Low Sunday (Quasimodo Sunday) (Dominica In Albis). Station Is At The Basilica Of San Pancrazio (Saint Pancras). Octave Of Easter.

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

Low Sunday, or, Octave of Easter.

Station at Saint Pancras's.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Privileged of The First-Class.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

"Bring hither thy hand and put it into My Side, and be not Faithless, but believing".

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Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

English: Basilica of Saint Pancras, Rome, Italy.

Italiano: Chiesa di San Pancrazio, a Roma, nel quartiere Gianicolense.

Photo: June 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Croberto68.

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This Sunday is called Quasimodo Sunday, from the first words of the Introit, or Dominica in Albis (post Albas Depositas), from the fact that, on this day, the newly-Baptised had laid aside their White Vestments, or Pascha Clausum, because it finishes The Easter Octave, or, again, Low Sunday, perhaps in contrast to The Great Feast of the week before.

To teach those, who, in Baptism, have just been born to The Life of God, the generosity with which they ought to bear testimony to Christ, The Church leads them to the Basilica of The Martyr, Saint Pancras, who, when only twelve years old, offered to Christ the Testimony of his blood.

The entrance avenue to the Basilica of Saint Pancras, Rome, Italy.

Photo: January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa.

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Christians must stand firm, resting on their Faith in Christ, The Risen Son of God. Saint John tells us that this is The Faith that overcomes the World, for it enables us to resist all efforts to make us fall (Epistle). Thus, it is important that it should have a firm foundation, which The Church gives us in today's Mass.

Saint John says, in the Epistle, that this Faith is founded upon The Witness of The Father, Who, at Our Lord's Baptism (with water), proclaimed Him His Son; of The Son, Who, on The Cross (by His Blood), showed Himself as The Son of God; and of The Holy Ghost, descending on The Apostles on The Day of Pentecost, according to Our Lord's promise, confirmed what Christ had said about His Resurrection and His Divinity; Dogmas, which The Church, guided by The Holy Ghost, never ceases to proclaim.

The Basilica of Saint Pancras, Rome, Italy.

Photo: January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa.

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Our Faith rests, also, on The Testimony of Angels, who announced Our Lord's Rising from The Dead (Offertory), but it is based, chiefly, on His appearances to His Apostles. Further, the Gospel shows us how Christ, appearing twice in The Cenacle, overcame the unbelief of Saint Thomas, praising those who, not having seen, should yet believe.

Let us believe in Jesus, Risen from The Dead, and, in the presence of The Blessed Sacrament, let us repeat Saint Thomas's cry of Faith and humility: "My Lord and my God."

Interior of the Basilica of Saint Pancras, Rome, Italy.

Photo: August 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Luc.

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By our steadfast Faith, and our blameless conduct, let us bear witness to Our Lord Jesus Christ, before an indifferent World.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Quasi modo.

English: Saint Pancras before the Emperor, in a 19th-Century

tableau 

in the Church of Saint Pancras, Griesheim, Alsace, France.

Français: Alsace, Bas-Rhin, Griesheim-sur-Souffel,

Eglise St Pancrace, Maître-autel (XIXe), tableau de St Pancrace (1855).

Date: 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ralph Hammann.

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The Church of San Pancrazio (English: S. Pancras; Latin: S. Pancratii) is a Roman Catholic ancient Basilica and Titular Church, founded by Pope Symmachus in the 6th-Century, in Rome, Italy. It stands in Via S. Pancrazio, Westward beyond the Porta San Pancrazio that opens in a stretch of the Aurelian Wall on the Janiculum.

The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus S. Pancratii is Antonio Cañizares Llovera. Among the previous Titulars are Pope Paul IV (15 January - 24 September 1537) and Pope Clement VIII (18 December 1585 - 30 January 1592).

The Basilica of Saint Pancras was built by Pope Symmachus (498 A.D. - 514 A.D.), on the place where the body of the young Martyr, Saint Pancras of Rome, or Pancratius, had been buried. In the 17th-Century, it was given to The Discalced Carmelites, who completely remodelled it. The Church underwent further rebuilding in the 19th-Century, but it retains its plain brick facade of the Late-15th-Century, with The Arms of Pope Innocent VIII. Below the Church, there are huge Catacombs, the Catacombe di S. Pancrazio or di Ottavilla. The entrance is next to the small Museo di S. Pancrazio, with fragments of sculpture and pagan and Early-Christian inscriptions.

