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A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches - Part 10
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent - Sant’EusebioThis church was chosen as the Station for the Mass at which the Gospel of the Raising of Lazarus (St. John 11, 1-45) was traditionally read, because...
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EF Triduum in Philadelphia
The Sacred Triduum will be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia, with the Holy Thursday Liturgy on April 17 at 7 p.m., the Good Friday Liturgy on...
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A New Series: Pope John XXIII in His Own Words
(1) IntroductionWith renewed attention being paid to the Pope who summoned the Second Vatican Council and, on its very eve, promulgated the last editio typica of the traditional Roman Missal (1962), it...
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Could We Paint A Wall Street Trader at Prayer in the Style of the Gothic?...
I have just completed a class at Thomas More College in which I taught students to paint in the English gothic style of the illuminated manuscripts of the School of St Albans. The images you see are...
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Treasures of the Abbey of St. Maurice at the Louvre
The website of FranceTV reports on a very interesting exhibition at the Musée du Louvre: for the first time in its history, the Abbey of St. Maurice in Canton Valais, Switzerland, is loaning out some...
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A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches - Part 11
On Passion Sunday, (the 5th Sunday of Lent) the station is kept at St Peter’s; however, the main event for the pilgrims attending the Station church devotion is not a Mass, but Vespers, after which,...
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The Exsultet in English -
We now have a much better English translation of one of our greatest liturgical treasures. This is only the second year it will be in use, so get ahead of the game and start practicing!
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Holy Week Schedules in Rome - EF and Byzantine
The F.S.S.P. parish in Rome, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, has announced the following schedule for the principal services of Holy Week. On the days not listed below, the normal schedule applies,...
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"Deriving Beauty" - An Exhibition on Aurelius Stehle OSB
The St. Vincent Gallery, on the campus of St Vincent Archabbey and College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, is holding an exhibition to celebrate Archabbot Aurelius Stehle, elected in 1918 to head the oldest...
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Why can't all Primary Schools have music like this one?
There can’t be many Primary Schools capable of putting on a Passion Play like the one I attended last night. Arriving at Our Lady of Victories Primary School in Kensington, London, one has an immediate...
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Triduum Schedules: Hong Kong and Budapest
The Tridentine Liturgy Community of Hong Kong will have celebration for two days of the Triduum in the Extraordinary Form, the first time since 1969. The celebrant of both Maundy Thursday and Good...
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April First Saturday Dominican Rite Mass, Oakland CA
Through the kindness of the students of the Western Dominican Province, I have the pleasure of publishing some photographs of the Missa Cantata of the Immaculate Heart of Mary celebrated as part of the...
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A Traditional Missal for Young Catholics [UPDATE]
When I posted recently about the availability of A Traditional Missal for Young Catholics, I was pleasantly surprised at the positive reaction -- to judge from emails people sent, messages on Facebook,...
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Technical Difficulties
You may have noticed that the “Recent New and Articles” section under the banner, and the “Other Recent Articles” towards the bottom of the page have been empty for the last few days. We haven’t...
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A Roman Pilgrim at the Station Churches - Part 12
Wednesday of Passion Week - San Marcello al CorsoThursday of Passion Week - Sant’ApollinareFriday of Passion Week - Santo Stefano RotondoThis church has the peculiar name of “Round St. Stephen’s”...
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Holy Week Schedules in Paris - EF and Byzantine
The church of Saint Eugène in Paris has announced the following schedule for Holy Week. (Facebook event listing here.) Our own Henri de Villiers is of course the leader of the École Sainte-Cécile,...
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Passiontide Veils - Your Photos
Thanks to everyone who sent in photographs of their churches with veils for Passiontide. We are looking forward to seeing your pictures of Palm Sunday and the rest of Holy Week.Church of the Holy Ghost...
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John XXIII in His Own Words (2): The Mass and the Priesthood
Pope John XXIII celebrating MassA reader of Pope John XXIII’s writings will often find him quoting or paraphrasing the text of the Holy Mass—in the only form in which he knew it, of course: the...
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PDF Download: The Fulton J. Sheen Sunday Missal (1961)
A GUEST POST BY JEFF OSTROWSKI The famous Fulton J. Sheen Sunday Missal (1961) is now available for free download. Needless to say, Archbishop Sheen did not produce the Missal alone: it was a joint...
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New Images of the Stations of the Cross - the Sacred Art of Helen...
A reader has directed my attention to the paintings of this London based Catholic painter. She bases here style on the 14th century Italian gothic style. I am encouraged that she is developing so well...
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