September 26, 2026

New Book — Myths and Legends of Sicily: Thirty Ancient Tales and Island Traditions from Mount Etna to Palermo

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A new title that may be of interest to our readers. Available at Amazon.com • Myths and Legends of Sicily: Thirty Ancient Tales and Island T...

Supplica to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii at the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette in Brooklyn, New York

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September 25, 2026

Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Medea carrying her dead child, marble, ca. 130 BC, Roman, from Italy, find spot unknown We recently stopped b...

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City, New Jersey

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Feast of St. Michael at Immaculate Conception Church in Lowell, Massachusetts

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September 24, 2026

Solemn Mass for San Maurizio in Little Italy, New York

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The missal for the Mass Annue, quásumus, omnipotens Deus: ut sanctórum Martyrum tuórum Maurítii et Sociorum ejus nos latíficet festíva sollé...

Simple Pleasures — A Little Piece of Naples

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Santa Patrizia, ora pro nobis A friend recently returned from a trip to Naples and was kind enough to bring me back a couple of prayer cards...

Michaelmas at the Oratory of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Georgetown, Connecticut

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September 23, 2026

Literary Caprices: Vignettes and Other Indulgences IV

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See Part I , Part II , Part III   Rejected from a Date I Never Asked For While I appreciate the good intentions of family and friends who tr...

Feast of St. Michael at St. John Vianney Church in Colonia, New Jersey

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September 22, 2026

Happy Autumn!

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Photo by New York Scugnizzo The Fall Equinox marks the transition of summer into winter. To celebrate the occasion and the season of A...

Feast of St. Michael at St. Michael's Church in Staten Island, New York

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September 21, 2026

Remembering Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

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Statue of Carlo V sculpted by Vincenzo Gemito on the western facade of the Royal Palace in the Largo del Palazzo Reale in Naples In memory o...

A Century of Faith: The 100th Feast of San Gennaro

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A newly donated relic of San Gennaro, containing a fragment of the saint’s skull, presented by the City of Naples in honor of the 100th Anni...