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ZEPHYRINUS HOPES THEY HAVE BEEN OF VALUE TO READERS, ON THEIR

LENTEN JOURNEY, AND LOOKS FORWARD TO TRAVELLING

THAT SAME JOURNEY WITH YOU NEXT YEAR.

GOD WILLING (DEO VOLENTE).

Easter Saturday. The Station Is At The Papal Arch-Basilica Of Saint John Lateran.

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unless otherwise stated.

Easter Saturday.

Station at Saint John Lateran.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran.Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome, Italy.

Latin: Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Iohannes Baptistae

et Evangelistae in Laterano Omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.

Español: Basílica de San Juan de Letrán, catedral del Obispo de Roma, Italia.

Italiano: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Roma.

Polski: Bazylika św. Jana na Lateranie (znana jako

Bazylika Laterańska), katedra biskupa Rzymu, Włochy.

Português: Basílica de São João de Latrão, catedral do Bispo de Roma, Itália.

Photo: September 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Stefan Bauer, http://www.ferras.at.

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On coming out of The Baptismal Font, The Neophytes were given a White Garment (a White Veil is now placed over the newly-Baptised during The Baptismal Ceremonies) as a symbol of the effects of Baptism on their Souls: "All you who have been Baptised have put on Christ" (Communion). They continued to wear it until the day known as "sabbatum in albis depositis" ("The Saturday on which White Vestments are laid aside"), because, on that day, at Saint John Lateran, their Baptismal Robes were taken from them.

The Church, seeing "those New-Born Babes" (Epistle) gathered around her, asks them, by the mouth of Saint Peter, her Head, ever to drink The Spiritual and Pure Milk of The True Doctrine.

And in that Basilica, dedicated to The Holy Redeemer, she reminds them that their Souls are The Living Stones of a Spiritual House, of which Christ is The Corner-Stone. The Gospel also shows us The Prince of The Apostles, who, even before Saint John, realised The Resurrection of Christ, of which he is to be Witness to The Whole Church.

Mass: Edúxit Dóminus.

English: The Lateran Palace (on the Left) besides the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.

Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt den Lateranspalast und das Seitenportal

der Lateransbasilika von der Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano aus.

Italiano: Facciata laterale della Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano,

con a sinistra il Palazzo Laterano.

Photo: September 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Maus-Trauden.

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Easter Friday. Station At The Basilica Of Saint Mary-Of-The-Martyrs (The Pantheon).

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unless otherwise stated.

Easter Friday.

Station at Saint Mary-of-The-Martyrs (The Pantheon).

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Pantheon is a Roman Catholic Church, Dedicated to "Saint Mary of The Martyrs",

but informally known as "Santa Maria della Rotonda.

Photo: January 2007.

Vatican Museum photo by: Roberta Dragan.

User: Droberta.

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After bringing her Neophytes together on successive days at Saint John Lateran, Saint Mary Major, Saint Peter's, Saint Paul's, Saint Laurence's, and The Twelve Apostles, The Church, today, made a Lenten Station at the Basilica Dedicated to all The Martyrs and to their Queen, where was made most manifest The Triumph of Christ over paganism.

For the Pantheon, the temple consecrated to the worship of all the gods, was, in the 7th-Century A.D., Dedicated to Mary and to The Martyrs of The Catacombs, a large number of whose bones Pope Boniface IV caused to be Transferred to this Basilica.

The High Altar, Saint Mary-of-The-Martyrs, Rome, Italy.

Photo: February 2013.

Source: Flickr: DSC_0931.

Author: Bengt Nyman.

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English: The Pantheon and the Piazza della Rotunda, Rome, Italy. 

An 1835 view

of the Pantheon by Rudolf von Alt, showing the Bell Towers, often incorrectly attributed to Bernini.

Deutsch: Das Pantheon und die Piazza della Rotonda in Rom.

Artist: Rudolf von Alt (1812–1905).

Current location: Albertina, Vienna, Austria.

Source: Repro from artbook.

This File: April 2010.

User: Mefusbren69.

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The Basilica of Saint Mary-of-The-Martyrs, Rome, Italy.

Photo: October 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Maros M r a z (Maros).

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The Feast of The Dedication of this Church soon afterwards became known as The Feast of All Saints. (Feast Day 1 November.)

The Introit, the Collect and the Epistle remind us that the Covenant established by God with Noe and his seed, after their escape from The Flood, and later renewed with Moses and his people after their Passage through The Red Sea, is a figure of The New Covenant, under which The Neophytes were brought from The Baptismal Font unto the adoption of Children of God.

