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Winter Issue of Sacred Music
The CMAA has just sent out the latest issue of Sacred Music to members and subscribers, the contents of which would be of interest to readers of the NLM. To subscribe to the journal or become a member,...
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Proclamation of the Movable Feasts 2016
From our friends at the Schola Sainte Cécile. Know, dearest brethren, by the gift of God’s mercy, as we have rejoiced for the birth of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, so also we announce to you joy for the...
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Music for the Epiphany
The Latin hymn for VespersHostis, Herodes impie, Why, impious Herod, vainly fearChristum venire quid times? that Christ the Savior cometh here?Non eripit mortalia,...
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The Acta Synodalia of Vatican II - Second Session Available for Download
Back in May on NLM, I started a project to make the Acta Synodalia Sacrosancti Concilii Oecumenici Vaticani II easily available for anyone who is interested in precisely what was said and discussed at...
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Christmas 2015 Photopost - Late Entries
Just a couple of late submission from Christmas and its octave.Church of St Anne (Damenstiftkirche) - Munich, Bavaria (FFSP)Midnight Mass and the Feast of St StephenChurch of the Holy Innocents -...
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The Synaxis of the Holy Forerunner John the Baptist
In the Byzantine Rite, a “synaxis” (“σύναξις” in Greek, “собóръ – sobor” in Old Church Slavonic) is a commemoration held the day after a major feast, to honor a sacred person who figures prominently in...
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Pope St Gregory the Great on the Gifts of the Magi
The wise men brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Gold becometh a King, frankincense is offered in sacrifice to God, and with myrrh are embalmed the bodies of the dead. Therefore, by these mystical...
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Summer Chant and Polyphony Institute at Eastman School of Music
Prof. Michael Alan Anderson of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester will offer a summer course called “Singing Gregorian Chant and Renaissance Polyphony” from July 25-29 of this...
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How is Your TLM Doing?
Over at the National Catholic Register, Msgr Charles Pope published an article yesterday called “An Urgent Warning About the Future of the Traditional Latin Mass.” The warning is that in many places,...
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Christ Among the Doctors
When Jesus was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast, and having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and His...
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Two Recordings of Syriac Liturgical Music
Via a friend’s facebook page, I stumbled across these links to recordings made in 2011, both of Vespers in Syriac Orthodox monasteries in Turkey. Very sadly, the occasion for which they were posted was...
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The Cappa Magna in the Light of Nature, Rationality, and Mystery
I. The Realm of Subrational NatureGod the Creator is often extravagant in the decorations with which He supplies His creatures. Of course, there are plenty of insects and beasts whose humble appearance...
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Announcing the Sheen Center Catholic Artist Residency in New York City
Cole Matson, Artist-in-Residence, at the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, the Archdiocese of New York's new arts center in downtown Manhattan, recently contacted my to tell me...
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Epiphany Photopost 2016
As always, we are very grateful to all those who sent in photos of their Epiphany liturgies and blessings. We have a few photos of the Blessing of the Waters in the Maronite Rite, and I am also...
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“Aquinas, Liturgy, Prayer” Lecture to Celebrate Dominican Jubilee - Feb. 1
Celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Order of Preachers, the Theology/Philosophy Department at Caldwell University will continue its Sister Maura Campbell, O.P., Lecture Series on Feb. 1 with a...
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EF Pontifical Mass for Christmas in the Diocese of Lake Charles, LA
Out thanks to Barbara Wyman for sharing with us in these photographs, and an account of the Pontifical Mass celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Glen Provost during the Octave of Christmas. The ceremony...
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Some Home-Made Vestment Work
Reader Rev. Timothy Matkin, an Anglican priest from Texas, sent in these photos of a vestment which he made for a friend who is a Catholic priest in Missouri. “He requested a white set, trimmed in blue...
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George Weigel Vs. Liturgical Improvisation
In an article published yesterday on the website of First Things, George Weigel takes the clergy to task for the less-than-happy results of the widespread habit of liturgical improvisation. The tone of...
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The Philology Institute's Summer Courses in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
This news comes to us from a reader:The Philology Institute in Wilmore, KY will offer intensive, six-week summer courses in Latin, ancient Greek, and biblical Hebrew from July 5 to August 12, 2016. The...
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St Maurus, and a Famous Miracle of St Benedict
January 15th is the feast day of St Maurus, a disciple of St Benedict who is famous for his role in one of his master’s more impressive miracles. This is recounted by St Gregory the Great in chapter 7...
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