Wednesday 27 July 2016
Advance Notice: Vespers Of All Souls. Wednesday, 2 November 2016. 1730 hrs.
Fr Timothy Finigan Celebrates a Requiem Mass for Michael Davies
in Our Lady of The Assumption Church, Warwick Street, London,
in 2015. The Mass was Organised by THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY
Picture Credit: © DylanParry.
Illustration: LMS CHAIRMAN
Text is from LMS
It is worth noting as a rather unusual Liturgical event. Once upon a time, Vespers on Sundays and Great Feasts was quite normal.
In this case, it is The Commemoration of All The Faithful Departed - All Souls - and the Vespers is Vespers of The Dead.
We're going to Celebrate it with Polyphony. Come along to complete your Liturgical Commemoration of the Souls of those who have gone before us.
Fr Mark Elliot Smith will Officiate.
Support the work of The LMS by becoming an 'Anniversary Supporter'.
Fr Mark Elliot Smith will Officiate.
5:30 p.m. Wednesday 2 November 2016
(All Souls Day).
Our Lady of The Assumption,
Warwick Street, London W1B 5LZ.
Latin Vespers of The Dead.
With Polyphony (Viadana and Palestrina).
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"In Paradisum".
by
Gabriel Fauré.
Available on YouTube at
Tuesday 26 July 2016
Père Jacques Hamel. Requiescat In Pace.
The Crucifixion.
Artist: Salvador Dali.
Illustration: STIRRING CONSTANTLY
If you want know
This is what the priesthood is about
Père Jacques Hamel.
Illustration: FR RAY BLAKE'S BLOG
"In Paradisum".
Fauré Requiem.
Available on YouTube at
In paradisum deducant te Angeli:
in tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere
æternam habeas requiem,
æternam habeas requiem.
May The Angels lead you into Paradise,
May The Martyrs receive you in your coming,
And may they guide you into The Holy City, Jerusalem.
May The Choirs of Angels receive you,
And, with Lazarus, once poor, may you have Eternal Rest.
Saint Anne. Mother Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 26 July.
Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Anne.
Mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 26 July.
Double of The Second-Class.
White Vestments.
English: Parish Church of Saint Ulrich in Ulrichsberg, Austria.
Statue of Saint Anne teaching The Virgin Mary (1722).
Deutsch: Pfarrkirche Sant Ulrich in Ulrichsberg.
Statue der Heiligen Anna, wie sie der
Jungfrau Maria das Lesen bei bringt (1722).
Photo: 20 June 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Wolfgang Sauber.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Joachim and Saint Anne,
parents of The Virgin Mary.
This File: 2 October 2006.
User: Gipsy.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Joachim and the Angel.
Français: Joachim et l'Ange.
Artist: Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).
Date: 1504.
Current location: Petit Palais, Paris, France.
Source/Photographer: Albrecht Dürer : œuvre gravé,
catalogue de l'exposition à Paris, au Musée du Petit Palais,
4 avril-21 juillet 1996. ISBN 9782879002705.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Joachim ("he whom YHWH has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, The Mother of Jesus,. His Feast Day is 16 August.
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God.
"Réjouis toi Marie", 1/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.
Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe -
Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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Mary's mother is not named in The Canonical Gospels, nor in the Qur'an. Anne's name and that of her husband, Joachim, come only from New Testament Apocrypha, of which The Protoevangelium of James (written perhaps around 150 A.D.) seems to be the earliest that mentions them.
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God.
"Réjouis toi Marie", 2/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.
Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe -
Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
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Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God.
"Réjouis toi Marie", 3/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.
Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe -
Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
Available on YouTube at
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God.
"Réjouis toi Marie", 4/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.
Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe -
Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
Available on YouTube at
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God.
"Réjouis toi Marie", 5/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.
Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe -
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In The Eastern Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, she is revered as Hanna. In the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, Hanna, is ascribed the Title "Forbear of God", and both The Birth of Mary and The Dedication of Mary to the Temple are Celebrated as two of The Twelve Great Feasts. The Dormition of Hanna is also a Minor Feast in The Eastern Church. In Protestant Tradition, it is held that Martin Luther chose to enter Religious Life, as a Roman Catholic Augustinian Monk, after crying out to Saint Anne.
Akathist Hymn to The Mother of God.
"Réjouis toi Marie", 6/6.
Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.
