26 Apr
2018
26 Apr
2018
Don’t miss the final lecture of this season’s Art of the Beautiful lecture series! Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P., presents“How Can I Keep From Singing? Active and Contemplative Participation in the Liturgy.” The lecture takes place this Saturday, April 28, 7:30 PM, at the Catholic Center at New York University (238 Thompson St., just south of Washington […]
24 Apr
2018
(above) St Benedict the Moor in happier times. St. Benedict the Moor 342 West 53rd Street. One day in 2014, I stopped by the curious, unpretentious church of St Benedict the Moor. In several prior visits I had never gained access to the main church (weekday masses were held in the rectory chapel). But on […]
23 Apr
2018
Stained glass window in the Church of St. Jean Baptiste, New York by Fr. Richard Cipolla (from the bulletin of St. Mary Church, Norwalk) One of the recent “movements” is the Slow Food Movement. This began as a protest against “fast food”. This protest is not merely against fast food on culinary grounds but also […]
20 Apr
2018
St. Pius X Church in Fairfield, CT, will offer a Solemn Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi on Thursday, May 31 at 7 pm. A procession in the church and benediction will follow the Mass. Fr. Timothy Iannacone will be the celebrant, with Fr. Michael Novajosky as deacon and Fr. Donal Kloster as subdeacon. […]
20 Apr
2018
The first annual Lepanto Conference will be hosted by the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, Connecticut, where several hundred Catholic high schoolers, college students, and young professionals from all over the East Coast are expected to attend.A Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will be celebrated upstairs in […]
19 Apr
2018
17 Apr
2018
(Above) The immense church of Our Lady Queen of Peace. On a Friday afternoon the peace of this church is only disturbed by 3-4 worshippers. (The photograph exaggerates the brightness of the interior) Amsterdam, like Vienna, gives us a real sense of the end of European and Christian civilization. It’s no accident that Camus’ The […]
17 Apr
2018
17 Apr
2018