Pity the poor parish! Msgr. George A. Kelly devoted an entire book to the development of this institution, focusing on the church of St. John the Evangelist in New York City. 1) By 1973 Msgr. Kelly (who, appropriately enough for our age, is already listed as “Professor in Contemporary Catholic Problems”) had to record a […]

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The following churches will offer the Traditional Mass on the Feast of the Assumption, Saturday, August 15: For the Vigil of the Assumption (Friday, Aug. 14): St Pius X Church, Fairfield, CT 7 pm. August 15 St. Joseph Church, South Norwalk, CT, 9 am Missa Cantata, Fr. Cipolla celebrant. St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport, CT, 9 […]

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The Lamp: A Catholic Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Etc. Website. Over the transom comes the latest attempt to establish a serious “Catholic journal.” We have covered here and there in this blog the previous ventures from the early 1970’s onward, after the demise of Triumph magazine.1) The most recent iteration was the […]

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The First Annual Soul of the Apostolate Online Conference will make its debut this coming weekend – July 24-27, 2020. Some of the major speakers at this conference will be Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Bishop Joseph Strickland, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Dom Alcuin Reid, Sam Guzman, and Dr. Ralph Martin. This […]

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Sermon by Father Richard Cipolla “Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves”  (Matthew 7:15) These words of Jesus come at the end of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus teaches us what it means to live a life centered on the will of God.  These words are […]

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, has announced the appointment of Bishop James Massa as the rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, effective July 16. Bishop Massa is an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn and a former member of the faculty of the seminary, 2012-2015. SOURCE We know Bishop Massa well – […]

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Fr John Wachowicz will be coming back to St. Francis of Assisi Church in Greenlawn (on Long Island) for an evening of reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a traditional sung Latin Mass for the  feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the prototype of the repentant adorer of Jesus. On Wednesday, July 22, from […]

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St. Rocco, Glen Cove: Missa Solemnis for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Thursday, July 16th at 5:30pm, Consecration and distribution of the brown scapular will precede Mass at 5:00pm St. Matthew, Dix Hills, From the bulletin: “The former regular Sunday celebration of the Extraordinary Form Latin Mass in the Chapel is simply […]

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Such columns are a familiar sight in Cenral Europe: Bohemia, Austria, South Germany, etc. One of the earliest and perhaps most famous stands in the main square of Munich. They were set up, particularly in the 17th century, in gratitude for help in times of plague and warfare – especially struggles against the enemies of […]

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