Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Monday 30 October 2023

Our Lady Of Ushaw.




Our Lady of Ushaw,
Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,
Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.



Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.
Solemn High Mass 1960.
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“Ave Regina Cælorum”.
Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria.
Sung by: The Sixteen
Director of Music: Harry Christophers
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Ave, Regina cælorum,
Ave, Domina Angelorum:
Salve, radix, salve, Porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:
Gaude Virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa,
Vale, o valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.


Divine Holy Mass.
Saint Cuthbert's Chapel,
Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.


“Ave Regina Cælorum”.
Composer: Orlande de Lassus.
Sung by: The Tallis Scholars.
Director of Music: Peter Phillips.
Available on YouTube at


Solemn Requiem Mass.
With a very young Richard Hawker as Master of Ceremonies (MC). Mr. Hawker is now Head Sacristan at Westminster Cathedral. Our Lady of Ushaw statue can be seen behind the Deacon, who is sitting on the Sedilia.
Saint Cuthbert's Chapel, Ushaw Seminary,
County Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.


Divine Holy Mass,
Saint Cuthbert’s Chapel,
Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.


The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Ushaw College is a former Catholic Seminary, near the village of Ushaw Moor, County Durham, England. It was Founded in 1808 by scholars from the English College, Douai, France, who had fled France after the French Revolution.

Ushaw College was affiliated with the University of Durham from 1968 and was the principal Roman Catholic Seminary for the training of Catholic Priests in the North of England, finally closing in 2011 due to the shortage of Vocations.

The buildings and grounds are now maintained by a Charitable Trust.



Solemn Requiem Mass,
Saint Cuthbert’s Chapel,
Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.


Solemn Requiem Mass.
Saint Cuthbert’s Chapel,
Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.



Dawn Mass.
The English Martyrs Side-Chapel.
Ushaw Seminary, County Durham, England.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.


Saint Cuthbert’s Chapel,
Ushaw Seminary, Durham, England.
A perfect setting for the Celebration of The Divine Mass.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.


Saint Cuthbert’s Chapel, Ushaw Seminary, Durham, England. A perfect setting for the Celebration of The Divine Mass.
Please God, one day this Chapel will be a regular Mass location, again. During the height of Ushaw Seminary
in the 1960s, over 400 Seminarians would attend 
Daily Divine Mass in this Chapel.
Photo: April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zephyrinus.

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