tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283216062024-03-14T01:01:45.903-07:00ORBIS CATHOLICVSI'm a graduate student and tour operator living in Rome, Italy. Life is good. Studium Urbis! P.S. To know history is to be Catholic. P.P.S. Schedule your tour with us while in Rome.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger3547125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-43237053708648280812011-02-24T02:05:00.000-08:002011-02-24T02:07:17.515-08:00Orbis Catholicus Secundus<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YnDmIKxK_-s/TWYtr2X2JSI/AAAAAAAAQyo/qSXhyf4Syvk/s1600/orbis%2Bcatholicus.com.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577195419898094882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YnDmIKxK_-s/TWYtr2X2JSI/AAAAAAAAQyo/qSXhyf4Syvk/s400/orbis%2Bcatholicus.com.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://www.orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com/">www.orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com</a></div>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-2796886521826093302011-02-12T14:26:00.000-08:002011-02-12T14:28:08.936-08:00Second Annual European Pro-Life MarchLast year was a big success.<br /><br />Be there this year to pray and show your support.<br /><br />Pray, fast and do penance for an end to abortion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.marchforlife.be/">www.marchforlife.be</a>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-82488267715837170182010-10-18T14:53:00.000-07:002010-10-18T14:53:19.015-07:00UPDATE: Ubis est Orbis Catholicus?Here is the now current domain: <br />
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John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-17044642350909458392009-09-03T11:50:00.000-07:002009-09-03T12:24:03.625-07:00Catholic Church architecture: still possible...See here: <a href="http://beatusest.blogspot.com/">http://beatusest.blogspot.com/</a>.<br />
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There are just a few legends left who can still design and build a Catholic church that actually has the ethos of a Catholic church. Imagine that?<br />
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If you are a pastor or a member of a diocesan or parish building/renovation committee, then you need to contact one of these professionals and get things rolling on the right from the start:<br />
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Duncan: <a href="http://www.stroik.com/">http://www.stroik.com/</a><br />
Thomas: <a href="http://www.thomasgordonsmitharchitects.com/">http://www.thomasgordonsmitharchitects.com/</a><br />
Matthew: <a href="http://holywhapping.blogspot.com/">http://holywhapping.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Erik: <a href="http://beatusest.blogspot.com/">http://beatusest.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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You will find yourself in good hands with these legends - the finest English-speaking Catholic church architects of today and that's just the way it is.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-47263562444900727902009-09-01T04:56:00.000-07:002009-09-01T05:42:21.041-07:00Vrbs Capvt Orbis: the eagle has landed...Friends:<br /><br />Many thanks!<br /><br />For the Lord Jesus was with His apostles as He had promised (Cf. Mt. 28:20) and sent to them as Paraclete the Spirit Who would lead them into the fullness of truth (cf. Jn. 16:13)...<br /><br />With the continued pervading tone of change in the Church today this blog has always sought to introduce youth to their Catholic inheritance and to encourage some to study in Roma Beata. Catholics must be taught how to be Catholic. They must connect with Rome.<br /><br />Many thanks to everybody for the advice and I ask to first hear Holy Mass and after I will make a quick decision and let everybody know asap.<br /><br />Union of prayers,<br /><br />JPSonnen<br />Datum Romae<br />AD MMIX<br /><br />PS 70 yrs ago today was the outbreak of WWII. Pray and do penance.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-6893066065550853932009-08-28T21:37:00.000-07:002009-08-28T21:44:55.448-07:00FINIS: and that's all she wrote...Brethren:<br /><br />This blog, sadly, is just now at the end of its course.<br /><br />There is simply no more storage room.<br /><br />1013 MB (99%) of 1024 MB has been eaten up.<br /><br />Hope everybody liked it.<br /><br />But just remember: what was done was done for you.<br /><br />Let us pray,<br /><br />JPSonnen<br />Paulopoli de Minnesota<br />AD MMIXJohn Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-49781187994812065512009-08-28T21:02:00.000-07:002009-08-28T21:27:38.725-07:00American church architecture: 1920s splendor...