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Pontifical Mass for the Transfiguration in Brooklyn
This coming Sunday, the feast of the Transfiguration, His Excellency James Massa, Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Brooklyn, will celebrate a Pontifical Mass in the traditional rite at the church of...
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Catching Up With the Artists in the Sacristy Again
In January, we published several photos sent in by Fr Jeffrey Keyes, who serves as chaplain to the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa at the Regina Pacis Convent in Santa Rosa, California. They show a nice...
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On the Bishop’s Sung Mass and the Recent PCED Decree
We recently published notice of a clarification issued by the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, to the effect that the so-called Pontifical Sung Mass, i.e., Mass sung by a bishop without the full...
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A Relic of St Peter’s Chains in Vermont
Our thanks to reader Raymond Trainque for this sending in, following up on our post three days ago on the Chains of St Peter.The diocese of Burlington, Vermont not only has a full-size facsimile of the...
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Dominican Rite Solemn Mass, Sunday, August 6, Portland OR
Solemn Dominican Mass at Holy RosaryOn this Sunday, August 6, because of the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, the usual 11:00 a.m. Dominican Rite Missa Cantata at Holy Rosary Priory Parish,...
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The Second Vatican Council and the Lectionary—Part 2: The Preparatory Period...
Note: This is the second part of a three-part series. Part one, on the antepreparatory period, can be found here, and part three will look at the first and second sessions of the Council itself...
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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tirano in Lombardy
In the common Office for feasts of the Virgin Mary, the 7th antiphon of Matins reads “Rejoice, o Virgin, thou alone hast detroyed all heresies thoughout the world.” Likewise, in the common homily...
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The Feast of the Transfiguration 2017
Some of the hymns for Vespers of the Transfiguration in the Byzantine Rite.Before Thy Cross, o Lord, the mountain imitated heaven, the cloud was spread out like a tent. As Thou wert transfigured, and...
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A Visit to Innsbruck (4): Kapuzinerkirche and Spitalkirche
The rather unassuming facade of the Capuchin church in the center Innsbruck, the Kapuzinerkloster, might cause one to pass right by it, and yet I have been told that this is the first church of the...
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Why Eros and the Worship of God Are the Keys to Countering Philosophical Error
From where does our worldview come? If we are worried about the philosophical errors of modernity, it would be helpful to be able to answer this question.If all right philosophy is derived from the...
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Chant Workshop in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 10-12
A Gregorian chant workshop entitled The Gregorian Melody – The Expressive Power of the Word will be held by Fr. Stephen Concordia, OSB, at the Dominican Church of St Patrick in Columbus, Ohio, from...
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Bishop Elliott on the Recent PCED Clarification
Our thanks to Bishop Peter Elliott, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia, for these observations on the different forms of Pontifical Mass. His Excellency is of course well-known...
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Monastic Compline
A nice recording of the Hour of Compline according to the Monastic Breviary.
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St Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, August 10th
For the latest in our occasional series on the Saints of the Roman Canon, here are some pictures of St Lawrence. He was one of the seven deacons of the Roman church under Pope St Sixtus II, who was...
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Assumption Celebration at St Mary’s in Norwalk, Connecticut, August 19
St Mary’s in Norwalk, Connecticut, will celebrate a Solemn Mass High on Saturday, August 19th, for the external solemnity of the church’s patronal feast, the Assumption, in the presence of the local...
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The Cathedral of Pistoia
As a follow-up to a recent post on the relic of St James the Greater kept at the cathedral of St Zeno in Pistoia, here are some photos of the main church which I took during a wonderful nighttime tour...
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The Second Vatican Council and the Lectionary—Part 3: The First and Second...
Note: This is the final part of a three-part series. Part One, on the antepreparatory period, can be found here, and Part Two, on the preparatory period, can be found here.The Second Vatican Council...
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Photopost Request: Assumption 2017
Our next major photopost will be for the feast of the Assumption, this coming Tuesday, August 15th; please send your photos (whether of the Ordinary or Extraordinary Form) to...
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Update on Mater Ecclesiae’s Assumption Mass
Tomorrow, August 15th, the 17th annual Mater Ecclesiae Assumption Mass will take place at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The Mass will begin at 7:00 PM.For those who...
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EF Solemn Mass at St Theresa’s Shrine in RI, August 20th
St Theresa’s Shrine in Nasonville, Rhode Island, will hold a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form during their annual feast day on August 20th. Founded on August 23, 1923, just four months after...
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