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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

King James I's Grandfather, RIP

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On September 4, 1571, King James I/VI's paternal grandfather died. His son Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Sco...
Monday, September 3, 2018

The Death of His Highness, Lord Protector Cromwell

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Three hundred and sixty years ago today Oliver Cromwell died. Ten years ago, Micheál Ó Siochrú wrote an appraisal of Cromwell's deeds...
Friday, August 31, 2018

From Lizst to the Carmelites in Kensington: Father Hermann Cohen

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Blessed Dominic Barberi, whom we celebrated earlier this week, was not the only nineteenth century missionary sent to England to help br...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The Passion of St. John the Baptist

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From the Prado : The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist and Herod’s Banquet 1630 - 1633. Oil on canvas This work depicts the marty...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Mother and Son: Saints Monica and Augustine

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For the first time since 2015, we'll be celebrating the memorials of St. Monica and St. Augustine one after the other. In 2016, her me...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

"At Heart a Roman Catholic": Bishop Thomas Thirlby

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According to the Westminster Abbey website , Thomas Thirlby has an unusual claim to fame: he was for the time the first and the only CHUR...
Friday, August 24, 2018

Blessed Dominic Barberi and England

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I'll be speaking to Annie Mitchell on the Son Rise Morning Show this morning in anticipation of the memorial of Blessed Dominic Barbe...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Bishop Robert Sherborne, RIP

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Robert Sherborne or Shirbun, later the Bishop of Chichester, was born in around 1440 and rose quickly through the clerical ranks and in r...
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Monday, August 20, 2018

Cistercian Martyrs of England

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According to the blog of Silverstream Priory in County Meath, Ireland, St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Cistercian order recognizes these E...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

The Princess Mary Refuses to Conform

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How appropriate and timely for a Sunday! The Princess Mary stood up to her brother and his minions adamantly when they tried to fo...