In this HISTORIC CHURCH.

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St. Francis de Sales 135 East 96th Street Truly the years between 1890 and 1920 were the golden age of the Archdiocese of New York – and the golden age of Catholic church architecture as well. It seemed that every new parish was seeking some distinctive architectural expression to set it apart from its sisters: […]

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The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral Mott Street (at Prince Street between Mulberry and Mott Streets) I. The current official title for St. Patrick’s is a long one. It’s appropriate, though, for the second oldest Catholic church in New York City and the Archdiocese’s original cathedral. It is an eloquent reminder of the challenges […]

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Church of the Epiphany 373 Second Avenue at East 22nd Street   1967 – the last year of Cardinal Spellman’s reign in New York – must have been bewildering for the aging prelate. The political and media establishments, which had celebrated him during the Second World War, now excoriated the Cardinal when he expressed the […]

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I wonder which group the Bishop of Rome has in mind in the following  passage of  Evangelii Gaudium, couched in accusatory and  violent language?   One is the attraction of gnosticism, a purely subjective faith whose only interest is a certain experience or a set of ideas and bits of information which are meant to […]

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The Catholic Artists Society has posted sound recordings from the recent Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Agnes Church.   You’ll hear Mozart’s Requiem sung beautifully, in its liturgical context, by the Schola Cantorum of St. Agnes. Link

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A new American chapter – organized by some knights of Malta! The French order of Malta have always been massive presence on the pilgrimage route – they manage the medical care. See HERE. Some friendly competition for the Remnant chapter, also from Minnesota. Or is something else going on here? UPDATE: We will close further […]

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Last Sunday After Pentecost Saint Mary’s Norwalk 2013 . From today’s Gospel: For as the lightening comes forth from the east and shines even to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man… And he will send forth his angels with a trumpet and a great sound, and they will gather […]

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In the Rue Goujon – strangely isolated, yet in immediate proximity to the Avenue Montaigne, Paris’ top shopping street – stands a curious monument to a tragedy of history. It is the chapel of Notre-Dame de Consolation/Monument to the Victims of the Fire of the Charity Bazaar. in 1897 an association of Catholic charities organized […]

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 259 Oliver St. Newark, N.J. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will hold the Forty Hours Devotion this weekend with exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Friday, November 22nd, from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm Saturday, November 23rd, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and Sunday, November 24th, […]

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