“Hail, Queen Of Heaven”.

The Blessed Virgin Mary

 is Crowned “Queen of Heaven”

and “Queen of The Angels”

by her Beloved Son.

Illustration: AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM

“Hail, Queen of Heaven”.

Sung by Regina Nathan.

Available on YouTube

HERE

“Mass Of The Foundation Of The Trinitarian Order”.

Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda.

Illustration: LOUVRE

THE SAINT ANDREW DAILY MISSAL

THE SAINT ANDREW DAILY MISSAL

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CENACLE CATHOLIC BOOKS

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ST. BONAVENTURE PUBLICATIONS

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SILVERSTREAM PRIORY

Are You Fed Up With Unintelligible, Screeching, Howling, Modern, “So-Called”, Music ? Enjoy A “Blast From The Past”.

Illustration: DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA

Michael Arenella And His Dreamland Orchestra

At The Hempstead House.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Illustration: DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA

Michael Arenella.

Illustration: DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA

The Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra Web-Site can be accessed HERE

MICHAEL ARENELLA.

Michael Arenella grew up in Georgia, United States of America, with parents who were artists from New York City. He sang in the Church Choir and studied music from an early age, working as a professional musician by his teens.

Among his formative influences is his life-long obsession with “Times Past”. He has always loved Trains, and jokes that he was a “Brake-Man” in an earlier life. As a boy, he could often be found exploring abandoned Rail-Yards. The story of those Trains’ forgotten Routes were illuminated when he heard this old music. Suddenly, he saw new worlds.

Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra. 

Governors Island Summer Concert 2019.

Available on YouTube

HERE

The Dreamland Orchestra.

Illustration: DREAMLAND ORCHESTRTA

Michael is also a Composer, with a considerable body of work written for String Quartet, up to large Chamber Orchestra. His style is comprised of elements gleaned from Baroque through to Impressionism. This background helps him to break-down and reassemble the fragile orchestrations of ’20s Dance Music. He knows that Claude Debussy and Bix Beiderbecke would have really “dug” each other.

Like his Jazz-Age avatars, he moved from rural America to New York, where he entered music school. Disenchanted, he shortly made his departure from the gloomy conservatory halls and set out to bring his lost music into the daylight. Though his initial audiences were subway commuters, he eventually made his way above ground and founded his Dreamland Orchestra.

Illustration: DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA

Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra are the World's premier Jazz-Age Dance Orchestra, steeped in the Hot-Dance Band Tradition of the 1920s and Early-1930s. Their size ranges from a full Dance Orchestra to smaller incarnations. They play their “Hot-and-Sweet” music anywhere that fine and eclectic tastes meet.

The Dreamland Orchestra is authentic. Arenella transcribes by hand their entire repertoire from period recordings. Their delivery, as well as their instruments, attire, and equipment — are faithfully accurate. Arenella's strong, yet vulnerable, baritone lacks pretence or sarcasm. He treasures each lyric, and has faith in the songs he sings. Even the most optimistic Tin Pan Alley tune has a disarming quality in his hands.

Michael Arenella’s Dreamland Orchestra 

performs in Piscataway, New Jersey.

14 September 2024.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Though certainly anachronistic, the Orchestra's presence invokes the vibrations of something unmistakably timeless. While authentic to a “T”, Michael Arenella prefers not to be labelled a “Re-Creationalist”. He takes an antiquated template and infuses it with the immediacy of the present. Spontaneity is what gave the original music of the era its magic, and it is also the imprimatur of The Dreamland Orchestra.

His men are Dapper Dandies; hair pomaded and shoes shined. They are based in New York, which, with London, were the halcyon Capitals of decadence. All of this allows them to capture the essence of what this music and times were all about; joy, romance, modernity, and possibility.

These are essential themes, just as valid today as eighty years ago. Ask the punk and heavy metal kids who end up liking the Orchestra more than the bands they originally came to hear at the same venue. Truly, this music was the rock ‘n’ roll, or punk, of its day; rebellious, reckless, and, in the eyes of the older generations, dangerous.

The Dreamland Orchestra’s mission is to mine the forgotten, yet vital, beauty of the past, and bring it into the light of today — to be danced and romanced to, by a new generation of Flappers and Sheiks.

Michael Arenella And His Dreamland Orchestra

At The Hempstead House.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Aelred Of Rievaulx. (Part Two).

