The 60s. The Crystals. Phil Spector. "The Wall Of Sound". The Shirelles.

"Then He Kissed Me".

Sung by: The Crystals.

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

The Crystals.

The photo is part of an ad for the Teen Club, "Cinnamon Cinder",

which was owned by one of the KRLA disk jockeys; the ad has no copyright marks.

Date: 9 June 1965.

Source: KRLA Beat page 2. The paper was published

for KRLA Radio, 

Los Angeles, in the mid 1960's.

Author: Publisher-Beat Publications/Prestige Publishing-Cinnamon Cinder teen club.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Crystals were an American vocal group based in New York, considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era in the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including "There's No Other (Like My Baby)", "Uptown", "He's Sure the Boy I Love", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead singers, and were all produced by Phil Spector. The latter three songs were originally ranked #267, #114, and #493, respectively, on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Phillip Harvey Spector (born Harvey Phillip Spector, 26 December 1939) is an American record producer, musician, and songwriter, who developed The Wall of Sound, a music production formula he described as a "Wagnerian" approach to Rock and Roll.

Photo of Phil Spector,

taken from January 1965 "Billboard" Magazine.

Source: 30 January 1965. Page 22. "Billboard" Magazine.

Author: Billboard Magazine.

(Wikipedia)

Spector is considered the first auteur among musical artists for the unprecedented freedom and control he had over every phase of the recording process. Additionally, he helped engender the idea of the studio as its own distinct instrument. For these contributions, he is acknowledged as one of the most influential figures in pop music history. Later in his life, Spector was reputed for his eremitic personality, and he grew notorious for the events surrounding his trials and conviction for murder in the 2000s.

"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".

Sung by: The Shirelles.

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

The Shirelles in 1962.

Clockwise from top: Addie "Micki" Harris, Shirley Owens, Beverly Lee, and Doris Coley.

Date: 24 November 1962.

Source: "Billboard" Magazine. Page 17.

Author: Scepter Records-from Scepter Records' Billboard ad which has no copyright marks.

(Wikimedia Commons)

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The Shirelles were an American girl group that achieved popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves), Doris Coley (later Doris Kenner-Jackson), Addie "Micki" Harris (later Addie Harris McFadden), and Beverly Lee.

Founded in 1957 for a talent show at their High School, they were signed by Florence Greenberg of Tiara Records. Their first single, "I Met Him on a Sunday", was released by Tiara and licensed by Decca Records in 1958. After a brief and unsuccessful period with Decca, they went with Greenberg to her newly formed company, Scepter Records.

Working with Luther Dixon, the group rose to fame with "Tonight's the Night". After a successful period of collaboration with Dixon and promotion by Scepter, with seven top 20 hits, the Shirelles left Scepter in 1966. Afterwards, they were unable to maintain their previous popularity.

The Shirelles have been described as having a "naive schoolgirl sound" that contrasted with the sexual themes of many of their songs. Several of their hits used strings and baião-style music. They have been credited with launching the girl group genre, with much of their music reflecting the genre's essence. Their acceptance by both white and black audiences, predating that of the Motown acts, has been noted as reflecting the early success of the Civil Rights Movement. 

They have received numerous honours, including the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, as well as being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and named one of the 100 best acts of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2004. Two of their songs, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Tonight's the Night", were selected by Rolling Stone Magazine on its list of the greatest songs of all time.

Saint Elizabeth Of Hungary. Heilige Elisabeth Von Thüringen. Árpád-Házi Szent Erzsébet. 1207-1231. Feast Day 19 November.

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

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.
   Feast Day 19 November.
   Widow.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Elizabeth Church, Budapest,

A statue of Saint Elizabeth showing The Miracle of The Roses,

in front of the Neo-Gothic Church Dedicated to Saint Elizabeth,

at Roses' Square (Rózsák tere), Budapest, Hungary.

Magyar: Az Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet-plébániatemplom Budapesten.

Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet szobra a templommal.

Photo: 19 June 2008.

Source: Pasztilla.

Author: User:Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary between 21 December 1867 - 12 November 1918.

