmelite Nuns, Traverse City, Michigan)
  7. Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles (Benedictine Nuns, Gower, Missouri)
  8. Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey (Benedictine Monks, Hulbert, Oklahoma)
  9. Sisters, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (St Benedict Center, Harvard, Massachusetts)
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Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites