
The Dominican Rite is the rite particular to the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans). It is, to say the least, gorgeous! The Dominican Rite is very ancient. The present missal was approved by Pope Clement IV in A.D. 1267. The holy Dominican priests and sisters of old prayed this rite every day, including, Pope Saint Pius V, the first Dominican pope!
During the 1960s, with the spirit of "change all or be square," everything was indeed changed. At that time, some peddled the idea that the last hurrah for the Dominican Rite was passing quickly. They said that the backwardness of the Dominican Rite would not fit us moderns (me, born in 1979?) .
...however, just for a quick post scriptum note, these same persons also forgot that some legacies aren't overcome. But then again, what beady-eyed liberal was ever tolerant of the Church's liturgical patrimony? For the autocratic liberals, the church was born during or just after the 1960s. Voodoo-style or polka Masses are okay for them, but never a Mass in Latin.
We thank the Dominicans in Rome for their hearty generosity. The Dominican convent at the Angelicum is for those friars from the Italian Province as well as for those on the faculty of the Pontifical Univeristy there. Many thanks to all of them for sharing this heritage with us! Laus Deo Beatae Mariae et Beato Dominico!
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hmm not sure...
You most often find it in a Church!
There are a number of OPs who say the Dominican Rite in Australia, and all ordained well after VII
The Dominican Rite of Mass and some introductory comments may be found at this site.
friends:
thanks. i haven't seen much in print anywhere in rome. what i use is an italian-latin hand missal entitled, "messale domenicano." it was published in a. 1959 in turin by the province of st. peter martyr. it has the nice "calendario domenicano" as well as the "liturgia domenicana."
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