On Saturday October 26, pilgrims to the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage in Rome processed to St. Peter’s Basilica led by his Excellency Marian Eleganti, bishop emeritus of Chur, Switzerland.

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All Saints Day, Friday Nov. 1 Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 8 am and 12:10 pm low Masses; Solemn Mass 7 pm Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, 6 pm Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, 7:45 am low Mass; 6 pm high Mass St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, 8 am low Mass; 6 pm High Mass St. Martha […]

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Last weekend for the Feast of Christ the King, Catholics from around the world gathered in Rome for the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage to demonstrate their devotion to the Traditional Liturgy of the Church. On Friday Evening, October 25, Solemn Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary were celebrated in the Pantheon, Basilica of St. Mary and […]

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Catholic Church suspends operations at Connelly Theater in flap over controversial plays…. After the New York archdiocese prevented the production of “Becoming Eve” at the church-owned Connelly theater, the general manager resigned in prostest. The theater itself announced that it is ceasing operations with no sign when, or if, it will reopen. This came after […]

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We recently attended Saturday afternoon mass at the Priory of the Annunciation in Charles Town, West Virginia together with some other pilgrims who had participated in the National Latin Mass Pilgrimage in Washington. This was the (only?) opportunity to attend a traditional mass that afternoon in the greater Washington area. (Charles Town is more than […]

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By Peter A. Kwasniewski 273 pages TAN Books (Gastonia, NC, 2024) Turned Around is Peter Kwasniewski’s latest contribution to the literature on the traditional Latin mass. (henceforward, the “TLM”) It is a kind of Summa of what he and others have written in recent years. The book is organized around commonly raised questions regarding this liturgy. The list […]

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An Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (now through January 26, 2025) This new exhibition covers artworks created in a relatively short time span – mostly between 1300 and 1350. It was a period when Siena advanced to share leadership in Italian art with Florence. Sienese art is more “conservative, ” preserving strong links […]

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We had last reported on Holy Rosary Parish on East 119th Street in 2015. The parish was closed in that year. 1) It is reported that in August of this year the church was sold to a developer for $5 million. Church sales are seemingly popping up more often in New York as the developers […]

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A. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (457 West 51st Street) The parish of Sacred Heart was once prominent in the Archdiocese: “The Queen of Hell’s Kitchen.” To believe the sources, its intricate facade of brickwork and terra cotta was widely admired when new in the 1880’s. In the 1960’s the church “benefitted” from the first […]

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