“The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)”. “Am Freiceadan Dubh”. “The Ladies From Hell”. “The Forty Twa”. “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit”. “No-One Provokes Me With Impunity”.

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“The Black Watch”.

“Am Freiceadan Dubh”.

“Nemo Me Impune Lacessit”.

“No-One Provokes Me With Impunity”.

Badge and Tartan.

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Uploaded by GraemeLeggett on 15 May 2007.

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1st Battalion, The Black Watch,

Pipes and Drums.

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The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an Infantry Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Prior to 28 March 2006, The Black Watch was an Infantry Regiment – The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from 1931 to 2006, and The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) from 1881 to 1931. Part of The Scottish Division, it was The Senior Regiment of Highlanders.

The source of The Regiment's name is uncertain. In 1725, following The Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, General George Wade was authorised by King George II to form six "Watch" Companies to patrol The Highlands of Scotland, three from Clan Campbell, one from Clan Fraser, one from Clan Munro and one from Clan Grant.

The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch), at Fontenoy, 1745.

Signed and dated "W. Skeoch Cumming/1894".

Source: http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/The_42nd_at_Fontenoy.jpg

Author: William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929).

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“The Ladies From Hell".

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These were to be "employed in disarming The Highlanders, preventing depredations, bringing criminals to justice, and hindering rebels and attainted persons from inhabiting that part of The Kingdom." The Force was known in Gaelic as "Am Freiceadan Dubh", "The Dark Watch" or "The Black Watch".

The first Battle in which The Black Watch took part was The Battle of Fontenoy, in 1745, where The Regiment distinguished themselves with great bravery.

The Regiment was numbered The 43rd Regiment of Foot, in 1747, changing to The 42nd Regiment of Foot, in 1749. In 1751, The Regiment was titled “42nd (Highland) Regiment” and, in 1758, was permitted the honour to add “Royal” to its title. However, it continued to be known colloquially as “The Black Watch”.

Jimmy Doig, Piper,

The Angus Black Watch Association,

plays The Pipes,

The Old and Saint Andrew's Church,

Montrose, Scotland,14 September 2008.

Photo: Frank G. Proctor, Glengate.

In 1881, when The 42nd Regiment of Foot amalgamated with The 73rd Regiment of Foot, the new Regiment was named “The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)”.

The Regiment adopted The Royal Motto of Scotland's Stewart Monarchs, “Nemo me impune lacessit” (“No-one provokes me with impunity”).

The Black Watch was formed as part of The Childers Reforms, in 1881, when The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) was amalgamated with The 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot, to form two Battalions of the newly-named Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). The 42nd Regiment of Foot became The 1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), and The 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot became The 2nd Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).

"The Black Watch" Homecoming Parade,

Dundee, Scotland. 20 April 2012.

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Recipients of The Victoria Cross.

All of The Black Watch Servicemen, listed below, were awarded The Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious Award for Gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth Forces.

Francis Edward Henry Farquharson, Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, 9 March 1858.
John Simpson, Indian Mutiny, Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
Alexander Thompson, Indian Mutiny, Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
James Davis, Indian Mutiny, Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
Edward Spence, Indian Mutiny, Fort Ruhya, 15 April 1858.
William Gardner, Indian Mutiny, Bareilly, 5 May 1858.
Walter Cook, Indian Mutiny, Sissaya Ghat, 15 January 1859.

Duncan Millar, Indian Mutiny, Sissaya Ghat, 15 January 1859.
Samuel McGaw, Ashanti War, Amoaful, 31 January 1874.
Thomas Edwards, Egyptian Campaigns, Tamaai, 13 March 1884.
John Ripley, First World War, Rue du Bois, 9 May 1915.
David Finlay, First World War, Rue du Bois, 9 May 1915.
Charles Melvin, First World War, Istabulat, 21 April 1917.
Lewis Pugh Evans, First World War, Zonnebeke, 4 October 1917.

