Today at St. Chad’s Church a Mass was held for the cause of beatification of Mother Mary Joseph of Jesus (Elizabeth Prout), Foundress of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, a branch of the Passionist family. It was in St. Chad’s that Mother Mary Joseph and her companions received the religious habit on the [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Mother Mary Joseph of Jesus C.P.
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2007 | Comments Off
Rome
Posted in O.Praem Pictures on November 25, 2007 | Comments Off
A selection of photo-graphs from Father Hugh’s recent visit to the headquarters of the Order in Rome where two of our Juniors are pursuing their studies for the priesthood;
The courtyard at the Generalate.
Statue of Our Holy Father Norbert.
Altar in the chapel of the Abbot General
A number of Norbertine saints and beati.
The Order receives Papal approval.
The two [...]
Requiem aeternam dona eis
Posted in Community Events on November 17, 2007 | Comments Off
During November, the month in which the Church particularly asks her children to pray for the faithful departed, the Premonstratensians of Corpus Christi Canonry said Mass in the cemetery chapel for the deceased confrers buried at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Moston.
REQUIEM aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.
Saint Siard
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on November 14, 2007 | Comments Off
Saint Siard of Friesland (who died in 1230) was a holy abbot of the Norbertine Abbey in Mariëngaard by Hallum in Friesland. He was born to a noble Frisian family in the shadow of the abbey of Mariëngaard and there received the white habit at the hands of St. Frederick. During his first twenty years in the abbey Siard practised great [...]
All the Saints of the Order
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati on November 13, 2007 | Comments Off
“I am Augustine, Bishop of Hippo; behold here the rule which I have written; if your fellow-brethren, my sons, shall have observed it well, they shall stand without fear in the presence of Christ on the terrible day of the last judgment”
- Our Holy Father Augustine gives the Rule to St. Norbert
November 13th is the [...]
Premonstratensians in the Holy Land
Posted in Norbertine History on November 8, 2007 | Comments Off
Today commemorates the martyrdom of Abbot Aegidius de Marle (Giles of Marle) and his 26 companions in 1291, Norbertines of the Abbey at Acre. St John at Acre was the home to Premonstratensians who had fled the houses of St. Habbakuk and St. Samuel after attacks by Moslem forces which had killed the majority of religious. Those [...]
All Souls
Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2007 | Comments Off
Photo-graphs from All Souls Day at St. Chad’s, Manchester.
Fauré - Requiem in D minor.