Gregorian Chant Workshop in Amenia, NY, June 25-28
A four day workshop-retreat for those who want to learn how to sing and lead Gregorian chant will take place from Monday, June 25, through Thursday, June 28, at the Wethersfield Estate in Amenia, New...
View ArticleNew Liturgical Provisions from Abp. Sample
The Catholic Sentinel, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, published an article yesterday by Archbishop Alexander Sample, titled “Reverence for Our Eucharistic Lord.” It...
View ArticleThe Minor Litanies in the Ambrosian Rite
This post comes entirely from notes written by our Ambrosian expert, Nicola de’ Grandi. The photos were taken on Monday at the church of Santa Maria della Consolazione in Milan, where the traditional...
View ArticleThe Octave of the Ascension 2018
From St Gregory the Great’s 29th Homily on the Gospels, read in the Breviary of St Pius V on the Octave Day of the Ascension.Concerning this glory of (the Lord’s) Ascension, Habacuc said (3, 11), “The...
View ArticleRegistration for Fota Conference in July Now Open
St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Fota XI International Liturgy Conference, to be held at the Clarion Hotel in Cork, Ireland, July...
View ArticleRevolution, Rebuilding and Reform
In the course of rearching something, I recently stumbled across this rather interesting painting.This work by the Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin (1842-1904) represents one of Napoleon’s generals,...
View ArticleDarío Cardinal Castrillón-Hoyos, RIP
His Eminence Darío Cardinal Castrillón-Hoyos, who served the Church as Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1998-2006, and as Prefect of the Ecclesia Dei Commission from 2000-2009, passed...
View ArticleThe Suppression of the Ancient Baptismal Vigil of Pentecost
We are much obliged to the Schola Sainte Cécile for permission to publish this translation by Mr Gerhard Eger of an article by Fr Jean-Pierre Herman “La Pentecôte – Fête élaguée ou restaurée ? La...
View ArticlePhotopost Request: Pentecost 2018
Our next major photopost will be for Pentecost, this coming Sunday, May 20th; please send your photos to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org for inclusion. As always, we are glad to receive images of...
View ArticlePentecost with the St Ann Choir in Palo Alto, California
For the feast of Pentecost, the St Ann Choir will sing the Messa de Capella by Claudio Monteverdi, along withe the Gregorian chant propers, at the church of St Thomas Aquinas in Palo Alto, California....
View ArticlePentecost 2018
Cum complerentur dies Pentecostes, erant omnes pariter in eodem loco, alleluia: et subito factus est sonus de caelo, alleluia, * Tamquam spiritus vehementis, et replevit totam domum, alleluia,...
View ArticleThe One and Only Pentecost: Against the Neo-Joachimite Heresy
(The continuation of the argument of “Divergent Political Models in the Two ‘Forms’ of the Roman Rite” will be published next week. Today’s post honors the Solemnity and Octave of Pentecost.)The Second...
View ArticleCardinal Sarah’s Homily to the Chartres Pilrgims
With the kind permission of His Eminence Robert Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, we here publish an English translation of the homily...
View ArticleHow to Choose Art for the Psalms and the Divine Office: A Summary of Past...
If you want to see some of the best Christian art ever created (in my humble opinion) then do a search on google images for “Gothic psalters” or “medieval illumination”. By digging around from those...
View ArticleMore on the Sacred Liturgy Conference in Salem, Oregon, June 27-30
The following comes to us from Dr Lynne Lynne Bissonnette-Pitre, who writes about the purpose and history of the Sacred Liturgy Conference held annually in Salem, Oregon, which she began in 2003. For...
View ArticleCorpus Christi Solemn Mass in Hyannis, Massachusetts
The Traditional Latin Mass Apostolate of Cape Cod will sponsor an Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi at St. Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis, Massachusetts (347 South...
View ArticleThe Psalms of Pentecost
In the traditional Roman Divine Office, the only Hours which change their Psalms according to the specific feast day are Matins and Vespers. [1] On the majority of feasts, the first four Psalms of...
View ArticleCorpus Christi Events and a New Shrine in London
The church of Corpus Christi in the Covent Garden district of London is planning a week-long series of celebrations to mark its official ‘re-opening’, culminating in a Pontifical High Mass of Corpus...
View ArticlePentecost 2018 Photopost (Part 1)
As we come to the end of the Pentecost octave and the Easter season, we wish to thank all of our readers who sent in these photos of their liturgies. We had a rather bigger response this year, so there...
View ArticleMusic for First Masses Written by a Cardinal
The season for priestly ordinations is now upon us, so I thought it would be a good time to share this item, sent in by Deacon Shawn Roser of the Diocese of Venice, Florida, who is studying in Rome and...
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