Once upon a notoriously noxious time, the tough thoroughfares of Manhattan’s Alphabet City had, how shall we say, endearing epithets: Avenue A was for Assault, Avenue B was for Battery, Avenue C was for Crippling, and Avenue D was for Death. In that lovely little land was an adorably scrawny little boy; so scrawny in […]

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This week St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT will have its annual Triduum in honor of St. Monica to pray that fallen away Catholics will return to the fold: Sunday August 25 at 5:00 P.M., Monday at 6:20 P.M., and Tuesday at 7:00 P.M. The final night will begin with an extraordinary form Low Mass followed […]

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Mary Help of Christians – now gone. I found this ‘holy card” affixed to the billboard.

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The conclusion of the Homily given at the funeral mass of Jean Madiran, Monday, August 5, 2013 at Notre Dame des Armées at Versailles, by Dom Louis-Marie, Abbot of the Abbey of Sainte- Madeleine du Barroux. “ I conclude by citing our brother oblate, for Jean Madiran had received the scapular under the patronage of […]

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The former Cathedral of St. Vibiana in Los Angeles yielded to the “Taj Mahoney.” The former church now serves was an “event space.” http://www.leforumcatholique.org/message.php?num=729741 (Courtesy of Le Forum Catholique) And even more scandalous, the website of the “event space.” http://www.vibiana.com/index.html The Archdiocese of Los Angeles? – as someone remarked of the creator of certain video […]

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MASSES IN THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE ROMAN RITE SAINT GABRIEL CHURCH 914 NEWFIELD AVENUE STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 2013 Thurs., August 22 Immaculate Heart of Mary 7:30PM Thurs., September 12 Holy Name of Mary 7:30PM Mon., November 4 Mass for the Dead 7:30PM Fri., November 22 St. Cecilia 7:30PM Fri., December 6 St. Nicholas 7:30PM 2014 […]

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      From the speaking notes of Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin Archbishop of Dublin: Fordham Centre of Religion and Culture, New York, 24th April 2013 “Let me take a brief look at the changed demographics of Catholic Ireland. Church attendance is very low in some areas, especially in socially deprived areas. In Dublin, Mass attendance is generally highest […]

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Channel 12 News based in Norwalk made a special feature on St. Mary Church’s renovation over the past couple of months. it will be seen starting tomorrow on the 5 PM news (unless it is trumped by some other story). UPDATE: Here is a LINK to the program: “Catholic Church in Norwalk undergoes Transformation.”

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An accomplished academic atheist was taking a leisurely hike through the woods. “What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!” he said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river looking for a place to picnic, he heard a distinctive rustling in the bushes behind him. When he turned, he saw a seven-foot […]

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Friday, August 23, Evening Event Details: 7:30pm at Oxford University Press (198 Madison Ave. near 35th Street). The Sleepy Hollow Schola Cantorum will participate in an evening of Sacred Music, following the conference on medieval mendicants. The chant selections will be interspersed with short motets on the same texts sung by the weekday choir of […]

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