Créé pour les Nocturnes de Notre-Dame de Paris - L'hymne acathiste : un magnifique poème byzantin du VIe siècle sur la Vierge Marie. Sommet de la spiritualité orthodoxe -
Commande du DVD : Tel 0160664564 - magali.barbizon@me.com
Available on YouTube at
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: Rene de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
The Church honours, with The Angels, in Holy Joy (Introit), The Mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
As her name signifies, [the name "Anne" derives from Hebrew. 'Hannah' meaning 'Grace"], Grace was poured on her, and she was Blessed by God for ever (Communion). "By His Grace, He made her deserve to be The Mother of The Mother of God" (Collect).
Filled with the Virtues which The Holy Ghost grants to good women, the Spouse of Saint Joachim surpassed all women by her Privileges and Graces (Epistle). Her Holiness made her leave everything for God, and she thereby acquired this Pearl and this Treasure (Gospel).
The Devotion to Saint Anne is founded on the bond which unites her to Mary and to The Incarnate Word. Its ancient Liturgy dates from the 6th-Century A.D. for The Eastern Church and the 8th-Century A.D. for The Western Church.
It was authorised by Pope Urban IV in 1378. In 1584, Pope Gregory XIII fixed 26 July as the date of The Feast and Pope Leo XIII, in 1879, extended it to The Whole Church.
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Gaudeámus omnes.
"The Mission".
Poster For The 1986 Film "The Mission".
Original Movie Poster: Source: www.impawards.com
(Wikipedia)
Theme Music From
"The Mission" by Ennio Morricone.
Available on YouTube at
Nearly Nine Million Innocent Lives Have Been Lost Under The 1967 ABORTION Act.
Text in this Article, unless otherwise stated,, is taken from, and can be read in full at,
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN
David Steel (formerly MP) claimed, at the time, that "nobody is advocating ABORTION on demand".
Nearly Nine Million Innocent Lives Have Been Lost Under The 1967 ABORTION Act.
50 Years Ago, Today (22 July 2016),
MPs Approved The Second Reading Of
The ABORTION Act 1967
On The Basis Of Lies.
Fifty years ago, today (22 July 2016), The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill [subsequently The ABORTION Act 1967] passed its Second Reading in The House of Commons with a massive vote of 223 votes For and 29 Against.
SPUC calculates that, so far, 8,624,567 Innocent Lives have been lost under The 1967 ABORTION Act.
It's instructive to consider The Pro-ABORTION Lobby's claims, in 1966, in The Second Reading Debate and during subsequent Debates on this tragic legislation:
" . . . it is not the intention of the promoters of The Bill to leave a wide open door for ABORTION on request." (David Steel, Hansard 5th Series, Vol 732, col 1075, 22 July, 1966);
"Nobody is advocating ABORTION on demand in this Committee or anywhere else . . ." (David Steel, Standing Committee F, 15 February 1967, col 250);
"It is certainly not a general licence to a medical practitioner to carry out an ABORTION on anybody who desires it." (Lord Silkin, Sponsor of The ABORTION Act 1967 in The House of Lords, Hansard,
19 July 1967, col 263).
What proved to be true was the following:
As early as 1972, a Report by The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) stated:
". . . there is no such danger of injury [to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman] in the vast majority of cases [of women seeking ABORTION], as the ‘indication’ is purely a social one." (RCOG Report on Unplanned pregnancy. London, England: RCOG; 1972);
And (Lord) David Steel, himself, formerly David Steel MP, has, over the decades, openly promoted ABORTION on demand: "If it's simply the decision of the mother, then the limit should be twelve weeks" (BBC, 4 July 2004);
He has also written: "Incidentally, I was misreported in one Sunday Paper as advocating a lower limit for "social" ABORTIONS. There should be no such distinction - proper medical care takes all social considerations into account . . . " (The Guardian 6 July 2004);
And, earlier this year, Lord Steel said, regarding The State of The Law in Northern Ireland, that it was "simply ridiculous" and "absolutely extraordinary" that ABORTION is not widely available there.
The following Text is from Zephyrinus, the Editor:
The following Text is from Zephyrinus, the Editor:
All of us, at some time in the future, will have to stand before Jesus Christ, Second Person of The Divine Trinity, and Give An Account of Our Lives to Him.
Without, of course, casting aspersions on Lord Steel, or anybody else, one wonders how Lord David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT KBE PC, will answer The Son of God (see, above) when it comes to nearly Nine Million Innocent Lives Having Been Lost Due To ABORTION.
It would be most interesting to hear his reply:
Waiting.
Waiting.
Still Waiting.
Take your time.
No rush.
Talk amongst yourselves.
Any time, now.
No doubt.
Won't be long, now.
Here it comes.
