Photopost Request: Laetare Sunday and St. Joseph
Our next major photopost will be for Laetare Sunday and the feast of St Joseph on March 19 (next Thursday). Please send your photos (whether of the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form) to...
View ArticleTraditional Ordination to be Held in New Zealand, April 11
From the blog of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, formerly known as the Transalpine Redemptorists. Our congratulations to Brother Jean Marie and all of his family and confreres.Official announcement...
View ArticleA Bit of Nostalgia
An advertisement from the 1954 P.J. Kenedy Catholic Directory. The reader who sent me this picture, Fr Albert Marcello of the Diocese of Providence, is very familiar with Belgium, and informs me that...
View ArticleLiturgical Conference in Germany March 18-21, Featuring Cardinal Burke
The 17th Cologne Liturgical Conference will take place next week from March 18-21 in the German city of Herzogenrath, near Aachen. The topic of the conference is “The Liturgy of the Sacraments”, and...
View ArticleA Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches 2015 (Part 6)
The Third Sunday of Lent - Saint Lawrence Outside-the-WallsThe relics of the great Roman martyr Saint Lawrence rest in the crypt underneath the high altar of the church.Among its other notable relics...
View ArticleSt. Theresa's, Trumbull, CT schedules TM for Passion Sunday
St. Theresa's Church, 5301 Main Street,Trumbull, CT, will host its third traditional Mass on Sunday, March 22 at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Shawn Cutler, Parochial Vicar, will celebrate his first Solemn High...
View ArticleSt. Joseph Day of Prayer in Detroit
Historic St. Joseph Church, Mother of Divine Mercy Parish in Detroit will hold an all-day St. Joseph Day of Prayer on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, March 19, 2015. The day includes four Masses,...
View ArticleMeditations for Passiontide in DC
The Washington, D.C. Parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is offering an evening of meditations for Passiontide on Sunday, 22 March 2015, at 7.30 p.m.The choir of Saint...
View ArticleA Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches 2015 (Part 7)
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent - Ss Cosmas and DamianLast year, our friend Agnese was unable to reach this church for the Station Mass. It sits on the main street which leads to the Colosseum; the...
View ArticleA Note on Participation: What Can We Learn from the Word Actuosa?
When discussing participatio actuosa back in December, I had made a claim (which others, too, have made before me) that actuosa meant “actual” more than “active.” Latinist friends of mine were quick to...
View ArticleDominican Rite Sung Mass of St. Thomas Aquinas, University of Utah Newman...
I just received some photos of the Dominican Rite Missa Cantatacelebrated at St. Catherine of Siena Newman Centerat the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, which I had previously announced here. The...
View ArticleLecture on the Iconography of St Thomas Aquinas at DSPT, Berkeley, CA -...
The subject of the annual Aquinas Lecture of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Berkeley, CA will be the Iconography of St Thomas Aquinas. The lecture takes place on the school’s campus...
View ArticleA Special Mass for a Miracle of St Philip Neri
Among the many miracles worked by St Philip Neri in his lifetime was the raising to life of Paolo Massimo, the 14-year old son of his friend Prince Fabrizio Massimo, on March 16, 1583. St Philip had...
View ArticleLiturgical PSA: Only Men for the Holy Thursday Mandatum
I am sure many of you out there are in the process of making the needed arrangements for your Triduum liturgies, and I just want to post the friendly reminder that in obedience to the rubrics of the...
View ArticleSacra Liturgia Summer School 2015 - Speakers and Presentations Announced
The website of Sacra Liturgia has posted the list of speakers (including our own Fr Kocik) and topics for the Summer School which will be this coming July, from the 4th to the 19th. Further...
View ArticlePontifical Mass in Albany, NY
On March 14, 2015, His Excellency Edward Scharfenberger, Bishop of Albany, NY, celebrated a Pontifical Mass in the older form of the Roman Rite in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.For those...
View ArticlePart 2 of Matthew Hazell's Study of the Post-Communions Now Available
We noted back in December the work of Mr Matthew Hazell on his website Lectionary Study Aids. The first part of his exhaustive study of the post-Communion prayers covered those of the Temporal Cycle;...
View ArticleWinner of the Schellhorn Prize for Sacred Music Composition Announced
Congrats to the winner of of the new Schellhorn Prize for Sacred Music. The post is reproduced below from here:Young composer Marco Galvani wins a £500 prize and a world premiere during the Holy Week...
View ArticleEF Mass for the Annunciation at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Ohio
On March 25th, the feast of the Annunciation, a Traditional High Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, by the rector, the Very Reverend Monsignor...
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