Once upon a time there were two fellows of a traditionalist bent interested in pursuing the religious life. As their ecclesiastical outlook, as noted by certain institutional authorities, was in need of a certain amount of “dialogue” they cultivated a novel, yet ancient, model. They approached a young Dominican friar who wished to revitalize locally […]

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Photo: Will Lew for The Wall Street Journal From the article of the same name in The Wall Street Journal by Karen Johnson (Nov. 5, 2013): “Inside the former Saint-Jude Church in Montreal, personal trainers mill about where priests once did and hot-stone massages have replaced baptisms. In this city, a former Roman Catholic stronghold […]

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The timing is perfect. Just as the Society are preparing to visit Our Lady of Esperanza, Granda, the well known Spanish purveyor of ecclesiastical furnishings, informs us of the following in their newsletter (we reproduce the original text): “We knew at Granda that the first item crafted by our workshop for the US was an […]

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Yesterday evening, in the church of St. Agnes a magnificent solemn Requiem mass was celebrated. The music included chant, Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, K. 626, and Mozart’s Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618. It was a rare evening, not a concert or “musical event” but an inspiring spiritual experience. And the standing-room-only congregation demonstrated – […]

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Fr. Greg Markey, pastor of St. Mary Church, Norwalk, will give a presentation on Sunday, November 10 at St. Mary’s Church, on the mystical meaning of the Mass. During the medieval period of the church, the ancient rite of the Mass was broken down by mystics and saints into small meditations of the passion of […]

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Throughout this week — following the Commemoration of All Souls on November 2nd — the weekday 6 PM Masses (EF) celebrated at the Church of the Holy Innocents will be Requiem Masses. On Wednesday, November 6th, Fr. George Rutler, Administrator of the Church of the Holy Innocents, will celebrate the sung Requiem Mass. On Friday, […]

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From: Circus Gasser-Olympia. Some of you may have seen the video of last year’s memorable “Circus Mass” from Switzerland on Rorate Caeli or elsewhere. If you feel bad to have missed it, don’t worry – it will be returning this December 15: “Am Sonntag 15.Dezember 2013, um 10.00 h findet erneut eine Eucharistiefeier im Zelt […]

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Some images of the Requiem Mass yesterday at St. Gabriel, Stamford. (Courtesy of Denis DeVito) Photographs of the Requiem Mass at Holy Innocents, New York on Saturday, November 2nd.

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Buried in a corner of the parish bulletin of St. Stephen’s/ Our Lady of the Scapular parish we read the following: “The Church will be closed until further notice for safety reason, as we are still awaiting an answer from the Archdiocese as to the outcome of the testing of the structural issues. All Sunday […]

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Please join us as we remember the Holy Souls in Purgatory during November with a Solemn High Mass for the Dead on Monday, November 4 at 7:30 in the evening. The choir will sing the Requiem Mass by Tomas Luis de Victoria The Homily will be given by Father John Perricone. Church of Saint Gabriel […]

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