Jean Madiran 1920-2013 By Yves Chiron (DMM, Poitiers, 2023) Continuing our review of the recent flood of major publications on the sources of the Traditionalist movement, we come to Yves Chiron’s new biography of the towering figure of Jean Madiran (real name Jean Arfel). In many respects he was “Mr. Traditionalism” in France (next to […]

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At the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, CT.

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Edited by Joseph Shaw Foreword by Martin Mosebach (Arouca Press, Waterloo, Ontario Canada 2023) Recent publications have enabled us to revisit, from the traditionalist perspective,  the years of the Second Vatican Council and its immediate aftermath,  as found in the writings of concerned contemporary observers. These records have a special attraction for us – these initial impressions […]

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This Wednesday, February 14 is Ash Wednesday. The followin churches will offer the Traditional Mass. Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 8 am, 7 pm Sacred Heart Oratory, Redding, 6 PM, music by the Viri Galilaei and followed by sung Vespers, as every Wednesday. Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory, Bridegport, 7:45 am low Mass; 6 pm […]

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by Aidan Nichols (Gracewing, Leominster, 2023) Fr. Aidan Nichols, the outstanding English theologian, has given us a succinct memoir. Apologia is the odyssey of a theologian and writer in the Catholic world after the Second Vatican Council. We travel to various places: from England to Norway to Jamaica to even (potentially) Sikkim (to name but […]

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By George A. Kendall (“The liturgy from Hell,” Chronicles Magazine, 38-40 (February 2024)) George A. Kendall settles accounts with the Novus Ordo regime in a blazing article – and suggests a path going forward. It’s a forceful response to the increasingly rabid attacks on traditionalists in Catholic media in Europe and the United States. 1) […]

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The Unforgivable: And Other Writings by  Cristina Campo  (Author), Alex Andriesse  (Translator), Kathryn Davis  (Introduction) (New York Review Books Classics, New York, 2024). Available on Amazon. Finally there appears an English translation of the major essays of Cristina Campo. This edition consists of the book I had previously reviewed (“The Unforgiveable”) plus several additional essays. For a discussion of this volume […]

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Stained glass window in St. Peter’s Cathedral, Regensburg, Germany. The saint is shown with a two-handed grip on her attribute: pincers holding a tooth. A difficult shot at an angle! Saint Apollonia on the facade of the Basilica della Collegiata, Catania, Sicily.

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Sermon for the Feast of St. Agatha 2024             On one of the many tours I organized and led to Italy, we stopped in Padua and visited the shrine church of Saint Anthony.  The saint’s body is under the altar in a special chapel to the left of the high altar.  But if you go to the area […]

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Pontifical Vespers for Candlemas at Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York – a magnificent liturgical and musical presentation that took place on Friday evening. It was co-sponsored by the Society of Saint Hugh of Cluny. The music, in addition to chant, was by Italian composers of the first half of the eighteenth century – […]

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