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A New Catholic School Seeks to Incorporate the Wayof Beauty into its Education
I was delighted to hear recently about the founding of the Sanctuary Academy, which will offer a radically new form of education, initially for students ages 6-11 years, reaching back to the classical...
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“Let My Prayer Rise as Incense” by Dmitry Bortniansky - Byzantine Music for Lent
As I am sure our readers know from various articles which we have published on the subject over the years, in the Byzantine Rite, the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated on the weekdays of Lent, but only...
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Liturgy, the Basis of Western Culture; Colloquium at Grand Rapids, MI, April 4th
Any who are within striking distance of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 4th should make an effort to see Fr Rob Johansen present one of the series Aquinas College Catholic Studies Colloquia, entitled...
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Holy Week Photopost Request
Holy Week is upon us! Our next photopost will be for Holy Week liturgies, as we do every year. Specifically, we will be doing individual posts for: Palm Sunday, Tenebrae (throughout the Triduum), Holy...
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First Tenebrae Since Vatican II at St Anthony of Padua in Jersey City
The Office of Tenebrae of Holy Thursday will be anticipated on Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30PM as part of this year’s schedule of Holy Week services at the historic downtown church of St. Anthony of...
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Palm Sunday 2016
Thou didst incline the heavens, and come down to the earth as one merciful. Thou didst not leave the throne of the Cherubim, Thou sat upon a colt for our sake, o Savior of the world! And the children...
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Photopost Reminder - Holy Week 2016
For those looking to send in photos for today and the rest of Holy Week, please see the top of the right-hand sidebar on the site for links to upload photos, and due dates as well.Thanks, and have a...
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Palm Sunday in Rome - The Polyphonic Settings of the Crowd
Every year on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, at the Fraternity of St Peter’s Roman parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, the choir sings those parts of the Passion that represent the crowd. Most of...
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Special Tones for the Prophecies of the Easter Vigil
A reader from the Philippine Islands, Mr Jesson Allerite, has very kindly made available a book of special tones for some of the Prophecies of the Easter Vigil, according to the Missal of St Pius V....
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Conversion from Modernity to the Beauty of Christ
All of us have “conversion stories,” whether they take the form of dramatic life-changing upheavals, a simple progression into something we already possessed but did not understand or make use of, or a...
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Dominican Stabat Mater
Nuns Singing in the Bologna MSAs Good Friday is approaching and many churches sing the Stabat Mater at Stations of the Cross, I thought it would be suitable to reprint the transcription of the text and...
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Holy Week at Kensington Carmelite Monastery, San Francisco Bay Area
Then Nuns at Prayer As much of the Paschal Triduum at theCarmel of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, will be in the traditional Dominican or Roman Rites, readers of this blog who live in the...
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Solemnity of St. Joseph Marked at Norwalk
The Solemnity of St. Joseph was celebrated at St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, Connecticut, with a Missa Cantata attended by a large congregation of parishioners and devotees, celebrated by the Rev....
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Variations without a Theme
Interior by Watts and Co in All Saints, Margaret St, LondonPatterns and limits are the stuff of life, and great people find ways to work within these limits in order to achieve great things. In...
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Holy Week at Mater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJ
Spy Wednesday March 238:00 AM - Mass6:00 PM to 6:55PM - Confessions 7:00 PM - Tenebrae of Holy ThursdayHoly Thursday - March 246:30 PM to 7:25 PM - Confessions7:30 PM - Mass of the Lords Supperand...
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Book Notice: “Singing His Song”
Singing His Song: A Short Introduction to the Liturgical Movement(Hong Kong: Chorabooks, 2016)Kindle eBook$7.99. Available at Amazon: USA; UKFrom the publisher:Catholics come to church with certain...
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Creating a Courtyard for Contemplation Out of an Urban Alleyway
I was walking through downtown San Francisco yesterday morning on one of the busiest streets in the city center and I noticed this little alleyway to my left.What caught my eye is how with little of...
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Announcing Two New Books on the Liturgy by David Fagerberg
Many NLM readers will be familiar with the name of David Fagerberg, who has significantly enriched contemporary discussions of liturgy. I am pleased to be able to announce the recent appearance of not...
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Holy Week Services highlighted at St. Mary's Norwalk (CT)
The Parish of St. Mary in Norwalk (CT), under the pastor, the Rev. Richard G. Cipolla, has scheduled a full complement of services in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite as well as traditional...
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Holy Week Schedules : Hong Kong, Tampa, Grand Rapids MI, Chesapeake VA
My apologies for the lateness with which these are being posted, I have had a very busy week. Hong KongEpiphany Catholic Church - Tampa, FloridaSee the parish website for more information.Sacred Heart...
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