The Pentecost pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres remains the leading event for Traditionalists worldwide: a unique combination of penitence, prayer, Traditional liturgy and cultural appreciation. As a participant on four previous occasions, I wanted to discover how the pilgrimage is faring in this third year of Summorum Pontificum. The number of participants (10,000 – 15,000 […]

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There will be a Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form, procession and coronation of Mary at St. Peter Church in Hartford on Monday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m.A gothic brownstone church, St.Peter’s was established in 1859 and is Hartford’s oldest Catholic church.The celebrant will be Father Dairo E. Diaz.St. Peter Church is located at 160 […]

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Noted liturgical scholar and Vatican official Fr. Uwe Michael Lang will give a talk introducing the forthcoming English translation of the ordinary form of the Mass on Wednesday, June 2nd, at 8:00PM in the parish hall of St. Mary Church, 669 West Avenue, Norwalk. The talk will be preceded by a Missa cantata in the […]

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On Pentecost, May 23, the Traditional Mass at St. Bridget of Kildare in Moodus, CT will be at 10:30 am and will be a Missa Cantata. The Ordinary and Propers of the day will be sung by a Gregorian Schola, and there will also be a Mixed Voices Schola that will sing three polyphonic motets […]

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Deacon Steve Markantonis will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York on Saturday, May 15th, at 9 AM by Archbishop Timothy Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Since his ordination to the diaconate, Deacon Markantonis has assisted as Deacon at several Solemn Masses (1962 Missal) at the Church of the Holy Innocents: […]

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The following churches will offer a traditional Mass on Ascension Thursday, May 13. Please send information about any Masses that you know about and we will post it. Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, missa cantata, 5:30 pm.Prelude: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel [Serene alleluias from a soul longing for heaven] (from L’Ascension) […]

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There will be a Solemn Mass for the Feast of Pope St. Pius V at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan on Wednesday, May 5th at 6 PM.

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by Andrea Tornielli, From IlGiornale.it, April 29, 2010http://www.ilgiornale.it/cultura/riccardo_muti_armonia_ratzinger/29-04-2010/articolo-id=441473-page=0-comments=1Translated by Father Richard Cipolla Riccardo Muti is a great ally of Ratzinger. The maestro confesses his admiration for the Pontiff who has made beauty, music, and the recovery of the sacredness of the litugy the monogram of his pontificate. “ It is a great gift for humanity […]

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From “Die Welt Online” http://www.welt.de/die-welt/kultur/literatur/article7230105/Er-ist-ja-nur-der-Papst.html By Martin Mosebach April 18, 2010 Five years ago Joseph Ratzinger was elected the head of the Catholic Church. The Church, rocked by the scandal of sexual abuse, is experiencing now the greatest crisis in her history. Has Benedict failed? The author Martin Mosebach maintains the opposite: The Pope, he […]

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His Excellency Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa, Okla., has agreed to celebrate the first traditional Latin Solemn High Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in nearly 50 years. The Mass will take place this Saturday, April 24, at 1 p.m. to honor the five-year anniversary of the inauguration […]

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