Fourth Latin Missa Cantata In This Mediaeval Church Since 1538. Sung Votive Mass Of The Blessed Virgin Mary And Commemoration Of Ember Saturday In September.

Saint Augustine's Church, Snave, Ashford, Kent.

A Latin Missa Cantata will be Celebrated here on Saturday, 22 September 2018, 1200 hrs.

Travel Directions are given, below.

It is possible that a small private Chapel stood on this site before the present building was commenced in the Late-13th-Century. The East End is unusual in that The Lady Chapel

(more recently used as a School Room) vies for importance with The Chancel.

Declared redundant in 1983, Saint Augustine's Church is now entirely maintained by

The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust.

Text: © 2014 Joan Campbell.

Photograph: © 2014 John Hendy.

Illustration: THE ROMNEY MARCH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Missa Cantata at Saint Augustine's, Snave (near Ashford, Kent), September 2015.

The first time in 477 years that a Latin Sung Mass (Missa Cantata) had been Celebrated

in this beautiful Mediaeval Church on Romney Marsh, Kent, England.

On Saturday, 22 September 2018, 1200 hrs, there will be Celebrated another

Missa Cantata at this lovely Church.

Illustration: LATIN MASS SOCIETY

The Latin Mass Society returns to Snave

for a Missa Cantata, at 12 Noon,

Saturday, 22 September 2018.

The Celebrant is Fr. Marcus Holden.

Music will be supplied by The Victoria Consort.

For those unfamiliar with the

superb quality of their singing, a CD,

Mass for Saint Augustine of Canterbury,

is available to purchase from

The Latin Mass Society

at LMS SHOP.

Saint Augustine's Church is one of

the Mediaeval Churches now in the care of

The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, who have kindly given permission for us to Celebrate The Mass.

Light refreshments will be served after Mass.

Missa Cantata.

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday, 22 September 2018,

1200 hrs.

Celebrant: Fr. Marcus Holden.

Music: The Victoria Consort.

Director: Dominic Bevan.

Further Details: Mrs. Marygold Turner.

Telephone: 01580 291372.

Travel Directions to Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.

By Road.

Leave the M20 at Junction 10.

Follow the A2070 towards Hastings.

After, approx, 9.3 miles, take the Slip Road

to the LEFT (signposted "SNAVE").

At the Post-Box (on your LEFT),

TURN LEFT,

and you have arrived at the Church.

(N.B. Google Maps mark the destination

as "Manor Farm")

By Rail.

Frequent Trains from

Saint Pancras International Railway Station, London, going to

ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL.

Then take a Taxi to SNAVE.

Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine's Church, Snave, Ashford, Kent,

has been kindly given by

THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Missa Cantata,

in Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday, 22 September 2018,

1200 hrs.

Snave is one of a group of Mediaeval Churches built to serve very small communities on

Romney Marsh, in Kent. Now redundant, they are in the care of The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, who have kindly given permission for us to Celebrate Mass

on Saturday, 22 September 2018, at 12 noon.

2017 was the third time that a Latin Mass had been Celebrated in the Church since Reformation times. We are delighted to be able to return this year.

Missa Cantata.

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday, 22 September 2018, 1200 hrs.

Celebrant: Fr. Marcus Holden.

Schola: The Victoria Consort.

Director: Dominic Bevan.

Further Details: Mrs. Marygold Turner 01580 291372.

Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent, has been kindly given by

THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Billy Fury. A Blast From The Past.

Portrait of Billy Fury used on the Front Cover of "Pop Weekly" in the Early-1960s.

Photo copyright Chris Eley.

Illustration: LIVERPOOL MUSEUMS

"Like I've Never Been Gone".

Sung by: Billy Fury.

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Billy Fury.

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"In Thoughts Of You".

Sung by: Billy Fury.

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Billy Fury.

Photo added to FIND A GRAVE by Ron Moody

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"Halfway To Paradise".

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Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), better known by his Stage Name, Billy Fury, was an English singer from the Late-1950s to the Mid-1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s.

Rheumatic Fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death. An early British Rock and Roll (and Film) Star, he equalled The Beatles' record of twenty-four Hits in the 1960s, and spent 332 weeks on the UK Charts, without a Chart-Topping Single or Album.

