Solemn Mass, according to the 1962 missal, being celebrated at the shrine in 2006.   This year from September 18-20 the “Pilgrimage for the Restoration” will once more make its way to the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY and celebrate its concluding liturgy – no longer, alas, in the main shrine […]

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The Roman Forum New York City Church History Program 2015-2016 Splendors and Miseries of the Tridentine Life: The High Baroque and the Architects of Demolition: 1689-1748 Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford University Associate Professor of History, St. John’s University September 13–The Political and Religious Contours of a Divided Christendom (1689-1740) September 20–Continued Tridentine Reform […]

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There will be a traditional mass at Saint Mary in Greenwich, CT on Monday, September 14th at 7:30 PM to celebrate the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross. On September 14th,  there will be two traditional Masses at Holy Innocents: a) Low Mass: Visiting priest, Fr. Mark Withoos (private secretary to Cardinal Pell), will […]

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St James Church Garbage on the steps, dumpster in the street, workmen going in and out of the open doors – what is going on at St James, a landmark and one of the oldest Catholic churches in New York? Demolition? Restoration? The parish had been joined years ago to nearby St Joseph parish. In […]

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St. Andrew 20 Cardinal Hayes Place (in Federal Plaza) August 1, 2015 has come and gone. “Making all Things New” has been concluded  – if this “process” will ever have a termination. Churches  have been closed – subject in some cases to ongoing legal battles. Others remain open but have been combined into one parish. […]

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  Sermon for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost given by Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro Since the beginning, rational creatures had to choose to use their freedom either to serve the Lord or try to fall into the shortsighted illusion of trying to serve themselves. This is the option that the angels had. This is the option […]

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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR IMPORTANT CONFERENCE ON THE LITURGY ARCHBISHOP CORDILEONE OF SAN FRANCISCO TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS DATE: Oct. 1-3, 2015 EVENT LOCATIONS: Union League Club, 38 East 37th Street Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, Mott St. between Prince and Houston Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, 18 Bleecker St. Registration is now […]

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Lumen Christi Association of New York October 7, 2015 at The New York Athletic Club 5:30 – 8:00 PM An Evening to Benefit the Benedictine Monks of Norcia Food, Conviviality, and the Beer of the Monastery Join us on the feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Wednesday evening, October 7, 2015, as we […]

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Holy Ghost Church, Maui We have seen how, in the latter part of the 19th century, grand edifices for Catholic worship were being erected in New York. But, at the same time, on “the far side of the world” in Hawaii much more modest but equally impressive churches were being built. For Hawaii, like the […]

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