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Two Conservatives Seeing Eye to Eye On Culture - Roger Scruton and Benedict XVI
I recently posted an article about the history of the English telephone box. The idea for that post came from Roger Scruton and his reference to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s design in his book How to Be A...
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Historical Images of Barcelona Charterhouse, 1960
Our thanks to B.D. for his kind permission to reproduce these photos taken in the Charterhouse of Montalegre in 1960. The monastery is located in the town on Tiana, about 11 miles north of Barcelona,...
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Men’s Holy Leagues: Manchester, NH, St Clair Shores, MI and Assumption...
Please do keep notifications of Men’s Holy League meetings coming; I am happy to promote them both to raise attendance at those already established, and in the hope that it might inspire the creation...
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R.I.P. Fr Michael Morris, O.P.
It was with sadness that I learned of the death on Friday of Fr Michael Morris, O.P., after an illness. For many years he has been a great advocate for beauty in sacred art and the culture, whose...
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Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in East Harlem
On Saturday, July 23rd, at 11:15 a.m., a Solemn High Traditional Latin Mass will be celebrated in the Pontifical Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem, New York, at the privileged altar...
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Our Lady of Mt Carmel in the UK
The feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel is especially important to Catholics in the UK, since it was of course an English Carmelite, St Simon Stock, to whom the Virgin Mary appeared and gave the Scapular....
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Turning Toward the Lord -- An Evangelical and Ecumenical Perspective for Support
Billy Graham teachingCardinal Sarah’s challenge that priests celebrate Mass “ad orientem” has sparked controversy and heated discussion throughout the Catholic world. Hyperbole aside, some think this...
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Sacred Music Summer Camp for Youth - Lincoln, Nebraska
Sacred Music Summer Camp for Youth Music Instructors: Nicholas & Elizabeth Lemme What: Five days of musical instruction in Gregorian chant and beginning polyphony, culminating in a Mass at the end...
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La Sainte Baume - St Mary Magdalene’s Cave
Even scholars least inclined to skepticism in treating of the lives of the Saints find it difficult to accept as true the legend that St Mary Magdalene, her sister Martha and brother Lazarus, together...
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“In Mei Memoriam Facietis”; Liturgical Externals and Memory - Guest Article...
We are pleased to share with our readers this guest article by Veronica Arntz, a recent graduate of Wyoming Catholic College who will begin graduate studies in theology this fall at the Augustine...
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Award for the Most Hideous Lectionary Ever
In an article entitled "Books That Cry Out the Unique Richness and Holiness of God's Word," I argued that somewhere along the line, we decided to forego the expense and trouble of creating beautiful...
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A Model Review - Br Brad Elliot OP on the Music of Frank La Rocca
Here is a review of a selection of Frank La Rocca’s compositions called In This Place, written by Br Brad T. Elliot OP; it appeared first, in slightly altered form, on page 49 of the Fall 2015 edition...
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Dominican Mass This Sunday in Quezon City in the Philippines
This coming Sunday, July 31st, the Parish of the Most Holy Redeemer Parish in Quezon City, The Philippines, will host our own Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P., for the celebration of a Missa Cantata in the...
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The Feast of St Anne
Justly does Anne, filled with the divine Spirit, with joyful and jubilant spirit sing aloud: “Rejoice with me, who of my barren womb I have borne the bud of promise, and, as I had longed, nourish at my...
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Beautiful Lectionaries in the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Since we recently highlighted a very ugly lectionary, and the general lack of beauty in modern liturgical books, I thought it would be nice to share some images of beautiful lectionaries of various...
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OF Mass in Croatia “Ad Orientem” (and Nobody Died!)
A reader of NLM requested that I post some photos of an Ordinary Form Mass celebrated ad orientem (with generous use of Latin) on Sunday, July 3rd, at the parish of St Nicholas Tavelić in Županja,...
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More Medieval Frescoes from Milan
We have written about the Greater Monastery of Milan a few times recently, often referred to as the Sistine Chapel of Milan, since the comprehensive restoration, completed just over a year ago, of its...
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Dominican Missa Cantata for the Feast of St. Dominic
The Parish of St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Catherine of Siena in New York City will have a Missa Cantata for the Feast of St. Dominic (EF calendar) on August 4, 2016 at 7 pm. The Missa Sacerdotes Domini...
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The Sung Liturgy in the Formation of the Human Person - Guest Article by...
Here is another guest article on the liturgical theology by a recent college graduate, Mr Matthew Roth, who just finished his undergraduate studies at Franciscan University. Another positive sign for...
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“The Sacrifice of Praise and the Ecstatic Orientation of Man” — Lecture at...
This week my family and I have been visiting Silverstream Priory in Ireland for a time of rest and prayer. At the invitation of the prior, Dom Mark Kirby, I gave a conference to monks, clergy, and...
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