Jesus on The Cross virtually killed sin (Alleluia, Epistle), and, by His Resurrection, of which The Apostles were Witnesses, (Gospel), He gave us The Life of Grace. Baptism brought home to our Souls this twofold effect of Life and Death. Let us ever remain faithful to it.

Mass: Edúxit eos.

Easter Thursday. The Station Is At The Basilica Of The Twelve Apostles.

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

Easter Thursday.

Station at The Twelve Apostles.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The Apse. The Basilica of The Twelve Apostles, Rome, Italy.

Photo: August 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Luc.

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On this day, The Church used to gather together in the Church of The Twelve Apostles witnesses of The Risen Christ, her New-Born Children, in order that they might Sing The Praises of The Lord, Who had associated them with His Triumph (Introit, Communion). In this Lenten Stational Basilica, are the bodies of Saint Philip and Saint James.

The Gospel tells of the appearance of Jesus to Magdalen, who was the first to inform The Apostles of the disappearance of Our Lord's Body, and who, after seeing The Risen Christ, was deputed by Him to proclaim to them The Double Mystery of The Resurrection and The Ascension.

The Epistle tells of one of the first seven Deacons, called Philip. [This Deacon must not be confused with Saint Philip, the Apostle.] He Baptises a heathen eunuch, who, in a transport of joy, Preaches everywhere the Gospel of Jesus.

The Baroque Ceiling in the Basilica Church of The Twelve Apostles, Rome, Italy.

Photo: August 2005.

Source: http://flickr.com/photos/antmoose/34649457/

Author: Anthony Majanlahti.

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The Basilica of The Twelve Apostles, Rome, Italy.

Photo: January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Lalupa.

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This is what The Church has done for The Catechumens, "who have just been born again in The Font of Baptism" (Collect). "God hath made the tongues of those infants eloquent" (Introit), and, by their Faith and their good actions (Collect), they sing The Triumph of Jesus over death (Alleluia) and over their own Souls (Communion).

Let us remember that, by Baptism, we have become united in one and the same Faith to The Risen Christ (Collect), Whose Father is now Our Father.

Mass: Victrícem manum.

Basilica Santi Apostoli, Rome, Italy.

Photo: July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: SteO153.

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Easter Wednesday. Station At The Basilica Of Saint Laurence-Without-The-Walls.

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unless otherwise stated.

Easter Wednesday.

Station at Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

The spelling of this Saint's name can be either Laurence or Lawrence.

English: Papal Basilica of Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls.

Italiano: Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura.

Photo: February 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: User:Panairjdde.

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The Lenten Station is at Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls. The Church puts before her New-Born Children, as a model, the illustrious Roman Deacon, to whom this Basilica is Dedicated.

Like Saint Paul, yesterday, Saint Peter tells us that The Prophets foretold the Death of Jesus and that The Apostles were witnesses of His Resurrection (Epistle). The Alleluia further reminds us that "The Lord hath appeared to Peter"; while the Gospel shows us Saint Peter directing the fishing operations of his companions, in expectation of the hour, now fast approaching, when he will direct their labours as fishers of men. More devoted to Jesus than the others, he cast himself into the sea to rejoin Him, and it was he who drew to land the net, full of one hundred and fifty-three big fishes.

The Cloisters, San Lorenzo fuori-le-mura (Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls), Rome, Italy.

Artist: Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853).

Date: 1824.

Current location: Art Institute of Chicago, 

(Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection).

Photo: April 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: user:Rlbberlin.

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According to The Fathers, these fishes, brought by Peter to The Feet of The Risen Christ, represented the Neophytes, for The Catechumens were born to Supernatural Life in The Font of Baptism. Called by God to receive His Kingdom (Introit), they eat The Bread of Angels, The Bread of Heaven (Offertory, Secret), which transforms them into New Creatures (Postcommunion), the "Agni Novelli" or "New-Born Lambs".

[The "Agnus Dei", or figures of The Lamb of God, stamped on the wax which remains from The Paschal Candle of the previous year, were formerly Blessed by the Pope on this day. Cherished in a spirit of Reverence and Faith, they are a protection against sickness and danger.]
Let us Celebrate these Festivities of The Resurrection of Our Lord in a Spirit of Holy Rejoicing, a foretaste of the joy we shall experience at The Eternal Pasch (Collect).

Mass: Veníte, benedícti.

