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Post by Séamus on Sept 24, 2023 1:30:08 GMT
In the Ace Of Hearts, where the high stools were engaging.
His Holiness has reportedly approved an honorary Co-Cathedral title for the Isle of Man's main Catholic church,an honour the whole region can accept as it's own. The archbishops of Liverpool may even prefer have ceremonies there as opposed to Paddy's Wigwam
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Sept 26, 2023 1:54:39 GMT
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Post by Séamus on Sept 26, 2023 1:54:39 GMT
In an era of meltdowns and victimhood, Craig Casey seems to keep his nerve through taunts from the rest of the rugby world,and the Irish team in particular,over his height. Good for you. At this stage....we'll hopefully be spared a typical premature autobiography offered by stars of his generation in a few years detailing how, behind the scenes he feel into a heap and/or self-harmed.
France seems to agree with the Irish team at any rate. Seeing large crowds for the principal Papal Mass in Marseilles and the classy reception that the British monarchy received in Paris too makes one happy enough that the country still maintains some sort sparkle there.
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Post by Séamus on Oct 17, 2023 2:56:00 GMT
"A painting kept in [Britain's] National Trust shortage for 35 years had been revealed to be a work of one of the most successful female artists of any era. The Portrait of a Tyrolese Lady has been part of Tatton Park's connection since the 18th century but until now had not been confirmed as an original by Venetian Rosalba Carriera.....the discovery in the frame of a Santini card, a small prayer document traditionally used by Roman Catholics,was key... When Rosalba prepared her work for export,she would hide a Santini card for blessings" [cf.Chris Riches inter.express.]
I'm glad they realise that "one of the most successful female artists of all time" grew up in a Catholic environment. The card itself should be of interest to everyone- as we are used to some people initialing 'St Anthony's guide' on an envelope, people of that place and time were invoking the Magi. Their image and the three traditional names of the "Three Kings" are printed therein, along with a Latin prayer. It seems to pray that the peoples entrusted with delivery are spared from misfortune, sudden death, falling (or maybe letting the object fall)...or getting drunk.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Oct 17, 2023 11:04:55 GMT
"A painting kept in [Britain's] National Trust shortage for 35 years had been revealed to be a work of one of the most successful female artists of any era. The Portrait of a Tyrolese Lady has been part of Tatton Park's connection since the 18th century but until now had not been confirmed as an original by Venetian Rosalba Carriera.....the discovery in the frame of a Santini card, a small prayer document traditionally used by Roman Catholics,was key... When Rosalba prepared her work for export,she would hide a Santini card for blessings" [cf.Chris Riches inter.express.] I'm glad they realise that "one of the most successful female artists of all time" grew up in a Catholic environment. The card itself should be of interest to everyone- as we are used to some people initialing 'St Anthony's guide' on an envelope, people of that place and time were invoking the Magi. Their image and the three traditional names of the "Three Kings" are printed therein, along with a Latin prayer. It seems to pray that the peoples entrusted with delivery are spared from misfortune, sudden death, falling (or maybe letting the object fall)...or getting drunk. I didn't know that people wrote "St. Anthony's guide" on envelopes!
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Post by cato on Oct 22, 2023 11:33:29 GMT
"A painting kept in [Britain's] National Trust shortage for 35 years had been revealed to be a work of one of the most successful female artists of any era. The Portrait of a Tyrolese Lady has been part of Tatton Park's connection since the 18th century but until now had not been confirmed as an original by Venetian Rosalba Carriera.....the discovery in the frame of a Santini card, a small prayer document traditionally used by Roman Catholics,was key... When Rosalba prepared her work for export,she would hide a Santini card for blessings" [cf.Chris Riches inter.express.] I'm glad they realise that "one of the most successful female artists of all time" grew up in a Catholic environment. The card itself should be of interest to everyone- as we are used to some people initialing 'St Anthony's guide' on an envelope, people of that place and time were invoking the Magi. Their image and the three traditional names of the "Three Kings" are printed therein, along with a Latin prayer. It seems to pray that the peoples entrusted with delivery are spared from misfortune, sudden death, falling (or maybe letting the object fall)...or getting drunk. I didn't know that people wrote "St. Anthony's guide" on envelopes! I had a female friend once apon a time who wrote this on her teenage correspondence along with SWALK.
