The Home Secretary Has Rejected Demands For Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones. The Little Ones Will Say "Deo Gratias".

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SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN

Dear SPUC Supporter, 

Today the Home Secretary has made his

long-awaited announcement on buffer zones. 

He said that it would ‘not be a proportionate response’ to introduce national buffer zones. 

I’m sure you will agree with me that this is

a massive victory for common sense, democracy,

and, above all, for the hundreds of vulnerable women who are saved from the horror of abortion

at the very gates of the abortion clinic.

Throughout our campaign to protect Pro-Life Vigils, our thoughts have always been for the mothers who need help, even as they are walking into the abortion clinic, and for the many babies and children alive today because of an encounter with a loving Pro-Life Citizen.

Thank You.

Many Happy Returns To His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke On His 70th Birthday Celebrations. Ad Multos Annos !!!

His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke's 70th Birthday Cake.

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Zephyrinus Visits Friends For The Week-End. Takes The Overnight Sleeper To Inverness.

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The Most Holy Name Of Mary. Feast Day, Today, 12 September.

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

The Most Holy Name of Mary.
   Feast Day 12 September.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

English: William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "L'Innocence".

Both young children and the lamb are symbols of innocence.

Français: Bouguereau — L'Innocence.

Русский: "Невинность", картина Виллиама Бугро.

И маленький ребёнок, и ягнёнок — символы невинности.

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

Date: 1893.

Source/Photographer: http://www.illusionsgallery.com.

Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

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The Lady Altar, Our Lady of The Rosary Catholic Church, Blackfen, Kent, England.

Date: 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: MULIER FORTIS

The Annunciation.

Artist: Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728).

Date: 1712.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,

Missouri, United States of America.

Source: Own work.

Author: Paolo de Matteis.

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Just as a few days after Christmas, we celebrate The Holy Name of Jesus, so, after The Nativity of Mary, we glorify her Holy Name. Eight days after The Birth of The Virgin, according to the custom of the Jews, her holy parents, inspired by God, say Saint Jerome and Saint Antoninus, gave her the name of Mary.

Wherefore, during The Octave of The Nativity, The Liturgy gives a Feast in honour of this Holy Name.

Spain, with the approval of Rome, in 1513, was the first to Celebrate it, and, in 1683, it was extended to the whole Church by Pope Innocent XI to thank Mary for the victory which John Sobieski, King of Poland, had just gained against the Turks, who besieged Vienna and threatened The West.

"The Name of The Virgin," says the Gospel, "was Mary." The Hebrew name of Mary, in Latin "Domina", means "Lady", or "Sovereign"; for the authority of her Son, Lord of The World, makes her a Sovereign from her birth, in fact, as well as in name [Eighth Lesson at Matins].

Whence, as we call Jesus "Our Lord", we say of Mary that she is "Our Lady". To pronounce her name is to proclaim her power.

Let us offer The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass to God, to honour The Most Holy Name of Mary and to obtain by her Intercession her continual protection (Postcommunion).

Mass: Vultum tuum.

English: The Assumption.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

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

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

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"O Most Holy Maiden Mary".

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

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In accordance with Jewish custom, Our Lady’s parents named her, eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her "Mary". The Feast of The Holy Name of Mary, therefore, follows that of her Birthday, as The Feast of The Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas.

The Feast originated in Spain and was approved by The Holy See in 1513; Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683, in thanksgiving to Our Blessed Lady for the victory on 12 September 1683 by John Sobieski, King of Poland, over the Turks, who were besieging Vienna and threatening The West. This day was commemorated in Vienna by creating a new kind of pastry and shaping it in the form of the Turkish half-moon. It was eaten along with coffee, which was part of the booty from the Turks.

The ancient Onomastica Sacra have preserved the meanings ascribed to Mary’s name by the Early Christian writers and perpetuated by the Greek Fathers. “Bitter Sea,” “Myrrh of the Sea,” “The Light Giver,” “The Enlightened One,” “Lady,” “Seal of The Lord,” and “Mother of The Lord” are the principal interpretations. These etymologies suppose that the Hebrew form of the name is Maryãm, not Miryãm.

From the time of Saint Jerome, until the 16th-Century, preferred interpretations of Mary’s name in The West were, “Lady,” “Bitter Sea,” “The Light Giver,” and, especially, “Star of the Sea.” "Stella Maris" was by far the favoured interpretation. The revival of Hebraic studies, which accompanied The Renaissance, led to a more critical appraisal of the meanings assigned to Our Lady’s name.

Miryãm has all the appearance of a genuine Hebrew name, and no solid reason has been discovered to warrant rejecting the Semitic origin of the word. The Hebrew name of Mary, Miryãm, (in Latin, Domina) means Lady, or Sovereign; this Mary is, in virtue of her Son’s Sovereign Authority as Lord of the World. We call Mary "Our Lady", as we call Jesus "Our Lord", and when we pronounce her name, we affirm her power, implore her aid and place ourselves under her protection.

