Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

16 October, 2026

“Requiem”. “Missa Pro Defunctis”. Composer: Tomás Luis Victoria. Sung By: The Tallis Scholars. Director Of Music: Peter Phillips.



“Requiem”. “Missa Pro Defunctis”.
Composer: Tomás Luis Victoria.
Sung By: The Tallis Scholars.
Director Of Music: Peter Phillips.
Available on YouTube

Man Thinks He’s So Clever, But . . .

 


Christ’s Sermon On The Mount.
The Parable Of The Lilies.
Date: 1866.
Source: Library of Congress.
Author: Currier & Ives.
(Wikimedia Commons)






Nota Bene !!! (Note Well).



Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

Saint Hedwig. Widow. Patroness of Silesia, Poland. Feast Day 16 October. White Vestments.


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

Saint Hedwig.
   Widow.
   Feast Day 16 October.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.


The State Flag of Poland with Coat-of-Arms.
Symbolic version. Based on Image: Flag of Poland.svg
Date: 26 June 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Aotearoa, Wanted
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Basilica of Saint Hedwig,
Trzebnica, Poland.
This File: 25 May 2007.
User: Merlin.
(Wikimedia Commons)

Hedwig, of Royal Birth, and still more illustrious by the innocence of her life, was the daughter of Berthold, Prince of Carinthia, and aunt, on the mother’s side, of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.

Having married Henry, Duke of Poland, she fulfilled her duties as wife in so holy a fashion that The Church compares her to the strong woman, whose portrait is drawn for us by The Holy Ghost in today’s Epistle.

She had three sons and three daughters. She macerated her body, both by Fasting and Watching [Editor: Prayer before The Blessed Sacrament], and by the roughness of her clothes. She was very charitable to the Poor, whom she served at table.

Her husband, the Duke, having died, Hedwig, like the merchant mentioned in the Gospel, gave away all her riches to acquire the Precious Pearl of Eternal Life.

After Praying earnestly, and under Divine inspiration, she generously exchanged Worldly pomp for the Life of The Cross (Collect), entering the Cistercian Monastery of Trebnitz, where her daughter was Abbess.

She died on 15 October 1243, and Poland honours her with special Veneration as her Patroness.

Mass: Cognóvi.


English: The Church of Saint Hedwig, in Legnickie Pole, 
used to be part of The Benedictine Monastery, and, therefore, it shares the inscription in The Cultural Monuments Registry with the buildings of the former Monastery. Today, it is an ordinary Parish Church.
Polski: Kościół św. Jadwigi w Legnickim Polu pierwotnie stanowił kościół przyklasztorny benedyktynów, stąd jest wpisany na listę zabytków wspólnie z dawnym zespołem klasztornym. Obecnie jest zwykłym kościołem parafialnym.
Author: Marek i Ewa Wojciechowscy.
Permission: GFDL.
Attribution: © Marek and Ewa Wojciechowscy /
Trips over Poland /CC-BY-SA-3.0, 2.5, 2.0, 1.0 and GDFL
(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

The Basilica of Saint Jadwiga (English: Hedwig), in Trzebnica, Poland, is a Convent for Cistercian Nuns, situated in Trzebnica (German: Trebnitz), North of Wrocław, in Silesia, Poland, Founded in 1203.

After a few decades of abandonment in the 19th-Century, it is now an Abbey of The Sisters of Mercy of Saint Borromeo, since 1889.

The Abbey was established by the Silesian Piast, Duke Henry I (The Bearded), and his wife, Saint Hedwig of Andechs (Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska), confirmed by Pope Innocent III.



The image of Saint Hedwig is taken from the Web-Site of
Saint Hedwig Parish, 872, Brunswick Avenue, Trenton,
New Jersey NJ 08638, United States of America www.sainthedwigparish.com

The legend of its Foundation relates that Duke Henry, when out hunting, fell into a swamp, from which he could not extricate himself. In return for his rescue from this perilous position, he vowed to build the Abbey. With Hedwig’s consent, her brother, Ekbert of Andechs, then Bishop of Bamberg, chose the first Nuns that occupied the Convent.

The first Abbess was Petrussa, from Kitzingen Abbey; she was followed by Gertrude, the daughter of Hedwig. The Abbey was richly endowed with lands by Duke Henry. When Hedwig became a Widow, in 1238, she went to live at Trzebnica and was finally buried there.


