15 November, 2026
The Divine Beauty For The Divine Liturgy. Where One Hears The Divine Word.
The High Altar,
Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna,
Photo: 26 June 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Rufus46
(Wikimedia Commons)
Christmas Mass 2014,
Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna,
Illustration: CATHOLIC NEWS
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Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna is a Church in Munich, Germany. It was commissioned in the 18th-Century by the Elector, Charles Albert (later, the Emperor Charles VII), and the cornerstone was laid in 1733.
A Monastery, in the legal form of a Chapter of Nuns, was set up. The architect was Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer, while the Asam brothers were responsible for the interior. The Women’s Collegiate Church was Consecrated in 1735.
Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna is a Church in Munich, Germany. It was commissioned in the 18th-Century by the Elector, Charles Albert (later, the Emperor Charles VII), and the cornerstone was laid in 1733.
A Monastery, in the legal form of a Chapter of Nuns, was set up. The architect was Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer, while the Asam brothers were responsible for the interior. The Women’s Collegiate Church was Consecrated in 1735.
On 1 September 2014, Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Metropolitan Archbishop of München-und-Freising, permanently entrusted the Church to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP).
Since then, daily Mass has been exclusively offered in The Extraordinary Form.
The Web-Site of Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna can be found HERE
Saint Albert The Great (1200-1280). Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day, Today, 15 November. White Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Albert the Great.
Bishop.
Confessor.
Doctor of The Church.
Feast Day 15 November.
Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Albert the Great
(Albertus Magnus).
Illustration: RELEASING THE ARROW
Saint Albert the Great
(Albertus Magnus).
Artist: Tommaso da Modena (1326–1379).
Date: 1352.
Current location: Chiesa di San Nicolò, Treviso, Italy.
Source/Photographer: Kapitelsaal des ehemaligen
Dominikanerklosters San Niccolò in Treviso.
First uploaded by sv:Användare:Lamré to
Swedish Wikipedia as sv:Bild:AlbertusMagnus.jpg
(Wikimedia Commons)
Born in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, circa 1200, Albert, even as a child, loved The Blessed Virgin in a special manner. He resolved to enter The Order of Saint Dominic, but, tempted by the devil, he gave up the idea.
Ultimately, however, at the earnest entreaty, and through the ardent Prayers, of Blessed Jourdan of Saxony, he resolved definitely to enter The Order of Saint Dominic. He studied Philosophy at Cologne, then at Paris, where he became one of the most renowned Professors of the University.
Saint Thomas Aquinas was one of his students. He was made Bishop of Ratisbon (Regensburg) by Pope Urban IV and defended The Church against the errors of Guillaume de Saint-Amour and died at Cologne in 1280.
He was Canonised and proclaimed Doctor of The Church in 1931.
Mass: In médio (from the Common of Doctors).
The Tympanum and Archivolts of Strasbourg Cathedral, France, with iconography inspired by Albertus Magnus (Albert the Great).
Photo: 22 July 1989.
Source: Own work.
Author: Rebecca Kennison
(Wikimedia Commons)
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Albertus Magnus, O.P. (circa 1200 – 15 November 1280),
also known as Albert the Great, and Albert of Cologne, is
a Catholic Saint. He was a German Dominican Friar and a Catholic Bishop. He was known during his lifetime as “Doctor Universalis” and “Doctor Expertus”, and, late in his life, the term “Magnus” (Great) was appended to his name.
Scholars, such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder, have referred to him as the greatest German Philosopher and Theologian of the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church honours him as a Doctor of The Church, one of only thirty-eight persons so honoured (as at 2025). [Editor: The most recent Doctors of The Church being Saint Irenæus of Lyon and Saint John Henry Newman].
Scholars, such as James A. Weisheipl and Joachim R. Söder, have referred to him as the greatest German Philosopher and Theologian of the Middle Ages. The Catholic Church honours him as a Doctor of The Church, one of only thirty-eight persons so honoured (as at 2025). [Editor: The most recent Doctors of The Church being Saint Irenæus of Lyon and Saint John Henry Newman].
