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On the Vesture of Deacon and Subdeacon in the Dominican Rite
A comment on a very old post and some discussion of Dominican traditions with brothers in our Western Dominican Province House of Studies, as to vesting of the deacon, have prompted this overview of...
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Antiphons in the Roman Missal vs. the Roman Gradual
Reflections by Jeff Ostrowski During 2011, Corpus Christi Watershed's Gregorian chant websites (created in 2009) hit a significant milestone when the total number of chant downloads reached 14 million....
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The Ancient Origins of the Nativity Scene - Part 1
One of the most ancient iconographic traditions in the depiction of Christ’s Nativity is the placement of an ox and an ass near the manger in which He was laid by His Mother. No such animals are...
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Solemn Mass in Prestigious Parisian Basilica of St. Clotilde
A solemn Mass was celebrated in honour of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of the city of Paris, in the beautiful basilica of St. Clotilde situated in the heart of that great city. The celebrant of the...
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Book Arts: Modern Illuminators and Potentialities for Liturgical Books Today
I recently came across the following interview with a German artist, Benjamin Harff, who, as part of his examination at the Rhein-Sieg-Akademie für realistische bildende Kunst und Design, illuminated a...
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Epiphany Customs and Blessings (NLM Reprint)
[With today being the feast of the Epiphany, or this Sunday where the feast has been transferred, I thought that this reprint from last year was in order.] * * * Mosaic of the Three Magi,...
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FIUV in Rome: Mass and Homily of Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos in St. Peter's...
Continuing on with our coverage of the FIUV (Una Voce) general assembly in Rome which took place this past November 2011, an item which some of you may or may not have seen already was the Mass...
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English Propers for Epiphany
Much to our astonishment, the new printing of the Simple English Propers has seen its stock depleted by nearly half in only one week. Consider this another heads up on inventory. Right now, Amazon has...
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The Byzantine Blessing of Water on the Vigil of the Epiphany
It well known that the feast of the Epiphany commemorates many events in the life of Christ. In the West, the coming of the Magi to adore the Christ Child is the Gospel of the Mass, and the...
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A New Una Voce Chapter for Southern Ontario Residents
For those in the southern Ontario, Canada region, an Una Voce London chapter has been newly formed to promote the advancement and wider use of the usus antiquior in that region. The newly begun Una...
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New England College Adopts "Simple English Propers" in Ordinary Form Liturgy
We're always eager to promote what is going on liturgically at Catholic universities, and so it was with interest that we recently received the following press release from the College of St. Mary...
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Epiphany, Holy Family and Joan of Arc
There has been plenty on the go, liturgically speaking, since the beginning of the new year and rather than trying to recount it all, I wanted to take a moment to round up a couple of recent items that...
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EF Mass at Roman Basilica of Opus Dei
In early December, Messa in Latino reported that a regular Mass in the usus antiquior has been scheduled at the Roman Basilica of Sant’Eugenio - built by Ven. Pius XII in honour of his Patron Saint -...
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St. Louis Catholic Church, Memphis
Alert reader Michael A. Beaureagard recently emailed me to point out a rather handsome renovation: I wanted to share with you a renovation at St. Louis Church in Memphis [...] that was recently...
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"Orienting" the Sacred Liturgy
Typically when we speak of "orientation" within the sacred liturgy, we naturally turn to a consideration of how the priest and people are situated in relation to the altar -- most especially as...
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The Continuing Papal Witness to the Suitability of Ad Orientem
By now this is no longer news in and of itself, but nonetheless I thought our readers would be interested to once again see our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI celebrating Mass ad orientem liturgicum in...
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St. Bede the Venerable Parish, Holland, Pennsylvania
Following upon Matthew's piece yesterday, another of our readers send in a "before" and "after", this time, St. Bede the Venerable parish in Holland, Pennsylvania. The work was executed by Duncan...
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Missa Cantata at Broughton Hall
Always interested in the recusant families of England and the private chapels of some of the estates of Catholic families, I couldn't help but share the following photos which come from the blog of the...
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Dominican Gradual of 1950 Reprinted
I am pleased to announce another new offering from Dominican Liturgy Publications. We have just reprinted the Graduale iuxta Ritum Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum, originally published by the Order in...
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Vespers for the Theophany at St. Michael's Russian Caholic Church
The following video clip was sent in from the Russian Catholic church in New York City, showing an excerpt from Vespers for the Theophany. (The video starts out the wrong way but is corrected shortly...
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