With the special intention of the papal election,  there will be a Solemn Mass pro Eligendo Summo Pontifice  at   St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, at 7 pm tonight.   The Schola Cantorum will perform Palestrina’s Missa Dum esset Summus Pontifex.

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Upon the vacancy of the throne of Saint Peter most members of the Roman Curia also temporarily lose their offices (technically more like a furlough) except, in virtue of the overriding pastoral care of Christ’s flock and the precious patrimony of the Church, the Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, the Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese […]

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The Piña colada owes its jolly genesis to my beloved ancestral homeland, the “Emerald Isle of the Caribbean”, La Isla del Encanto, la ultima colonia de los Estados Unidos! (sorry, silly survival of socialism sympathy during my sophomore year of high school), Puerto Rico. While some tall tales trace it back to the legendary Robin Hood-esque pirate of Austrian […]

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The Holy Week ceremonies at Our Lady of Guadalupe Friary, Griswold, CT (Franciscans of the Immaculate) this year will be according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. The schedule is: 24 March, Palm Sunday – Holy Mass at 9:30am 28 March, Holy Thursday – Holy Mass at 5:30pm 29 March, Good Friday – Passion/Adoration of […]

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Yesterday evening St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, was the site of a remarkable performance of sacred music from the Renaissance and early Baroque by Elizabeth Baber Weaver, soprano, and Charles Weaver, lute. The music was appropriate for the season of Lent and Passiontide, including Josquin’s Stabat Mater, Timor et Tremor of Lassus, Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla […]

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Some of us may remember the distant days of the 70’s when St. John’s University, Queens, was an alleged beacon of orthodoxy, what with its refusal to submit to government money, the Catholic academic establishment and its own faculty. And then there was Fr. John Hardon and the “Institute for Advanced Studies in Catholic Doctrine.” […]

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St. Gabriel Church in Stamford, CT will offer a Solemn Mass to celebrate the feast of St. Joseph on Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 pm. Following the Mass, refreshments will be served in the parish meeting room.

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Father John Perricone will conduct an Evening of Recollection at The Church of the Holy Innocents on Wednesday, Marc h 13.  At 6 pm, Mass will be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form followed by the talks.  Included will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Rosary, Confessions and Benediction.

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David Hughes, organist and choirmaster at St. Mary Church, Norwalk, will the giving an organ recital on Laetare Sunday, March 10, 3:00 pm,  at St. Catharine’s Church, 25 Second Avenue, Pelham, NY The program: Vivaldi/Bach: Concerto in A minor: Allegro (BWV 593/1) Langlais: Mors et resurrectio (from Trois paraphrases grégoriennes) Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament Bach: Wer nur den […]

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Now mind you, I have absolutely positively nothing against Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and its “Cycle for Survival” (whatever frivolous fundraising function that might be) but on the first of March the Empire State Building should not be lit orange/orange/orange but rather green/red/white in honor of the Welsh nation on the occasion of its patronal […]

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