The Catholic Doctors of The Church (as at 2025) are:
Saint Gregory the Great;
Saint Ambrose;
Saint Augustine;
Saint Jerome;
Saint Thomas Aquinas;
Saint John Chrysostom;
Saint Basil the Great;
Saint Gregory of Nazianzus;
Saint Athanasius;
Saint Bonaventure;
Saint Anselm;
Saint Isidore of Seville;
Saint Peter Chrysologus;
Saint Leo the Great;
Saint Peter Damian;
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux;
Saint Hilary of Poitiers;
Saint Alphonsus Liguori;
Saint Francis de Sales;
Saint Cyril of Alexandria;
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem;
Saint John Damascene;
Saint Bede the Venerable;
Saint Ephrem;
Saint Peter Canisius;
Saint John of The Cross;
Saint Robert Bellarmine;
Saint Albert the Great;
Saint Anthony of Padua;
Saint Lawrence of Brindisi;
Saint Teresa of Avila;
Saint Catherine of Siena;
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux;
Saint John of Avila;
Saint Hildegard von Bingen;
Saint Irenæus of Lyon;
Saint Gregory of Narek.
Saint John Henry Newman.
14 November, 2026
The New York Central Railroad. “The Twentieth-Century Limited”.
NYC Hudson Locomotive, built with iconic
Streamlining designed by Henry Dreyfuss, used to haul
The 20th Century Limited Train, starting in 1938.
Photo courtesy SMU.
Date: 1938.
Source: Southern Methodist University,
Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library.
Robert Yarnall Richie Photographs. Retrieved from
Author: Robert Yarnall Richie (1908-1984).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The New York Central Railroad’s Streamlined Steam Locomotive, “Commodore Vanderbilt”,
as it left Chicago’s LaSalle Street Station, pulling
“The 20th Century Limited” Train.
Photo: 22 February 1935.
Source: eBay
Author: International News Photos.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Commemoration Of All Souls Of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.). 14 November. Black Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
In the Supplement tor The Order Of Saint Benedict, contained within The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, there is listed all the Feasts associated with that Order.
Commemoration of All Souls of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.).
14 November.
Double.
Black Vestments.
Mass: Requiem, as on All Souls’ Day (2 November), except:
Collect: Deus, véniæ.Secret: Deus, cujus.
Postcommunion: Præsta, quaésumus.
When The Bishop Of Exeter Threatened To Excommunicate The Archbishop Of Canterbury.
Reverend George Cornelius Gorham.
Date: 18 May 1850.
Source/Photographer:
Originally uploaded on en.wikipedia
Filename was George Cornelius Gorham.jpg.
(Wikimedia Commons)
unless stated otherwise.
George Cornelius Gorham (1787–1857) was a Priest in the Church of England. His legal recourse to being denied a certain Post, decided subsequently by a Secular Court, caused great controversy.
George Cornelius Gorham was born on 21 August 1787 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, to Mary (née Greame) and George James Gorham.[1]
He entered Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1805, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree as third wrangler and Smith's prizeman in 1809.[2]
Gorham’s views on Baptism had caused comment, particularly his contention that, by Baptism, infants do not become Members of Christ and The Children of God.[4]
After being Ordained as a Priest on 23 February 1812[2] and serving as a Curate in several Parishes, he was instituted as Vicar of St Just in Penwith by Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter, in 1846.[5]
The Bishop argued that Gorham’s Calvinistic view of Baptism made him unsuitable for the Post.[8]
Gorham appealed to the Ecclesiastical Court of Arches to compel the Bishop to institute him, but the Court confirmed the Bishop’s decision and awarded costs against Gorham.[9]
The Ecclesiastical Lawyer, Edward Lowth Badeley, a member of the Oxford Movement, appeared before the Committee to argue the Bishop’s cause, but the Committee (Knight Bruce,
V-C dissenting)[11] [12] eventually reversed the Bishop’s, and the Arches’, decision on 9 March 1850 and granted Gorham his institution.[13]
Phillpotts repudiated the judgment and threatened to Excommunicate the Archbishop of Canterbury and anyone who dared to institute Gorham.[14]
As there was not any response from the Church, apart from Phillpotts’ protestations, they quit the Church of England and joined The Catholic Church.
He was an antiquary and botanist of some reputation, as well as the author of a number of pamphlets.[16] He died on 19 June 1857 in Brampford Speke.[17]
Saint Josaphat. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 14 November. Red Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Josaphat.
Bishop And Martyr.
Feast Day 14 November.
Double.
Red Vestments.
Martyrdom of Josaphat Kuntsevych.
Artist: Józef Simmler (1823–1868).
Date: Circa 1861.
Current location: National Museum in Warsaw, Poland.
