Sacra Liturgia Summer School 2014
Saturday 5 July – Sunday 20 July 2014A two week (three Sunday) English-language liturgical summer school following on from the international conference Sacra Liturgia 2013 Organized by the Monastère...
View ArticleSt. Thomas on Praising the Lord in Song (In Honor of St. Cecilia)
In honor of the November 22nd feastday of St. Cecilia, heavenly patroness of music, I am pleased to be able to share with NLM readers a fresh translation of a passage from St. Thomas Aquinas’s...
View ArticleA Virtual Visit to the Catacombs (And a Lot of Bad Reportage About It)
Rome Reports has the following story about a conference held yesterday at the Catacomb of Priscilla to announce the inauguration of a new museum display at the catacomb, and also the addition of its...
View ArticleHappy Feast day to all Musicians and the people of Vietnam
Today is the Feast of St Cecilia, the patron saint of Music and Musicians. Here is a photograph taken this morning of the Shrine Of St Cecilia at the London Oratory. It is based on the Saint's tomb at...
View ArticleIs the Ambrosian Liturgy a Source for the Modern Lectionary?
Apart from the basic structure of the readings and chants (1st Reading – Gradual/Psalmellus – Epistle – Alleluia – Gospel), very little of the Ambrosian tradition found its way into the post-Conciliar...
View ArticleA Marian Concert in New York City - November 25th
The Male Choir of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY, will join forces with the Schola Cantorum of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Seminary, also of Yonkers, Monday evening, November...
View ArticleSolemn Benediction at the London Oratory on the Feast of Christ the King
Some photographs of Solemn Benediction following Solemn Vespers at the London Oratory today. The celebrant was Fr Ronald Creighton-Jobe who was ordained forty years ago on the Feast of Christ the King....
View ArticleThe Ongoing Saga of “the Hermeneutic of Continuity”
In the much-discussed (indeed, perhaps too much discussed) interview of Pope Francis with the Jesuit journals, there was passage that received considerable attention due to its praise for the...
View ArticleHow the Sarum Rite Shaped the Art and Architecture of a Country Church in Devon
Here are some photos of a tiny church in Devon. The tour of the church was given to myself and the rest of the class on the Maryvale's Art Beauty and Inspiration course that was taking place at...
View ArticleSociological Effects of Liturgy
Sociological Effects of Liturgy," an address by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., at the “Faith of Our Fathers” conference in Kilkenny (Ireland), 13-15 September 2013.We hear a great...
View ArticleEvangelii Gaudium and the Liturgy: First Thoughts
Today Fr. Christopher Smith has published at Chant Café a reflection on Pope Francis’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, taking a close look at the document’s liturgical teaching and in...
View ArticleBlack Byzantine Rite Vestments
A priest who regularly reads NLM, and hopes that they are edifying for readers:
View ArticleSt Charlemagne and the Antichrist
A concert in London by the Schola Gregoriana, founded by the late Dr Mary Berry. More information available here: www.scholagregoriana.org
View ArticleThe Advent Musical Oratory
The Advent Musical Oratory is always held on the first Sunday Sunday of Advent at the Little Oratory in London and will take place this Sunday at 4.30pm. It is a service of Readings, Advent Hymns and...
View ArticleThe End and the Beginning of the Church Year: Guest Article by Dr. Michael...
NLM is very pleased to reproduce the following article by Dr. Michael Foley, Associate Professor of Patristics at Baylor University, and well known as the author of Why Do Catholics Eat Fish on...
View ArticleSolemn Requiem Mass at the Church of St Agnes, NYC
Here are some photos and link, here, through to audio of the full sung Requiem Mass at the Church of St Agnes in New York City. It took place on November 6th (so its a little late, but it has only...
View ArticleA Note on the Mozarabic "Alleluja" - In Answer to a Reader
I had occasion to mention in a recent article that in the Mozarabic Mass, Alleluja is sung after the Gospel, rather than before it. A reader then asked in the combox why this is so. Lest the answer be...
View ArticleDom Alcuin Reid: "Vatican II’s Vision Has Survived A Liturgical Winter"
This article by Dom Alcuin Reid appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Catholic Herald, and as always, we are pleased to present it on NLM, with the kind permission of the author and editors.Writing in...
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