by  Ida Friederike Görres Translated by Jennifer S. Bryson Cluny Media LLC, Providence RI ( 2023)  Ida Friederike Görres, a German Catholic writer and apologist well known in her day, slipped into undeserved obscurity after her death in 1971. In recent years devoted followers of hers like Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz and Jennifer S. Bryson have labored to […]

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Compared to what we saw on our last visit in 2018, the shuttered church of St. Vincent de Paul has changed little. 1) Perhaps only the boards covering the windows have darkened – or have new ones been put up? The immediate neighborhood of the church on West 23rd Street seems ever more decrepit – […]

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A. OUR LADY OF VILNA Recently, in writing an obituary for Fr. Nicholas Gregoris, Fr. Peter Stravinskas recalled: On September 27, 1987, as I was vesting for the Sunday evening Latin Mass at Our Lady of Vilna Church downtown, a young fellow approached me, cassock and surplice slung over his arm, and asked, “Father, may […]

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Below is a listing of churches in the area that offer Traditional Masses on First Friday and First Saturday. Please let us know about other churches to add to this schedule. First Friday, September 6 St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 8 am and 12:10 pm; Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 9 am -11:15; 1-8 pm […]

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Parishioners at Most Precious Blood, a 120-year-old Church in Little Italy that is at the heart of the annual San Gennaro festival each September, were told they were going to be assigned a pastor that they will share with an East Village parish. The move comes after Cardinal Dolan rescinded its ten year merger with […]

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Here is the schedule for September 2024 TLMs at the Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. Flyers below. SAT 9/7 – 9am – First Saturday MON 9/9 – 7pm – Pontifical Requiem, Purgatorial Society WED 9/11 – 7pm – Blessed Maria de Micheli SAT 9/14 – 9am – Exaltation of the Holy Cross THU 9/19 – 7pm – […]

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Dimes Square is back in the news! This emerging outpost of bohemianism – yet with a traditionalist Catholic  flavor –  is the subject of a recent article in The Christian Science Monitor. 1) “Dimes Square” is a downtown area bordering Chinatown and the Lower East Side. The author of this piece, Leonardo Bevilacqua, describes this scene and some […]

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