St. Mary’s Youth Schola registration is open for Fall 2025 First meeting: Thursday, September 18, 2025. (4:00–5:30 p.m.) A program of musical and faith formation based on Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony Weekly classes on Thursday afternoons, plus singing opportunities at parish Masses (2–3 per semester) Open to ages 8–18 Fee: $125/semester (multiple-child discounts available) […]

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2 Sep

2025

“I’m Sick of the Lying”

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Uncategorized

Matthew Walther writes in The Wall Strreet Journal on the persistence of the Latin Mass and on a distresssing aspect of Catholic culture: The best sermon I’ve ever heard was delivered by Father James Richardson in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 2018. It was the Sunday after news broke about the proclivities of the late Cardinal Theodore […]

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1 Sep

2025

The Churches of New York: The Loss of St. Veronica?

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in The Churches of New York

In recent years the Archdiocese of New York has abandoned all pretense of planning and transparency regarding the continuing disappearance of parishes, schools, and shrines. Mergers and closures occur without any communication being made to media or to the laity directly affected. In the case of parishes, for example, a researcher needs to consult a page […]

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31 Aug

2025

A Visit to the Seton Shrine

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in The Churches of New York

Last year I visited the Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine (the church of Our Lady of the Rosary) in Downtown New York and found it closed. I recently decided to return and check on its current status. The website of the parish of St. Peter and Our Lady of Victory – into which Our Lady of the Rosary […]

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31 Aug

2025

St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral – now under the Legion of Christ

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in The Churches of New York

St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral interior at a recent concert(photo taken 4/24/2025). We read that the “Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral” has now been “entrusted to the care” of the Legion of Christ: “Legionaries of Christ assigned the Basilica of Old St. Pat’s in New York City,” legionariesofchrist.org (8/30/2025) So one of the most historic […]

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30 Aug

2025

Viri Galilaei Celebrate 10th Anniversary with Choral Vespers

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Uncategorized

We welcome this history of the Viri Galilaei written by member Steven Merola: On September 9, 2015, a group of men under the direction of David Hughes met in the basement chapel of St. Mary’s parish in Norwalk to begin to learn to chant the office of Vespers. They toyed with several ideas for a […]

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24 Aug

2025

The “Tumultuous History of Traditionalism”: a Review of a Review

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Essays

Jesse Russell at Catholic World Report has provided a review of Yves Chiron’s Between Rome and Rebellion: A History of Catholic Traditionalism with Special Attention to France ( Angelico Press, Brooklyn, 2024 (John Pepino, translator)): Russell, Jesse, “French historian delves into the tumultuous history of traditionalism,” Catholic World Report ( 8/20/2025) Now in reviewing a book it […]

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23 Aug

2025