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FSSP Mission Trips in 2018
We are very glad to share with our readers this information from the Fraternity of St Peter about their important initiatives in Latin America, a series of mission trips in Mexico, Perú and the...
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The Other Major Antiphons for the End of Advent
The best known feature of the Office in Advent is of course the O Antiphons, which will be upon us on Sunday, said with the Magnificat from December 17-23. Their prominence has perhaps overshadowed...
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Gaudete Sunday Photopost Request 2017
We have already received a fair number of photos of Rorate Masses, and we will shortly do a photopost which will include them along with those of Gaudete Sunday Masses, featuring your rose-colored...
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Time for the Soul to Absorb the Mysteries — Part 3: The Communion
(Links to Part 1 and Part 2)Continuing our exploration of how the ancient Roman Rite has, built into it, sufficient time or leisure for the appropriation of its sacred content, today I would like to...
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Anthony Visco's Atelier for Sacred Arts Announces Classes for 2018
Anyone who wants to learn to draw and paint in the naturalistic style should consider classes at the atelier of Catholic master artist Anthony Visco in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The contact details...
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O Radix Jesse
O Root of Jesse, which standest as a sign to the peoples, at whom kings shall shut their mouths, whom the gentiles shall beseech, come to deliver, delay thou not!This particularly beautiful painting of...
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Gaudete and Rorate Photopost 2017 (Part 1)
As was the case last year, the response to our request for photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses has been really outstanding, and there are enough that we will make at least three posts...
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PCED Ordo for 2018 Now Available
The Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei informs us that the “Order for Reciting the Divine Office and Celebration of the Mass According to the Ancient or Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite for the...
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A New CNS Series about Gregorian Chant
Catholic News Service has posted over the last couple of days a great series of videos about Gregorian chant and its place in the Church and the liturgy. Here is a particularly interesting one about...
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Gaudete and Rorate Photopost 2017 (Part 2)
We continue with your photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses, which are still coming in! There will be a third post of these, so again, if you sent photos in and don’t them here, they...
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St Ann Choir Christmas Season Schedule, Palo Alto, California
The St Ann Choir is one of the few choirs that sings the traditional sacred music of the Church at Latin Masses in the Ordinary Form on Sundays, and polyphonic Masses by renowned Renaissance composers...
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An Early Renaissance Pulpit
It is a convention of Italian art history that the Renaissance began in Florence in the year 1401, with a competition among artists to make bronze panels for the doors of that city’s baptistery. While...
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Fall and Winter 2017 Issues of Sacred Music
The fall issue of Sacred Music has recently arrived, and the winter issue will soon arrive in the mailboxes of subscribers. Become a member of the Church Music Association of America and receive a...
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A Traditional Neapolitan Nativity Scene
The Quirinal Palace in Rome, the official residence of the Italian president, is currently displaying a nice example of a traditional 18th century Neapolitan Nativity scene.Although the invention of...
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Gaudete and Rorate Photopost 2017 (Part 3)
We conclude this year’s series of photos of Gaudete Sunday liturgies and Rorate Masses, starting with a new priest’s first Mass at the FSSP’s Roman church, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini. Fr Michael...
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The Importance of Ritual
Our readers are probably familiar with The Coming Home Network, an organization which helps to share the stories of people from all walks of life who have converted from other Christian denominations...
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Christmas 2017 Photopost Request
Our next major photopost will be for the liturgies of Christmas, whether in the OF or the EF, or any of the Eastern Rites, Ordinariate Use, etc.; as always, we will also be very glad to include other...
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Merry Christmas!
Hodie nobis caelorum Rex de Virgine nasci dignatus est, ut hominem perditum ad caelestia regna revocaret: * Gaudet exercitus Angelorum: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit. V. Gloria in excelsis...
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Something Unusual For Christmas Day! St Anastasia, a Saint of the Roman Canon
Just as with someone whose birthday is on Christmas Day, St Anastasia is not often commemorated, even though it is her feast too. So as something slightly different for today, here is a feature on her,...
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Recently Completed Sculpture by Thomas Marsh: the Holy Spouses, Patrons of...
I was delighted to receive notice of the completion of a major commission by Thomas Marsh. It is statue group of the Holy Spouses, St Joseph and Our Lady of Guadelupe, Patrons of the Unborn, located at...
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