Yesterday, Thursday, January 6, the feast of the Epiphany was celebrated with appropriate splendor in New York. It is a tragedy and a scandal that this feast – the twelfth day of Christmas – has been virtually abolished in the Novus Ordo church in this country. For it is the greatest significance to the Eastern […]

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The following churchs will be offering the Traditional Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany this Thursday, January 6.  If you have information about other Masses, please let us know. St. Gabriel, Stamford,  Connecticut,   Solemn High Mass, 7:30 pm Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan, Solemn Mass, 6 pm, Fr. Richard Cipolla, celebrant St. Eugene […]

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By Fr. Richard Cipolla Given at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk Connecticut on Sunday, January 2, 2011 From the introit:  At the name of Jesus every knee must bend.  From the epistle: For there is no other Name under heaven given to men by  which we must be saved. And  from the gospel: His name was […]

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A happy and blessed New Year to all our members and readers! The Society will begin this year be sponsoring a return visit to the New York area by the eminent German novelist Martin Mosebach.  Mr. Mosebach spoke last in New York and Connecticut in September 2007. His prior visit coincided with the entry into force […]

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To celebrate Christmas day: a small photographic essay on the Midnight Mass for Christmas celebrated this morning at St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk. (click on the images for a larger view). A congregation of over 330 was in prayerful attendance. The sermon was given in Spanish and then in English.  The music included works of Victoria, […]

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For a Christmas treat, we bring you pictures of the Anchor Academy Christmas pageant, which was recently performed on December 15. Anchor Academy school is an independent Catholic school in Norwalk, CT. The school is committed to providing a curriculum from the classical tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, with a strong emphasis on religious […]

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A Blessed and Holy Christmas to all Our Readers! We have compiled the follow list of churches that will have Masses for Christmas.  Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk Christmas: Solemn Mass, Midnight (carols at 11:30 pm) and at 9:30 am Octave of Christmas, Jan.1, 9:00 am Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Bridgeport, Christmas, 10:15 am St. […]

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   By   Fr. Jonathan Robinson  (Ignatius Press, San Francisco 2005) The literature on the Catholic mass in its current forms – modern, Latin, Traditional – is legion. Works which try to situate the current state of the mass in a broader philosophical and historical context are very few.  Fr. Jonathan Robinson has undertaken that task […]

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The following sermon was given by Fr. Richard Cipolla on Gaudete Sunday, Dec. 12 at St.  Mary Church, Norwalk At that time, the Jews sent to John from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him: “Who are you”? Who are you, they asked.  A good question.  For he was impressively strange, or strangely impressive. And […]

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Here are some images of the Advent Service held on Friday, December 10 at St. Mary’s Church Norwalk, CT. It was a carefully stuctured program of readings and music, proceeding in general terms from the simple to the more complex. It gave St. Marys’ a chance to show off the musical program of the parish, […]

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