On this same beautiful Sunday, several hundred process from the church of St. Catherine of Siena through the streets of New York. The Corpus Christi procession was preceded by mass – Novus Ordo, but employing more Latin and traditional music of all kinds than I ever heard before the early 1980’s and itself preceded by […]

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Today was a beautiful sunny day for the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi at St. Mary Church, Nowalk. Solemn Mass featured Palestrina’s “Missa Lauda Sion.” A procession around the neighborhood and Benediction followed. Fr. John Ringley was the celebrant. Parishioners said farewell to him during the festive reception which followed. He will be moving […]

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Dom Alcuin Reid, noted author and liturgist, will present a talk this weekend at two locations. Friday, June 20th at 7:30 PM at the Church of St. Mary  in Norwalk, Connecticut. Sunday,June 22nd at 2:30 pm at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan (37th Street between Broadway and 7th Avenue) following  Solemn Vespers and Benediction […]

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A Solemn High Mass will be celebrated at St. Theresa’s Church in Trumbull, CT on Sunday, June 29 at 2:30 pm. A reception will follow in the gym.  The Mass is being organized by the St. Theresa Young Adult Group.

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An exhibit in France of the artworks produced in the abbey of Saint Wandrille from 1930-1950 – especially in vestments and gold- and silversmiths’ work. It was an attempt to use the Art Deco idiom in religious art – like some of the contemporary work by Hildreth Meiere in the United States. A fantastic catalogue! […]

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Nice post from a while back on “ Catholic Churches in Crisis.“

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19 St. Gabriel Church, Stamford CT, Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm. Outdoor Eucharistic Procession and Benediction after Mass. Light refreshments to follow in Parish Meeting Room. Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan,  Solemn Mass, 6 pm, followed by an outdoor procession. SUNDAY, JUNE 22 St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, Solemn Mass, 9:30 am.  Outdoor Eucharistic Procession around […]

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So says Sister Patricia Anastasio, a member of the Archdiocesan Advisory Group: “a difficult time” for the Archdiocese and its parishes and parishioners, as final recommendations are considered and made. ..”I know people love their parishes,” she said. “Each parish is the heart of the church in the Archdiocese. People love their parishes and identify […]

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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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