The Dominican Rite Reemerges

Traditionalists, and everyone else, are often unaware of the “other Latin rites” besides the classical Roman Rite (“Tridentine Mass” or now “Extraordinary Form”). There were, in fact numerous rites celebrated in Latin at the time of the Council of Trent. Those 200-years-old or older were safe from the suppression contained in Quo Primum for rites not meeting that qualification.

It is gratifying to see that, in addition to the revival of the Classical Roman Rite, other venerable liturgical traditions are being reanimated. The Dominicans, one of those whose ancient “use” of the Roman Rite was spared suppression, have their own ritual. It differs minimally, though recognizably, from the Roman Rite. (I once had the privilege to serve the Mass of Father John O’Connor, O.P., who celebrated according to this form. He informed me only as we were leaving the sacristy that I was about to serve the Dominican Rite! I didn’t get as lost as I feared I would.)

Anyway, the Dominican Rite is being revived at the Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska, reports CNA:

Dominican rite aims to shine from the ‘dark ages’