Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Thursday, 13 October 2011

Novena for the canonization of Emperor Charles


As I did last year I have started the Novena for the canonization of the Emperor Charles of Austria in the lead up to his feast day on October 21st. The text of the Novena, with its reflections on his life, can be found here. The website for his cause is that of the Emperor Charles League of Prayer

http://www.emperorcharles.org/images/JPG%20800/cd%202/07--The%20New%20Emperor/Cat%20No%20114--His%20Majesty%20Kaiser%20Karl%20I--Photograph,%20Atelier%20.jpg

Bl. Emperor Charles

Image: Emperor Charles League of Prayer


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