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire.

Date: 2011.

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unless stated otherwise.

The result of the journey was that Aelred brought back a letter from Pope Innocent II summoning the superiors, whom Aelred represented, to appear in Rome in March 1143 to make their deposition in the required Canonical form. The resulting negotiations dragged on for many years.[9]

Upon his return from Rome, Aelred became Novice Master at Rievaulx Abbey.[11] In 1143, he was appointed Abbot of the new Revesby Abbey, a Daughter House of Rievaulx Abbey, in Lincolnshire. 

In 1147, he was elected Abbot of Rievaulx,[12] a position he was to hold until his death in 1167. Under his administration, the Abbey is said to have grown to some 140 Monks and 500 “Conversi” and Laymen.[13]

Dr. Marsha Dutton.

 Sermons of Saint Aelred of Rievaulx.

Available on YouTube

HERE

[Editor: The “Conversi” were the historical antecedents of the Cistercian Lay Brothers. The term was originally applied to those who voluntarily renounced the World and entered a Religious Order to do Penance and to lead a life of greater perfection. 

[The renouncing of the World was known as the “conversio a sæculo”, which had as its object a reform or change of life, the “conversio morum”, hence “conversi” or the “converted”].

His role as Abbot required him to travel. Cistercian Abbots were expected to make annual visitations to Daughter-Houses, and Rievaulx Abbey had five Daughter-Houses in England and Scotland by the time Aelred held Office.[14] 

[Editor: The five Daughter-Houses were:

Wearmouth Abbey, County Durham;

Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire;

Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire;

Kirkstall Abbey, West Yorkshire;

Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire].

PART THREE FOLLOWS.

Vespers, Compline, And “Salve”. According To The Sarum Use On The Feast Of Saint Cecilia. At The University Church Of Saint Mary The Virgin, Oxford.

Illustration: GOOGLE.COM

Vespers, Compline, and “Salve”.

According to The Sarum Use 

on the Feast of Saint Cecilia.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Publication On The Day Of Epiphany Of The Date Of Easter. And Those Of The Movable Feasts.

Please note: The Links, below, show the 2023 dates. 

Please visit SCHOLA-SAINTE-CECILE for the 2026 dates.

Publication of the date of Easter and those of the movable Feasts of the year on the day of Epiphany.

All Illustrations: LITURGIA

The Holy Mass of Epiphany 2024, which,

in France, was Celebrated on Sunday, 7 January.

Sainte messe de la solennité de l’Epiphanie.

Available on YouTube

HERE

You can follow the Mass in the Mass Booklet, available HERE

Plus, more information HERE

In the Roman Rite, on the day of the Epiphany

(the Solemnity of which is necessarily postponed in France

to the following Sunday – except when 6 January falls

on a Sunday), the Deacon traditionally publishes

the date of Easter after the Gospel.

The Roman Rite (above).

The Ancient Parisian Rite (above).

The Ambrosian Rite (above).

Zephyrinus Mansion Has New Servants’ Quarters. Perkins (Chauffeur) And Jeeves (Butler) Are Pleased.

Zephyrinus Mansion Has New Servants’ Quarters. 

Perkins (Chauffeur) And Jeeves (Butler) Are Pleased.

“Tyntesfield”.

By: Mogseyboy

Illustration: PINTEREST

Chester Cathedral. Church Of Christ And The Blessed Virgin Mary. (Part Three).

The High Altar has a Reredos by J.R. Clayton,

of Clayton and Bell, and a Seasonal Altar Frontal 

(Antependium) in the Art Nouveau Style.

Photo: May 2012.

Source: Family Photo.

Author: Stephen Hamilton

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Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,

unless stated otherwise.

Because the South Transept is similar in dimension to the Nave and Choir, views of the building from the South-East and South-West give the impression of a building balanced around a central axis, with its Tower as the hub.

The Tower is of the Late-15th-Century Perpendicular Style, but its four large Battlemented Turrets are the work of the restoration architect George Gilbert Scott.[4]

With its rhythmic arrangement of large, Traceried Windows, Pinnacles, Battlements and buttresses, the exterior of Chester Cathedral from the South presents a fairly homogeneous character, which is an unusual feature as England’s Cathedrals are, in general, noted for their stylistic diversity.[30]

Chester Cathedral’s Sedilia and one

of a pair of Candlesticks in the Quire (Choir).

