Friday 28 November 2014
Monday 27 October 2014
Pope Benedict Speaks - Can dialogue substitute for mission?
Message of Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI
for the naming
of the reformed Aula Magna
of the
Pontifical Urbaniana University
October 21,
2014
"The Risen Lord gave this task to his Apostles, and through them disciples of every time, to carry his Word to the ends of the earth and to make all men his disciples. ... But is this still possible? Many ask this question, both inside and outside the Church. Is this mission really possible in the world as it is today? Would it not be more appropriate that all religions get together and work together for the cause of peace in the world? The counter-question is: Can dialogue substitute for mission? Today many have the idea, in effect, that religions should respect each other, and, in dialogue with each other, become a common force for peace. ...
H/t:- [Translation by Fr. Richard G. Cipolla, DPhil]
This is, however, lethal to faith. In fact, faith loses its binding character and seriousness, if everything is reduced to symbols that are at the end interchangeable, capable of referring only from afar to the inaccessible mystery of the divine."
Monday 13 October 2014
The Greatest Persecution of the Church Comes not from Her Enemies Without, but Arises from...Within
On the journey to Fatima in 2010, Pope Benedict noted that the message of Fatima is still ongoing and that the greatest threat to the Church comes from not from outside but from within the Church: he stated:-
" Consequently, I would say that, here too, beyond this great vision of the suffering of the Pope, which we can in the first place refer to Pope John Paul II, an indication is given of realities involving the future of the Church, which are gradually taking shape and becoming evident. So it is true that, in addition to moment indicated in the vision, there is mention of, there is seen, the need for a passion of the Church.... As for the new things which we can find in this message today, there is also the fact that attacks on....the Church come not only from without, but the sufferings of the Church come precisely from within the Church, from the sin existing within the Church. This too is something that we have always known, but today we are seeing it in a really terrifying way: that the greatest persecution of the Church comes not from her enemies without, but arises from...within the Church, and that the Church thus has a deep need to relearn penance, to accept purification, to learn forgiveness on the one hand, but also the need for justice.
Forgiveness does not replace justice. In a word, we need to relearn precisely this essential: conversion, prayer, penance and the theological virtues. This is our response, we are realists in expecting that evil always attacks, attacks from within and without, yet that the forces of good are also ever present and that, in the end, the Lord is more powerful than evil and Our Lady is for us the visible, motherly guarantee of God’s goodness, which is always the last word in history."
Taken from http://www.vatican.va.
Saturday 27 September 2014
Young Catholic Adults Douai Weekend 2014 - Photographs
Solemn High Mass of Our Lady
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Dominican Rite Vespers with the Scola Gregoriana of Cambridge |
Fr. Goddard FSSP - Talk |
Dominican Rite Sung Mass |
Dominican Rite Sung Mass - Communion |
Fr Pearson OP - Talk |
For more photos please see Flikr
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Young Catholic Adult 2014 Weekend at Douai Consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
A Solemn Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of men, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of Your Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and our families to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to You, all the people of our country and all the world. Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as You wish to accomplish Your designs in the world. O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and Queen of the World, rule over us, together with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our King. Save us from the spreading flood of modern paganism; kindle in our hearts and homes the love of purity, the practice of a virtuous life, an ardent zeal for souls, and a desire to pray the Rosary more faithfully. We come with confidence to You, O Throne of Grace and Mother of Fair Love. Inflame us with the same Divine Fire which has inflamed Your own Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Make our hearts and homes Your shrine, and through us, make the Heart of Jesus, together with your rule, triumph in every heart and home. Amen. --Venerable Pope Pius XII |
Sunday 14 September 2014
The Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been in existence for approximately 700 years. It is said that , Saint Simon Stock, General of the Carmelite Order in the thirteenth century, saw Our Lady in a vision in 1251 and presented him with the well-known brown scapular, a garment, reaching from the shoulders to the knees. It was given as a guarantee, for all who died wearing it, of Her heavenly protection from eternal damnation.
Devotion to the Scapular spread post haste throughout the Christendom. Pope after successive Pope enriched it with various indulgences, and there were many miracles associated with it .
In 1858 at Lourdes, Bernadette said that the Virgin appeared on July 16th, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (which was the very day the Church commemorates Her appearance to Saint Simon Stock). On October 13, 1917, at Fatima the three Shepard children – Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco stated that Mary appeared to them as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In a general sense, wearing the Scapular is a sign of someone’s commitment and devotion to Our Lady.
