Saints of the Old Testament: Sts. Josue, Gedeon, and Anna

In the great Legenda Aurea ("The Golden Legend," though correctly translated "The Golden Readings") which Blessed Jacobus de Voragine, OP, Archbishop of Genoa, compiled about the year 1260, we find the following commentary regarding the liturgical celebration of the feasts of the saints of the Old Testament period:



"It is worthy of note that the Eastern Church celebrates the feasts of

For the record: "Dicastery for promoting Integral Human Development" established.

Since 2014 (see this report) the merging of four Pontifical Councils --  Justice and Peace, “Cor Unum”, Health Care Workers, and Migrants and Itinerant Peoples -- into a "super-Congregation" had been widely expected. The super-Congregation was initially expected to be named the "Congregation for Charity and Justice". 



Today (August 31) the new body was formally established through the

Sermon for the Feast of St. Augustine

Sermon for the Feast of Saint Augustine


by Father Richard Cipolla

Parish of St. Mary

Norwalk, Connecticut



Today we keep the feast of St. Augustine in the Traditional
calendar, because St. Augustine is the patron saint of this diocese and
therefore takes precedence over the Sunday. 
At the end of the Mass we will venerate the relic of St. Augustine that brings grace to this parish church

Cardinal Giacomo Biffi: The Foundations of Existence

Chiesa e Post Concilio 

August 30, 2016




“We have no need of announcers of the word who want to change the Gospel with the excuse of adapting it to our times, but of announcers who endeavour each day, even with little results, to change themselves everyday ever more conformed to the Gospel which does not change”.






“In the plan predisposed by
God for the salvation of men, there are three

Pope Leo XIII on the Most Holy Eucharist: The chief means whereby men are engrafted on the divine nature

Excerpts from



MIRAE CARITATIS

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII 

ON THE HOLY EUCHARIST



Given at Rome, at St. Peter's on the 28th day of May, being the Vigil of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, in the year 1902, of Our Pontificate the five and twentieth. 







To Our Venerable Brethren, the Patriarchs, Primates, 

Archbishops, Bishops, and other Local Ordinaries, 

having Peace and Communion

Event: Solemn High Mass in New Orleans

Solemn High Mass: Requiem on the 100th Anniversary of the Death of John Lancaster Spalding

On Thursday evening, 24 Aug. 2016, a Solemn High Requiem Mass in the traditional Roman Rite was offered at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Illinois, for the repose of the soul of Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, first bishop of Peoria. Those who attended report that the Mass, the first traditional Latin Mass at the cathedral since the liturgical revolutions

Dr. John Rao lecture: “Even Now the Devastation Is Begun"

Dr. John Rao (shown in the video above reading the Lake Garda Statement) will be delivering the customary Roman Forum Lecture Series in New York this year. The Program will be as follows:





The Roman Forum

New York City Church History Program

2016-2017



“Even Now the Devastation Is Begun---

And Half the Business of Destruction Done”

(1748-1799)



Lecturer: John C. Rao, D. Phil. (

Norcia Quake! - Updated

Praying for our many friends and acquaintances in Norcia (Nursia), Umbria, Italy, following the devastating earthquake there a few hours ago. More news as soon as possible.







Parce, Domine, parce populo tuo:

ne in aeternum irascaris nobis.

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Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.




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Italian broadcasters speak of at least 38 dead at the moment, including