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folk Mass

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folk Mass also folk mass
n.
A Mass in which folk music is used as part of the service instead of liturgical music.


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But she always came back convinced she'd had the same experiences and heard the same message before--at the Newman Center, where she attended the weekly folk Mass and signed up for an occasional half-hour of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.
In the years immediately after the Second Vatican Council, folk Mass groups in many parishes and schools borrowed contemporary music or lyrics for worship, a practice that has since faded (okay, maybe for the better in many cases).
When I attended a folk Mass during a visit to a maritime province, for example, I found the music entertaining, but I also recognized it as a true expression of a rich heritage that I did not share.
 
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