St. Joseph (in Yorkville) 404 East 87th Street East 87th Street in New York on a bright afternoon in early summer. It all seems a subdued and almost idyllic corner of the city: trees, mothers with strollers, and relatively fewer high-rise apartments that usual. The modest stone façade of a church and its tower still […]

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5. The Era of Pope Francis and an Epilogue; 2013 -? One again the Traditionalist scene in the United States was rocked by an event from across the seas. Pope Benedict, who had done so much for the cause of Catholic Tradition – without fully embracing it himself – abdicated. It was clear from the […]

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“La Nona Ora” by Maurizio Cattelan aka “John Paul II hit by a Meteorite.” Now on view in France, at Rennes, courtesy of the Archbishop of Rennes. “The Archbishop of Rennes Pierre d’Ornellas explained in a press conference that the show: “will trace the pontificate of the Pope through a selection of press images and […]

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From the Catholic History Nerd.

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SOLEMN HIGH MASS FOR THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI Thursday June 19th at 7:30 in the evening Celebrated in Latin according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Outdoor Eucharistic Procession and Benediction after Mass. Light refreshments to follow in Parish Meeting Room Church of Saint Gabriel 914 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut

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  Fr. Justin Wylie is a priest of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa, who, until very recently, had been on assignment in New York City as attaché to the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations. He has become an extremely popular preacher in New York and was a frequent celebrant of […]

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There will be a Gregorian chant tutorial learning the basics of the Church’s chant in Branford, CT on Wednesday June 18 at 7 pm.  This event is sponsored by the St. Gregory Society.  The tutorial will take place at the Monastery of the Glorious Cross, 61 Burban Drive, Branford (next to St Elizabeth Church).  There […]

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Some photos of the Missa Cantata for Pentecost at Immaculate Conception in Sleepy Hollow, New York. The Mass was offered by Fr. Richard Munkelt. The MC was Dominic Morlino. There was a reception after Mass to thank the schola for 10 years of service to Our Lord. The schola livened up the reception by taking […]

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We wish our readers a blessed feast day. This window is in St. Stephens Church, Manhattan.

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St. Peter 22 Barclay Street We first encountered this church many years ago – was it in the late 1970’s? In those years the gray mass of St. Peter’s seemed to squat, forlorn and dingy, in the shadow of the surrounding giants: the Woolworth building, the twin towers of the World Trade Center. A parish […]

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