I have not been directly commenting on the developments that have been afflicting traditionalists. Partly, because I can draw on no privileged sources of information. Partly, because I could add little to the many eloquent testimonials and analyses readily available to all. Finally, because of the sheer volume of materials emerging as the war against both the […]

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Please join us for a special lecture we are sponsoring next week. Dr. John Lamont has been an active participant in the controversies and debates created by the pontificate of Francis. I am sure that his remarks will be frank, incisive, and stimulating.   Dr. Lamont has been a welcome guest in the past of the […]

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We have been informed: the Sunday Traditional Latin Mass at St. Emery Church in Fairfield, CT (7:45 am) has been cancelled. The last Mass will be on March 19.

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Tuesday, March 7 is the traditional feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, o.p. There will be a Solemn Mass in the Dominican Rite at 7 pm at St. Vincent Ferrer for which the Schola Cantorum will sing Missa Sancti Wilhelmi devotio by John Taverner.  

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Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City  Traditional Holy Week 2023  Sunday, April 2 – Palm Sunday – 8:45am Blessing of Palms and Triumphal  Procession, Passion of Our Lord according to Matthew. Berchem O Jesu Christe,  Dubois Adoramus Te Christe.  Wednesday, April 5 – Tenebrae – 7:00pm Ancient Office of Darkness beginning  the Triduum. The name […]

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The Guild of the Most Sacred Heart will celebrate its one year anniversary, by giving thanks with Quanrant’Ore or 40 Hours Devotion.  You may sign up to Adore for an hour or two from March 23rd to March 25th. Go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e48aaaf29a5f4ce9-quarant#/

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Ritorno alle Sorgenti: Il mio Pellegrinaggio a Oriente nel Cuore dell’Ortodossia (A Return to the Sources: My Pilgrimage to the East in the Heart of Orthodoxy) By Alessandro Gnocchi  Edizioni Monasterium, Cellio, 2023 The current state of the Church is presenting faithful Catholics with terrible and tragic choices. What can they do to preserve their liturgy, […]

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UPDATE: I have provided some additional details based on a conversation with someone who participated in the bishop’s Zoom call. We are informed that last week Bishop Frank Caggiano of the Bridgeport diocese held a Zoom conference with those who attend the Traditional Latin Mass at St. Marguerite Bourgeoys parish. The priest who celebrated that […]

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We are informed that the Traditional Mass at Holy Family church in Little Falls, New York (Diocese of Albany) has been terminated, effective immediately. No notice was given. UPDATE: The Catholic News Agency has now covered this story providing more details: Effective immediately, parish churches in the diocese are prohibited from celebrating the Latin Mass […]

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