An 11-foot high Bronze Statue of a Black Watch Soldier, by William Birnie Rhind, Commemorates over 200 Members of The Black Watch Regiment who were killed or wounded in The South African War of 1900-1902.The Black Watch, the oldest Highland Regiment, was formed by General Wade in 1739 to Police The Highlands at a time when many of The Clans harboured Pro-Jacobite Sympathies. Their name derived from the contrast of their Dark Green Tartan against The Regular Red Tunics of The British Army. The unveiling ceremony for The Memorial, planned for 25 May 1910, was cancelled, because The Nation was in Mourning for the death of King Edward VII.

Date: 9 September 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Kim Traynor

(Wikimedia Commons)

A Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Sentry “At Ease”.

Date: 1892.

Source: Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection.

Author: Harry Payne (1858–1927).

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Notable Members.

Robert Munro, The Original Black Watch Commander, Colonel Sir Robert Munro.
Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales, Australia, from 1810 to 1821. An inscription on his tomb in Scotland describes him as "The Father of Australia".
Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae. Last British-Born Governor-General, New Zealand
Alfred Anderson, Scotland's last surviving World War I Veteran (died 2005).
James Anton, Late-Quartermaster-Sergeant of 42nd Royal Highlanders and Author.
Jim Baxter, Scottish Footballer.

Jim Baxter. Scottish Footballer.

A former Member of The Black Watch.

Illustration: DAILY RECORD

Fergus Bowes-Lyon, Older Brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Duncan Campbell, Scots Nobleman and British Army Officer.
Harold Davis, Scottish former Professional Football Player.
Henry Davie, Liberal Member of Parliament for Haddington
Adam Ferguson, Scottish Philosopher, Social Scientist and Historian.
Stewart Granger, Actor.
J. B. S. Haldane, British-born Geneticist and Evolutionary Biologist.
Christopher Logue, English Poet.
Fulton Mackay, Scottish Actor.

Fulton Mackay.

Played Prison Officer Mackay in the

TV Programme, "Porridge", to great acclaim.

A former Member of The Black Watch.

Illustration: AVELEYMAN.COM

“Porridge”.

A Tribute to Fulton Mackay (Prison Officer Mackay).

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“Porridge”.

Starring Fulton Mackay (Prison Officer Mackay).

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Gillean Robert Maclaine, The 25th Hereditary Chief of Clan Maclaine of Lochbuie.
Major Ian Stanhope Murray.
Eric Newby, English Travel Author.
Simon Ramsay, Conservative Politician and Colonial Governor.
Neil Ritchie, British Army Officer during The Second World War.
William Rose, Screenwriter.

Portrait of The Viceroy of India,

Field-Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell.

1943. A former Member of The Black Watch.

Source: IWMCollections IWM Photo No.: TR 841.

Post-Work: User:W.wolny

(Wikimedia Commons)

Frederick Guthrie Tait, Scottish soldier and amateur golfer.
Rory Stewart, Scottish diplomat, Harvard Professor and Conservative MP.
Arthur Wauchope, British soldier and colonial administrator.
Archibald Wavell, British Field-Marshal during The Second World War.

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Piper David Muir, George Glen, Donald McKenzie and Colour-Sergeant William Gardner, 42nd Royal Highlanders (forebears of The Black Watch)

grouped round a drinks table at Aldershot Garrison, England.

Photo: 1854-1856.

Source: This is photograph Q 71646

from the collections of The Imperial War Museums.

Author: Cundall, Joseph and Howlett, Robert.

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“The Ascension And Heavenly Liturgy”. Presentation By: Rev. Fr. Timothy Finigan.

“The Ascension And Heavenly Liturgy”.

By: Rev. Fr. Timothy Finigan.

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Compendium Of The Reforms Of The Roman Breviary, 1568 - 1961.

