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Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna is a Church in Munich, Germany. It was commissioned in the 18th-Century by The Elector, Charles Albert (later, The Emperor Charles VII), and the cornerstone was laid in 1733.
A Monastery, in the legal form of a Chapter of Nuns, was set up. The architect was Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer, while the Asam brothers were responsible for the Interior. The Women's Collegiate Church was Consecrated in 1735.
All but the outer walls were destroyed in World War II. The Interior was restored from old photographs in 1980, but the murals are now painted in Black and White.
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).
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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.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, unless stated otherwise. In The Supplement For The Order Of Saint Benedict, contained within The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, there is listed all The Feasts associated with that Order. On 14 November is The Commemoration Of All Souls Of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.). Commemoration Of All Souls Of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.). 14 November. Double. Black Vestments.
Mass: Requiem, as on All Souls’ Day (2 November), except:
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.
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.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, unless stated otherwise. In The Supplement For The Order Of Saint Benedict, contained within The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, there is listed all The Feasts associated with that Order. On 13 November is Celebrated The Feast Of All Monks Of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.). The Feast Of All Monks Of The Benedictine Order (O.S.B.). 13 November. Double of The Second-Class. White Vestments.
Up to the end of the 16th-Century, there was no General Feast of this name for the whole Benedictine Order, since “The Order Of Saint Benedict”, in the modern sense, was unknown.
In individual Monasteries, as Monte Cassino, Cluny, Fontenelle, etc, a Feast of all the Saints proper to the Monastery was observed, on different dates; only by the Revision of The Monastic Breviary, by Pope Saint Paul V, in 1612, a General Feast of All Holy Monks of The Benedictine Order was instituted, on 13 November.
Mass: Gaudeámus omnes.
Epistle: Exhibeámus.
Gospel: Ecce nos relíquimus (from The Common of Abbots).
Creed: Is said.
Preface: Of Saint Benedict (Page 19 in The Supplement For The Order Of Saint Benedict, contained within The Saint Andrew Daily Missal).
It has been announced that The Oratory-in-Formation, in Manchester, located at the Church of Saint Chad, Cheetham Hill Road, is now a Fully-Erected Independent Oratory.
The Community consists of Fr Raymond Matus, Fr Christopher Hilton, Fr Richard Bailey, Br Gerard Connett and Br Fabian Trevithick.
The Church, which dates from 1847, was designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield and is a Grade II* Listed Building. The Roof is supported by Hammer Beams, which seem unnecessary for the modest width of The Nave.
Mass is offered in The Extraordinary Form every Sunday at 4.45 p.m. We wish The Manchester Oratory every success.
Born in Spain about 1400, Saint Didacus gave up all he possessed (Gospel, Communion) and entered, as a Lay-Brother, The Franciscan Monastery at Arrizafa. He devoted himself especially in contemplation, and was favoured by God by such wonderful light that he spoke of Heavenly things in an almost Divine way.
His ardent desire for Martyrdom, while he was in the Canary Isles, was partly satisfied by all manner of tribulations (Epistle). He returned to Rome in the year of The Jubilee, under the Pontificate of Pope Nicholas V, and was put in charge of The Sick at the Convent of Ara Cæli.
He practised so much Charity that, in spite of the scarcity which desolated the City, those who were committed to his care never wanted the necessities of life. The Passion of Jesus was the ordinary subject of his Meditations and Prayers.
Feeling that his end was near, and clothed only in an old torn Habit, with his eyes fixed on The Cross, he utttered the words of the Sacred Hymn: "Wood and Nails, full of sweetness, ye bear the sweetest of loads; how great your glory, since you have been judged worthy to bear The King of Heaven."
He piously gave up his Soul to God at Alcala de Henares in 1463,
Mass: Justus.
San Diego Pro-Cathedral, Silay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
Previously called the Saint Didacus Parish Church.
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The San Diego Pro-Cathedral, formerly known as the San Diego Parish Church, or the Saint Didacus Parish Church, before its declaration as a Pro-Cathedral in 1994, is an Early-20th-Century Church in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
It is the only Pro-Cathedral in the Country, and is unique in Negros Occidental for being the only Church in the Province featuring a Cupola, or Dome.
Judith Durham AO (Judith Mavis Cock, born 3 July 1943) is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers in 1963.