Surely.
Well, any minute, now.
Waiting.
Still waiting.
And, still waiting.
. . .
To Be Confirmed.
Meanwhile . . .
Nearly Nine Million Innocent Lives
Have Been Lost Under
The 1967 ABORTION Act.
Illustration: WWW.HDWALLPAPERSROCKS.COM
Monday 25 July 2016
Saint Christopher. Martyr. Feast Day 25 July.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Christopher.
Martyr.
Feast Day 25 July.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Christoper was a native of Chanaan. His name ("Who bears Christ") expresses his love of Jesus. A generous Soul, he walked like a giant in The Way of Virtue.
The Piety of our Fathers, inspired by this grand allegory, caused them to place a colossal statue of Saint Christopher at the entrance to Cathedrals. He was Martyred towards 250 A.D.
He is one of "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints".
Mass: In virtúte.
Feast Day 25 July.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Christopher carrying The Christ Child.
Artist: Hieronymus Bosch.
Date: 1480-1490.
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen,
This File: 22 January 2007.
User: Alekjds.
(Wikipedia)
The Piety of our Fathers, inspired by this grand allegory, caused them to place a colossal statue of Saint Christopher at the entrance to Cathedrals. He was Martyred towards 250 A.D.
He is one of "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints".
Mass: In virtúte.
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Laon Cathedral.
The Nave,
Laon Cathedral
(Cathedral of Our Lady of Laon)
(Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon),
Picardy, France.
Illustration: PINTEREST
The Nave,
Laon Cathedral
(Cathedral of Our Lady of Laon)
(Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon),
Picardy, France.
The Nave has four tiers,
under Sexpartite Vaulting.
Photo: 1 February 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Paul Hermans.
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Salve Regina"
(Hail, Holy Queen).
Available on YouTube at
Laon Cathedral (Cathedral of Our Lady of Laon) (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon) is one of the most important examples of Gothic Architecture of the 12th- and 13th-Centuries, earlier than the Cathedrals of Sens and Notre-Dame de Paris and ranking with them in importance. It is located in Laon, Picardy, France, and is The Seat of The Bishop of Laon. It has been Listed among the Monuments Historiques since 1840.
The current Cathedral is built on the site of an earlier edifice, commenced under the Episcopacy
of Gerfrid (774 A.D. - 800 A.D.). It was Consecrated on 6 September 800 A.D. in the presence of
The Holy Roman Emperor, himself.
The Great West Front of Laon Cathedral
(Cathedral of Our Lady of Laon)
(Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon),
Picardy, France.
Photo: 14 April 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff.
Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: CC-BY-SA 3.0"
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Carolingian building was replaced under Bishop Élinand (1052–1095). The present building was inaugurated with the second Coronation of the future King Philip I. This Cathedral was torched during the Easter Insurrection on 25 April 1112. During the revolt, Laon's unpopular Bishop Waldric (in French Gaudry) was killed, despite taking the precaution of hiding in a barrel in the cellar of the Episcopal Palace. The Cathedral was not destroyed, however, and, after a repair programme lasting two years, it was re-Dedicated in 1114 under Bishop Barthélemy de Jur.
English: Laon Cathedral, Aisne, Picardie, France.
English: Laon Cathedral, Aisne, Picardie, France.
The Vault at The Transept Crossing.
Français: Notre-Dame de Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France. La voûte à la croisée du transept:
le chœur est au bas de la photo, la nef en haut, le transept dans le sens horizontal.
Photo: 1 September 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Tango7174.
(Wikimedia Commons)
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Approaches The Planet Jupiter. The Orbiting Jovian Moons Are: Io; Europa; Ganymede; Callisto.
This full-disc image of Jupiter was taken on
21 April 2014 with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).
Author: NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center).
(Wikimedia Commons)
Juno's approach to the planet Jupiter.
Available on YouTube at
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI,
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft is currently in orbit around Jupiter, following its five-year journey from Earth to study the Planet. But what is the Mission’s purpose, and what exactly will it be studying ?
Juno has travelled about 3 billion kilometres to get to Jupiter, launching in August 2011, performing an Earth fly-by in October 2013 and arriving at the Planet on 4 July 2016.
The Spacecraft will now begin orbiting The Gas Giant on a path that will take it over the Planet’s Poles. It will take fourteen days to complete each orbit and will do so thirty-seven times over the course of the Mission, flying low over Jupiter’s Cloud Tops as close as 4,100 km from the surface.
Ultimately, the Mission will seek to collect data to improve our understanding of how both Jupiter and The Solar System were formed and how they evolved.