Source/Photographer: cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl
(Wikimedia Commons)
Commissioned in spite of his early age to govern the Monastery of Bytene, he became shortly afterwards Archimandrite of Vilna and, lastly, very much against his wish, Archbishop of Polotzk, of The Ruthenian Rite.
The Apostolic zeal of the youthful Archbishop excited against him the hatred of Hell. Attacked at Vitebsk by the Schismatics, he was cruelly put to death in 1623, and obtained from God the conversion of his murderers.
Mass: Gaudeámus omnes in Dómino.
The Basilica of Saint Josaphat,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America.
Copyright © 2005 Sulfur
Date: 4 March 2007 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia
to Commons by James Steakley.
Author:
Original uploader: Sulfur at English Wikipedia
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Josaphat Kuntsevych, O.S.B.M., (1580 – 12 November 1623) (Belarusian: Язафат Кунцэвіч, Jazafat Kuncevič, Polish: Jozafat Kuncewicz, Ukrainian: Йосафат Кунцевич, Josafat Kuntsevych) was a Monk and Archeparch (Archbishop) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who was killed at Vitebsk, Vitebsk Voivodeship, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Belarus), on 12 November 1623.
He is “the best-known victim” of sectarian violence related to implementing the Union of Brest, and is declared a Martyr and Saint of The Catholic Church.
The Order of Saint Basil the Great (O.S.B.M. Latin: Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, Portuguese: Ordem de São Basílio Magno, Ukrainian: Чин Святого Василія Великого, Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is a Monastic Religious Order of the Greek Catholic Church that is present in many Countries and has its Mother House in Rome (Santi Sergio e Bacco degli Ucraini).
The Order received approbation on 20 August 1631. Its Monks, Brothers, and Priests, work primarily with Ukrainian Catholics and are also present in other Greek-Catholic Churches in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Order of Saint Basil the Great (O.S.B.M. Latin: Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, Portuguese: Ordem de São Basílio Magno, Ukrainian: Чин Святого Василія Великого, Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is a Monastic Religious Order of the Greek Catholic Church that is present in many Countries and has its Mother House in Rome (Santi Sergio e Bacco degli Ucraini).
The Order received approbation on 20 August 1631. Its Monks, Brothers, and Priests, work primarily with Ukrainian Catholics and are also present in other Greek-Catholic Churches in Central and Eastern Europe.
13 November, 2026
“Se Pietà Di Me Non Senti”. Sung By: Sabine Devieilhe. From Handel’s “Giulio Cesare In Egitto” (“Julius Caesar In Egypt”). Plus, “Ombra Mai Fu”. From Handel’s “Xerxes”. Sung By: Andreas Scholl.
George Frideric Handel’s Opera “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” (“Julius Caesar in Egypt”).
First Edition manuscript published by Cluer in 1724.
Source: Scanned image, Bonhams.
Author: Cluer.
(Wikimedia Commons)
“Se pietà di me non senti”.
Sung By: Sabine Devieilhe.
From Handel’s “Giulio Cesare in Egitto”.
Available on YouTube
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unless stated otherwise.
“Giulio Cesare in Egitto” (“Julius Caesar in Egypt”),
“Giulio Cesare in Egitto” (“Julius Caesar in Egypt”),
commonly known as “Giulio Cesare”, is a dramma per musica (opera seria) in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724.
The libretto was written by Nicola Francesco Haym, who used an earlier libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani, which had been set to music by Antonio Sartorio (1676).
The opera was a success at its first performances, was frequently revived by Handel in his subsequent opera seasons, and is now one of the most often performed Baroque operas.
The opera’s plot is loosely based on historical events during the Roman Civil War of 49 B.C. — 45 B.C.
The opera’s plot is loosely based on historical events during the Roman Civil War of 49 B.C. — 45 B.C.
“Ombra mai fu”.
From Handel’s “Xerxes”.
Sung by: Andreas Scholl.
Available on YouTube
Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.
“Ombra mai fu” (“Never was a shade”), also known as “Largo from Xerxes” or “Handel’s Largo”, is the opening aria from the opera Serse (Xerxes) (1738) by George Frideric Handel.
The opera was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere.
In the 19th-Century, however, the aria was re-discovered and became one of Handel’s best-known pieces.
Handel adapted the aria from the setting by Giovanni Bononcini, who, in turn, adapted it from the setting by Francesco Cavalli.
