The 18th annual “Pilgrimage for Restoration” to the shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, New York will take place this weekend on Friday to Sunday, September 20-22. This event is organized by the National Coalition of Clergy and Laity. Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated at the Shrine on Sunday, […]

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The following appears in the Bulletin of the Church of Our Saviour for Sept 22. It is posted on the church’s website: MASS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM (LATIN) In his 7 July 2007 Apostolic Letter, Summorum Pontificum, Benedict XVI sought to address a pastoral situation that existed in some areas of the Catholic world—the desire […]

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Now that’s a concept I haven’t heard in many years! “PUTTING AN END TO RUMORS. Please help us. Cardinal Dolan has received letters alerting him to the fact that, because a small piece of scaffolding is in the church, Fr. Robbins “is dismantling our beautiful church.” Further added was that, since workmen were seen at […]

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Courtesy of Sandor Magister (of course): http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1350603?eng=y

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Today’s episode of “Liturgical Liquors” takes us to the pulchritudinous plains of Poland, the birthplace of vodka. The story of today’s blessed booze begins in Poland’s rich Mazowse fields where the golden Dankowski Rye is harvested. This grain has been recognized for centuries for its distinctive character. Crystalline water from Oligocene springs contributes to the […]

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Those closely following the saga of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (“FFI”) have undoubtedly noticed – by performing some elementary searches on the net – that one center of the resistance to the growing traditionalist orientation of the friars was right here in Griswold, Connecticut. This, despite the early interest of this priory’s friars […]

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Many a little child in the Nineteen-Eighties dreamt of sleeping on clouds, riding in cloud-mobiles, and sliding down rainbows while cuddling cute colorful plush teddy bears. The original ten Care Bears consisting of Bedtime Bear, Birthday Bear, Cheer Bear, Friend Bear, Funshine Bear, Good Luck Bear, Grumpy Bear, Love-A-Lot Bear, Tenderheart Bear and Wish Bear […]

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Frenzy into Folly A few days ago a visitor to St Paul the Apostle church on West 59th Street noticed a startling object in a side chapel dedicated to Our Lady: a mihrab! It is accompanied by an explanatory text perhaps even stranger in a Catholic church: “The intention of this work is to represent […]

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The Roman Forum Church History Program 2013-2014 New York City Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam: Sanctifying, Expanding & Defending the True Meaning of Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford University Associate Professor of History, St. John’s University September 8—-1563: Christendom’s Jagged Boundaries September 15– Strengthening the Bones of the Church September 29—Always Ancient, But Always New: […]

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News of a new release from Sony Music, produced by Anthony Fountain. It’s a re-issue of the full Solemn Pontifical Requiem offered for John F. Kennedy at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross in January, 1964. It is released today, on the Feast of St. Pius X! As far as I know, it’s the only […]

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