Solemn vespers as celebrated yesterday at the “Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral.” (Fr. Enrique Salvo, Rector). Fr. Armando G. Alejandro, Jr. of the Ordinariate was the officiant. There were some very familiar names among the ministers and servers…. The music was an extraordinary selection of what might have been heard on a Marian feast […]

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Cardinal Cupich has graced us with his thoughts on the reception of communion – an article that has been enthusaistically received by the publicity arm of the German Catholic Church. 1) The cardinal’s statements are indeed extraordinary in many respects. It seems Cardinal Cupich wants everyone to receive communion standing: Our ritual for receiving of […]

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This morning, at 6 am, a Solemn Mass was offered at St. Mary Church Norwalk in candle light.

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Join us for solemn Vespers with chamber orchestra at Old St. Patrick’s in New York City, celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with music composed for the great cathedrals of Mexico, including works by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Manuel de Sumaya, Ignacio de Jerusalem, and Santiago Billoni. The event also features Fr. David […]

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Here are some of the Traditional Masses available on December 9th, which has been designated a Holy Day of Obligation this year. St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 8 am, 12:10 pm, 7 pm Solemn Mass Corpus Christi Church, South River, NJ, Missa Cantata, 7 pm

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We have observed an increasing attraction of Eastern Orthodoxy for “conservative” Catholic spokesmen dismayed by the post-Conciliar drift in the Western Church. This blog has commented on the cases of Alessandro Gnocchi, Rod Dreher,  and Michael Warren Davis. That list, moreover, is not exhaustive. Now the New York Post takes up the topic, looking mainly […]

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Once again last October, the Coetus Internationalis Summorum Pontificum assembled in Rome for its annual pilgrimage to Saint Peter’s Basilica. I want to add a few observations to what has already been reported. Our own photographic record can be found on this site. 1) The number of participants, primarily of the laity, happily continues to increase. Furthermore, a considerable […]

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The following churches will offer Rorate Masses. The Rorate Mass is a beautiful Advent devotion: the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary is offered by candlelight just before dawn. Saturday December 7: St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 6 am. Holy Innocents Church, New York, NY, 7 am St. Margaret of Cortona Church, Bronx, 6:30 am St. […]

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Bishop Frank Caggiano has informed us that the weekly Saturday 8 AM Missa Cantata at St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT will continue. See our original post regarding this mass.

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UPDATE: I have added some clarifying comments and notes here and there in this article. I recently paid a visit to the neighborhood of Columbia University. That institution is currently almost on lockdown,  with all the entrances to the “quad” controlled by security guards. We all have heard of the recent clashes related to Gaza.  But this […]

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