March 30, 2026

Il Portastendardo di Civitella del Tronto (n. 57 - Marzo 2026)

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

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Photo by New York Scugnizzo

Candlelight Way of the Cross in Brooklyn, New York

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March 29, 2026

A Thin Lent and a Restless Heart

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Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime (1808) by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon As Holy Week approaches, I find my Lent lacking. The practic...

Holy Week at Holy Trinity Church in Hackensack, New Jersey

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March 28, 2026

Remembering Princess Cristina Pia of the Two Sicilies

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24 December 1869 – 28 March 1870 In memory of Princess Maria Cristina Pia Anna Isabella Natalia Elisa di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, daughter...

Good Friday Traditional Latin Mass Shuttle

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March 27, 2026

Remembering Charles III, Duke of Parma

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14 January 1823 – 27 March 1854 In memory of Carlo III di Borbone, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, we pray for the happy repose of his soul. Whi...

Celebrating the Solemnity of the Annunciation at Transfiguration Church

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Et ait Angelus ei: Ne timeas Maria, invenisti enim gratiam apud Deum. Ecce concipies in utero, et paries filium, et vocabis nomen eius IESUM...

Traditional Holy Week at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City, New Jersey

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March 26, 2026

Feast of Beata Maddalena Caterina Morano

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Beata Maddalena Caterina Morano, ora pro nobis March 26th is the Feast of Blessed Maddalena Caterina Morano (1847–1908), a Piedmontese relig...

Ponderable Quote from Textos de Doctrina Política by Juan Vásquez de Mella (IV)

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Juan Vásquez de Mella y Fanjul (8 June 1861—26 February 1928) Because you hold a very strange concept of the Nation and of the Fatherland, w...

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

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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...