March 25, 2026

Simple Pleasures: Pulcinella-Themed Gifts at the Italian American Emporium in Little Italy, New York

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Traditional Neapolitan Pulcinella dressed in cotton with hand-painted terracotta hands, feet, and heads Found a couple of Pulcinella-themed ...

From the Museum to the Drawing Board

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Young Ladies of the Village , 1851-52, oil on canvas, Gustave Courbet Lately, I have been thinking about taking life drawing and painting cl...

Festmesse anlässlich des Todestages

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March 24, 2026

Finding The Calypso

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An old black-and-white photograph of my father's fishing boat As I mentioned in an earlier post , I recently began taking creative writi...

Annunciation at the Oratory of St. Josaphat in Bayside, New York

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March 23, 2026

Gustave Moreau at the Met

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Salome with the Head of John the Baptist , oil on wood, ca. 1876, Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) A couple of paintings by Gustave Moreau, curren...

Photo of the Week: Egyptian Granite Atlantes at the Round Hall Entrance, Vatican Museum

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Photo by New York Scugnizzo

The Annunciation at Annunciation Parish Upper Church in Crestwood, New York

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March 22, 2026

Literary Caprices: Vignettes and Other Indulgences

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Bronze Sheela-na-Gig pendant Since we marked the blog’s anniversary a bit  early this year , I’m sharing something a little different. I sta...

A Lenten Retreat for the Jubilee Year of 2026 for the 800th Anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, California

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March 21, 2026

Celebrating the Abruzzese Poetry of Giuseppe Rosato on World Poetry Day

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Giuseppe Rosato was born in Lanciano (prov. of Chieti) in 1932. He writes poetry in his native Abruzzese as well as Italian, and is also a w...

The Origins of Rome’s Nasoni

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After reading our post on the custom-made bronze nasoni  we commissioned from Dante Mortet, our friend, Roman author and journalist  German...

Solemnity of the Annunciation at Transfiguration Church in New York City

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March 20, 2026

Remembering HRH Prince Don Ferdinando Maria Andrea Alfonso Marco of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

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28 May 1926 - 20 March 2008 In memory of His Royal Highness Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, late Grand Master of the Sacred Milita...

Honoring San Giuseppe Together

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San Giuseppe, ora pro nobis Although we were not able to gather as a group for our annual Tavola di San Giuseppe this year, the spiri...

Happy Spring!

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Photo by New York Scugnizzo The March or vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring, a time of rebirth and fertility. In celebration of th...

Passion Sunday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City, New Jersey

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Shroud of Turin Lecture at St. Joseph School Auditorium in Raritan, New Jersey

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Foreclosing on Faith Film Screening and Conference with Filmmaker Viktoria Somogyi and Canon Law Expert Attorney Brody Hale

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March 19, 2026

Sanfedismo and the Neapolitan Counter-Revolution, 1799 — Part IV

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The Destruction of the Tree of Liberty in the Largo di Palazzo by Saverio della Gatta (active from 1777 to 1827) See, Part I , Part II , Par...
March 18, 2026

Sanfedismo and the Neapolitan Counter-Revolution, 1799 — Part III

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Cardinal Fabrizio Dionigi Ruffo leading the Sanfedisti under the protection of St. Anthony of Padua See, Part I , Part II , Part IV The Reco...