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Arlene Oost-Zinner: Teaching Chant Online
Arlene Oost-Zinner is doing great work for the cause of spreading chant literacy. She has taught classes far and wide, including at the CMAA's annual Colloquium, an international gathering of...
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 14.1: The...
When a church-bell is to be blessed according to the Pontifical of Clement VIII, the bell must be suspended in such a way that it can easily be touched on both the inside and outside, and so that the...
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Music from the Rite of Braga
Braga has been one of the most significant centres of religion in Portugal for over 1600 years. During the Council of Trent, a special dispensation was granted to the Archdiocese of Braga which allowed...
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The Holy Belt of the Virgin, a Relic of the Assumption
It has often been adduced as proof of the early Church’s belief in the Assumption that no one has ever claimed to have a relic of the Virgin Mary’s body. However, the cathedral of the Italian city of...
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Assumption Pictures - Madison, WI
The Most Rev. Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison celebrated his only public Mass for the Solemnity today as an EF low Mass with a sizable congregation present. Seminarians of the diocese...
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Copying with Understanding - Modern Work in the Style of the 13th Century...
This summer we held a painting course in Kansas City, Kansas at the Savior Pastoral Center Kansas. This was an unusual class in that it was not icon painting, but painting gothic style images. The...
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Ave Verum Corpus, Josquin
My choir is working up this piece for Sunday. I'm posting just because it is so astonishing.
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EF at WYD
As many know, there have been reports of questionable liturgical practices at WYD, which is truly unfortunate. However, as with any major gathering of Catholics, those attached to the Extraordinary...
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Solemn High Mass for the Feast of the Assumption in New York City
Here are photographs of Solemn High Mass on the Feast of the Assumption at the Church of the Holy Innocents, NYC. The Celebrant was the Rev. Fr. George W. Rutler S.T.D, who has recently been made the...
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Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 14.2: The...
In the 1961 revision of the blessing of a church-bell, there are several major changes to the rubrics at the beginning. The bell is still suspended in such a way that it can easily be touched, and so...
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The Tradition of Chant in the Roman Rite - Louisville, KY
On August 18th, Dr. Paul Weber, formerly of Franciscan University of Steubenville, will be giving a talk "The Tradition of Chant in the Roman Rite". The talk will be at 1:30pm in the Parish Hall of St...
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A Thriving Church
Images such as this recall the past, a long lost era of strong Mass attendance and thriving parishes from the pre-1950s. We sometimes encounter photographs like this, generally grainy and in sepia...
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Hábitos Eclesiásticos na Roma do Século XIX
In 2010 NLM featured a guest article written by Maurizio Bettoja on the subject of Clerical Dress in the City of Rome in the 19th Century. The article appeared in two posts, Part 1 and Part 2. We are...
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Pic of the Day
Sunday Mass (18 Aug) at St. Barnabas Church, Omaha, Nebraska. In July, the parish converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism. Last Saturday (10 Aug) their pastor was ordained a Catholic priest. This is...
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The Art of the Beautiful
The Catholic Artists Society and the Thomistic Institute present a 6-part lecture series delving into the heart of questions on Beauty, artistic creation and the artist’s work. The series begins...
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Photopost: Assumption 2013
Below, you can find a selection of photos from around the globe of the recent feast. Enjoy!Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland - EF Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish, Rio Rancho, New Mexico - OFUnion...
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"Don't Let the Best Be the Enemy of the Good"
How often have we heard this saying? When it conveys the value of patience in implementing change and the value of incrementalism as a prudent method, it expresses ageless wisdom. When used to justify...
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Solemn Evensong and Benediction at the Ordinariate Church in London
Solemn Evensong was sung and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given yesterday at Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory's Church, Warwick Street (London). It was the first time the Feast of...
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Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame
In celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, CSC, (Diocese of Peoria) returned to the Basilica...
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