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Post by Séamus on Dec 9, 2023 11:52:00 GMT
' The crucifix used by a bishop to honour Ned Kelly's final words after he was captured by police, injured and dressed in bullet-proof armour, has been handed to the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. The crucifix belonged to Perth bishop Matthew Gibney before he died in 1925. Ned Kelly emerged as the only criminal survivor at the Glenrowan battle after his three gang members perished in flames after a shootout with police. "Bishop Gibney was travelling throughout Australia, raising funds for a WA orphanage when his train stopped at Glenrowan," Archdiocesan archivist Odhran O'Brien said. "With Ned Kelly captured, Gibney left the train to help the dying man and administered last rights with his crucifix." Mr O'Brien said the bishop ignored police and tried to draw the remaining gang members from the burning inn where the gang had been firing at police and held 62 hostages. ' Friday newspaper report, uncredited
While there's something positive in seeing the international attention that Shane McGowan's passing has received- an unusual adulation for a traditional or semi-traditional artist, it can't help but be speculated how healthy the future industry will be...or are we witnessing with McGowan's Dublin- and O'Connor's Bray-funeral processions, a slow procession, almost like Ned Kelly's death-row, towards woeful homogeneity? It was nice to hear that tragically slain Kevin McCool-a sporty nationalist who competed for Ireland but joined the British armed forces (but,despite this anomalous position,an everyday chap) is on record as having been devoted to playing the harp and tin whistle among other things- unfortunately the young man has gone also. Dona Nobis Requiem
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Post by Séamus on Dec 15, 2023 9:10:31 GMT
'Young Edoardo Santini, considered "the most handsome man in Italy," has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary to become a priest. Dancer, swimmer, actor these were a few of the dreams of Santini, a 21-year-old Italian who in 2019 when he was 17 earned the title of the most handsome young man in his country after winning a national contest. This award opened the doors to the world of fashion, and his future seemed clear. He was destined to become a big star. However, God's plans were different. Santini was going to continue shining, but away from the spotlight and catwalks. In a video posted on social media Nov. 23, Santini explained that he is on his way "to become, God willing, a priest." He says that during these years he has met people who, "by showing me what it means to 'be Church, have given me the strength to Investigate this question that I had been carrying around since I was little" but which, he says,"I didn't delve into because of fear."' (CNS, early December)
Not everyone would be enthusiastic about World Youth Day vocations- Lisbon was apparently Mr Santini's vocation moment- but reading a recent article about someone I hadn't heard of before (recently beatified James Miller),the thing that stood out the most was how vocations can and do work from particular times and thought- we see in Bl James Miller an American teaching brother who joined in 1959- a year before the council (and other circumstances in the coming era) would change religious life, particularly for educational congregations, forever; his becoming a missionary in Nicaragua in the late-70s,to be withdrawn after the Sandinista revolution, and 1982 martyrdom in Guatemala puts him in an era that many of us remember at least vaguely....
...an era of Regan and talk of American interference,seemed disastrous by many both then and now, in Central America; the recent death of Sandra Day O'Connor may also bring to mind that the Republican regime of the time was far from perfect...an era when balance with social issues caused confusion- Br Miller taught 'experimental agricultural techniques to indigenous Mayans' but never gave up the classrooms that LaSalle Brothers had manned for a couple of centuries before his birth. Perhaps being honest about who we are and where we are will become that little bit easier, for his devotees at least.
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Post by Séamus on Jan 11, 2024 3:31:40 GMT
The newest member of Luxembourg's royal family has been named Price Balthasar in acknowledgement of his Epiphany birth. In an era of searching for light amidst darkness and confusion among leaders,using the legendary Magi names had even deeper meaning than Price Félix may have considered. Wonder how the newborn's elder sibling came to be named (Prince) Liam?
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Post by Séamus on Jan 22, 2024 5:18:46 GMT
Pope Francis has blessed a mosaic of St Charbel which will be installed in the Vatican. No doubt keeping in mind the great witness that Maronite and other Eastern Christian communities still give throughout the world. The saint is also a profound example of a monk who focussed on the reality of the mass and his own priesthood without politics or innovation.