Individuals can be enrolled in the Scapular after the YCA High Mass and Marian Procession on Saturday 20th September 2014 in the Parish Church at Douai Abbey.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel – pray for us.
Timetable for Young Catholic Adults/Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge Douai Weekend 19-21 Sept 2014
Timetable
for Young Catholic Adults/Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge
Douai Weekend 19-21 Sept 2014
Douai Weekend 19-21 Sept 2014
Theme of the Weekend
True conversion of the Soul :-“We undertake to convert our hearts to the
horizons of grace,” - Pope Benedict XVI.
Friday - Feast of St. Januarius 3rd
Class - Red
5-6pm Arrival
6:55pm Supper
8pm-8.30pm Rosary or Chant Workshop -
8:40 Sung Dominican Compline after Workshop
9pm: Social
5-6pm Arrival
6:55pm Supper
8pm-8.30pm Rosary or Chant Workshop -
8:40 Sung Dominican Compline after Workshop
9pm: Social
Saturday – Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday 4th Class - White
8-9am Breakfast
9-9:40am - Chant workshop followed by practice
9:45am 1st Talk John Pridmore –“ Gangland to the Promised Land” hear John’s conversion story.
11am: High Mass in the Parish Church ( EF Roman Rite Gregorian Chant )
12.00pm: Marian Procession in honour of Our Lady of Fatima around the extensive grounds of Douai Abbey, followed by enrolment into the Brown Scapular and a sung Litiya
1-2pm: Lunch
2-3pm: 2nd Talk – Fr. Matthew Goddard– “Striving for Holiness”
3-4pm: Chant workshop
[4-4.30pm: Chant rehearsal for Schola Gregoriana]
4.30-5.30 pm: 3rd Talk – Fr. Gregory Pearson OP – “Initial conversion”
5:30-6pm Free time
6-6.30pm: Vespers in Dominican Rite
6:55pm Supper
7.30-8:30pm: Rosary Adoration, Bedediction and Confessions
8.30pm: Social
Sunday 15th Sunday after Pentecost - Green
8-9am Breakfast
9am-9:45am: Schola Gregoriana rehearsal
10:30am: Sung/High Mass ( EF Dominican Rite, Gregorian Chant)
11:45am-12:40pm: 4th Talk – Fr. Gregory Pearson – “Ongoing Conversion”
12:45-1pm Rosary
1pm: Lunch
2pm: Finish
9-9:40am - Chant workshop followed by practice
9:45am 1st Talk John Pridmore –“ Gangland to the Promised Land” hear John’s conversion story.
11am: High Mass in the Parish Church ( EF Roman Rite Gregorian Chant )
12.00pm: Marian Procession in honour of Our Lady of Fatima around the extensive grounds of Douai Abbey, followed by enrolment into the Brown Scapular and a sung Litiya
1-2pm: Lunch
2-3pm: 2nd Talk – Fr. Matthew Goddard– “Striving for Holiness”
3-4pm: Chant workshop
[4-4.30pm: Chant rehearsal for Schola Gregoriana]
4.30-5.30 pm: 3rd Talk – Fr. Gregory Pearson OP – “Initial conversion”
5:30-6pm Free time
6-6.30pm: Vespers in Dominican Rite
6:55pm Supper
7.30-8:30pm: Rosary Adoration, Bedediction and Confessions
8.30pm: Social
Sunday 15th Sunday after Pentecost - Green
8-9am Breakfast
9am-9:45am: Schola Gregoriana rehearsal
10:30am: Sung/High Mass ( EF Dominican Rite, Gregorian Chant)
11:45am-12:40pm: 4th Talk – Fr. Gregory Pearson – “Ongoing Conversion”
12:45-1pm Rosary
1pm: Lunch
2pm: Finish
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Timetable for Young Catholic Adults/Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge Douai Weekend 19-21 Sept 2014
Friday 12 September 2014
Benedict XVI has posed for what is thought to be his first selfie.
Benedict XVI has posed for what is thought to be his first selfie. It's great to see him still going strong!
