Proceedings of Sacra Liturgia 2013 Now Available for Pre-order
The website of Ignatius Press is now listing for pre-order the proceedings of the Sacra Liturgia 2013 Conference, which took place this past summer in Rome. Our own Jeffrey Tucker was one of the...
View ArticleSome Recent Articles of Interest
Here are a few articles which I have stumbled across or which have been brought to my attention in the last few days, which I believe our readers will find interesting. The first, from Crisis Magazine,...
View ArticleWhy is Vatican II So Vexing?
Over the past 20 years, I have often encountered or noticed a curious phenomenon. One might refer to it as “Vatican II weariness.” Briefly described, it is the attitude of being tired out by the very...
View ArticleEpiphany Photopost, 2014
I hope all you had a great Christmas season. Here is our collection of photos from Epiphany, 2014.Blessing of Epiphany Water, Blackfen, Fr Timothy FiniganSt Josaphat, Milwaukee, WI (OF)St. Mary's in...
View ArticleNicholas Postgate on the Crisis in the Church
The Latin Mass: The Journal of Catholic Culture and Traditionhas specially shared with NLM an article by Dr. Nicholas Postgate that appears in their current issue, which has just been mailed out....
View ArticleSt. Paul's Choir School in Cambridge Mass. Celebrates 50 Years
Catholic News Service just posted this great video about St. Paul’s Choir School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the only school of its kind in the United States, this year celebrating its 50th...
View ArticleFalse Statements attributed to Pope Francis
The Vatican's News.va Facebook Page has released the following statement following a proliferation on the internet of false statements attributed to Pope Francis:Dear friends, we have been notified by...
View ArticleA Priestly Ordination at Hamborn Abbey, Germany
NLM is pleased to offer our congratulations to Fr. Julian Backes, O. Praem., who was ordained a priest this past December 27, at Hamborn Abbey near Duisburg, Germany. The ordaining bishop was Dr. Frans...
View ArticleMore good news! Diocese of Erie, PA
I just received word that the Extroardinary Form is yet again being supported by yet another stable group that has recently formed.For those in the Diocese of Erie, PA, I'd encourage you to help...
View ArticleCreating the Liturgical City From the Comfort of Your Armchair
Here's a book for anyone who wants to participate in the re-establishment of a culture of beauty.In the quadrivium of the liberal arts - the 'four ways' of arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy -...
View ArticleIncunabula Dominican Rite Missals on Line
Thanks to the Bavarian and Swedish national libraries we now have, on line, digital images of five of the eleven Incunabula Printings of the Dominican Rite Missal.I discuss all of these editions at...
View ArticleHow Can a Catholic Artist Succeed in a Secular Art World with Faith Intact?
English Catholic Artist James Gillick Speaking in Boston Area: January 21st, Merrimack, NHJim Gillick is one of the UK's most successful artists. He paints in the traditional baroque style, both sacred...
View ArticlePontifical Mass with Bishop Slattery - Feb 2, 2014
On the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Most Rev Edward J Slattery will be celebrating a pontifical Solemn Mass, with the blessing of candles beforehand, at the National Shrine...
View ArticleKickstarting Byrd at Mount Calvary, Baltimore
The Choir of Mount Calvary Church (Baltimore's Roman Catholic, Anglican Use parish) hopes to sing William Byrd's Mass for Five Voices and great cycle of propers (motets) for Candlemas publicly both at...
View ArticleThe Danger of Equating Vatican II and the Liturgical Reform
Pope John Paul II pointed out: “For many people, the message of the Second Vatican Council was perceived principally through the liturgical reform” (Vicesimus Quintus Annus, 12).That’s just the problem...
View ArticleJulian Calendar Epiphany in Rome
Every year on or around the feast of the Epiphany, news outlets around the world run photographs like this oneof Byzantine Rite Christians diving into icy pools, lakes and rivers in mid-winter. These...
View Article"The World Which Made St. Philip Neri" - A Series of Talks in Washington, D.C.
Beginning on January 27, St. Thomas Apostle Parish in Washington D.C. will offer a six-part series of talks on “The World Which Made St. Philip Neri”, exploring the relationship of St. Philip to the...
View ArticleBeyond Pius V, by Andrea Grillo - Review by Dom Alcuin Reid
NLM is very glad to present the following review by Dom Alcuin Reid of “Beyond Pius V: Conflicting Interpretations of the Liturgical Reform” by Andrea Grillo (Liturgical Press, Collegeville 2013, 126...
View ArticleA Wreckovated Church Gets Un-wrecked
The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, has begun the process of undoing the comically awful wreckovation to which it was subjected in 1980....
View ArticleFr. Hunwicke on "The Big Lie" and Moving On
Fr. Hunwicke has recently published a number of extremely thoughtful posts about the phenomenon of "Lefebvrianism" (or the even more exotic species "Cryptolefebvrianism") and the general ecclesial...
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