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Benedictine sisters are nuns who live according to the Rule of Saint Benedict : “ora et labora”, that is to say a life of prayer and work, of silence, of welcoming guests and of fraternal charity. By her monastic profession the nun devotes her life to the search for God, promising...
The Discalced Carmelites, known officially as the Order of the Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo) or the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Latin: Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum; abbrev.: OCD), is a Catholic mendicant order with roots...
Arendal is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). The 270-square-kilometre (100 sq mi) municipality is the 273rd largest by area out of...
Catholic Church of the abandoned village Kelča, which is in Eastern Slovakia. The Slovak constitution guarantees freedom of religion. In 2011, 62.0% of Slovaks identified themselves as Roman Catholics, 5.9% as Lutherans, 1,8% as Calvinists, 3.8% as Greek Catholics, 0.9% as Orthodox, 13.4% identified...
Iphofen is a town in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 4,500. Iphofen is known for its rare complete medieval town wall and other historic buildings as well as for being a location of wine production. Source: Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/...
In the Catholic liturgy , the Tridentine Mass is that form of the Eucharistic celebration of the Roman rite promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 at the request of the Council of Trent , up to the revision ordered by the Second Vatican Council . It was maintained, with minor modifications, in...
The Roman Rite has no celebration of Mass between the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday evening and the Easter Vigil. While there is no celebration of the Eucharist, it is distributed to the faithful only in the Service of the Passion of the Lord, but can also be...
I took this photo before the children did their first confession and first communion. Before this photo, the priest told the children to consider their sins and to pray for enlightenment before the confession. Taken at Saint Benedict's Parish in Chesapeake, Virginia. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason....
A procession, in Christianity, is an organized body of people advancing in formal or ceremonial manner as an element of Christian ritual or as a less official expression of popular piety. Public processions seem to have come into vogue soon after the recognition of Christianity as the religion of the...
A belfry (also known as a bell tower) is the upper part of the tower or steeple of a church, for the reception of the bells; or a detached tower containing bells, as the campanile of the Italians. The term is sometimes applied to the timber frame by which the...
The Roman Rite has no celebration of Mass between the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday evening and the Easter Vigil. While there is no celebration of the Eucharist, it is distributed to the faithful only in the Service of the Passion of the Lord, but can also be...
The high altar is so called from the fact that it is the chief altar in a church, and also because it is raised on an elevated plane in the sanctuary, where it may be seen simultaneously by all the faithful in the body of the church. It symbolizes Christ,...
Saarland is located in western Germany covering an area of 2,570 km2 (990 sq mi) and a population of 995,600 (2015), the smallest German state in both area and population apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg. Saarland is the most religious state in Germany. The...
In the Catholic liturgy , the Tridentine Mass is that form of the Eucharistic celebration of the Roman rite promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 at the request of the Council of Trent , up to the revision ordered by the Second Vatican Council . It was maintained, with minor modifications, in...
Abaújszolnok is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the border with Slovakia (Košice Region). It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is...
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (French: Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on Mount Royal's Westmount Summit in Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada's largest church and claims to have one of the largest domes in the...
The founders of the Bethlehem Convention before leaving for the Holy Land: Mariam Baouardy (standing, 2nd from left) and her fellow sisters (barefoot Carmelites) in August 1875 in southern France. Pau Monastery (western foothills of the Pyrenees). Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/04/Mariams_Abschied_...
A view of St. Dominic's Cathedral After the 2018 renovation, note the new leaded stained-glass on the front. Fuzhou, alternately romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered...
Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes (13 July 1900 – 12 April 1920) - born as Juana Fernández Solar - (Spanish: Teresa de Jesús de Los Andes) was a Chilean professed religious from the Discalced Carmelites. Fernández Solar was a pious child but had an often unpredictable temperament for she could...
Lippoldsberg is located in Germany in the extreme north of northern Hesse in the Weser Uplands between Solling (in the north), Kiffing (ridge in the southeast), behind which the Bramwald (in the south-southeast) is, and Reinhardswald (in the southwest). It extends directly south of the Lower Saxon community of Bodenfelde...
Tuscany is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 square miles) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (Firenze). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture....
U.S. Army officers attended a special Easter Mass Mar.30 at Monte Berico held in honor of Vicenza’s military and police units. Italian Carabinieri from the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units, a key U.S. Army Africa partner organization tasked with mentoring international police officers for...
Lombardy is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of 23,844 square kilometres (9,206 sq mi). About 10 million people live in Lombardy, forming more than one-sixth of Italy's population, and more than a fifth of...
This church is located in the North Rhine-Westpahlia region of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia is located in Western Germany covering an area of 34,084 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi), which makes it the fourth-largest state. Apart from the city-states it is also the most densely populated German state. NRW...
