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The Feast of St Nicholas in Byzantine Italy
Fr Hunwicke posted an article yesterday in which, with his characteristically marvelous wit, he describes St Nicholas as “a saint with as large a portfolio of Patronages as a Renaissance cardinal.”...
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The Feast of the Immaculate Conception 2016
The nature and greatness of the blessed and glorious ever-Virgin Mary, is divinely declared by the Angel in these words: Hail, thou that art full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among...
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Rorate Masses at Holy Innocents in NYC
The church of the Holy Innocents in New York City has scheduled ten traditional Rorate Masses this Advent, some sung and some read, six of them celebrated at 6:00 a.m., and one at 5:00 a.m., with three...
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A Bit More About Boy-Bishops
Judging from the viewing statistics, people really enjoyed the British Pathé video which we posted a few days ago of the installation of a boy-bishop in England in 1935. I mentioned in the post that I...
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Yes, Advent IS a Penitential Season
It seems that the start of every new liturgical year brings forth at least one article in the Catholic parts of the web “explaining” that Advent is not a penitential season. The Code of Canon Law is...
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The Holy House of Loreto
Every Catholic country has a Marian shrine which may be regarded as its national shrine of the Mother of God par excellence, such as Lourdes in France and Czestochowa in Poland; for Italy, that shrine...
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Gaudete Sunday 2016 Photopost Request
We are still receiving photos of celebrations of the Immaculate Conception, which will be posted in a day or two, but we will also do a photopost of Gaudete Sunday Masses, featuring your rose-colored...
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Norcia 2017 Calendar Available for Free Download
Of the many excellent options out there for traditional Catholic calendars (either EF exclusive or EF & OF combined), the Norcia wall calendar has become my favorite. This is not simply due to my...
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The Treasury of the Holy House of Loreto
As mentioned yesterday, the famous shrine of the Holy House of Loreto has a very interesting treasury with many very beautiful liturgical objects. Here is a selection of photos taken by our Ambrosian...
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More Outdoor Mass Photos
I don't know how it is where you live, but here in Wyoming there is snow on the ground and it's bitterly cold outside. This is a time of year when one might understandably dream of summer and of...
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Bishop Athanasius Schneider on the Immutability of the Catholic Faith
Two new DVDs have just been released by St Anthony Communications. The first, entitled The Crisis of Faith in Our Days, has two talks by His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider which were delivered...
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Breaking Bad! Missalette Music Is A Significant Cause of Shrinking Congregations
Why has church attendance dropped off so dramatically in the last 50 years? There are a whole range of reasons, I am sure, and nearly every article in this blog addresses the issue in one form or...
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Ad Orientem - How It’s Going
On Sunday of last week, I posted a request for people to report their experiences from those churches which have heeded Cardinal Sarah’s call to return ad orientem worship, beginning with this Advent....
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Ember Wednesday of Advent at Sarum
The Ember Wednesday of December is a particularly special day in the liturgy of Advent, since it is the day on which the Gospel of the Annunciation is traditionally read for the first time in the...
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Immaculate Conception Photopost 2016
As always, we are very grateful to everyone who sent in their photographs of liturgies celebrated on the Immaculate Conception, a very large number indeed this year. For obvious reasons, we can only...
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The Huron Carol: A Strange Case of Mistranslating a Saint
Among the most beloved of Christmas pieces is surely the so-called “Huron Carol.” The carol’s text was written by St. Jean de Brebeuf in Quebec in 1642 or 1643 while his father recuperated from a...
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Gaudete and Rorate Photopost (Part 1) - Zeal for Catholic Tradition
The response to our request for photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses has been really remarkable, much greater than it was last year, and there are enough that we will make at least two...
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St Thomas on the Rites of the Mass - Lectures by Fr Innocent Smith O.P.
On Saturday, December 3, Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. gave a pair of lectures at the Catholic Center at New York University, entitled “The Rest is Said in Praise to God: Thomas Aquinas on the Rites of the...
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Dominican Ordo for 2017 Available
Dominican Liturgy Publications is happy to announce the publication of the Ordo for The Dominican Rite in 2017, which is the work of the editor of Breviarium S.O.P. This booklet is intended for use by...
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Gaudete and Rorate Photopost 2016 (Part 2)
We continue with your photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses, which are still coming in! There will be a third post of these, so again, if you sent photos in and don’t them here, they...
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