The Text in this Article, by Gregory DiPippo, is taken from, and can be read in full at, NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

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A Page from the Psalter of The Aberdeen Breviary of 1509.

From the Copy in The National Library of Scotland.

Photo: 26 February 2008.

Source: The National Library of Scotland.

Author: Andrew Myllar, Walter Chepman.

(Wikimedia Commons)

By Gregory DiPippo,

for publication on the NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Part 3.1: 1529 versus 1568.

The Breviary, reformed in the wake of The Council of Trent, was promulgated by the authority of Pope Saint Pius V in 1568, and is for this reason often referred to as The Pian Breviary. The history of how and why the Tridentine reform came about is not the subject of this particular Article; those who wish to read about such matters in greater detail should consult the interesting book of Msgr. Pierre Batiffol, The History of The Roman Breviary (Translated from the French by Atwell Baylay; Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1912).

My concern here is simply to compare The Breviary of 1568 with its immediate predecessor, The Breviary of The Roman Curia of 1529, and explain the changes made by The Pian reform.

The 1568 reform is, unsurprisingly, a very conservative reform, indeed, in almost every respect. In comparing the two Breviaries, one sees immediately that nearly the entire body of material which has proper musical notation, namely, the Invitatories, Hymns, Antiphons, and Responsories, has been carried over from the earlier Breviary into The Pian Breviary. The same holds true for most of the Chapters, Versicles and Prayers, parts which have no proper notation.

The exceptions are mostly instances where the entire Office of a particularly Feast Day has been replaced with a different Office. Such is the case on The Feast of The Holy Trinity, where a 13th- Century Office, "Sedenti super solium" (named for its first Antiphon), is replaced with the much earlier Office, "Gloria tibi Trinitas".

In the case of The Visitation, the Proper Office, granted to the whole of The Western Church in 1389 by Pope Urban VI, was suppressed; in its place, the Office of Our Lady’s Nativity was to be said, replacing the word "Nativitas" with "Visitatio", and with Proper Readings at Matins. However, a new Office, with many new Propers, was soon granted for this Feast by Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605).

Mary Stuart's (Mary, Queen of Scots) personal Breviary,

which she took with her to the scaffold, is preserved in

The National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg

Inscriptions in her own hand may be seen in the margins.

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A number of minor adjustments are made, but few genuinely notable changes. The unusually lengthy Psalmody of Sunday Prime is redistributed though The Days of The Week, the first time The Distribution of The Psalms was changed since the days of Pope Saint Gregory the Great.

In The Preces of Lauds, Psalm 50, which is already said at the beginning of The Hour, is replaced in The Pian Breviary by Psalm 129; The Preces of Terce, Sext, and None are reduced to a new form which retains only the very end of The Preces of Lauds.

The obligation to recite The Little Office of Our Lady, The Office of The Dead, and The Gradual, and Penitential Psalms, is mitigated, although not to the prejudice of Local Customs. The rubrics throughout are made much shorter and infinitely clearer; for example, the bizarrely-complicated rubric of The 1529 Breviary, which governs the end of Advent, and which occupies three-and-a-half pages, is reduced to a mere twenty lines. A new general rubric, succinct and well-organised, is placed at the beginning of the book; in the original Edition of 1568, it occupies only seven pages.

There are a few significant changes made to The Calendar of Saints. Perhaps most noteworthy is the suppression of The Presentation of The Virgin (Feast Day 21 November), and The Feasts of both Saint Anne and Saint Joachim; this was done because the history of The Virgin’s parents and Her early life is not recorded in The Canonical Gospels, but, rather, in the apocryphal Proto-Evangelium of Saint James (Saint Anne was a favourite target of Luther’s scorn).

However, the devotion to them was so strong among Catholics that Saint Anne’s Feast was swiftly restored by Pope Saint Pius V’s successor, Pope Gregory XIII, in 1584, The Presentation of The Virgin was restored by Pope Sixtus V, the following year, and Saint Joachim's Feast Day was restored by Pope Gregory XV in 1622.