Easter Tuesday. Station At The Papal Basilica Of Saint Paul-Without-The-Walls.

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

Easter Tuesday.

Station at Saint Paul-without-the-Walls.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls, Rome, Italy.

Deutsch: Rom, Sankt Paul vor den Mauern.

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.

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After the Testimony to Our Lord's Resurrection given by The Angels (Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday), and by The Prince of The Apostles (Easter Monday), today's Liturgy brings before us that of The Apostle of the Gentiles.

So it is in The Papal-Basilica of Saint Paul, on the Via Ostia, that The Church used to gather her New-Born Children around the tomb of this same Apostle (Collect), there to teach them, out of his mouth, The Words of Divine Wisdom ((Introit).

The Epistle consists of a portion of the address in which Saint Paul announced to the Jews of the Synagogue of Antioch, in Pisidia, The Resurrection of Christ, foretold by The Prophets and witnessed by The Apostles.

The Gospel gives us a new proof of Our Lord's Resurrection, telling us of an appearance of Jesus in The Cenacle on the very day that He Rose from The Dead. Jesus makes his Disciples touch Him. He eats in their presence and demonstrates from The Scriptures that it was necessary that Christ should die to save the World.

The Neophytes, "redeemed out of the hand of the enemy and united to God's own people" (Gradual), and all Christians with them, must, continues Saint Paul, henceforth live, like The Risen Christ, none but a Heavenly Life (Communion), and by their manner of living proclaim their Faith in Christ (Collect).

Let us renew our Faith in The Risen Christ and show it by living, like Jesus, an entirely New Life.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Aqua sapiéntiae.

English: Basilica of Saint Paul-without-the-Walls, Rome, 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. 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.

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Easter Monday. Station At The Papal Basilica Of Saint Peter's.

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

Easter Monday.

Station at Saint Peter's.

Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.

Double of The First-Class.

White Vestments.

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

Dome dominates 

the skyline of Rome. Christianity became the dominant Religion

of Western Civilisation 

when The Roman Empire converted to Christianity.

Italiano: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano.

Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri.

Magyar: Vatikánváros látképe.

Photo: January 2005.

Source: Flickr.

Author: Sébastien Bertrand from Paris, France.

Reviewer: Andre Engels.

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Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome.

Artist: Giovanni Paolo Panini (1692–1765).

Date: 1731.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, United States of America.

Source/Photographer: Saint Louis Art Museum official site.

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The Octave of Easter, during which, formerly, no servile work was done, was one continual Feast. Each day, the Neophytes attended Mass at a Station, at which they received Holy Communion. In the evening, they went to Saint John Lateran for The Office of Vespers.

On the first day of the week, The Station was at Saint Peter's, which contains the tomb of The Temporal Head of The Church. We hear his voice in the Epistle. He proclaims to the World The Resurrection of Christ, of which he was a witness.

Likewise, the Gospel, after describing the appearance of The Risen Christ to The Disciples at Emmaus, mentions His apparition to Peter on the very day of His Resurrection.

Receiving, as we do during these Easter Festivities, one and the same Sacrament, the milk of our Souls, which were born to The Life of God and brought into the promised land by Baptism (Introit), let us all be one in heart and Soul (Postcommunion) in proclaiming together our Faith in The Risen Christ.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Mass: Introdúxit.

The Marian Anthem Is Now "Regina Cæli".

The Blessed Virgin Mary

is Crowned "Queen of Heaven"

by Her Beloved Son,

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"Regina Caeli".

As from Compline on Holy Saturday,

The Marian Anthem is now
"Regina Caeli".

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"Resurrexit, Sicut Dixit". "Alleluia".

"Resurrexit, Sicut Dixit".

"Alleluia".

"CHRISTUS VINCIT".

"CHRISTUS REGNAT".

"CHRISTUS IMPERAT".

A Very Happy, Holy, And Peaceful, Eastertide !!!

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Easter Blessings.

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"Supper At Emmaus".

English: Supper at Emmaus.

Deutsch: Abendmahl in Emmaus.

Italiano: Cena in Emmaus.

Artist: Caravaggio (1573–1610).

Date: 1601.

Current location: National Gallery, London.

Photo: May 2010.

Source/Photographer: Own work.

User: Lafit86.

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"Salve Festa Dies". Easter Processional Hymn. Composer: Venantius Fortunatus († 609 A.D.).

Illustration: CAMILLUS HOUSE

Illustration: NOT A DEACON YET

"Salve Festa Dies".

