Saint Dionysius (Bishop), Saint Rusticus And Saint Eleutherius (Martyrs). Feast Day 9 October.

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

Saint Dionysius (Bishop),
Saint Rusticus and Saint Eleutherius (Martyrs).
   Feast Day 9 October.

Semi-Double.

Red Vestments.

English: Basilica of Saint Denis, France.

The Tympanum of The Portal of The North Transept:

The beheading of Saint Denis and his companions,

Saint Rusticus and Saint Eleutherius.

Français: Basilique Saint-Denis (France),

tympan du portail du transept nord:

la décollation de saint Denis et de ses compagnons

Rustique et Éleuthère

Photo: 1 March 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Myrabella

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English: The Church of Saint John the Baptist,

Dammartin-en-Goële, France. Stained-Glass Window

depicting Saint Dionysius (Saint Denis) on the Right.

Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche Saint-Jean-Baptiste

(Johannes der Täufer) in Dammartin-en-Goële

m Département Seine-et-Marne (Région Île-de-France/Frankreich),

Bleiglasfenster mit der Jahreszahl 1910, Darstellung:

Herz Jesu und Margareta Maria Alacoque,

links: Bathilde, rechts: Dionysius von Paris

Photo: 4 April 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter

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Dionysius (Denis), the first Bishop of Paris, accompanied by the Priest, Rusticus, and the Deacon, Eleutherius, was sent to Lutetia (Editor: Present-day Paris) in the 3rd-Century A.D. After carrying out his Mission there for several years, he was beheaded with his Companions at Catulliacum, present-day Saint Denis, Paris, where they erected over his tomb a Basilica. It was here that the Kings of France were buried. [Because of his beheading, Saint Dionysius (Denis) is always represented by bearing his head in his hands.] Saint Dionysius (Denis) is one of The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints.

The Gospel and Collect of today's Mass show forth the Christian heroism of these three Martyrs, who fearlessly confessed The Name of Christ before men and remained firm in the midst of their sufferings.

In the 9th-Century A.D., Saint Dionysius was erroneously identified with Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, whence the Epistle in The Mass relating the conversion of the latter Saint, which happened when Saint Paul passed through Greece on his second journey.

Mass: Sapiéntiam sanctórum.

“Miserere”. Composed By: Allegri. Sung By: The Tallis Scholars. Director Of Music: Peter Phillips.

 

“Miserere”.

Composed By: Allegri.

Sung By: The Tallis Scholars.

Director of Music: Peter Phillips.

In February 1994, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars performed on the 400th Anniversary of the death of Palestrina, in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, where Palestrina had trained as a Choirboy and later worked as Maestro di Cappella.

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“Miserere” (full title: “Miserere mei, Deus”; Latin for “Have mercy on me, O God”) is a Setting of Psalm 51 (Editor: Psalm 50 (Latin Vulgate)) by Italian Composer Gregorio Allegri.

It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for the exclusive use of The Sistine Chapel during the Tenebræ Services of Holy Week, and its mystique was increased by unwritten performance traditions and ornamentation.

It is written for two Choirs, of five and four voices, respectively, singing alternately and joining to sing the ending in nine-part polyphony.

The Most Holy Rosary Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. In Gregorian Chant. The Feast Day Is 7 October.

“Say The Rosary”.

Illustration: RORATE CAELI

The Most Holy Rosary
in Gregorian Chant.

Available on YouTube at
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Saint Sergius. Saint Bacchus. Saint Marcellus. Saint Apuleius. Martyrs. Feast Day 7 October.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saints Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus and Apuleius.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 7 October.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Illustration: IN CAELO ET IN TERRA

"In Lower Syria,", says The Martyrology, "The Holy Martyrs, Sergius, and Bacchus, noble Romans, who lived under the Emperor Maximian".

Bacchus was scourged with thongs that tore his flesh; he died, in his torments, Confessing The Name of Jesus.

Sergius, forced to wear shoes with nails piercing his feet, remained strong in The Faith and was then beheaded.

At Rome, The Holy Martyrs, Marcellus and Apuleius, abandoned Simon the Magician, whose disciples they had been, to follow the teaching of Saint Peter. After The Martyrdom of The Apostles, they themselves obtained the same Crown under the ex-Consul, Aurelian, and were buried near Rome.