Photo: May 2012.

Source: Family Photo.

Author: Stephen Hamilton

(Wikimedia Commons)

Close examination reveals Window Tracery of several building stages from the 13th- to the Early-16th-Century. The richness of the 13th-Century Tracery is accentuated by the presence of ornate, Crocketted, drip-mouldings around the Windows; those around the Perpendicular Windows are of simpler form.

The façade of the Cathedral is dominated by a large, deeply-recessed, Eight-Light Window in the Perpendicular Style,[15] above a recessed doorway set in a screen-like Porch designed, probably by Seth and George Derwall, in the Early-1500s.[1] [15]

This Porch formed part of the same Late-15th-Century building programme as the South Transept, Central and South-West Towers, and Cloister.[1] Neither of the West Towers was completed.[31] To the North, is the lower stage of a Norman Tower, while, to the South, is the lower stage of a Tower designed and begun, probably by Seth and George Derwall, in 1508,[1] but left incomplete following The Dissolution of the Monastery in 1538.

Chester Cathedral’s Nativity Window. Chapel of Saint Werburgh. It shows Baby Jesus in a Manger. Maker: Michael Connor, 1857. At the East end of the North Choir Aisle is the Chapel of Saint Werburgh, which has a Vault of two Bays.

Photo: 24 June 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Hystfield

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Cathedral’s façade is abutted on the North by a Victorian building, housing the education centre and largely obscured from view by the building previously used as the King’s School, which is now a branch of Barclays Bank.[32]

The door of The Great West Front is not used as the normal entrance to the Cathedral, which is through the South-West Porch, which is in an ornate Tudor Style.

Chester Cathedral’s Chancel Window,

by Heaton, Butler and Bayne (1884).

The subject is Jesus, Saviour of the World. It is a Trinity Window, with the name of God, The Lamb of God, and The Holy Spirit, represented in the upper Tracery. The main Central Light Window shows God as High Priest, holding the infant Jesus. From Left to Right: Saint Joseph; The Blessed Virgin Mary; Saint Anna; Saint Simeon.

Photo: 24 June 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Hystfield

(Wikimedia Commons)

The interior of Chester Cathedral gives a warm and mellow appearance because of the Pinkish colour of the Sandstone.

The proportions appear spacious because the view from the West end of the Nave to the East end is unimpeded by a Pulpitum and the Nave, although not long, is both wide and high compared with many of England’s Cathedrals.

The Piers of the Nave and Choir are widely spaced, those of the Nave carrying only the Clerestory of large windows with no Triforium Gallery. The proportions are made possible partly because the ornate Stellar Vault, like that at York Minster, is of wood, not stone.[17][28]

PART FOUR FOLLOWS.

Solemn High Mass Of The Feast Of The Epiphany 2021. Gold Vestments. Sainte Messe De La Solennité De l’Epiphanie 2021.

Solemn High Mass. 

Feast of The Epiphany.

Sunday, 10 January 2021.

Sainte messe de la solennité de l’Epiphanie 2021.

Saint Eugène-Sainte-Cécile, Paris.

Available on YouTube

HERE

If unable to watch, you can always catch up at a later time. View all Saint Eugène-Sainte-Cécile videos HERE

The Twenty-Six Mediæval Cathedrals Of England (Part One).

Durham Cathedral.

Photo: 30 January 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Domstu

(Wikimedia Commons)

Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.

The Mediæval Cathedrals of England, which date from between 1040 and 1540, are a group of twenty-six buildings that constitute a major aspect of the Country’s artistic heritage and are among the most significant material symbols of Christianity.

Though diverse in style, they are united by a common function. As Cathedrals, each of these buildings serves as a Central Church for an administrative region (or Diocese) and houses the throne of a Bishop (Late Latin ecclēsia cathedrālis, from the Greek, καθέδρα).[1] 

Each Cathedral also serves as a regional centre and a focus of regional pride and affection.[2]

Canterbury Cathedral.

Photo: September 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Hans Musil

(Wikimedia Commons)

Only sixteen of these buildings had been Cathedrals at the time of the Reformation: Eight were served by Secular Canons, and eight that were Monastic. A further five Cathedrals are former Abbey Churches, which were reconstituted with Secular Canons as Cathedrals of new Dioceses by Henry VIII, following The Dissolution Of The Monasteries, and which comprise, together with the former Monastic Cathedrals, the “Cathedrals of the New Foundation”. 

