Cathedral And Metropolitan Church Of Saint Stephen And All Saints, Vienna, Austria. (Part Five).

English: 

Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of 

Saint Stephen and All Saints, Vienna, Austria.

Deutsch: 

Dom-und-Metropolitankirche zu 

Sankt Stephan und allen Heiligen, 

Wien, Österreich.

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At the top of the Tower stands the Double-Eagle Imperial emblem with the Habsburg-Lorraine Coat-of-Arms on its chest, surmounted by a Double-Armed Apostolic Cross, which refers to Apostolic Majesty, the Imperial Style of Kings of Hungary.

This emblem replaced the earlier Crescent and Six-Pointed Star emblem. The original emblem, as well as a couple of later ones, today can be seen at the Vienna City Museum.[5]

The North Tower was originally intended to mirror the South Tower, but the design proved too ambitious, considering the era of Gothic Cathedrals was nearing its end, and construction was halted in 1511.

In 1578, the Tower-Stump was augmented with a Renaissance cap, nicknamed the “Water Tower Top” by the Viennese. The Tower now stands at sixty-eight metres (223 ft) tall, roughly half the height of the South Tower.

The main entrance to the Church is named “The Giant’s Door”, or “Riesentor”, possibly referring to the thigh-bone of a Mammoth that hung over it for decades after being unearthed in 1443 while digging the Foundations for the North Tower, or else to the funnel shape of the door, from the Middle-High-German word “Risen”, meaning “Sink” or “Fall”.[6]

The Tympanum above the Giant’s Door depicts Christ Pantocrator flanked by two Winged-Angels, while on the Left and Right are the two Roman Towers, or “Heidentürme”, that each stand at approximately sixty-five metres (213 ft) tall.

The name for the Towers derives from the fact that they were constructed from the rubble of old structures built by the Romans (German “Heiden” meaning Heathens or Pagans) during their occupation of the area. Square at the base and Octagonal above the Roof-Line, the Heidentürme originally housed Bells; those in the South Tower were lost during World War II, but the North Tower remains an operational Bell Tower. 

The Roman Towers, together with the Giant’s Door, are the oldest parts of the Church.

English: 

The Nave, Vienna Cathedral.

Deutsch: 

Innenansicht Richtung Empore des Stephansdoms 

in der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien.

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The glory of Saint Stephen’s Cathedral is its ornately-patterned, richly-coloured roof, 111 metres (364 ft) long, and covered by 230,000 glazed Tiles. 

Above the Choir on the South side of the building, the Tiles form a mosaic of the Double-Headed Eagle that is symbolic of the Empire ruled from Vienna by the Habsburg dynasty. 

On the North side, the Coats-of-Arms of the City of Vienna and the Republic of Austria are depicted. In 1945, fire, caused by World War II damage to nearby buildings, leapt to the North Tower of the Cathedral and destroyed the wooden framework of the roof. 

Replicating the original bracing for so large a roof (it rises thirty-eight metres above the floor) would have been cost-prohibitive, so over 600 metric tons of Steel Bracing were used instead. The roof is so steep that it is sufficiently cleaned by the rain alone and is seldom covered by snow.

English:

The “New” Organ, Vienna Cathedral.

Deutsch: 

Die „neue Domorgel“ bzw. „Rieger-Orgel“ im rechten Seitenschiff (Apostelschiff) des Stephansdoms in der österreichischen Bundeshauptstadt Wien.

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PART SIX FOLLOWS.

An Act Of Consecration Of The Human Race To The Most Sacred Heart Of Jesus.

Catholic Holy Card depicting The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Auguste Martin Collection, University of Dayton Libraries.

Date: 1880.

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Author: Turgis.

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Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless stated otherwise.

Act Of Consecration

Of The Human Race

To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.

Indulgence of 300 days each time.

On The Feast of Christ The King, to be Solemnly Read with The Litany of The Sacred Heart before The Blessed Sacrament exposed: Then, Seven Years and Seven Quarantines, and a Plenary Indulgence, supposing Confession and Communion.

