New Misal Romano - Resources Now Available for the Chants in Spanish from the...
On May 1, 2018, the USCCB will release through selected publishers its unified version of the Misal Romano for use in Spanish-language liturgies (beginning on Pentecost) in the United States.This...
View ArticleGood Shepherd Sunday and the Post-Vatican II Liturgical Reforms
In a recent post on his blog examining the Collect for the 4th Sunday of Easter in the ordinary form, Fr John Zuhlsdorf wrote that:Those who generally frequent Holy Mass with the traditional form of...
View ArticleWhy the Double Ablutions?
A priest and regular NLM reader, responding to the series on canonical or liturgical digits (see here), sent this note to me:I was wondering if, in your study, you have come across any authors who...
View ArticleOfficial English Texts for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High...
Readers of NLM, and particularly those in England and Wales, will be interested to learn that the Liturgy Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has recently announced that the...
View ArticleFota XI International Liturgical Conference, July 7-9, 2018
St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce that the Fota XI International Liturgy Conference will be held in Cork, Ireland, from July 7-9, 2018.The conference is entitled Psallite...
View ArticlePilgrimage in Honor of the English Martyrs, May 5th
The Latin Mass Society, in conjunction with the Institute of Christ the King, is organising a pilgrimage in honour of the Martyrs of England in the city of Preston, England, on Saturday, May 5th, the...
View ArticleAn Ordinariate Mass in Rome
This morning, the Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Campitelli hosted a Mass celebrated according to Divine Worship, the Ordinariate Missal, by a group of American and English clergy and seminarians....
View ArticleThe Greater Rogations in the Ambrosian Rite
The Rogations traditionally held on April 25th are known as the “Greater Rogations” or “Major Litanies”, even though they were instituted later than the Minor Litanies, and are held on only one day, as...
View ArticleA New Mass Composed for a New Religious Community
Catholic Arts Today, the website of the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship published an interview yesterday with composer Frank La Rocca, concerning a new Mass which he has...
View ArticleSolesmes Chant Recordings Re-Released
Anybody seriously interested in prayer or music is familiar, at least, with Gregorian Chant: what the Gothic arch is for sacred architecture, so Chant is for sacred music. This year, Paraclete Press is...
View ArticlePro Civitate Dei - Final Call for Participants
Only a handful of spots remain for the fourth annual Pro Civitate Dei summer school, hosted and organized by the Fraternity of St Joseph the Guardian in La-Londe-les-Maurs, France, from June 8-15....
View ArticleBlessings in Honor of St Peter Martyr
This coming Sunday, April 29th, is the feast of St Peter Martyr, a Dominican Friar murdered by followers of the bizarre heresy of the Cathars in 1252. A disciple of St Dominic, who personally clothed...
View Article“My Inheritance Is Goodly to Me”: Giving Thanks for Liturgical Providence
Progressive liturgists — that is to say, the entire establishment during and after Vatican II, with a few notable exceptions — seem to make a very odd and elementary mistake in their thinking, akin to...
View ArticleIs it Right to Take Your Clothes Off for the Sake of Art?
Painting and Viewing the Nude in Christian ArtI recently read a short but excellent discussion of the place of nudity in Christian art written by Deacon Lawrence Klimecki. For Deacon Lawrence, the...
View ArticleSolemn Mass for St Monica This Friday in Brooklyn
This Friday, May 4th, a Solemn High Mass for the feast of St Monica will be celebrated at Holy Name, in Brooklyn, New York, starting at 7pm. The church is located at 245 Prospect Park West. St Monica,...
View ArticleThe Legend of St Philip the Apostle
The feast of the Apostle St Philip is traditionally kept on this day, together with St James the Younger, a custom which derives from the presence of their relics in the Roman basilica of the Twelve...
View ArticleAn Unusual Popular Festival in Italy
The little town of Cocullo in the Abruzzi region of Italy, with a population of less than 250, has a very particular way of celebrating the feast of its Patron Saint, Dominic of Sora. Dominic was one...
View ArticleTradition is for the Young (Part 13) - Archbishop Sample’s Sermon in DC
This past Saturday, His Excellency Alexander Sample, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon, celebrated a Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington,...
View ArticleDominican Rite Missa Cantata, May 5, Oakland CA
A Dominican Rite Missa Cantata will sung at the Priory of St. Albert the Great, the house of studies of the Western Dominican Province in Oakland, CA, on this coming Saturday, May 5, at 10:30 am. The...
View ArticleSome New Polyphony from Peter Kwasniewski
As we recently noted, our long-time contributor Dr Peter Kwasniewski recent had one of his original compositions premiere in Denver, sung by the Victoria Ensemble, and conducted by Rick Wheeler. The...
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