You may be interested in knowing that “Catholic New York” features a list of Latin Masses in the Archdiocese: Latin Masses in the Archdiocese Event Date(s): Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and, Saturdays, 9/1/2012 – 9/1/2013 Immaculate Conception, 199 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, Sundays at 3 p.m. Holy Days call for time. (914) 277-3368. St. Joseph, 9 […]

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Jumpin Juno! The most popular month for the solemnization of matrimony is still, after many millenia, the one named after the goddess of marriage, the original Bridezilla, the suffering spouse of jolly Jupiter himself, the aforementioned Juno. And crowning with laurels the termination of the month is the fabulous feast of the famed founders of […]

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St. Columba 343 West 25th Street Up to recent decades Chelsea – the area on the West Side between West 14th Street and West 29th street – had remained one of the more obscure areas of Manhattan. The 1939 WPA Guide to New York referred to its “preserved “ quality. Starting from the 1820’s until […]

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Inside, St. Vincent’s offers a dark, mystical atmosphere. There is immensity and strength in the many powerful arches that create the interior. It is a place of prayer at any time of the day – what contrast to the non-stop chaos further south on Fifth Avenue and East 50th. In the obscurity glow the magnificent, […]

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St Vincent Ferrer 869 Lexington Avenue It’s hard to avoid superlatives in describing the church of St Vincent Ferrer. 1) The “Dominican Fathers” in their 1944 guide to this church, were only being candid in introducing it as the finest Catholic ecclesiastical building in New York. And is it the finest church in New York […]

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The liturgical feast occurring on the ancient astronomical summer solstice is a wonderful meditation on the virtue of humility. The traditional Roman Ritual provides for a Blessing of a Bonfire on the Vigil of the Nativity of the Precursor (but incomprehensibly omits rubrics concerning jumping over said bonfire). From a commentary on the Ritual by the […]

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One day Monsignor was visiting one of his parishioners, and, asking about her teenage son, discovered that she was worried about what career he would choose. The priest said he could tell by a simple test. He put on the coffee table a Bible, a wallet, and a bottle of scotch.   “If he chooses […]

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Immaculate Conception Parish, Sleepy Hollow, NY, home of a weekly Sunday Traditional Mass, will be hosting a parish  picnic this Saturday,June 22 at 6PM Reserve Ticket today:  Kay Camillieri 914-631-5767 $10 per person/$5 for children under 5 Chicken, hamburger, hot dogs, corn and all the goodies you want

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