The spring semester of St. Mary’s Youth Schola will begin on Thursday, January 25, 2024. This program of musical and faith formation based on Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony meets on Thursday afternoons from 4–5:30 p.m. during the academic year.  The schola sings for Masses at the parish 2–4 times per semester. The Youth Schola […]

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From Cardinal Dolan: As I hope you know, I like to keep you updated on significant developments concerning the Archdiocese of New York. Allow me to share some news concerning the location of our central offices in Manhattan. For over 50 years, the Terence Cardinal Cooke Catholic Building, located at 1011 First Avenue, has served as […]

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We received this message from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine in East Harlem, New York: On Monday, January 22, 2024, the Universal Church celebrates the Solemnity and Feast of Saint Vincent Pallotti, Priest Confessor and founder of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate, the Pallottine Fathers, Brothers and Sisters who have served at Our […]

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Just one week after its 38th anniversary, the St. Gregory Society offered its last Traditional Mass in New Haven today, permission having been withdrawn abruptly by the Archibishop of Hartford. The Solemn Votive Mass of St. Gregory the Great, patron of the Society, was assisted by a large choir which included the St. Gregory Society […]

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Sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany St Stanislaus New Haven Jan, 14 2024 “At a certain point the wine ran out, and Jesus’ mother told him, ‘They have no more wine.’ Jesus replied, ‘Woman, how does this concern of yours involve me?  My hour has not yet come’.  His mother instructed those waiting on […]

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By William Riccio “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” Mark 6: 4-6 This quotation struck this writer immediately on December 31. On New Year’s Eve, just two minutes before Mass was to begin for the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, […]

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Father Richard Cipolla, chaplain of our Society, released a statement concerning the cancellation of the Traditional Mass in New Haven. He encourages whomeover can make it to attend the final Mass, which is this Sunday at 2 pm at St. Stanislaus Church. Dear Friends, The recent announcement from the Archdiocese of Hartford that the TraditionalMass […]

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That’s the title of a fiery new essay by John Zmirak in Chronicles magazine. Obviously, in a secular magazine the opportunity for frank, even provocative, speech is far greater than in a Catholic publication, e.g., An atheist pope is destroying the Church. Mr. Zmirak explicitly compares the current post-Vatican II regime with twentieth century totalitarianism […]

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(Above) Herodias, Salome and the decapitated St. John the Baptist as depicted in the leading baptistery of Catholic New York located in St. Ignatius Loyola Church. Recent commentators have drawn attention to the contrast between Fiducia Supplicans and the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist. But Gustave Flaubert in his 1877 novella Herodias had aready […]

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