Another Article from Maureen Mullarkey at First Things. Meanwhile, the formal dedication of the Sheen Center has taken place. In a “powerful address” Cardinal Dolan explained that: “(Archbishop Sheen) demonstrated “once and for all that American society had nothing to fear from Catholics, and in fact could count on the Church to be a real […]

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Two events coming up at St. Mary Church in Greenwich, CT: On Tuesday, October 7th, at 7:30 in the evening the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary there will be a candlelight Rosary Procession (outdoors, weather permitting) including Eucharistic Procession and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.   On Friday, October 17th at 7:30 in […]

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It has been four years since the death of Joseph Sobran.  Scott P. Richert has written a moving tribute at the Chronicles magazine website. “For many Catholics of a certain age, Joseph Sobran will forever be remembered as one of the greatest literary defenders of the Catholic Church’s teaching on life over the past 40 […]

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From our Friends at the Catholic Artists Society: We are looking forward to the opening event of this year’s Art of the Beautiful series, co-sponsored by the Thomistic Institute. The theme of this year’s series is Redeeming Culture in Christ. Father John Saward, eminent theologian, fellow at Blackfriars Hall (University of Oxford) and the English […]

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Dear Fellow Parishioners and Friends of Holy Innocents, It’s the interrelationships between Patrick Charles Keely, his churches, and the Traditional Latin Mass that is significant in the story of Keely’s Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City, built in 1870. Because the story is not only that Holy Innocents was built by America’s […]

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From the Epistle to the Hebrews: “But when Christ appeared as High Priest of the good things to come, He entered once for all through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands.. not again by virtue of blood of goats and calves but by virtue of His own Blood, into the Holies, […]

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Window in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York. I wonder how long that’s going to remain there? If the Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary is forever associated with the battle of Vienna in 1683, that of the Most Holy Rosary commemorates the battle of Lepanto, fought on October 7, […]

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“In the Netherlands, churches have been closing at a rate of one or two a week. The bishops told the pope in Rome on Monday that about two-thirds of all Roman Catholic churches in the Netherlands would have to be shut or sold by 2025, and many parishes merged, because congregations and finances were ‘in […]

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After rumors of an immediate confrontation – undoubtedly the wishful thinking of many in Rome – the meeting between Msgr. Fellay and Cardinal Mueller & Co. is reported by both the FSSPX and the Vatican to have proceeded in a cordial manner, with an understanding to continue the talks. It’s a welcome change from the […]

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