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A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches 2017 (Part 4)
Once again, our thanks to our Roman pilgrim friend Agnese for sharing with us her photos of the Lenten Station Mass. This set includes two particularly nice, and classically Roman, arrangements of...
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Beautiful Vestments in the Cleveland Museum of Art
Thanks to our friend Jordan Hainsey for sending us these photos of an exhibition of vestments currently going on (until September 24) at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The title of the exhibition,...
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Byzantine Hymns for Mid-Lent
The Fast that bringeth good things hath now reached its middle point, having pleased God well in the days gone past, bringing help in the days to come; for the increase of good things maketh greater...
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Dominican Mass in NYC for the Feast of St Vincent Ferrer
In honor of the patronal feast of St Vincent Ferrer, a Solemn Mass in the Dominican Rite will be offered on April 5 at 7:00 p.m., at the church of St Vincent Ferrer in New York City, located at 869...
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The Samaritan Woman in the Liturgy of Lent
In the lectionaries of the various Latin rites, one of the most prominent Gospels of the Lenten season is that of the Samaritan woman who spoke to Christ at the well of Jacob (St John 4, 5-42)....
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The Feast of the Annunciation 2017
This is the day which the Lord hath made; today the Lord hath looked upon the affliction of His people, and sent a Redeemer. Today a woman hath put to flight the death which a woman brought in; today,...
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Upcoming Book Launch, Lectures, and Panel Discussion with Dr. Kwasniewski in...
An announcement to any NLM readers who might be able to make it to the Karlskirche in Vienna on Passion Sunday, April 2: Una Voce Austria is sponsoring an afternoon's lectures and panel discussion for...
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The Chinese Chasuble of Dom Pierre-Célestin Lou Tseng-Tsiang, OSB
Almost seven years ago, on April 21, 2010, I published an article here, Liturgical Arts Quarterly 1935: “Christian Art in the Far East.” This article presented some fine examples of liturgical...
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Full Latin Text of St. Francis Borgia's Litany of the Summa Theologiae
I was pleasantly surprised by the great interest aroused by St. Francis Borgia's Litany of the Summa Theologiae, a segment of which I posted on the eve of the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas. So many...
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How the Study of History and Literature Directs Us To the Liturgy...Or At...
I recently heard a lecture as part of a series entitled The Bible and the Liturgy, given by Fr Sebastian Carnazzo, one of a series of in which he explains how the Bible is primarily a liturgical...
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Triple Photopost: St Joseph, the Annunciation and Laetare Sunday (Part 1)
Since the feast of St Joseph, the Annunciation and Laetare Sunday all fell within a single week, we had a pretty large number of submissions in response to our joint photopost request, so I am...
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Now Available: Lectures and Disputed Questions on the Letter to the Hebrews
Praelectiones et Quaestiones Disputatae -- On St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews. Proceedings of the 2016 AMCSS Summer Theology Program. Ed. John P. Joy. Strathcona, MN: Libri Albertini, 2017. Paperback,...
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Mass of Our Lady of Sorrow In New York City, April 7th
On Friday, April 7th at 7:15 p.m., a Solemn High Mass in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows will be celebrated in the traditional rite at the church of the Most Precious Blood, located at 113 Baxter Street...
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A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches 2017 (Part 5)
Our annual visit to the Roman Station churches continues, thanks as always to our friend Agnese. The theme of this post is, quite accidentally, processions in cloisters, of which we see three here, at...
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Triple Photopost: St Joseph, the Annunciation, and Laetare Sunday (Part 2)
Once again, heartfelt thanks to the many readers who sent photographs of their liturgies celebrated on the feast of St Joseph, the Annunciation and Laetare Sunday! Our next photopost will be of...
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Raising the Dead in Lent
Before the early eighth century, the church of Rome kept the Thursdays of Lent (with the obvious exception of Holy Thursday) and the Saturdays after Ash Wednesday and Passion Sunday as “aliturgical”...
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Oratory Canonically Established in Cincinnati
We have received news that the Cincinnati Oratory, which has been in formation since 2008, was formally and canonically established on the feast of St Joseph by a decree of the Holy Father. As you can...
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Card. Sarah’s Address to Conference Pulls No Punches
Catholic World Report has just published the text of an address sent by Robert Cardinal Sarah, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, to the 18th Cologne International Liturgical...
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Photopost Request: Passiontide Veils
Our next major photopost will be of your churches with the Crosses, statues and paintings veiled for Passiontide; please send your photos to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org for inclusion. Be sure...
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Colonial- and Mission-Era Mexican Outdoor Chapels
A reader of NLM who had seen my various posts on outdoor Masses (see here, here, and here) wrote to me about a fascinating piece of architectural history that deserves to be better known.A number of...
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