Mass: Sapiéntiam.

Saint Mark. Pope And Confessor. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 7 October.

Saint Mark.
   Pope and Confessor.
   Feast Day 7 October.

Simple.

White Vestments.

Pope Saint Mark (336 A.D.).

Source: http://cckswong.tripod.com/pope1_50.htm

(“Pope's Photo Gallery”).

Author: Unknown.

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unless otherwise stated.

Pope Mark (Latin: Marcus) was Head of The Catholic Church from 18 January 336 A.D. to 7 October 336 A.D.

Little is known of his early life. According to “The Liber Pontificalis”, he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus. Some evidence suggests that the Early Lists of Bishops and Martyrs, known as “The Depositio Episcoporum and Depositio Martyrum”, were begun during his Pontificate.

Per “The Liber Pontificalis”, Pope Mark issued a Constitution investing The Bishop of Ostia with a Pallium and confirming his power to Consecrate newly-elected Popes. Also per “The Liber Pontificalis”, Pope Mark is credited with the Foundation of The Basilica of San Marco, in Rome, and a Cemetery Church over the Catacomb of Balbina, just outside the City, on lands obtained as a donation from Emperor Constantine.

Mark died of natural causes and was buried in the Catacomb of Balbina. In 1048, his remains were removed to the Town of Velletri, and, from 1145, were relocated to The Basilica of San Marco, in Rome, where they are kept in an urn under the Altar. His Feast Day is Celebrated on 7 October.

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Mark, a Roman, occupied The Holy See for eight months during the Reign of Emperor Constantine the Great.

He succeeded Pope Saint Sylvester I and continued, with great zeal, the organisation of The Church that had been commenced by his predecessor thanks to the long era of peace inaugurated by the Emperor. He died in 336 A.D.

Mass: Sacerdótes.

This Year Is The 806th Anniversary Of The Revelation Of The Holy Rosary, By Our Lady Mary, To Saint Dominic In 1214.

English: The Madonna giving The Holy Rosary to Saint Dominic.

Deutsch: Rosenkranz madonna, Szene:

Maria mit Hl. Dominikus, zwei Engeln sowie Medaillons

mit Darstellung zu Szenen aus dem Leben Jesu und der Passion.

Artist: Guido Reni (1575–1642).

Date: 1596-1598.

Current location: Basilica di San Luca, Bologna, Italy.

Source: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202.

Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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This year marks the 806th Anniversary of the Revelation of The Holy Rosary, by Our Lady Mary, to Saint Dominic, in 1214.

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There are differing views on the history of The Rosary. According to Tradition, the concept of The Rosary was given to Saint Dominic in an Apparition by The Virgin Mary, in 1214, in the Church of Prouille.

This Marian Apparition received the Title of Our Lady of The Rosary. In the 15th-Century, it was promoted by Alanus de Rupe (also known as Alain de la Roche, or, Saint Alan of the Rock), a Learned Dominican Priest and Theologian, who established the “Fifteen Rosary Promises” and started many Rosary Confraternities. However, most scholarly research suggests a more gradual and organic development of The Rosary.

The practice of Meditation, during the Praying of The Hail Marys, is attributed to Dominic of Prussia (1382–1460), a Carthusian Monk, who called it the "Life of Jesus Rosary". The German Monk, from Trier, added a sentence to each of the fifty Hail Marys, using quotes from Scriptures. In 1569, the Papal Bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices, by the Dominican Pope Pius V, officially established the Devotion to The Rosary in The Catholic Church.

From the 16th- to the Early-20th-Century, the structure of The Rosary remained essentially unchanged. There were fifteen Mysteries, one for each of the fifteen Decades of The Rosary. In the 20th-Century, the addition of The Fatima Prayer, to the end of each Decade, became more common. There were no other changes until 2002, when Pope Saint John Paul II instituted five optional new Luminous Mysteries.

[Editor: The Fatima Prayer: "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from The Fires of Hell, and lead all Souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Your Mercy". (Our Lady at Fatima, 13 July 1917)]

Our Lady Of The Rosary. Feast Day 7 October.

Mary, Mother of Grace and of Mercy,

help me against the efforts of my enemies.