Juno will attempt to determine how much water is in Jupiter’s atmosphere, which will tell NASA scientists a lot about how the Planet formed, and it will also measure the temperatures, cloud motions and composition of its atmosphere. It will spend time analysing Jupiter’s magnetic and gravity fields and exploring its magnetosphere, which will reveal information that will help scientists determine the Planet’s interior structure.
Saint James. Apostle. Feast Day 25 July.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saint James The Greater.
Apostle.
Feast Day 25 July.
Double of The Second-Class.
Red Vestments.
Saint James the Greater.
He is depicted clothed as a Pilgrim;
note the Scallop Shell
on his shoulder,
and his Staff and Pilgrim's Hat, beside him.
Artist: Rembrandt (1606–1669).
Date: 1661.
(Wikimedia Commons)
One day, his mother, approaching The Saviour, asked of Him "the favour for her two sons to be seated, one at His right-hand and the other at His left-hand, in His Kingdom" (Gospel). Christ then foretold their Martyrdom. Saint James "shall sit on a Throne to judge the Twelve Tribes of Israel" (Communion), but he will first have to mix his blood with that of Jesus (Gospel) and undergo, like all the Apostles, a life of suffering and persecution, such as the Epistle describes.
After the Ascension of Jesus Christ to Heaven, says The Office of today, James preached His Divinity in Judea and Samaria. He soon betook himself to Spain. When he returned to Jerusalem, Herod Agrippa, desiring to please the Jews, condemned him to death and he was beheaded towards the year 42 A.D., a short time before The Feast of Easter.
It would seem that, for fear of the Arabs, who were masters of Jerusalem, the body of the Saint was later carried to Compostella, in Spain, where he is greatly honoured. 25 July recalls the date of this Translation.
His name is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass, with that of Saint John, his brother (First List).
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
In Low Masses, Commemoration of Saint Christopher, by The Collects of The Mass: In virtúte.
Sunday 24 July 2016
Salisbury Cathedral.
The Nave of Salisbury Cathedral
(The Cathedral Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary),
Salisbury, England.
Illustration: PINTEREST
"Salve Regina"
(Hail, Holy Queen).
Available on YouTube at
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Salisbury Cathedral (The Cathedral Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican Cathedral in Salisbury, England, and one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. The main body of the Cathedral was completed in only thirty-eight years, from 1220 to 1258.
The Cathedral has the tallest Church Spire in The United Kingdom (123 m/404 ft). Visitors can take the "Tower Tour" where the interior of the hollow Spire, with its ancient wood scaffolding, can be viewed. The Cathedral also has the largest Cloister and the largest Cathedral Close in Britain (eighty acres (32 ha)).
The Cathedral contains the World's oldest working clock (from 1386) and has the best surviving of the four original Copies of Magna Carta (all four original Copies are in England). In 2008, the Cathedral celebrated the 750th Anniversary of its Consecration.
The Cathedral is The Mother Church of The Diocese of Salisbury and is The Seat of The Bishop of Salisbury, currently The Right Reverend Nick Holtam.
The Cathedral is The Mother Church of The Diocese of Salisbury and is The Seat of The Bishop of Salisbury, currently The Right Reverend Nick Holtam.
Salisbury Cathedral
(The Cathedral Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary),
Salisbury, England.
Photo: 13 April 2016.
Source: http://www.wyrdlight.com/
Author: Antony McCallum.
Attribution: WyrdLight.com
(Wikimedia Commons)
1964 Ford Thunderbird. The T-Bird.
1964 Ford Thunderbird Roadster
Downtown Orange, California,
United States of America.
Photo: 18 April 2010.
Illustration: AMERICANAUTOMOTORS.COM
"Fun, Fun, Fun,
until her Daddy takes the T-Bird away . . ."
The Beach Boys.
Available on YouTube at
Well she got her daddy's car
And she cruised through the hamburger stand now
Seems she forgot all about the library
Like she told her old man now
And with the radio blasting
Goes cruising just as fast as she can now
And she'll have fun fun fun
'Til her daddy takes the t-bird away
(Fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the t-bird away)
Well the girls can't stand her
Cause she walks looks and drives like an ace now
(You walk like an ace now you walk like an ace)
She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now
(You look like an ace now you look like an ace)
A lotta guys try to catch her
But she leads them on a wild goose chase now
(You drive like an ace now you drive like an ace)
And she'll have fun fun fun
Til her daddy takes the t-bird away
(Fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the t-bird away)
Well you knew all along
That your dad was gettin' wise to you now
(You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)
And since he took your set of keys
You've been thinking that your fun is all through now
(You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)
But you can come along with me
Cause we gotta a lot of things to do now
(You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)
And we'll have fun fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away
(Fun fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
And we'll have fun fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away
(Fun fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
(Fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
(Fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
(Fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
(Fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
(Fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
(Fun fun now that daddy took the t-bird away)
"Fun, Fun, Fun".
