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A Medieval Fresco of the Holy Innocents
From the Servite church of the city of Siena, Santa Maria dei Servi (click image to enlarge.)This was painted in the 1330s by Pietro Lorenzetti, along with the brothers Francesco and Niccolò di Segna....
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Holy Innocents, Hidden Metamorphosis
For several summers, we have obtained a small number of painted lady butterfly caterpillars and watched them change into butterflies. It is always fascinating to see each caterpillar shape the...
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Priest Disciplined for Liturgical Abuse (Another Small Brick)
There can be no doubt that in many parts of the Catholic world (the United States is one) fashionable liturgical abuses that were routine in the 1970s and ’80s have become much rarer, and will become...
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St Thomas of Canterbury
St Thomas à Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29th, 1170, less than a month after he had returned from six years of exile in France, where he had been driven by a long persecution...
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New Recording of a Medieval Votive Mass of the Sacrament
The Netherlands-based Early Music ensemble Cantores Sancti Gregorii, lead by Mr Ján Janovčík, have recently made available a new recording of the complete Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament; unlike...
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Christmas 2015 Photopost - Part 1
As was the case last year, we have received a very large number of photographs of Christmas liturgies, and so we will be doing at least two other photoposts, possibly more. We will also be doing one...
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Two New Recordings from St John Cantius, Chicago
Over the years, the choirs of St. John Cantius in Chicago have released numerous CDs, including O Holy Night, Miserere, Handel’s Messiah, the Coronation Mass, and many others. News reaches us that they...
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Education for Epiphany
Like it or not, educational theory has entered the realm of soft sciences and journal-driven research. Teachers are expected to know scientific “best practices” and follow them in their classrooms....
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Month’s Mind for Emmanuel Leemans In Jersey City, January 2
Long-time Hoboken resident Emmanuel V. Leemans died on November 19, 2015, one day after suffering a heart attack. Manny combined faith, culture, intelligence, decency, courtesy, and diligence in a...
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Picture of the Year
As our last post of the year 2015, I would like to share with our readers this beautiful photograph of a newly-ordained priest with his mother. In the traditional rite, after the priest’s hands are...
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The Feast of the Circumcision 2016
The great mystery of heirship; the womb of Her that knew not man is become the temple of God: in taking flesh from Her, He was not defiled: all nations shall come and say, Glory to thee, O Lord!...
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Solemn Mass, Epiphany of the Lord – Hyannis, MA
The first Solemn Mass (usus antiquior) to be celebrated on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, since the Second Vatican Council will begin at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, January 6th (Feast of the Epiphany), 2016, at...
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Christmas 2015 Photopost - Part 2
As always, our thanks to all those who have sent in photographs of their liturgies during the Christmas season, with our best wishes to all our readers for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Our...
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Dominicans in NYC to Host Special Events for Week of Christian Unity
The Dominican Friars’ New York City parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena will host a series of special events and liturgies during the 2016 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity...
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In Memoriam - Fr. Franck Quoëx (Reprint from 2010)
Fr Franck Quoëx passed away on January 2, 2007. He is remembered not only for his important work as a scholar, but, I would dare say, even more for the way his dedication to the liturgy, his example as...
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The Holy Name of Jesus
But these things are written, * that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and believing, you may have life * in His name. V. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon His name:...
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Card. Burke Celebrates Christmas with FSSP in Rome
The website of the Fraternity of St Peter’s Roman parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, has posted a large gallery of photographs of Christmas Matins and Midnight Mass, celebrated by His Eminence...
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Liturgical Notes on the Feast of the Holy Innocents
In the Missal of St Pius V, the feast of the Holy Innocents is celebrated in violet vestments, rather than the red used on all the other feasts of Martyrs. It is also the only feast on which the Gloria...
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Photopost Request for Epiphany 2016
Out next major photopost will be for liturgies celebrated on the Epiphany, whether in the OF or the EF, or any of the Eastern Rites, Ordinariate Use, etc.; and as always, we will also be very glad to...
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Should We Stop Pursuing Excellence to Avoid Moral Danger?
I once shared the following quotation from David Warren’s article “Oh Had I Jubal’s Lyre” on my Facebook page (that is, when I was still using FB — it might happen again someday, but for now I’m...
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