Our Lady of Akita. We join with the Japanese people in prayer at this tragic moment.

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Today Msgr Stephen DiGiovanni celebrated the first Traditional low mass at 8:30 at St. John’s, Stamford. In his sermon, Msgr. DiGiovanni mentioned that it the first time he himself had celebrated the  “Tridentine” mass.  Now the reason this mass was celebrated at the “Novus Ordo” altar was Monsignor’s bad knee which prevents him from kneeling; he […]

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St. Agnes 143 East 43rd Street New York, New York 10017 In the world of “orthodox Catholicism” two schools of thought have long contended. “Traditionalism” has always attracted the most attention and controversy:  the return to the immemorial tradition of the church including the pre–Vatican Council liturgy and the traditional understanding of morality and theology. […]

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During Fridays in Lent, the Stations of the Cross will be prayed at 8:45 am, 5 pm, and 7 pm (Spanish).  Our photo depicts yesterday’s Stations at 8:45 am, shown here with altar boys from Anchor Academy.  The meditations for the Stations are drawn from St. John Newman.   All of the prays are recited in Latin.  The […]

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Anchor Academy, an independent Catholic elementary school in Norwalk, CT, will hold on open house for prospective students for the coming academic year, on Sunday March 20th from 2-4 pm.  The Academy is located in the George Washing carver Community Center at 7 Academy St. The school is committed to providing a curriculum from the classical […]

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  Andrea Tornielli, Messa in Latino and Rorate Caeli all report that the latest draft of the Instructions to Summorum Pontificum (“SP”) alleviates the concerns of the Traditional community. Only the two restrictive points previously mentioned (limiting the ordination of priests in the Traditional rite and clarifying that SP does not apply to the Ambrosian rite) […]

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Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, the following churches will offer the Traditional Mass: St. Mary Church, Nowalk, CT ,  Solemn  Mass at 5:30 pm.   St Bridget of Kildare Church, Moodus, CT , low Mass 10 AM with distribution of ashes.  A Traditional Mass (low) also will be celebrated at 7:30 AM each Monday of Lent. Church of the […]

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St. Gabriel Church in Stamford, CT will offer a  Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25 at 7:30 pm. St. Mary Church, Norwalk, CT will also offer a Missa Cantata  for the Feast of the Annunciation at 7:30 pm.

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By Samuel Martin Preface by Fr. Claude Barthe (Versailles, Via Romana, 2010) In this short (104 pages) but hard-hitting work, Samuel Martin, a French artist and sculptor, contributes to the growing literature trying to come to grips with the loss of beauty and the sacred in the Roman Catholic Church.  The author, born in 1973, […]

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Beginning this coming Sunday, March 13, the Basilica of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, CT will offer a weekly Mass in the Extraordinary Form at 8:30 am.  This will be a low Mass.  This is a welcome development for parishioners at St. John’s and for Catholics in the Stamford area.  We hope that many […]

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