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Alcuin Reid Replies to Andrea Grillo's Critique
NLM recently published Dr Alcuin Reid’s review of the newly updated second edition of Dr Andrea Grillo’s book “Beyond Pius V”. Dr Grillo wrote a reply to the review, and critique of it, on his blog,...
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Two More Candlemas Events - Palo Alto, CA and Baltimore MD
Thanks again to Roseanne T. Sullivan, for bringing these to our attention.In Palo Alto, California, the St. Ann Choir, directed by Stanford Musicology Professor, William Mahrt, (President of the Church...
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On Recovering the Roman Canon—Or, Bad Reasons for Preferring Other Anaphoras
A very interesting article by Fr. David Friel, "Comparing Canons," appeared last week at Views from the Choir Loft, the blog of Corpus Christi Watershed.Readers of NLM are well aware of the problem of...
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JuventutemDC hosts Day of Recollection on the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
JuventutemDC continues its monthly apostolate of Days of Recollection in February with another morning of spiritual formation on Saturday, Feb. 22, the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter.Msgr. Andrew...
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Why Offer God the Finest of Human Artistry?
(Used with permission of Corpus Christi Watershed)In a book on the great contemporary composer Arvo Pärt, I recently read this inspiring passage:Under Archbishop Laud (1589–1645) there was a strong...
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Practical Advice from a Successful Artist - How an Artist Can Use the 'Arrows...
Aspiring artists are 10 a penny. Successful artists are rare. Successful Catholic artists who succeed in secular markets and can articulate clearly the basis of their success are rarer still. So when...
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From the BBC: Church Fresco Depicts Tito, Marx and Engels in Hell
The website of the BBC reports that a church in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, has “sparked controversy” with a wall fresco depicting Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the authors of The Communist...
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Sacra Liturgia Summer School, 5-20 July 2014: Updated Program
The website of Sacra Liturgia (www.sacraliturgia.org) has posted an updated program for the Summer School to be held in La Garde-Freinet in the south of France (Provence) from July 5th to the 20th. The...
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Some New Vestments in Costa Mesa, California
Father Claude Williams, of the Norbertine Abbey of St. Michael in Orange County, California, has sent us come great pictures of a new set of green vestments, commissioned and paid for by the...
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A New Blog About the Rite of Braga - “Alma Bracarense”
A new blog called “Alma Bracarense” has begun posting pictures of the 1924 edition of the Missal according to the Use of Braga in Portugal. The author includes in his posts pictures of the pages of the...
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The 'Consilium ad Exsequendam' at 50 - An Interview with Dom Alcuin Reid...
Having marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Sacrosanctum Concilium, we recently (on January 25th) passed the 50th anniversary of the committee established by Pope Paul VI to implement it,...
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Announcement of Summer Study Program in Norcia, Italy
I am pleased to share with NLM readers the following announcement, received from Christopher Owens of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies. * * *Dear Friends of Albertus...
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Music of the Medieval Rites
A series of concerts devoted to the music of different Christian Rites will take place shortly. Initially conceived by Jonathan Ayers and his choir, the Capella Duriensis which featured in this post...
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Reforming the Irreformable?
IT COULD BE evidence of exemplary patience on the part of NLM editor Jeffrey Tucker that I am still counted among the contributors to this blog. More than two years have passed since I posted anything...
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Is It Fitting for the Priest to Recite All the Texts of the Mass?
In discussions of the liturgy, one often hears something like the following: “Granted, the changes went too far, but you have to admit that there were some things in the old Mass that needed to be...
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Online Latin and Greek Study
Due to the high demand for Latin classes, the Academy of Classical Languages is offering another online Latin I session for the month of March 2014. The text is by Hans Orberg, Lingua Latina; the...
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The Iconography of the Immaculate Conception and the Litany of Loreto - A...
I was recently asked about Zurburan's Immaculate Conception. I was aware of the general description of the iconography of the image, but could not interpret the details of everything that he has...
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Candlemass Photopost, 2014
With our thanks to all those who sent in their photos!St. Anthony of Padua - Jersey City, New Jersey - Celebrant: Rev. John PerriconeSt. Francis de Sales Oratory - St. Louis, MOHoly Family Parish -...
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Dominican Reflections on Priestly Recitation of Texts at Mass
The Priest and Deacon read the Chants and Lessons at Solemn MassRecently, my co-contributor, Mr. Peter Kwasniewski posted to this site a very thoughtful piece on the traditional practice of having the...
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Pater Edmund on Mass Facing the People and Political Ideology
Some readers of NLM will already be familiar with the blog "Sancrucensis," written by Pater Edmund Waldstein, a Cistercian monk of the Abbey of Heiligenkreuz, not far from Vienna. Pater Edmund often...
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