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Corpus Christi at St. Peter's Basilica, 1933
The Italian blog Cantuale Antonianum posted the following video from the archives of the Istituto Luce, showing the Corpus Christi Procession at St. Peter’s Basilica in the year 1933. The opening...
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New Online Articles from Antiphon Journal
FYI, the liturgical journal Antiphon has made a number of articles from volume 15 of that journal now available online. Do go and take a look.
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 11: The...
In the Pontifical of 1595, the bishop wears a white cope and simple miter for the solemn blessing of an image of the Virgin Mary, which begins as usual with “Adjutorium nostrum” and “Dominus...
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Hortus Conclusus - The Garden Enclosed
In today's Office of Readings, on this day of the Feast of the Visitation, the first reading is from the Song of Songs. It seems to have been a common theme in late medieval art to portray Mary...
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Consummatum Est
Time and tide are moving on and while Jeffrey and Gregory now step forward to take on their new roles here on NLM, for me it is the time for farewells. Over these past eight years I have written many...
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James MacMillan and Westminster Cathedral Choir
T oday a new recording is released of the Choir of Westminster Cathedral under its Master of Music, Martin Baker, singing music by the leading Catholic composer James MacMillan. The recording includes...
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Bibliography of the Carmelite Rite
Juan Carlos Escribano Lopez sends us this:Bibliografia Rito Del Santo Sepulcro by Church Music Association of America
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Ad Orientem in the Ordinary Form
Father David Hammond offered mass ad orientem in the ordinary form for the feast of the annunciation. Br. Paul-Allan Carey FSD directed the music with sung propers and ordinary. Sacred Heart Church in...
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Is There Any Case for Pop Music at Mass?
Here is my new piece at Crisis. It is a long reflection on this important topic of the role of pop music as something we need to appeal to the young. An excerpt:What is the standard by which we should...
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Corpus Christi Procession at the London Oratory
P hotographs taken yesterday at the Corpus Christi Procession at the London Oratory. (Photo credit: Breandan McGrath)
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The Renewal of Sacred Music and the Liturgy in the Catholic Church: Movements...
The Church Music Association of America has announced a conference honouring the legacy of Msgr. Schuler at Saint Agnes Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The conference will include the celebration of...
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Corpus Christi Photos 2013 - Louisville and Madison
These photographs are from the processions at St. Martin of Tours parish in Louisville, KY (EF), and The Cathedral Parish of St. Raphael in Madison, WI (OF). Many readers may know of Dr. Paul Weber,...
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Corpus Christi Procession at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini
It makes me very happy that my first piece as managing editor of NLM should be a set of photographs from the most impressive Corpus Christi procession I have ever seen, which took place this Sunday at...
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The Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon, Dominique Rey and the “liturgical renewal”
"Instead of anxiously wondering what Pope Francis personally thinks about every liturgical detail, we would do better to get on with the work we ourselves have to do,” Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon,...
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Solemn Profession at Farnborough Abbey
E arlier this year, Dom Michael Vician made his Solemn Profession at St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough, where he has been a monk for five years. During ceremonies lasting more than two hours, Brother...
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Sacred Music Conference in Scotland
T he inaugural one-day Conference of Musica Sacra Scotland has been announced and will take place on November 9, 2013 at Glasgow University. Full details will be announced in due course, however the...
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Sacred Music Colloquium 2013 Packet Online
Registration for the Colloquium is closed (is there a chance to get in still? Possibly but I can't say for sure). Still, have a look at this wonderful thing. The music packet for Sacred Music...
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The National Youth Choir
This annual teaching conference for the National Catholic Youth Choir is coming up. Have a listen and look.
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St Philip's School Pontifical Mass at the Little Oratory in London
M onsignor Keith Newton of the Ordinariate celebrated Pontifical High Mass for St Philip's School in the Little Oratory to mark the Patronal Feast and afterwards gave the boys a blessing with the...
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