The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas) Connecticut: Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Solemn Mass (Missale Romanum of 1962) Thursday, 2 February 2012, 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk Music: Prelude: Plein Jeu (Premième livre d’orgue) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732) At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem gentium (plainsong, mode […]

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Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum Visitors have until February 12 to view an extraordinary exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum. From around 1350 to 1530 workshops in England produced a vast amount of sculpture in alabaster for both domestic sale and for export all over Europe. It is a […]

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            I ask your prayers for Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro who is seriously ill and has had to undergo an operation.  I have known Monsignor Barreiro since 1982. He has been for many years a tireless advocate in Rome of both the Traditional liturgy and the pro-life movement.   He recently spoke at our conference in Norwalk last September […]

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  Regarding this year’s Davos World Economic Forum and the free admissions granted to certain figures: “About 200 academics… are also offered free admission. And about 20 religious leaders, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana (who is said to be considered among the candidates to be the next pope) make the […]

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      The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas) Blessing of Candles, Procession, & Solemn Mass (Missale Romanum of 1962) Thursday, 2 February 2012, 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk CT Music: Prelude: Plein Jeu (Premième livre d’orgue) (Louis Marchand, 1669-1732) At the blessing of candles: Lumen ad revelationem […]

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Photo: Gus Chan, Plain Dealer Truly things in the Church get more and more bizarre! Today Bishop Lennon of Cleveland presented an apologia of the financial results of his closing of 50 parishes in the Cleveland diocese: the disposition of the properties and monies. (http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/cleveland_catholic_diocese_sha.html) But it was the location of the bishop’s news conference that […]

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From a ceramic stove in Salzburg Castle. The following Traditional Masses will be celebrated for the Feast of the Epiphany: Friday, January 6: Connecticut St. Peter’s, 160 Main Street, Hartford, 6:30 PM St. Mary’s, Norwalk, Solemn High Mass at 7:30 p.m. Missa Cunctipotens Genitor Deus (Vatican Gradual, Mass IV) Gregorian Mass of the Epiphany: Ecce […]

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On the first Thursday of each month, Father Greg Markey, pastor of St. Mary Church, Norwalk, is teaching a catechism class for teenagers at St. Mary Church, Norwalk. The class is open to all teens in high school, free of charge. The dates are this Thursday, January 5, Thursday, Feb. 9 (second Thursday due to […]

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