underground

Novus Ordo is the New Mass promulgated in 1969, replacing the Latin Mass, unchanged in its essentials since AD200. You ask, “What else makes 1969 important in history?” The Moon landing. Thomistic refers to Dominican St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), premiere theologian. Two men are mentioned: Charles Coulombe is a living monarchist; Robert Bellarmine is a dead Jesuit saint.