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New Nominations to CDW, Including Archbishop Piero Marini
The daily bulletin of the Holy See’s Press Office for today includes news that the Holy Father has nominated several new Members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the...
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Conference on Beauty at Notre Dame, with Roger Scruton, Timothy Verdon,...
The Fall Conference of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, called You Are Beauty, will be held from November 10-12. To register and for more details go here. There is a long list of...
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The Legends of Saints Simon and Jude
In the Breviary of St. Pius V, the lives of the Apostles Simon and Jude are summed up in a single lesson of fewer than sixty words. It is noted that St. Simon was called “the Chananean, also the...
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Why Did Caravaggio Paint a Beardless Christ?
There is a fascinating article by Marthinho Correia about the connection between Michelangelo and Caravaggio on the Pontifex University blog, Beauty of Catholicism. It is the third in a series of six...
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All Souls Announcements: Tulsa, North Jackson OH, and Vancouver
We have received the following announcements for Masses on the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, this coming Wednesday, November 2nd.Holy Family Cathedral, Tulsa, OklahomaAt 6 pm, the FSSP...
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A Purge at CDW? Important Commentary from the Catholic Herald
In regard to the latest series of appointments to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Disciple of the Sacraments, this column in the Catholic Herald by canonist Ed Condon is very much worth a...
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Sacred Music Workshop on Long Island
I will be offering a sacred music workshop at Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Freeport, New York,on Saturday, November 19th.The afternoon workshop will include study of the rhythmic...
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Missals from Silverstream Priory (4): A Defaced Missal from the...
In our series of missals from the library of the Benedictine Monks of Perpetual Adoration, we have so far looked at magnificent works of art from the 20th century (Maria Laach, Regensburg) and from the...
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All Saints and All Souls Annpuncements: St Paul, MN and Palo Alto, CA
Here are two announcements from churches which have for many years maintained the tradition of celebrating these important occasions with great music.The St Ann Choir will sing Victoria’s Mass Simile...
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Postscript - the Anglican Restoration of Medieval Rood Screens
After my last post about rood screens, I was contacted by reader Dr Simon Cotton from England, who wrote as follows:The Norfolk screen shown in your interesting article is that at Tunstead. For a...
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Photopost Request: All Saints and All Souls 2016
Our next photopost will be for the feast of All Saints and the Commemoration of All Souls, today and tomorrow. We welcome pictures of Mass in either form, as well as celebrations of the Divine Office /...
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The Feast of All Saints - 2016
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the beginning of the sermon for the seventh day in the Octave of All Saints. Today, most beloved, we celebrate with one rejoicing the...
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Perspective Without A Vanishing Point?
M.C. Escher, Relativity, 1953Students of visual art learn early on that a vanishing point is needed to draw three-dimensional figures accurately with proper perspective. It's one of those...
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The Feast of All Saints 2016 - The Beatific Vision
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the seventh day in the Octave of All Saints. No voice sufficeth to speak of the King who presideth...
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From the Archive: On the Use of Black Vestments
From time to time, it’s nice to look back at some of the articles in our archives (currently over 12,000 items!) For All Souls’ Day, here is a great piece about black vestments posted by our founding...
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In Memoriam: The Basilica of Norcia
It may seem strange to speak this way, but when I saw the photos of the Norcia basilica in ruins, I felt such a sense of loss, grief, and pain that it was as if a friend or a relative had died. It hit...
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The Feast of All Saints 2016 - The Virgin Mary and Holy Women
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the seventh day in the Octave of All Saints.Dearest brethren, although this truly blessed vision of...
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Bishop Schneider’s Pontifical Mass at Holy Innocents NYC
On Monday, October 24th, Bishop Athanasius Schneider visited the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City, and celebrated Mass for the feast of St. Raphael according to the Missal of 1962, before...
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Peter Kwasniewski to Speak in Vancouver, November 12
The Vancouver Traditional Latin Mass Society will host our own Dr Peter Kwasniewski at their annual general meeting on November 12th, for a talk on “The Words of Our Lady and the Spirit of the...
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The Feast of All Saints 2016 - The Angelic Choirs
From the Breviary according to the use of the Roman Curia, 1529, the continuation of the sermon for the seventh day in the Octave of All Saints. As we began to say in yesterday’s lesson, the holy men...
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