Midnight Mass at St. Mary’s, Norwalk. The celebrant was Fr. Greg Markey; Steve Genovese was the deacon and Fr. Richard Cipolla the subdeacon. (Above and Below) Before the Mass and the singing of carols, Fr. Markey led the congregation in the recitation of the rosary before the manger scene. Mr David Hughes was the director […]

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A blessed and merry Christmas to all of our friends, benefactors and readers! (Above: The window of the Nativity in St. Thomas More Church, New York. The parish is scheduled by the Archdiocese to close in August 2015)

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Some photos of the Regina Pacis Academy Christmas Pageant performed at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Norwalk, CT on December 18.

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FROM THE PASTOR As many of you were, I was shocked at the announcement of the closing of St. Stephen’s Church. The recommendation did not come from our cluster of parishes (St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Our Saviour, St. Agnes, St. Stephen/Our Lady of the Scapular, and the Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary), […]

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Martin Mosebach is known on these shores as a Catholic apologist and as the author of the Heresy of Formlessness. But in his own country he is above all a novelist. There has now appeared What was Before – to my knowledge the first translation of one of his novels (Was davor Geschah) into English. […]

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Interview by Christoph Schmidt for the KNA (“Catholic News Agency”). The author Martin Mosebach is one of the best-known conservative Catholic intellectuals in the German-speaking world. He emphatically greeted the restoration in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI of the old rite of the mass. The author, who currently is living in Rome under a grant, […]

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Window in Our Lady of Guadalupe/St. Bernard church, New York   Connecticut: Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport Christmas Day: 10:15 AM St. Martha, Enfield Christmas Day: Mass, 12:00 PM St. Mary Church, Norwalk Christmas Eve: 11:00 PM, Rosary at the Creche 11:30 PM, Christmas Carols and Organ Music: Prelude: Es is ein’ Ros’ entsprungen (Johannes […]

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The severe altar of St. Thomas More: a legacy of the Liturgical Movement and Cardinal Spellman. As we had told you, the grand Archdiocesan announcement of November 2 was only the beginning of the “Making all Things New” saga. The New York Times now makes us aware of a second wave of proposed mergers and […]

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“The observance of Ember days is the cherished tradition in the Roman Church. Four times a year, at the turn of the seasons, it was the custom to devote 3 days of the week, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturdayt o prayer and fasting, so as to implore God’s blessing on the new season and on the […]

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