20 Aug
2019
20 Aug
2019
Viri Galilaei, an ensemble of Catholic men from the tristate area, are delighted to sing Vespers at 7 pm on Wednesday, August 21st at St. Pius X Church, Fairfield, CT. August 21st is the feast of St. Pius X in the new calendar, and St. Jane Frances de Chantal in the traditional calendar. Vespers is […]
20 Aug
2019
19 Aug
2019
From the inimitable Msgr. Charles Pope: A Modest Proposal A few bishops in our country have adopted a stance that I think can help. It involves teaching the faithful and encouraging — but not requiring — priests to adopt certain practices designed to foster greater reverence, more solemn demeanor and increased focus. For example, a […]
19 Aug
2019
Canon Jean Marie Moreau of the Institute of Christ the King is visiting the United States. He’ll be saying Mass at Church of the Holy Innocents, New York at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, August 21st and again on Thursday, August 22nd. There will be a small reception after Mass at Holy Innocents on Wednesday. He […]
19 Aug
2019
After the 9:30 Solemn Mass at St. Mary’s Norwalk yesterday, parishioners bade farewell to four young men and women who are answering God’s call to religious life. Two men are entering Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. Two young ladies will enter religious communities, one to the Abbey of […]
16 Aug
2019
Offertory proper and the motet “Quae est ista” by Palestrina at St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT (courtesty of Edwin Gonzales, Adaltaredei Facebook page)
10 Aug
2019
Today Fr. Michael Novajosky offered a Missa Cantata for the Feast of St. Laurence, at St. Patrick’s Church in Bridgeport, CT. It was part of a one-day silent retreat, “The Eucharist and Martyrdom.”
5 Aug
2019
By Susan-Jayne F. Caballero As so with all of the liturgical arts, sacred vestments are essentially permanently fixed in our view while we attend Mass and we are reminded of their historical importance. Until the Seventeenth Century, the term “man of the cloth” meant any man with a designated work uniform but eventually applied only to […]
3 Aug
2019
by Jill Chessman In these times, when Catholic churches are torn down to make way for apartments and skyscrapers – or converted to serve purely secular purposes – our church leadership should draw inspiration from the early Church, which, in an effort to convert pagans, at times converted temples into churches. One of the most […]