REVIEW: Travel-size 1962 Missale Romanum – AT LAST!

  • Looking for a gift for a traditionally-minded priest?
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  • Looking for materials for your budding Extraordinary Form Mass group in your parish?
  • Looking for the right stuff for your own home’s private chapel for when Father visits?

This is just the thing.

I recently received from the great Canons of St. John Cantius in Chicago, a new printing of a travel-size 1962 Missale Romanum.  They have it in their webstore.  HERE

So many priests and I have lamented the paucity of small-format altar missals, more convenient for travel or for smaller altars in, say, private chapels. Now we have a good option.

Let’s have a look.

The book comes in a sturdy slip cover.  It is bound in burgundy leather with gilt-edged pages and sturdy tabs.

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Embossed with gold.

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Fine quality paper and very clear font.

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It was produced by the Fraternity of St. Peter.  However, the guys at St. John Cantius sent me one and the FSSP guy did not.  Ergo…

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It is published with ecclesiastical approval.

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You can see the size of the book in relation to my thumb.

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In relation to a pen.

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The so-called “Gallican Prefaces” are included among the standard Prefaces.  For those of you unfamiliar with the term, these are Prefaces for Advent, the Blessed Sacrament, Dedication of a Church, All Saints and Holy Patrons.  They were granted for use in 1962.  Not everyone agrees that they ought to be used, but I would rather have them in the book and be able to choose to use them or not.

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A fine image of the Lord, as the “T” of the Te igitur.

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Of course the More Solemn Tone of Prefaces are included in an appendix.

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I like the way the ribbons are constructed.  They are strong and reinforced but in such a way as to damage the pages.  There are six ribbons.  That should get us by.

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Placet.

From the Biretta Books website:

The high quality features of this beautifully produced Missale Romanum include: 1224 pages with gilt edges, 6 ½”width x 8 5/8”height x 1 5/8”depth, handmade plastic tabs on both sides, bordered bands, cover in burgundy split leather with gold stamping, and includes a sturdy Missal slipcase.

Please note that since this Missal was printed in Germany, the propers for the United States or Canada are not included. We will soon have a supplement with the American feasts that can be inserted in the Missal.

NB: I exchanged email with Fr. Haynes in Chicago.  They are indeed publishing the supplement for the USA.  He didn’t say when it would be available, but I assume it is coming soon.

To purchase this fine Missale Romanum go HERE.

Also, there is a video about the missal:

PS: One of these days we will get a really small one, like those used by military chaplains back in the day.

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