The Church of Saint Hedwig,
Legnickie Pole, Poland.
Photo: 2007.
Author: Marek i Ewa Wojciechowscy.
Permission: GFDL
Attribution: © Marek and Ewa Wojciechowscy /
Trips over Poland /CC-BY-SA-3.0, 2.5, 2.0, 1.0 and GDFL
(Wikimedia Commons)

Up to 1515, the Abbesses were First Princesses of the Piast Dynasty, and. afterwards, members of the nobility.

It is said that, towards the end of the 13th-Century, the Nuns numbered 120. The Abbey also became a mausoleum of many Rulers of the fragmented Silesian Piasts. 

In 1672, there were thirty-two Nuns and six Lay Sisters; in 1805, there were twenty-three Nuns and six Lay Sisters. At the Protestant Reformation, most of the Nuns were Poles, as were the majority until the 18th-Century.


English: Saint Hedwig of Andechs Church,
Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland.
Polski: Zabytkowy kościół parafialny p.w. św.
Jadwigi w dawnym Sadlnie, 
obecnie części Ząbkowic Śląskich.
Photo: July 2011.
Source: Own Work.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Abbey of Trebnitz suffered so greatly, during the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648), that the Nuns fled across the Border onto the territory of the mostly-unaffected Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as they did again in 1663, when the Turks threatened Silesia.

In 1742, in the aftermath of the First Silesian War and the Treaty of Breslau, Trebnitz found itself under the governance of Protestant Prussia and started to suffer from political discrimination.

The last Abbess, Dominica von Giller, died on 17 August 1810, and, on 11 November 1810, the Abbey was suppressed and Secularised, by Order of King Frederick William III. The building, which was extensive, was sold later and turned into a cloth factory.



English: Saint Hedwig of Andechs Church,
Ząbkowice Śląskie, Poland.
Polski: Wnętrze zabytkowego kościoła parafialnego
p.w. św. Jadwigi w dawnym Sadlnie,
obecnie części Ząbkowic Śląskich.
Photo: July 2011.
Source: Own Work.
(Wikimedia Commons)

In the 19th-Century, the ruined Abbey was bought by The Knights Hospitaller and, later, by the Order of Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo, as a hospital.

The Church, a Basilica, has Pillars in the Late-Romanesque Style, to which Baroque additions were made from 1741.

It features several paintings with scenes from the life of Saint Hedwig by Michael Willmann. After the Secularisation of the Abbey, it became the Trebnitz Parish Church.



English: The Basilica of Saint Hedwig,
Trzebnica, Poland.
Polski: Trzebnica, kościół,
ob. par. p.w. śś. Bartłomieja i Jadwigi, 2 poł. XIII.
Photo: 29 June 2008.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


English: The Basilica of Saint Hedwig,
Trzebnica, Poland.
Polski: Trzebnica, kościół,
ob. par. p.w. śś. Bartłomieja i Jadwigi, 2 poł. XIII.
Photo: 8 April 2006.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The grave of Saint Hedwig is located in a Chapel, to the Right of the High Altar, donated by her grandson, Archbishop Ladislaus of Salzburg, in 1267. The grave of Duke Henry I, her husband, is in front of the High Altar.

Among those buried in the Church, are: Henry I (The Bearded), Duke of Silesia-Wrocław, 1238; Saint Hedwig of Andechs, Widow, 1243; Konrad von Feuchtwangen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, 1296; Karolina of Legnica-Brieg, last scion of the Silesian Piasts, 1707.

15 October, 2026

Perkins And Jeeves Are Up To Something. Yet, Once Again !!!



Perkins and Jeeves gave this Pencil-Sketch to Zephyrinus
for their projected new Summer House Apartments in the grounds of Zephyrinus Mansion.

Zephyrinus thinks he’s seen this somewhere before.

It does seem somewhat large for two Senior Staff Members !!!

Illustration: BING

“The Murder At The Vicarage”. By: Agatha Christie. Starring: Joan Hickson As Miss Marple.



“The Murder At The Vicarage”.
By: Agatha Christie.
Starring: Joan Hickson as Miss Marple.
Available On YouTube

Miss Marple is a British television series based on the 
Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. 

It starred Joan Hickson in the title role, 
and aired from 1984 to 1992. 

All twelve original Miss Marple novels were dramatised. 

