Novus Ordo Latin Mass Cards
  • ejklemz
    Posts: 3
    Hey guys,

    Does anyone know of a pew card for purchase with the ordinaries in Latin? I'm VERY slowly but surely having my parish swap the Mass responses to Latin—so far we sing the Sanctus and the Agnus Dei to Missa XVIII, my next step will either be the Gloria (currently the Heritage setting, I tried to change it once and had to deal with some VERY grumpy boomers) or the Mysterium Fidei, depending on the temperature of the figurative water. But so far so good.

    However, as our parishioners are not very accustomed to Latin, I've been requested to have the Latin responses available on a Mass card like we currently do in English (the plastic-y ones from Vianney). I can't seem to find anything that isn't the extraordinary form or just English. Just looking at the text, not super interested in printing the chant notation yet as we were singing the same setting but in English.

    Do I just need to make one myself? If so, any recs on how to make a durable one?
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,157
    Using modern notation is probably a good choice.

    For moderate durability, you could have them printed on card-stock at a copy-shop like Staples or Fedex Office. If you get them coated in plastic, they'll last longer, but then you won't want to make changes in them because of the expense.

    Here's an example for the sort of pew card I've made a few times. Since you didn't mention what Gloria you want to include, I put the English version in.

    (Note: I recognize there are some inconsistencies in this sample, but it's enough to demonstrate how this sort of thing can look.)
    card-latin-forum.pdf
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