I discovered from two short accounts last week how deeply involved some sixteenth century Dominicans became in the human rights of slaves in the newly-settled Carribbean.
"The following Sunday, when the same preacher addressed them, they listened in stunned silence to his fearful words: 'I speak for all my brethren; you who hold Indian slaves and mistreat them will henceforth be refused absolution in the confessional. One does not give absolution to unrepentant highway robbers'" m.j.dorcy.op Peter of Cordova,d.1530
"the Dominicans, who constituted themselves the protectors of the Indians long before the crown appointed them such, made desperate attempts to explain the situation in Spain. The laws, as they were written, were not unjust for the times, if one concedes the whole institution of slavery. But halfway around the world from Spain, men did not keep the laws, and their greed was making a shambles of a once-mighty nation."ibid. Anthony of Montesnos,d.1530?
Perhaps we should always find time to delve into our western tradition and it's monks and friars also.
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Post by Séamus on Feb 15, 2024 3:37:56 GMT
Evidence had been found to support the antiquity of the cultus and feast of St Thurstan of Canterbury, perhaps not a hero for Celtic peoples so much- he helped fight against Scotland 'in the battle of Standard in 1138'- and probably something that will be noted by the Anglican Communion more so, but still an interesting symbol of unity seeing that he had connection with Rome and eventually retired to a Cluniac reform monastery, highlighting the monastic element that the Church always had in the area, whether Celtic or continental. Charles III has reportedly asked a monk of Mt Athos for prayers as he begins his cancer treatment;even the successor of an establishment that once did it's best to ease out any form of religious consecration, not to mention ritual,something eastern Christians have always seen the need for, can see the spiritual benefits of the existence of these traditions.
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Post by cato on Feb 15, 2024 11:07:08 GMT
Evidence had been found to support the antiquity of the cultus and feast of St Thurstan of Canterbury, perhaps not a hero for Celtic peoples so much- he helped fight against Scotland 'in the battle of Standard in 1138'- and probably something that will be noted by the Anglican Communion more so, but still an interesting symbol of unity seeing that he had connection with Rome and eventually retired to a Cluniac reform monastery, highlighting the monastic element that the Church always had in the area, whether Celtic or continental. Charles III has reportedly asked a monk of Mt Athos for prayers as he begins his cancer treatment;even the successor of an establishment that once did it's best to ease out any form of religious consecration, not to mention ritual,something eastern Christians have always seen the need for, can see the spiritual benefits of the existence of these traditions. Interesting points around the sacramental nature of kingship which is rooted in Christian adoption of old Testament anointing of King David and his successors. Most English monarchs since the Reformation do seem to have been anointed though even Elizabeth 1st who had a coronation mass but didn't receive communion (if memory serves me right) The Stuart monarchs had a high sacramental view of kingship and were anointed. The Jacobite cause was generally popular among Irish Catholics even though the Stuarts didn't always repay their loyalty.
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Post by Séamus on Apr 18, 2024 3:15:36 GMT
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Apr 18, 2024 9:12:36 GMT
Good news indeed! They're cute little critters. Attachments:
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Post by Séamus on Apr 21, 2024 6:37:37 GMT
Following the recent feast of Gemma Galgani, Pope Francis has approved a miracle for the canonization of a Sister who once taught her. Sr Elena (beatified just as the Vatican council commenced) reportedly waved any usually accepted fees after the Galgani family hit hard times- she may have been a foundress and mystic but it sometimes gets forgotten that small acts effect others' perceptions forever.
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Post by Séamus on Apr 21, 2024 8:26:52 GMT
Good news indeed! They're cute little critters. In a similar vein a piece from an eastern Australian newspaper highlights the trouble a new Tasmanian sport team had from a global giant when using it's own animal: "...to use the moniker of Tasmania's native animal, the A(ustralian)F(ootball)L(eague) had to negotiate with Warner Bros. Discovery, which has a market capitalisation of almost $24 billion, given 'Tasmanian Devil' was trademarked by the company in 1984, and is a famous cartoon character in the company's Looney Tunes series. (Chairman Grant)O'Brien suggested that Warner Bros. had not initially fully grasped there was such thing as a Tasmanian Devil." The Age Evidence of how synthetic the world becomes despite all the worldwide talk of environmentalism.
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