I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how much you DO remember. We learned it so young, and even though I was 13 or so when the changes came, I still remembered it when I sang a High Mass with a choir in NJ about 14 yrs. ago. That's the last High Mass I attended. I haven't searched one out, because I've found Parishes which for the most part have still had some reverence in the Liturgy, and when they went too far away from that in my opinion, complained mightily!
This is a great Novak column! He is so right in what he's saying about how it is the 'modernist' priests who have been caught doing this stuff, not the faithful orthodox priests. And I had wondered about the fact that most of these cases were from 10 yrs. ago, and that there didn't seem to be many (if any) from more recently, except by those who had done it before. I had heard from my brother in law (who is one of those prayerful, faithful priests) several years ago that some of the Bishops had done some cleaning out of the Seminaries, so I guess that did bear some fruit in the quality of the men being ordained. And he also mentioned that some of the men who were ordained around the same time as those 'modernist' priests in the late 60s and early 70s, but who had remained orthodox and were appalled at what they saw happening around them, were now coming into positions of influence and power. From there, they will be able to effect some REAL change back to the more prayerful practices of Catholicism. There will be pain for a while, but we'll have to carry that Cross for awhile to renew God's Church.
I had never been to a Mass in the Old Rite until I was nearly thirty, and learned the Mass pretty quickly. With a good missal in hand, you should be able to follow along quite well. After a few Masses you will be able to chant along, and Domine non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tanto dic verbo, et sanabitur anima mea will roll off your tongue like when you were a lad!
When you visit St. John Cantius, you will know why people spend a couple hours in the car each Sunday! Imagine a Sunday Mass where you won't have to grit your teeth during Fr. Liberal's left-wing "homily" or be bombarded w/ ego-worship in the "Prayer of the [un]Faithful"... Light a candle for us poor souls who don't have access to the Latin Mass. I recently moved to Dixie, and there isn't even an SSPX chapel w/in a four-hr drive of my house.
Dominus te cum et Deo vindice!
You'll be surprised how much Latin you recall. Either Latin Mass, Novus Ordo or Tridentine, will be a great spiritual experience. Pax tibi.