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The Easter Vigil at the London Oratory
Here are photographs of last night's Easter Vigil at the London Oratory. 2015 is the 500th anniversary of the Birth of St Philip Neri which can be seen painted on the Paschal Candle in the first...
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In Defense of Holy Images—The Victory of the Resurrection
The Paschal season’s celebration of Our Lord’s triumph over death is at the same time a reminder of the goodness of the flesh, the material world, the sensible domain, as restored, transfigured, and...
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Tenebrae at Wyoming Catholic College
For the fourth year in a row, students, faculty, and staff of Wyoming Catholic College and their families came together last Wednesday night to celebrate the full traditional Tenebrae of Holy Thursday....
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Commentary on Hieronymous Bosch's Christ Carrying the Cross
Following on from those of Fr Michael Morris featured last week, here is an audio commentary on this beautiful painting, from Dr Caroline Farey of the School of the Annunciation in Devon in England. It...
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Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 - Registration Deadline Approaching; Student and...
The registration deadline is quickly approaching for Sacra Liturgia USA 2015. The registration deadline is May 1.Register by clicking here.Student and Partial RegistrationsFull registration, including...
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Chant Workshops at Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe PA
Saint Vincent Archabbey and College in Latrobe, PA will offer Gregorian Chant Workshops on June 15-19 and June 22-26. The first week is an Introduction to Historical Performance Practice of Gregorian...
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“The Angel Cried Out” - The Byzantine Easter Hymn to the Virgin
In the Byzantine Divine Liturgy, there are several places where the priest sings a part of the anaphora out loud, and the choir makes a response, while he continues the anaphora silently. In the...
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Thought on the Easter Octave from Fr Hunwicke
Speaking of the Byzantine Rite, the wise Fr Hunwicke has posted some excellent observations (as always) on the relationship between the Octave of Easter and the rest of the Easter season.The...
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Why We Fight
Over the past almost-a-decade, NLM has published much about dubious aspects of liturgical reform and current liturgical practice from a scholarly point of view, but fairly little about specific...
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Pope St John XXIII Blessing the Agnus Deis
Some interesting unused footage on the youtube channel of British Pathé: Pope St John XXIII blessing the Agnus Deis in 1959. (The video has no sound.)Agnus Deis are discs of wax impressed with an image...
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“Singing through the Liturgical Year” Session 5: Eastertide
The Church’s hymns are a priceless source of catechesis and inspiration. If you live in or near New York City, you may want to take part in “Singing through the Liturgical Year,” a series to learn...
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Liturgies at Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 - Program Announced
The organizers of Sacra Liturgia USA 2015 (www.sacraliturgiausa.org - Registration deadline May 1) are pleased to announce the program of liturgical celebrations for the conference to be held in New...
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Imbuing the Ordinary Form with Extraordinary Form Spirituality
It has been widely recognized that the Mass of the modern Roman Rite suffers in many respects from a sharp discontinuity with the preceding liturgical tradition, and that its many simplifications,...
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Two Beautiful Recently Completed Icons of Western Saints by Marek Czarnecki
I have just been sent images of these two beautiful icons of St Cecilia and St Hildegard of Bingen painted by Marek Czarnecki. Marek is a Catholic iconographer based in Connecticut....
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Chant Workshop in Michigan - April 25
The announcement of this workshop from a reader is for an event which promises to be excellent.Spring Chant WorkshopSaturday, April 25, 20159a.m. to 3:30p.m.The Academy of the Sacred Heart1250...
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Holy Thursday 2015 - Photopost
We received many beautiful pictures of Holy Thursday celebrations this year, and from there rest of the Triduum. Here are your contributions from Holy Thursday; keep checking back this week for the...
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Good Friday 2015 - Photopost
For those who haven’t seen them yet, I encourage you to look through the multitude of Holy Thursday pictures here! Keep checking back this week for pictures from Tenebrae, Holy Saturday, and...
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Renewed Altars at the Univ. of Nebraska Newman Center
From McCrery Architects come these photos of the two altars just recently consecrated by Bishop James Conley in the St Thomas Aquinas Chapel, at the Blessed John Henry Newman Center of the University...
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Book Review: The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities
The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities: Chants for the Roman Missal in English. Fr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B. of The Benedict XVI Institute of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. San Francisco:...
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An Introduction to Orthodox Liturgical Praxis
During Holy Week and the Pascha Octave, I had occasion to fondly remember St. Andrew's Catholic Church in El Segundo, CA. It was a short drive from where I was living for my undergraduate studies, and...
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