Erroneously referred to as “Spanish soap opera” but forming a distinct genre of serial dramatic popular programming by having a predetermined duration and termination, the telenovela is an almost sacred staple in many a happy Hispanic household. Recently strolling through the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art one encountered a late 15th century Netherlandish […]

Continue reading...

Solemn High Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Tuesday, July 16th at 7:30 PM Church of Saint Gabriel 914 Newfield Avenue Stamford CT Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Procession to the Lady Altar following Mass Investiture in the Brown Scapular Refreshments in the Parish Meeting Room

Continue reading...

New York City Second Annual Traditional Latin Mass Pilgrimage to the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem On Saturday, July 20, 2013, at 11 a.m., there will be celebrated at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem, New York, a Solemn High Traditional Latin Mass […]

Continue reading...

Holy Innocents Church 128 West 37th Street Surely the Garment District is one of the most mind-numbingly ugly areas of Manhattan. And what these buildings spew out in the way of women’s’ fashions is consistent with their exterior. In the midst of these oversized and dilapidated architectural horrors the visitor is overjoyed to find an […]

Continue reading...

The Church of St. Peter in Danbury is worth a visit just for its stained glass (by F.X. Zettler in Munich) Baroque Catholicism still flourished mightily worldwide in the 18th century. From White Russia to Portuguese India, in missions everywhere from the Philippines to Paraguay and New Mexico a Catholic culture had been established in […]

Continue reading...

You may be interested in knowing that “Catholic New York” features a list of Latin Masses in the Archdiocese: Latin Masses in the Archdiocese Event Date(s): Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and, Saturdays, 9/1/2012 – 9/1/2013 Immaculate Conception, 199 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, Sundays at 3 p.m. Holy Days call for time. (914) 277-3368. St. Joseph, 9 […]

Continue reading...

Continue reading...

Continue reading...

Jumpin Juno! The most popular month for the solemnization of matrimony is still, after many millenia, the one named after the goddess of marriage, the original Bridezilla, the suffering spouse of jolly Jupiter himself, the aforementioned Juno. And crowning with laurels the termination of the month is the fabulous feast of the famed founders of […]

Continue reading...

St. Columba 343 West 25th Street Up to recent decades Chelsea – the area on the West Side between West 14th Street and West 29th street – had remained one of the more obscure areas of Manhattan. The 1939 WPA Guide to New York referred to its “preserved “ quality. Starting from the 1820’s until […]

Continue reading...