Most Sweet Jesus, Redeemer of The Human Race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thy Altar. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but, to be more surely united with Thee, behold each one of us freely Consecrates himself today to

Thy Most Sacred Heart.

Many, indeed, have never known Thee; many, too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart.

Be Thou King, Oh, Lord, not only of The Faithful who have

never forsaken Thee, but, also, of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father's house, lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.

Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbour of Truth and Unity of Faith, so that, soon, there may be but one flock and one Shepherd.

Be Thou King of all those who are still involved

in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism, and refuse not to draw them all into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Thine eyes of mercy towards the children of that race, once Thy chosen people: Of old, they called down upon themselves The Blood of The Saviour; may It now descend upon them a laver

of redemption and of life.

Grant, Oh, Lord, to Thy Church, assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all Nations, and make the Earth resound from Pole to Pole with one cry: Praise be to The Divine Heart that wrought our Salvation; to It be glory and honour for ever.

Amen.

Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal. Widow. Feast Day 21 August. White Vestments.

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

Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal.
   Widow.
   Feast Day 21 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal.

Deutsch: Johanna Franziska von Chantal,

Heilige der Katholischen Kirche.

Français: Jeanne de Chantal

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“Long-Suffering Leader”.

The Life of Saint Jane Frémiot de Chantal.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Like Mary, whose Assumption we have been Celebrating for the last seven days, Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal was a Spouse, a Mother, and a Widow. She was born at Dijon, France, the same Country as Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Feast Day, yesterday), and received the Baptismal name of Jane, because that day, 23 January 1572, was The Feast Day of Saint John the Almoner.

The name of Frances, which she added at her Confirmation, reminds us of the gentle Saint of Geneva (Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva). As in previous times, Benedict and Scholastica, Francis of Assisi and Clare, so Francis de Sales and Jane Frances, corresponding with the designs of Divine Providence, united their pious efforts and enriched The Church by “the Foundation of a new family” (Collect). [Editor: The new family was “The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary”.]

English: Saint Francis de Sales giving The Rule for

The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary

to Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal

Français: Saint François de Sales donnant à sainte 

Jeanne de Chantal la règle de l’ordre de la Visitation

Artist: Noël Hallé (1711-1781).

Date: 18th-Century.

Current location: Église Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris.

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At the death of her husband, Baron de Chantal (1601), his young Widow Consecrated herself to God by a Vow of Perpetual Chastity.

This strong woman [Editor: Latin: “Mulier Fortis”], spoken of in the Epistle, left everything to acquire at this price the precious Pearl of a Religious Life (Gospel). Her father and four of her six children were still living.

She became the Mother of innumerable Nuns of The Order of The Visitation, now dispersed over the whole World. Filled with The Spirit of Divine Charity (Postcommunion), she constantly repeated to them, like Saint John The Apostle: “Let us love God with our whole heart, and our neighbour as ourselves, for the love of God.”

Illustration: AZ QUOTES

She died at Moulins, France, in 1641.

Like Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal, and by her intercession, let us Pray God, that, knowing our weakness and relying on His strength, we may, by His Grace, overcome all obstacles (Collect).

Mass: Cognóvi.
Commemoration: The Octave of The Assumption.
Creed.
Preface: Of The Assumption (Et te in Assumptione).

English: Stained-Glass Window in the Church of Saint Philibert, Charlieu, France. It depicts (from Left to Right): Saint Francis de Sales; Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque; 

Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Kirche Saint-Philibert in Charlieu, Darstellung: Franz von Sales (links), Margareta Maria Alacoque, Johanna Franziska von Chantal.

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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot, Baronne de Chantal, 28 January 1572 – ☩ 13 December 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who Founded a Religious Order after the death of her husband.

Jane Frances de Chantal was born in Dijon, France, on 

28 January 1572, the daughter of the Royalist President of the Parliament of Burgundy. Her mother died when Jane was eighteen months old. Her father became the main influence on her education. She developed into a woman of beauty and refinement, lively and cheerful in temperament.

