Corpus Christi 2024 Photopost (Part 1)

First of all, my apologies for the delay in getting around to posting these; after a long period of travel, I caught a bug and was feeling very much under the weather for several days. Secondly, there will be at least one more post in this series, possibly two, and there is always room and time for more, so please feel free to send in your photos of recent liturgies (Pentecost, Corpus Christ, Sacred Heart etc.) to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org. Don’t forget to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important. Thanks once again to all our contributors!    

Shrine of Our Lady of Mt Carmel – New York City

Mass of the vigil of Pentecost

Ringing the bells at the Gloria.

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Photopost Request: Corpus Christi 2024

Our next major photopost will be for the feast of Corpus Christi, whether celebrated tomorrow or on Sunday; please send your photos to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, and be sure to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important. As always, we are very glad to receive images of celebrations in both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Form, or the Ordinariate Use, as well as Vespers and other parts of the Office. Feel free to send in other events recently celebrated at your church such as Pentecost or first Masses.

Last year, this series got up to a record-smashing six posts, and the sixth post somehow became the single most viewed post ever on our Facebook page, by a gigantic margin. Let’s see if we can match or even beat that, as we keep up the good work of evangelizing through beauty!

From the first Corpus Christi photopost of last yearthe first Corpus Christi photopost of last year: the procession from the Oxford Oratory makes a station at the church of their Dominican neighbors at Blackfriars.

From the second post: Adoration at the church of the Annunciation in Imperia, Italy.

From the third post: night-time procession from the cathedral basilica of Nossa Senhora do Pilar, in São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil, sent in by one of our most faithful contributors, Mr João Melo.

From the fourth post, a special edition dedicated to just the city of London: a station at the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile.

From the fifth post: the annual streets-of-New-York shot by the mighty Mr Arrys Ortañez, at the procession from the church of the Holy Innocents.

From the sixth post: Adoration before the procession at the abbey of St Bernard in Cullman, Alabama, celebrated by then newly-ordained Fr Paschal Pautler.

Easter 2024 Photopost (Part 2)

This post is the very last of this year’s Holy Week and Easter photopost series, and in terms of the beauty of the pictures, we certainly end on a high note! As always, we thank all the contributors, past and present. Our next series will be for Pentecost, and include the Ascension and Rogation days, so have your cameras ready - Veni, Sancte Spiritus!

Oratory of Ss Gregory and Augustine – St Louis, Missouri

Photos by Kiera Petrick and Amber Rennier

Tradition will always be for the young!

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Easter 2024 Photopost (Part 1)

Finally we come to the last part of this year’s Holy Week and Easter photopost series! Once again, we are very grateful to all the contributors, and wish it were possible to include all of the beautiful photos that were sent in. There will be a second part, before we move on to Pentecost, so have your cameras ready - Veni, Sancte Spiritus! 

Nuestra Señora del Pilar – Guadalajara, Mexico (FSSP)

The incense grains encased in wax which are inserted in the Paschal candle.

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Good Friday 2024 Photopost (Part 3): Via Crucis and Processions in Mexico and Brazil

For our final Good Friday photopost, I saved these particularly interesting sets of images. From the FSSP apostolate in Guadalajara, Mexico, we have a live representation of the Via Crucis, and a nighttime procession with a statue of the dead Christ and the Mother of Sorrow. From the cathedral of São João del Rei in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, we have a deposition and burial ceremony (with a life-sized statue), and preaching on the Seven Last Words, before the main Good Friday liturgy, sent in by one of our most regular photopost contributors, Mr João Melo. We will have the liturgies of Easter within a day or so; in the meantime, have your cameras ready for the Ascension and Pentecost, and keep up the good work of evangelizing through beauty. 

Nuestra Señora del Pilar – Guadalajara, Mexico (FSSP)

Via Crucis

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Good Friday 2024 Photopost (Part 2)

Once again, we are very grateful to all those who contributed to this series, which is close to ending. Don’t forget that next week we have the Rogations and the Ascension, and we will be glad to include photos of both of those celebrations in our Pentecost photopost series, so you can send yours in to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org. Keep up the good work of evangelizing through beauty!

Epiphany of Our Lord – St Petersburg, Florida (Ukrainian Greek-Catholic)

Procession with the shroud at Vespers of Good Friday

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Good Friday 2024 Photopost (Part 1)

Our Triduum photopost series continues with the ceremonies of Good Friday. There will be at least one more of these before we move on to the Easter vigil and Easter Sunday, and late submissions are always very welcome, so please feel free to send them in to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, remembering to include the name and location of the church. Once again, our thanks to everyone who contributed!

Assumption Grotto – Detroit, Michigan

Procession with a relic of the True Cross

Oratory of Ss Gregory and Augustine – St Louis, Missouri

Photos by Kiera Petrick

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Holy Thursday 2024 Photopost (Part 2)

This second Holy Thursday photopost shows us very nicely the beauty of the special ceremonies of that day: the Mass and procession to the altar of repose, the decoration of the latter, the washing of the feet, and the stripping of the altar. Thanks once again to everyone who contributed; next week, we move on to Good Friday. Keep up the good work of evangelizing through beauty!

Nuestra Señora del Pilar – Guadalajara, Mexico (FSSP)

Yes, of course tradition will always be for the young! 

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Holy Thursday 2024 Photopost (Part 1)

We continue with our regular series of photoposts of your liturgies of the Triduum. As is usually the case, it’s a slow process to gather all the albums together, select the photos among the larger albums, size them down, etc., which means there is plenty of time to send more in to photopost@newliturgicalmovement.org, remembering to include the name and location of the church, and any other information you think important. As always, many thanks to the contributors for keeping up the good work of evangelizing through beauty.

Oratory of Ss Gregory and Augustine – St Louis, Missouri

Photos courtesy of Kiera Petrick

Yes, of course tradition will always be for the young.

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Tenebrae 2024 Photopost (Part 2)

This post concludes the Tenebrae part of our Holy Week photopost series; we will move on to the other ceremonies of the Triduum next week. Many thanks to all the contributors - feliciter!

Oratory of Ss Gregory and Augustine – St Louis, Missouri

Courtesy of Kiera Petrick

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