Our Lady of Sorrows 101 Pitt Street “Hidden gems” – thus did one of our readers describe some of the out–of-the-way churches of the city. There is no gem more hidden than Our Lady of Sorrows (originally, Our Lady of the Seven Dolors) in the heart of the Lower East Side. For Our Lady of […]

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The following churches will be offering the Traditional Mass on Ascension Thursday, May 9.  Please advise us of other churches in the area that will be offering the Traditional Mass. New Haven, Connecticut Mass will be offered at 5:30 pm at Saint Stanislaus Church (State & Eld Streets).   Norwalk, Connecticut St. Mary’s, High Mass at 5:30 […]

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In a lamentably lost hallowed halcyon age before the scurrilous scourge of invading immigrants known as yuppies, the noble neighborhoods of the fabulous Five Boroughs were, ofttimes intrepidly indeed in spite of the infernal interfering inconveniences of the Master Builder,  divinely defined by the blessed boundaries of its parish church.   The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday preceding Ascension Thursday form a special triduum […]

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Here is the CONCLUSION of this very challenging and informative series by RADTRAD. With – on the whole – very solid recommendations for going forward. And I note a certain parish in Connecticut is prominently featured…. Some random observations: It should be increasingly clear to all that 1962-65 and its aftermath is to a great […]

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    Dates for upcoming Masses in the Extraordinary Form  at St. Gabriel Church in Stamford.  All Masses are at 7:30 in the evening.    Thursday, May 30 for the Feast of Corpus Christi (with Eucharistic Procession)   Friday, June 7 for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (with Litany of the Sacred Heart and Benediction) […]

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Manhattan in the 1970s was quite a dreary place to live as evidenced by the intriguingly iconic  yet amply anomalous subway map designed by Massimo Vignelli with its beige waters and grey parks. While the map very purposely did not seek accuracy in geography,  in popular imagination it wasn’t that far off in describing the […]

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    This Sunday St. Stanislaus Church in New Haven, CT will be observing the 100th anniversary of the blessing of the cornerstone of the church. A Solemn Votive Mass in honor of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr  will be offered with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Sunday, 5 May 2013 at 2:00 P.M.,  State […]

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    The Friends of the Traditional Latin Mass, North Jersey, invite you to a pilgrimage and picnic at the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, 174 Filors Lane, Stony Point, NY on Saturday, May 25. Mass in the Extraordinary Form will take place at 12 noon. Picnickers should bring food and drinks. There […]

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Our Lady of Esperanza 624 West 156th Street The Church and Art – at this point in history it would seem that the two are mutually exclusive. Most of the art commissioned today under Church patronage is either outright junk or, even worse, an attempted accommodation with “modern art” – even in its increasingly blasphemous […]

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For those of us who yearn for celebrations in the Sarum “Rite”; of the pre-1955 Holy Week rituals etc. From the “Rad Trad” Blog. One of a series…

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