Beginning in the late 1600s, the Indian missions of Canada developed their own unique liturgical traditions that utilized native language ordinaries and propers in the Mass. These liturgies continued to be used through the 1800s and in some cases, even up to Vatican II and beyond.

The Gradual of the Seven Nations is the first attempt to unite these historical liturgies into one book. The fruit of years of research, it aims to preserve these wonderful traditions and to make them accessible to a modern audience, particularly for Native Catholic communities but also for other parishes in

We intend to publish the Gradual of the Seven Nations as a single book in the future. But in order to generate interest and raise funds for the project, we have decided to make spiral-bound editions available for each mission use, as these are properly formatted and prepared for publication.

First to be released is the Iroquois use of Kanesatake or Oka. Compiled from two 19th-century publications, the Kaiatonserase (1860) and the Tsiatak Nihononwentsiake or Book of Seven Nations (1865).

2023  •  5.5" x 8.5"  •  66 pages  

Contents:
• Asperges & Vidi Aquam
• Introit for Advent, Septuagesima, Lent & Post-Pentecost
• Introit for Christmastide, Epiphany, Post-Epiphany, & Eastertide
• Introit for Passion & Palm Sundays
• Introit for Holy Thursday & Corpus Christi
• Pentecost Sunday
• Introit for the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Ordinaries for Advent, Septuagesima, & Lent
• Mass of the Angels
• Messe Royale (Dumont)
• Bordelais Mass
• Mass of the Second Tone
• Mass of Rev. Burtin, OMI
• Requiem Mass