What's inside

A complete deck for the 1962 Missale Romanum

Memorise the Traditional Latin Mass with Renaissance-style imagery, clear Latin audio in Roman 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.

643
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
Clear Roman pronunciation and a devotional image on every card
How it works

Learn the Mass one card at a time

Every card works the same way, so there is nothing to learn but the Latin.

  1. Painting from the deck: a bearded man holding a lit candle, looking up and listening. It is the card for exaudio, to hear.

    Hear it

    Tap play and listen. The voice is AI-generated, not a recording of a person, and it follows Roman pronunciation, so each word sounds as it does at Mass.

  2. Painting from the deck: an old book lying open on a wooden stand. It is the card for evangelium, the Gospel.

    Read it

    Turn the card over. The Latin sits with its English and a picture to hold it in mind, as in a hand missal.

  3. Painting from the deck: a young man writing by candlelight. It is the card for memor, remembering.

    Remember it

    Say how well you knew it: Again, Hard, Good or Easy. The app brings the card back just before you would forget. A few minutes a day.

How to pronounce the Latin of the MassThe most common Latin words of the Mass

Try a card

Five cards, no sign-up required

Tap to reveal the English, hit Play to hear the Latin. The first three are common words from the Mass. The last two are whole phrases you will recognise.

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That is one of 726 cards. Sign up to study the rest and have each one scheduled for you.

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Introíbo ad altáre Dei.

I will go in to the altar of God.

Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.

To God who giveth joy to my youth.

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) TheLatinMass.org✓ Anki− Quizlet− Memrise− DIY Anki Mass deck✓
Latin audio in Roman pronunciation on every card TheLatinMass.org✓ Ankidevice TTS only Quizletuser-uploaded Memrisevaries by course DIY Anki Mass deck−
Devotional Renaissance imagery per word TheLatinMass.org✓ Anki− Quizlet− Memrise− DIY Anki Mass deck−
Interlinear English in hand-missal style TheLatinMass.org✓ Anki− Quizlet− Memrise− DIY Anki Mass deck−
Modern FSRS scheduling TheLatinMass.org✓ Anki✓ Quizletnot verified Memrisenot verified DIY Anki Mass deck✓
Catholic teaching notes on each card TheLatinMass.org✓ Anki− Quizlet− Memrise− DIY Anki Mass deckif author adds them
Works in any browser, no install TheLatinMass.org✓ AnkiAnkiWeb limited Quizlet✓ Memrise✓ DIY Anki Mass deckAnki only
Revenue donated to TLM parishes TheLatinMass.org✓ Anki− Quizlet− Memrise− DIY Anki Mass deck−

Comparison is our own reading of each tool's public information in 2026. Cells marked not verified are ones we could not confirm. Anki, Quizlet and Memrise are general-purpose tools, not Latin Mass products. The table is about fit for this one 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 selected Propers, with clear Latin audio on every card (AI-generated with ElevenLabs, with Roman ecclesiastical pronunciation rules applied) and a devotional image.
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 (the Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler), an open-source method that works out when you are about to forget each card and brings it back just before that. Anki now offers FSRS as a built-in option too. You do not need to know any of this to use the app. The Again, Hard, Good and 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, with ElevenLabs. No person recorded these cards. Each one is made with an Italian voice, with Roman (ecclesiastical) pronunciation rules applied to the Latin, so c, g, ti and ae sound as they do at Mass. What that gives you is a clear voice that says every word the same way each time. What it does not give you is a priest or a cantor, and we would rather say so plainly.
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.