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Interview on the Role of Choirs in the Catholic Church
Earlier this week, Aleteia published a two-part interview with me "all about choirs" — their historical origin and role in the liturgy, the special qualities of polyphonic music, the pro-choir teaching...
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The Royal Hours of Epiphany Eve
The Royal Hours are a special service which is held three times a year in the Byzantine Rite, on Christmas Eve, Epiphany Eve, and Good Friday. It consists of the Hours of Prime, Terce, Sext and None,...
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Holy Iconsmith? Iconwright? - More Reasons Why “Writer” is Wronger
There were some interesting responses to my article about what we ought to call the process of creating icons, here. In fact, a lively discussion ensued on Facebook.The more it developed, the more it...
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Epiphany in Palo Alto with the St Ann Choir
The St. Ann Choir will sing the Mass O Magnum Mysterium by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) and the proper chants for the feast of the Epiphany during a Latin Mass (OF) at St Thomas Aquinas Church in...
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The Feast of the Epiphany 2017
We keep a holy day adorned with three miracles: today a star led the Magi to the manger; today, wine was made from water at the marriage; today, Christ willed to be baptized by John in Jordan, that He...
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Philip Johnson Ordained in Raleigh, North Carolina
We are very happy indeed to report that Deacon Philip Johnson of the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, has just been ordained to the priesthood today. I am sure that a great many of our readers have...
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Death by Dullness: Prioritizing Speech over Silence and Song
A friend and I were talking recently about the difference between sight in the liturgy and sound. If a liturgy looks silly, as it invariably does when the priest is facing the people but addressing...
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Bethlehem Icon Centre Featured in British Secular Press
Ian Knowles, the British icon painter and director of the Bethlehem Icon Centre, has been featured in a recent issue of The Daily Telegraph, the British national daily. NLM readers may remember him...
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Epiphany Photopost 2017
Even though the number of submissions for this photopost is pretty small, it manages to cover all of the many liturgical bases of the Epiphany: the blessings of water, of chalk, the rarely done...
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Un-censoring the Psalms? Mons. Charles Pope Weighs In
Mons. Charles Pope, the principal writer of the blog “Community in Mission,” published an interesting article two days ago entitled “Is It Time to Restore the Full Psalter to the Liturgy of the Hours?”...
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Online Resources: A Dominican Gradual from 1722
Thanks to Fr Innocent Smith O.P., whose work on the Dominican liturgy we have mentioned here various times, for bringing to my attention a new liturgical resource on Google Books, “Cantus Missarum...
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Parish Study on Participating in the Mysteries of the Mass
This spring, Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P. and James Wetzel will present a series of talks on the theme “Pray with Understanding: Participating in the Mysteries of the Mass.” The presentations will take...
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Sacristy Art: It’s the Little Things...
Fr Jeffrey Keyes, who serves as chaplain to the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa at the Regina Pacis Convent in Santa Rosa, California, sent in these photos of something which their sacristan does each...
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New Home for the TLM in the Diocese of New Ulm
A reader sent in word that the weekly Traditional Latin Mass in the Diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota, has been moved from St Michael’s Church in Morgan to St Mary, Help of Christians in Sleepy Eye. (636...
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Special Antiphons for the Baptism of the Lord
In the Tridentine Missal, the Mass of the Octave of the Epiphany is the same as that of the feast itself, except for the Gospel, John 1, 29-34, and the three prayers. In the Office, the lessons of the...
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Melkite Bishop Nicholas to Visit Berkeley for Monthly Mission Liturgy
Bishop Nicholas Samra of the Melkite Eparchy of Newton, Massachusetts (which covers the whole of the United States) will visit the campus at Berkeley, California, for one of the upcoming monthly...
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FSSP Seminary at Buxheim Charterhouse
Here’s something that has been sitting in my “to do” file for while, partly because there are so many good photos in this set that it was really difficult to make a selection. This past December, the...
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The Feast of St Agnes in New York City
The church of St Agnes in New York City, located at 143 East 43rd St, will hold a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the feast of its Patron Saint, this coming Saturday, starting at 10:30...
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A Tale of Two Lectionaries: Qualitative versus Quantitative Measures
In recent years, I have been drawn into research on the revised lectionary, which is often hailed as one of the great gains of the liturgical reform. The fullest presentation of my findings is...
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Monastic Chant Forum at Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight, July 2017
Fr Benedict Hardy of Pluscarden Abbey has sent me details about the next meeting of the Monastic Chant Forum, which will take place at Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight in England this coming July.The...
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