Last Sunday After Pentecost Saint Mary’s Norwalk 2013 . From today’s Gospel: For as the lightening comes forth from the east and shines even to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man… And he will send forth his angels with a trumpet and a great sound, and they will gather […]

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In the Rue Goujon – strangely isolated, yet in immediate proximity to the Avenue Montaigne, Paris’ top shopping street – stands a curious monument to a tragedy of history. It is the chapel of Notre-Dame de Consolation/Monument to the Victims of the Fire of the Charity Bazaar. in 1897 an association of Catholic charities organized […]

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 259 Oliver St. Newark, N.J. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will hold the Forty Hours Devotion this weekend with exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Friday, November 22nd, from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm Saturday, November 23rd, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and Sunday, November 24th, […]

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All Saints Church by Renwick – on the hit list? Photo: Craig Warga for The Wall Street Journal From the Wall Street Journal: SOURCE “Attendance, Priest Shortages Are Cited” The WSJ addresses “Making All Things New” in an article with number of surprising – and not-so-surprsing- omissions and inaccuracies. There is no mention, for example, […]

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On Friday November 22, 2013 at 7:30 in the evening at St. Gabriel Church in Stamford, CT there will be a Missa Cantata for the Feast of Saint Cecilia. Light refreshments to follow.

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But it will be celebrated by a monk from one of my favorite monasteries in Bavaria, which brews one of Germany’s finest beers, and takes place in one of the most magnificent churches in Manhattan – Most Holy Redeemer! Kloster Andechs Week – See below: Blessing from Kloster Andechs with Father Valentin, a wooden keg, […]

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After so many decades, the Traditional mass returns to the magnificent high altar of our Lady of Esperanza, the second  (1912) Spanish-speaking parish in New York City. The congregation was appreciative; the music, as always, outstanding. Afterwards, we visited the Hispanic Society of America next door. There was an outstanding tour through the collection. Above, […]

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    Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) Music by Richard Strauss; Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal I had the good fortune to view a very special event at the Metropolitan Opera yesterday evening – the return of Die Frau ohne Schatten. A supremely demanding work for any opera company to stage, The […]

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Extraordinary Form Mass on Dec. 6, 2013 at 9:00 AM at St. Sebastian Church, Middletown, CT. (The church is located on Washington St. which is also Hwy 66)

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