The September Edition of the Adoremus Bulletin
We have just heard that the latest edition of the Adoremus Bulletinis available. As usual there are many points of interest concerning the liturgy; in particular, details of preparations for the...
View ArticleThe Value of Praying the Office - A Beautiful Meditation by Bl. Card. Schuster
I close my eyes, and while my lips murmur the words of the Breviary which I know by heart, I leave behind their literal meaning, and feel that I am in that endless land where the Church, militant and...
View ArticleSt Matthew the Evangelist from the Lindisfarne Gospels
To mark the feast of St Matthew, here is the illumination from the 8th century British manuscript (the original is in the British Library). There are profound lessons here for those who wish to pray,...
View ArticleExaltation of the Cross 2015 Photopost
As always, with many thanks to the readers who have sent in pictures of these liturgies.Church of the Holy Innocents - New York CitySolemn Mass, followed by the Veneration of a relic of the True...
View ArticleNotice for UK Readers : Ordinariate Mass in Portsmouth for Our Lady of...
This coming Saturday, September 26th, Mgr Keith Newton will celebrate a High Mass in the Ordinariate Rite for the feast of Our Lady of Walsingham. The Mass will be held at the Church of St Agatha on...
View ArticleThe Art of Typesetting and Layout: A Gallery of Pages
As one who has made hundreds of booklets, pamphlets, "worship aids," prayer cards, signs, and posters over the years, I have invested a lot of time learning how to make these simple items look...
View ArticleBook Review: Observing Vatican II: The Confidential Reports of the Archbishop...
Andrew Chandler & Charlotte Hansen (eds.), Observing Vatican II: The Confidential Reports of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Representative, Bernard Pawley, 1961-1964 (Camden Fifth Series, 43;...
View ArticleFundraiser for the Monks of Norcia in New York, October 7th
The Lumen Christi Association of New York: Pro Fide et Cultura is sponsoring an event to benefit the Benedictine Monks of Norcia, Italy on October 7, 2015 at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan...
View ArticleHigh Altar Replacement - FSSP Minneapolis
From the FSSP Parish of All Saints in Minneapolis, with thanks to Tracy Dunne for posting the video. Quite an improvement, I dare say.
View ArticleSCL Registration Deadline Extended to Sept. 26th
Sept. 26th is the new deadline. Register here: liturgysociety.org/conference.htmlThe Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, will deliver the keynote address: “We Are Bound...
View ArticleA New Home for the Latin Mass Community in South Bend, Indiana
We recently received this information about the new location of the FSSP Apostolate in South Bend, Indiana, from the parish priest, Msgr. John C. Fritz. NLM joins the Fraternity in thanking His...
View ArticlePictures of a Dominican Mass in Minneapolis
This past Saturday, Fr. Dominic Holtz, OP, a professor at the Angelicum in Rome (Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas) celebrated a Dominican Rite Missa cantata for the feast of St Januarius and...
View ArticleKorean Paintings of the Life of Christ
The website ChurchPop recently published an article about a series of twenty paintings of the life of Christ, by Korean artist Woonbo Kim Ki-chang. The style and the settings are unmistakably Korean, a...
View ArticleMusic for the PSP Pilgrimage - An Interview with Mr Matthew Schellhorn
This past July, we published an interview with our own Henri Adam de Villiers, director of the Schola Sainte Cécile, which will provide the music for the upcoming Populus Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage...
View ArticleIncense and Thuribles in the Dominican Rite
Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P., of this blog has suggested that I republish this post since the question of Dominican practice in incensing was raised by a combox query after the article on the recent...
View ArticleSt Maria Goretti at St John Cantius, Chicago
On Monday, October 12, the major relics of St. Maria Goretti (canonized in 1950) will be venerated at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. Information is available here. As a prelude to the “Year of...
View ArticleCatholic Artist Society Speaker Series for 2015-16 in NYC
I have received the itinerary for the Catholic Artist Society speaker series in New York City for the coming year.Amongst the very strong line-up there are two speakers whom I have had contact with in...
View ArticlePriestly Preparation Before Mass and Thanksgiving After Mass
By the grace of God I’ve been a Catholic all my life, and during these decades, I’ve known and observed many priests going about their duties. One of the most fascinating differences among them is how...
View ArticleItalo Albanian Greek Catholic Divine Liturgy in Manhattan, Sunday Oct. 4
Information about this upcoming liturgical event in New York City was provided to us by Mr Patrick O’Boyle.On Sunday, October 4 at 10:00 a.m., an Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic Divine Liturgy will be...
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The traditional title of today’s feast is “The Dedication of St Michael the Archangel”, a term already found in the 8th century Lectionary of Wurzburg, the oldest of the Roman Rite that survives, and...
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