One of our readers sent this news in: At the request of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite will begin to be celebrated at Star of the Sea Parish, 4420 Geary Boulevard (at 8th Avenue) in San Francisco on May 26th, Trinity Sunday, at 11:00 A.M. Show More Summary
Fr. Paul Beach recently celebrated the requiem of a 97 year old priest, Fr. Charles Schoenbaechler, CR, a proponent and devotee of the usus antiquior:
He had celebrated the Extraordinary Form of the liturgy at St. Martin's since his return to Louisville in 1996. Show More Summary
I thought I would share this story sent in by a reader, not the least of which to show you rather striking altarpiece of the chapel altar.
On Sunday, April 14 at 2:00pm, a Missa lecta in the Extraordinary Form was celebrated in the chapel at St. Show More Summary
As the FBI knuckles down with its investigation into Monday’s deadly Boston bombings, the agency is hopeful that an extraordinary amount of data, in the form of smartphone photos and videos, combined with the most modern analysis techniques available, will … Continue reading ?
Msgr. Wolfgang Haas, the Archbishop of Vaduz (Liechtenstein), has celebrated this year's Chrism Mass of the Archdiocese - at which traditionally the entire presbyterate of the diocese attends - according to the liturgical books of 1962. Show More Summary
HOUSTON – (March 28, 2013) – Graphene, the single-atom-thick form of carbon, has become famous for its extraordinary strength. But less-than-perfect sheets of the material show unexpected weakness, according to researchers at Rice University in Houston and Tsinghua University in Beijing. read more
The Catholic diocese of Salford has published the most extraordinary purported interview between Pope Francis and a Left-wing American journalist, supposedly conducted shortly before the conclave. I cannot, repeat cannot, vouch for its authenticity. If it's genuine, as the diocese says it is (while being unavailable to answer press inquiries), then it's a bombshell. But [...]
The excellent Institute of Catholic Culture, which I reported on last year, here, is organising Solemn Laetare Sunday Vespers and Benediction (Extraordinary Form) in Virginia, at St Mary's Catholic Church, Alexandria, Virginia; it is this Sunday, March 10 at 7pm. Show More Summary
After going through a period of extraordinary scoring form, the question has recently been raised as to whether Gareth Bale now ranks amongst the world’s elite players, a question I recently discussed in more detail. Now, with the player...Show More Summary
When the extraordinary becomes the norm, you know are witnessing something special and it is almost becoming cliché to say Gareth Bale is in the form of his life. Scoring two goals at West Ham, including a howitzer of a last minute winner, as Spurs secured a crucial 3-2 victory at Upton Park on Monday night, will [...]
In what we hope will be a regular occurrence, the choir of Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire provided the choir for Sunday Mass at a local parish, St Patrick's, Nashua, NH. It was the First Sunday of Lent in the Extraordinary Form. This was a great experience for the choir. Show More Summary
Through the initiative of a group of seminarians, Mass in the Extraordinary Form was celebrated in the Major Seminary of the Polish Salesians in the monastery of L?d. The celebrant was Fr. W?adys?aw Grochal SDB, a long-time member of the faculty. Show More Summary
Bishop Athanasius Schneider... visited the NYC area on January 5-6 2013. One of the Bishop's events was a Pontifical Mass in the St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Brooklyn, New York. The Mass was in the Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. The music was made possible under the direction of Mr. David Hughes. Here is some video which our reader directs us to from the Pontifical Mass.
I am pleased to see the diocese where I was born and raised, Pensacola-Tallahassee, is now beginning a semi-regular celebration of Mass in the Extraordinary Form. This is a bit old news, as the violet chasuble will show, but better late than never. Show More Summary
"Gatsby. He had an extraordinary sense of hope." One fantastic trailer debuted earlier this year when The Great Gatsby was scheduled to debut at the end of this year. However, Warner Bros. already had Oscar contenders in the form of Argo, Cloud Atlas and The Dark Knight Rises (they hope, anyway), so they delayed the film to summer 2013. Show More Summary
People like Ben Bernanke talk about them a lot. What are they? Two good arguments that extraordinary monetary ease has costs: 1. Summers 2003: a Ponzi scheme or any form of over optimistic finance requires--unless your current clients are overwhelmingly stupid--that you show them the money. Show More Summary
None of them thought what they were doing was extraordinary because such giving is an ordinary part of their lives. That's how it is with religious sisters: God's goodness courses through them.
EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS BY SHANTANU TO SOLVE PROGENY PROBLEM, BY FORMING TEAM TO CLONE HIS SON USING GENETIC ENGINEERING
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One of our readers sent this in last week: Cathedrals Across America: Pontifical Solemn High Mass In The Extraordinary Form (Live) Tues. Nov. 27 at 7 PM ET, Wed. Nov. 28 at 12 AM ET On the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, the...Show More Summary
The world’s first computer put the time cycles of the Sun, Moon and planets into mechanical form. And today, cutting-edge technology reveals the extraordinary sophistication of ancient Greece. What mysteries does the Antikythera Mechanism unveil? Learn all about it at the … Continue reading ?