The Traditional Latin Mass WILL Overtake the Novus Ordo before 2066…

…Unless someone puts a stop to it.

The Traditional Latin Mass WILL Overtake the Novus Ordo within this century, and here are the stats to prove it:

According to Pew Research, there are approx. 52 Million Catholic Adults in the United States.

Ref. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/12/9-facts-about-us-catholics/

Around 25% (2021 Pew Research Study) attend Mass weekly, or approx. 13 Million Catholics in the US attend Mass weekly.

Ref. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-are-now-religiously-unaffiliated/

There are 17,755 Parishes in the United States (with an additional 585 pastoral centers and 2,618 missions).

Ref. https://www.usccb.org/offices/public-affairs/laity-and-parishes

There are around 658 Parishes that celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass.

Ref. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-growth-of-the-latin-mass-a-survey

The average number of weekend Masses was 3.8 (as of 2010).

Ref. https://www.ncronline.org/news/study-finds-us-catholic-parishes-growing-larger-more-complex

Dividing the total Mass Attending Population by the total number of Masses ((Total Number of Parishes + Pastoral Centers + Missions) x Average Number of Weekend Masses) in the United Stated yields approx. 163 Catholics who attend the average Mass in the United States (13,000,000 Catholics / 79,640 Weekend Masses).

The Average number of Catholics who attend the Traditional Latin Mass is around 196 per Mass across the 658 Parishes. 15% do not offer the Latin Mass every Sunday or around 99 of the 658 who offer the Latin Mass, and this data is not relevant to my write-up. Of the 559 remaining Parishes offering the Latin Mass, 52% offer at least one every weekend, and 33% offer more than one. Based on this data, we will assume approximately 217 Parishes offer 2 or more Latin Masses every Sunday, counting around 434 Latin Masses every weekend, and an additional 342 Parishes offering one Traditional Latin Mass every Sunday with a total greater than 776 Traditional Latin Masses every weekend.

Ref. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-growth-of-the-latin-mass-a-survey

This would put the total number of Traditional Latin Mass Attendance in the United States at greater than 152,096 on any given weekend. (776 Masses x 196 Average Attendees) or approx. 1.1% of the Catholics Attending Mass in the United States every weekend.

This seems like a small number, but it doesn’t tell the full story, with less than 1% (0.97%) of the total number of Masses being a Traditional Latin Mass, they account for greater than 1.1% of the total weekly Catholic Mass Attendees.

The total number of Novus Ordo Catholics attending Mass Weekly per Mass is approx. 163 ((Total Catholic Population - Traditional Latin Mass Attendees) / (Total Masses - Average Traditional Latin Masses)) (12,847,904 / 78,864).

This means that Traditional Latin Mass Attendance, on Average, is 20% higher, and over the course of January 2019 to June 2021, an increase of greater than 30% was measured, (approx. 145 per Mass in January of 2019 to 196 per Mass in June of 2021.)

Ref. https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-growth-of-the-latin-mass-a-survey

If that growth continues, the Traditional Latin Mass will see this kind of growth in United States:

Jun. of 2026: approx. 197,724

Jan. of 2029: approx. 257,042

Jun. of 2031: approx. 334,154

Jan. of 2034: approx. 434,401

Jun. of 2036: approx. 564,721

Jan. of 2039: approx. 734,138

Jun. of 2041: approx. 954,379

Jan. of 2044: approx. 1,240,693

Jun. of 2046: approx. 1,612,901

Jan. of 2049: approx. 2,096,772

Jun. of 2051: approx. 2,725,804

Jan. of 2054: approx. 3,543,545

Jun. of 2056: approx. 4,606,609

Jan. of 2059: approx. 5,988,591

Jun. of 2061: approx. 7,785,169

Jan. of 2064: approx. 10,120,720

Jun. of 2066: approx. 13,156,936

Jan. of 2069: approx. 17,104,017

Jun. of 2071: approx. 22,235,222

Jan. of 2074: approx. 28,905,785

And so on…

Based on this, it is within the realm of possibility that the Traditional Latin Mass could overtake the Novus Ordo within the twenty-first century, as early as the 2060s.

This is why it is being restricted.

Sincerely,

Your Brother in Spirit, Frater Spiritus

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