Category Archives: Liturgy

Priesthood ordination of Joseph Ratzinger in 1951

In this seventh anniversary of the election of our Holy Father Benedict XVI, here are some views of his ordination to priesthood in June 29, 1951. Joseph Ratzinger was ordained with his brother in the cathedral of Freising by Michael, … Continue reading

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Pius XII celebrate the holy mass at Saint Peter in 1942

Other pictures of Pope Pius XII celebranting, on Schola Sainte Cécile Facebook page..

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Improvisation upon Ave Regina cœlorum

Naji Hakim at the great organ of St. Eugene. Septuagesima Sunday (5 février 2012).

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Epiphany 2012 at Saint-Eugène, Paris

Publication of the date of Easter by the deacon.

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Publication of the Date of Easter on the Day of the Epiphany

Epiphany is the last principal feast before the beginning of the Easter cycle. In this day, the Roman Pontifical (Pars III. De Publicatione festorum Mobilium in Epiphania Domini) gives the how to publish the date of Easter and of the … Continue reading

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Corpus Christi in Liège, Belgium

Liège in Belgium used to be described as the “Paradise of priests.” The many important churches that adorn the city center testify to its rich Catholic past, when the bishop of Liege was prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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2 pieces of the old primitive office and mass of Corpus Christi in Liège

In 1246, when the Prince-Bishop of Liège, Robert of Torote, established in his diocese the celebration of Corpus Christi after the visions of St. Juliana of Mont-Cornillon, it was necessary to establish an office & a mass for the new … Continue reading

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An Ambrosian Plainchant for the Feast of the Ascension

With this gracious setting of the key liturgical verses of Psalm 46 from the Ambrosian Vesperal, I would like to wish an happy feast of the Ascension to all our readers. Ex Liber vesperalis juxta ritum Sanctæ Ecclesiæ Mediolanensis, Rome, … Continue reading

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Three Curious Litanies for Rogation Days in the Old Use of Paris

Petite, et accipietis: quærite, et invenietis: pulsate, et aperietur vobis. As everyone knows, the rogations are processions of supplication and penitence first instituted in Gaul by St. Mamert, bishop of Vienna, around 470. The success of these processions was immediate … Continue reading

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The feast of all the neomartyrs of Russia

This Sunday, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast day of all the holy new martyrs and confessors (neomartyrs and confessors) of Russia, victims of the communism during the XXth century. The unprecedented atheist persecution that hit the Church in … Continue reading

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