A few other Saints whose written lives were known to be at best untrustworthy, such as Saint Juliana of Nicomedia (16 February) and Saint Leonard of Noblac (6 November), were also removed, but the great majority of the popular Saints of The Mediæval Church remain in their Traditional places. One Octave, of The Feast of The Visitation, was suppressed, although it continued to be observed on many Local Calendars.

Many Saints, however, are knocked down a grade or two in The Tridentine Breviary, greatly reducing the number of Saints’ Offices of Nine Readings; certain other Saints of the "unreliable" category, such as Saint Barbara, were reduced to mere Commemorations.

One notable change is made to the Celebration of the lowest grade of Feast, the "Simplex" [Editor: "Simple"]; in The Mediæval Breviaries, the Single Nocturn of such a Feast had the Nine Psalms from the appropriate Common Office of a Saint, but, in The Pian Breviary, the Ferial Nocturn of Twelve Psalms is now said. The Psalmody of "Semi-Duplex" [Editor: "Semi-Double"] and "Duplex" [Editor: "Double"] Feasts is not changed.

14th-Century York Breviary.

Illustration: MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS PROVENANCE

A change is made to the manner of keeping Vigils in The Office, conforming The Breviary more closely to The Missal. A Vigil is the day before a Major Feast, on which a Mass of Penitential Character (in Purple Vestments, without "Gloria in excelsis" or "Alleluia") is Celebrated after None, in preparation for The Feast, itself.

In The Roman Use before Trent , most such Vigils, e.g. that of The Assumption, consisted solely of a Mass between None and First Vespers, and had no presence in The Office. In The Pian Breviary, Vigils are given a Full Office, occupying the whole of The Liturgical Day from Matins to None. The Office is mostly that of The Feria; however, a Homily on the Gospel of The Vigil Mass is read in place of The Scripture Lessons at Matins.

The Ferial Preces are said at all Hours, and The Prayer of The Vigil Mass is said at Lauds, Terce, Sext and None. Although rare elsewhere, this was a common custom in Germany, even before Trent.

The one aspect of The Breviary, which is extensively changed in The Pian reform, is the Corpus of Readings at Matins, which is almost completely re-worked from beginning to end.

[To be continued in Part 3.2.]

To read previous instalments in this Series, see: Compendium of the Reforms of the Roman Breviary, 1568-1961.

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A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day.

The Ascension Of Our Lord.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

The Ascension of Our Lord.

Station at Saint Peter's.
   Plenary Stational Indulgence.

Double of The First-Class.

   Privileged Octave of The Third Order.

White Vestments.

[Editor: The Paschal Candle is extinguished after The Gospel. It is

not lighted again except on The Vigil of Pentecost for The Blessing of The Font.]

“While they looked on, He was raised up”.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

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It is in the Basilica of Saint Peter's, Rome, Dedicated to one of the chief witnesses of Our Lord's Ascension, that this Mystery, which marks the end of Our Lord's Earthly Life, is "this day" (Collect) kept.

In the forty days, which followed His Resurrection, Our Redeemer laid the foundations of His Church, to which He was going to send The Holy Ghost.

The Introit at The Ascension Day Latin Mass.

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All The Master's teachings are summed up in the Epistle and Gospel for today. Then, He left this Earth and the Introit, Collect, Epistle, Alleluia, Gospel, Offertory, Secret, Preface and Communion, celebrate His Glorious Ascension into Heaven, where the Souls He had freed from Limbo escort Him (Alleluia), and enter in His train into The Heavenly Kingdom, where they share more fully in His Divinity.

The Ascension sets before us the duty of raising our hearts to God. So, in the Collect, we are led to ask that we may dwell with Christ in Spirit in The Heavenly Realms, where we are called one day to dwell in our Risen Bodies.