All three composers had produced settings of the same opera libretto by Nicolò Minato.
“The Man With No Name”.
“The Man With No Name”.
Available on YouTube
The whistling in the film “The Man with No Name”
(also known as “A Fistful of Dollars”) was performed
by Alessandro Alessandroni.
He was an Italian whistler and singer who contributed to many film scores, especially in the Spaghetti Western genre.
The film’s composer was Ennio Morricone, but the main theme was supplied by his friend Alessandro Alessandroni, who also played guitar on the soundtrack.
Alessandroni, who died aged ninety-two, was the expert whistler on several of film-maker Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, notably on “A Fistful of Dollars”.
The Feast Day Of All Monks Of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.). Today, 13 November.
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Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
In the Supplement for The Order Of Saint Benedict, contained within The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, there is listed all the Feasts associated with that Religious Order.
The Feast Of All Monks Of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.).
13 November.
Double of The Second-Class.
White Vestments.
Up to the end of the 16th-Century, there was no General Feast of this name for the whole Benedictine Order, since “The Order Of Saint Benedict”, in the modern sense, was unknown.
In individual Monasteries, as Monte Cassino, Cluny, Fontenelle, etc, a Feast of all the Saints proper to the Monastery was observed, on different dates; only by the Revision of The Monastic Breviary, by Pope Saint Paul V, in 1612, a General Feast of All Holy Monks of The Benedictine Order was instituted, on 13 November.
Mass: Gaudeámus omnes.
Epistle: Exhibeámus.
Gospel: Ecce nos relíquimus (from The Common of Abbots).
Creed: Is Said or Sung.
Preface: Of Saint Benedict (Page 19 in The Supplement For The Order Of Saint Benedict, contained within The Saint Andrew Daily Missal).
“O Valiant Hearts”.
The “Tommy” statue,
officially named “1101”.
On Terrace Green,
Seaham, County Durham.
Picture Credit: OWEN HUMPHREYS/PA WIRE.
Illustration: BBC NEWS
“O Valiant Hearts”.
Sung at every Remembrance Day Service.
Sung by: The Chapel Choir of The Royal Hospital Chelsea.
“O Valiant Hearts” is a Hymn remembering
The Fallen of the First World War.
It often features prominently in annual Remembrance Day Services in The United Kingdom and
The British Commonwealth.
Words were taken from a poem by Sir John Stanhope Arkwright (1872–1954), published in “The Supreme Sacrifice”, and other Poems in “Time of War” (1919).
It was set to music by the Rev. Dr. Charles Harris (1865-1936), who was Vicar of Colwall, Herefordshire, 1909-1929.
It is to his tune, referred to as “Harris”, or, sometimes, “The Supreme Sacrifice”, that the Hymn is now almost always sung.
Available on YouTube
“O Valiant Hearts”.
Sung by: The Chapel Choir of The Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Available on YouTube
“O Valiant Hearts”.
Poem by: Sir John Stanhope Arkwright.
Composer: Rev. Dr. Charles Harris.
Mezzo-Soprano: Emma Brown.
Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Air Force.
Conductor: Captain Matty Cilissen.
The ninetieth anniversary of The Menin Gate, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The Menin Gate commemorates over 54,000 missing soldiers from The Ypres Salient.
During this Hymn, The Commonwealth War Graves Commission let 20,000 Poppy Petals flutter down.
O Valiant Hearts, who to your glory came,
Through dust of conflict and through battle flame,
Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,
Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to War,
As who had heard God’s message from afar,
All you had hoped for, all you had, you gave,
To save mankind — yourselves you scorned to save.
Splendid you passed, the great surrender made,
Into the light that nevermore shall fade,
Deep your contentment in that Blest abode,
Who wait the last clear trumpet call of God.
These were His servants, in His steps they trod,
Following through death the martyred Son of God,
Victor, He rose; victorious too shall rise,
They who have drunk His cup of sacrifice.
O Risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,
Whose Cross has bought them and Whose Staff has led,
In glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land,
Commits her children to Thy gracious hand.
NYCOS Belgium perform “O Valiant Hearts”
as part of the Passchendaele Centenary Commemoration.
Ypres, Belgium, July 2017.
Available on YouTube
Holy Cross Choral Society_
“O Valiant Hearts”.
Sung by: Holy Cross Choral Society, Uckfield.
Available on YouTube
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