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Good Friday 2016 Photopost - Part 1
Next in our ongoing series of Holy Week Photoposts, we have the Good Friday liturgy. Thank you to readers who sent in their photos. Tomorrow part 2 will be released, followed by the tenebrae post, and...
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International Conductor to Address Catholic Artists' Society on Faith and Music
The Catholic Artists’ Society series, Art of the Beautiful, concludes on Tuesday, April 5th, at 7 PM, with a talk by conductor Manfred Honeck, music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.Born...
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Maundy Thursday and Good Friday at St Mary’s in Norwalk, Connecticut
The Parish of St. Mary’s in Norwalk, Connecticut, celebrated the rites of the Triduum as it has for the past several years, in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. More than 400 people attended...
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Ambrosian Easter Sunday Mass
Speaking of the Ambrosian Rite, as we do often and gladly, here are some videos of the Easter Sunday Mass celebrated at the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Legnano, about 20 kilometers to...
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Good Friday 2016 Photopost - Part 2
In this post, we have our second of two Good Friday posts from readers of NLM around the world. Thanks to the readers who submitted them! St. Mary, Pine Bluff, WISt. John XXIII, Pittsburgh, PASt Mary,...
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Medieval Vespers of Easter
In the Breviary of St Pius V, Vespers of Easter Sunday and the days within the octave present only one peculiarity, namely, that the Chapter and Hymn are replaced by the words of Psalm 117, “Haec dies...
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St. Mary’s Marks Easter Vigil, First Mass
The Parish of St. Mary’s in Norwalk, Connecticut, celebrated the Easter Vigil with the reception, Confirmation and First Communion of candidates. The combined choirs of the parish, including the Schola...
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Liturgical Reminder: Transfer of the Annunciation
Just a brief reminder that the current season of solemnities is not quite finished with today’s Octave Day of Easter. Since it was impeded by Good Friday this year, the feast of the Annunciation is...
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Tenebrae 2016 Photopost
As we begin winding down our Holy Week photoposts, today we have the tenebrae photopost. Coming shortly, we'll also be publishing Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday pictures. St Marys Shrine, Warrington,...
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Holy Saturday 2016 Photopost - Part 1
Today, we have the Easter Vigil photopost. Enjoy!St. Monica, Edmond, OKSt Stephen, Portland, ORHoly Innocents, New York City, NYMater Ecclesiae, Berlin, NJSt Mary Parish Kalamazoo, MISt Mary Shrine,...
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In Praise of Irregularity
No, this article is not a plea for bending and breaking the Church’s matrimonial rules. In fact, it has almost nothing to do with the subject of marriage — except perhaps in a sense to which I will...
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Norcia 2016 Summer Program -- Tuition Scholarship for Priest, Deacon,...
Back in January, NLM announced the 2016 Summer Program of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies (AMCSS), taking place in Norcia from July 10-24. Applications are still being accepted for...
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Ideas For the Cry Room From Greenville, Texas
I am looking for ideas for making a church’s cry room - that sound proof room where you can take children and which usually has an array of toys and books.This has been inspired by photographs sent to...
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Byzantine Catholic Holy Week Services at St Peter’s in Ukiah, California
Thanks to Mr Philip Gilbert for sending in pictures and video links to the Holy Week and Easter services celebrated at St Peter’s Eastern Catholic Church in Ukiah, California.The Cross set up in the...
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St. Eugene's Cathedral (Santa Rosa, CA) Retro-Fitting Sanctuary
When it was constructed in 1950, St. Eugene's Church was envisioned as a parish church in the growing Santa Rosa community. In 1962 the Holy See erected the Diocese of Santa Rosa, and designated St....
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Two-part Essay on Sacred Music vs. Praise & Worship
NLM readers may wish to have a look at my two articles published recently at OnePeterFive, contrasting the characteristics of “Praise & Worship” music with the characteristics of authentic Catholic...
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Relics of St Charbel to Visit Maronite Church near Boston
The relics of St Charbel Maklouf, the famous Maronite monk, canonized in 1977, will visit the Maronite church of Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, on Saturday, April...
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Eucharistic Procession at Wyoming Catholic College for the Annunciation
This past Monday, April 4th, when Holy Mother Church observed the Solemnity of the Annunciation, students, faculty, and staff of Wyoming Catholic College came out in good numbers to march through the...
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Dominican Solemn Mass in Rome
Last month we published photos of a Solemn Mass in the Dominican Rite celebrated by priests of the Fraternity of St Vincent Ferrer on the feast of St Thomas Aquinas, at the FSSP’s Roman parish,...
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Ambrosian Music for Eastertide
Here are three very nice pieces of Ambrosian chant for the Paschal season, sung by the Gruppo di Canto Ambrosiano (Ambrosian chant group) conducted by maestro Luigi Benedetti; thanks once again to our...
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