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Gregorian Chant Course at the Monastery of St Cecilia, Rome
The Cantantibus Organis music school, based at the Monastery of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, was founded to offer training in ars celebrandi within the monastic setting. The aim is to provide...
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Stratford Caldecott R.I.P.
We are saddened to report that British Catholic writer Stratford Caldecott has passed away at the age of 60, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. David Clayton reviewed his most recent book a...
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CMAA Colloquium More Than “Just” Music
If one were to read about the Church Music Association of America’s annual Colloquium, recently completed in Indianapolis, one might be tempted to believe that it’s “just” another music conference,...
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Book Review: Tales of Glory, the Stories Icons Tell
Tales of Glory: The Stories Icons Tell. Matthew W. Gaul, Phoenix, AZ: Leonine Publishers, 2013. 176 pp.On July 15th, the Ukrainian Church celebrated the feast of St. Volodymir, Equal-to-the-Apostles,...
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Fota VII Liturgy Conference 2014: Second Report
This concludes the series of reports on the Fota VII liturgical conference recently held in Cork, Ireland by the St. Colman Society for Catholic Liturgy. The first report may be read here. For links to...
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The Theology of the Offertory - Part 7.1 - The Missals of the Religious Orders
Like the prayers before the altar at the beginning of Mass and the priest’s communion prayers, the Offertory prayers are a medieval addition to the Order of the Mass, one of the many ways in which the...
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An Interesting Development in the Diocese of Rochester, NY
A local newspaper in the city of Rochester, New York, The Democrat and Chronicle, reported yesterday on an important disciplinary provision by the Bishop of Rochester, His Excellency Salvatore Matano,...
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The Feast of St Elijah the Prophet
A few years ago, Shawn Tribe published an article about the presence of Saints of the Old Testament in the Eastern liturgies, and their almost total absence from those of the West. Although a large...
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The Feast of Saint Praxedes
Saint Praxedes, by Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1655 (The attribution to Vermeer has often been disputed.)Praxedes according to her legend was a Roman maiden, the sister of St. Pudentiana, who, when the...
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The Art of the Book in the Third Millennium: Heiligenkreuz Choir Books
Last May while visiting a dear friend, Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., a monk of the Abbey of Heiligenkreuz in Lower Austria and maintainer of the ever-thoughtful blog Sancrucensis, I had the...
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Prayer Vigil for the Church in Iraq, Monday 28 July, St Thomas, Apostle,...
On Monday 28 July at St Thomas, Apostle, Washington DC, there will be a Prayer Vigil to pray for our beloved brothers and sisters who are being persecuted in Iraq. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 7pm...
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New Large Scale Commission Completed by Henry Wingate
Artist Henry Wingate has just completed a large-scale commission for St Mary's in Piscataway in southern Maryland.Based in rural Virginia, Wingate studied with Paul Ingbretson in New England and with...
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“Apostle of the Apostles” - Liturgical Notes on the Feast of St Mary Magdalene
In the Missal of St Pius V, the Creed is said on every Sunday, and several categories of feasts: all those of the Lord, the Virgin Mary, Angels, Apostles, Doctors, etc. To this list is added one other...
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Urgent Appeal -- August 1st Day of Prayer, Adoration, and Solidarity for...
Friday, August 1, 2014 is the day chosen by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) for a worldwide day of Public Adoration of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament in supplication for...
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The Forgotten Art of Gerhard Lamers
We have encountered Gerhard Lamers' (1871-1964) work here before in relation to William Heyer's restoration and rehabilitation of the chapel at the Pontifical College Josephinum, but I was recently...
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The Lumen Christi Simple Gradual as a Component of a Parish Music Program
Today there is a veritable flood of outstanding sacred music publications. And they are coming not a moment too soon, as we see the desire for authentic Catholic liturgy growing, opportunities for...
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The Church and World War I - “Echoes of the Great War” by Catholic News Service
As I watched this excellent documentary from Catholic News Service, I was reminded particularly by the second half (from 9:00, discussing the aftermath of “The War to End All Wars”, and its impact on...
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The Oratorians of Port Antonio in the Diocese of Kingston, Jamaica
Here is a small piece of news for any who were following the story of the Oratory in Formation in St Anthony's Parish in Port Antonio in Jamaica. Mgr Michael Palud has just informed me that their...
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St John XXIII Asks the Faithful Not to Applaud in Church
translation of the Italian: The fourth Sunday of Lent, John XXIII was once again among the crowd, at Ostia. (about 15 miles to the south-west of Rome.) Thousands of people were waiting for him along...
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Advance notice for Solemn Mass (EF), Feast of the Assumption
Readers in Rhode Island and the surrounding area may want to mark their calendars now. Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form will begin at 7:00 pm on Friday, August 15th, at Holy Ghost Church in...
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