Psalm Tones for the Vernacular
After a recent article singing Vespers for the US war veterans in Manchester, New Hampshire, people have been asking me where they can get hold of the music. In response to this I have put all the...
View ArticleHealey Willan Society Releases DVD Giving Intimate Portrait of Willan and His...
For a couple of months now I have been intending to mention a DVD which has been put out by the Healey Willan Society, Healey Willan: The Man Behind the Music. The DVD in question, which is one hour...
View ArticleDominican Students Reflect on the Liturgy of the Hours
The students of the Western Dominican Province has done a very nice video in which they reflect on the spirituality of the choral office and what it means for them. The stained glass is that of the...
View ArticleSt. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal: Part 3
Guest article by Jeff OstrowskiAs the Holy Father has pointed out, while still Cardinal Ratzinger, the Second Vatican Council "did not itself reform the liturgical books; it ordered their revision . ....
View ArticleItaly: Ordinary Form, Ad Orientem
The following image was sent in to NLM by Opus Mariae Matris Ecclesiae showing Don Giovanni Poggiali (a priest of the same), celebrating Mass ad orientem in accordance with the Ordinary Form of the...
View ArticleBishop of Ivea Assists at EF Mass of Msgr. Nicola Bux
On January 11th, Mgr. Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, the bishop of Ivrea, assisted at an EF Mass offered by Msgr. Nicola Bux, consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Office for the...
View ArticleMore Heraldic Art from Matthew Alderman Studios
Some time ago, I shared some recent ecclesiastical heraldic design and rendering work I undertook in my studio, including coats of arms for a seminary and a parish. At the close of last year I also...
View ArticleSacra Liturgia Roman Conference Update: Registrations Now Open
A number of our readers have expressed interest in attending the Sacra Liturgia conference which is taking place June of this year. I wanted to inform our readers that, just yesterday, the registration...
View ArticleSt. Edmund Campion Missal & Hymnal: Part 4
Guest article by Jeff OstrowskiWith full consciousness that some may consider my statement a cliché, I must contend that the Roman liturgy is often not loved as it should be primarily because it is not...
View ArticleEpiphany in Northern Italy
As I recall, our last video presentation of the usus antiquior from a northern Italian setting was received with great interest, so I thought it might be of interest to share the following video from...
View ArticlePaulus Institute EF Mass in Washington, DC, January 25th
MASS IN REMEMBRANCE AND FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF NELLIE GRAY St. Mary Mother of God Church 5th and H Sts. NW, Washington, DC, Fri. Jan. 25, 8:00 a.m., the Day of the 2013 March for Life The Paulus...
View ArticleCañizares: Consequences of "Wild Creativity" vs. Good Liturgical Formation
The French language news agency I.Media ran a piece yesterday where it reports that Cardinal Antonio Maria Cañizares, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, commented on the "wild creativity"...
View ArticleA Disappointment for Bishop Baraga
I was delighted to hear the news, recently, that Bishop Frederic Irenaeus Baraga had recently been declared venerable by the Holy See, and that a possible miracle for his beatification was under...
View ArticleNew Spanish Canons, Gaudix, Spain
I know that we have a contingency of readers who are quite interested in canons as well as elements such as the vesture of canons, so I thought it was worth sharing the following photos from the...
View ArticleMore on Cardinal Cañizares
Zenit has a little more on Cardinal Cañizares' recent comments around the liturgy, which we mentioned here yesterday, in this article: Vatican Preparing a Manual to Help Priests Celebrate Mass. Here is...
View ArticleBeauty Communicates Something Beyond Words
I was intrigued by the following passage written by St Augustine in which he talks of communication of truth beyond words. What he is describing is how the beauty of expression in a full integration of...
View ArticleBefore and After in Kansas City
It has been awhile since we've featured one of our "Before and After" series, so I was pleased that the FSSP parish in Kansas City sent some photos our way. For context I should note that the "before"...
View ArticleA Challenge for NLM Readers
Claudio Salvucci is a name which will be familiar to our readers, particularly if you have taken an interest in our posts here on NLM regarding the liturgy within the context of the Native American...
View ArticleOrdo Militia Templi
Some liturgical images take on a certain iconic and timeless value by virtue of their setting. I often find this to be the case when looking at images of Masses within Romanesque settings in...
View ArticleDom Cassian Folsom: "The Great Divorce: An Attempt to Diagnose the Root Cause...
This past October we told our readers about a visit and talk given by Dom Cassian Folsom, OSB, to Wyoming Catholic College. In that post we reported on a lecture that he gave called, “The Great...
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