By Luc Perrin, translated by Fr, Richard Cipolla I am submitting this reflection to the wisdom of the reader:  this idea has been running around in my head at least since the annus terribilis  of 2018. There were various theological elements of Catholicism  that were the subject of  discussion before 2013, but it seems to me—some will disagree on this […]

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At St. Augustine Cathedral in Brdigeport CT this evening: Solemn Mass of Peace. Fr. Michael Novajosky was the celebrant, Fr. Greg Markey the deacon and Fr. Richard Cipolla was the subdeacon.

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We received word that this evening’s Solemn Mass of Peace at St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport, CT (7 pm) will be live-streamed on the cathedral’s website: https://www.thecathedralparish.org This is a historic event—the first Traditional Mass at the Cathedral since Vatican II. We urge you to attend!

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With great sorrow we must inform you that the demise of St. Michael’s Russian Catholic Chapel may be imminent. Sunday, February 3, may see the celebration of the chapel’s last divine liturgy. The community of the chapel reportedly is facing “eviction” in a dispute with its “landlord” (Old St Patrick’s Cathedral and the New York […]

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This evening a journey through single-digit temperatures to St. Mary Church in Greenwich was rewarded by a beautiful Solemn Mass to celebrate the Feast of St. Agnes. Pastor Fr. Cyprian LaPastina was the celebrant.

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(We need to catch up on a number of news stories – some exasperating, some tragic – which speak volumes about the current state of Catholicism. ) I have now received my first two issues of The Catholic Herald (US edition). It is an offshoot of the UK publication, and is very professionally produced. I […]

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski will be speaking at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT on Thursday, February 14. The event will begin with Vespers and Benediction in the church at 5:30 pm. Afterwards, Kwasniewski will speak in the church hall on “Poets, Lovers, Children, Madmen—and Worshipers: Why We Repeat Ourselves in the Liturgy”This event sponsored by our Society.

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Message from Conference Organizers ​ “With much regret we have to announce the cancellation of Sacra Liturgia Toronto scheduled for June 2019. This is due to organisational difficulties on the part of the venue booked some time ago and due to a lack of sufficient benefactions to make a conference financially viable. We hope that […]

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(In this new year, I thought that I might revisit our “Notes” on the history of Catholic Traditionalism in the United States. We had concluded the series in June 2014 with a review of the first year of Pope Francis. It is now nearly five years later. Where do American (Catholic) Traditionalists stand today?) Last […]

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…now at the high school level. UPDATE: I thought it was clear that this post was intended to be sarcastic. Unfortunately, it seems that some readers interpreted it as (favorable) advertising for the “ministry” of Fr. James Martin, SJ. I don’t think anyone remotely familiar with what we have posted for 12 years on the topics to be […]

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