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Update on Yesterday’s News from Virginia
Yesterday, we published an item by Mr Ryan Ellis about a regular monthly TLM newly established in Alexandria, Virginia, in which it was stated, “This is the only ‘prime time’ Sunday TLM inside the...
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Candlemas Photopost 2017
As always, thanks to all of our readers who sent in these photographs of their Candlemas liturgies. Evangelize through Beauty!Wakaba House of the Society of St Paul - TokyoCathedral of Ss Stanislaus...
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Saint Scholastica
Scholastica, the sister of our venerable Father Benedict, who was dedicated to the Lord Almighty from her infancy, was wont to come visit her brother once a year. The man of God went to her not far...
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The Antiquity and Universality of Fore-Lent (Part 1)
This article by Henri de Villiers was originally published in French on the website of the Schola Sainte-Cécile in 2014. It will be reproduced here in my English translation in a few parts, since it is...
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CWR Knocks It Out of the Park Again!
For the second time this week, Catholic World Report has published an extremely good and useful article on the topic of mutual enrichment, this time from the perspective of the Eastern Rites. It is the...
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The Antiquity and Universality of Fore-Lent (Part 2)
We continue with part 2 of Henri de Villiers’ examination of the various forms and traditions of the pre-Lenten period. Click here to read part 1.Quinquagesima Week, the fast of Heraclius, Cheesefare...
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True Poverty of Spirit in the Splendor of Worship: Why We Pay Deference to...
The reactions to my article of two weeks ago (“A Defense of Liturgy as ‘Carolingian Court Ritual’”) displayed a wide range of opinions on the “baroque” or “rococo” aspects of the Tridentine Roman...
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February 18th: This Months's Melkite Divine Liturgy, in Berkeley, CA
I have the date for the outreach Melkite Divine Liturgy in Berkeley for the month of February. It is at 5pm this Saturday (2/18), once again at the Gesu Chapel of the Jesuit School of Theology, 1735 Le...
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Conference on Sacred Liturgy in Oregon, July 2017, with Cardinal Burke,...
Registration is now open for the 5th annual Sacred Liturgy Conference scheduled for July 12-15, 2017 in Medford, Oregon.Join Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Alexander K. Sample and Bishop Robert...
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The Antiquity and Universality of Fore-Lent (Part 3)
We continue with part 3 of Henri de Villiers’ examination of the various forms and traditions of the pre-Lenten period. Click the following links to read part 1 and part 2. Synthesis of the fast of the...
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Corpus Christi Watershed Second Symposium on Sacred Music, Los Angeles, June...
Thanks to Dr Alfred Calabrese for bringing this to my attention. The symposium, which is jointly sponsored by Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, is at the church of St Therese in Alhambra, California....
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Tradition is for the Young (Part 6): Candlemas in Lyon
Thanks to the Fraternity of St Peter’s apostolate in Lyon, France, for permission to reproduce these photographs of their Candlemas ceremony. Once again, we can only be encouraged to see how young the...
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The Antiquity and Universality of Fore-Lent (Part 4)
This is the fourth and final part of Henri de Villiers’ examination of the various forms and traditions of the pre-Lenten period. Click the following links to read part 1, part 2 and part 3. The...
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Burying the Alleluia 2017
Many of our readers will have heard of the various customs related to the removal of the Alleluia from the liturgy on Septuagesima Sunday. In the Roman liturgical books, this is done in the simplest...
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Back to the Future? No Thanks, I've Been There!
Catholic World Report probably did not envision the reaction it received when it published an article by Fr Peter Stravinskas entitled, “How the Ordinary Form of the Mass can ‘Enrich’ the Extraordinary...
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Good News from Ireland: TLM in Waterford Cathedral
From the Latin Mass Society of Ireland comes this report of the first Traditional Latin Mass held in the cathedral of Waterford in 50 years. The next one is scheduled for February 26th, Quinquagesima...
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More Art from the Sacristy
Last month, I published some photographs taken by Fr Jeffrey Keyes of the clever designs made with the ties of his amice by the sacristan of the convent where he says Mass. (This is at the Regina Pacis...
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Now This Is A Procession
From the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of St Mary in Kuravilangad, in the Kerala region of India, comes this photo of a procession with two elephants carrying sacred images, courtesy of Mr Abin Babu.
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A Model Letter on the Restoration of All-Male Altar Service
This article was originally published in 2015, removed for editing, and is now ready for reposting.A topic of conversation that often arises among young (and not-so-young) traditionally-minded...
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Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies Announces 2017 Norcia Theology...
Agriturismo Casale - the base of our operationsThe Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies is happy to announce that registration is now open for the July 2017 summer theology program in the town...
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