Tomorrow, Monday, January 2, Holy Name of Jesus Church will offer a Missa Cantata at 3 pm for its patronal feast of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.  The church address is 245 Prospect Park West.  

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This window is in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Harrisburg, PA The following churches will offer traditional masses for the Feast of the Epiphany, this Friday, January 6: St Mary Church, Norwalk, CT Solemn Mass, 6 pm St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven Low Mass, 8 am Holy Innocents Church, […]

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This window is in St. Mary’s Church, Albany The following churches will have traditional masses for the Feast of the Circumcision, the Octave of Christmas, Sunday, January 1. Connecticut: St. Marguerite Bourgeoys, Brookfield, Jan. 1, 4 pm St. Martha, Enfield, January 1, 12:00 Noon St. Stanislaus, New Haven (The St. Gregory Society), January 1, 2:00pm […]

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The precentor proclaims the birth of Christ, chronicling the ages leading up to His birth. Midnight Mass at St. Mary’s, Norwalk, CT. (Fr. Richard Cipolla, pastor, was the celebrant) (Below) The celebrant, accompanied by his ministers, carries the statue of the Christ Child, which is placed in the creche. (Below) The procession and start of the mass. […]

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    In the last few days before Christmas an apparently minor internal conflict within the Order of Malta has exploded even in the international secular media. A senior officer – Albrecht von Boeselager – of the Knights of Malta has been suspended from the Order and removed from his positions by the Order’s Grand […]

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The Roman Forum 11 Carmine St., Apt. 2C New York, New York 10014 www.romanforum.org drjcrao@aol.com December 22, 2016 Dear Friends, The Roman Forum is once again seeking $50,000 in tax-deductible donations in support of its Twenty-Fifth Annual Summer Symposium. This program will be held from July 3rd through July 14th, 2017 (11 nights) on the […]

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Helmut Rückriegel(on right) Today a friend asked me for the contact information of Helmut Rückriegel; I soon found to my great sorrow and surprise that he had died on January 25 of this year! I unfortunately only had a few occasions to meet Ambassador Rückriegel. He would visit New York where his son lived. I […]

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In the current published financials of St.Agnes parish we find this: “Contribution from St. Agnes to Archdiocese of NY 1,250,000” That’s a remarkably large amount from a parish – as its 2015-16 financial report reveals – so deeply in the red. And that’s in addition to the Cardinal’s appeal and the Archdiocesan assessment. Perhaps an […]

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