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Speakers and Music Program at Fota X
St. Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce that the Fota X International Liturgy Conference, to be held in Cork, Ireland, July 8-10, will be opened by His Eminence Raymond Leo...
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First Vespers of the Sacred Heart in St Paul, MN
Yesterday evening at the CMAA Colloquium, First Vespers of the Sacred Heart was sung at the St Thomas University Chapel in the Extraordinary Form. The choir, directed by Jonathan Ryan, sang a 17th...
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Corpus Christi 2017 Photopost (Part 2)
Our first Corpus Christi photopost of this year included photos of a Mass in the Premonstratensian Rite, so our second starts with the Dominican Rite, and continues with a nice selection of churches...
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The Birth of St John the Baptist, 2017
A very nice recording of the famous Vespers hymn for today’s feast, and a clever English translation which preserves the Latin meter of the original.Ut queant laxis resonáre fibrisMira gestórum fámuli...
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Closing Mass of the CMAA Colloquium
The final Mass of the CMAA Colloquium took place yesterday at St Mark’s Church, St Paul Minnesota. Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist was celebrated by the CMAA Chaplain,...
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Dominican Rite Solem Mass, Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Portland OR
Solemn Dominican Mass at Holy RosaryOn Thursday, June 29, the Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Fr. Gabriel Mosher, O.P., will celebrate a Solemn High Mass in the Dominican Rite, assisted by...
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Guest Article: Musicians, Singers, and Composers Among the Saints
I am happy to publish today a delightful table, with introduction, that was submitted to NLM by Isaac Olson, “a young Catholic, professional classical musician, and devotee of hagiography.” Mr. Olson’s...
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The Virtue of Religion and Hollywood: The Book of Eli
As follow up to last week’s post on St Thomas and the virtue of religion, here is a description of a talk I heard recently on the film The Book of Eli. This is a film about faith which in some ways...
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Reminder: Tonight at St. Mary's, Norwalk, Lectures by Kwasniewski and Lamont
For our readers in the greater New York area:
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Corpus Christ 2017 Photopost (Part 3)
As we have for a few years running, we got up to three photoposts for Corpus Christi this year. It is certainly encouraging sign that each of them has included Masses celebrated in the proper Use of a...
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EF Mass for the Precious Blood in New York City, July 2
On Sunday, July 2nd at 5:00 p.m., on the external solemnity of the titular feast day of the Church of the Most Precious Blood in New York City, the Sacred Constantinian Military Order of St George will...
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Recovering the Christian Psalter: A Talk by Dom Benedict Andersen
I strongly commend to our readers’ attention this excellent talk delivered to the recent Colloquium of the Church Music Association of America by Dom Benedict Maria Andersen OSB, a monk of Silverstream...
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The Feast of Ss Peter and Paul 2017
Truly it is fitting and just, right and profitable to salvation to give Thee thanks always, here and everywhere, in honor of the Apostles Peter and Paul. Whom Thy election did so deign to consecrate,...
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All-Night Vigil for Life at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine in NYC
Our thanks to Mr Teddy Thongratnachat, one of our regular photopost contributors, for sending these photographs and the description of the ceremonies recently held at the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady...
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Liturgical Notes on the Commemoration of St Paul
The joint commemoration of the Apostles Peter and Paul is one of the most ancient customs of the Roman Church, attested already in the oldest surviving Roman liturgical calendar, the Depositio...
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Enthronement of the New Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Eparch of Chicago
Yesterday, on the feast of Ss Peter and Paul, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Eparchy of Chicago celebrated the enthronement of its new Eparch, Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk, who has hitherto served as an...
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A Procession for St Peter with the Fraternity of St Joseph the Guardian
Our good friends of the Fraternity of St Joseph the Guardian in La-Londe-Les-Maures, France, also have the pastoral charge of the church of St Anne on the beautiful little island of Porquerolles. Each...
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The Long Shadow of Neoscholastic Reductionism
In liturgical discussions, a major premise of the progressivist side is, ironically, what might be called neoscholastic reductionism, which defines the “essence” of the Mass as having a valid...
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A Commission for Holy Name Cathedral, Steubenville, Ohio
I received the following letter from artist Lisa Andrews, who wanted to show me a commission she had recently completed for Bishop Monforton in Steubenville, Ohio. Lisa’s website is lsandrews.com, and...
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Summorum Pontificum 10th Anniversary Event in Wausau, Wisconsin
The ICK’s church in Wausau, Wisconsin, Saint Mary’s Oratory, will have a solemn Mass of Thanksgiving for the 10th anniversary of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, starting at 6 pm, followed by a...
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