This week on The Open Door we will discuss a pair of studies that compare participants in the Novus Ordo Mass with participants in the Traditional Latin Mass. Rev. Donald Kloster, the author of these studies, will be our special guest. He is a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Our questions will include the following. Please feel free to suggest others!

Fr. Kloster, could you please tell us a bit about your educational background?
Do you have any reflections for us on Rome’s questionnaire on the reception of the Extraordinary Form liturgy?
Could you please summarize the results of your Kloster Study (2018)? Did they surprise you?
Given that your Kloster Study (2018) is a pilot project, do you have any methodological hesitations about it?
What results might you expect if questions about the approval of capital punishment and nuclear stockpiling were added to your study?
You refer to the “Sunday privilege” of the Divine Liturgy. Yet quite often the celebrant thanks the congregation for their attendance. In light of the obligation to attend the Sunday liturgy, “privilege” and “thanks” seem puzzling. How are these terms being used?
Your second study, Traditional Latin Mass National Adult 18-39 Survey (2019), begins with some alarming statistics based on Sherry Weddell’s research. Could you please state and comment on those statistics?
Can you tell us about your current and ongoing research?
How will this research be funded?
Do you expect that CARA and the Pew Foundation will broaden their own research in light of your work? (July 10, 2020)