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Recent Typeface Design and Calligraphy from Daniel Mitsui
We have much work to do in the rebuilding of Catholic culture, and in this “slow evangelization” (as Stratford Caldecott called it), liturgy can be compared to the right hand, the fine arts to the left...
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A Reliquary of St Andrew the Apostle
For the feast of St Andrew, here is a picture of a wonderful reliquary containing some of the wood of both his cross and that of his brother, St Peter. Both sets of pieces are arranged in the shape of...
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Christmas Gift Ideas from NLM Authors
NLM authors were asked to offer Christmas gift ideas to pass along to our readers. Their suggestions have been grouped into thematic lists. The following list is obviously anything but comprehensive —...
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Dom Mark Kirby on the Link Between Sacrilege and Bad Liturgical Customs
NLM readers undoubtedly know by now of the atrocious acts of sacrilege committed against the Most Blessed Sacrament in Pamplona, Spain. This nauseating act of contempt for the most sacred of all sacred...
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Divinum Officum Now Available with German Translation
I am certain that many of our readers are aware of and use the site Divinum Officium, one of the most useful liturgical resources on the web. It provides the full text of each day’s Mass and Office in...
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St Andrew’s Day in Scotland
The feast day of St Andrew was celebrated on the evening of November 30th at St Joseph’s Church in Greenock in the Scottish Diocese of Paisley, the first mass in the Extraordinary Form for many years...
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A Catholic Praise Tradition?
Most Catholics have no idea what it is to “praise” God. We hear this verb occasionally in the Psalms, but the experience of praise is unfamiliar.Praise is distinctly different than worship in the broad...
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The Feast of St Francis Xavier in Rome - A Small Step in the Right Direction
In many different years, I have been able to visit the Jesuit mother church in Rome, popularly known as the Gesù (but formally “the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus”), on the feast of St Francis...
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Denis McNamara on the Church, Part 8 - A Hierarchy of Sacred Images.
Here is the eighth in the series of short videos by Denis McNamara, Professor on the faculty of the Liturgical Institute, Mundelein; his book is Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the...
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EF Mass for Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia Cathedral, with Music by Byrd
The interior of the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.(photo from Wikipedia by Beyond My Ken)
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Advent to Epiphany at Holy Innocents, Manhattan
Here are some details of the wonderful liturgies and events coming up Holy Innocents, New York between now and Epiphany. The Church is at 128 West 37th Street, Manhattan.
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Ambrosian Prefaces for Advent - Part 1
One of the most interesting and important features of the Ambrosian Mass is the corpus of Prefaces, which is very much larger than in the Roman Rite. Almost every proper Mass has a proper Preface, and...
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Solemn Mass, Dec. 8th, Tiverton, R.I.
Of possible interest to NLM readers in southern New England
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Elements of the Catholic Mass - Video 5: the Processions of the Mass
In the fifth video of this seris, Fr Douglas Martis (who has just stepped down as Director of the Liturgical Institute, Mundelein) describes the purpose of the four processions of the Mass, Entrance,...
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The Feast of St Nicholas 2015
A 16th-century Russian Icon of St Nicholas, from the Hermitage Museum in St PetersburgMany of the proper Offices commonly used in the Middle Ages make an addition to the last responsory of Matins...
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Photopost Request : Immaculate Conception 2015
Our next major photopost will be for tomorrow’s feast of the Immaculate Conception. Please send your photos (whether of the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form) to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org for...
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Beat Your Own Breast
Even if Advent is not a penitential season in quite the same way Lent is, nevertheless, a penitential note has always been struck in this time of preparation and expectancy, in the weeks that lead up...
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Photographs of Rorate Mass at Holy Innocents NYC
As posted a few days ago, there was a Rorate Mass held at Holy Innocents in Manhattan on Saturday. The Solemn Mass took place at 5am illuminated by candlelight alone, and included Gregorian Chant. The...
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Ambrosian Prefaces for Advent - Part 2
For the feast of St Ambrose, we continue our series on the Ambrosian Prefaces of Advent. Click here to read the first part.The Ambrosian Divine Office does not have the O Antiphons, nor the special...
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To Sing With the Angels: A History of the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale
TO SING WITH THE ANGELS: A HISTORY OF THE TWIN CITIES CATHOLIC CHORALE By Virginia A. Schubert, PhDThis is a signature volume chronicling the history of the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale, founded in...
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