San Gennaro Festival. Little Italy. New York,

Our Lady of Sorrows in the 8th-Century A.D. Benedictine Abbey in Frauenchiemsee, Germany.

Text and Illustrations: SAINT HUGH OF CLUNY

Once again The Society Of Saint Hugh of Cluny returns to

The Most Precious Blood Church, in Little Italy, New York,

for our annual Italian heritage Pilgrimage. 

Once again we will sponsor a Sung Mass (Missa Cantata)

with orchestral accompaniment amid the noisy tumult

of The San Gennaro Festival. 

This year, however, in view of the dire straits of The Church,

we will be Celebrating The Mass Of The Feast Of The Day:

Our Lady Of Sorrows. 

The Mass takes place on

Saturday, 15 September 2018, at 1100 hrs. 

Fr. Richard Gennaro Cipolla is The Celebrant. 

Please help publicise this Divine Mass !

Hope to see many of you there !

Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla, shown here at last year’s Mass, will return as The Celebrant.

The Shrine Church of The Most Precious Blood,

113 Baxter Street, New York, NY 10013.

llustration: OLD CATHEDRAL

The following Text is from The Web-Site of

The Church of The Most Precious Blood at

OLD CATHEDRAL

The Church of The Most Precious Blood is The National Shrine Church of San Gennaro

and the location of Holy Doors during The Year of Mercy.

Located on Baxter Street, Manhattan, with an additional entrance on Mulberry Street,

The Church of The Most Precious Blood is part of Manhattan's Little Italy neighbourhood,

and the sister Church of the Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral.

During The Feast of San Gennaro, a statue of San Gennaro is taken from its home within

the Church on a Procession through the streets of Little Italy. The construction of

The Most Precious Blood Church was initiated by The Scalabrini Fathers in the Late-19th-Century. The Scalabrini Order built the foundation, but ran out of funds to complete the job.

The Franciscans then took over the Parish and completed the Church building.

It is the home of the extraordinary Nativity of Mercy, which beautifully presents The Birth of Christ, and The Works of Mercy in an awe inspiring display. "Presepe or Presepio" - as it is affectionately called by Italians of all regions - is the result of countless hours of work of the artists

of La Scarabattola, a prestigious artistic Italian firm. The original idea of representing The Birth of Christ is traditionally associated with Saint Francis of Assisi, who, in Greccio, in 1223, invited

all to participate in The Coming of The Lord by re-enacting the scene at The Manger.

Appropriately, The Nativity of Mercy presents Saint Francis while speaking to the birds.

The Church of The Most Precious Blood is home to several vibrant Religious Societies,

in addition to "The Figli di San Gennaro", including: The Community of Sant Egidio,

The Craco Society, and The San Angelo Society. Besides the strong Italian Tradition, 

the Vietnamese Congregation has also grown in recent years.

The High Altar, The Shrine Church of The Most Precious Blood.

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Saint Protus And Saint Hyacinth. Martyrs. Feast Day 11 September.

Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,

unless otherwise stated.

Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth.

Date: 2 June 2006 (original upload date).

Source: http://catholicculture.org/lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2003-09-11.

Transferred from en.wikipedia.

Author: Original uploader was Polylerus at en.wikipedia

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The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth were Christian Martyrs during the Persecution of Emperor Valerian (257 A.D.–259 A.D.). Protus' name is sometimes spelled Protatius, Proteus, Prothus, Prote, and Proto. Saint Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus (in French: Hyacinthe; Spanish: Jacinto; and Italian: Giacinto).

The day of their annual Commemoration is mentioned in the "Depositio Martyrum" on 11 September, in the Chronographia for the year 354 A.D. The Chronographia also mentions their graves, in the Coemeterium of Basilla on the Via Salaria, later the Catacomb of Saint Hermes. The "Itineraries" and other early authorities likewise give this as their place of burial.

Tradition holds that Protus and Hyacinth were brothers. They served as Chamberlains to Saint Eugenia, and were baptised, along with her, by Helenus, Bishop of Heliopolis. Devoting themselves zealously to the study of Sacred Scripture, they lived with the Hermits of Egypt and, later, accompanied Eugenia to Rome. There, they were arrested for their Christianity by Emperor Gallienus (260 A.D.–268 A.D.). Refusing to deny their Faith, they were first scourged and then beheaded on 11 September.

The Martyrdom of Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth.

From a 14th-Century Manuscript.

This File: 7 November 2006.

User: Polylerus.

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Interior detail.The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

(Wikimedia Commons)

In 1845, Father Marchi discovered the still-undisturbed grave of Saint. Hyacinth in a Crypt of the above- mentioned Catacomb. It was a small square Niche, in which lay the ashes and pieces of burned bone, wrapped in the remains of costly stuffs.

