Each evening from March 9th to the 18th at 7:00 pm at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 259 Oliver Street, Newark, NJ, there will be a Solemn Novena with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in honor of St Joseph. On Saturday, March 19th, at 12:00 noon, there will be a Solemn High Mass […]

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Signs of the Holy One: Liturgy, Ritual and the Expression of the Sacred By Uwe Michael Lang (Ignatius Press, San Francisco 2015) Fr. Uwe Michael Lang “of the Oratory” has given us a succinct, well written account of the movement to restore the presence of the sacred and the awareness of beauty within the Catholic […]

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(above) Old St. Patrick’s – before restoration. What once was an obscure church known only to connoisseurs of New York history – and perhaps fans of The Godfather – has certainly raised its profile in recent months. We learn it is now patronized by, allegedly, the “Sexiest congregation in New York.” Its school building, previously […]

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The story HERE. The years-long battle to save St Vincent de Paul church has apparently ended with the rejection of the parishioners’ appeal in Rome. The archdiocese took steps to close the parish in 2007 – although actual service continued for well  after that year.   This decision frees up the property for sale: “Joseph […]

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The following churches will offer a traditional Mass for Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10 St. Mary Norwalk, Solemn Mass, 5:30 Antiphon at the blessing of ashes: Exaudi nos, Domine (plainsong, mode vii) Motet at the imposition of ashes: Immutemur / Juxta vestibulum (Cristóbal de Morales, c.1500-1553) Responsory at the imposition of ashes: Emendemus in melius (plainsong, […]

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Image of St. Paul in the Church of St. Francis de Sales, New York Sermon for Sexagesima Sunday 2016 By Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro As we prepare for the coming of Lent in this Sunday of Sexagesima we reflect on the life of St. Paul and we ponder on the Parable of the Sower. St. Paul […]

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St. Joseph’s Church 371 Sixth Avenue The Catholic Center at New York University 238 Thompson Street It’s a strange sight: the shining white and yellow façade of an elegant if modest Greek temple on an otherwise formless, deteriorating stretch of Sixth Avenue near New York University. Obviously we have before us a neoclassical monument from […]

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The Art of the Beautiful series continues next Saturday, February 6th! Architectural historian Dr. Denis McNamara, of the Liturgical Institute at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary, offers a talk entitled “Incarnation and Transfiguration: Rediscovering the Iconic Nature of Church Buildings.” Dr. McNamara is the author of Heavenly City: The Architectural […]

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The following churches will offer the traditional Mass for the Feast of St. Blaise on Wed. Feb. 3, including the traditional blessing of the throats. St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, 6 pm St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm. Church of the Holy Innocents, New York, 6 pm The statues are located in […]

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Regina Pacis Academy in Norwalk, CT, will be holding an open house week from Monday Feb. 1 to Thursday Feb. 4, 9:00 – 11:00 am for parents who are interested in enrolling their children for the 2016-2017 school year. Please call the school at (203) 642-4501 to make an appointment to visit. The mission of […]

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