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Speakers for Sixth Fota International Liturgy Conference Announced
“St Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce that the sixth Fota International Liturgy Conference will be held at the Clarion Hotel, Lapp’s Quay, in Cork (Ireland) 6-8 July 2013....
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 2.11: The...
As noted in parts 2.8 and 2.10, the translation of the relics of the Saints into the church is interrupted by an address of the bishop to the people, by the reading of two of the disciplinary decrees...
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Laetare Sunday in Genoa, Italy
We have shown you photos from the chapel of the Turchine nuns in Genoa, Italy before, celebrated by Don Massimo Moroncelli according to the Ordinary Form. Here are some photos from yesterday, March...
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LMS Mass in Westminster Cathedral for Election of a Pope
Photo credits: Latin Mass Society of England and Wales
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More from Laetare Sunday - In Houston, Texas
A reader sends in some more Laetare Sunday photos, this time from the Houston apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. From what I can see of it in the photos, I quite like this shade of...
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Wounded by Beauty
I was recently invited, after a kind endorsement by Shawn and at the invitation of editor Marcio Campos, to write an article on the aesthetic theology of the pontiff emeritus for La Gazeta de Povo, a...
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The Papal Tailors
I came across the following article in the New York Times by way of John Sonnen's blog. The article, When the Pope Is Chosen, His Tailors Will Be Ready, talks about the tradition of papal clothing and...
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Quarant'Ore, London Oratory
The London Oratory opened its annual Quarant'Ore devotions in London yesterday evening -- and of course, through the course of these 40 hours, the intention of the conclave in Rome are paramount I am...
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Election of Pope Francis I
White smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel. Habemus Papam. But who? UPDATE The Cardinal Deacon, Jean-Louis Tauran, has come out to announce the new pope."Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus...
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Sandro Magister on the New Pope
ROME, March 13, 2013 - By electing as pope at the fourth scrutiny the archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the conclave has made a move as surprising as it is brilliant. Surprising for...
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Pope Francis and his Choice of Name
I do ask our readers to forgive what seems like a self-promotion on something non-liturgical. But there is much discussion in the secular and religious press about what what the new pope meant by his...
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St. Francis and the Liturgy
With the election of the new pontiff and the selection of the name "Francis" there is the expected speculation as to what this name might signify. To be clear, I intend to offer no speculation on the...
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The Importance of Reverence within the Sacred Liturgy
By way of the Catholic News Agency yesterday: Reverent liturgy helps us encounter Christ.La Garde-Freinet, France, Mar 13, 2013 / 04:05 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Celebrating the liturgy with reverence and...
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Laudamus Te Magazine
Please forgive me if this is old news to our readers, but I just wanted to put in a kind word for the good folks over at Laudamus Te Magazine. I first encountered them after their creative director,...
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 2.12: The...
The bishop imposes and blesses incense as at Mass, and incenses the mensa of the altar, passing the thurible in a cross over the same five places where he has previously made crosses with the...
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Some Liturgical Thoughts for the NLM Following the Election of Pope Francis
I am receiving lots of email in the past day or two asking me, "what are your thoughts of the new pope?", "what did you think of that balcony appearance?", "what about that first Mass?", etc. For that...
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Video of Sculptor Andrew Wilson Smith
Here is small video of sculptor Andrew Wilson Smith who is currently working at Clear Creek monastery. I enjoyed seeing him work and the hints we got of the process by which he actually works. I also...
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 2.13: The...
In the revision of 1961, the traditional order of the anointing of the altar and that of the consecration crosses (described in the previous article in this series) is reversed. The blessing of the...
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Early Irish Christian Architecture & Design (NLM Reprint)
[In recognition of the feast day of the apostle of the Irish people, St. Patrick, I thought it might be fitting to reprint this article originally published on the NLM, March 1, 2008]Catholic Ireland...
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