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpipS14yCAI/AAAAAAAAKeQ/zocK55jeJu4/s1600-h/S.+Andrews+iii.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375232296434665474" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpipS14yCAI/AAAAAAAAKeQ/zocK55jeJu4/s400/S.+Andrews+iii.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpipSYEwFQI/AAAAAAAAKeI/eIzPWaY_kVk/s1600-h/S.+Andrews+ii.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375232288431805698" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpipSYEwFQI/AAAAAAAAKeI/eIzPWaY_kVk/s400/S.+Andrews+ii.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpipRzFDDmI/AAAAAAAAKeA/3H68PC6m3cY/s1600-h/S.+Andrews+i.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375232278500937314" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpipRzFDDmI/AAAAAAAAKeA/3H68PC6m3cY/s400/S.+Andrews+i.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This Byzantine-Romanesque is magnificent and wonderful to see in America!</div><div></div><div>Church of St. Andrew, located in St. Paul, Minnesota. </div><div></div><div>My mother was baptized in this church after the war ended by Fr. John Buchanan (1910-1998). Fr. Buchanan died at the age of 87 but when he was in Europe during the war as an Army chaplain he did not expect to survive, as he later shared. He was, as he once told me, at D-Day where he first raised his hand across the waters to absolve the Catholic Allied soldiers and then the German Catholic soldiers. He was also in the middle of the fight at the Battle of the Bulge and received the Silver Star for heroism. He was a priest who loved the priesthood.<br /></div><div></div></div>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-26468671749138815472009-08-27T18:11:00.000-07:002009-09-03T11:57:47.075-07:00The Church Architect in North America: E.L. Masqueray and those who now carry the torch...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcwEIVYNqI/AAAAAAAAKd4/sGA4B9TEigQ/s1600-h/Cathedral+of+St.+Paul.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374817527804737186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcwEIVYNqI/AAAAAAAAKd4/sGA4B9TEigQ/s400/Cathedral+of+St.+Paul.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 300px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcwDWmXKmI/AAAAAAAAKdw/kL3Vowi5Dbw/s1600-h/Calvary+Cemetery,+St.+Paul,+Minnesota.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374817514454198882" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcwDWmXKmI/AAAAAAAAKdw/kL3Vowi5Dbw/s400/Calvary+Cemetery,+St.+Paul,+Minnesota.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 400px; width: 300px;" /></a></div><div>Gauge the scope of beauty seen in this temple built overlooking the upper banks of the mighty Mississippi River and be inspired.</div><div></div><div>In contrast, as everybody knows we live in an age of milquetoast church architecture. </div><div></div><div>Indifferent co-religionists are a dime a dozen. And so are dryrot church building and renovation committees who know nothing or too little of Catholic spiritual and artistic influences which they never understood (born of the ages past in large part from the mystical climate of a Catholic continent). </div><div></div><div>In recent years a remnant has worked aggressively for a restoration and an integral part of this effort has been the modern legacy of the Notre Dame School of Architecture. These guys know their stuff and have played a big part in ending the "tyranny" of modern church architecture as we know it.</div><div></div><div>Winning the age for Christianity implies a deep commitment to the best church architecture.</div><div>Defining the new role today we have a new crop of legends such as Duncan Stroik (<a href="http://www.stroik.com/">http://www.stroik.com/</a>) and Matthew Alderman (<a href="http://holywhapping.blogspot.com/">http://holywhapping.blogspot.com/</a>) and Erik Bootsma ( <a href="http://beatusest.blogspot.com/">http://beatusest.blogspot.com/</a>) who are Catholic architects (men of art who believe and design and build).</div><div></div><div>It's an easy collaboration: you just need pious and generous laity, talented architects who believe and a dynamic bishop or pastor with the guts. The vitality of Western civilization has already taught us what and how to build. </div><div></div><div>Archbishop John Ireland led Minnesota Catholics for 33 years. As a young student he had spent eight years of seminary training in France (Meximieux and Montbel) and this is when he became full of admiration for the splendor of Medieval and Renaissance Christendom. </div><div></div><div>Enraptured with European church architecture he once said: "They were truly monuments of faith and piety, and more eloquently than the most eloquent pages of written history they tell us that in older times the children of the Church were giants in devotion to religion."