Magyar: A Magyar Királyság zászlaja 1867. december 21. és 1918. november 12. között.

Date: 6 August 2008.

Source: Own work, based on Flags of the World - Hungary -

Historical Flags (1867-1918) and Flag of Hungary 1940.svg.

Angels are vectored from Hungary medium coa 1910.png.

Author: Thommy.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Elizabeth of Hungary, Third Order Of Saint Francis (T.O.S.F.), (German: Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen, Hungarian: Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet), 7 July 1207 – 17 November 1231, was a Princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Landgravine of Thuringia, Germany, and a greatly-Venerated Catholic Saint.

Elizabeth was married at the age of fourteen, and widowed at twenty. After her husband's death, she sent her children away and regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital, where she served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian Charity, after her death at the age of twenty-four, and was quickly Canonised.

Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. Her mother's sister was Saint Hedwig of Andechs, wife of Duke Heinrich I of Silesia. Her ancestry included many notable figures of European Royalty, going back as far as Vladimir the Great of Kievan Rus.

Saint Elizabeth, spinning wool for the poor.

By Marianne Stokes (1895).

Current location: Private collection.

Source/Photographer: Own work, user:Rlbberlin.

(Wikimedia Commons)

According to Tradition, she was born in the Castle of Sárospatak, Kingdom of Hungary, on 7 July 1207. According to a different Tradition, she was born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (modern-day Bratislava, Slovakia), where she lived in the Castle of Posonium until the age of four.

A Sermon, printed in 1497 by the Franciscan Friar, Osvaldus de Lasco, a Church official in Hungary, is the first to name Sárospatak as the Saint's birthplace, perhaps building on local Tradition. The veracity of this account is not without reproach: Osvaldus also transforms the Miracle of the Roses (see below) to Elizabeth's childhood in Sárospatak, and has her leave Hungary at the age of five.

Elizabeth was brought to the Court of the Rulers of Thuringia, in Central Germany, to become betrothed to Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, a future bride who would reinforce political alliances between the families. She was raised by the Thuringian Court, so she would be familiar with the local language and culture.

English: Saint Elizabeth washing a beggar. A 15th-Century scene

from The High Altar of Saint Elizabeth's Cathedral, Košice, Slovakia.

Slovenčina: Svätá Alžbeta umýva žobráka, scéna z hlavného

oltára Dómu svätej Alžbety v Košiciach, 2. polovica 15. storočia.

Photo: 23 June 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Of.

(Wikimedia Commons)

In 1221, at the age of fourteen, Elizabeth married Louis; the same year he was enthroned as Landgrave Louis IV, and the marriage appears to have been happy. After her marriage, she continued her charitable practices, which included spinning wool for the clothing of the poor. In 1223, Franciscan Friars arrived, and the teenage Elizabeth not only learned about the ideals of Francis of Assisi, but started to live them. Louis was not upset by his wife's charitable efforts, believing that the distribution of his wealth to the Poor would bring Eternal Reward; he is Venerated in Thuringia as a Saint, though he was never Canonised by The Church.

It was also about this time that the Priest and, later, Inquisitor, Konrad von Marburg, gained considerable influence over Elizabeth when he was appointed as her Confessor. In the Spring of 1226, when floods, famine, and plague wrought havoc in Thuringia, Louis, a staunch supporter of the Hohenstaufen Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, represented Frederick II at The Imperial Diet held in Cremona, Italy. Elizabeth assumed control of affairs at home and distributed Alms in all parts of their territory, even giving away State Robes and ornaments to the Poor. Below Wartburg Castle, she built a hospital with twenty-eight beds and visited the inmates, daily, to attend to them.

Elizabeth's life changed irrevocably on 11 September 1227, when Louis, en route to join The Sixth Crusade, died of a fever in Otranto, Italy. On hearing the news of her husband's death, Elizabeth is reported to have said, "He is dead. He is dead. It is to me as if the whole World died today." His remains were returned to Elizabeth in 1228 and entombed at the Abbey of Reinhardsbrunn.

Saint Elizabeth Cathedral, 

Košice, Slovakia.

Date: July 2009.

Source: Originally posted to 

Flickr as Košice.

