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Inculturation Through Tradition - Guest Article by Claudio Salvucci
Our thanks to Mr Claudio Salvucci for sharing this article with NLM.One sometimes meets with the notion that “traditional Catholicism”, as understood today, is wholly unsuited to the non-European mind....
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Yale Conference on Medieval Rites This Weekend
This weekend, the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University will host a conference which promises to be very interesting, entitled “Medieval Rites: Reading the Writing.” The subject is the actual...
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The Theology of the Novus Ordo Good Friday Liturgy
This article continues an ongoing series on the theology of the various Good Friday rites, covering that of the Novus Ordo. I have decided to break it into two parts, this one on the ceremonial aspects...
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Holy Thursday Photopost 2017
A blessed Easter week to all our readers! We now begin our annual Holy Week photoposts. Look forward to the rest in the next few days!St Peter - Steubenville, OhioBrotherhood of the Blessed SacramentSt...
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The Readings and Solemn Prayers of the Novus Ordo Good Friday Liturgy
Previous articles in this series:- On the Mass of the Presanctified.- On the 1955 “Solemn Liturgical Action” of Good Friday.- On the ceremonial aspects of the Novus Ordo Good Friday Ritual.The Gelasian...
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Tenebrae at Wyoming Catholic College
For the past seven years, the Wyoming Catholic College community has participated in the traditional Tenebrae service for Maundy Thursday on Wednesday of Holy Week. This year, with the enthusiastic...
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1909 Dominican Rite Breviary Available for Download
I am happy to announce that, through the kindness of the author of Breviarium S.O.P. and Mr. Richard Chonak, I am now able to make available for download pdf versions of the edition of the Breviarium...
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Introducing the Metropolitan Catholic Chorale
I am delighted to share with readers of the NLM in the New York metro area and beyond a little bit about a new initiative.The Metropolitan Catholic Chorale (MCC) is dedicated to singing the Catholic...
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Restoring the Sacred in Catholic Art
Members of the Catholic Art Guild touring the Art Institute of ChicagoAn organization dedicated to the restoration of the Sacred in the visual arts has been established at St. John Cantius Church in...
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The Problem of “Spiritual Illiteracy”
If you cannot read, every book is a closed book: you cannot see the meaning. Someone who cannot read Arabic or Cyrillic just sees a bunch of swirly shapes that convey no message, except perhaps: “What...
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Bridging the Gap - Music for Entertainment That Speaks of the Liturgy
If we are to evangelize the culture, we need creative artists in all disciplines who connect with people today. This is the primary and achievable aim, in my opinion, of the study of the arts as an...
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Holy Thursday 2017 Photopost (Part 2)
As always, our thanks to the many readers who sent in photos of their liturgies. I apologize for the delay in getting this up; last week turned out to be very busy indeed, but this week, we should be...
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Concerts of Newly Composed Work by Frank La Rocca in Galway, London and San...
As mentioned in passing in yesterday’s article, a new composition by American composer Frank La Rocca will be premiered later this week. For the benefit of those who might wish to attend, but didn’t...
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Registration for Fota Conference in July Now Open
St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce that the Fota X International Liturgy Conference will be held in Cork, Ireland, July 8-10, 2017.The subject of the conference is...
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Tenebrae Photopost 2017
This year, we begin our Tenebrae photopost with something quite special, part of Gregorio Allegri’s famous Miserere used in the service at the Shrine of Christ the King in Chicago, run by the Institute...
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St Mary’s Schola Issues Recording of Christmas Dawn Mass Lux Fulgebit
The Schola Cantorum of St Mary’s Church in Norwalk, Connecticut, and the St Cecilia Society announce the release of the CD Lux Fulgebit, a recording of the Christmas Mass at Dawn, featuring the...
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Choir Books
À propos of nothing in particular, just because I like these images and thought you might too. The first comes from Shawn Tribe, an old photo of a young monk at the monastery of San Millán de la...
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A Vestment Maker’s Birthday Present for Pope Benedict XVI
We are very grateful indeed to Mrs Clare Short of DiClara Vestments for sharing with NLM this account of her recent meeting with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI; on this occasion, she presented him with a...
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Solemn Mass in Honor of St Francis di Paola in Brooklyn, April 29
The American Delegation of the Sacred Constantinian Military Order of St George will be making a pilgrimage to the church of St Francis of Paola in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, April...
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Good Friday 2017 Photopost (Part 1)
One of the things I like most about doing these photoposts is how they show the variety of our Catholic liturgical life. For this one, we have a bit of the Byzantine Rite and the Ordinariate Use, as...
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