26 Sep

2022

The “Harlem Parish”

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in The Churches of New York

Formerly the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, The Harlem Parish is now an entertaiment venue. Currently it’s the location for a flamenco show: This passionate, traditional Spanish flamenco performance is heading to NYC this month starting Friday, September 9th, and it was just released that the show will take place at The Harlem Parish, located at 258 […]

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26 Sep

2022

The “Dazzling Catholic Intellectual Tradition” – the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Catholic Traditionalism in the United States

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer has just published a piece in the Wall Street Journal announcing the new Institute for Human Ecology (IHE) at Catholic University. She is a lawyer and the new institute’s director of strategy. The institute’s initial foray into major media was aggressive and confrontational: “Counterfeit Catholicism, Left and Right,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/23/2022. […]

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23 Sep

2022

Will Wonders never cease Part 6

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Traditionis Custodes

In 2020, we reviewed the initial issue of The Lamp. At the time we applauded the editors’ intentions but felt that the result fell far short of their ambitions. There was too much verbiage about topics like gabbing with Jesuits over wine spritzers in Vienna and too little attention paid to the actual crises racking […]

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21 Sep

2022

Solzhenitsyn’s Legacy

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Book Reviews, Essays

I first encountered Daniel J. Mahoney when I reviewed his 2018 book The Idol of Our Age. There he expressed guarded criticism of Pope Francis but still felt the need to “balance” his negative comments. In an article written for National Review two years later Mahoney was far more direct in his characterization of Francis. Today […]

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20 Sep

2022

National Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage in Washington, DC

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Traditionis Custodes

This past Saturday, Sept. 17, between 250 and 300 Catholics prayerfully marched five miles from the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, VA, to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington D.C. as part of the first-ever National Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage for the Restoration of the Traditional Latin Mass. This march was organized in little over […]

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19 Sep

2022

Father Cipolla Sermon for the Feast of St. Januarius

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Sermons

Today is the feast of Saint Januarius, bishop of Naples and martyr, whodied for the faith in the persecution of the Emperor Diocletian in the firstyears of the third century. But his significance goes far beyond that ofone of the martyrs of the Church. He is much more well known by hisNeapolitan name, San Gennaro, […]

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19 Sep

2022

“Heroes of the Catholic Reformation” Talk Scheduled in New Jersey

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Events

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19 Sep

2022

Upcoming Traditional Masses in Brookfield, CT

Posted by Stuart Chessman Published in Masses

Fr. Donald Kloster has scheduled the following Masses at St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Church in Brookfield, CT. Wednesday September 21, 7 am, Feast of St. Matthew, Low Mass Thursday September 29, 6 pm, Michaelmas, Solemn High followed by a Convivium with Fr. Kloster’s famous chili and potluck in the St. Marguerite Parish Hall.

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19 Sep

2022