We recently attended Saturday afternoon mass at the Priory of the Annunciation in Charles Town, West Virginia together with some other pilgrims who had participated in the National Latin Mass Pilgrimage in Washington. This was the (only?) opportunity to attend a traditional mass that afternoon in the greater Washington area. (Charles Town is more than […]

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By Peter A. Kwasniewski 273 pages TAN Books (Gastonia, NC, 2024) Turned Around is Peter Kwasniewski’s latest contribution to the literature on the traditional Latin mass. (henceforward, the “TLM”) It is a kind of Summa of what he and others have written in recent years. The book is organized around commonly raised questions regarding this liturgy. The list […]

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An Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (now through January 26, 2025) This new exhibition covers artworks created in a relatively short time span – mostly between 1300 and 1350. It was a period when Siena advanced to share leadership in Italian art with Florence. Sienese art is more “conservative, ” preserving strong links […]

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We had last reported on Holy Rosary Parish on East 119th Street in 2015. The parish was closed in that year. 1) It is reported that in August of this year the church was sold to a developer for $5 million. Church sales are seemingly popping up more often in New York as the developers […]

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A. Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (457 West 51st Street) The parish of Sacred Heart was once prominent in the Archdiocese: “The Queen of Hell’s Kitchen.” To believe the sources, its intricate facade of brickwork and terra cotta was widely admired when new in the 1880’s. In the 1960’s the church “benefitted” from the first […]

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On Saturday morning , the National Latin Mass Pilgrimage took place, with a 7-mile procession from St. Thomas More Cathedral, Arlington to St. Matthew Cathedral in Washington DC.

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On Saturday, November 9, the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny will sponsor a lecture by the distnguished scholar Dr. Marie Meaney on: The Beauty that Saves – Simone Weil on Beauty, the Supernatural and the Liturgy Simone Weil is a towering figure of 20th century spirituality. She profundly influenced such literary figures as Cristina Campo, who, after […]

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