Composed by Venantius Fortunatus (+ 609 A.D.).

Illustration: CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED

"Salve Festa Dies".

English: From The Mass and Vespers of Easter.

Sung by the Benedictine Monks of Fontgombault Abbey, France.

Français: Des La Messe et les Vêpres de Pâques,

par les moines bénédictins de Fontgombault (France).

Available on YouTube at

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"Salve Festa Dies" is the Title of a Hymn of The Catholic Church, in which we Celebrate The Resurrection of Jesus.

Tradition attributes it to the Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus, who wrote it before 609 A.D. In that case, it would be one of the oldest Hymns passed down.

The Anthem is not included in The Liturgy. It is sung during The Procession at the start of Mass on Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday Mass. The Benedictine Monks Of Fontgombault Abbey, France.

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Easter Sunday Mass Propers.

Performed by the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault, France.

Available on YouTube at

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Abbey of Notre-Dame, Fontgombault, France.

Date: 13 November 2009 (original upload date).

Source: Originally uploaded on en.wikipedia (Transferred by Ayack).

Author: Robindch.

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The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontgombault (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Fontgombault) is a Benedictine Monastery of The Solesmes Congregation, built in Romanesque Style, located in Fontgombault, in the Département of Indre, in the Province of Berry, France.

In 1091, Pierre de l'Étoile founded a Benedictine Monastery on the Banks of The Creuse River, near the Spring, or "Fount", of Gombaud. In the 12th- and 13th-Centuries, the Abbey experienced vigorous growth and established about twenty Priories. In the 15th-Century, the Abbots of Fontgombault had numerous Ponds dug, as was also done at the Abbeys of Saint-Cyran and Méobecq, thus contributing to Fish Husbandry in the Brenne Region.

The Abbey was Sacked and Laid Waste by the Calvinists in 1569. It was not restored until the end of the 17th-Century, when Dom Andrieu accomplished the task. In 1741, the Benedictine Community, reduced to five Members, was replaced by a Community of Lazarists, who established a Seminary and used it as a Centre for Missions in the Region.

Fontgombault Abbey, France.

Image: RIPOSTE CATHOLIQUE

Easter Mass and Vespers. Fontgombault Abbey, France.

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Abbey of Notre-Dame, Fontgombault, France.

Date: 1960.

Source: Own work.

Author: J. P. Sarmant.

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The buildings were partly destroyed during The French Revolution, when the Monastery was nationalised and sold off. It was eventually bought back for Religious use in 1849, by The Trappists, who re-established it as a viable Community, by redeveloping its agriculture and setting up a kirsch distillery.

In 1905, The Trappists were expelled from France, under The Association Laws, and the Monastery was Secularised and sold, a second time. The purchaser was Louis Bonjean, who set up a button factory in the premises. At his death, in 1914, the buildings were put to use as a Military Hospital for wounded soldiers of the Belgian Army, which it remained until 1918. The expelled Trappists went on to form the Monastery of Our Lady of Jordan, Oregon, in The United States of America.

From 1919 to 1948, the buildings were used as a Diocesan Seminary, which eventually closed for lack of Vocations.

In 1948, the empty buildings were restored to the site's original purpose when twenty-two Monks, from Solesmes Abbey, settled it afresh as a Benedictine Community. It is now the most populous of Solesmes' Foundations, with over a hundred Monks, and has, in its turn, made three Foundations in France — Randol Abbey, in 1971, Triors Abbey, in 1984, and Gaussan Priory, in 1994 — as well as Clear Creek Abbey, in The United States, in 1999, which was Elevated from a Priory, in 2010. Mass is Celebrated in Latin, using the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Rite, as in The 1962 Roman Missal.

As Benedictines of The Solesmes Congregation, Gregorian Chant is at the heart of the Community's Liturgical Practice, and recordings of the Chant at Fontgombault Abbey are available at the Abbey Shop.

The Usus Antiquior Mass at Fontgombault Abbey, France.

Image: RIPOSTE CATHOLIQUE

English: Coat-of-Arms (Shield only) of the French Abbot, Dom Jean Pateau. Fourth Abbot of The Benedictine Abbey, Notre-Dame de Fontgombault (Our Lady of Fontgombault) since 2011.

Français: Blason (écu seul) de Dom Jean Pateau, quatrième abbé de l'abbaye bénédictine

Notre Dame de Fontgombault depuis 2011.

Date: 21 April 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Barsupilami1512.

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