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Photopost Request: Candlemas 2017
Our next major photopost will be for the feast of Candlemas; please send your photos of the Blessing of Candles, the Procession and the Mass to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org for inclusion. We are...
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A Defense of Liturgy as “Carolingian Court Ritual”
Fr. Anthony Ruff, O.S.B., regnant spirit of PrayTell and heir to Collegeville’s long line of liturgical iconoclasts and modernizers, has this to say about the “paradigm shifts” inaugurated by the...
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“There Will Be Blood” - Lessons on Introducing Good Music Into a Parish
After my recent article on music, “Breaking Bad, Why Misalette Music is Destroying the Faith”, a number of readers who are choir directors contacted me asking for practical help on introducing chant to...
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EF Candlemas Celebration in Palo Alto, California
On Candlemas, February 2, at 8:00 p.m., a sung traditional Latin Mass will be celebrated at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. located at 75 Waverly Street in Palo Alto, California. Every Sunday, a sung Latin...
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Second Issue of “ALTARE DEI” Now Available
NLM readers will remember the launch of the new magazine Altare Dei under the editorship of Aurelio Porfiri. The first issue came out at the end of October. I am happy to announce the appearance of the...
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EF Mass in Jersey City for the Feast of St Blaise
The church of St Anthony of Padua in Jersey City, New Jersey, will hold a Mass in honor of St Blaise on his feast day, Friday, February 3rd, at 5:30 pm. The church is located at 457 Monmouth St.
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Sung EF Mass for Candlemas in Portland, Oregon
The church of St Stephen in Portland, Oregon, will have a Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form tomorrow at 7pm for the feast of Candlemas, with Gregorian chant and the music of Palestrina and Arcadelt....
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The Feast of St Ignatius of Antioch
Although St Ignatius of Antioch is the Apostolic Father of whose writings we have the most, we know very little about him, less by far than we know about his contemporary St Polycarp. He is...
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If There Is An Antichrist, Is There An Antimary?
This is the title of an article by Dr Carrie Gress which appears in the National Catholic Register, and caught my eye. I met Dr Gress last year at the Acton University where she gave a talk on faith...
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The Presentation of Christ and Purification of the Virgin Mary 2017
Taking Jesus into his arms, Simeon cried out and said: * Truly Thou art a light to enlighten the gentiles, and to the glory of thy people Israel. V. When His parents were bringing in the Child Jesus,...
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The Treasury of Monza Cathedral
Closing out our series of Nicola’s photographs from the cathedral of Monza, here are some of the beautiful items kept in the treasury. (See part 1, the Chapel of St Theodelinda; part 2, the Cathedral...
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Fostering Young Vocations (Part 5)
Minor seminarians in Italy, mid 1920s.A friend of mine who was studying for the priesthood in Italy about 15 years ago told me the following story. One of the men in his seminary had previously been in...
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The Paris Psalter
Since I used a rather plain page of the Paris Psalter to illustrate an article last week, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the images which have made it one of the most famous...
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EF Installation of a Pastor in Detroit
This Sunday, February 5, at 11:00 am, the Archbishop of Detroit will install the new Pastor of St. Joseph Oratory, located at 1828 Jay Street in Detroit. The installation in the Extraordinary Form...
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The Liturgical Rollercoaster: A Recent Proposal for 14 “Improvements” to the TLM
Just when one thinks that one has stepped off the heaving, rickety train or storm-tossed boat of liturgical change, someone of an impeccably reformist mentality will come along and propose unleashing...
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Can We Afford New Art? Yes! Beauty and Superabundance in a Small Appalachian...
Artists often complain to me that the Church doesn’t commission enough art. In many ways I am somewhat cynical about this complaint; I tend to believe that it is the job of the artist to make the...
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A Breviary According to the Jesuit Use
From an 1801 edition of “The Monthly Magazine”, published in London, in a section headed “Extracts from the Port-folio of a Man of Letters.”“A very brief rite of reciting the Breviary. First Pater and...
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A New Regular TLM in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia
Our thanks to Mr Ryan Ellis for sending in this report of a newly established regular celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass. St Rita’s Parish in Alexandria, Virginia, in the Diocese of Arlington,...
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An Excellent Article on Revisiting Liturgiam Authenticam
I strongly recommend to our readers that they click over to Catholic World Report for a superb article by Nicholas Senz, director of Religious Education at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in...
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Catholic Artists Society Talk, NYC, Saturday, February 11th, 7.30pm
Dr Daniel McInerny, noted novelist, playwright and philosopher, will speak for the Catholic Artists Society at the Catholic Center at NYU, located at 238 Thompson Street in Manhattan, this Saturday at...
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