During The Octave, the Credo is said: "I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God . . . Who ascended into Heaven . . . He sitteth at The Right-Hand of The Father". The Gloria speaks in the same sense: "O, Lord Jesus Christ, The Only-Begotten Son . . . Who sittest at The Right-Hand of The Father, have mercy upon us."

The Gloria at The Ascension Day Latin Mass.

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In the Proper Preface, which is said until Pentecost, we give thanks to God because His Son, The Risen Christ, "after His Resurrection, appeared and showed Himself to all His Disciples; and, while they beheld Him, was lifted up into Heaven".

In the same way, during the whole Octave, a Proper Communicantes of The Feast is said, in which The Church reminds us that she is keeping the day on which The Only-Begotten Son of God set at The Right-Hand of His Glory the substance of our frail human nature, to which He had united Himself in The Mystery of The Incarnation.

The Collect and Epistle at The Ascension Day Latin Mass.

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We are reminded daily in The Liturgy, at the Offertory Suscipe Sancta Trinitas, and in the Canon Unde et memores, that, at Our Lord's command, The Holy Sacrifice is being offered in memory of "The Blessed Passion of the same Christ, Thy Son, Our Lord," and also His Resurrection from Hell and His Glorious Ascension into Heaven.

The truth is that man is saved only by The Mysteries of The Passion and Resurrection united with that of The Ascension. "Through Thy Death and Burial, through Thy Holy Resurrection, through Thy Admirable Ascension, deliver us, O Lord" (Litany of The Saints).

The Credo at The Ascension Day Latin Mass.

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Let us offer The Divine Sacrifice to God in memory of The Glorious Ascension of His Son (Suscipe, Unde et memores); while we nourish within our Souls an ardent desire for Heaven, that "delivered from present dangers," we may "attain to Eternal Life" (Secret).

Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Viri Galilaéi.

Creed: Is said.
Preface: For The Ascension.
Communicantes: For The Ascension.

On Weekdays throughout The Octave of The Ascension, The Mass for Ascension Day is said together with The Additional Collects from The Monday after Low Sunday to The Friday after The Octave of The Ascension (Page 1715, The Saint Andrew Daily Missal).

The Novena, preparatory to Pentecost, prescribed by Pope Leo XIII, for the return of heretics and schismatics to The Roman Unity, begins on The Friday After Ascension.

The Saint John Houghton Schola Sings At Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, London.

Fr. Gabriel Diaz Patri Celebrates Mass at Maiden Lane, London.

Illustration: JOSEPH SHAW, FLICKR

The Latin Mass Society Chairman, Joseph Shaw,

speaks about the formation of a new Chant Schola for London.

The Latin Mass Society's London Chant Schola, The Schola Cantorum Sancti Ioannis Hougton, has now established itself over the last year or so.

The Masses, 6.30 p.m., on Monday evenings, at Corpus Christi Church, 1, Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7NB, present a problem from the musical point of view, because London-based Singers find it difficult to get there in time for an extended rehearsal before Mass starts, after their work day.

The Schola Cantorum Sancti Ioannis Hougton rehearses on the previous Friday evening, in The Latin Mass Society's Office at 11 - 13 Macklin Street, London WC2B 5NH. E-mail: info@lms.org.uk Telephone: 020 7404 7284.

I attended the first of these rehearsals, as did The Schola's Chaplain, the usual Celebrant at The Maiden Lane Masses, Fr. Gabriel Diaz Patri.

The Schola’s members turned out to have every level of experience, from “lots” to “none”, and it was very interesting to see them develop as a group. The first Mass went extremely well, thanks to the seriousness of the Singers and the preparation and leadership of Matthew Schellhorn, its Director and The Latin Mass Society's Director of Music for London.

A new Schola for London.

Matthew Schellhorn,

The Latin Mass Society Director of Music for London,

writes about The Schola Cantorum Sancti Johannis Houghton.

