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At my parish in NJ there is a different priest every other Sunday saying the Tridentine Rite as my pastor's guest - they visit my parish to say it because their ordinary won't give them permission in their own diocese.

How many different priests? A handful?

As I've said in the past, I've got no problem with the Tridentine Mass.

And, I guess it doesn't matter to add another "specialized" liturgy, since we've got Spanish Masses, Tongan Masses, Vietnamese Masses, and Youth Masses.

If there's a critical mass in a particular parish that wants a Tridentine Mass, I suppose the pastor will have to provide one.

What's next? Baptisms in Latin?

I think it more likely that, over time, bishops will establish Tridentine parishes and concentrate those who wish to attend all-things-pre-1962 there.

How many different priests? A handful?

Fifteen or twenty, and only because my parish is a convenient one or two hour drive away for them.

There are more, I suspect.

What's next? Baptisms in Latin?

It's funny you should mention that. My newborn daughter was just baptized in the Tridentine Rite this past Sunday.

I think it more likely that, over time, bishops will establish Tridentine parishes and concentrate those who wish to attend all-things-pre-1962 there.

The current model isn't quite like that. My parish has a 9:00 AM Tridentine Mass and vernacular Masses at 10:30 AM and noon. We have traditional devotions (Forty Hours' Adoration, First Friday devotions, novenas, benedictions) as well, and Tridentine Mass on Holy Days of Obligation.

We all live as one happy parish - there is no need to segregate us.

My not-so-humble opinion on the whole Latin vs. vernacular controversy is that if the modernists hadn't tried to eradicate so much of the traditional, there wouldn't be a controversy.

The whole point of having the Mass said in the language of the congregation was to foster participation and understanding of the Mass. Unfortunately, many "progressives" availed themselves of the opportunity to promote their agenda of changing the focus of the Mass from the worship of God and the Sacrifice of the Mass to the building of "community" and the "communal meal".

What I would like to see happen in America is the gradual re-Latinization (and Greekifying) of the Mass to a certain degree, with the English portions utilizing ACCURATE translations of the original texts.

Unfortunately, nobody asked me.