The screenplays were written by T. R. Bowen, 
Julia Jones, Alan Plater, Ken Taylor and Jill Hyem, 
and the series was produced by George Gallaccio.

Nota Bene !!! (Note Well).



Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

“I Will Find You” And “Theme From Harry’s Game”. Sung By: Clannad.



“I Will Find You”
Sung by: Clannad.
Available on YouTube


“Theme From Harry’s Game”. 
Sung By: Clannad.
Available on YouTube

“You Are A Priest, Forever”. Sung By: Annie Karto.



Illustration: ST. PAUL CENTER


“You Are A Priest, Forever”.
Sung By: Annie Karto.
Available on YouTube

“My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord”.




“Magnificat”.
The Canticle of Mary.
Available on YouTube

Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

The Magnificat (Latin for “[My Soul] magnifies [The Lord]”) 
is a Canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle 
of Mary, and, in the Byzantine Tradition, the Ode of The Theotokos (Greek: Ἡ ᾨδὴ τῆς Θεοτόκου). 

It is Traditionally incorporated into the Liturgical Services of the Catholic Church and of the Eastern Orthodox Churches.[1] Its name comes from the Incipit of the Latin version of the Text.

The Text of the Canticle is taken directly from the Gospel of Luke (1:46–55) where it is spoken by Mary upon the occasion of her Visitation to her cousin Elizabeth.[2] 


In the narrative, after Mary greets Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist, the latter moves within Elizabeth’s womb. Elizabeth praises Mary for her Faith (using words partially reflected in the Hail Mary), and Mary responds with what is now known as “The Magnificat”.

The Magnificat is one of the eight most ancient Christian Hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian Hymn.[2][3] Within the whole of Christianity, the Canticle is most frequently recited within the Liturgy of The Hours.

In Western Christianity, The Magnificat is most often sung or recited during the main Evening Prayer Service: Vespers[1] in the Catholic and Lutheran Churches, and Evening Prayer (or Evensong) in Anglicanism.

In Eastern Christianity, The Magnificat is usually sung at Sunday Matins. Among Protestant groups, The Magnificat may also be sung during Worship Services, especially in the Advent Season, during which these Verses are traditionally read.


Saint Teresa Of Ávila. Virgin. One Of The Four Female Doctors Of The Church. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 15 October. White Vestments.


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

Saint Teresa.
   Virgin.
   Doctor of The Church.
   Feast Day 15 October.

Double.

White Vestments.


Saint Teresa of Ávila (Saint Teresa of Jesus)
(1515-1582).
Artist: René de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.


Saint Teresa was born at Ávila, Spain. From her earliest childhood, she ardently desired to die a Martyr. At the age of eighteen, she entered The Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Consecrated herself to Christ, whom she chose for her spouse (Epistle).

[The Order of Mount Carmel, which spread over The East in Apostolic times, penetrated into The West in the 13th-Century. Illustrious Members of this Order, much by their Sanctity, rank, or writings, are very numerous. Several have filled the greatest dignities in The Church.]

Her heart was so inflamed with Divine Love that she wrote: "How the enraptured Soul feels in this body its captivity and the misery of life ! It considers itself a slave sold in a foreign land; and, what is most bitter, is to see everywhere men's passionate love for this life, and so few banished ones who sigh like itself and Pray for the end of their exile." [Her autobiography, Chapter XXI.]


English: Saint Teresa Of Ávila (Saint Teresa Of Jesus).
One of four female Doctors of The Church.
[Editor: The four female Doctors of The Church are:
Saint Teresa of Avila;
Saint Catherine of Siena;
Saint Hildegard von Bingen.]
Deutsch: Hl. Therese von Avila.
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).
Date: 1615.
Current location: 
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Source/Photographer: https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/1617
(Wikimedia Commons)



Counselled by Jesus, she made the difficult Vow of always doing what she judged most perfect.

She attained through Prayer the highest degree of Mystical Life, and there found such enlightenment concerning Divine Things (Collect), that her works earned for her, from Popes Gregory XV and Urban VII, the august Title of Doctor of The Church, which has been given to no other woman.

[Editor: This last comment was dated 1945 in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal. Since then, three other women have gained the Title of Doctor of The Church. They are: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Thérèse de Lisieux (Saint Therese of The Child Jesus and of The Holy Face)); Saint Catherine of Siena; Saint Hildegard von Bingen. Wikipedia states that Saint Teresa of Ávila was given the Title of Doctor of The Church, by Pope Paul VI, in 1970.]


