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Cardinal Brandmüller: The Form of the Post-Conciliar Liturgy is not...
Many of you will likely have already seen this but I think its important to mention for the sake of those who have not as yet come across it. Rorate Caeli have translated an excerpt from an interview...
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Two Items of Note: Brazil and the Philippines
A couple of recent events to share. First, on Saturday, August 25th, Bishop Athanasius Schneider celebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass from the faldstool in the mid-18th century cathedral of Belém in...
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Vestment Work Seen in Berlin
About a week ago we showed some images from Berlin, Germany and I had commented as an aside that the vestments used had a certain Other Modern quality to them. At the time the best I could offer was to...
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An Outdoor Mass with a Difference
Often when we think of outdoor Masses we tend to think of events that are not particularly condusive to prayer or to the proper spirit of the liturgy. There are, however, some evident exceptions of...
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More Vestment Work: A Conical Chasuble
Continuing on with our consideration of some more unique vestments, I am happy to present the following chasuble which was sent to me by one of our readers yesterday. As you will see it is in the...
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A Rare Image from the Pontifical Liturgy of Lyon
John Sonnen recently dug up an interesting photo which shows the then nuncio of France and future Pope John XXIII apparently celebrating a pontifical Mass in accordance with the rite of Lyon: Elements...
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The Institute of Catholic Culture - An Organisational Model for the New...
How to make your organisation at once local and personal and still gain national reach and recognition I recently gave two talks in Virginia (close to Washington DC) at the invitation of the Institute...
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A Talk in Boston on the Traditional Liturgy
For those who are in the Boston area, I will be delivering a talk this coming Friday evening at the invitation of Juventutem Boston. Mass will be celebrated in the lower church of the Cathedral of the...
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Musical Discretion and Power
Every weekend or so, some name composer of mainstream Catholic music is out and about giving a workshop in a parish somewhere. I’ve been to enough of these to pretty much know what they are going say...
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Yet Another Outdoor Mass -- This Time from Ireland
I was very interested in your recent article regarding the outdoor Mass in the USA. In this regard, I am sending you some images of an outdoor Mass which was celebrated by the Apostolic Nuncio to...
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Upcoming Ordinariate Event
This event looks rather interesting. Do take note that the particular liturgical books being used for this particular event is that of the pastoral provision in the United States, the Book of Divine...
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Re-Dedication of the Monastic Church of Saint Michel de Kergonan
The blessing of any church is always a special and unique occasion, and all the more so when it is a monastic church. The following video shows excepts of the dedication of the monastic church of Saint...
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Renovation: St. Thomas More, Scranton
We haven't shown a "before and after" church renovation for awhile and this one comes within the context of St. Thomas More Catholic Parish -- an Ordinariate parish in Scranton, Pennsylvania. BEFORE...
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Architecture: Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay, France
[A number of you really enjoyed our last dip into sacred architecture so I thought we would show you some more.]
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Online Liturgical Resources: Martyrologies on Googlebooks
In one of my regular searches through the wilds of googlebooks, I recently came across a few interesting examples of old Martyrologies. The first of these was published in 1520 for the use of...
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Bishop Athanasius Schneider and the New Cathedral at Karaganda
You can read a partial English translation of the Zenit interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider at Rorate Caeli which concerns the new cathedral at Karaganda, but here are a few images of it. It is...
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The Music of Roman Hurko and the Principle of Noble Accessibility
Below is some new music written by Roman Hurko, a Byzantine Catholic. It is the Our Father from his Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, which has recently come to my attention.I have written a couple of...
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English Propers, 23rd Sunday
I'm pleased to announce a new book, the Parish Book of Psalms, by Arlene Oost-Zinner. It is a collection of a cappella Responsorial Psalm settings composed in the Gregorian tradition. These settings,...
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