21 Oct

2021

The End of the New Haven Parishes: the New Unitary Parish

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Traditionis Custodes

Address from Archbishop Blair dated October 21, 2021 https://archdioceseofhartford.org/announcement-from-archbishop-blair-regarding-new-haven-churches/ To the Catholic Faithful of New Haven, “To those who love God all things work together unto good” (Romans 8:28). These words of St. Paul have given strength and encouragement to the Church through the centuries. Today we are confronted with a number of challenges, as are […]

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20 Oct

2021

Thomas Molnar: an Appreciation

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Essays

Lately we’ve read a series of appreciations of the past great men of the “Conservative Movement” in Chronicles magazine and elsewhere. These remembrances come at a time when the establishment of the United States is deploying its power in unprecedented ways in the courts, in academia, in the media, in the government, in the economy, in […]

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14 Oct

2021

Traditionis Custodes around the World: Paris, France

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Traditionis Custodes

On Saturday, October 16th the 16th successive demonstration “for the defense of the Traditional Mass” will be held before the Vatican’s embassy in Paris. Other demonstrations are multiplying in France – both in Paris and elsewhere. But we would of course expect, given their long history, that French traditionalists would be in the forefront of […]

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13 Oct

2021

Traditionis Custodes around the World: Altoona, PA

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Traditionis Custodes

In the diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Bishop Mark L. Bartchak 1) has reportedly limited the celebration of the Traditional Mass to Sundays and limited or prohibited the celebration of other sacraments in the traditional form. (NB: I cannot find on the diocesan website the letter, referred to in the press, that sets forth these rules.) In […]

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13 Oct

2021

Charting #1 on Billboard…

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Traditionis Custodes

…in “traditional classical albums“: FSSP Seminarians from Wigratzbad, Germany! Title of the album is Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria. You can get it HERE among other sources. Is a clarification appended, for the benefit of listeners, that Pope Francis and his bishops are taking restrictive actions against the FSSP and the other Ecclesia Dei […]

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12 Oct

2021

Traditionis Custodes around the world: Nantes, France

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Traditionis Custodes

Nantes, where last year the Gothic cathedral was burned out by a “refugee” employee of the church (who went on to kill a priest this year), has issued restrictive guidelines on TC – with hints of more to come. But it’s one of the few cases – al least in France – where a bishop […]

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11 Oct

2021

Pontifical Mass of Bishop Schneider in Lancaster, PA

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses, Photos

His Excellency Bishop Athanasium Schneider, the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, celebrated a Pontifical Mass from the Faldstool on Sunday at St. Joseph Church, Lancaster, Pa. The Faithful filled the church and vestibule. The Mass setting was Mass of Our Lady of Perpetual Help by Leopold J. Syre (1887-1968)

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9 Oct

2021

Sunday Traditional Masses to Begin Again at Annunication Church in Crestwood, NY

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses

Starting on the Feast of Christ the King on Ocober 31, Annunication Church in Crestwood, NY will be celebrating the Traditional Mass in the lower church at 11:15 am every Sunday. The celebrant will be Father Figueroa. The church address is 470 Westchester Ave., Crestwood, NY We received this letter from Fr. Figueroa: It is […]

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8 Oct

2021