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

Wednesday 1 December 2021

The Foundling Museum. Would You Like To Help Children ?



This Article first appeared in December 2020.

Museum News.

1 December 2020.


Welcome back to the Museum

The Covid Letters exhibition is extended until Sunday 11 April 2021.

We are delighted to be able to welcome back visitors to the Museum this December to enjoy The Covid Letters. The exhibition's new closing date of 11 April 2021 will give more visitors the opportunity to view over 200 posters made by young people expressing their lockdown feelings.

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Online | 36th Annual Conference on Music in 18th-Century Britain.

Catch up with presentations from this year's annual conference from the comfort of your own home.

Enjoy a special YouTube playlist of talks on music in eighteenth-century Britain, including subjects such as small flutes in English music and charitable benefits.

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Visitor Safety l Plan ahead.

With the reopening of the Museum on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, we'd like to assure the public that we're adhering to the highest levels of precautions to keep all of our visitors, volunteers and staff safe. To find out what we're doing, visit our website to learn about our procedures and facilities.

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Shopping | Portraying Pregnancy.

Looking for Christmas present ideas ? 

Portraying Pregnancy, the book written by curator Karen Hearn to accompany our exhibition, is still available to buy. If you're unable to visit the Museum shop, email your name and number to enquiries@foundlingmuseum.org.uk, and someone will get back to you to arrange p & p.


Online | Zoom Backgrounds.

Liven up your video calls with our Zoom backgrounds and bring the Foundling Museum into your own home. View the images, which we've made available to download and learn some fun facts about each of them.

See our selection


From Our Friends | Italian Threads: MITA Textile Design 1926-1976

Until 3 April 2021 | Estorick Collection.

Founded in Genoa in 1926, MITA (Manifattura Italiana Tappeti Artistici) was a celebrated Italian textile firm that earned its reputation by collaborating with some of Italy’s most talented artists and designers. This exhibition reveals the company’s characteristically Italian approach to design.

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From Our Friends | The Postal Museum Re-opening.

From 5 December | The Postal Museum.

The Postal Museum are re-opening their doors on Saturday 5 December 2020. Enjoy Mail Rail Christmas Ride and other festivities for all the family, and don't miss the last chance to see The Great Train Robbery exhibition.

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From Our Friends | Dub London: Bassline of a City.

Until 31 January 2021 | Museum of London.

From its roots in Jamaican reggae to how it shaped communities over the last 50 years, the Museum of London’s exciting new display celebrates dub music and its influence on the capital. Entry included with a free museum ticket.

Image credit: ‘A man standing in front of a bank of loud speakers in All Saints Road, Notting Hill, during the Notting Hill Carnival, 21st August 1994’ © Peter Marshall

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Cor Jesu Sacratissimum. The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.



English: True Bodily and Spiritual Enlightenment of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Picture, dated to 1630, in The Church of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Paris.
Français: Photographie d'un des panneaux de la chapelle dorée
de l'église Saint Gervais-Saint Protais à Paris, représentant
le coeur rayonnant de Jésus Christ, peint vers 1630.
Photo: 16 September 2017.
Source: Own work.
Author: Châtillon
(Wikimedia Commons)



Cor Iesu Sacratissimum adveniat regnum tuum.
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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.

The Sacred Heart, also known as The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latin: Sacratissimum Cor Iesu), is one of the most-widely-practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein The Heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind".[1]

This devotion to Christ is predominantly used in The Catholic Church, followed by High-Church Anglicans, Lutherans and some Western Rite Orthodox. In The Latin Church, the Liturgical Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is Celebrated on The Third Friday After Pentecost.[2] The Twelve promises of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus are also extremely popular.


The devotion is especially concerned with what The Catholic Church deems to be the long-suffering love and compassion of The Heart of Christ towards humanity.

The popularisation of this devotion in its modern form is derived from a Roman Catholic Nun from France, Margaret Mary Alacoque, who said she learned the devotion from Jesus during a series of apparitions to her between 1673 and 1675,[3] and, later, in the 19th-Century, from the mystical revelations of another Catholic Nun in Portugal, Mary of The Divine Heart, a Religious Sister of The Congregation of The Good Shepherd, who requested in the name of Christ that Pope Leo XIII Consecrate the entire World to The Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Predecessors to the modern devotion arose unmistakably in The Middle Ages in various facets of Catholic Mysticism, particularly with Saint Gertrude the Great.[4]


Catholic Holy Card depicting The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Date: Circa 1880.
Auguste Martin Collection, University of Dayton Libraries.
Source: Own work.
Author: Turgis
(Wikimedia Commons)


Cor Iesu Sacratissimum adveniat regnum tuum.
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The First Day Of December.


The following Text is from “The Liturgical Year”,
by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.

Volume 1.
   Advent.


Salisbury Cathedral.
Illustration: PINTEREST

The Church of Rome does not keep this day as a Feast Day of any Saint; she simply recites The Office of The Feria, unless it happens that The First Sunday of Advent falls on this first day of the month, in which case The Office of that Sunday is Celebrated.

