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Over at First Things, Patrick Rostrum has attempted to write what amounts to a review of a church and its mass, with special emphasis on the homily: The pre-service stillness did not last long. With the first note of the processional hymn, Charles Coffin’s “On Jordan’s Bank” (a hymn traditionally reserved for Advent but appropriate…

Could an Irish cathedral destroyed by a fire get an unexpected — and very famous — savior? The local bishop hopes so: A desperate plea for actor Mel Gibson to help restore a landmark burned-out Irish cathedral has been made by the local Bishop in Longford, Ireland. St. Mel’s Cathedral was burned to the ground…

A friend dropped me an e-mail earlier today to give me a heads-up about a beautiful new Catholic church that’s being built in Brewster, New York. He thought I’d be especially interested, because I serve at a gorgeous Gothic-style building, completed in 1941. The new church is St. Lawrence O’Toole. A rendering by the architectural…

And it’s in Charleston: Pope Benedict XVI has elevated the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart to the status of a minor basilica of the Catholic Church. The Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is the 63rd minor basilica in the U.S.. Minor Basilicas enjoy special rights and privileges. There are only four major…
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