Author: Ville Miettinen.

(Wikimedia Commons)

After her death, Elizabeth was commonly associated with The Third Order of Saint Francis, the primarily Lay Branch of The Franciscan Order, though it is not sure that she actually formally joined them. It must be kept in mind, though, that The Third Order was such a new development in The Franciscan Movement, that no one official ritual had been established at that point. Elizabeth clearly had a Ceremony of Consecration, in which she adopted a Franciscan Religious Habit in her new way of life.

Very soon after the death of Elizabeth, Miracles were reported that happened at her grave in the Church of the hospital, especially those of healing. On the suggestion of Konrad, and by Papal Command, examinations were held of those who had been healed between August 1232 and January 1235. The results of those examinations were supplemented by a brief Vita of the Saint-to-be, and, together with the testimony of Elizabeth's handmaidens and companions (bound in a booklet called The Libellus de dictis quatuor ancillarum s. Elizabeth confectus), proved sufficient reason for the quick Canonisation of Elizabeth on 27 May 1235 in Perugia, Italy, — no doubt helped along by her family's power and influence. Very soon after her death, hagiographical texts of her life appeared all over Germany, the most famous being Dietrich of Apolda's Vita S. Elisabeth, which was written between 1289 and 1297.

English: The Saint Elisabeth Group. Sculpture in wood by Rudolf Moroder,

polychromed by Christian Delago, in the Parish Church of Urtijëi,

South Tyrol, Italy. Date: 1900.

Deutsch: Hl. Elisabeth-Gruppe in Holz geschnitzt,

gefasst von Christian Delago 

in der Pfarrkirche von St. Ulrich in Gröden

des Rudolf Moroder entstanden 1900.

Italiano: Gruppo scultoreo di Santa Elisabetta di Ungheria

scolpito nel legno da Rudolf Moroder,

policromia di Christian Delago del 1900.

Photo: 20 February 2009.

Source: This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder.

Author: Rudolf Moroder Lenert †1914.

(Wikimedia Commons)

She was Canonised by Pope Gregory IX. The Papal Bull declaring her a Saint is on display in the Schatzkammer of the Deutschordenskirche in Vienna, Austria. Her body was laid in a magnificent Golden Shrine — still to be seen today — in Saint Elizabeth's Church, Marburg, Germany. Her remains were removed and scattered by her own descendant, the Landgrave Philip I "The Magnanimous" of Hesse, at the time of The Reformation. It is now a Protestant Church, but has spaces set aside for Catholic Worship. Marburg became a centre of The Teutonic Order, which adopted Saint Elizabeth as its Secondary Patroness. The Order remained in Marburg until its official Dissolution by Napoleon I of France in 1803.

Elizabeth is perhaps best known for her Miracle of the Roses, which says that, whilst she was taking bread to the Poor, in secret, she met her husband, Ludwig, on a hunting party, who, in order to quell suspicions of the gentry that she was stealing treasure from the Castle, asked her to reveal what was hidden under her cloak. In that moment, her cloak fell open and a vision of White and Red Roses could be seen, which proved to Ludwig that God's protecting hand was at work.

English: Saint Elizabeth's Church, Marburg, Germany.

Deutsch: Elisabethkirche Marburg, Elisabethstraße.

Photo: 24 April 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Megacity01.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew, King of Hungary, was given in marriage to Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She had three children, Herman, Sophia, and Gertrude. Her husband, who was a Saint, gave her the most entire liberty for her pious exercises and her Charity.

Like the strong women mentioned in the Epistle, she rose in the night to Pray, lavished Alms on the Poor, and spun wool to make warm garments for them. What most characterised her was her love for the sick and the lepers, whom she cared for with maternal tenderness.

At her husband's death, wishing to renounce everything to acquire at this price The Pearl of Eternal Life (Gospel), she put on a dress of course material and entered The Third Order Of Penance of Saint Francis, where she was noted for her patience and humility.

Her brother-in-law, having succeeded to the Title of Landgrave, expelled her with her children from the Princely Castle of The Wartburg and she, who was called The Mother of The Poor, could not find a hospitable roof as a shelter. She died at the age of twenty-four in 1231.