AllMusic journalist Bruce Eder stated, "His mix of rough-hewn good looks and unassuming masculinity, coupled with an underlying vulnerability, all presented with a good voice and some serious musical talent, helped turn Fury into a major Rock and Roll Star in short order".

Others have suggested that Fury's rapid rise to prominence was due to his "Elvis Presley-influenced hip swivelling and, at times, highly suggestive stage act."

Saint Raymund Nonnatus. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 31 August.

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

Saint Raymund Nonnatus.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 31 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Raymund Nonnatus being fed by Angels.

Español: San Ramón Nonato alimentado por los ángeles.

Русский: Св. Раймунд, питаемый ангелами.

Date: 1630.

Source: [1]

Author: Follower Of Eugenio Cajes.

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The Church Solemnised, on 23 January and 31 January, The Feasts of Saint Raymund of Pennafort and Saint Peter Nolasco, who Founded The Order of Our Lady of Ransom. The Church honours, today, Saint Raymund Nonnatus, who was one of its glories. On 24 September, she will Celebrate The Apparition of Mary, herself, who was the Foundress of this Religious family.

Saint Raymund Nonnatus had never known his mother, of whom he was prematurely deprived by death. He implored The Virgin to adopt him as her son.

Mary, herself, one day revealed to him that, to please her, he was to devote himself to the ransoming of captives (Collect). He immediately renounced worldly riches, and, determined only to use them to help his neighbour (Epistle), he enrolled himself in The Order of Our Lady of Ransom and was sent to Africa with the mission to ransom Christians who had fallen into the hands of Mohammedans.

He delivered a great many and gave himself up as a hostage, so as not to expose those who remained behind unransomed. His mouth was closed with a padlock which cruelly pierced his lips, and he was thrown into a narrow cell. He died in 1240.

Mass: Os justi.

English: Christ rewards Saint Raymund Nonnatus.

Español: Cristo premiando a San Ramón Nonato.

Date: 1673.

Source: https://www.museodelprado.es/imagen/alta_resolucion/

P03816.jpghttp://cvc.cervantes.es/el_rinconete/anteriores/agosto_07/28082007_02_x_1.htm

Author: Diego González de la Vega.

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Raymund Nonnatus, O. de M. (Catalan: Sant Ramon Nonat, Spanish: San Ramón Nonato, French: Saint Raymond Nonnat, Maltese: San Rajmondo Nonnato), (1204 – 31 August 1240) is a Saint from Catalonia, Spain. His nickname (Latin: Nonnatus, "not born") refers to his birth by Caesarean section, his mother having died while giving birth to him.

Raymund is the Patron Saint of childbirth, midwives, children, pregnant women, and Priests defending The Confidentiality of Confession.

The Towns of Saint-Raymond, Quebec, Canada, San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina, and São Raimundo Nonato, Brazil, are named after him. A Shrine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Raymundianus) in Brazil, are Dedicated to him.

In The United States, the Parish of Saint Raymond, in the New York City Borough of The Bronx, Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus, in Joliet, Illinois. and Saint Raymond Catholic Community, in Downey, California, are under his Patronage. There is also a Parish Dedicated to him in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico.

The Cathedral of Saint Raymund Nonnatus

is The Seat of The Catholic Diocese of Joliet,

Illinois, United States of America.

Photo: 29 July 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Farragutful.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Due to the story of his own birth, Raymund quickly became widely invoked by women facing childbirth. This can be seen in the large number of Santos, depicting him, found in the Colonies of The Spanish Empire.

Because of his limited historical importance, however, since the reforms of The Church Calendar in 1969, The Liturgical Commemoration of Raymund's Feast Day is no longer included among those to be necessarily observed wherever The Roman Rite is Celebrated. But, since he is included in The Roman Martyrology for 31 August, Mass and The Liturgy of The Hours may be recited in his honour on that day, as in the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar, which is observed by some Traditionalist Catholics.

One particular ritual is centred around the padlock that is part of his Martyrdom. Locks are placed at his Altar to stop gossip, rumours, false testimonies and bad talk. They are also used to keep secrets, stop cursing or lying and to guard Priests defending The Confidentiality of Confession.

Saint Felix And Saint Adauctus. Martyrs. Feast Day, Today, 30 August.

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

Saints Felix And Adauctus.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 30 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

The Glorification of Saint Felix and Saint Adauctus.

