At St. Paul the Apostle church, New York. Note the folded chasubles and the large boys’ choir (for which the sanctuary was specifically designed).   (From The Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York by Joseph I. Malloy, CSP (1939?))

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Palm Sunday at St. Mary’s, Norwalk: the Mass of the Palms Distribution of the blessed palms. The procession begins. (Below) The entry into the church. Continue to Part II

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Continued from Part I The Mass of the Passion. (Below) The reading of the Passion according to St. Matthew. (Above and below) The reading of the Passion. See Part I

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Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Harlem, New York, Fr. Christopher Salvatori, Celebrant (courtesy of Father Salvatori) St. Michael’s Russian Catholic Chapel, New York (courtesy of St. Michael’s) St. Anthony of Padua Church, Jersey City (courtesy of Juventutem Jersey City) Above and below: April 7, Solemn Mass for the Feast of Our Lady […]

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  (Above) Stained glass window from the original Maronite parish church of St. Joseph in the chapel of St Joseph.   We have previously covered the story of St. Joseph’s: a nondescript modern chapel but heir to a long Arab-American tradition in this neighborhood as well as being the Archdiocesan “Catholic Memorial at Ground Zero.” […]

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St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk will be having a full traditional Holy Week schedule—the traditional liturgy every day on the week.  If you have never been to St. Mary’s for Holy Week, we urge you to consider attending this year. To give you a taste for it, we offer to you a video of photos from […]

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Yesterday evening, April 5, the parish of St Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena, New York,  celebrated the patronal feast of St. Vincent Ferrer with a Solemn Mass in the Dominican Rite. The setting for the Mass ordinary was John Taverner’s Missa Sancti Wilhelmi devotio, directed by James Wetzel. “Fear the Lord and give […]

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(Above) A scene from one of the (outdoor) stations of the cross in Bamberg, Germany. Dating to 1503, these are the oldest preserved stations of the cross in Germany. St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT Palm Sunday, Solemn Mass with Procession, 9:30 am Monday in Holy Week, Latin Mass 8 am Tuesday in Holy Week, Latin Mass, […]

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n honor of the Feast of St. Vincent Ferrer, a Solemn Mass in the Dominican Rite will be offered on April 5, 2017 at 7:00 PM at the High Altar of the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 869 Lexington Ave, New York, NY. The Schola Cantorum of Saint Vincent Ferrer will sing Missa Sancti Wilhelmi […]

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Passion Sunday, St. Mary Church Norwalk 2017 by Father Richard Cipolla From the Gospel of John: Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. So he approached the bush. He had caught sight of it from the corner of his eye as he was trying to keep the sheep from wandering to find better […]

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