She married the Baron de Chantal when she was twenty-one years old and then lived in the feudal Castle of Bourbilly. Baron de Chantal was accidentally killed by an Arquebus, while out shooting in 1601.

Left a Widow at twenty-eight years old, with four children, the broken-hearted Baroness took a vow of Chastity. Her mother, step mother, sister, first two children, and now her husband, had died.

Chantal gained a reputation as an excellent manager of the estates of her husband, as well as of her difficult father-in-law, while also providing alms and nursing care to needy neighbours.

English: Stained-Glass Window in the Parish Church of 

Saint John the Baptist, Dammartin-en-Goële, France;

it depicts Saint Francis de Sales introducing Saint Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal to Saint Vincent de Paul.

Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche Saint-Jean-Baptiste

(Johannes der Täufer) in Dammartin-en-Goële, Frankreich,

Bleiglasfenster, Darstellung: Franz von Sales stellt

Johanna Franziska von Chantal dem hl. Vinzenz von Paul vor.

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During Lent in 1604, the pious Baroness met Saint Francis de Sales, the Bishop of Geneva, who was Preaching at the Sainte Chapelle in Dijon. They became close friends and de Sales became her Spiritual Director. She wanted to become a Nun, but he persuaded her to defer this decision.

Later, with his support, and that of her father and brother (the Archbishop of Bourges), and after providing for her children, Chantal left for Annecy, to start The Congregation of The Visitation, which was Canonically established at Annecy on Trinity Sunday, 6 June 1610.

The Order accepted women who were rejected by other Orders because of poor health or age. During its first eight years, the new Order also was unusual in its public outreach, in contrast to most female Religious who remained Cloistered and adopted strict ascetic practices.

The usual opposition to women in active ministry arose and Francis de Sales was obliged to make it a Cloistered Community following The Rule of Saint Augustine. He wrote his Treatise on “The Love of God” for them. When people criticised her for accepting women of poor health and old age, Chantal said, “What do you want me to do ? I like sick people; I’m on their side.”

Her reputation for Sanctity and sound management resulted in many visits by (and donations from) aristocratic women. The Order had thirteen Houses by the time Saint Francis de Sales died, and eighty-six Houses before Chantal died at The Visitation Convent in Moulins, France, aged sixty-nine.

Saint Vincent de Paul served as her Spiritual Director after Saint Francis de Sales’ death. Her favourite Devotions involved The Sacred Heart of Jesus and The Heart of Mary.

The Church of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal,

Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

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She was buried in Annecy Convent, next to Saint Francis de Sales. The Order had 164 Houses by 1767, when she was Canonised. Saint Jane Frances de Chantal outlived her son (who died fighting the Huguenots and the English on the 

Île de Ré during the Century’s Religious Wars) and two of her three daughters, but left extensive correspondence.

Her grand-daughter also became a famous writer, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné.

She was Beatified on 21 November 1751 by Pope Benedict XIV, and Canonised on 16 July 1767 by Pope Clement XIII.

Saint Jane Frances’s Feast Day was included in The General Roman Calendar in 1769, two years after she was Canonised. She wrote some exemplary Letters of Spiritual Direction.

19th-Century print of

The Coat-of-Arms of The Order of The Visitation,

Founded in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales

and Saint Joan Frances Frémiot de Chantal.

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Author: Saint Francis de Sales.

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The Order of The Visitation of Holy Mary (Latin: Ordo Visitationis Beatissimæ Mariæ Virginis, V.H.M.), or, The Visitation Order, is an Enclosed Roman Catholic Religious Order for Women.

Members of The Order are also known as The Salesian Sisters (not to be confused with The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco), or, more commonly, as The Visitandines, or, Visitation Sisters.

The Order of The Visitation was Founded in 1610 by Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France.

At first, the Founder had not a Religious Order in mind; he wished to form a Congregation without External Vows, where the Cloister should be observed only during the Year of Novitiate, after which the Sisters should be free to go out by turns to visit the Sick and the Poor.

