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A number of churches in the area have revived the practice of Rorate Masses, a traditional Advent devotion wherein a Votive Mass to the Blessed Virgin Mary is offered in candlelight just before dawn. The Church of the Holy Innocents in New York has had a number of Rorate Masses in Advent. The last is […]

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A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated yesterday for the soul of Paul G. Hughes at the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford. The music included the Officium Defunctorum a 6 by Tomas Luis de Victoria.

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This year, St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk had the annual mass and procession for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the vigil of the feast—this afternoon. Tonight there will be all-night adoration in the church and Mananitas tomorrow at 7:30 am.

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(Above) The cathedral (being renovated) against the background of one of the neighboring skyscrapers. (Continued from part one) If, prior to 1950, the never-ending process of embellishment and restoration had been a story of steady improvement, the post-Conciliar experience was anything but. Cardinal Cooke, for example, substituted statues of Mother Seton and Bishop John Neumann, […]

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(Above) The dazzling cleaned and restored facade of St Patrick’s. St. Patrick’s Cathedral Fifth Avenue.     Good Old Saint Pat’s! What more can the chronicler of Manhattan Catholic churches possibly say about this most visited church in the United States? What can the photographer add to the each day’s new stock of pictures taken […]

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On Thursday, December 8, 2016, Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of the Diocese of Albany celebrated Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St. Joseph’s Church, Troy, New York. Fr. Jeffrey L’Arche assisted as deacon; Mr. Peter Ranalli as subdeacon. (We know Fr. L’Arche well from years ago in Hartford CT, when he regularly celebrated the Traditional Mass […]

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This Thursday, December 8th is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation. The following churches will offer the traditional mass: Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass, 5:30 pm St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT,  5:30 pm Holy Apostles College, Cromwell, CT, 11 am New York Holy Innocents Church, New York, 8 […]

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For the first time,  St. Mary’s in Norwalk will offer a Rorate Mass before dawn on Saturday December 17 at 6:00 a.m. This is one of the wonderful traditions of the Church during Advent. The Rorate Mass is a special Mass during Advent in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This Mass is always celebrated […]

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