April 22, 2025

Photo of the Week: Polyphemus and Galatea in a Landscape, from the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase

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Wall painting from the villa of Agrippa Postumus at Boscotrecase, the Mythological Room, Roman, last decade of the 1st century B.C., Metropo...

The Little Brown Scapular and Hearing Our Lady's Message with Francine Calabrese

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April 21, 2025

Requiescat in Pace Papa Francesco

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17 December, 1936 — 21 April, 2025 Please join us in prayer for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis O God, faithful rewarder of souls, gr...

Grazie Easter Bunny!

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This year for Easter, I received a large copper coin (Tank) from the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Slightly bent, it exhibits a nice olive-gr...

Feast of Sant’Anselmo d’Aosta

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Sant'Anselmo d'Aosta, ora pro nobis April 21st is the Feast of Sant’Anselmo d’Aosta (or St. Anselm of Canterbury), Mystic, Benedicti...

Natale di Roma

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The Palatine Hill  (Photo by New York Scugnizzo) April 21st is the anniversary of the legendary founding of the Eternal City on the Palatine...

Buona Pasquetta!

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In honor of the risen Christ's meeting and subsequent meal with his disciples along the road to Emmaus, a small town near Jerusalem, fai...
April 20, 2025

Alleluia! Cristo è Risorto! Celebrating Easter

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The Sanctuary with a miniature empty sepulcher Christus Resurrexit, Alleluia! Following the solemn Traditional Latin High Mass at Our Lady ...

Feast of Sant’Agnese di Montepulciano

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Sant'Agnese di Montepulciano, ora pro nobis Deus, qui sponsam tuam Agnetem miro decorasti orationis ardore, concede ut eius imitatione, ...

Celebrating National Coin Week (2025)

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In celebration of the 102nd Annual National Coin Week, I'm excited to share photos of my recently acquired Roman bronze nummus featuring...

Meridiunalata: "Pasca e Natale" di Eduardo De Filippo

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Eduardo De Filippo (1900-1984) "Pasca e Natale" di Eduardo De Filippo Natale e Pasca so’ cumpagne tale ca vanno sott’ ‘o vraccio e...

Pasquetta at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Lyndhurst, New Jersey

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April 19, 2025

Via Crucis – Solemn Candlelight Good Friday Procession in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

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Members of the Holy Name Society of St. Bernadette Under the leadership of retired Bishop Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio, approximately two thous...

Feast of Sant’Espedito di Melitene

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Sant'Espedito di Melitene, ora pro nobis April 19th is the Feast of Sant’Espedito di Melitene, Centurion and Martyr. Widely venerated th...

Ponderable Quote from "The Revolt of the Masses" by José Ortega y Gasset

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Anyone can observe that in Europe, for some years "strange things" have begun to happen. To give a concrete example of these ...
April 18, 2025

Novena to Our Lady of Montserrat

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Madonna di Monserrato, ora pro nobis Pray novena for nine consecutive days, April 18th to April 26th, in preparation for the Feast on April ...

Beyond the Shadows: The Music of Mercadante

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April 17, 2025

Feria Sexta in Parasceve in Passione et Morte Domini at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City, NJ

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A Look at the Palm Sunday Celebration at the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Nolita, New York City

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Don Luigi Portarulo with members of the  gruppo folkloristico da Agrigento Photos courtesy of Germana Valentini Following the Italian Mass ...

Divine Mercy Sunday at St. John Vianney Church in Colonia, New Jersey

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April 16, 2025

Faccia Gialla Makes an Appearance on Tulsa King

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On the second day of filming an episode of Tulsa King , starring Sylvester Stallone, members of the Figli di San Gennaro paraded a statue o...

Feast of San Benedetto Giuseppe Labre

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San Benedetto Giuseppe Labre, ora pro nobis April 16th is the Feast of St. Benedict Joseph Labre (1748-1783), ascetic, mendicant, Franciscan...

Tuesday Within the Octave of Easter at St. Peter the Apostle University and Community Parish in New Brunswick, New Jersey

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April 15, 2025

Tulsa King in Little Italy

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From Grand to Broome Streets, it looks like September on Mulberry St. No stranger to film sets, we New Yorkers encounter street closures and...

Feast of San Cesare de Bus

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San Cesare de Bus, ora pro nobis April 15th is the Feast of St. Caesar de Bus (1544-1607), Priest, teacher, and Founder of the Fathers of Ch...