16 Nov

2016

One Picture Says it All

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Attendance at Monday evening’s traditional Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. photo courtesy of Arrys Ortanez.

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15 Nov

2016

And the Catholics?

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(Above) Examples of calligraphy in the exhibition correspond more closely to traditional “Islamic” art. We have seen that the glorious heritage of Catholic religious art, music and architecture has largely fallen to the care of secular institutions: The Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick collection, the Pierpont Morgan Library – to name just […]

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15 Nov

2016

Video of Last Monday’s Requiem Mass at St. Vincent Church

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Thanks to Jim Morlino and the Catholic Artists Society, we offer you this video of last Monday’s Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer Church, NY, featuring the music of Manuel Cardoso and sermon by Fr. Innocent Smith OP. http:/ Solemn Requiem Mass 2016 – Manuel Cardoso à 6 from Catholic Artists

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15 Nov

2016

Traditional Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York

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Missa cantata – votive Mass of Our Lady of Ransom (or Mercy) – Fr. Leonard Villa, celebrant. The congregation filled the cathedral. Mr Pedro D’Aquino, choirmaster and organist. Fr. Stephen Saffron, Chaplain of the Regina Caeli council of the Knights of Columbus, homilist.

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14 Nov

2016

The Art of the Beautiful Lecture This Saturday

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13 Nov

2016

Three Exhibits in New York

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Three exhibitions in New York City, modest in scale yet artistically of the highest importance, illustrate the breadth of Catholic influence in the arts in different nations and ages – as well as showing the effects of opposing religious movements. First, the Pierpont Morgan Library has dedicated an exhibition to the reunited panels […]

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12 Nov

2016

“Traditional Dominicans” in New York Region

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(Above and below) Friars of the Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer on the final day of the Chartres pilgrimage, May 28, 2012. At Holy Innocents Church, New York: “On Thursday, November 17 at 6:00 PM, a Dominican Solemn Mass for the Feast of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus will be celebrated by Fr. Louis-Marie de Blignières, founder […]

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10 Nov

2016

Pope Francis and Pope Benedict

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“Father Spadaro also asked the pope in the interview about the need of some of the faithful to return to the Latin language and the old form of the liturgy. “Pope Benedict made a correct and generous gesture by accommodating a certain mentality of different groups and individuals, who were nostalgic and who had wandered […]

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8 Nov

2016

Requiem Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer

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Last evening’s Solemn Requiem Mass in the Dominican rite at St. Vincent Ferrer church in New York. Manuel Cardoso’s requiem was sung accompanied by instruments of the period. Fr. Innocent Smith OP was celebrant and homilist.

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8 Nov

2016