Yesterday we have this article in the NYT on the fate of New York Catholic churches and their “artifacts.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/nyregion/for-relics-from-closed-churches-an-afterlife-in-staten-island.html?ref=nyregion The article has as its stated theme the “recycling” of furnishings from closed churches. “Some items ended up at the warehouse after the 2007 decision of the Archdiocese of New York to close or shrink […]

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The AP reports it – must be something to it, then. It’s a story that already has been extensively covered for weeks by Italian secular media and conservative Italian websites: Pope’s crackdown on order alarms traditionalists Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/12/14/5418242/popes-crackdown-on-order-alarms.html#storylink=cpy Where we read among other things: “Francis has called Benedict’s 2007 decree allowing wider use […]

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A major new article in the New York Times by David Gonzalez,”Bringing Back the Artistic Beauty of a 19th-Century Church.” “The stunningly decorated sanctuary of St. Anselm’s Church in the South Bronx is a marvel of art and architecture, capturing Byzantine, Greek, Italian and German styles. No glistening detail is random, from the gold band […]

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Last Thursday,  in the original cathedral of the New York Archdiocese , Fr. Austin Litke, O.P. , Assistant Chaplain at the Catholic Center at NYU,  gave a spiritual talk at an Advent evening of recollection sponsored by The Catholic Artists Society. The topic was the beauty of the Virgin Mary as evidenced by the Litany […]

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St. Mary’s warmly invites you & your family to its annual service of Advent Lessons & Carols, Friday, 13 December 2013, 7:00 p.m. The St. Mary’s Choir El Coro Hispano de Santa María The St. Mary’s Student Schola * * * David J. Hughes, Organist & Choirmaster Welder Gomez, Spanish Choir Director William V. Riccio, Jr., Assistant Organist […]

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On Saturday, December 14 at 6:30 am Saint Gabriel Church, Stamford,  will celebrate an extraordinary form Mass: a  “Rorate Mass.”  This is a Votive Mass of Our Lady usually celebrated on Saturdays in Advent by candlelight in the early morning hours. From the pastor Fr. La Pastina: “The Rorate Mass takes its name from the first word […]

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For those of you who don’t know exactly what is going on in Rome – or don’t want to know what is going on – and further don’t have the time to work through Evangelii Gaudium, the Bishop of Rome has just provided some helpful clarification. It takes the form of remarks reported to have […]

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Photos courtesy of Dennis Devito

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(Above) From the Fluminalis website. From Kath.net 1) we learn of a major enterprise – a true “fruit of the Council,” so to speak. It is the Netherlands-based Fluminalis. In the wake of the Vatican Council, in thousands of churches across Europe the same scene took place: statues, monstrances, vestments, tabernacles confessionals etc. – all […]

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At St. Gabriel Church in Stamford, CT, there will be a Missa Cantata for the Feast of Saint Nicholas on Friday December 6th at 7:30 in the evening. Msgr. Stephen Di Giovanni will preach and the choir will sing Byrd’s Mass for Three Voices Veneration of the relic of Saint Nicholas following Mass Special reception […]

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