Illustration: HOLY CARD HEAVEN

Saint Bruno. Confessor. Feast Day 6 October.

Saint Bruno.

Artist: Girolamo Marchesi.

Date: Circa 1525.

Current location: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore,

Maryland, United States of America.

Credit line: Acquired by Henry Walters

with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.

Source: Walters Art Museum

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The following Text is from “The Liturgical Year”,

by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.

   Volume 14.

   Time After Pentecost.

   Book V.

Among the divers Religious Families, none is held in higher esteem by The Church than The Carthusian Order; the prescriptions of the “corpus juris” determine that a person may pass from any other Order into The Carthusian Order, without deterioration. And, yet, it is of all the least given to Active Works.

Is not this a new, and not the least convincing, proof that outward zeal, how praiseworthy soever, is not the only, or the principal, thing in God’s sight ?

The Church, in her fidelity, values all things according to the preferences of her Divine Spouse. Now, Our Lord esteems His Elect, not so much by the activity of their works, as by the hidden perfection of their lives; that perfection which is measured by the intensity of The Divine Life, and of which it is said: “Be you therefore perfect, as also your Heavenly Father is perfect”.

Again, it is said of this Divine Life: “You are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God”. The Church, then, considering the solitude and silence of The Carthusian, his abstinence even unto death, his freedom to attend to God through complete disengagement from the senses and from the World — sees therein the guarantee of a perfection which may indeed be met with elsewhere, but here appears to be far more secure.

Hence, though the field of labour is ever widening, though the necessity of warfare and struggle grows ever more urgent, she does not hesitate to shield with the protection of her laws, and to encourage with the greatest favours, all who are called by Grace to The Life of The Desert.

The reason is not far to seek. In an age, when every effort to arrest the World in its headlong downward career seems vain, has not man greater need than ever to fall back upon God ? The enemy is aware of it; and, therefore, the first law he imposes upon his votaries is, to forbid all access to the way of the counsels, and to stifle all life of Adoration, Expiation, and Prayer.

For he well knows that, though a Nation may appear to be on the verge of its doom, there is yet hope for it as long as the best of its sons are prostrate before The Majesty of God.

Saint Bruno. Confessor. Feast Day 6 October.

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

Saint Bruno.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 6 October.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Bruno.

Artist: Girolamo Marchesi.

Date: Circa 1525.

Current location: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore,

Maryland, United States of America.

Credit line: Acquired by Henry Walters

with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.

Source: Walters Art Museum

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The Life of Saint Bruno.

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Saint Bruno was born at Cologne, Germany, in the 11th-Century. With six of his friends, he retired to one of the desert heights of Dauphiny, France, called “Chartreuse”, which had been conceded to them by the Bishop of Grenoble (Gospel).

There, he Founded the first Monastery of The Order of Carthusians, which is held in so high esteem by The Church that, by the prescriptions of Canon Law, The Religious of any other Order may enter it so as to lead a more perfect life. [The Order of Carthusians has given to The Church several Saints, two Cardinals, seventy Archbishops and Bishops, and several famous writers, one of the most distinguished being Dionysius The Carthusian.]

Saint Bruno died, pressing The Crucifix to his lips, on 6 October 1101.

Mass: Os justi.

English: Saint Bruno refuses the Archbishopric of Reggio di Calabria

Español: San Bruno renuncia ante el papa Urbano II

al arzobispado de Reggio Calabria.

Date: 4 November 2011.

Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Source: http://www.gabitos.com/museodelpradomadrid/

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Author: Vicente Carducho (1576-1638).

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Bruno of Cologne (1030 – 1101) was the Founder of The Carthusian Order and personally Founded The Order's first two Communities. He was a celebrated Teacher at Reims, and a close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II.

On the verge of being made Bishop, Bruno instead followed a Vow he had made to renounce Secular Concerns and withdrew, along with two of his friends, Raoul and Fulcius, also Canons of Reims.

Bruno’s first thought on leaving Reims seems to have been to place himself and his companions under the direction of an eminent Solitary, Saint Robert, who had recently (1075) settled at Sèche-Fontaine, near Molesme, in the Diocese of Langres, France, together with a band of other Hermits, who were later on (in 1098) to form The Cistercian Order.