Evidently, the Saint had been burnt; most probably both Martyrs had suffered death by fire. The Niche was closed by a marble slab, similar to that used to close a Loculus, and bearing the original Latin inscription that confirmed the date in the old Roman Martyrology:

D P III IDUS SEPTEBR

YACINTHUS

MARTYR

(Buried on 11 September Hyacinthus Martyr).

Rood Screen, The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, in Blisland, Cornwall, England.
Photo: June 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana (Mattis)
(Wikimedia Commons)



The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, in Blisland, Cornwall, England.
Photo: June 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana (Mattis)
(Wikimedia Commons)

In the same Chamber were found fragments of an Architrave, belonging to some later decoration, with the words:

. . . S E P U L C R U M P R O T I M (artyris) . . .

(Grave of the Martyr Protus).

Thus, both Martyrs were buried in the same Crypt. Pope Damasus I wrote an Epitaph, in honour of the two Martyrs, part of which still exists. In the Epitaph, Pope Damasus calls Protus and Hyacinth "brothers."

When Pope Leo IV (847 A.D.–855 A.D.) transferred the bones of a large number of Roman Martyrs to the Churches of Rome, the Relics of these two Saints were to be translated, also; but, probably on account of the devastation of the Burial Chamber, only the grave of Saint Protus was found. His bones were transferred to San Salvatore on the Palatine Hill.

The remains of Saint Hyacinth were placed (1849) in the Chapel of the Propaganda College. Later, the tombs of the two Saints, and a Stairway, built at the end of the 4th-Century, were discovered and restored.

The Parish Church of Blisland, in Cornwall, England, is dedicated to Saint Protus. It is known locally as Saint Pratt and Saint Hyacinth.

Wooden Vaulting.

The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,

Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saints Protus and Hyacinth.

   Martyrs.

   Feast Day 11 September.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

After having been cruelly scourged, these two brothers were beheaded and took their places in The Army of Martyrs (Alleluia).

This was at Rome, about 260 A.D., under Emperors Valerian and Gallian.

Mass: Salus autem.

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San Gennaro Festival. Little Italy, Manhattan, New York.

Our Lady of Sorrows in the 8th-Century A.D. Benedictine Abbey in Frauenchiemsee, Germany.

Text and Illustrations: SAINT HUGH OF CLUNY

Once again The Society Of Saint Hugh of Cluny returns to

The Most Precious Blood Church, in Little Italy, New York,

for our annual Italian heritage Pilgrimage. 

Once again we will sponsor a Sung Mass (Missa Cantata)

with orchestral accompaniment amid the noisy tumult

of The San Gennaro Festival. 

This year, however, in view of the dire straits of The Church,

we will be Celebrating The Mass Of The Feast Of The Day:

Our Lady Of Sorrows. 

The Mass takes place on

Saturday, 15 September 2018, at 1100 hrs. 

Fr. Richard Gennaro Cipolla is The Celebrant. 

Please help publicise this Divine Mass !

Hope to see many of you there !

Father Richard Gennaro Cipolla, shown here at last year’s Mass, will return as The Celebrant.

The Shrine Church of The Most Precious Blood,

113 Baxter Street, New York, NY 10013.

Illustration: OLD CATHEDRAL

The following Text is from The Web-Site of

The Church of The Most Precious Blood at

OLD CATHEDRAL

The Church of The Most Precious Blood is The National Shrine Church of San Gennaro

and the location of Holy Doors during The Year of Mercy.

Located on Baxter Street, Manhattan, with an additional entrance on Mulberry Street,

The Church of The Most Precious Blood is part of Manhattan's Little Italy neighbourhood,

and the sister Church of the Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral.

During The Feast of San Gennaro, a statue of San Gennaro is taken from its home within

the Church on a Procession through the streets of Little Italy. The construction of

The Most Precious Blood Church was initiated by The Scalabrini Fathers in the Late-19th-Century. The Scalabrini Order built the foundation, but ran out of funds to complete the job.

The Franciscans then took over the Parish and completed the Church building.

It is the home of the extraordinary Nativity of Mercy, which beautifully presents The Birth of Christ, and The Works of Mercy in an awe inspiring display. "Presepe or Presepio" - as it is affectionately called by Italians of all regions - is the result of countless hours of work of the artists

of La Scarabattola, a prestigious artistic Italian firm. The original idea of representing The Birth of Christ is traditionally associated with Saint Francis of Assisi, who, in Greccio, in 1223, invited

all to participate in The Coming of The Lord by re-enacting the scene at The Manger.

Appropriately, The Nativity of Mercy presents Saint Francis while speaking to the birds.

The Church of The Most Precious Blood is home to several vibrant Religious Societies,

in addition to "The Figli di San Gennaro", including: The Community of Sant Egidio,

The Craco Society, and The San Angelo Society. Besides the strong Italian Tradition, 

the Vietnamese Congregation has also grown in recent years.

The High Altar, The Shrine Church of The Most Precious Blood.

Illustration: YELP.COM