Artist: Carlo Innocenzo Carlone.

Source: Image from English Wikipedia.

This File: 22 September 2006.

User: ChickenFalls.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"At Rome," says The Roman Martyrology, "on The Ostian Way, the passion of Blessed Felix, Priest, under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. After being tortured on the rack and condemned to death, while he was led to the place of execution, he met a Christian, who publicly confessed his Faith and was beheaded with him. The Faithful, ignorant of his name, called him Adauctus, which means "Added", because he shared the triumph of Saint Felix (303 A.D.).

Mass: Sapiéntiam.

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The Veneration of Saint Felix and Saint Adauctus is very old; they are Commemorated in The Sacramentary of Gregory the Great and in the ancient Martyrologies.

Their Church in Rome, built over their graves, in the Catacomb of Commodilla, on The Via Ostiensis, near the Basilica of Saint Paul-outside-the-Walls, and restored by Pope Leo III, was discovered about three hundred years ago and again unearthed in 1905 (Civiltà Catt., 1905, II, 608). Pope Leo IV, about 850 A.D., is said to have given their relics to Irmengard, wife of Lothair I; she placed them in the Abbey of Canonesses, at Eschau, in Alsace.

They were brought to the Church of Saint Stephen, in Vienna, in 1361. The heads are claimed by Anjou and Cologne. According to the "Chronicle of Andechs" (Donauwörth, 1877, p. 69), Henry, the last Count, received the relics from Pope Honorius III and brought them to the Abbey of Andechs.

The painter, Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (1686–1775), painted The Glorification of Saints Felix and Adauctus (1759–1761), seen above. It was commissioned for the Cupola of the Church of San Felice del Benaco on Lake Garda.

Saint Rose Of Lima. Virgin. Feast Day, Today, 30 August.

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

Saint Rose of Lima.
   Virgin.
   Feast Day 30 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Rose of Lima.

In the book at her feet, 

the Text reads: "Rosa Cordis Mei Tu Mihi Sponsa Esto Ancilla Tua Sum Domine". 

"The Rose of my heart, be thou my bride, your servant, I, O Lord."

Español: Óleo sobre lienzo, Claudio Coello (1642-1693): Santa Rosa de Lima (1684-1685).

Artist: Claudio Coello (1642–1693).

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

This File: 26 March 2006.

User: Seges.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Rose of Lima.

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One hundred years after the discovery of The New World, was born at Lima, the Capital of Peru, the Virgin, Rose, the First Flower of Sanctity which bloomed in South America. The name was given to her because, one day, the face of the child appeared transfigured and with all the beauty of a Rose. She added to it the name of The Blessed Virgin Mary, wishing, thenceforth, to be called "Rose of Saint Mary".

Watered by The Divine Dew of Grace, she produced beautiful blooms of Virginity and Patience (Collect). When five years old, she made her Vow of Perpetual Virginity, taking Jesus for her Spouse (Epistle). Later, to avoid being obliged to marry, she cut off her beautiful hair.

Having received the Habit of a Tertiary of The Order of Saint Dominic, she gave herself up to Prayer and austere mortification. When she was thirty, on 29 August 1617, her Divine Spouse came to take her (Gospel, Communion), and, adorned with her radiant beauty, she entered triumphant into The Court of The Heavenly King (Gradual, Alleluia).

Mass: Dilexisti.
Commemoration: Saint Felix and Saint Adauctus. Martyrs.

Saint Rose of Lima, before The Madonna.

Artist: José Claudio Antolinez (1635–1675).

Date: Late-17th-Century.

Current location: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art:

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Saint Rose of Lima (1586 – 1617), T.O.S.D. [The Third Order of Saint Dominic (known as Lay Fraternities of Saint Dominic, or, Lay Dominicans, since 1972) is a Roman Catholic Third Order, affiliated with The Dominican Order] was a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe asceticism and her care of the needy of the City, through her own private efforts. A Lay Member of The Dominican Order, she was the first person, born in The Americas, to be Canonised by The Catholic Church.

As a Saint, Rose of Lima is designated as a Co-Patroness of The Philippines, along with Saint Pudentiana, who were both moved as Second-Class Patronage, in September 1942, by Pope Pius XII, but remains the Primary Patroness of Peru and the indigenous natives of Latin America.

