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Yesterday evening a very beauiful Office of Tenebrae was sung at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT. The psalms were chanted in the front by a men’s choir.   The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum sang the Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah and the responsories in polyphony in the choirloft.  The liturgy ended in complete darkness with […]

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Palm Sunday 2018 at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk CT. Fr. Donald Kloster, celebrant. The beginning of the Mass of the Palms. The blessing of the palms. Distribution of the Palms. (Above and below) David Hughes, music director of St Mary’s, led the assembled musical forces of the parish:the schola cantorum, combined student scholae, the men’s […]

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For a schedule of traditional liturgies during Holy Week in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, go to Holy Week Schedule (above: The reredos at Holy Redeemer Church, Manhattan)

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(above) “Judah” by Francisco de Zurbarán. A Haydn oratorio, a Bruckner symphony, the drawings of Michelangelo, baroque oratorios, a 16th century Aztec feather-work recreation of a Netherlands devotional print – these are objects and performances that you could have seen or heard in New York in just the last few months. But what do we […]

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Photos of the Missa Cantata for the Feast of St. Joseph at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Newark (From the Facebook page “At the Table with Tony) Monsignor Joseph Ambrosio, Celebrant, with Clergy, Altar Servers, and Knights of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George.

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Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis is misleading his Flock By Philip F. Lawler (2018 Regnery Gateway, Washington DC) Many of us know Philip Lawler as a sharp-eyed critic of the media and Catholic institutions. On his Catholic Culture site and in his book The Faithful Departed, he provides perceptive and honest commentary on the press […]

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St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT PALM SUNDAY 9:30 a.m.  Solemn Traditional Mass with Blessing and Procession HOLY MONDAY 7:30 a.m.  Traditional Latin Mass HOLY TUESDAY 7:30 a.m.  Traditional Latin Mass HOLY WEDNESDAY 7:30 a.m.  Traditional Latin Mass 7:00 p.m.  Tenebræ of Maundy Thursday MAUNDY THURSDAY 1:00–2:00 p.m.  Confessions (Main Church and Chapel) 7:00 p.m.  Solemn Mass in Cena […]

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On Friday, March 23, the following churches will commemorate the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a traditional Mass: St Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm (stained glass window above from this church) Most Precious Blood Church, Little Italy, New York (113 Baxter Street), Solemn Mass, 7:15 pm  (see information below) […]

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