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Saturday, July 18, 2015

St. Thomas More on How a Christian Responds to Suffering

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In the Introduction to this edition of A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation from Scepter Publishers, Gerard Wegemer comments that th...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Music from the Court of Charles I

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From Linn Records, this two CD set of the complete The Royal Consort of Williams Lawes presents music from the Court of one of England...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Happy Birthday, Father Edward Caswall

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According to John Julian in the 1907 Dictionary of Hymnology: Caswall, Edward, M.A., son of the Rev. R. C. Caswall, sometime Vicar of ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

At Last! The Irish May Criticize Henry VIII's Marriage to Anne Boleyn!

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News from Ireland (via The Irish Times ): A proclamation of 1533 prohibiting criticism of the marriage of Henry VIII to his second wif...
Monday, July 13, 2015

Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, Novelist

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Ann Applegarth surveys all of the fiction, historical and contemporary by the convert son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Monsignor Rober...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Emeritus Pope Benedict's Honorary Degrees and Sacred Music

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From Vatican Radio : Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI received Doctorates honoris causa on Saturday from the Pontifical John Paul II University ...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Purcell and Cowley

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We purchased this album of Purcell "catch songs", a cantata set to a poem by Abraham Cowley, and an ode to Saint Cecilia at o...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Coming Home Network Newsletter

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What a thrill to open my monthly copy of The Coming Home Network Newsletter and see that Supremacy and Survival: How Catholics Endured th...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

St. Thomas More and Conscience (Again)

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In a letter to History Today , Hilary Mantel states that Thomas More's "conscience [was] captive to tradition and authority"...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

1776: The Musical

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Turner Classic Movies broadcast 1776 on Independence Day. I missed some of it on Saturday but I have seen it before. Of course I know we s...