Dom Mark Kirby's Conference: "The Mass: You Can't Live Without It"
Many of our readers may already be familiar with the beautiful and profound meditations of Dom Mark Kirby, O.S.B., Prior of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle (also known as Silverstream Priory)...
View ArticleHow Liturgy, Prayer and Intuition Are Connected - Recognition of Pattern and...
Modern scientific research into how firefighters and nurses respond to a crisis supports the idea that a traditional education in beauty will develop our powers of intuitive decision making.In a great...
View ArticleYoung Catholic Adults - Retreat Weekend at Douai Abbey
By way of a reader comes news of a weekend retreat for young adults at Douai Abbey, to the west of London.Young Catholic Adults National EventGuest Speakers - John Pridmore, Fr. Gregory Person, OP, Fr....
View Article«Missale Romanum cum lectionibus» ad usum cotidianum
For those who are interested in an extremely user-friendly electronic version of the now out-of-print four-volume Ordinary Form Missale Romanum cum lectionibus, a site called presbyter.eu has made it...
View ArticleSermon for the Requiem Mass of Fr. Kenneth Walker, F.S.S.P.
On June 20th, Fr. John Berg, the Superior General of the Fraternity of St. Peter, said the Funeral Mass for his confrere Fr. Kenneth Walker, who was killed during a robbery at the Mater Misericordiae...
View ArticleVisiting Boston in Episode 2 of Extraordinary Faith airing on EWTN, Plus Free...
After the April premiere of Episode 1 of Extraordinary Faith, I am delighted to hear that Episode 2 will air on July 13 and 17 on EWTN, and this time in very good slots (5 p.m. and 10 p.m....
View ArticleNew Stations of the Cross in Ireland
I had not heard of the Irish traditional sculptor Ken Thompson--not to be confused with the abstract Michigan-based sculptor Kenneth M. Thompson--until a priest friend pointed me to this article on a...
View ArticleTLM Altar Boy Camp in Taylors, South Carolina
Prince of Peace Parish in Taylors, South Carolina, is offering later this month an opportunity for young men to learn how to serve the traditional Latin Mass, along with some other summertime...
View ArticleThe Feast of St Benedict
Nihil operi Dei praeponatur - Let nothing be put before the Work of God. (The Rule of St Benedict, chapter 43. The “work of God” is here used to refer the Divine Office.)The Funeral of St Benedict, by...
View ArticlePontifical Mass at the Throne - Albuquerque, NM
On the occasion of the 7th anniversary of the promulgation of Summorum Pontificum, His Excellency Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan celebrated a Pontifical Mass at the Throne at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish...
View ArticleOf Considerable Interest on the Benedictine Front
Gregory DiPippo has reminded us today, on St. Benedict's "second" feast, of the primacy that the Father of Western Monasticism and Co-Patron of Europe placed on the OPUS DEI, understood as the solemn...
View ArticleThe Lassus Scholars Sing at FOTA VII
A number of videos have been posted on Gloria.tv from the FOTA VII Liturgical Conference recently held in Cork, Ireland, with some excellent performances of sacred music by the Dublin-based Lassus...
View ArticleICRSP Children's Summer Music Camp
Now in its fifth year, the Sacred Music Summer Camp of the Institute of Christ the King has become a summer activity that many choristers eagerly anticipate. The camp is a week of intense musical...
View ArticleOur Lady of Mount Carmel, East Harlem, NY - 130th Anniversary Events
A reader has sent in the following information on the upcoming events in honor of the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem, New York...
View ArticleFota VII: Card. Burke Presents Proceeding of Fota V
Last Monday, His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke presented the collected papers of the Fota conference from two years ago, which have been edited by Fr Gerard Deighan and published by SMENOS...
View ArticleChurch Music versus Utility Music
Joseph Ratzinger has often spoken about the sharp contrast between authentic sacred music and “utility music” (Gebrauchsmusik). By their own admission, the architects of the liturgical reform tended to...
View ArticleBeauty for Truth’s Sake: A Book Linking Liturgy and Education by Stratford...
This book is recommended reading for all serious travelers on the via pulchritudinis. It is an argument for the inclusion of the ‘quadrivium’ in education as an important part of the antidote to...
View ArticleFota VII Liturgy Conference 2014: First Report
The St Colman Society for Catholic Liturgy has very kindly shared with us the following report of the proceedings of the Fota VII liturgical conference recently held in Cork, Ireland. The second part...
View ArticleCelebrating the Liturgy “Worthily, Attentively and Devoutly”: Interview with...
NLM is pleased to announce the publication of a new book for the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours, namely, the Hymnal for the Hours, produced by Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B., Director of the...
View ArticleOn Wine, Music, and Feasting
Over at Rorate Cæli, Fr. Richard Cipolla has posted a translation of a sermon given on the feast of St. Benedict by Fr. Benedict Nivakoff in Norcia. Here's a snippet, but head over there and read it in...
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