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Mozarabic Mass to be Said in Rome, Friday, May 6th
A solemn Mass in the Mozarabic Rite will be celebrated in the Roman Basilica of the Holy Cross ‘in Jerusalem’ (Santa Croce in Gerusalemme), on Friday, May 6th, starting at 6 p.m. The main celebrant...
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Fota IX Conference Dates, and Updated List of Speakers
St. Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce that the ninth Fota International Liturgy Conference will be held at the Clarion Hotel, Cork City, Ireland, July 9-11, 2016.The...
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The Law of Liturgical Entropy
Caspar David Friedrich, The WandererIt feels easier to walk downhill than to walk uphill, but it’s much harder on the knees. It feels harder to climb uphill, but the beautiful view at the top is always...
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Dominican Rite Missa Cantata, S.F. Bay Area, 5/7/16
St. Albert the Great Chapel A Dominican Rite Missa Cantata celebrating the First Saturday of May will sung by the student friars of the Western Dominican Province on Saturday, May 7. The Mass will be...
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Mozart Mass in the EF for the Ascension in Grand Rapids, Michigan
The parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, located at 156 Valley Avenue, will celebrate a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for on Ascension Thursday, May 5, 2016, at...
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Call for Participation - SCL Annual Conference 2016
The Liturgy and the New Evangelization 2016 Annual Conference of the Society for Catholic LiturgyThe conference will be held at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral and Conference Center in Los Angeles,...
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Chinese Artist Converts Through Study of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
Some of you might already be aware of the conversion of Chinese artist Yan Zu to Catholicism, as recounted on National Catholic Register and Catholic News Agency. A Dominican friar from the Western...
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Palestrina Mass for the OF Vigil of Pentecost in New York City
On Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 7:30 pm, a Solemn Mass for the Vigil of Pentecost will be celebrated at the Church of St. Catherine of Siena, located at 411 East 68th Street in New York City.The Mass will...
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Liturgical Books for Sale
Fr Thomas Simons of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Comstock Park, Michigan, has asked me to post this list of liturgical books which he has for sale, hoping to find them good homes where they will be...
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How Medieval Christians Celebrated the Rogation Days (with a Dragon)
The following description of the Rogation Processions comes from a canon of the cathedral of Siena named Oderico, who in the year 1213 wrote a detailed account of the liturgical texts and ceremonies...
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The Ascension of the Lord 2016
After His Passion, appearing to them over forty days, and speaking to them of the kingdom of God, alleluia: * and while they beheld, He was taken up, alleluia, and a cloud received Him out of their...
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EF Solemn Mass for Pentecost in Jersey City, with Music of Mozart
Solemn High Mass of Pentecost to Mark Silver Ordination Anniversary of the Rev. John Perricone Pentecost is always kept with special fervor by the Latin Mass community in Jersey City, New Jersey, since...
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Juventutem Slovenia Holds Its First Public Pilgrimage Event
Juventutem Slovenia, established in 2014, organised their first pilgrimage on April 30th, culminating with the first public Traditional Latin Mass at the National Shrine Mary Help of Christian at...
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How St John Paul II’s Letter to Artists Converted a Composer and Created a...
We are only a few days away from the world premiere of the oratorio composed by Frank LaRocca about the life of St Rita, called A Rose In Winter. It has been commissioned by St Rita’s Catholic Church...
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Solemn Vespers Tomorrow in Chicago
This Saturday, May 7 at 5:15 p.m., the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Chicago will celebrate First Vespers of the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Since the community observes the Ascension on its traditional...
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The Feast of St John at the Latin Gate
John was both an Apostle, and an Evangelist, and a Prophet: an Apostle, because he wrote to the churches as a teacher; an Evangelist, because he wrote a book of the Gospels, which the other twelve...
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Latest Issue of Sacred Music
The latest issue of Sacred Music is making its way to mailboxes this week.If you’re not yet a member of the Church Music Association of America, click here to join. A yearly subscription to Sacred...
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Ascension Mass in Fribourg, Switzerland
The Youtube channel of the Basilique Notre-Dame, the FSSP’s church in Fribourg, Switzerland, where their international headquarters are also located, has published a video of their Ascension Mass...
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Intensive Summer Course in Chant and Polyphony in Chicago in July
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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Is Modern Man Irremediably Cut Off from Tradition?
Modern thinkers — Charles Taylor particularly comes to mind — often write with a sort of melancholy fatalism about how modern man is irremediably cut off from his ancient and medieval roots. They write...
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