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Cardinal Burke Leads Pilgrimage of Santa Maria di Leuca
Cardinal Burke recently led the May 1st pilgrimage of Santa Maria di Leuca in Lecce, Italy alongside 500 other pilgrims to the basilica of Sancta Maria de Terrae Finibus. (The photos were originally...
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American Pilgrimage for Restoration Honours First Native American Saint
Pilgrimage for Restoration Honors First Native American Saint Gregory Lloyd, director of the Pilgrimage for Restoration, has announced the theme for the seventeenth annual pilgrimage, which takes place...
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50th Anniversary of the Canonization of St Martin de Porres
St Martin de Porres OP (1579-1639), a Dominican lay brother of Lima, Peru, was canonized by Bl John XXIII on 6 May 1962. To mark the 50th anniversary of the canonization of this saint renowned for his...
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The Pope's Letter on the Translation of 'Pro Multis'
The official Vatican website has recently posted the text of Pope Benedict’s letter to the president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Robert Zollitsch, archbishop of Freiburg, in which His Holiness...
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Solemn Mass, Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Sacramento, California
[As found on Facebook and as also published on Chant Cafe -- where Jeffrey informs us that this is Victoria's Missa Ave Maris Stella] Solemn High Traditional Latin Mass and Crowning of Our Lady at the...
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Dom Cassian Folsom: "The Inseparable Link Between Holiness and Worship"
On Saturday, April 14, 2012, Fr. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B. (Prior of the Benedictine Monastery in Norcia, Italy), received the Pro Fidelitate et Virtute Award presented by the Institute on Religious Life....
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How Do We Develop the Cultural Sensiblities of Children?
I am regularly asked by parents how they can teach an appreciation of good traditional art to their children. One father recently went further than that and asked me if there was anything I could do to...
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Cult of St. Hildegard Extended to the Universal Church
In the audience granted this Thursday, 10 May, to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has...
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Update from the Catholic Community of Blessed John Henry Newman, Melbourne
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that the Catholic Community of Blessed John Henry Newman, which is primarily dedicated to the celebration of the sacred liturgy according to the older liturgical books,...
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More New Vestment Work from Simone Silvagno
In mid-March of this year, we shared with our readers a young man's labours in vestment design. That particular example was of a rose vestment. Recently, he has undertaken another commission, this time...
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Rare Video Footage of the Pontifical Liturgy According to the Rite of Lyons
We have spoken before of some of the fascinating ceremonial details of the Pontifical Mass according to the rite of Lyons. (See here and here for example). While we have shown you some photographs from...
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Ancient Ambrosian Rite in Erba
At the parish of San Maurizio in Erba (Como, Italy) Mass was recently offered according to the ancient Ambrosian rite by Father Immacoloto of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. NLM is told that...
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Fr. Uwe Michael Lang on Vernacular Translations
I have been intending to post this for a couple of days now. From Sandro Magister: Mass in the Vernacular, Yes. But at Least It Should Be Translated Well. After his own preface, he reprints the...
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Carmelite Rite in New York
From a reader: This Thursday at St. Joseph's Church (416 3rd Street, Troy NY) Father Romaeus Cooney OCarm. will use the historic Missale Carmelitarum for the the Feast of the Ascension. This will be a...
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NLM Quiz no. 13 : Why Is This Inscription Written This Way? : The Answer
Can you guess why this inscription is written with some letters taller than the others? Please give your answer in the comments, and give if your Latin is up to it, a translation. To make this more...
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Usus Antiquior, St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul, MN
This past weekend, St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota offered -- for the first time -- the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite -- a Missa Cantata. The celebrant was Father John...
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Seminarian Crafts Handpainted and Scripted Altar Cards for Seminary EF...
Many of our readers will know that I have often extolled the virtue of not limiting ourselves to the mass-produced offerings of the religious supply catalogues. I have suggested that, while these...
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The Traditional Symbolism of Four
Recently I wrote an article about the idea that the number five was symbolic of Our Lady, here. In it I raised a doubt in mind about the suggestion that it was part of the tradition. This doubt existed...
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