Those closely following the saga of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (“FFI”) have undoubtedly noticed – by performing some elementary searches on the net – that one center of the resistance to the growing traditionalist orientation of the friars was right here in Griswold, Connecticut. This, despite the early interest of this priory’s friars […]

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Many a little child in the Nineteen-Eighties dreamt of sleeping on clouds, riding in cloud-mobiles, and sliding down rainbows while cuddling cute colorful plush teddy bears. The original ten Care Bears consisting of Bedtime Bear, Birthday Bear, Cheer Bear, Friend Bear, Funshine Bear, Good Luck Bear, Grumpy Bear, Love-A-Lot Bear, Tenderheart Bear and Wish Bear […]

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Frenzy into Folly A few days ago a visitor to St Paul the Apostle church on West 59th Street noticed a startling object in a side chapel dedicated to Our Lady: a mihrab! It is accompanied by an explanatory text perhaps even stranger in a Catholic church: “The intention of this work is to represent […]

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The Roman Forum Church History Program 2013-2014 New York City Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam: Sanctifying, Expanding & Defending the True Meaning of Lecturer: John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford University Associate Professor of History, St. John’s University September 8—-1563: Christendom’s Jagged Boundaries September 15– Strengthening the Bones of the Church September 29—Always Ancient, But Always New: […]

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News of a new release from Sony Music, produced by Anthony Fountain. It’s a re-issue of the full Solemn Pontifical Requiem offered for John F. Kennedy at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross in January, 1964. It is released today, on the Feast of St. Pius X! As far as I know, it’s the only […]

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Solemn High Mass for The Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. On Thursday September 12, 2013 at 7:30 PM Saint Gabriel Church in Stamford will celebrate a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (Latin Mass according to the 1962 Missal) for the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. […]

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From the bulletin of St. John’s, Stamford: “Beginning September 29th, the 8:30 Extraordinary Form Mass will be cancelled. When we began the Latin Mass nearly three years ago, we had a great number of people attending. Now, the numbers certainly do not demonstrate a “need” for this extraordinary Mass. I like the Latin Mass, but, […]

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The following salutation, benediction and felicitation escapes one’s lips when one is introduced to a blushing bride in her first pregnancy “Congratulations on your second child!” At first, the lovely lady’s countenance betrays a sentiment of bewilderment but in an instant an intuitive illumination opens wide her emotive eyes and, knowingly nodding, she resignedly replies: […]

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Fr. Richard Futie (Photo credit: The Daily Voice) We regret having to give a belated report of the death of Fr Richard Futie on August 25. His “Mass of Christian Burial” took place today at St. John’s in Stamford. Let me say a few words about Fr. Futie and the support he gave to the […]

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  By Andrew Esolen – from Crisis Magazine Photo: Crisis Magazine “We’re human beings, not calculators.  The building that was once my parochial school and the parish hall still stands, but it belongs to the borough now.  What is left of it?  Certainly the statue of Thomas Aquinas at the entry had to be taken […]

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