Article: Traditional Mass in Latin makes a quiet comeback in the Valley

By ADRIANA JANOVICH

YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

MABTON -- How quiet the sanctuary is this Sunday evening.

The only sounds during most of the Mass are those people make when they move: standing to kneeling, kneeling to sitting, sitting to standing. When they shift positions, pews creak, clothing rustles.

The low voice of the priest melds with the shuffling of pages worshippers turn as they follow along in the "Latin-English Booklet Missal for Praying the Traditional Mass."

It's traditional because it's centuries old; parts of it date back about 1,500 years.

And to the delight of local Catholic traditionalists, it's making a comeback in the modern-day Yakima Valley.

The Traditional Mass, also known ...

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