A view of the interior(with the choir in procession). Corpus Christi 529 West 121st Street In the shadows of the huge complexes of Columbia University and Columbia Teachers College stands a modest structure. At first one thinks the white stone facade set against a red brick exterior is a copy of an 18th century meetinghouse […]

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How to proceed with the FSSPX? Three days before the meeting planned for Sunday between Bishop Fellay of the FSSPX and Cardinal Mueller, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the president of the attached commission Ecclesia Dei, Pope Francis had an interview with the secretary of this commission, Archbishop […]

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Today, in glorious weather, the Society of St Hugh of Cluny sponsored a Votive Mass of St Frances Xavier Cabrini at the saint’s shrine in Upper Manhattan. Fr Richard Cipolla was the celebrant; Fr Chris Salvatori was deacon. Music was provided by David Hughes (director and organist), Charles Weaver and Judith Malafronte(members of the schola […]

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The 19th annual Pilgrimage for Restoration to the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY, is scheduled for this weekend, Friday-Sunday, September 19-21. Extraordinary form Holy Mass crowns the Pilgrimage this year in St. Kateri’s Chapel [NOTE: not the Coliseum church], once again at 3:15 P.M. Sunday. Further information on the pilgrimage: link […]

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Mass at Immaculate Conception church on September 14 – courtesy of Una Voce Westchester.

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From the 2012 Pilgrimage On Saturday, September 20 at 10 AM, our Society will sponsor a Solemn Mass at the Shrine of St. Frances Cabrini, 701 Fort Washington Avenue, New York. Fr. Richard Cipolla will be the celebrant; Mr. David Hughes will lead the schola. There is a room in which lunch may be taken […]

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The unusual saga of The “Fulton Sheen Center” continues to draw media interest. NY Times First Things Commonweal There is the unusual fact of the New York Archdiocese entering into the for-profit theatrical business for the first time in 200 years. Some observers question shutting down a charitable institution for the poor and a curious […]

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For the first time in decades the Traditional Mass returned to the “upper church” of St. Mary’s parish, Greenwich. (The Traditional Mass had already been recently celebrated in the “lower church” and in 2007-2008 as well – in fact this Society assisted at the latter liturgies). A not insignificant congregation was present Friday evening for […]

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(Above: from Our Lady of Pompeii) On Saturday, September 20, our Society will sponsor its third annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Frances Cabrini in Washington Heights, New York. Mass will be celebrated at 10 AM. The celebrant will be Fr. Richard Cipolla of St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT. The St. Mary’s Schola Cantorum […]

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Our Society takes its name – a bit presumptuously, I admit, from the abbey of Cluny, in its day the largest church in the West. It was the focal point of a grand spiritual revival in the 11th and 12the centuries centered on the celebration of the liturgy. After the French Revolution almost all of […]

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