The Beach Boys.
Available on YouTube at
Saturday 23 July 2016
“In Paradisum”. “May The Angels Lead You Into Paradise”. The Antiphon From A Requiem Mass.
Saint Benedict Ornate Wall Crucifix.
Image: AMAZON
In paradisum deducant te angeli: in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro,
quondam paupere, aeternam habeas requiem.
May The Angels lead you into Paradise:
May The Martyrs receive you at your coming,
And lead you into The Holy City, Jerusalem.
May The Choir of Angels receive you,
and, with Lazarus, who once was poor,
May you have Everlasting Rest.
“In Paradisum”.
By: Gabriel Fauré.
Available on YouTube at
Traditional Latin Requiem Mass.
Illustration: LMS CHAIRMAN
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
In Paradisum (English: “Into Paradise”) is an Antiphon from The Traditional Latin Liturgy of The Western Church’s Requiem Mass.
It is sung by The Choir as the body is being taken out of the Church. The Text of “In Paradisum”, with or without The Gregorian Melody, is sometimes included in musical settings of The Requiem Mass, such as those by Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé.
English: The Antiphon “In Paradisum”.
Deutsch: Antiphon zur Begräbnisfeier In paradisum deducant
te angeli - Zum Paradies mögen Engel dich geleiten.
Date: Mediæval.
Sources:
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
A Wonderful Consolation
At The Death Of A Loved One.
Charterhouse School Memorial Chapel.
The Memorial Chapel,
Charterhouse School,
Godalming, Surrey, England.
Photo: 20 September 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Ainslie.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Charging Full Boarders up to £36,000 per annum in 2015-2016, Charterhouse is predominantly a Boarding School and is amongst the most expensive Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) Schools in The UK. It has educated one British Prime Minister and has a long list of notable alumni.
A Postcard, dated 15 August 1911, displaying the Arms of all The Major Public Schools in England.
From top to bottom (Left to Right): Tonbridge; Charterhouse; Winchester; Bedford; Haileybury;
Uppingham; Saint Pauls (Manchester) Grammar School; Merchant Taylor; Eton; Malvern;
King Edward VI (Birmingham); Repton; Clifton; Harrow; Saint Edwards; Shrewsbury;
Radley; Cheltenham; Malborough; Dulwich; Wellington; Rossall; Rugby.
Photo: 30 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Disclosure07.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Charterhouse School's Memorial Chapel, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Consecrated in 1927, commemorates all those Carthusians who Died in Action: 700 in World War I and 350 in World War II. The whole School meets here three days each week for a short Service at 8:30 a.m., and on Sundays for Evensong, Matins, or a School Eucharist.
On Sundays, when there is an Evening Service, Catholic Pupils may instead attend Mass in The Founder's Chapel. Parents are welcome at Sunday Services, but tickets are required for Remembrance Sunday and The Carol Service.
Friday Morning Chapel is reserved for Congregational singing practice. Attendance at all Chapel Services is compulsory, except where individual exemptions are granted on Religious Grounds.
Friday Morning Chapel is reserved for Congregational singing practice. Attendance at all Chapel Services is compulsory, except where individual exemptions are granted on Religious Grounds.
Charterhouse School Motto
"Deo Dante Dedi"
(God having given, I give).
This File: 31 March 2013.
User: Theo's Little Bot.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Chapel provides a variety of Worship experience: Hymn-Singing; Psalm Chanting; the Choir performs a repertoire of Church Music; Candle-lit Carols; Eucharists in Millennium Chapel; Remembrance Sunday with The Sounding of The Last Post and The Silence.
Each year, there is a Confirmation Service in late-January and Pupils from any year group, except the Fourths (who hadn't been at the School when it was open to sign up), can be prepared for this.
The School retains The Old Chapel used by the School prior to 1927. However, when the School first moved to Godalming, Surrey, even this was not built, and the pupils walked the two miles to Shackleford Church, Surrey.
Pupils ever since have benefitted, because the time taken for the walk ruled out the continuance of Sunday School, which ran from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Sundays, which has remained a non-teaching day ever since.
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