But, should this first day of December be a simple Feria of Advent, we shall do well to begin at once our considerations upon the preparations which were made for the merciful coming of The Saviour of the World.

Four thousand years of expectation preceded that coming, and they are expressed by the four weeks of Advent, which we must spend before we come to the glorious festivity of Our Lord’s Nativity.


Durham Cathedral.
Illustration: PINTEREST

Let us reflect upon the holy impatience of The Saints of The Old Testament, and how they handed down, from age to age, the grand hope, which was to be but hope to them, since they were not to see it realised. Let us follow, in thought, the long succession of the witnesses of the promise: Adam, and the first Patriarchs, who lived before The Deluge; then, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and The Twelve Patriarchs of The Hebrew People; then Moses, Samuel, David, and Solomon; then, The Prophets and The Machabees; and, at last, John the Baptist and his disciples.


Saint Fin Barre Cathedral,
Cork, Ireland.
Illustration: REDDIT

These are the holy ancestors of whom The Book of Ecclesiasticus speaks, where it says: “Let us praise men of renown, and our Fathers in their generation”; and of whom The Apostle thus speaks to The Hebrews: “All these being approved by the testimony of Faith, received not the Promise; God providing some better thing for us, that they should not be perfected without us”: Their Faith was tried and approved, and yet they received not the object of The Promises made to them. It is for us that God had reserved the stupendous gift, and, therefore, He did not permit them to attain the object of their desires.

Let us honour them for their Faith; let us honour them as our veritable Fathers, since it is in reward of their Faith, that Our Lord remembered and fulfilled His Merciful Promise; let us honour them, too, as the ancestors of The Messias in the flesh.


Lincoln Cathedral.
Illustration: PINTEREST

We may imagine each of them saying, as he lay on his dying bed, this Solemn Prayer to Him, Who, alone, could conquer death: “I will look for Thy Salvation, Oh, Lord !” It was the exclamation of Jacob, at his last hour, when he was pronouncing his prophetic blessings on his children: “And then,” says The Scripture, “he drew up his feet upon his bed, and died, and he was gathered unto his people.”

Thus, did all these holy men, on quitting this life, go to await, far from the abode of Eternal Light, Him, Who was to come in due time and re-open The Gate of Heaven. Let us contemplate them in this place of expectation, and give our grateful thanks to God, Who has brought us to His Admirable Light, without requiring us to pass through a Limbo of Darkness.


Chichester Cathedral.
Illustration: WEST SUSSEX

It is our duty to Pray ardently for the coming of The Deliverer, Who will break down, by His Cross, The Gates of The Prison, and will fill it with The Brightness of His Glory. During this Holy Season, The Church is continually borrowing the fervent expressions of these Fathers of The Christian People, making them her own Prayer for The Messias to come.


Greek Orthodox Chant.
“Agni Parthene”.
“Αγνή Παρθένε”.
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(See the reference to Greek Orthodox Hymn, below).

“Agni Parthene”, rendered “O, Virgin Pure”, is a Greek Marian Hymn composed
by Saint Nectarios of Aegina in the Late-19th-Century, first published in Print in his “Theotokarion”.

In Orthodox Churches, it is considered “Para-Liturgical”, and, therefore, only to be used outside of Liturgical Services. Though it is often performed by some Choirs as a Recessional, after the conclusion of The Divine Liturgy during the Veneration of The Cross and receiving of Anti-Doron.

Performed by: Petros Gaitanos/ Πέτρος Γαϊτάνος.


Ely Cathedral.
Illustration: KATEY JANE PHOTOGRAPHY

Let us turn to those great Saints, and beg of them to Pray, that our work of preparation for Jesus' coming to our hearts may be Blessed by God.

We will make use, for this end, of the beautiful Hymn (“Avorum hodie, fideles”) wherein The Greek Church Celebrates the memory of all The Saints of The Old Testament, on the Sunday immediately preceding The Feast of Christmas.


Lichfield Cathedral.

Tuesday 30 November 2021

Saint Andrew. Apostle. Feast Day 30 November.


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

Saint Andrew.
   Apostle.
   Feast Day 30 November.

Double of The Second-Class.

Red Vestments.


Saint Andrew.
Apostle.
Artist: René de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.

The Feast of Saint Andrew has always been kept, since the 4th-Century A.D., on 30 November.

Saint Andrew was an Apostle and a Martyr. The Collect tells us that he was called to govern and teach The Church; and the Epistle and the Gospel deal
with the Vocation of Saint Andrew, who was the first among The Apostles to know Jesus Christ.

When he was called, he immediately left his nets to become a fisher of men (Gospel), and "his sound hath gone forth into all the Earth to Preach the Gospel of Peace" (Epistle). After the coming of The Holy Ghost, he Preached in Palestine, and then in Scythia, Epirus and Thrace.