Thursday 11 September 2014
Young Catholic Adults Weekend 2014 Latest -There have been a COUPLE of cancellations so booking has recommenced temporarily
(There have been a COUPLE of cancellations so booking has recommenced temporarily).
Cottages (student style dormitory accommodation) ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED.
Guest House (mostly single rooms - hotel style accommodation) £60 per person per night (incl. food). It's possible to stay just for the Saturday night.
Day Guests. For those wishing to come for the day on Saturday or Sunday - please bring a packed lunch. It will not be possible to provide food in the Guest Refectory for people coming for the day.
Please go to https://v1.bookwhen.com/yca-douai-2014 to book!
Monday 8 September 2014
Beautiful song to Our Lady on her feast day
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
For something truly angelic to celebrate this beautiful feast of Our Lady, please take the time to listen to this Russian/Armenian 11 year old, Viktoria (Vika) Oganisyan, sing Ave Maria by Giulio Caccini (1551-1618).
May Our Blessed Mother bless you this day and always!
Wednesday 3 September 2014
Just a Few Places Left for YCA Douai Weekend 2014!
Book now!
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Booking Deadline For YCA Weekend 2014 now FRIDAY 5TH SEPT go to https://v1.bookwhen.com/yca-douai-2014.
Monday 1 September 2014
Young Catholic Adults Retreat at Douai Abbey 2014 and the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge
The Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge will be assisting in the 2014 Young Catholic Adults weekend in Douai Abbey. They will be providing Gregorian Chant Workshops among other things. Christopher Hodgkinson will be leading the Schola at this event.
The Schola website states that:- it was "founded in 1975 by Dr Mary Berry, a Cambridge musician and musicologist, in order to ensure that the chant should continue to be taught, and that all those who wished to sing and study this profoundly spiritual and ancient music should be able to do so. It became a registered charity in 1984.The Schola aims to promote the teaching and singing of Gregorian chant and, whenever possible, to foster its study and research."
For more details about the Schola please see http://www.scholagregoriana.org/
The absolute Booking Deadline For YCA Weekend 2014 now FRIDAY 5TH SEPT 2014.
Monday 18 August 2014
John Pridmore at YCA Weekend at Douai Abbey
Come and hear the conversion story John Pridmore and listen
to him describe his early chaotic life of
despair. A life changing calamity made John decide that he needed to change direction and re-convert
back to the Catholic faith of his childhood.
His talk starts at 9:45am on
Saturday 20th September 2014 , this will be followed by Sung/High
Mass and then a Marian procession through the grounds of the Abbey.
If you are in the
18-35 AGE RANGE:- come and meet like
minded individuals at the Young Catholic Adults Weekend (19th-21st
September 2014) .
To book please go to:- https://v1.bookwhen.com/yca-douai-2014.
For more details please see:- http://www.youngcatholicadults.co.uk/events.htm.
Wednesday 6 August 2014
BOOK NOW FOR YOUNG CATHOLIC ADULTS NATIONAL EVENT 2014
BOOK NOW FOR YOUNG CATHOLIC ADULTS NATIONAL EVENT 2014
BOOK NOW FOR YOUNG CATHOLIC ADULTS NATIONAL EVENT 2014
Guest Speakers - John Pridmore, Fr. Gregory Pearson OP, Fr. Matthew Goddard FSSP
There will be:-
BOOK NOW FOR YOUNG CATHOLIC ADULTS NATIONAL EVENT 2014
Guest Speakers - John Pridmore, Fr. Gregory Pearson OP, Fr. Matthew Goddard FSSP
There will be:-
Sung/High Masses
Talks
Rosaries
Confessions
Marian Procession
Socials
Talks
Rosaries
Confessions
Marian Procession
Socials
Cottages (student
style dormitory accommodation) £18 per person per night (incl. food).
Guest House (mostly
single rooms - hotel style accommodation) £60 per person per night (incl.
food).
Day Guests.
For those wishing to come for the day on Saturday or Sunday - please bring a
packed lunch. It will not be possible to provide food in the Guest Refectory
for people coming for the day.
-Please note to guarantee your place this year Douai Abbey
have requested that everyone books in 3 weeks before the start of the weekend
i.e. 29th August 2014.
How to book
For more details, please see:- http://www.youngcatholicadults.co.uk/events.htm
Or use the online booking system at: https://bookwhen.com/yca-douai-2014.
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