At the start of last year (2019), The Latin Mass Society established a new Gregorian Chant initiative, designed to help a new generation of Chant enthusiasts be trained for singing in The Sacred Liturgy.

Working with Professional Singers, the new all-male Schola Cantorum began to accompany selected Traditional Catholic Liturgies (Mass and The Divine Office) in the London area, including some of the long-established regular Monday evening Masses in the beautifully-restored Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London.

Members of The Schola gave Service at Holy Week in 2019 (and stood ready to do so in 2020 before the Coronavirus pandemic), at Masses for The Catholic Medical Association, and at our Annual Latin Mass Society Pilgrimage to Aylesford, Kent.

For our Patron, we chose a Saint with links to our local area. Essex-born Carthusian, Saint John Houghton, was the Proto-Martyr of The Protestant Revolt in England, being hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn in 1535.

As Prior of The London Charterhouse in The City of London, he had refused to take the Oath demanded by The Act of Supremacy. He was Beatified in 1886 and Canonised in 1970. The Logo of The Schola is a double reference to the Chant “neume torculus” and the infamous three-legged Tyburn Tree.

That The Church requires greater capacity to service its Sacred Music with high-quality singing is undeniable. Summorum Pontificum not only led to a widening access to The Traditional Mass, but, in doing so, has also inspired many colleagues of mine to assess their professional output in light of a sense of Vocation.

Such a re-commitment to The Church’s needs is long overdue; those involved in Music in Churches, just after the time of The Reform, including our Late-Patron, Colin Mawby, give testimony to the fact that Sacred Music was a first casualty of Modernistic Trends in the 1950s and 1960s, and, of course, the desultory state of Catholic Liturgical Music in the ensuing decades need not be spoken of.

We are inspired by the perennial Teaching of The Church in relation to the Music specifically endorsed to accompany its Ceremonies. Pope Saint Pius X wrote, in “Tra le Sollicitudine” (1903): “These qualities [holiness, artistic beauty, and universality] are to be found, in the highest degree, in Gregorian Chant, which is consequently the Chant proper to The Roman Church, the only Chant she has inherited from the Ancient Fathers, which she has jealously guarded for Centuries in her Liturgical codices, which she directly proposes to The Faithful as her own, which she prescribes exclusively for some parts of The Liturgy.”

The Schola’s regular schedule of rehearsal and performance opportunities, in Central London, makes it possible for those with no previous experience of singing Gregorian Chant to learn how to do so.

Our new Schola has seen a group of very committed gentlemen give of their time, and not inconsiderable natural abilities, towards refining their musical skills to an extent I have rarely seen in grass-roots initiatives.

And so, six singers, some of whom had never sung solo before, have been trained to “Cantor Standard” and have led the Schola on several occasions, all of which would be unthinkable without regular, gradated, training and support.

On several occasions, I have invited singers from The London Oratory and Westminster Cathedral to give Vocal Training and to lead Workshops.

From the start, I believed we should “plug in” to Spiritual Assistance, not only when “On Duty”, but also while rehearsing. I was delighted that Fr. Gabriel Díaz Patri agreed to be our Advisor, not only on account of his Priestly Ministry, but also his musical skills and insight. He regularly attends rehearsals, giving valuable input and joining us for The Divine Office – having studied the repertoire for our forthcoming duties, we often conclude with sung Compline.

The Schola Cantorum Sancti Johannis Houghton meets on Friday evenings at the start of the month. Those who feel the call to help are welcome to get in touch. There is no charge and all music is provided. An ability to follow direction, to maintain group ethos, and to be organised, is required, and we say that due respect for the Spirituality of The Sacred Chant and the culture of The Church’s Sacred Environment is expected.

Perhaps our musician readers – or indeed our newly-trained Chant Singers – will wish to begin a similar initiative elsewhere ?