Saint Catherine of Siena.
One of the four female Doctors of The Church.
Current location:
Church of Santa Maria del Rosario. Prati, Rome.
Author: Anonymous.
(Wikimedia Commons)



“The best Prayer,” she wrote, “and the most pleasing to God, is that which brings on improvement, showing itself in good works, and not the enjoyment which only serves for our own satisfaction.” [Letter to The Bishop of Ávila.]

The influence of this humble Virgin, who converted thousands of Souls, manifestly proves the supreme importance of The Contemplative Life, addressing itself, directly, as it does, to God, The Author of All Good.

She died of Divine Love on 5-15 October. 1582. [Pope Gregory XIII, in order to reform The Roman Calendar, had ordered 
the suppression of ten days of the year 1582; the day after 
4 October was to be called the 15th of the same month. It was during this historic night, of the 4th to the 15th, that Saint Teresa died.]

Mass: Dilexísti.


“Voices of Angels”,
Composed by: Hildegard von Bingen.
One of The Four Female Doctors of The Catholic Church.
Available on YouTube


English: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
One of the four female Doctors of The Church.
Saint Therese of The Child Jesus in the photograph 
taken in the courtyard of the Monastery of Lisieux,
Easter Monday, 15 April 1894.
Español: Detalle de Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús en la fotografía tomada en el patio del monasterio de Lisieux el Lunes de Pascua, 15 de abril de 1894.
Français: Détail de Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus dans la photographie prise dans la cour du monastère de Lisieux lundi de Pâques, 15 Avril, 1894.
Italiano: Particolare di Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù nella fotografia scattata nel cortile del monastero di Lisieux Lunedi di Pasqua, April 15, 1894.
Date: 3 September 2014.
Source: Archivos del Carmelo de Lisieux.
Author: Celine Martin (Sor Genoveva de la Santa Faz).
(Wikimedia Commons)



The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptised 
as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 
4 October 1582), was a prominent Spanish Mystic, Roman Catholic Saint, Carmelite Nun, author during the Counter Reformation, and Theologian of Contemplative Life through Mental Prayer. 

She was a Reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be a Founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with Saint John of The Cross.

In 1622, forty years after her death, she was Canonised by Pope Gregory XV, and, on 27 September 1970, was named a Doctor of The Church by Pope Paul VI. 

Her books, which include her autobiography (The Life of Teresa of Jesus) and her seminal work El Castillo Interior (The Interior Castle), are an integral part of Spanish Renaissance Literature as well as Christian Mysticism and Christian Meditation practices. She also wrote Camino de Perfección (The Way of Perfection).

After her death, Saint Teresa’s cult was known in Spain during the 1620s, and for a time she was considered a candidate to become a National Patron Saint. 

A Santero image of Our Lady of The Conception, said to have been sent by Saint Teresa with one of her brothers to Nicaragua, is now Venerated as the Country’s National Patroness at the Shrine of El Viejo. 

Pious Catholic beliefs also associate Saint Teresa with the esteemed Religious image called The Infant Jesus of Prague, with claims of former ownership and devotion.

14 October, 2026

Stunning New Stonework. The Sacred Heart Cathedral, Knoxville, Tennessee.



All Illustrations: LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

This Article is re-printed from 2024.




“Land Of My Fathers”. Sung By: Paul Robeson.



“Land Of My Fathers”.
Sung by: Paul Robeson.
Available on YouTube


Wales team that defeated New Zealand (the All-Blacks).
Date: 16 December 1905.
Source: cropped and straightened from File:Wales team 
for the Original All Blacks match December 1905.jpg Original digitised from Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, NZG-19060203-27-1.
Published in The New Zealand Graphic, 3 February 1906.
Author: Credited to A. and G. Taylor, Cardiff, Wales.
(Wikimedia Commons)

“The Sound of Silence”. “For Your Eyes Only”. “You Only Live Twice”. Sung By: VOCES8.



VOCES8.
Illustration: VOCES8


“The Sound of Silence”.
Sung by: VOCES8.
Available on YouTube


“For Your Eyes Only”
and
“You Only Live Twice”
(arrangement: Jim Clements).
Sung by: VOCES8.
Available on YouTube

“The Sound Of Silence”. Sung By: Voces8. And Simon And Garfunkel.



