8 Aug

2016

2016-17 Lecture Series of the Catholic Artists Society

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events

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6 Aug

2016

Traditional Masses for the Feast of the Assumption

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Monday, August 15. The following churches will offer the traditional Mass: Sunday, August 14: St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 4:00 pm, Solemn Mass in the presence of a greater prelate. Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport will preside. Music will include the Missa Brevis […]

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5 Aug

2016

Solemn Mass, Outdoor Procession and Festival to Celebrate Assumption at St. Mary’s Norwalk

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events, Masses

St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT will offer a solemn mass “in the presence of a greater prelate” on Sunday August 14 at 4 pm. Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport will preside. Music will include the Missa Brevis in D by Mozart, motets by Charpentier and Palestrina as well as the Gregorian Chant propers for the […]

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5 Aug

2016

The Churches of New York LXXXI: Losses 11

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in The Churches of New York

Photograph of 1900 showing the noted Minnesota artist Nicholas Brewer working in his St. Paul studio on a portrait of Fr. Thomas J. Ducey of St.Leo’s. 1) St. Leo (and the convent of Marie Reparatrice) 12 East 28th Street For connoisseurs of New York of churches, St. Leo of East 28th St, founded in 1880 […]

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2 Aug

2016

The Progress of the New York Archdiocese 2012-2015 in Statistics

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2015 2014 2013 2012 Baptisms (Total) 21438 20993 23646 24864 Adult 839 954 1208 1309 Children 20599 20039 22438 23555 Confirmations (Total) 17037 16583 17522 18204 Adult 1833 1960 2328 2273 Children 15204 14623 15194 15931 Anointing of Sick 29090 35805 43639 46432 Home 7305 8090 11273 8541 Institutional 21785 27715 32366 37891 Marriages 3487 […]

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1 Aug

2016

Upcoming Traditional Masses

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Image of St. John Vianney, in St. Mary’s Norwalk Thursday, August 4, Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York, Missa Cantata in the Dominican Rite for the Feast of St. Dominic, 7 pm Friday, August 5, Holy Innocents Church, New York, the monthly all-night vigil starting with a 6PM Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart and […]

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26 Jul

2016

The Churches of New York LXXX: One Block from the Docks – and right on the High Line!

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in The Churches of New York

Church of the Guardian Angel 193 Tenth Avenue (Now “Guardian Angel Worship Site” of the “Parish of Guardian Angel/St. Coloumba”) (Above) One of Chelsea’s “preserved” streets with many townhouses of the mid-nineteenth century. (Below) The 19th century bulk of the Anglican General Theological Seminary, across the street from Guardian Angel and so closely associated with the origin […]

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24 Jul

2016

Now Available in Book Form: The Papers from the 2015 Sacra Liturgia Conference

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Now available: Liturgy in the Twentieth Century, edited by Alcuin Reid, which publishes the papers presented at last year’s Sacra Liturgia conference in New York. To order online, go to www.bloomsbury.com. You will get a 20% discount if you quote the offer code LITURGY20 at checkout. This offer will expire 31 October 2016. http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/liturgy-in-the-twenty-first-century-9780567668097/

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24 Jul

2016

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel – the Traditional Pilgrimage

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses, Photos

The Fifth Annual Traditional Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on East 116th Street, New York on Saturday, July 23. Over the last five years the number of pilgrims has steadily grown – the ceremonies and music have also become much more elaborate. The pilgrimage takes place a week after this […]

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22 Jul

2016