Where can I get a French Missal? I have a friend that is going to France this summer and needs a missal to help follow the French Mass.

-- Scott (papasquat10@hotmail.com), April 18, 2004

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Scott, I believe you can get a French copy of either a Daily Missalette or a Sunday Missalette to follow along at mass from:

Novalis

Attention: Germaine Blais - Laframboise Hall, Room 171

C/O St. Paul University, 223 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 1C4

phone: 613-236-1393 ext. 2200, fax: 613-782-3004

Novalis publish a Missalette for Mass. In English, I know its entitled “Living With Christ”. They publish it in both English and French. Your friend might have to pay for a monthly subscription for the time he/she requires the missalettes. Novalis has a website at: www.novalis.ca, however, the site is under construction but should be back up and running in the near future.

Hope this helps.

-- Ed (catholic4444@yahoo.ca), April 27, 2004.

Just an update to advise the Novalis site is now up and running. You can check it out here at:

www.novalis.ca

-- Ed (catholic4444@yahoo.ca), May 02, 2004.

Scott,

Your friend will find that if he/she's visiting a tourist area of France it's possible that there will also be an English-speaking Mass. In many European countries the larger parishes in tourist areas often provide Masses in English and sometimes German. If your friend's staying in a hotel they should be able to advise him the time of an English-speaking Mass.

God bless

Sara

-- Sara (sara_catholic_forum@yahoo.co.uk), May 02, 2004.

Wouldn't it be nice if there were a liturgical language so that no matter where you went in the world, the Mass would be the same? You could have one missal that you could use anywhere. Oh, wait - we tried that for many centuries until the "renewal".

-- Nick (nixplace39@hotmail.com), May 03, 2004.

Still do, Nick, It is very likely a travelor to France can find a Latin mass to attend. Maybe more likely than an English one ;)

Bill

-- Bill Nelson (bnelson45-nospam@hotmail.com), May 03, 2004.

Here is a list of Latin Masses in France: brian.crane@cranemills.com), May 03, 2004.

Yikes, I don't know what happened there. Let's try the link again: Indult masses in France

Nick said: Wouldn't it be nice if there were a liturgical language so that no matter where you went in the world, the Mass would be the same? You could have one missal that you could use anywhere

I completely agree. What's more this would help unite the parish communities here in the U.S. by doing away, for the most part, Spanish masses (in my area) that divide the these communities by language. Sacrosanctum Concilium allowed for the use of vernacular in the liturgy where needed (especially in mission countries). But this guideline of Latin first, and vernacular as needed has been turned upside down. Now its vernacular first (yes I know Latin is still the official language of the Church), and Latin which needs an indult and bishop's approval. Sacrosanctum Concilium states:

36. 1. Particular law remaining in force, the use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rites.

2. But since the use of the mother tongue, whether in the Mass, the administration of the sacraments, or other parts of the liturgy, frequently may be of great advantage to the people, the limits of its employment may be extended. This will apply in the first place to the readings and directives, and to some of the prayers and chants, according to the regulations on this matter to be laid down separately in subsequent chapters.

-- Brian Crane (brian.crane@cranemills.com), May 03, 2004.