Saint Rose of Lima Church, Brooklyn, United States of America.

Photo: 28 March 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jim.henderson.

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She was born Isabel Flores y de Oliva, in the City of Lima, then in the Vice-Royalty of Peru, on 20 April 1586. She was one of the many children of Gaspar Flores, a Harquebusier (Cavalryman) in the Imperial Spanish Army, born in San Germán on the island of San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico), and his wife, María de Oliva, a native of Lima. Her later nickname, "Rose", comes from an incident in her babyhood: A servant claimed to have seen her face transform into a rose. In 1597, she was Confirmed by the Archbishop of Lima, Turibius de Mongrovejo, who was also to be declared a Saint. She formally took the name of "Rose", at that time.

As a young girl — in emulation of the noted Dominican Tertiary, Saint Catherine of Siena — she began to Fast three times a week and performed severe penances, in secret. When she was admired for her beauty, Rose cut off her hair and smeared pepper on her face, upset that suitors were beginning to take notice of her. She rejected all suitors, against the objections of her friends and her family. Despite the censure of her parents, she spent many hours contemplating The Blessed Sacrament, which she received daily, an extremely rare practice at that time. She was determined to take a Vow of Virginity, which was opposed by her parents, who wished her to marry.

English: Basilica of Saint Rose of Lima, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Español: Basílica Santa Rosa de Lima, en Avenida Belgrano, barrio de Balvanera, Argentina.

Photo: 12 April 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Roberto Fiadone.

(Wikimedia Commons)

After daily Fasting, she took to permanently abstaining from eating meat. She helped the sick and hungry around her community, bringing them to her room and taking care of them. Rose sold her fine needlework, and took flowers that she grew to market, to help her family. She made and sold lace and embroidery to care for the poor, and she Prayed and did Penance in a little Grotto, which she had built. Otherwise, she became a Recluse, leaving her room only for her visits to Church.

She attracted the attention of The Friars of The Dominican Order. She wanted to become a Nun, but her father forbade it, so she instead entered The Third Order of Saint Dominic, while living in her parents' home. In her twentieth year, she donned the Habit of a Tertiary and took a Vow of Perpetual Virginity. She donned a heavy Crown, made of Silver, with small spikes on the inside, in emulation of The Crown of Thorns worn by Christ.

For eleven years, she lived this way, with intervals of ecstasy, and died on 24 August 1617, at the age of thirty-one. It is said that she prophesied the date of her death. Her funeral was held in the Cathedral, attended by all the public authorities of Lima, and with a eulogy by the Archbishop.

Saint Rose of Lima Church, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America.

Photo: 30 May 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jim.henderson.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Rose was Beatified by Pope Clement IX, on 10 May 1667, and Canonised, on 12 April 1671, by Pope Clement X, the first Catholic in the Americas to be declared a Saint. Her Shrine, alongside those of her friends, Saint Martin de Porres and Saint John Macías, is located inside the Convent of Saint Dominic, in Lima, Peru. The Roman Catholic Church says that many Miracles followed her death; there were stories that she had cured a leper. Many places in the New World are named Santa Rosa, after her. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is especially devoted to her.

"The Life of Santa Rosa" was written by many, including: The Dominican, Father Hansen, "Vita Sanctae Rosae" (2 vols., Rome, 1664–1668), and Vicente Orsini, afterward. Pope Benedict XIII, wrote "Concentus Dominicano, Bononiensis ecclesia, in album Sanctorum Ludovici Bertrandi et Rosae de Sancta Maria, ordinero praedicatorum" (Venice, 1674).

English: Saint Rose of Lima Church, Sittard, Netherlands.

Nederlands: Rosakapel te Sittard (Limburg).

Photo: 7 August 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Gouwenaar.

(Wikimedia Commons)

In the Caribbean twin-island State of Trinidad and Tobago, the Santa Rosa Carib Community, located in Arima, is the largest organisation of indigenous peoples on the island. The second oldest Parish in the Diocese of Port-of-Spain is also named after this Saint. The Santa Rosa Church, which is located in the town of Arima, was established on 20 April 1786, as the Indian Mission of Santa Rosa de Arima, on the Foundations of a Capuchin Mission, previously established in 1749.

