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The Story of the True Cross, by Piero della Francesca
In the mid-15th century, the Italian painter Piero della Francesca (1416-92) did a remarkable series of frecoes in the choir of the Basilica of St Francis in Arezzo, known as The History of the True...
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Dominican Mass in Youngstown, Ohio, May 17th
St Dominic’s Church in Youngstown, Ohio, will have a sung Mass in the traditional Dominican Rite on Thursday, May 17th, the Octave of the Ascension, starting at 7pm. The church is located at 77 E....
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Easter Greetings from the Artists in the Sacristy
Time once again to catch up with some more of the ever-popular amice tie designs made by our friends of the Marian Sisters of Santa Rosa. As always, our thanks to their chaplain, Fr Jeffrey Keyes, for...
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A New Prayerbook for the Emperor Karl League of Prayer
The Emperor Karl League of Prayer USA and Canada is pleased to announce the newly published official Gebetsliga Prayer Book. Edited by USA and Canadian Delegates Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB, and Suzanne...
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Maltese Celebration of the Finding of the Cross
The Maltese town of Birkirkara, the largest on the island, has four parishes, one of which is dedicated to St Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine and discoverer of the relics of the True...
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On the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Fulfilling the Law of Love in the Liturgy
(What follows is a reflection on the Proper of the Mass for the Fifth Sunday after Easter in the usus antiquior, celebrated yesterday morning.)Today’s Mass is a marvelous reminder and summons to give...
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How to Be A Living Sign of Beauty in the Desert of Secular Culture
Prof. David Fagerberg on Beauty and AsceticismBeauty is the apex of an invisible pyramid of virtues; it is the flower on a stalk of living habits, habits which you cannot see, but which are necessary...
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The Feast of St Victor Maurus, Martyr at Milan
As we have mentioned on other occasions, mostly recently on the feast of St Sebastian, the Ambrosian liturgy has a special rite which is observed for the celebration of the feasts of Martyrs in their...
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Announcing A New Contemplative Religious Community of Men
New Liturgical Movement is pleased to share this important news with our readers. Please keep the hermits in your prayers and spread the word to men who might be called to the eremitical life.In Cujus...
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Catholic Imagination and Catholic Dementia
The great advantage of the blog as a medium is the ease with which one can include pictures, videos and hyperlinks in an article; and a picture, as they say, is worth 1000 words. I am not, however,...
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Pictures of a Pontifical Requiem in Nebraska
Thanks to Mr Jacob Bauer for providing these photos and description of a Pontifical Requiem celebrated last month at the Univ. Nebraska-Lincoln Newman Center.On April 17 in Lincoln, Nebraska, His...
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Durandus on the Ascension
The following texts are take from William Durandus’ Rationale Divinorum Officium, book 6, chapter 104, in my own translation.On the feast of the Lord’s Ascension, which is celebrated on the fortieth...
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Solemn Mass in Fall River, Massachusetts, May 23rd
Readers in southeastern New England may want to mark their calendars for this event. A Solemn Mass will be celebrated according to the 1962 Missal at Good Shepherd Parish (St Patrick Church) in Fall...
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Other Gospels for the Ascension
The Roman Rite has various ways of arranging the Masses during an octave. That of Easter, for example, has a completely proper Mass for every day, that of Pentecost for every day but Thursday, which...
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Benedictine Experience Weekend at St Mary’s Monastery in Petersham,...
Fr Dunstan from St Mary’s Monastery in Petersham, Massachusetts, a daughter house of Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland, has let me know the dates for the next Monastic Experience Weekend. This is a chance...
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Divergent Political Models in the Two “Forms” of the Roman Rite
A reviewer of my book Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness(Angelico, 2017) made a point that got me thinking. He said that while he agreed with my critique of the Novus Ordo and himself preferred the...
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EF Mass for Corpus Christi at St Pius X in Fairfield, Connecticut
The parish of St Pius X in Fairfield, Connecticut, will sponsor an Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi on Thursday, May 31, at 7 pm. The Mass is the first such celebration at...
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The Hard Work of Re-Establishing an Artistic Tradition - The Icons of Dr...
Some NLM readers will be aware of the Neo-Coptic iconography of Dr Stephane Rene. He is one of the main figures in the group of iconographers who are working to maintain the momentum of the revival of...
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Upcoming Lectures with Dr. Kwasniewski in Canada — Award Ceremony for Bishop...
The end of May will see a number of lectures and Latin liturgies of interest to tradition-loving Catholics in the cities of Ottawa and Winnipeg.OTTAWAIn celebration of its 50th anniversary, St. Clement...
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Pontifical First Vespers of Pentecost in Rome
On Saturday, May 19th, His Excellency Georg Gänswein, titular archbishop of Urbs Salvia and prefect of the papal household, will celebrate Pontifical 1st Vespers of Pentecost at the Fraternity of St...
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