The Order was given the name of The Visitation of Holy Mary with the intention that the Sisters would follow the example of The Virgin Mary and her joyful visit to her kinswoman, Elizabeth, (known as “The Visitation” in The Roman Catholic Church).

Sermon: Saint Jane Frances de Chantal.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Saint Francis de Sales invited Saint Jane Frances de Chantal to join him in establishing a new type of Religious Life, one open to older women and those of delicate constitution, that would stress the hidden inner virtues of humility, obedience, poverty, even-tempered Charity, and patience, and founded on the example of Mary in her journey of mercy to her cousin Elizabeth.

The Order was established to welcome those not able to practice austerities required in other Orders. Instead of chanting the Canonical Office in the middle of the night, the Sisters recited The Little Office of The Blessed Virgin at half-past eight in the evening. There was no Perpetual Abstinence nor prolonged Fast.

The Order of The Visitation of Mary was Canonically Erected in 1618 by Pope Paul V, who granted it all the privileges enjoyed by the other Orders. A Papal Bull of Pope Urban VIII solemnly approved it in 1626.

“Suffer Little Children To Come Unto Me”.

“Suffer Little Children To Come Unto Me”.

Last week, another successful Chant Camp took place at Saint Mary’s Church, Norwalk, Connecticut, led by Charles Weaver, Elizabeth Weaver and Nicholas Botkins. 

The children sang a Missa Cantata every day. 

The picture here is courtesy of Mark Bertotti.

Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

The Web-Site of The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny can be found

HERE

“Ave Maria”. “Agnus Dei”.

“Ave Maria”.

Sung By: The Cathedral Singers.

Artist: Lorelei McDermott.

Artist: Stephen Hartman.

Choir: The Cathedral Singers.

Conductor: Richard Proulx.

Composer: Franz Schubert.

Composer: Richard Proulx.

Available On YouTube

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“Agnus Dei”.

Composed By: Samuel Barber.

Sung By: VOCES8.

Available On YouTube

HERE

Saint Rhisiart Gwyn. Welsh Martyr (1537 - 1584). “Iesu, Trugarha Wrthyf” (“Jesus, Have Mercy On Me”). Feast Day 17 October. Red Vestments.

Saint Rhisiart Gwyn (1537-1584).

 “Iesu, Trugarha Wrthyf”

(“Jesus, Have Mercy On Me”).

Artist: Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs

Web-Site: gwyneththompsonbriggs.com

X @GTBsacredart

Illustration:

THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Web-Site: HERE

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THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY OF ENGLAND AND WALES

In English Richard White, generally known as Richard Gwyn [Editor: In Welsh, “gwyn” means “white”], was born in Llanilloes, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He studied at Oxford 

and Cambridge, although he was unable to graduate 

because he would not take an oath affirming the Anglican religion, which had been imposed as a condition. He was renowned as a scholar of Welsh.

He worked as a teacher, which was illegal for Catholics, married, and had six children. Arrested in 1579, he escaped and was on the run for more than a year before being recaptured. In 1583 he was finally charged with and convicted of treason. He was hanged, drawn, and quartered, at Wrexham on 15 October 1584. He last words were in Welsh: 

‘Iesu, trugarha wrthyf’ (“Jesus, have mercy on me”).

He was Beatified in 1929 and Canonised in 1970. His 

Feast Day is 17 October (although he was Martytred on 

15 October, his Feast Day was moved to avoid clashing 

with Saint Teresa of Avila on 15 October). His Relics are preserved in a Shrine at Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Wrexham, not far from his place of Martyrdom.

The image (above) was commissioned by The Latin Mass Society from the artist Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs in 2024.

The following Prayer is the Collect in the 1962 Missal.

Deus, qui beátum Ricárdum mártyrem tuum 

adolescéntium magístrum et cathólicæ fídei 

propugnatórem excitásti: concéde, quǽsumus; ut nos in 

eádem fide eius exémplo roboráti, ad te perveníre felíciter valeámus. per Christum Dóminum nostrum.