"But all have not obeyed the Gospel" (Epistle), and Saint Andrew ere long became The Apostle of The Cross. The priests of Achaia describe his Martyrdom at Patras. He died on that special form of Cross which has ever since been called after him, and "The Lord received his Sacrifice in the odour of sweetness" (Alleluia).


His body, having been first taken to Constantinople, was, in 1210, moved to the Cathedral at Amalfi, in the Kingdom of Naples. In 1462, his head was placed by Pope Pius II in the Basilica of Saint Peter, his brother. His name is inscribed in The Canon of The Mass (First List). Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland.

Every Parish Priest Celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Let us, with Saint Andrew, follow Christ even to The Cross.

Mass: Mihi autem.
Commemoration: During Advent, a Commemoration of The Feria is made on every Saint's Day by The Collects of the preceding Sunday. (Ember Days have Proper Collects.)
Credo: Is said or sung.
Preface: Of The Apostles.
Second Vespers: On Great Feast Days, or when the next day is not a Feast, Second Vespers are Celebrated in honour of the same Saint as First Vespers.






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Monday 29 November 2021

Saint Saturninus. Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 29 November.


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

Saint Saturninus.
   Martyr.
   Feast Day 29 November.

Simple.

Red Vestments.


Saint Saturninus was Martyred in Rome, under Emperor Maximian, 300 A.D.

The Roman Martyrology mentions, on the same day, another Saint Saturninus, Bishop, Martyred at Toulouse, under Emperor Decius, about 250 A.D.

Mass: Lætábitur, from The Common of One Martyr (except Proper Collects).

Vigil Of Saint Andrew. Apostle. 29 November.


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

Vigil of Saint Andrew.
   Apostle.
   29 November.

Simple.

Violet Vestments.


Madonna and Child,
Saint Peter, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Joseph, Saint Paul.
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.

Now begins
“The Sanctoral Cycle”
or
“The Proper of The Saints”.



Saint Andrew.
Apostle.
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.

The Gospel tells us that it was Saint John the Baptist, who, whilst fulfilling his mission of preparing Souls for the coming of Our Lord, pointed out The Messias to his Disciple, Andrew, The latter immediately went to Jesus and became one of His followers.

If The Feast of Saint Andrew (30 November) falls on a Monday, The Mass of The Vigil is said on the previous Saturday, but the Commemoration of Saint Saturninus is made on the Sunday. The same rule holds good for the other Vigils, with the exception of that of Christmas.

If The Feast of Saint Andrew falls on a Sunday, it is Transferred to the first free day.

Mass: Dóminus secus.

The Gloria is never said at Masses with Violet Vestments.
If Advent has not begun, Second Collect: Saint Saturninus.
Third Collect: Concéde.
If Advent has begun, Second Collect: Of The Feria.
Third Collect: Saint Saturninus.





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Sunday 28 November 2021

Advent And Christmas. 2021.




Advent 2021 begins on
Sunday, 28 November.


York Minster.
Photo: 31 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff
Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".
(Wikimedia Commons)

The York Minster Web-Site is HERE.


York Minster.
Illustration: THE PRESS


York Minster
Advent and Christmas 2018.
Available on You Tube at

Advent And Christmas. 2021.




Advent 2021 begins on
Sunday, 28 November.


Gloucester Cathedral
Advent and Christmas Services.
Details available at


“Advent”.
Available on YouTube at

The Gloucester Cathedral Web-Site
is HERE.


English: The Cloisters, Gloucester Cathedral, with their Fan-Vaulted Roof,
were used as a location in The Harry Potter films.
Deutsch: Der Kreuzgang der Kathedrale von Gloucester.
English: The cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral.
Esperanto: Klostro de Katedralo Gloucester.
Українська: Крита галерея Глостерського собору, Глостер, Англія.
Photo: 17 January 2018.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


“In The Bleak Mid-Winter”.
Sung by: Gloucester Cathedral Choir.
Available on YouTube at


Gloucester Cathedral.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and The Holy and Indivisible Trinity.
Foundation work began on the Church in 1089.
Photo: 4 June 2011.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: Saffron Blaze, via http://www.mackenzie.co
Author: Saffron Blaze
(Wikimedia Commons)


Gloucester Cathedral.
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Advent And Christmas. 2021.




Advent 2021 begins on
Sunday, 28 November.


Chester Cathedral.
The building of The Nave, begun in 1323,
was halted by The Plague, and was completed 150 years later.
Photo: 22 May 2012.
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)


“Advent”.
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The Chester Cathedral Web-Site
is HERE.


Chester Cathedral Choir.
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Chester Cathedral.
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Advent And Christmas. 2021.




Advent 2021 begins on
Sunday, 28 November.


Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 16 March 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: DrMoschi
(Wikimedia Commons)


“Advent”.
Available on YouTube at

The Lincoln Cathedral Web-Site
is HERE.


Lincoln Cathedral Choir sing
“Oh, Holy Night”.
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Lincoln Cathedral.
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