The group subsequently became the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in The United Kingdom and The United States, and have sold over fifty million records worldwide.
Durham left the group in mid-1968 to pursue her solo career. In 1993, she began to make sporadic recordings and performances with The Seekers, though she remains primarily a solo performer.
On 1 July 2015, she was named Victorian of the Year for her services to music and a range of charities.
“Trade Ad” for The Seekers' single "A World Of Our Own".
Athol Guy (Far Left). Keith Potger (Second from Left).
Remembrance Day at the John McCrae House (birthplace, museum, and Memorial) in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. A detail shot of the "Altar" of the Memorial, with the complete poem "In Flanders Fields"and the line "LEST WE FORGET" inscribed on it.
Portrait photo of John Alexander McCrae (1872–1918).
Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was a Soldier, Physician and Poet.
Date: 1918 or earlier.
Image from "In Flanders Fields, And Other Poems", by Lieut.-Col. John McCrae, M.D., with an essay in character, by Sir Andrew Macphail (New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919): http://www.archive.org/details/inflandersfields00mccr.
Author: Unknown.
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An autographed copy of the poem "In Flanders Fields".
Unlike the printed copy in the same book, McCrae's handwritten version ends the first line with "grow". Facsimile of handwritten version of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields", in a volume of his poetry where an acknowledgement is given "The reproduction of the autograph poem is from a copy belonging to Carleton Noyes, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass., who kindly permitted its use."
Date: 1919.
Source: Scan of McCrae's "In Flanders Fields And Other Poems", obtained from archive.org, converted to PNG and Black and White, slight rotation.
Author: John McCrae.
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Illustrated Page by Ernest Clegg.
Note that the first line ends with "grow".
Page 1 of the main content from a Limited Edition Book containing an Illustrated Poem,
The first chapter of "In Flanders Fields and Other Poems",
a 1919 collection of McCrae's works, gives the text of the poem as follows:
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The Larks, still bravely singing, fly,
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
"Bleuet de France".
Circa 1950.
Source: Own work.
Author: Unknown.
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Remembrance Day (11 November) is a national holiday in France and Belgium. It commemorates The Armistice, signed between The Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on The Western Front, which took effect at 11:00 a.m. — the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month."
Armistice Day is one the most important military celebrations in France, since it was a major French victory and the French paid a heavy price in blood to achieve it. The First World War was considered in France as the "Great Patriotic War". Almost all French villages feature Memorials dedicated to the Fallen. In France, the blue Cornflower (Bleuet de France) is used symbolically, rather than the Poppy.
"Ghosts of Vimy Ridge" depicts the ghosts of The Canadian Corps on Vimy Ridge, surrounding The Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Date: 1931.
Source: Canadian House of Commons Collection, (AN: O-4714) [1]
Delville Wood was sometimes known as Devil's Wood, and the fighting there during The Battle of The Somme was particularly ferocious. The majority of Delville Wood was eventually taken by South African Soldiers on 15 July 1916, and they held on grimly during numerous German counter-attacks for six days, until they were relieved.
After the War, South Africa purchased the site in 1920, and it serves as a Memorial to those of that Nation who fell, not just there, but elsewhere.
The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier in Confederation Square, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, immediately following the Remembrance Day Ceremonies,
11 November, 2006. Since its installation, it has become traditional
to place Poppies on the Tomb, after the formal Ceremony has concluded.
Armistice Day (also referred to as Remembrance Day) marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War One and commemorates the sacrifice of those who died serving New Zealand in this War, and all Wars and armed conflict.
The Great War of 1914 to 1918 was one of the most devastating events in human history. New Zealand, with a population of 1.1 million in 1914, sent 100,000 men and women abroad. 16,700 died and over 40,000 were wounded – a higher per capita casualty rate than any other country involved.
The coming of Peace, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, brought Blessed Relief for all involved.
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.
We will remember them.
(Fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon's Poem "For the Fallen")
This painting can be found at Holy Innocents Church in New York. The artist had just attended Mass, when he noticed a young Soldier kneeling at the foot of a Crucifix. He was so moved that he started work on this painting.
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Charles Bosseron Chambers (1882 - 1964) was a painter, illustrator and teacher. Known as the "Norman Rockwell of Catholic art", his Religious paintings have become highly collectable. He is best known for "The Light Of The World, the most popular Religious Print in America during the first half of the 20th-Century.
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