Solemn Mass for Feast of St. Francis of Assisi in Raritan, NJ

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses

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17 Sep

2023

Byrd Fest

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events, Photos, The Churches of New York

Last night a concert of the music of William Byrd took place in the splendid, resonant and historic setting of Most Holy Redeemer Church, East 3rd Street, New York. A good-sized audience heard a superb performance of Bryd’s music, both sacred and secular. The church was an ideal acoustical environment for this kind of smaller […]

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16 Sep

2023

Solemn Vespers in New York for the Feast of the Holy Cross

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events, Photos

A full congregation at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, was treated to a beautiful Solemn Vespers with Seven Copes for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Thursday evening. (Nearby, the San Gennaro Festival was in full swing.) Very Reverend Enrique Salvo was the celebrant, assisted by six priests. Assisting […]

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11 Sep

2023

Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Book Reviews

Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence: Three Gifts of God for Liturgy and for Life By Peter A. Kwasniewski Foreword by Fr. John A. Perricone TAN Books, Gastonia, NC, 2023 The indefatigable Peter Kwasniewski has given us yet another book relating to Catholic liturgy and culture. Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence, however, differs in certain […]

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10 Sep

2023

“A Pall hung over the Gathering”

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events

A New Jersey priest and commentator writes: A pall hung over the gathering of the leadership of 14 religious orders of Charity Sisters in Halifax, Nova Scotia, last month. Among them were the New York Charities who, in April, decided to eventually dissolve their community and will no longer accept new members as they are […]

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10 Sep

2023

Solemn Mass for 9/11 at St. Vincent Ferrer, New York

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses

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8 Sep

2023

St. Mary Norwalk Youth Schola Forming for This Year

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events

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8 Sep

2023

The State of Catholicism

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Essays

For the September issue of Chronicles Magazine James Kalb has written an important article on the state of the Church today. (hint: it is not good). The entire September issue of that magazine, by the way, is dedicated to “America’s Great Apostasy” In his article, Kalb shows a historical sense rare among Catholics. The State […]

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7 Sep

2023