Saint Rose is the Patroness of The Americas, indigenous people of The Americas, especially of Lima, Peru; the Secondary Patroness of The Philippines, along with Saint Pudentiana; of gardeners; of florists; of Sittard, the Netherlands; of India. Maywood, California is known as the largest Parish dedicated to Santa Rosa. On the last weekend in August, the Fiesta de Santa Rosa is celebrated in Dixon, New Mexico.

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Saint Sabina. Martyr. Feast Day 29 August.

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

Saint Sabina.
   Martyr.
   Feast Day 29 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Church of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy. 

Early-5th-Century A.D.

Date: Before 1923.

Photographer: William Henry Goodyear (1846–1923).

Institution: Brooklyn Museum, United States of America.

Source: Brooklyn Museum, United States of America.

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"At Rome," says The Roman Martyrology, "the birth in Heaven of Saint Sabina, Martyr, who was struck by the sword under the Emperor Hadrian and won the Palm of Martyrdom in 127 A.D.."

Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

Church of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy.

Date: 10 September 2010.

Source: roma2010

Author: ho visto nina volare

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The Beheading Of Saint John The Baptist. Feast Day 29 August.

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

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.
   Feast Day 29 August.

Greater-Double.

Red Vestments.

"The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist".

Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610).

Date: 1608.

Current location: Altarpiece in The Oratory, Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

Permission: Wikide-I / 10.000 Gemälde für Commons.

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After having Solemnised on 24 June the joyous birth of Saint John the Baptist, The Church, today, honours his glorious birth in Heaven. Excepting The Blessed Virgin, he is the only Saint whose temporal birthday is observed. Saint John the Baptist holds in the worship of The Church The First Rank after The Angels.

John the Precursor, who had passed thirty years in the desert, where he had flourished like the Palm Tree, and grown like The Cedar of Libanus (Gradual), had the courage openly to reproach Herod with the scandal of his illegitimate union with Herodias, his sister-in-law, whose husband, Philip, was still alive (Introit, Epistle, Gospel).

"It is against the law," he said to the King, "for you to take the wife of your brother." Herodias forced Herod to imprison him and used an unexpected opportunity to obtain through her daughter, Salome, the beheading of the Saint who thwarted her criminal passion.

On this day, Saint John completes his mission, adding to the testimony he gave to Christ at His Baptism, the testimony of his Martyrdom. He was put to death towards the Passover, one year before The Passion of Jesus; but the Anniversary is Solemnised on the day when his Venerable head was found at Emesa, in Syria, in 453 A.D.

It is related in ancient legends that, on a Winter's day, when Salome was dancing on a frozen river, the ice broke and, closing again, cut off the head of the immodest dancer.

Mass: Loquébar.
Commemoration: Saint Sabina. Martyr.

"Be It Unto Me".

"Be It Unto Me".

Artist: Liz Lemon Swindle.

Text and Illustration: THE GREENWICH WORKSHOP GALLERY

"Be It Unto Me," artist Liz Lemon Swindle’s most sought-after edition from

The Greenwich Workshop, was the premiere image in what became a definitive collection

of fine art editions. Her "Son of Man" series documents the human events in Jesus’ life from the story of His Birth, to the Parables and other teaching stories to the Miracle of His Resurrection.

Liz Lemon Swindle sees "Be It Unto Me" as a celebration of Mary as much as Jesus.

“She was about fourteen years old, just a child, when told she would give birth to The Saviour.

But all she said was: "Be It Unto Me" (Luke 1:38). You have to honour that kind of Faith.”

"Be It Unto Me".

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Cardinal Burke Responds To The Former U.S. Nuncio’s Explosive Letter About Pope Francis. The Pope Refuses To Comment.

Cardinal Burke speaking at the Rome Life Forum in May 2018.

Photo Credit: don Elvir Tabaković / Propstei_Paring.

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ROME, 26 August 2018 (LifeSiteNews) -- “The corruption and filth which have entered into the life of The Church must be purified at their roots,” said Vatican Cardinal Raymond Burke in response to a Life Site request for comment on the release of Archbishop Carlo Viganò’s testimony.

The eleven-page Letter, issued by the former Papal Representative in The United States, released to LifeSiteNews and a few other outlets, is filled with revelations of scandals within the hierarchy.

“The declarations made by a Prelate of the authority of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò must be totally taken to heart by those responsible in The Church,” said Burke. “Each declaration must be subject to investigation, according to The Church’s time-tried Procedural Law.”

