A chilly Palm Sunday in Norwalk Connecticut…… Fr. Paul Check is the celebrant, Mr.Steve Genovese the deacon, Mr. William Riccio the subdeacon. David Hughes rehearses the massed scholae of the parish.

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St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT Palm Sunday, 24 March 2013, 9:30 am, begins with outdoor procession Missa super In die tribulationis (Lassus) Gregorian Mass of Palm Sunday: Domine ne longe facias Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthæum (Guerrero) Motet at the Procession: O Jesu Christe (Jacquet de Berchem) Motet at the Offertory: Improperium (Palestrina) Motet […]

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In obedience to the decrees of Urban VIII. of holy memory, I protest that for all miraculous events, visions, apparitions, revelations, graces and incidents ascribed in these e-pistles to certain servants of God, which have not been formally investigated and approved by the Church, they claim no other authority and belief than that which is […]

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St. Mary, Norwalk CT Tuesday, 19 March, 7:00 p.m. Music for the Feast of St. Joseph (Missale Romanum of 1962) Prelude: Prelude pour le fete du Saint Joseph (Tournemire) Missa Quam pulchri sunt (Tomas Luis de Victoria, 1548-1611) Gregorian Mass of St. Joseph: Justus ut palma Motet at the Offertory: Veritas mea (G.P. da Palestrina, c.1525-1594) Hymn at the Communion: Te Joseph celebrent (plainsong, […]

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Once upon a time in the sweltering summer of 1968 on the storied stoop of a tired tenement that had seen better bucolic days a small group of Puerto Rican migrants gathered to share some company including one very visibly pregnant but quite content young lady. The local boorish busybody impetuously came up and derisively scoffed, “Well there […]

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With the special intention of the papal election,  there will be a Solemn Mass pro Eligendo Summo Pontifice  at   St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, at 7 pm tonight.   The Schola Cantorum will perform Palestrina’s Missa Dum esset Summus Pontifex.

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Upon the vacancy of the throne of Saint Peter most members of the Roman Curia also temporarily lose their offices (technically more like a furlough) except, in virtue of the overriding pastoral care of Christ’s flock and the precious patrimony of the Church, the Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, the Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese […]

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The Piña colada owes its jolly genesis to my beloved ancestral homeland, the “Emerald Isle of the Caribbean”, La Isla del Encanto, la ultima colonia de los Estados Unidos! (sorry, silly survival of socialism sympathy during my sophomore year of high school), Puerto Rico. While some tall tales trace it back to the legendary Robin Hood-esque pirate of Austrian […]

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The Holy Week ceremonies at Our Lady of Guadalupe Friary, Griswold, CT (Franciscans of the Immaculate) this year will be according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. The schedule is: 24 March, Palm Sunday – Holy Mass at 9:30am 28 March, Holy Thursday – Holy Mass at 5:30pm 29 March, Good Friday – Passion/Adoration of […]

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Yesterday evening St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, was the site of a remarkable performance of sacred music from the Renaissance and early Baroque by Elizabeth Baber Weaver, soprano, and Charles Weaver, lute. The music was appropriate for the season of Lent and Passiontide, including Josquin’s Stabat Mater, Timor et Tremor of Lassus, Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla […]

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