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CMAA Celebrates 50 Years
Fifty years of Musica Sacra… the Church Music Association of America (CMAA) will celebrate its 50th Anniversary during Colloquium XXIV. This year’s Colloquium is to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana,...
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Sacred Music and the Virtue of Religion: An Upcoming Talk in Portland, Oregon.
As part of an ongoing Dominican Forum speakers series, the church of the Holy Rosary in Portland, Oregon, will host a talk this coming Tuesday, May 20th, at 7:30 p.m., entitled “Sacred Music and the...
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The Feast of Saint John Nepomuk
May 16th is the feast of St. John Nepomuk, a priest of the Archdiocese of Prague who was martyred in the year 1393. His family name is variously written Wölflein or Welfin, but he is generally called...
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A Surge of the Heart
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux described prayer as 'A surge of the heart'. This wonderful expression is the title of a new DVD about prayer from St Anthony Communications. The beautifully produced film...
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There But for the Grace of God
As we witness more and more of a resurgence in today’s Church of the goofy and often heretical lingo and practices of the 1960s and 1970s—a season of confusion, chasing after the world, and aberration...
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Creating the New Culture of Beauty - a little parish in Jasper, Georgia shows...
Following on from the interview with Cardinal Burke, Here is an example of how it might be done. The artistic and musical creativity of a parish shows us why liturgical and, hence, cultural renewal is...
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Pontifical High Mass of St Philip celebrated by Bishop Robert Byrne at the...
Bishop Robert Byrne celebrated Pontifical High Mass for St Philip's Day at the London Oratory earlier today. The Mass was celebrated in anticipation for the boys of St Philip's School who will be on...
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Ordinations at St John Cantius, Chicago
On Tuesday, May 27th, beginning at 7:30 pm, the Archbishop of Chicago, Francis Cardinal George, OMI, will celebrate the Mass of Priestly Ordination at St John Cantius Church, 825 N. Carpenter Street in...
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From Simple English Propers to the Lumen Christi Series
Today we have a guest post by the composer and editor of Simple English Propers, Adam Bartlett, who would like to share with us how his work with SEP led him to develop the Lumen Christi Series.Many of...
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Latin Holidays with the Familia S. Hieronymi
The cultivation of the Latin language in the Church is a cause dear to the hearts of not a few NLM readers. The bond of Latin links us to the universal Church and her worship, and also to the thought...
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Holy and Great Constantine, Equal to the Apostles
Icon of Sts. Constantine and Helen with scenes from the life of Christ and ConstantineFor Churches of the Byzantine tradition, May 21 is the feast of Saint Constantine and of his mother St. Helen. The...
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Fota VII Liturgical Conference in Cork, Ireland
St. Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy is pleased to announce that His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signature, will officially open the Fota VII International...
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Solemn First Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia
New Liturgical Movement is pleased to welcome Fr. Robert Pasley, KCHS, as a new contributor. Fr. Pasley is rector of Mater Ecclesiae Parish in Berlin, New Jersey, and serves as chaplain to the Church...
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“A Renaissance Will Come”: Dr. de Saventhem's Prophetic Words in 1970
Dr. Eric de Saventhem (1919-2005), first President of the International Federation Una Voce, spoke these prophetic words in a speech in New York City in 1970—words all the more remarkable in the face...
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The Feast of St Philip Neri at the London Oratory
High Mass was celebrated at the London Oratory this evening for the Feast of St Philip Neri. The Preacher was Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakstan, Titular Bishop of...
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For the Feast of St Philip Neri: The Oratory of Naples
The Naples Oratory was founded in 1586 by three disciples of St. Philip Neri, Antonio Talpa, Giovanni Giovenale Ancina (later bishop of Saluzzo, beatified in 1889) and Francesco Maria Tarugi (later...
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The Lumen Christi Simple Gradual - from Adam Bartlett
This is a wonderful new resource for the Mass in the vernacular...and perhaps the EF too?Adam Bartlett is the composer who created the Simple English Propers that have been featured on this site...
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Rogation Days and Ascension Photo Request
My sincerest apologies for delaying in this post. Nevertheless, if any readers took pictures of their processions and/or Masses during these Rogation days we currently are in (for those who attend the...
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Blessed Sacrament Procession in central London
There will be a Procession of the Blessed Sacrament on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Sunday 22 June in London which is being organised jointly by the Parishes of Spanish Place and Farm Street. It is...
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The Apodosis, or Leavetaking, of Pascha
Today is the last day of Pascha for Christians of the Byzantine tradition. Each major feast on the Church calendar has an Apodosis that comes, normally, at the end of the octave. The hymns for...
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