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Archive for December, 2011

Viva!

Beautiful Mass.  Jammed church.  Dancers led the way.   Both parish priests concelebrated.  The parochial vicar is fluent in Spanish and he was the primary celebrant.  Music was mariachi but also some basic chanted responses.  The Responsorial Psalm was chanted a capella and was quite moving in its simplicity – as unaccompanied simple chant tends [...]

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Danzantes

Midnight at St. Francis Xavier in Birmingham… ..the parking lot is full ..as is the church The latecomer missed the Living Rosary,, but caught the end of Las Mañanitas and the Danzantes both inside   ..and out:         Mary, in fact, is wholly associated with the victory of Jesus Christ, her Son, over [...]

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St. Ambrose in Milan

Some sites from earlier this year related to the saint: In the crypt of the Duomo – the baptistry where St. Ambrose baptized St. Augustine: The Metro stop is nearby, and an underground corridor passes the baptistry.  You can peek out at the passengers rushing by, and if you are on the other side you [...]

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