# THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 248388
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 21, 1966
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=248388


## Contact

- **Address:** LATIN MASS SOCIETY, 9 MALLOW STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1Y 8RQ
- **Phone:** 020 7404 7284
- **Email:** info@lms.org.uk
- **Website:** www.lms.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO SUPPORT AND UPHOLD THE DEFINED TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE LITURGY AND TO RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. 2) TO SECURE PROVISIONS ENABLING ALL CATHOLICS REGULARLY TO ATTEND LOW MASS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT IN THE LATIN TONGUE. 3) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE ESTABLISHED FORM OF HIGH MASS AND TO FURTHER THE REGULAR AND WIDESPREAD CELEBRATION THEREOF. 4) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE CHURCH AND IN PARTICULAR OF GREGORIAN CHANT AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION THEREOF.

**Activities:** The primary purpose of the charity is the promotion of the celebration of the Mass and all liturgical offices and services in the Roman Catholic Church in the rite codified by the Council of Trent and in a form no later than that published in 1962.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NONE DEFINED
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **DR THE HONOURABLE ALEXANDER JOSEPH RANALD SHAW** | Chair |  |
| ALASTAIR TOCHER |  | Aug. 11, 2018 |
| Aileen Seymour |  | June 17, 2023 |
| Alan Gardner |  | Jan. 9, 2026 |
| Antonia Robinson |  | June 29, 2024 |
| DAVID FORSTER |  | June 24, 2017 |
| Julia Jones |  | June 28, 2025 |
| KEVIN JONES |  | Dec. 4, 2023 |
| PAUL WADDINGTON |  |  |
| Selina Fang |  | June 28, 2025 |