Texas Bishop Urges:

"Thorough Investigation"

Of Allegations Against Pope Francis.

TYLER, Texas. 26 August 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – After the release last night of an explosive Letter by The Vatican’s former Nuncio to The United States, a Texas Bishop said he found the allegations against the Pope and other senior Cardinals to be “credible,” and called for a “thorough investigation.”

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, of Tyler, Texas, told Priests to “include this Notice in the Masses on
26 August 2018, and post it on their Web-Sites and other Social Media, immediately.”

The principal charge in the eleven-page Letter, by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, is that Pope Francis knew about sexual abuse of Seminarians by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and, nonetheless, removed sanctions that had been imposed against the Cardinal by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Read the full text of

Archbishop Viganò’s explosive Letter,

HERE.

Pope Francis talks to journalists aboard a plane,

on 25 August 2018, as part of his two-day visit to Ireland.

Photo Credit: Gregorio Borgia / AFP / Getty Images.

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Pope Tells Media:

He’s "Not Going To Say A Word"

About McCarrick Cover-Up.

26 August 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis sidestepped questions today about explosive allegations that he knew of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s abuse, and nevertheless lifted Sanctions that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had imposed against the Cardinal.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who served as Apostolic Nuncio in Washington D.C.,

from 2011-2016, wrote in a Letter published last night that, after Pope Francis’ election, he had communicated the problems about McCarrick to the Pope, but rather than continue the Sanctions, Pope Francis made McCarrick “his trusted counsellor.”

Read the full text of

Archbishop Viganò’s explosive Letter,

HERE.

The Pope was questioned about the allegation aboard the Papal plane this evening on the way back to Rome after his visit to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families.

“Read the Statement carefully yourselves and make your own judgement. I am not going to say a word about this,” Pope Francis said.

Saint Hermes. Martyr. Feast Day 28 August.

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

Saint Hermes. 
   Martyr. 
   Feast Day 28 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Church of Saint Hermes, Ronse, East Flanders, Belgium.

Nederlands: Sint-Hermeskerk in Ronse, Belgium.

Photo: 13 July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: User:LimoWreck.

(Wikimedia Commons)

"At Rome," says The Roman Martyrology, "the triumph of Saint Hermes, a very eminent personage, who, after having been some time in prison, was beheaded with several other Saints under the Judge, Aurelian, as related in The Acts of Pope Saint Alexander (+ circa 133 A.D.)".

Mass: Laetábitur.

Saint Augustine. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 28 August.

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

Saint Augustine.
   Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church.
   Feast Day 28 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Augustine of Hippo.

Illustration: FRANCISCAN MEDIA

Augustine was born in 354 A.D., at Tagasta, near Algiers, Algeria. His mother, Saint Monica, taught him early to Pray. Although he had received with delight her Holy Teaching, he went headlong into the gravest disorders.

Carthage, North Africa, not offering him a theatre worthy of his genius, he went to Rome and obtained the post of Master of Rhetoric at Milan, North Italy. "My iniquities," he confesses, "were like a snowball growing in size as it rolls." His desolate mother Prayed to God incessantly with tears, still following the steps of her son.

Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, received him kindly and enlightened him in Divine Knowledge. One day, inspired by Heaven, he opened the Epistles of Saint Paul and read: "Wallow not in debauchery and impurity; but clothe yourselves in Our Lord Jesus Christ." His irresolution immediately ceased and, at thirty-three years of age, on Easter Eve, 387 A.D., he was Baptised.

Seven months after this great happiness, Saint Monica died, asking her son to "remember her at The Altar of God". Augustine, becoming a Priest, offered The Holy Sacrifice for her. "Lord," he often said, "have mercy on my mother; she was good, she pardoned easily, pardon her also her sins."

Made Bishop of Hippo [Editor: In modern-day Algeria], at the age of forty-one, in 395 A.D. (Alleluia, Communion), he began from that moment to live Canonically, that is to say, in Common with his Clerks. [The word Canon (Canonicus), derived from Kanon, in the sense of a List of Clerks attached to a Church, with a Stipend for their subsistence. To live Canonically, was to live in Common. Later on, it meant to lead a Regular Life, under a Rule.]