But he soon found that this was not his Vocation. After a short stay, he went with six of his companions to Saint Hugh of Châteauneuf, Bishop of Grenoble. The Bishop, according to the pious legend, had recently had a vision of these men, under a Chaplet of Seven Stars, and he installed them in 1084 in a mountainous and uninhabited spot in The Lower Alps of The Dauphiné, France, in a place named Chartreuse, not far from Grenoble. With Saint Bruno, were Landuin, Stephen of Bourg, and Stephen of Die, Canons of Saint Rufus, and Hugh the Chaplain, and two Laymen, Andrew and Guerin, who afterwards became the first Lay Brothers.

They built an Oratory, with small individual Cells, at a distance from each other, where they lived isolated and in poverty, entirely occupied in Prayer and Study; for these men had a reputation for Learning, and were frequently honoured by the visits of Saint Hugh, who became like one of themselves.

Saint Placid And His Companions. Martyrs. Feast Day, Today, 5 October.

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

Saint Placid And His Companions.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 5 October.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

English: Church of Saint Placid, France.

Français: Église Saint-Plaçide sous le soleil.

Photo: 26 May 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Léo Camus

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The Holiness of Saint Benedict in his grotto at Subiaco soon drew around him many Disciples, among whom the two greatest were Saint Maurus, Apostle of The Benedictine Order in France, and Saint Placid. Both were committed to the care of The Holy Patriarch, the former at twelve years of age and the latter when a child of four years old, by their parents, who belonged to the most illustrious Patrician Families of Rome; under the guidance of such a Master, they made rapid progress in Holiness.

Saint Benedict had a special predilection for young Placid, and, just as The Saviour chose certain of His Disciples to be witness of His Miracles, so he liked to be accompanied by the pious child when God gave him Miracles to work.

English: Church of Saint Placid, Catania, Italy.

Italiano: Catania - Chiesa di San Placido.

Photo: 27 September 2014.

Source: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/115564911

Author: giggel

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One occasion, while drawing water from The Lake of Subiaco, Placid fell in, and the waves carried him far from the shore. The Man of God sent Saint Maurus, who, walking miraculously on the water, saved him. Placid and Maurus followed Saint Benedict to Monte Cassino.

Today's Office and Mass Celebrated the memory of several Christians who were put to death in Sicily about 541 A.D., by Saracenic Pirates. According to a pious Tradition, these Martyrs were Saint Placid, his sister, and the Monks which Saint Benedict had sent to Sicily with him.

Mass: Salus autem.
Collects: From The Mass: Sapiéntiam.

Saint Francis Of Assisi. Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 4 October.

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

Saint Francis Of Assisi.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 4 October.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

“Saint Francis in Meditation”.

Artist: Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664).

Date: 1635-1639.

Current location: National Gallery, London, England.

Source/Photographer: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

paintings/francisco-de-zurbaran-saint-francis-in-meditation/27646

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Saint Francis of Assist.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Born at Assisi, in Umbria, Italy, Saint Francis was raised up by God to work at the same time as Saint Dominic for the moral regeneration of the World at a most troublous period.

[Francis, says Dante, was a true Seraph by the love which devoured his Soul; Dominic, by his enlightened knowledge, ranks with The Cherubim. The former lived 1182-1225, the latter 1170-1221. It is related that Saint Louis, King of France, used to say that, if he could divide himself, he would give half of himself to Saint Dominic and half to Saint Francis].

He had been Christened "John", but was called "Francis", by his father, to celebrate his return from a successful business journey in France.

"The more the sublime enthusiast," says Montalembert, "hid himself and depreciated himself to make himself worthy by humility and men's contempt to be the vessel of Divine Love, the more, by a wonderful effort of of Grace, men rushed to follow him."

Saint Francis of Assisi.

Illustration: PINTEREST

Francis soon had disciples (Communion) who reduced themselves to the same poverty as himself and shared his ardour for the conversion of the people. "My Brothers," he would say, "let us Preach Penance, by example, rather than by word."

