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Holy Week Varia: Cincinnati, Philadelphia, London
Cincinnati Oratory-in-Formation (Easter Sunday Mass and Vespers) St. Paul's, Philadelphia (Easter Sunday) Reading Anglican Ordinariate Group (Easter Vigil) (Chapel of the London Oratory school)
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Holy Week Varia: Australia (Melbourne)
Catholic Community of Blessed John Henry Newman Melbourne, Australia Easter Vigil Easter Sunday Easter Monday Photos reprinted with permission
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Holy Thursday in the Ambrosian Rite, Sormano
Many of our readers will no doubt be interested in the following photos of the Holy Thursday liturgy from the parish church of Sormano within the archdiocese of Milan -- which is to say, according to...
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Holy Week Varia: Minnesota, Chicago, Rome, Genoa
As we approach the conclusion of the Octave of Easter this weekend, my intent is -- again, barring anything truly unique and spectacular -- to now wrap up our photo montage from Holy Week with this...
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SSPX Nearing Agreement with Holy See?
Over at Rorate Caeli they have just translated the following English translation of an article from Le Figaro today: Rome and Écône on the verge of reaching an agreement. They are translating this...
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The Station Churches of the Easter Octave
For the newly baptized Christians of the church of Rome, the octave of Easter was the culmination of both their baptismal preparation, and of the seven-week long series of stational visits that...
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300th Anniversary Celebrations of the Prandtauerkirche in St.Pölten, Austria
This past April 9th saw a Solemn Mass offered on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Carmelite Prandtauerkirche in the city of St. Pölten, Austria. The liturgy was offered according to the...
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13th Century Chasuble of the Archbishop of Toledo
Chasuble the Archbishop of Toledo, Don Sancho de Aragón (1264-1275)
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The Resurrection in Medieval Art
The following artefacts are from the Medieval and Renaissance galleries in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. My aim is to show three different scenes of the Resurrection, executed in three...
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The 'Fiveness' of Mary - Is It Genuine?
I was recently asked to contribute an icon to an exhibition. The exhibition is about 'the Blessed Virgin Mary and the number five'. The promotional flier lists examples of how the number five is...
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Proposed Renovation
We have shown our readers many "before" and "after's" over the years; this post is a bit different, showing a "present" and "proposed." It was sent in a couple of months ago by a reader, and shows a a...
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The Josephinum’s Elegant Architecture Endures
The Josephinum’s Elegant Architecture Endures More than 80 years ago the Pontifical College Josephinum moved from downtown Columbus to a 100-acre campus just north of Worthington. The main building at...
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Stephen Dykes Bower: A Modern Master Architect Revealed
Few of our readers will require an introduction to the work of Fr. Anthony Symondson, the noted English Jesuit and architectural historian, but few besides him have done more than to return to...
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A Unique Black Chasuble
Yesterday we showed readers a conical chasuble of the 13th century. Today I wished to show you a unique black vestment. Sadly, I do not have any further details around its particular dates, though it...
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Book Notice: Ambrosiana at Harvard
Ambrosiana at Harvard: New Sources of Milanese Chant Edited by Thomas Forrest Kelly, Matthew Mugmon "This collection of ten essays constitutes the proceedings of a two-day conference held at Harvard in...
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Eastern Churches Review: On the Origins of the Iconostasis (Part 3 of 4)
We originally reprinted the first and second part of this Eastern Churches Review article back in August, and I have always intended to publish the rest of it. Here then is part 3 of 4, reprinted with...
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Chasuble de l'eglise de Brienon
14th century chasuble from the l'église de Brienon Decorated with the arms of Philip of Evreux, King of Navarre
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Medieval Abbot's Grave Uncovered
Extraordinary discovery of 12th century abbot's grave For something like seven centuries he had lain undisturbed. He – or at least his remains – survived Henry VIII’s destruction of his abbey in 1537,...
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