Yesterday was the  final day of the Sacra Liturgia conference. I have included excerpts from the speakers’ talks.   There are more excerpts  on the Sacra Liturgia USA Facebook page. I am posting separately the Corpus Christi Mass and procession which followed the talks. Dom Alcuin Reid: “Certainly, the second half of the twentieth century saw much violence […]

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Another day of excellent speakers at the Sacra Liturgia Conference in New York. The Mass for the Feast of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions was celebrated in St. Catherine Of Siena Church according to the Missale Romanum 2002. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was celebrant and Bishop Frank Caggiano was homilist. The Schola Cantorum of the Church […]

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The second day of the New York Sacra Liturgia conference. A day long series of outstanding presentations – followed by Solemn High Mass at St. Catherine of Siena church. The celebrant was Father Sean Connolly of the New York Archdiocese, ordained on May 23 of this year. He imparted his priestly blessing after the mass. […]

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This afternoon, at the Kaye Playhouse in New York, His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke gave the opening address for the Sacra Liturgia USA conference. His talk was entitled “Beauty in the Sacred Liturgy and the Beauty of a Holy Life.” Later he presided over Solemn Vespers at St. Catherine of Siena Church.

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Thursday, June 4th at 7:00 p.m. St. Anthony of Padua Church Monmouth between 6th and 7th Sts., Jersey City Missa Cantata, Feast of Corpus Christi Followed by a procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

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Tuesday, June 9th Catholic Directors’ Event at Church of the Holy Innocents, NYC In these days when the media promotes the culture of death, violence, and immorality, there are very few Catholic filmmakers who are trying to influence the media in a Catholic way. Acclaimed Australian filmmaker Liam Firmager and Connecticut’s own Jim Morlino are […]

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The following report and photos are from Arrys Ortanez: Solemn Mass (EF) for Ember Friday in Pentecost celebrated by the newly-ordained Rev. Fr. Sean Connolly of the Archdiocese of NY, a dear friend to The Church of the Holy Innocents where the Mass was celebrated. This was also one of the celebrant’s first Masses of […]

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Three Trinitarian subjects in the stained glass of the church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, New York. The parish is currently scheduled to be closed this year.

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Now and then we should think outside the “traditional ” box, and cast a glance at how the “other side” sees the world. In that spirit, let’s take a look at “A church refreshed: A dispatch from an American Catholic future” –   a dream offered by Patrick T. Reardon in the National Catholic Reporter. […]

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Reredos in St. Catherine of Siena Church The organizers of Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 are pleased to announce the program of liturgical celebrations for the conference to be held in New York City from 1-4 June 2015. On Monday, June 1st, Solemn Vespers (Breviarium Romanum 1961) will be celebrated at 7.30 pm, in the presence […]

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