A Solemn High Mass in honor of the Queenship of Mary was celebrated yesterday as part of the events marking the completion of the restoration of this church. The weather was glorious. The neighborhood with its townhouses, many trees, and strolling families seems lively but peaceful, pleasant  and quaint – the epitome of old Brooklyn, […]

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Recently Father Richard Cipolla led a group of pilgrims from St. Mary Church, Norwalk on a pilgrimage to Venice and Rome. In this photo, he is celebrating the Traditional Mass at a side altar of the Basilica Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. Thanks to Sharon Levin for sharing this photo.

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  From the Church of the Ascension, West 107th Street,New York   The following churches will offer the Traditional Mass on the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven, Thursday, May 29, a holy day of obligation. If you know of a church in the area that we have not included, please share […]

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Massacre at Holy Innocents

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From Rorate Caeli we have this. Traditionalists here are admonished to emulate a priest who celebrates the “Mass of Paul VI” and then reaches out to those who “walk in the door.” Supposedly this is in contrast to the conduct of Traditionalists. I must confess never to have encountered this “welcoming” behavior of anyone who […]

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If our visitor leaves St. John the Baptist and heads east on West 31st Street he encounters our second tower of Penn Station: St Francis of Assisi. A quick glance at the exterior reveals that this church is, artistically, an altogether lesser affair that its older cousin up the street. Instead of the finely articulated […]

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The Spire of St. John the Baptist St. John the Baptist 211 West 30th Street St. Francis of Assisi 135 West 31st Street Many a commuter on his daily journeys passes by one of two Catholic churches in the shadow of Penn Station. And not a few stop to pay a visit: to say a […]

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5. The Era of Summorum Pontificum 2007-2013 On July 7, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI issued the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. For traditionalists it was a vindication and emancipation that would have been scarcely imaginable a few short years before. For now the Traditional liturgy was acknowledged to be a constituent element of the Catholic faith […]

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    St. Veronica 153 Christopher Street   Christopher Street nowadays seems like a calm, even sedate neighborhood – like much of Greenwich Village, a residential oasis in the midst of the big city. On a westward stroll towards the Hudson River the visitor encounters only a few relics – in one sleazy stretch – […]

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This coming Sunday, May 18th, 2014, there will be a “Town Hall” Meeting about the future of the Church of the Holy Innocents during the Coffee Hour after the 10:30 AM Mass. The purpose of this “Town Hall” Meeting is to discuss the Preliminary Recommendation of the Archdiocesan Advisory Group, which has recommended that the […]

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