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 24 October 2024

A Shrine for Bl. Charles of Austria in Minnesota


Last Monday, October 21st, was the day appointed in the ecclesiastical calendar for the commemoration of Bl. Charles of Austria. 

Last year the New Liturgical Movement had an article by J.P.Sonnen about a new shrine to the Emperor that had been created in the parish church of St Agnes in St Paul, Minnesota. The parish was founded in 1887, which was coincidentally the year of the future Emperor’s birth, by immigrants from Austria-Hungary. The church as built in 1912 is very much in the Baroque architectural tradition of the Habsburg dominions, and the parish has maintained links with both Austria and the Imperial Family. Indeed the Gebetsliga and its work for the canonisation of the Emperor appears to be very active generally in the US.

The generously illustrated article can be seen at New Shrine Dedicated to Blessed Karl by Canning Liturgical Arts

Bl. Emperor Charles pray for us


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Matthew F Kluk said...

Thank you for sharing this!

24 October 2024 at 23:52

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