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A complete deck for the 1962 Missale Romanum

Memorise the Traditional Latin Mass with Renaissance-style imagery, studio-quality Latin pronunciation on every card, and smart scheduling that brings each word back right before you would forget it. Built for lay parishioners, choristers, seminarians, and clergy.

510
root words from the Order of Mass and Propers
83
phrase pairs covering every section of the Mass
FSRS
smart scheduling tuned for memorisation, shows each word right before you would forget
Audio
Studio-quality Latin pronunciation and devotional imagery on every card
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Introibo ad altare Dei.

I will go in to the altar of God.

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What people say so far

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How it compares

Built for the Mass, not for everything

Generic flashcard apps work for any subject. That is also their weakness for Latin liturgy. Here is what changes when the corpus, the audio, and the imagery are all curated for the 1962 Missale Romanum.

Feature TheLatinMass.org Anki Quizlet Memrise DIY Anki Mass deck
Mass-specific corpus (Order of Mass + Propers) ✓ − − − ✓
Studio-quality Latin audio on every card ✓ device TTS only user-uploaded varies by course −
Devotional Renaissance imagery per word ✓ − − − −
Interlinear English in hand-missal style ✓ − − − −
Modern FSRS scheduling ✓ ✓ SM-2 variant own algorithm ✓
Catholic teaching notes on each card ✓ − − − if author adds them
Works in any browser, no install ✓ AnkiWeb limited ✓ ✓ Anki only
Revenue donated to TLM parishes ✓ − − − −

Comparison reflects publicly documented features as of 2026. Anki and Quizlet are general-purpose tools, not Latin-Mass products; the comparison is about fit for this specific purpose, not overall quality.

Common questions

Frequently asked

If you have a question that is not here, email info@thelatinmass.org and it will probably make it onto this list.

What is The Latin Mass App?
A spaced-repetition flashcard app for memorising the 1962 Tridentine Latin Mass. It contains 643 root words and 83 phrase pairs drawn from the Order of Mass and the Propers, with studio-quality Latin pronunciation audio on every card (generated by ElevenLabs and reviewed per card for ecclesiastical pronunciation) and curated devotional imagery.
How many cards does it include?
643 root words and 83 phrase pairs covering the Order of Mass and selected Propers from the 1962 Missale Romanum. Cards cover nouns, verbs, adjectives, and complete liturgical phrases with English translations.
What scheduling algorithm does it use?
FSRS (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler), a modern algorithm that predicts when you are about to forget each card and brings it back just before that. FSRS measurably outperforms the older SM-2 algorithm used by Anki and Quizlet in published retention studies. You do not need to know any of this to use the app; the Hard / Good / Easy buttons do the work for you.
What does it cost?
Free during the beta. After beta, a small annual subscription will fund the project; the revenue after Stripe fees and minimal operating costs is split 50/50 between two Brisbane Latin Mass parishes. A public transparency ledger of every disbursement will be published when subscriptions go live.
Who is it for?
Lay parishioners who want to follow the Mass in Latin, choristers and schola directors learning the propers, seminarians preparing for ordination, and clergy refreshing their working Latin. The interlinear English layout works at any level.
Do I need Anki or any other tool?
No. The app runs in any modern browser, including on a phone, and stores your progress in the cloud so you can pick up where you left off on any device.
Is the audio AI or a real voice?
AI-generated, using ElevenLabs. We chose it because the quality is dramatically higher than the generic device text-to-speech that ships with Anki or Quizlet, and a real schola recording of every card was outside the beta budget. Each card was reviewed for ecclesiastical pronunciation. The trade-off is honest: not a real human voice, but close enough that most users cannot tell.
What is coming next?
Currently in beta: 1962 Order of Mass + selected Propers. Roadmap (subject to change): the full annual Proper cycle, sung-tone audio variants, custom decks for individual scholas, and a printable phrase booklet companion. Beta users help set priorities.