(We include in this post, some of the notes in the program for the Easter Vigil written by John Pia) The Paschal Vigil represents the culmination of the Church’s liturgical year. The faithful await the crucified Christ, resurrected from the tomb, just as the catechumens of this night will die to sin in the waters […]

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The chanting of the Passion. “Flectamus genua.” “Ecce lignum crucis…”

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The altar of repose in readiness. After the Holy Thursday Mass, the procession to the altar of repose at the parish of St. Mary, Norwalk, CT.  

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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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