Church of the Annunciation 88 Convent Avenue and West 131st Street We already have traced the history of the neighborhood known as Manhattanville in our account of the originally German parish of St. Joseph. The first Catholic church in the area, however, was Annunciation parish, founded in 1852. Its original territory was everything west of […]

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The Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at 448 East 116th Street, Manhattan has announced the schedule for this year’s Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Traditional Liturgies: Traditional Latin Vespers, July 15th, 7:30 pm Solemn Extraordinary Form Midnight Mass of Our Lady, Midight between July 15 and July 16. Traditional Sung […]

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The last Missa Cantata of Fr. Leonard Villa, pastor of St. Eugene’s parish in Yonkers, NY for the feast of St. Peter and Paul. He is being transferred to Goshen, NY to be pastor of St. John the Baptist parish as of July 1. Thank you to Joanne O’Beirne for sending the photo.

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We call your attention to an article that appears in today’s New York Times concerning the Church of the Holy Innocents: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/nyregion/church-of-the-holy-innocents-home-of-the-citys-only-daily-latin-mass-might-close.html?_r=1&assetType=nyt_now UPDATE: A strong article from, of all places, the National Catholic Register! http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/traditional-catholics-perplexed-over-n.y.-parishs-rumored-closing/ Now Holy Innocents has already made it into this article on the status of deals for churches and schools (including […]

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This summer St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, CT will hosting a Chant Camp for children directed by David Hughes and Charles Weaver from July 28 to August 1. The program runs everyday from 10 am to 3 pm, with classes in ear training, sight singing, and repertoire plus daily Mass and recreation. This is an exciting […]

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St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, CT will offer a Missa Cantata this Friday June 27 at 7:30 pm for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Music for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Missale Romanum of 1962) Prelude: Cor arca legem continens (David Adam Smith) Messe de Tournai (anonymous, […]

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Fr. Brian Gannon, pastor of St. Theresa Church of Trumbull, CT, will be celebrating a Solemn Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Sunday June 29th, at 2:30pm. This will be Fr. Gannon’s first public celebration of the extraordinary form and the first time in over 40 years […]

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The Corpus Christi Procession of the Church of the Holy Innocents took place last Thursday evening. Our thanks for Eddy Toribio for sending us the link to these photos on the website Traditional Catholicism.

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(above and below) Altars and decorations for the Corpus Christi procession of St. Stanislaus church (Polish). SOURCE (Thanks to Manuel Albino)

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St. Joseph (of the Holy Family) 405 West 125th Street (Corner of 125th Street and Morningside Ave) West 125th Street in Harlem is still a sorrowful sight. The gentrification sweeping every part of the city has up till now largely bypassed the main street of Harlem. Nondescript chain stores and boarded-up storefronts are still the […]

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