This Community gave Bishops and Priests to many Churches, and thus The Institute of Saint Augustine spread little by little in Africa and, more specially, in Gaul [France]. The Rule of Saint Augustine, which makes him one of The Four Great Founders of Religious Orders [The Benedictine Order, The Franciscan Order, The Augustinian Order, The Dominican Order], is drawn from the 211th Epistle, which he wrote for Nuns, and which, later on, was adapted for men.

[NOTE: These details appeared in the 1945 Edition of The Saint Andrew Daily Missal. The best-known Augustinian Orders are: The Canons Regular of Saint Augustine and The Hermits of Saint Augustine. The Canons Founded many Congregations; that of Windeshem, with the Mystic Writers John Ruysbroeck and Thomas a Kempis; The Lateran Congregation, which has Monasteries in England, France, Belgium, and America. The Hermits have now, in Europe, Mexico, and The Philippine Islands, more than sixty Monasteries, 280 Mission Stations, with more than 2,000 Members.]

Owing to the sublimity of his knowledge, and the ardour of his love, this Saint was also one of The Four Great Doctors of The West [Editor: Saint Augustine; Saint Gregory the Great; Saint Jerome; Saint Ambrose].

He died in 430 A.D., after an Episcopate of thirty-six years, reciting The Penitential Psalms.

Mass: In médio.
Commemoration: Saint Hermes, from The Collects of Mass: Os justi.

The Four Great Doctors of The Church, represented with attributes of The Four Evangelists:

Saint Augustine, with an Eagle; Saint Gregory the Great, with a Bull;

Saint Jerome (Hieronymus), with an Angel; Saint Ambrose, with a Winged Lion.

Artist: Pier Francesco Sacchi (circa 1485–1528).

Date: 1516.

Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: Uploaded by Twice25, 04-09-2008.

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Saint Joseph Calasanctius. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 27 August.

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

Saint Joseph Calasanctius.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 27 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Church of Saint Thomas, Zaragoza, Spain. The Altarpiece is

of San José de Calasanz (Saint Joseph Calasanctius. A painting by José Luzan. Dated 1767.

Español: Zaragoza - Iglesia de Santo Tomás o de los Escolapios -

Retablo de San José de Calasanz - Pintura de José Luzán de 1767.

Photo: 26 December 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ecelan.

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The Church, having just Celebrated The Feast of The Assumption, Venerates on this day a Saint who had a special Devotion to Our Lady.

Saint Joseph Calasanctius was born in Aragon, Spain, of a noble family, and, from his youth, showed his Charity towards children. While studying Theology at Valencia, he had to defend himself against the enticements of a powerful and noble lady, and made a Vow to enter into Holy Orders.

Having become a Priest, he was apprised by Divine Revelation that he was destined to teach and to train children, especially those of The Poor (Offertory).

He Founded, in consequence, The Order of The Poor Clerks Regular of The Pious Schools of The Mother of God (Collect) [Editor: Latin: Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum, Sch. P. or S. P., or, in short, Piarists].

English: The Logo of The Order of The Poor Clerks Regular

of The Pious Schools of The Mother of God. Or, The Piarists.

Español: Escudo de los Escolapios.

Photo: 28 November 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dr Doofenshmirtz.

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Like Jesus, he let little children come to him (Communion) and taught them to fear God (Introit). Wherefore, the Gospel repeats the consoling words of The Master: "Whosoever shall receive one of these little ones in My name, receiveth Me."

"What is there greater," writes Saint John Chrysostom, "than to discipline minds, than to form tender youths to good habits ? God has shown us that their Souls are worthy of such zeal and of such solicitude that, for them, He did not spare His Son." [Lessons of The Third Nocturn at Matins.]

Saint Joseph Calasanctius died in 1648 at the age of ninety-two.

Mass: Veníte, fílii.

English: Saint David depicted in a Stained-Glass Window

in the Chapel of Saint Joseph Calasanctius, Kyjov, Czech Republic.

Čeština: Svatý David. Vitráž v kapli sv. Josefa Kalasanského v Kyjově.

Zhotovila firma Veselý a Verner, malba oken chrámových, Praha - Karlín.

Photo: 1 June 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Radek Linner.

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Bad Hair Day !!!

"OK, OK. 

Enough already.

Don't you ever have a Bad Hair Day ???!!! "

Illustration: BBC NEWS