Mass: Cognovi.

All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London.

All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London.

Illustration: WATTS AND CO. FACEBOOK

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

All Saints, Margaret Street, London, is a Grade I Listed Anglican Church. The Church was designed by the Architect William Butterfield and built between 1850 and 1859. It has been hailed as Butterfield's masterpiece and a pioneering building of The High Victorian Gothic Style that would characterise British Architecture from around 1850 to 1870.

The Church is situated on the North side of Margaret Street, in Fitzrovia, near Oxford Street, London, within a small Courtyard. Two other buildings face onto this Courtyard; one is the Vicarage and the other (formerly a Choir School) now houses the Parish Room and Flats for Assistant Priests.

All Saints is noted for its Architecture, Style of Worship and Musical Tradition.

The Church's Web-Site is HERE

Dedication Of The Basilicas Of The Holy Apostles Saint Peter And Saint Paul. Feast Day, Today, 18 November.

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

The Dedication Of The Basilicas Of The Holy Apostles
   Saint Peter And Saint Paul.
   Feast Day 18 November.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: Rene de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

Interior of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, 

by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (1731).

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Basilica of Saint Paul's-Without-The-Walls, Rome.

Italiano: Statua di San Paolo di fronte alla facciata

della 

Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura a Roma.

Photo: May 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Berthold Werner.

(Wikimedia Commons)

After having celebrated, on 5 August, The Dedication of Saint Mary of The Snow (better known under the name of Saint Mary Major), at Rome, and that of Saint Michael, on 29 September, and that of Saint John Lateran, on 9 November, and, in some Dioceses, a common Dedication Feast of all the consecrated Churches, The Church, today, celebrates that of The Basilicas of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Rome.

Thus, are all these Anniversaries Solemnised in the Season after Pentecost, a time when we give all our thoughts to The Church and to The Saints, of whom our Temples are the living image.

The Basilica of Saint Peter, on The Vatican, and that of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls, both erected by Emperor Constantine on the sites of their Martyrdom, are hardly inferior, owing to their origin and importance, to The Basilica of Saint John Lateran. They were also Consecrated by Saint Sylvester on 18 November.

English: Saint Peter's Basilica, seen from the River Tiber.

Magyar: Vatikánváros látképe.

Italiano: Veduta del Vaticano dal Tevere.

Photo: January 2005.

Source: Flickr

Author: Sébastien Bertrand from Paris, France

Reviewer: Andre Engels.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Church of Saint Peter is on the site of The Circus of Nero, and, under its High Altar, lie the Sacred Remains of The Head of The Apostles, making it, with Saint John Lateran, the centre of the whole Christian World.

Here is always held The Station of The Saturday in Ember Week, when Holy Orders are conferred; here, also, are held The Stations of The Third Sunday in Advent, and of The Epiphany, and of Passion Sunday, and of Easter Monday, and of Ascension Day, and of Pentecost, and of The Litanies of Saint Mark, and of Rogation Wednesday.

Lastly, it is here that Mass is Solemnly Sung on The Feast of The Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, on 29 June, and on The Feasts of The Chair of Saint Peter at Rome, 18 January, and of The Chair of Saint Peter at Antioch, 22 February.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls, Vatican, Italy.

With its length of 432 feet, this Basilica ranks eleventh among the largest Churches in the World.

Français: Basilique Saint-Paul-hors-les-Murs, Vatican, située à Rome, Latium, Italie.

Avec sa longueur de 131,66 mètres, cette Basilique se classe au 11è rang

parmi les plus grandes églises au monde.

Photo: September 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tango7174.

(Wikimedia Commons)

This Church, already remarkable in the 4th-Century A.D., was enlarged at a later date and completely rebuilt in the 16th-Century, when it was falling into decay. Pope Julian II and Pope Leo X had recourse to the greatest artists of the age and the combined plans of Bramante and Michael Angelo (sic) raised over the tomb of Saint Peter the greatest and richest Church in the World, which Pope Urban VIII Consecrated on 18 November 1626.

