25 Apr

2013

While we are on the subject of the Poverty of the Church…

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Uncategorized

Certainly under the new administration of the Church we are hearing much about the duty to the poor. Pope Francis feels the need to live and dress modestly – and even the liturgy, we now are informed by various parties, should reflect the poverty of the Church. But will this ethic be consistently applied ? We […]

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21 Apr

2013

On the Value of Forbidding

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Essays, Martin Mosebach

By Martin Mosebach A discussion paper for the conference “Is One Permitted to do That? Art and Its Boundaries,” at the Institute for Cultural Studies at Essen I. Does the German State have a genuine interest in forbidding blasphemy in art and in published opinion and should it enforce this prohibition with punishment? One could […]

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18 Apr

2013

Solemn Mass in Honor of St. Stanislaus in New Haven

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events, Masses

At St. Stanislaus Church in New Haven, CT, a Solemn Votive Mass in honor of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr will be offered with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament on the occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the dedication of the church to its patron. Sunday, 5 May 2013 at 2:00 P.M., […]

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11 Apr

2013

Eastertide Day of Recollection at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Harlem

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events, Masses

There will be an Eastertide Day of Recollection on Saturday April 20 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, East Harlem, 448 E. 116 Street, New York. The pastor, Fr. Marian Wierzchowski will conduct the Day of Recollection. There will be a low Mass in the Extraordinary Form at 10 am followed by […]

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9 Apr

2013

Sermon Given on Holy Thursday by Father Richard Cipolla

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Sermons

Sermon Given on Holy Thursday, March 28, 2013 by Father Richard Cipolla St. Mary Church, Norwalk CT There are those words that are so central to an understanding of what the Catholic faith is, on what it is founded, what its self-understanding is, and this is true not only of the faith but on the […]

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9 Apr

2013

The Churches of New York XXXII: The Quick and the Dead

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in The Churches of New York

The Church of St Brigid and St. Emeric 123 Avenue B and East Seventh Street This January a ceremony took place that was startling and audacious even by the standards of the New York Archdiocese. Cardinals Dolan and Egan celebrated the reopening of the venerable church of St Brigid – a sanctuary once earmarked for […]

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8 Apr

2013

Traditional Masses for the Feast of the Annunciation

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses, Uncategorized

Today is the transferred feast of the Annunciation. The following churches will offer the Traditional Mass St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT, high Mass, 7:30 pm St. Gabriel Church, Stamford, CT, Solemn Mass, 7:30 pm, followed by a procession to Our Lady’s altar and the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Refreshements follow in the church […]

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7 Apr

2013

Music for a Catholic Queen

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events

At the Cloisters! For more on the flourishing cultural life under Mary Tudor see THIS and THIS. in 2008, from a rather unlikely source….

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6 Apr

2013

Solemn Nuptial Mass in Waterbury

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses

Today was the happy occasion of the marriage of Kerry Marion Maher and Peter William Harrison–a Solemn Nuptial Mass celebrated at the magnificent Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, CT. Fr. Richard Cipolla was the celebrant, with Stephen Genovese as deacon and William Riccio as sub-deacon. Charles Weaver was choirmaster.

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4 Apr

2013