He gave them a Rule, which was approved by Pope Innocent III in 1210. In the following year, he obtained from The Benedictines the little Church of Our Lady of The Angels, called "Portiuncula", which was the cradle of his Order [The property of The Benedictines of Mount Subasio was thus called because it was made up of small portions of land. After having restored The Church of Our Lady of The Angels, Saint Francis obtained from the Pope the grant of a Plenary Indulgence for all The Faithful who visited it on 2 August, the Anniversary of its Consecration. For the last few years, all Parish Churches enjoy the same privilege (Note: This Text was written in 1945)].

The new Religious Family, with which he enriched The Church (Collect), multiplied so rapidly that, at The General Chapter held at Assisi about ten years after its birth, there were five thousand Brothers.

Church of Saint Francis of Assisi,

Aleppo, Syria.

Photo: 8 January 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Preacher lad

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[In 1264, The Franciscans possessed already 8,000 Houses. The Friars-Minor have given to The Church twenty-nine Saints, sixty Blesseds, five Popes, and many Cardinals, Bishops, and Learned Men, such as Saint Bonaventure, Alexander of Hales, Roger Bacon, Duns Scotus. The Capuchins six Saints and eleven Blesseds. The Conventuals one Saint and one Blessed. In 1936, The Friars-Minor numbered about 24,500 Members, The Capuchins 13,500, and The Conventuals 3,000, not to mention the 83,000 Regular Tertiaries and the 1,904,000 Secular Tertiaries.]

Wishing to consider themselves the least among Religious, Saint Francis gave them the name of Friars-Minor, and he himself remained a Deacon all his life. After this First Order, he Founded a Second Order, "The Order of Poor Clares", thus called after Saint Clare, the illustrious Virgin of Assisi (Feast Day 12 August).

Lastly, in 1221, he Founded a Third Order, called "The Order of Penance", on which the Popes, and especially Pope Leo XIII, who considered it an honour to belong to it, lavished the greatest encouragement and the richest favours.

Saint Francis sent his disciples to France, Germany, Spain, Africa; he himself wanted to go to Palestine and Morocco, but Divine Providence stopped him on the way. The Divine Love which burned in him caused him to be surnamed "Seraphic".

On 4 October 1226, he gave up his Soul to God while finishing the last Verse of Psalm 141: "Bring my Soul out of prison, O Lord, that I may praise Thy Name."

Mass: Mihi autem.

Saint Mary The Virgin Church, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England. Designed By George Frederick Bodley.

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England.

Photo: Wayne Austin FlickR Page

Date: 30 March 2008 (original upload date).

Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons

by NeverDoING using CommonsHelper

Author: Ozzieuk at English Wikipedia

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The Rood Screen.

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England.

Designed by George Frederick Bodley.

© Copyright David Dixon

and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Illustration: GEOGRAPH

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The Church of Saint Mary The Virgin, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England, is an Anglican Church and is Grade I Listed, by English Heritage, as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

The Blessed Virgin Mary and The Child Jesus.

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England.

Designed by George Frederick Bodley.

© Copyright David Dixon

and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Illustration: GEOGRAPH

The Chapel of Saint Paul, at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, was commissioned by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle in 1864. It was designed by the architect Thomas Chambers Hine, but not completed and became known as The Pigeon Coop. Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle, demolished it and commissioned a new Chapel, Dedicated to Saint Mary The Virgin, in 1886. It was designed by George Frederick Bodley and built by R. Franklin, of Diddington, Oxfordshire. The Stone used in the Interior is Red Runcorn, and, Externally, Steetly Ashlar, with Red Runcorn dressings.

It was completed by 1889 at a cost of £30,000 (£2,961,466 in 2016). It was opened by The Bishop of Southwell on 22 October 1889, but this Ceremony caused alarm in The Protestant Alliance of The Church of England, as reported in The Derby Daily Telegraph on 6 November 1889.

The Committee and Members of The Protestant Alliance have forwarded a Memorial to The Archbishop of Canterbury, inviting His Grace’s attention to the reports published in The Press regarding the Services conducted at The Benediction, or Dedication, of the new Church at Clumber on the 22nd of October - Services “authorised and conducted” by The Bishop of Southwell, The Bishop of the Diocese, and described as “a function which far exceeded that of Cardiff in Grandeur of Ritual and Dignity of Ceremonial”.