The Basilica of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls, situated on the other side of Rome, was also built in the 4th-Century A.D., over the tomb of The Apostle of The Gentiles. On account of the distance, it was only used for The Station four times a year: On The Feast of Holy Innocents; on Sexagesima Sunday; on The Wednesday of The Fourth Week in Lent (or Day of The Greatest Scrutiny); and on Easter Tuesday. Mass is Solemnly Celebrated there on The Day of The Commemoration of Saint Paul, on 30 June, and on The Day of His Conversion, 25 January.

Having been destroyed by fire in 1823, the Church was rebuilt by Pope Gregory XVI and Blessed Pope Pius IX, and Consecrated by the latter on 10 December 1854. He maintained, however, today's Feast, joining the Anniversary of the two Dedications under the original date of 18 November.

Mass: Terríbilis.

The Poverty Of The Church And The Beauty Of The Liturgy. By John Saward.

From:  LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

Illustration: THE INSTITUTE FOR SACRED ARCHITECTURE

First Traditional Latin Mass In Sixty Years At Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, Chicago, On Saturday, 18 November 2017, 1700 hrs.

The High Altar, Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, Chicago.

Text and Illustration (above): SAINT STANISLAUS KOSTKA, FACEBOOK

Join us for a special 150th Jubilee Celebration of The Feast of 

Saint Stanislaus Kostka with a Tridentine Latin Missa Cantata 

on Saturday, 18 November 2017, at 5 p.m.

First-Class Relic of Saint Stanislaus Kostka will be available for Veneration. A Plenary Indulgence can be gained under the usual conditions,

since it is The Patronal Feast.

The Mass will be Assisted by The Schola and Choir

of 

Veritas-Bonitas-Pulchritas.

Festive Food Reception to follow in the School, where

Fr. Fanelli will explain aspects of The Tridentine Mass.

Saint Stanislaus Kostka Parish,

The Sanctuary Of The Divine Mercy,

1327 N. Noble Street,

(1 Block West 

Of The Kennedy Expressway

At Division Street.)

Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, Chicago.

Illustration: SPUSCIZNA

Parish Office:

1351 W. Evergreen Avenue,

Chicago, Illinois 60642.

Tel. 773-278-2470.

Fax. 773-278-9550.

"Sweet Rosie O'Grady". Battle-Damaged, But "Alone No More". Two Spitfires Escort Her Home To England. "Welcome Home, Yank".

Text and Illustration: GREENWICH WORKSHOP

"Sweet Rosie O'Grady" was a B-17G-5-VE. She flew with the 427th Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, First Air Division, 41st Combat Bomb Wing, 8th Air Force, out of Molesworth, England. This B-17 flew 124 missions, more than any other aircraft in the unit.

She is shown battle-damaged, returning from a mission. She'd dropped behind in formation and was alone in the vast European skies - one of the things most feared by bomber crews, because then they became easy prey for the fighters of the Third Reich.

Playing on the same theme shown in "Welcome Home, Yank," Rosie is joined by some Spitfires, two Mark IX's of the 241st Squadron who will escort her home to England. Rosie and her crew are "Alone No More."

Saint Gertrude The Great. Virgin. Feast Day, Today, 16 November.

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

Saint Gertrude The Great.
   Virgin.
   Feast Day 16 November.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Ecstasy of Saint Gertrude.

Français: Extase de sainte Gertrude.

Italiano: Estasi di Santa Gertrude.

Current location: 

Abbey of Santa Giustina Italy.,

Photo: 1 June 2016.

Source: Own work.

Author: 

Didier Descouens.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Gertrude, called "The Great", was a Cistercian, and a Spiritual daughter both of Saint Bernard and Saint Benedict. Her life was almost entirely spent in the Cloister, which she entered as an Oblate in 1261, at the age of five.

On 27 January 1281, Gertrude being then just over twenty-five, the Spouse of her Soul revealed Himself to her in a wonderful manner. He consoled her in a trial which tormented her, and favoured her with remarkable visions during the following eight years.

At God's command, she related them in a book, entitled "Revelations of Saint Gertrude".

English: Saint Gertrude.

Español: Santa Gertrudis.

Artist: Miguel Cabrera (1695–1768).