Two further Pre-Reformation Monastic Churches, which had survived as ordinary Parish Churches for 350 years, became Cathedrals in the 19th- and 20th- Centuries, as did the three Mediæval Collegiate Churches that retained their Foundations for Choral Worship.[3]

While there are characteristics of each building that are distinctly English, these Cathedrals are marked by their architectural diversity, both from one to another and also within each individual building.

Rochester Cathedral was a Foundation of Secular Canons 

from 604 A.D. to 1076, then Benedictine until 1540, 

when it reverted to a Secular Chapter.

Photo: 12 July 2004.

Source: en.wiki

Author: w:User:ChrisO

(Wikimedia Commons)

This is much more the case than in the Mediæval Cathedrals of Northern France, for example, where the Cathedrals and large Abbeys form a relatively homogenous group and the architectural development can easily be traced from building to building.[4]

One of the points of interest of the English Cathedrals is the way in which much of the history of Mediæval architecture can be demonstrated within a single building, which typically has important parts constructed in several different Centuries with no attempt whatsoever to make the later work match or follow through on an earlier plan.[4] 

For this reason, a comprehensive architectural chronology must jump backwards and forwards from one building to another. Only at one building, Salisbury Cathedral, is stylistic unity demonstrated.[5]

PART TWO FOLLOWS.

The Secrets Of Salisbury Cathedral. The Tallest Spire In Britain.

The Secrets Of Salisbury Cathedral.

The Tallest Spire In Britain.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Benedictio Cretæ In Festo Epiphaniæ. Blessing Of Chalk On The Feast Of Epiphany.

 

Illustration: OK CASTLEBAR LTD

Benedictio Cretæ In Festo Epiphaniæ.

Versicle: Adjutórium nostrum in nómine Dómini.

Response: Qui fecit cælum et terram.

Versicle: Dóminus vobíscum.

Response: Et cum spíritu tuo.

Béne ☩  dic, Dómine Deus, creatúram istam cretæ: ut sit salutáris humáno géneri; et præsta per invocatiónem nóminis tui sanctíssimi, ut, quicúmque ex ea súmpserint, vel ea in domus suæ portis scrípserint nómina sanctórum tuórum Gásparis, Melchióris et Baltássar, per eórum intercessiónem et mérita, córporis sanitátem, et ánimæ tutélam percípiant.

Per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Response: Amen.

Et aspergatur aqua benedicta.

Blessing of Chalk on Epiphany.

Versicle: Our help is in the name of The Lord.

Response: Who made Heaven and Earth.

Versicle: The Lord be with you.

Response: And with thy Spirit.

Bless, ☩  O Lord God, this creature Chalk, to render it helpful to men. Grant that they who use it in Faith and with it inscribe upon the entrance of their homes the names of Thy Saints, Caspar, Melchior, and Baltassar, may, through their merits and intercession, enjoy health of body and protection of Soul.

Through Christ Our Lord.

Response: Amen.

It is sprinkled with Holy Water.

The following Text is from CATHOLIC CULTURE

It is Traditional for Parish Priests to Bless Chalk for 

each family, so that they may mark the names of the 

three Magi over their doors, in the Blessing of homes as 

a witness of their Faith and protection against evil.

The following Text is from

ORDER OF CARMELITES

Every year, the Carmelite Pre-Novitiate Community at 

Carith House, Chicago, Illinois, Bless their home on 

the Feast of the Epiphany (6 January).

We invite you to adopt this custom in your family. 

The family gathers to ask God’s Blessing on their home 

and on those who live in or visit the home. 

It is an invitation for Jesus to be a daily guest in our 

home, our comings and goings, our conversations, 

our work and play, our joys and sorrows.

A Traditional way of doing this is to use 

Chalk to write above the home’s entrance.

The letters C, M, B, have two meanings.

They are the initials of the Traditional names 

of the three Magi: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar.

They also abbreviate the Latin words 

“Christus Mansionem Benedicat”: 

“May Christ Bless The House.”

The “ ☩ ” signs represent The Cross

and “20” and “26” represent the year.