These reports, it is pointed out, state that the Church at Clumber was decorated with a Crucifix over The Rood Screen, with images of The Virgin and of Saint John, with a Baldachino over The “High Altar,” and a Crucifix on The Retable, with a Tabernacle for The Reserved Sacrament, having a Silver Lamp suspended in front of it, and with other Popish emblems.

The Service of The Holy Communion was conducted, according to these reports, with the formalities observed in The Roman Catholic Service of The Sacrifice of The Mass - formalities condemned by The Courts of Law - and it is further reported that no person whatever Communicated with the Celebrant.

The Procession into the Church was headed by a Crucifer, bearing a large Crucifix, and a Thurifer, bearing a Censer containing Incense. Two handsome Banners were carried aloft, the first being that of The Blessed Sacrament and the second that of The Virgin Mary, on which were inscribed the remarkable words, “S. Maria Mater Dei”.

It is further reported that about fifty “Priests” took part in the Procession; that The Bishop of Lincoln walked in this Procession, dressed in a Cope of Cloth of Gold; that he was followed by The Bishop of Southwell, wearing a gorgeous Cope, on the back of which was depicted in brilliant colours a representation of The Madonna and Child - The Madonna Crowned, The Child Uncrowned.

The Memorialists urge that the use of the idolatrous Rites and Ceremonies of The Church of Rome tend to alienate the affections of people from The Church of England, and, if not checked and prevented, must eventually lead to an agitation for the dis-establishment and dis-endowment of The National Church.

An appeal is made to The Archbishop to use his influence to check and prevent the introduction and the use of such superstitious Services and illegal practices.

The Church, on a Cruciform Plan, has a Central Tower, which contains one Bell and a 175 ft-high Spire, which rises out of an Octagonal Corona. It is in The Second Pointed Style. The Interior Nave is plain, but The Chancel is decorated with carvings. The Stained-Glass is by Charles Eamer Kempe.

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, England.

Designed by George Frederick Bodley.

© Copyright David Dixon

and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Illustration: GEOGRAPH

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.

Designed by George Frederick Bodley.

© Copyright David Dixon

and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

Illustration: GEOGRAPH

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.

Designed by George Frederick Bodley.

The Stained-Glass is by Charles Eamer Kempe.

© Copyright David Dixon

and licensed for re-use under this Creative Commons Licence

Illustration: GEOGRAPH

The Nave.

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.

1900.

Illustration: SOUTHWELL CHURCHES

The Chancel and Choir,

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.

Illustration: SOUTHWELL CHURCHES

The Choir,

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.

Illustration: SOUTHWELL CHURCHES

Stained-Glass Window.

Saint Mary The Virgin Church,

Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.

Illustration: SOUTHWELL CHURCHES

George Frederick Bodley

(1827-1907).

English Architect and Poet.

Photo: Circa 1900.

Source: ST. DAVID'S CATHEDRAL, HOBART

Author: Unknown.

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George Frederick Bodley (14 March 1827 – 21 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival Architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott, and worked in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career.

Bodley was articled to the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, a relative by marriage, under whose influence he became imbued with the spirit of The Gothic Revival, and he became known as the chief exponent of 14th-Century English Gothic, and the leading Ecclesiastical architect in England. He is regarded as the leader of the resurgence of interest in English and Northern European Late-Mediaeval design. Noted for his pioneering design work in The Queen Anne Revival,

From 1869, he worked in a twenty-eight year partnership with Thomas Garner, designing Collegiate Buildings in Oxford and Cambridge, Country Houses and Churches throughout The British Isles. One Cathedral was completed to his design: Saint David's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (first design, 1865; revised 1891; building completed 1936). In 1906, Bodley designed, with his pupil Henry Vaughan, The Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.. He also provided a design for Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, but it was not used.

As well as Vaughan, Bodley and Garner's pupils included the Garden Designer Inigo Thomas, who specialised in formal Gardens with geometrical plans in 17th- and 18th-Century Styles, which suited the houses that Bodley and Garner renovated for wealthy clients.

In 1874, Bodley founded WATTS AND CO, London, with Garner and George Gilbert Scott, Jr. His Secular Work included The London School Board offices, and, in collaboration with Garner, the new buildings at Magdalen College, Oxford, and Hewell Grange, Worcestershire (for Lord Windsor).