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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Nov. 26, 2024 Update: Bishop Caggiano has informed us that this Traditional Mass will continue! The weekly Saturday 8 AM Missa Cantata at St. Mary Church, Greenwich will be discontinued at the end of January 2025 at the direction of Bishop Caggiano.  As we understand it, the celebrant, Fr. Carl McIntosh, was only given permission to celebrate this […]

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Tuesday Nov. 5th: St. Mary of Mt. Virgin, New Brunswick, NJ, Sung Requiem Mass, 7 pm Wednesday, Nov. 6th: St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Requiem Mass 1:15 pm. Missa pro Defunctis by Claudio Casiolini. Thursday, Nov. 7th, Carmelite Monastery, 189 Madison Ave. Morristown, NJ, 7 pm the Purgatorial Society of Andrew Avellino 4th Requiem Mass of the […]

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On Saturday October 26, pilgrims to the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage in Rome processed to St. Peter’s Basilica led by his Excellency Marian Eleganti, bishop emeritus of Chur, Switzerland.

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All Saints Day, Friday Nov. 1 Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 8 am and 12:10 pm low Masses; Solemn Mass 7 pm Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, 6 pm Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, 7:45 am low Mass; 6 pm high Mass St. Patrick Oratory, Waterbury, 8 am low Mass; 6 pm High Mass St. Martha […]

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