New Series of Videos about the Liturgy from the Liturgical Institute, Mundelein
Here is the first video in what I understand to be a series of ten which are being released week by week by The Liturgical Institute at Mundelein Seminary. In this one, Fr Douglas Martis, the director...
View ArticleAll Souls in Rome
Here are a few photos from the All Souls Mass and Absolution at the Catafalque celebrated last night at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, the F.S.S.P. church in Rome.Note the Memento mori at the base...
View ArticleThe Feast of All Saints 2015 - The Virgin Mary
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the sixth day in the Octave of All Saints. The most blessed Virgin Mary, rightly proclaimed the Queen...
View ArticleAnother New Black Vestment Set
For the feast of St Charles Borromeo, here are some pictures of a new “Borromeo-style” black vestment, made by Br. Augustine, O.F.M. Conv., from the National Shrine of St Maximilian Kolbe in...
View ArticleIntroducing Divine Worship: the Missal - An FAQ on the Ordinariate Missal
Today is the sixth anniversary of the official promulgation of Anglicanorum Coetibus, the Apostolic Constitution by which Pope Benedict XVI provided for the establishment of Personal Ordinariates to...
View ArticleThe Feast of All Saints 2015 - The Angels
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the sixth day in the Octave of All Saints. Brethren, let us call the orders of blessed spirits to the...
View ArticleCard. Burke on the 50th Anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium - Fota VI...
The St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy has sent us the following press release concerning the recent presentation at the Basilica of St Clement in Rome of the Proceedings of the Sixth Fota...
View ArticleGrant of Indulgences for the 800th Anniversary Jubilee of the Order of Preachers
The official dates of the Jubilee are from 7 November, 2015 (Feast of All Saints of the Order) until 21 January, 2017 (the date of the official Papal Bull Gratiarum Omnium Largitori of Pope Honorius...
View ArticleThe Feast of All Saints 2015 - The Patriarchs and Prophets
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the sixth day in the Octave of All Saints. After the soldiers of the heavenly court, the first in...
View ArticleHow Do We Paint Disfigurement and Bodily Imperfections in Saints?
Blessed Margaret of Castello is the patron saint of unwanted and disabled children. Born in 14th century Italy, she was disfigured and neglected from birth by her wealthy parents. She was taken in by...
View ArticleThe Feast of All Saints 2015 - The Apostles
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the sixth day in the Octave of All Saints. Upon these follows the glorious company of the Twelve...
View ArticleCard. Burke to Speak and Celebrate Mass in North Carolina in December
Thomas International Center is proud to announce the visit of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke to Raleigh, NC, on Saturday, December 5, 2015Schedule of Events include:9:30 a.m. Saturday,...
View ArticleThe Feast of All Saints 2015 - The Martyrs
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the sixth day in the Octave of All Saints. Now let us extol with our praises the most constant...
View ArticleThe Octave of All Saints 2015
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the conclusion of the sermon for the sixth day in the Octave of All Saints. In the mystery of today’s feast we must also venerate the...
View ArticleTo Be A Pilgrim
'To Be A Pilgrim' is a new DVD from Saint Anthony Communications, the Catholic Media company which has produced other wonderful films such as Faith of our Fathers and Lead kindly light. In their latest...
View ArticleThe Comparative Nobility of the Sacraments
Marriage, as one of the seven sacraments of the New Law, is a metaphysical and supernatural reality of immense power, beauty, and importance in the Christian scheme of things. It inaugurates and...
View ArticleSecond Video on the Mass from the Liturgical Institute, Mundelein
Here is the second in the series called the Elements of the Catholic Mass, produced by the Liturgical Institute at Mundelein and presented by its director, Fr Douglas Martis.This one is entitled...
View ArticleTitian the Trailblazer - the Balance of Naturalism and Symbolism
Titian is one of the greats of Western art. He lived in Venice from about 1480 to 1576, and was active almost right to the end of his life. He began painting in the period of the High Renaissance, and...
View ArticleNew Arrangements for Vernacular Chants from Adam Bartlett’s Illuminare...
Many of you will be aware of Adam Bartlett’s chant compositions for the Propers of the Mass in the vernacular. They are in the Lumen Christi Missal and the Lumen Christi Simple Gradual, both available...
View ArticleCardinal Burke at the London Oratory this Sunday
Cardinal Burke will be celebrating Pontifical Low Mass at the London Oratory this coming Sunday, 15 November, at 9am.
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