Sights and Sounds of the Ash Wednesday Papal Liturgy from Santa Sabina, Rome
For those who didn't have an opportunity, but would have liked to have seen a bit of the papal liturgy on Ash Wednesday from basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, the following video has been made showing...
View ArticleHispano-Mozarabic Liturgy Celebrated in Royal College of Spain by Archbishop...
A little over a month ago, we reported on the celebration of the post-conciliar Mozarabic liturgy by the Archbishop of Toledo on the feast of St. Ildefonso. Now lexordandi.es reports the following...
View ArticleLearn the Way of Beauty at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
We are pleased to be offering three courses this summer - an icon painting week and two weekend retreats - Traditional Paths to Creativity and Inspiration. (Follow the links just given to apply) No...
View ArticleSomething new at the Sacred Music Colloquium
We are doing something different this year at the Sacred Music Colloquium XXII, held at the remarkable Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 25-July 1, 2012. Too often, liturgical...
View ArticleLong Awaited and Now Here
Many of you will no doubt be very interested too see what arrived on my doorstep today: That's right, it is the long-awaited three volume, Latin-English edition of the 1961 Breviarium Romanum/Roman...
View ArticleOrdinary Form and Ad Orientem in the Philippines
A reader from the Philippines sends in the following images of a Mass offered in the Ordinary Form recently, which was celebrated ad orientem. The Mass was offered to commemorate the opening of the...
View ArticleMore From the Philippines: Solemn Mass in the EF
Following on our recent posting of an OF Mass offered ad orientem in the Philippines, here some video of a Solemn Mass in the usus antiquior offered at Holy Family Parish, Quezon City, the Philippines....
View ArticleDino Marcantonio, St. Germanus and Turning Eastward
For the past while now, we have been following architect Dino Marcantonio's consideration of the parts of the church building, as guided by the writings of St. Germanus of Constantinople. Mr....
View ArticleDetails on Fifth Fota International Liturgy Conference
The following details were sent to NLM recently, pertaining to the Fota V liturgical conference in Ireland this year on the topic of "Celebrating the Eucharist: Sacrifice and Communion." Fifth Fota...
View ArticleDominican Rite Missa Cantata on March 7 in New York City
On Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 6:30 pm, a Missa Cantata in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas will be celebrated according to the traditional Dominican Rite at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in New York City. The...
View ArticleBook Notice: Gothic Forever, AWN Pugin, Lord Shrewsbury and the Rebuilding of...
Recently I saw the following notice of a forthcoming release from Spire Books which I think will be of interest to a number of NLM readers. The book will be available this spring and is set to sell for...
View ArticleTwo Personal Parishes for the EF in Switzerland
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Vitus Huonder, Bishop of Chur in Switzerland, has erected two Personal Parishes for faithful attached to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. These are the first such...
View ArticleMass on a Zeppelin and More
Our readers have run across Mr. Andrew Cusack's coverage of some of the stunning Catholic chapels on board the great Art Deco passenger liners, but I was pleasantly surprised by a friend who pointed...
View ArticleSt David of Wales & A Papal Milestone
Today, the 1st of March is the feast of St David, patron saint of Wales. On 18 September 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI had celebrated Holy Mass in Westminster Cathedral, he blessed this new mosaic icon...
View ArticleThe Station Churches of the Ember Days of Lent
During all four sets of Ember Days, the stations are held at the same three churches: on Wednesday at St. Mary Major, on Friday at the church of the Twelve Apostles, and on Saturday at the basilica of...
View ArticleA New Image of St. John Neumann
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Rescuing Souls from Purgatory, 17th century, Cuzco School During Spain's period of rule over much of Latin America, the religious artists of Peru developed a distinct style...
View ArticleQuærere Deum
A beautiful documentary of Benedictine monastic life in St Benedict's birthplace of Norcia has just been released on YouTube. As one might expect, the opus Dei is celebrated with reverence and noble...
View ArticleLenten Veils
We have talked about Lenten veils and seen them before. In order to better understand them, and distinguish the veiling of Crosses and images on the one hand, and the large Lenten veil which veils the...
View ArticleThe Institution of the Eucharist by Guisto
This article is by Dr Caroline Farey of the Maryvale Institute. She and I worked together to design the Institute's degree level diploma (6 US credits): Art, Beauty and Inspiration in a Catholic...
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