Matthew Schellhorn is The Latin Mass Society’s Director of Music for London. He has had a deep love of Sacred Music since his childhood, and continues to campaign for the raising of musical standards in the life of The Catholic Church. He can be contacted at dirmusic@lms.org.uk

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Saint Bernardine Of Siena. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 20 May.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Bernardine of Siena.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 20 May.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Church of Saint Bernardine of Siena, Kraków‎, Poland.

Български: Църква „Св. Бернард от Сиена“ в Краков, Полша.

Polski: Kościół św. Bernardyna w Krakowie, Polska.

Date: 26 October 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia

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At this Season of The Church's Liturgical Year, when Jesus, by His Triumph, has realised His Name of Saviour, The Liturgical Cycle Celebrates The Feast of Saint Bernardine, who was consumed "by the very ardent love of The Divine Name (Jesus)" (Collect).

Born of a noble family of Siena, Italy, Saint Bernardine renounced all his possessions. He kept his Chastity intact, in spite of the dangers to which his handsome features exposed him. The Church applies to him the words of Holy Scripture: "He had it in his power to violate The Commandment of God, and he did not violate it" (Epistle).

Statue of Saint Bernardino of Siena,

Capella del Voto; Duomo; Siena, Italy.

Photo: 2005-10-11

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Author: Antonio Raggi

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"Not placing his hope in money and treasures" (ibid), he left all, to follow Christ (Gospel), and entered The Order of Saint Francis, one of whose glories he is. Travelling through towns and villages, everywhere he Preached the name of Jesus (Collect) and thereby wrought many Miracles.

Saint Peter Celestine [Editor: See yesterday's Feast] appeared to him, to warn him of his approaching end, which came on Ascension Eve, 1444.

Let us ask God to grant us, through the intercession and merits of Saint Bernardine, a great love for the name of Jesus and, thereby, to kindle in us the flame of Divine Charity (Collect).

Mass: Os justi.

Saint Pudentiana. Virgin. Feast Day 19 May.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Pudentiana.
   Virgin.
   Feast Day 19 May.

Simple.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Pudentiana.

Detail of a mosaic in the Apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.

Deutsch: Pudentiana, Mosaik aus Santa Pudenziana

This File: 25 October 2005.

User: Marcus Cyron

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The Nave,

Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.

Photo: 13 May 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Welleschik

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Saint Pudentiana, in this part of The Cycle, participates in The Triumph of Christ over the Devil, the Flesh, and the World. The daughters of Pudens, a Roman Senator, she and her sister, Praxedes, Consecrated their Virginity to Jesus.

At the death of her father, she distributed all her riches to the Poor, in agreement with her sister, and she was barely sixteen years old when she died, in the Reign of Emperor Antoninus.

Her remains rest in her house, which she had converted into a Church. Her father had received Saint Peter there and she had placed it at the disposal of Pope Pius I, who Celebrated The Holy Mysteries there during “The Persecution”.

This is the “Title-Church” of Pudentiana, where The Station is held on the Tuesday in The Third Week of Lent. [“Title-Churches”, bearing as Title the name of their Founder or Foundress, were the usual Meeting Places of Christians in Rome, and became the first “Parish Churches”.]

Mass: Dilexísti.

“Saint Praxedes and Saint Pudentiana

collecting The Blood of The Martyrs”.

Artist: Giovanni Paolo Rossetti (1621).

Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, Rome.

Photo: 13 April 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Georges Jansoone (JoJan).

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Saint Peter Celestine. Pope And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 19 May.

Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Peter Celestine.
   Pope and Confessor.
   Feast Day 19 May.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Painting of Pope Celestine V.

Español: Pintura del Papa Celestino V.

Artist: Giulio Cessare Bedeschini.

Date: 1700.

Source: Museo de l'aquila, Italia.

Author: Giulio Cessare Bedeschini.

