Sermon for the Feast of the Epiphany given by Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, New York City 6 January 2020 From the Gospel of St. Matthew:  “We have observed his star at its rising and have come to pay him homage.”   There in that verse is the credo of […]

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Photos from last night’s  Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany at Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in New York. Father Richard Cipolla was the celebrant. Fr. William Elder, pastor of Most Holy Redeemer, served as deacon.  The church was splendidly decorated for a festive celebration of the 12th Day of Christmas.   […]

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  To see this exhibition on Emperor Maximilian  – his armor and his art – at the Metropolitan Museum: The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I  We recently have resumed our series of posts  covering the deeds and relics of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.  Emperor Maximilian I […]

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This beautiful relief is in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. This Monday,  January 6th, is the Feast of the Epiphany.   The following churches will offer the traditional Mass: St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT,  8 am  Low Mass, 6 pm Solemn Mass, Fr. Matthew Clark celebrant Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, 7:45 am,  6 pm. […]

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The double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire adorns a well-known restaurant in the Kaiserstuhl  area of Baden, Germany: up to 1806 part of the Holy Roman Empire (and Austria)     The Holy Roman Empire: A Short History By Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger Translated by Yair Mintzker Princeton University Press Princeton, 2018   Some years ago, […]

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Midnight Mass at Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan.  Photos courtesy of Arrys Ortanez. Our Lady of Refuge Church,  Bronx, NY.  Photos courtesy of Joanne O’Beirne Midnight Mass at St. Josaphat Church, Bayside, NY.  Photos courtesy of Julie Collorafi. Christmas Day Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, New York.  Father Christopher Salvatori, celebrant. Midnight Mass at […]

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By Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla Just when one thinks that one has read all of the mindless and harmful stuff that Catholic clergy have written or spoken, that assumption is shattered, this time by a truly offensive homily given by Father Michael Mullaney, the President of Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland, a section of which […]

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Stained glass window in the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York, NY Wednesday, January 1, the Circumcision of Our Lord, the Octave of Christmas, is a Holy Day of Obligation.  The following church will offer the traditional Mass. Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 9:30 am Solemn Mass. St. Patrick Church (the Cathedral Parish) […]

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