Date: 1763.

Current location: Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, United States of America.

Note: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Laura and Daniel D. Boeckman

in honour of Dr. William Rudolph.

Source/Photographer: https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/

miguel-cabrera/saint-gertrude-santa-gertrudis

(Wikimedia Commons)

Gertrude, holding in her hand her lighted lamp, awaited the coming of her Spouse. "She died," says The Roman Breviary, "in 1334, consumed rather by the ardour of her love than by disease."

She was proclaimed Patroness of The West Indies, and in New Mexico a town was built in her honour and still bears her name.

Mass: Dilexisti.

Fostering Young Vocations. “Domini Canes - The Hounds Of The Lord.” Holy Hour And Eucharistic Procession And Benediction And Dominican Compline.

Eucharistic Procession, Saint Dominic’s Parish and Shrine of Our Lady of The Rosary,

Haverstock Hill, London. This was part of a Rosary Vigil on 28 October 2017, consisting of

a Holy Hour punctuated with Music, Scripture and Reflections, followed by

a Eucharistic Procession, 

during which The Rosary was Prayed, and The Akathist Hymn

was sung, and ending with Benediction and Dominican Compline.

Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

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

Saint Albert The Great (1200-1280). Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day, Today, 15 November.

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

Saint Albert the Great.
   Bishop, Confessor and 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)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

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-six persons so honoured.

Three Week-End-Return Tickets, Please, On The Super Chief, From Accrington To San Bernardino.

Illustration: PINTEREST

The Super Chief was one of the named Passenger Trains and the Flagship of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It claimed to be "The Train of the Stars", because of the celebrities it carried between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.

The Super Chief (Nos. 17 and 18) was the first Diesel-powered, all-Pullman Sleeping Car Train

in America, and it eclipsed "The Chief" as Santa Fe's Standard Bearer. The extra-fare ($10)

Super Chief left Dearborn Station in Chicago for its first trip on 12 May 1936. Before starting scheduled service in May 1937, the lightweight version of The Super Chief ran 2,227 miles (3,584 km) from Los Angeles over recently-upgraded tracks in 36 hours and 49 minutes, averaging 60 mph (97 km/h) overall and reaching 100 mph (160 km/h).

With one set of equipment, the Train initially operated once a week from both Chicago

and Los Angeles. After more Cars had been delivered, The Super Chief ran twice weekly,

beginning in 1938, and daily, after 1948. Adding to the Train's mystique were its

gourmet meals and Hollywood clientele.

Santa Fe RailRoad.

"The Super Chief".

1950s Passenger Trains in The USA.

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

Competitors to The Super Chief were The City of Los Angeles, on The Chicago and North Western Railway and The Union Pacific Railroad, and (to a lesser extent) The Golden State, on The Rock Island and Southern Pacific. The Santa Fe Super Chief was one of the last Passenger Trains in The United States to carry an all-Pullman consist; only The Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited and The Illinois Central's Panama Limited survived longer. The Train maintained its high level of service until the end of Santa Fe Passenger Operations on 1 May 1971.

When Amtrak took over operation of the Nation's Passenger Service on 1 May 1971, the 35-year run of The Super Chief on The Santa Fe ended, though Amtrak used the name on the same route for three years. In 1974,The Santa Fe withdrew permission to use the name, due to a perceived decline in service, so Amtrak renamed it Southwest Limited. Following the delivery of new Superliner equipment, The Santa Fe allowed Amtrak to call it The Southwest Chief, in 1984.

STATION STOPS IN 1938.

Chicago, Illinois (Dearborn Station)

Kansas City, Missouri

Newton, Kansas (service only)

Dodge City, Kansas (service only)

La Junta, Colorado (service only)

Raton, New Mexico (service only)

Las Vegas, New Mexico (service only)

Albuquerque, New Mexico (service only)

Gallup, New Mexico (service only)

Winslow, Arizona (service only)

Seligman, Arizona (service only)

Needles, California (service only)

Barstow, California

San Bernardino, California

Pasadena, California

Los Angeles, California

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's combined Super Chief / El Capitan Train

pulls into Track 10 at Los Angeles' Union Passenger Terminal.

