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400th Anniversary of the Dedication of Trinità dei Pellegrini, Sunday, June 12th
Sunday June 12th will mark the 400th anniversary of the dedication of the church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims, (Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini), which has been since 2009 the Roman...
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Corpus Christi 2016: Second Photopost
Here are some more photos of Corpus Christi Masses and Processions from around the world. The first is a video from our good friends of the Schola Sainte Cécile; enjoy the beautiful singing of the...
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More Liturgical Treasures from Northern Italy
From the Diocesan Museum of the city of Vicenza come these photos of a magnificent cope and reliquary. The cope is traditionally said to have been a gift of St Louis IX, King of France (1214-70) to the...
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Seeking the Right Relationship Between Internal and External
My colleague Dr. Jeremy Holmes, professor of theology at Wyoming Catholic College, has written a response to my article from last week. We are happy to publish it here.Tissot, Jesus and the...
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EF Requiem for Mother Angelica in London Tomorrow
Tomorrow, June 8th, the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption & Saint Gregory, Warwick Street, London, will offer a Requiem Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the eternal repose of Mother Angelica....
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Procession with Relics of St Norbert
Yesterday was the feast of St Norbert, the founder of the Premonstratensian Order, who died in 1134 as archbishop of Magdeburg, in the modern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The city was one of the...
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Corpus Christi 2016: Third Photopost - Zeal for the Sacred Liturgy
Here is the third set of your photos of Corpus Christi Masses and Processions from around the world. Our thanks go once again to all those who sent them in! (The photos are posted in the order...
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The Basilica of St Maximin in Provence
Today is the feast of St Maximin, an early bishop of Aix-en-Provence in southern France. Nothing is really known of his history, not even the years in which he lived, but he became an important figure...
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Year of Mercy Pilgrimage in NYC This Saturday
A PILGRIMAGE TO THE BASILICA OF ST. PATRICK’S OLD CATHEDRAL & SHRINE CHURCH OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOODThis coming Saturday, June 11, 2016 (immediately after the 1 p.m. traditional Mass at the...
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Call for Artists for Juried Exhibition in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, November 2016
Artists are being asked to submit work for the 6th Nationwide Juried Catholic Arts Competition and Exhibition at Saint Vincent Gallery on the campus of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe,...
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Books of Hours Online
This post is occasioned by a happy discovery, or rather rediscovery, in the field of online liturgical resources. In 1991, a Danish fellow named Eric Drigsdahl establish a small private research...
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“Ars Celebrandi” Workshops 2016 in Licheń, Poland (Press Release)
The third edition of the “Ars Celebrandi” traditional liturgy workshops will take place at the Sanctuary of Our Lady in Licheń, Poland, from August 4-11, 2016. This is the largest event of its kind in...
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Feast of St Mary Magdalene Upgraded to Feast
The title of this article refers to something which has always struck me as one of the weirdest things about the post-conciliar reform, the use of the word “Feast” as the name of a grade of feast....
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Corpus Christ Photopost: Special Ambrosian Edition
Today is the feast of the Apostle St Barnabas, who is venerated in Milan as the founder of the Church in that city, and its first bishop. I decided to wait until today to post these three sets of...
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The Problem of the Dominant Low Mass and the Rare High Mass
Cantabiles mihi erant justificationes tuae in loco peregrinationis meae. Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage. – Psalm 118:54If one wished to characterize the...
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Another Call for Artists - Please Learn to Draw!
One of the most common shortcomings in the works of artists today is poor drawing ability. There is a perception among some, especially if working in the highly symbolic styles of the Gothic, the...
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Dominican Rite Masses in Ohio for the Order’s 800th Anniversary Celebrations
To commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Dominican Order, St Dominic’s Church in Youngstown, Ohio, will celebrate a special series of Masses in the traditional Dominican rite.July 1: Feast of the...
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Reader Looking for a Cerecloth
A reader has written me to say that he has been trying, to no avail, to find a business which could provide a traditional cerecloth for an altar that is likely to be consecrated in the next year. If...
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“Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century” - A New Book Edited by Dom Alcuin Reid
Publisher T&T Clark will soon offer the volume “Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century - Contemporary Issues and Perspectives”, edited by Dom Alcuin Reid. We are proud to say that three NLM writers,...
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Interesting Saints on June 16
There are three Saints in the Martyrology for today who are particularly interesting cases in the annals of Catholic hagiography. Two of these are Ss Quiricus and Julitta, a three-year old boy and his...
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