Amen.

O God, Who didst stir up Blessed Richard, Thy Martyr, 

a teacher of youth and champion of The Catholic Faith: 

We beseech Thee, grant that we, strengthened by his 

example in the same Faith, may come to final happiness 

in Thee, through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

“Rogation Day. Blessing Of The Wheat In Artois”. Artist: Jules Breton (1827 – 1906).

“Rogation Day.

Blessing Of The Wheat In Artois”.

Date: 1857.

Artist: Jules Breton (1827 – 1906).

Collection: Musée d'Orsay.

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Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1827 - 1906) was a 19th-Century French naturalist painter.

His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside. His absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make him one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence.

Breton was born on 1 May 1827 in Courrières, a small Pas-de-Calais village. His father, Marie-Louis Breton, supervised land for a wealthy landowner. His mother died when Jules was four and he was brought up by his father.

English:

A Marian Procession.

“Pardon at Kergoat, Brittany, France”.

French: “Le Pardon de Kergoat”.

Artist: Jules Breton (1827–1906).

Date: 1891.

Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.

Source/Photographer:

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE QUIMPER

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Other family members who lived in the same house were his maternal grandmother, his younger brother, Émile, and his uncle Boniface Breton.

A respect for tradition, a love of the land, and for his native region, remained central to his art throughout his life and provided the artist with many scenes for his Salon compositions.

His first artistic training was not far from Courrières at the College St. Bertin near Saint-Omer.

He met the painter Félix De Vigne in 1842, who, impressed by his youthful talent, persuaded his family to let him study art.

Jules Breton.

Date: 1890.

Source:

“The Life Of An Artist:

An Autobiography. By: Jules Breton.

1890”.

Author: Jules Breton (1827–1906).

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Breton left for Ghent in 1843 where he continued to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts with de Vigne and the painter Hendrik Van der Haert.

In 1846, Breton moved to Antwerp where he took lessons with Egide Charles Gustave Wappers and spent some time copying the works of Flemish masters.

In 1847, he left for Paris where he hoped to perfect his artistic training at the École des Beaux-Arts.

In Paris, he studied in the atelier of the Michel Martin Drolling. He met and became friends with several of the Realist painters, including François Bonvin and Gustave Brion, and his early entries at the Paris Salon reflected their influence.

First-Holy Communicants.

Artist:

Jules Breton (1827 – 1906).

Date: 1884.

Collection: Private Collection.

Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center.

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His first efforts were in historical subjects: Saint Piat preaching in Gaul, then, under the influence of the Revolution of 1848, he painted “Misery and Despair” and “Hunger”.[1]

Later, Breton moved to Belgium, where he met his future wife, Elodie. Elodie was the daughter of his early teacher Félix de Vigne.

In 1852, Breton returned to France. But he had discovered that he was not born to be a historical painter, and he returned to the memories of nature and of the countryside which were impressed on him in early youth.[1]

In 1853, he exhibited “Return of the Reapers”, the first of numerous rural peasant scenes influenced by the works of the Swiss painter Louis Léopold Robert.

English:

“Young Girls Going To A Procession”.

French:

“Jeunes filles se rendant à la procession”.

Artist:

Jules Breton (1827 – 1906).

Date: 1890.

Collection: Munson.

Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center.

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Breton’s interest in peasant imagery was well established from then on and what he is best known for today.

In 1854, he returned to the village of Courrières, where he settled. He began “The Gleaners”, a work inspired by seasonal field labour and the plight of the less fortunate, who were left to gather what remained in the field after the harvest.

“The Gleaners” received a Third-Class Medal, which launched Breton’s career. He received commissions from the State and many of his works were purchased by the French Art Administration and sent to provincial museums. His 1857 painting “Blessing of the Wheat in Artois” was exhibited at the Salon the same year and won a Second-Class Medal.

Breton married Elodie de Vigne in 1858.

In 1889, Breton was made Commander of the Legion of Honor, and, in 1899, a foreign member of the Royal Academy of London.