28 Jul
2017
28 Jul
2017
Saturday, July 22, 2017 was the 6th Annual Traditional Mass Pilgrimage at Mt. Carmel, NYC. A few photos: Fr. Matthew McNeely, FSSP, was the Celebrant. Fr. Karl Marsolle, FSSP, served as Deacon. Fr. McNeely and Fr. Marsolle belong to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and are from Our Lady of Fatima Chapel in Pequannock, […]
25 Jul
2017
Last year we posted an extensive table of data about the New York Archdiocese compiled by a friend of the blog, from whom we have recently received an updated spreadsheet with the 2016 figures. We distill a few of the trends in this chart:
22 Jul
2017
16 Jul
2017
Décadence: Vie et mort du judéo-christianisme (Decadence: the Life and Death of Judeo-Christianity) By Michel Onfray (Flammarion 2017) In Decadence, Michael Onfray seeks to set forth a “philosophy of history” outlining the origins and end of Christendom (or Judeo-Christianity, as he calls it). Onfray is the French equivalent of the representatives of “New Atheism” in […]
14 Jul
2017
Traditional Masses for the Feast of St. Ann, Wednesday, July 26 Church of the Holy Innocents, New York: The solemn Novena to St. Anne is taking place at the Church of the Holy Innocents every day from Monday, July 17 through Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The Novena will include: the 6PM traditional Sung Masses (including […]
12 Jul
2017
A brand new traditional Latin Mass has begun at Our Lady of Lourdes in Gales Ferry, CT. The Mass is offered each Sunday at 2 p.m. Currently it is a Low Mass, but they hope to begin at least an occasional Missa Cantata. Gales Ferry is just north of New London. The church’s website. N.B.: […]
12 Jul
2017
A reader reports: “There is a new daily traditional Latin Mass in the Archdiocese of New York. It is at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: daily Mass at 7:45 am Monday thru Saturday. There is a 10:30 sung Mass on Sundays. The weekday Mass is offered in a chapel on […]
12 Jul
2017
On Sunday, July 9, at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Manhattan, Divine Liturgy according to the Rite of Alexandria (Egyptian Coptic Catholic) was be celebrated. The Celebrant was Abouna Francis Fayez from the Coptic Catholic Church of the Resurrection in Brooklyn. There was beautiful chanting throughout the liturgy. After the […]
10 Jul
2017
A window in St Veronica’s showing the patron saint of the Parish. As we just wrote, Archdiocesan information on the subject of church closings is never complete or reliable. We now read that the beautiful church of St Veronica on Christopher Street will now be celebrating its last mass on July 23. It had received […]