(Above: The finished restoration. Photo courtesy of Tim Lykins) We have received and pass on to you the following message from St. Michael’s parish, West 34th Street and Ninth Avenue, New York: “Two years ago, Father George Rutler, formerly pastor of the Church of Our Saviour, was assigned as pastor of the Church of St […]

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Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost given by Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro In today’s Gospel Christ gives us very precise instructions on how to be able to discern if prophet or a person who claims to have been sent by God is authentic or not. We also have a brief but very precise instruction on […]

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  Fr. Sean Connolly offering the Traditional Mass with Saint Jean Marie Vianney’s very own chalice at the altar of his relic. Fr. Connolly, who was ordained only a few weeks ago for the Archdiocese of New York,  is currently on pilgrimage in Ars, asking the holy Curé’s intercession for his priestly ministry.

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This coming Thursday, July 9, 2015, there will be a Solemn Votive Mass of St. Joseph at Holy Innocents at 6 PM. The Holy Innocents Choir (Vox in Rama) will sing Desmet’s Tu es sacerdos, Gounod’s O Salutaris, and Gabriel Fauré’s Ecce fidelis.

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    Conversing Conversion Sat July 25th and Sun July 26th 11am-2pm The Catholic Center at NYU www.Dante750.eventbrite.com Conversing Conversion explores these events in history and hagiography: 500th anniversary of the birth of St.Philip Neri (July 21) 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri (May – June) 1000th anniversary Kievan-Russian martyrs SS.Boris & Gleb […]

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Here are photos from our archives of Traditional Masses celebrated in the first months following Pope Benedict XVI’s promulgation of Summorum Pontificum, July 7, 2007. Church of Our Saviour, New York, Sept. 9, 2007, Solemn Mass, Father Uwe Lang, celebrant St. Mary Church, Greenwich, CT, downstairs chapel, September 14, 2007, Fr. Robert Boyd, celebrant Church […]

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Here are photos of the Solemn High Mass for the External Solemnity of the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul at Blessed Mary Help of Christians Church, Woodside, New York, on Sunday June 28 at 7 pm. The celebrant, Father Evans Julce was celebrating the first anniversary of his ordination. Thanks to Arrys Ortanez for […]

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Today Father Carl Dennis McIntosh, ordained a priest in June for the Diocese of Bridgeport, celebrated his first Solemn Mass according to the 1962 Missal at St. Mary Church, Norwalk. Assisting him were Eric Silva as deacon and Tim Iannacone as subdeacon. Both of these men are seminarians of the Diocese of Bridgeport. Eric Silva […]

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In Honor of the Opening of the 11th Annual Parish Feast of St. James the Apostle (July 15th – July 18th, 2015) and in honor of our parish co-patron, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, A Solemn High Votive Mass of Our Lady of Mount Carmel shall be offered according to the 1962 Roman Missal (the […]

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But what about the East Harlem parish that Cardinal Egan closed in 2007 – against the continuing resistance of the congregation? See, e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/nyregion/pope-francis-united-states-visit.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/19/nyregion/19cnd-church.html?pagewanted=1 http://www.east-harlem.com/index.php/Organizations/oview/our_lady_queen_of_angels_church/ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/nyregion/23harlem.html http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/east-harlem-residents-say-pope-s-visit-may-be-answer-to-prayers-1.10597310 And East Harlem has been hit hard by more recent waves of church and school closings: Holy Rosary, St. Lucy, Holy Agony….

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