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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The Fury of the Death Throes of the “Spirit” of Vatican II by Father Richard Cipolla It was always about the Liturgy. Bugnini and those who preceded him in thetwentieth century redefinition of the Liturgical Movement, away from arediscovery of the Traditional Liturgy to a drive to change and adapt the Liturgy tothe “needs of […]

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Report: the Church of St, Benedict the Moor has been sold. See my full description of this former parish, with photos, HERE. A historic Hell’s Kitchen church which was the first Black Catholic parish north of the Mason-Dixon has been sold for $16 million, putting the future use of the 1869 building into question. First established […]

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As the KIng of Siam said. (February 15, 2023 – Manhattan, NY) – The Office of the Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of New York today announced 12 Catholic schools will cease operations at the end of the 2022-23 academic year. Four schools will merge into two. (The Announcement is HERE) Academy of St. Paul […]

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St Joseph’s in the Village makes it to Vatican News! The parish is run by the Dominicans – obviously having the right connections helps getting noticed! St. Joseph Church set to open first Perpetual Adoration Chapel in New York How can we otherwise explain how planning a minor chapel merits the attention of the Vatican? […]

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