For when a Church dies… (St Elizabeth of Hungary)     How many things are lost when a church closes! Catholics and non-Catholics alike lose the presence of a familiar landmark, anchoring the streetscape. The small church of St Elizabeth of Hungary presides over a tree-lined block of quaint buildings, which has miraculously survived […]

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Today the annual Traditional Pilgrimage took place which concludes the celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the patron of the Pontifical shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on East 116th Street, New York. Father Chris Salvatori was the celebrant of the missa cantata; Bill Riccio was the organist. In addition […]

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Father Sean Connolly will be offering a Solemn High Mass on July 19th at 3PM at Sleepy Hollow Latin Mass, Immaculate Conception Church, Sleepy Hollow, NY. After Mass Father Connolly will offer his first priestly blessing.  An informal reception for him will follow.

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On Friday July 24th at 7pm a Votive Sung Mass of the Precious Blood will be celebrated according to the extraordinary form at the Church of St. Joseph, 141 Ashburton Ave., Yonkers, NY Light refreshments following Holy Mass. Parking is available.  

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(Above) The armory-like second facade of St. Stephen’s church on East 29th Street. St. Stephen’s When I commenced this review of the Catholic churches in Manhattan I did have in the back of my mind that I might be documenting a rapidly disappearing past. Now August 1, the implementation date of “Making all Things New” […]

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St. Mary Church, Norwalk, Thursday, July 16th, 6 pm, Solemn Mass The Church of St. James the Apostle, 14 Gleneida Ave., Carmel, NY, Wednesday, July 15th, 7:30 PM, Solemn Mass, More information Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 448 E. 116th St., New York Byzantine Eastern Rite Liturgy w/Blessing of Sick July 12 at […]

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(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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