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Deaconesses
Someone in Rome has said something about reviving the order of deaconesses. This has got all of the dissenters very excited. There are a couple of points to make: Deaconess ≠ Deacon – the earliest statutes of the Church pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Church Politics, Pope Francis I, Uncategorized
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Philip Jenkins on dissident Catholics
Professor Philip Jenkins, Welsh-born Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University in the United States, may be quite well known to many for his contributions to research in Christian history and criminology (no pun intended!). Long, long ago in … Continue reading
Dome of Home documentary
This 25 minute documentary, with contributions from Bishop Mark Davies of the Shrewsbury Diocese, shows how the “Dome of Home” church – the Church of Ss Peter, Paul and Philomena – is thriving under the care of Canon Amaury Montjean … Continue reading
Hymns of Lent 5
And from Thy cross embrace me with arms outstretched to save. (From the translation by Monsignor R.A. Knox of words attributed to St Bernard) The Epistle of the Mass of Passion Sunday, 5th Sunday of Lent, in the 1962 … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Culture, Catholic Music, Catholic Orders and Congregations, Catholic Prayers, Church History, Devotion, Hymns, Latin, Music, Saints, Uncategorized
Tagged Arnulf of Louvain, Bach, Hassler, Lent, O Sacred Head, Passion Sunday, Passiontide, Ribalta, Ronald Knox, St Bernard, St Bonaventure
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Giving up gracelessly
According to the Church, yesterday was the feast of Ss Cyril and Methodius. According to my 1938 edition of “Garden of the Soul”, my 1962 edition of “The Manual of Christian Prayer” and the rest of the whole world, yesterday … Continue reading
A symbol of our times
Franz von Rohden – Crucifixion The Herald reports that a work of art, hailed as a masterpiece by experts, was hung in a chapel at Ushaw until the 1970s, when it was put in cupboard (no doubt replaced by something … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Culture, Church History, Church Politics
Tagged Fruits of Vatican II, Philistines, sixties
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ST. IGNATIUS, Bishop, Martyr.
Painting of Ignatius of Antioch from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD) Whenever I am asked (usually by people entertaining strange, silly ideas that Christianity and the Church are an artefact of Constantine the Great) how I can … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Martyrs, Saints
Tagged early Church, Patristics, St Ignatius
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St Teresa of Avila
St Teresa by Bernini A Guest Post, kindly written by William Ockham. Today is the Feast of St. Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus. Teresa was a Carmelite nun, writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of … Continue reading
LMS Oxford Pilgrimage
Scenes from last year’s pilgrimage This Saturday, 19th October, is the Latin Mass Society’s Oxford Pilgrimage in honour of Oxford’s Catholic Martyrs. For more details please see Dr Shaw’s piece here.
Posted in Church History, Dominicans, Ecumenism, Evangelism, Latin Mass Society, Mass, Mission, New Evangelisation, Traditional Mass
Tagged Bearing Witness to the Faith, Evangelisation, Joe Shaw, LMS, Martyrs, Oxford, TLM
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St Wilfrid
St Wilfrid, as seen from the East Today is the feast of one of the greatest English saints, Wilfrid. To say that he lived a full and turbulent life is only the beginning.
Posted in Church History, Evangelism, Orthodox Church, Saints
Tagged Converting Heathens, English Saints, Evangelism, St Wilfrid
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Ss Jean de Brébeuf & Isaac Jogues
From the Catholic Herald: The 32-year-old French Jesuit Jean de Brébeuf travelled to New France in North America in 1625. He worked with the Huron, an Iroquoian tribe famous for their ferocity, with whom the French settlers traded.
Posted in Catholic Orders and Congregations, Church History, Famous Catholics, Martyrs, Saints
Tagged Canada, Catholic Herald, Jesuit Martyrs, JH, Saints
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No Greater Love
CP&S re-blog from 2010: I could never have anticipated the powerful mix of emotion and awe that gripped me as I stood in the doorway of the Auschwitz cell – that hallowed place of martyrdom in which Saint Maximilian Kolbe … Continue reading
Film about St Winefride’s Well
Some of you enjoyed a film made by my son about the Dome of Home church in the Wirral. Here’s another he has made, this time about the oldest site of continuous Christian pilgrimage in Great Britain, St Winefride’s Well. … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop Peter Brignall, Bishops, Catholic Culture, Church History, Devotion, Martyrs, Media, Saints
Tagged Bishop Peter Brignall, St Winefride's Well, St. Winifred, Wales
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A short film about Pope (Emeritus) Benedict’s life
This is a short film my teenage son put together as a sort of personal tribute to our beloved Pope Emeritus.