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Among all the Pastors to whom Jesus lovingly committed the care of His Church, Saint Peter Celestine is the one who most particularly shows forth the virtue of humility, the foundation of all Holiness [Rule of Saint Benedict. Chapter Seven] according to Saint Benedict, his father in God.

Born in 1221, he retired into the desert when hardly adolescent (Gospel), and his virtues soon drew disciples round him. Such was the origin of The Branch of The Benedictine Order, known since under the name of "The Celestines", from the name which Saint Peter took when he became Pope in 1294.

At the age of seventy-two, he had to leave his sweet solitude, received full Sacerdotal power (Introit, Epistle) and occupied The Chair of Saint Peter (Communion), which had been vacant twenty-seven months. Raised to this eminent dignity, he thought himself incapable of bearing such a burden, and, "placing humility above that elevation" (Collect), he voluntarily resigned the highest dignity.

Saint Peter Celestine.

Pope and Confessor.

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He ended his days in contemplation, which his Soul craved for, and he died on 19 May 1296.

Following the example of Saint Peter Celestine, let us despise the honours of this World, in order to attain possession of the rewards promised to the humble (Collect).

Mass: Státuit.
Commemoration: Saint Pudentiana, by the Collects of The Mass: Dilexísti.
Gospel: Ecce nos reliquimus.

The 2020 Sacred Liturgy Conference. “Incarnation In The Eucharist”. To Be Held In Spokane, Washington. From 9 June 2020 - 12 June 2020.

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

In this day and age, to have a successful Liturgical Conference is already a great accomplishment; but, to be announcing The Eighth Annual Liturgical Conference is something to boast about !!!

The Sacred Liturgy Conference has taken place at various locations in The Pacific North-West for the past seven Summers, under the auspices of The Schola Cantus Angelorum.

This year, it will be held 9 June 2020 -12 June 2020, in Spokane, Washington, once again on the campus of Gonzaga University, Saint Aloysius Catholic Church, and The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, where it was successfully hosted last year.

This year’s theme is: “Incarnation in The Eucharist.” His Eminence Gerhard Cardinal Müller will give the keynote address, and will Celebrate The Pontifical Mass of Corpus Christi, with Eucharistic Procession, and Benediction at The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes.

The 2020 Sacred Liturgy Conference Video

is available HERE

Other distinguished faculty members include:

Rev. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B.;
Dom Alcuin Reid;
Dr. John Haas;
Mother Miriam of The Lamb of God, O.S.B,;
Rev. Pius Pietrzyk, O.P.;
Rev. Gabriel Mosher, O.P.;
Dr. Anthony Clark;
Dr. Kevin Clarke;
Dr. Ed Schæfer;
Rev. Theodore Lang;
Lucas Viar;
Alex Begin;
Doug Schneider.

The Sacred Liturgy Conference is the largest Liturgical Conference in North America, with participants coming from all over the World.

Its Mission is to enrich knowledge and understanding of The Liturgy, so that Catholics may participate ever more deeply in The Sacrificial Offering of Our Lord Jesus Christ in The Holy Mass.

The 2020 faculty will illuminate the Incarnation as inseparable from the Cross, Resurrection, and the Holy Eucharist. The four Masses will be celebrated in the two forms of the Roman Rite and in the Dominican Rite, with the sacred music prescribed by the Church.

To find out more specifics about the schedule, accommodations, and how to register for the conference, go to sacredliturgyconference.org. You may also call (503) 558-5123 or email sacredliturgyconference@gmail.com. An “Early Bird Special” rate is available through March 1, 2020.

A video about this year’s conference:

Last week, Dr. Tom Curran, of My Catholic Faith Ministries, interviewed Dr. Lynne Bissonnette, Executive Director of The Sacred Liturgy Conference, to discuss the origins of the Conference, the gift of The Sacred Liturgy, and The Incarnation.

Later in the programme, Tom explores the different Rites of The Mass and the stewardship of perpetual Adoration.

The audio may be accessed or downloaded HERE.