Photo: 24 September 1966.

Source: From "Railfanning The Santa Fe in Southern California" —copyright Surf Line Historical Society (2003), free to distribute and/or use for any purpose.

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Saint Josaphat. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 14 November.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
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

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A native of Wladimir, in Volhynia (then Poland, now Ukraine), and belonging to a noble family, Josaphat Kuncewitcz embraced Monastic Life in The Order of Saint Basil. He always kept fresh the flower of his Chastity, which he had from his youth Consecrated to Mary.

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 Domino.

The Basilica of Saint Josaphat, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America.

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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

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.

Never Forget The Benedictine Precept: Everything In Moderation.

Two Ordo Or Not Two Ordo ? That Is The Question. Whether 'Tis Nobler In The Mind To Suffer The Slings And Arrows Of Outrageous "Missalettes" !!!

               

Available soon !!!

From THE SAINT LAWRENCE PRESS LTD

The ORDO 2018

for The Extraordinary Form of The Mass.

ORDO 2018 will be available for despatch very soon.

Please watch this space on THE SAINT LAWRENCE PRESS LTD

A new Cart for ORDO 2018 will be set up when it is available.

It would be much appreciated if people did not order the 2017 Edition, hoping to get 2018. 

It is gratifying and pleasing to see so many enquiries already about the 2018 edition.

ORDO 2017 sold very well, with many new customers from around the World, as a new

generation starts to understand the richness of The Roman Liturgy and to follow

the Praxis of previous generations, now gone to The LORD.

November is, of course, a most suitable time to remember them.

In addition, Fr Hunwicke comments on HIS Ordo (see, below),

for The Ordinary Form of The Mass,

at FR HUNWICKE'S MUTUAL ENRICHMENT

"For those who are Ordinary Form chaps and chappesses, but would enjoy something which somewhat elevates bog-standard Bugnini, I commend the ORDO which I still compile,

Order for the Eucharist and for Morning and Evening prayer in the Church of England 2016. It gives full information both for the Novus Ordo Roman Rite (Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal) and for the Church of England (Common Worship). Tufton Books. (By the way, it starts with Advent.)"

Please NOTE: The above text for Fr Hunwicke is taken from 2015.

No doubt, Fr Hunwicke's 2018 Ordo will be available soon.

Please keep an eye on his Blog

FR HUNWICKE'S MUTUAL ENRICHMENT

For those who are Ordinary Form chaps and chappesses,

but would enjoy something which somewhat elevates bog-standard Bugnini,

Fr Hunwicke commends this ORDO.

Please NOTE: The 2018 Edition will be available very soon.

Illustration: TUFTON BOOKS

Two Ordo, or not Two Ordo: That is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous "Missalettes",

Or to give arms against a sea of troubles,

And, by opposing, end them. To know what Feast it is.

And have a damn good read.

Shakespeare.

Hamlet.

(With Apologies)

Solemn Requiem Mass. 13 November 2017. 1900 hrs. The Church Of Saint Vincent Ferrer. New York City.

Illustration: THE SOCIETY OF ST. HUGH OF CLUNY

The Sacred Window Rescue Project. Beautify Your Church. Instal A Stained-Glass Window.

The Annunciation.

All Illustrations are from: THE SACRED WINDOW RESCUE PROJECT

Welcome to The Sacred Window Rescue Project. Their Web-Site is HERE

There you will find surplus Stained-Glass Windows. They are all available for purchase and re-use in new construction and renovation projects.

Saint Gregory, Saint Cecilia, and King David.

A splendid twelve-foot Rose Window, from the former Most Blessed Sacrament Church

in South Philadelphia. It was made by the famous George Boos Studio of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. This is the last Stained-Glass Window from an entire collection that has happily

been relocated into new settings.

The Visitation.

The Nativity.

The Presentation.

Remembrance Sunday. 12 November 2017.

Faure Requiem Op.48.

Durufle Requiem Op.9.

Available on YouTube at

YOU TUBE

They shall grow not old,

as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them,

nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the Sun,

and in the morning,

We will remember them.

Illustration: THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

We will remember them.