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Thanksgiving Homily, Catholic Style
My post on the revised Preface of the Mass of Thanksgiving Day (USA) prompted Father Mark Daniel Kirby, OSB, of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to send NLM the text of a...
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FSSP Ordination in Bettbrunn, Germany
Fr. Sven Conrad, FSSP (whom some of you will recognize from some of the academic liturgical conferences we feature from time to time here) recently sent us news and photos of a priestly ordination in...
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The Phillipian Fast in the Byzantine Rite
As we prepare for Advent in the Roman rite beginning this Sunday, it is worth noting that while there is no "Advent" proper within the Byzantine rite, they do have a period of 40 days preparation for...
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Recreation of Midnight Mass in New France, 1725
We are certainly entering into concert season, and the following concert which will be taking place in Toronto this December particularly caught my attention. I'd certainly encourage our Toronto area...
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Exhibition Review: Representing the Divine, Leonardo da Vinci - Painter at...
Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan, National Gallery until 5 February by Fr. Anthony Symondson, S.J. (Originally published in The Catholic Herald) Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the...
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A Carved Gospel Book Cover By Andrew Gould and Jonathan Pageau
Here is a gospel book cover. The relief carving in the central portion is by Jonathan Pageau a Canadian based in Quebec and the striking veneer frame is made by Andrew Gould who is based in South...
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Campaign to Save Pugin's Church: St. Augustine, Ramsgate
Campaign launched to save Pugin's personal church of St Augustine’s, Ramsgate The campaign to save Augustus Welby Pugin's personal church of St Augustine's Ramsgate, was launched at the House of Lords...
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First Sunday of Advent, English Propers
Here is the moment for which we've waited 40 years. The new translation makes its first appearance in live use in the United States. Here is one suggested way to sing the propers (Kindle edition)....
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Experiences with the Implementation of the Revised English Edition of the...
Yesterday was a very big day within the English speaking world, for it saw the full implementation of the corrected English translation of the Missale Romanum of the Ordinary Form. I have heard a...
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Archbishop of Ottawa Confers Minor Orders at FSSP Seminary
For the past week and a half or so, I've been meaning to find an opportunity to share the following photos, which will give us some more views of the FSSP's splendid new chapel in their North American...
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Two Stories About the New English Missal on NPR
The NPR reporter did a fine job in putting together two balanced stories on the new Missal translation. I had two conversations with her, with a total of more than one hour of phone time. What she...
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Cardinal Burke's Thoughts on Mutual Enrichment
Yesterday, the National Catholic Register ran an article on Raymond Cardinal Burke, Cardinal Burke Talks About Rome, the Mass, Canon Law and U.S. Culture. Here are the excerpts on matters liturgical:...
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The Next Step for Reformers
We’ve sailed through the most substantial changed in the Catholic Mass in 40 years, and finally corrected a very flawed problem at the core of the experience of Mass goers, one that destabilized...
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Looking Toward the Nativity with St. Cyril of Jerusalem
As we embark upon Advent, and prepare for the coming of the Lord, let us bear in mind these profoundly inspiring words of St. Cyril of Jerusalem: In his first coming he was wrapped in swaddling clothes...
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Dominican Rite Altar Boys' Manual
I am delighted to announce that, thanks to the work of my Dominican Brother Corwin Low, O.P., of our Western Dominican Province House of Studies, Dominican Liturgy Publications can now make available...
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Fellay: “We cannot accept the Preamble as it is”
Andrea Tornielli offers an update and some insights into the negotiations with the Society of Saint Pius X on Vaticaninsider.com yesterday: Fellay: “We cannot accept the Preamble as it is” The...
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Historical Usages and Details as Seen Within a Painting from Todi Cathedral
Mons. Luzzi, bishop of Todi, distributing Communion in 1888, watercolour, canon’s sacristy, Todi cathedral NLM Guest Article by Maurizio Bettoja This small watercolour is kept in one of the rooms of...
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BBC: Second Vespers from the London Oratory for the Feast of St. Andrew
Readers will no doubt be interested to know that BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong programme broadcast Second Vespers for the Feast of St Andrew today from the London Oratory. Here is the programme...
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The Family Celebration of the Divine Office
We have recently been speaking about praying of the Divine Office. I've noted that when this arises, sometimes the refrain will be heard from some quarters that the Divine Office takes too long or that...
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Summorum Pontificum Conference in Rio de Janeiro
This past November 15-18th, the Second Summorum Pontificum Priestly Meeting (II Encontro Sacerdotal Summorum Pontificum) took place at the Centro de Estudos e Formação do Sumaré in Rio de Janeiro. The...
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