Juventutem DC hosts First Evening of Recollection on the Feast of St. Joseph
Juventutem DC continues its monthly apostolate of Days of Recollection in March with a new twist: An evening of recollection on St. Joseph, including Adoration, Benediction and Confession, on...
View ArticleJuventutem Lehigh Valley Lenten Speaker Series
News of a Lenten program from the recently-formed Juventutem Lehigh Valley chapter:
View ArticleThe Philology Institute's Summer Greek Intensive
The Philology Institute is a newly-founded academic institute in central Kentucky that promotes the study and love of language through intensive summer courses as well as private and group tutoring....
View ArticleHappy Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Today is the traditional feastday of St. Thomas Aquinas, Common Doctor of the Catholic Church, Patron of All Catholic Schools. March 7 is the birthday of the Angelic Doctor into eternal life, at the...
View ArticleA New Our Lady of Czestachova - Slash and No Burn
Here is another new icon of a familiar image. NLM reader David Woolf from Wales sent this to me and I will let him describe the process by which it was commissioned:'I wanted a travelling icon, so it...
View ArticleThe Theology of the Offertory - Part 3: A Different Theology?
As mentioned previously, this series of articles is a reply to the contentions of a pseudonymous blogger “Consolamini” about the sacrifice of the Mass and the Offertory. Fr. Anthony Ruff, the principal...
View ArticleA Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches
Meet Agnese, a friend of mine and fellow-parishoner at the F.S.S.P.’s Roman church, Trinità dei Pellegrini.Piazza di Spagna on December 8 a few years ago, hoping to see Pope Benedict. The papal visit...
View ArticleLectio Divina: The Agony in the Garden
Many Catholics who first attempt lectio divina find, perhaps to their surprise, that it can be something of a struggle. We hear it extolled to the heights, only to discover that it takes hard work, at...
View ArticleNew Publication: Sacred Choral Works by Peter Kwasniewski
I have received some exciting news from Corpus Christi Watershed. Many NLM readers already know the name of Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, one of our regular contributors. Some will know that Dr. Kwasniewski...
View ArticlePontifical Mass with Archbishop Sample of Portland, Oregon
On Quinquagesima Sunday, Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon celebrated a Pontifical Mass at the Throne in the Extraordinary Form during a Gregorian Chant Conference at the Brigittine...
View ArticleLondon Latin Mass Society Video - Silence
Another great video from the London LMS, this time on silence.
View ArticleA Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches - Part 2
More from Agnese, our pilgrim-on-the scene! Monday of the First Week of Lent - St. Peter in ChainsThe reliquary seen here contains the chain with which St Peter was held prisoner in Rome under Nero,...
View ArticleSolemn High Mass at St. Paul's, Cambridge
This invitation comes to readers via Juventutem Boston.Celebrate with us the Feast of the Annunciation and the third anniversary of the first Extraordinary Form Mass at the Harvard Catholic Center.7:00...
View ArticleThe Virgin of Coromoto - An Image to Inspire us to Pray for Venezuela
Holy Virgin of Coromoto, pray for faith and freedom for the Venezuelan people. Poor will always be with us and so, it seems, will the oppressed. What was a flourishing modern democracy 15 years ago is...
View ArticleGuest Post: Liber Gradualis or Graduale Novum?
An NLM reader, Richard Llewellyn, provides us with the guest post below. Thanks to Richard for his post on the various chant editions.The Belgian « Académie de Chant Grégorien » organised a most...
View ArticleA Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches - Part 3
As I wrote in an article a few years ago, the Thursdays of Lent were originally aliturgical days in the Roman Rite, on which no Mass was said; the Masses for these days were instituted by Pope St....
View ArticleAsh Wednesday Photopost
As promised, here are the photos from around the world from Ash Wednesday!Saint Benedict Catholic Church in Richmond, VAMass (EF): St. Margaret Mary's (Oakland, CA) and Star of the Sea (San Francisco,...
View ArticlePhoto Request: St Joseph’s Feast Day
I hope you are all having a fruitful Lent. On this upcoming feast of St. Joseph in which we take a brief break from our fasting and penance, I encourage you to send me your pictures from Masses and...
View ArticleTruth About Communion in the Hand While Standing
A close friend of mine, Fr. Richard Heilman, brings us our guest post for today on the questionable origins of communion in the hand. This was Father's homily today which he wrote into a post for NLM....
View ArticleLectio Divina: Tools of the Workshop
Kate Edwards, of Saints Shall Arise, has written a thoughtful piece, “Lectio divina: On memory, study and the Rule of Faith,” concerning the dangers of what might be called “raw” or “individualistic”...
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