“The Sound Of Silence”.
Sung By: Voces8.
Available on YouTube

and the original


“The Sound Of Silence”.
Sung By: Simon and Garfunkel.
Available on YouTube

Lay Movement Launches International Campaign For “Total Freedom Of The Traditional Liturgy”.


Illustration: EP.


This Article is a re-print from 2024.

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at,
EDWARD PENTIN


Being a Catholic in 2024 is no easy endeavour. The West is undergoing a massive de-Christianisation, so much so that Catholicism appears to be vanishing from the public sphere.

Elsewhere, the number of Christians being persecuted for their Faith is on the rise. What’s more, The Church has been struck by an internal crisis that manifests itself in a decline in Religious practice, a downswing in Priestly and Religious vocations, a decrease in Sacramental practice, and even a growing dissension between Priests, Bishops and Cardinals which, until very recently, was utterly unthinkable.

Yet, among all the things that can contribute to the internal revival of The Church and to the renewal of her missionary zeal, there is, above all, the worthy and reverent Celebration of her Liturgy, which can be greatly fostered thanks to the example and the presence of the Traditional Roman Liturgy.



Despite all the attempts that have been made to suppress it, especially during the present Pontificate [Editor: This reference was to Pope Francis], it lives on, continuing to spread and to sanctify the Christian people who are Blessed to be able to benefit from it. 

It bears abundant fruits of piety, as well as an increase of vocations and of conversions. It attracts young people and is the fount of many flourishing works, especially in schools, and is accompanied by a solid catechesis. 

No-one can deny that it is a vector for the preservation and transmission of The Faith and Religious practice in the midst of a waning of Religious belief and a dwindling number of believers. 



This Mass, due to its venerable antiquity, can boast of having sanctified countless Souls over the Centuries. Among other vital forces still active in The Church, this form of Liturgical life stands out because of the stability given to it by an uninterrupted “Lex Orandi”.

Certainly, some places of Worship have been granted, or rather tolerated, where this Liturgy can be Celebrated, but too often what has been given by one hand is taken back by the other, without, however, ever managing to make it vanish.

Since the massive decline during the period immediately following the Second Vatican Council, every attempt has been made on numerous occasions to revive Religious practice, to increase the number of Priestly and Religious vocations, and to preserve The Faith of the Christian people.



Everything, except letting the people experience the Traditional Liturgy, by giving the Tridentine Liturgy a fair chance. Today, however, common sense urgently demands that all the vital forces in The Church be allowed to live and prosper, and in particular the one which enjoys a Right dating back to over a millennium.

Let there be no mistake: The present appeal is not a petition to obtain a new tolerance as in 1984 and 1988, nor even a restoration of the status granted in 2007 by the Motu Proprio “Summorum Pontificum”, which, recognising in principle a Right, has in fact been reduced to a regime of meagrely-granted permissions.

As Lay People, it is not for us to pass judgement on the Second Vatican Council, its continuity or discontinuity with the previous teaching of The Church, the merits, or not, of the reforms that resulted from it, and so on.



On the other hand, it is necessary to defend and transmit the means that Providence has employed to enable a growing number of Catholics to preserve The Faith, to grow in it, or to discover it.

The Traditional Liturgy plays an essential role in this process, thanks to its transcendence, its beauty, its timelessness and its doctrinal certainty.

For this reason, we simply ask, for the sake of the true freedom of the children of God in The Church, that the full freedom of the Traditional Liturgy, with the free use of all its Liturgical Books, be granted, so that, without hindrance, in the Latin Rite, all The Faithful may benefit from it and all Clerics may Celebrate it.

Jean-Pierre Maugendre, Managing Director of Renaissance Catholique, Paris, France.

22 April 2024.



This appeal is not a petition to be signed, but a message to be disseminated, possibly to be taken up again in any form that may seem appropriate, and to be brought and explained to the Cardinals, Bishops, and Prelates, of The Universal Church.

Si Renaissance catholique a l’initiative de cette campagne, c’est uniquement pour se faire l’interprète d’un large désir en ce sens qui se manifeste dans l’ensemble du monde catholique. Cette campagne n’est pas la sienne, mais celle de tous ceux qui y participeront, la relayeront, l’amplifieront, chacun à leur manière.

Renaissance Catholique is a Paris-based movement of Lay People working to re-establish the social reign of Christ.
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