</div><div></div><div>In the top photo is the Cathedral of Saint Paul located on Cathedral Hill overlooking Saint Paul, Minnesota. The architect was Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, a man who was able to translate into stone the full significance of the meaning of a great Christian temple. </div><div></div><div>With his pencil he drew religion's meaning, religion's history, religion's purposes. </div><div></div><div>Masqueray yielded a score of commissions for the Church in the Northwest and his fine works stand today. His pencilling finger understood Catholic Europe and this helps us to see the value of having a requisite for all serious students of design - they ought to study in Europe.</div><div></div><div>Masqueray was born in Dieppe, France in 1861 and was raised in Rouen and in 1873 the family moved to Paris. In 1879 when he was 17 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the oldest and most prestigious fine arts schools in the world. He then went on to live in Italy for two years and during that time he was able to further develop his understanding of historically minded, highly intellectual architecture. In the 1880s he moved to NYC. In 1905 he moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota where he is today buried at Calvary Cemetery. </div><div>The criteria for proper design used by Masqueray were the same as those used by the French philosophical eclectics earlier in his century to test the validity of an idea: truth, beauty and goodness. The latter two, according to the Beaux-Arts tradition, were achieved by following that classical style so familiar and acceptable to the public, the first demanded not only that a design take into account the vagaries of location and climate, but also, and more importantly, that the exterior of a building clearly relfect the purpose for which it was constructed. Finally, once having achieved its desired state, a design was to never be altered. The aura of timelessness and catholicity remain. He knew his stuff. May he pray for us and for the continued restoration in Catholic church architecture. </div><div></div><div></div>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-6407808906604389222009-08-27T16:35:00.000-07:002009-08-27T17:09:19.792-07:00Fr. Paul Marx, OSB: founder of Human Life International...<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcYtaXyMnI/AAAAAAAAKdo/CF7WLFqZ7wM/s1600-h/Fr.+Paul+Marx,+OSB+at+age+89.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374791848742236786" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcYtaXyMnI/AAAAAAAAKdo/CF7WLFqZ7wM/s400/Fr.+Paul+Marx,+OSB+at+age+89.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is 89-year-old Fr. Paul Marx who was ordained priest in this same chapel in 1947 at the Benedictine Abbey of St. John's in Collegeville, Minnesota. With great joy Fr. Marx spoke of the day of his ordination.<br /><br />Fr. Marx is the founder of Human Life International (HLI) and the "international" pro-life movement. <em>Faithful for Life</em> is the name of his 1990s autobiography.<br /><br />As a pioneer in the pro-life and pro-family movement Fr. Marx made the teaching of NFP to young couples a cornerstone of his ministry. Fr. Marx, who had traveled the world and studied the menace of abortion always said that "Abortion starts with contraception."<br /><br />Fr. Marx is an American saint and it was a great honor to have lunch with him at the Abbey and look forward to seeing him again tomorrow!<br /><br />Link here: <a href="http://www.hli.org/">http://www.hli.org/</a>.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-53621745391419407632009-08-27T16:27:00.000-07:002009-08-27T16:30:40.520-07:00Catholic culture: the Latin letter...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcWwl-L4tI/AAAAAAAAKdg/-2lA3S89Htw/s1600-h/Latin+Letter.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374789704372445906" style="WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcWwl-L4tI/AAAAAAAAKdg/-2lA3S89Htw/s400/Latin+Letter.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is our way. Our tradition. Our Catholic language. We are proud.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-68360087936037406112009-08-27T16:20:00.000-07:002009-08-27T19:23:09.961-07:00The American Saint: Mother Angelica Live...<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcVBxwgRiI/AAAAAAAAKdY/Uv03G3nyr4E/s1600-h/Mother+Angelica.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374787800570807842" style="WIDTH: 331px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcVBxwgRiI/AAAAAAAAKdY/Uv03G3nyr4E/s400/Mother+Angelica.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, it has proven to be a time of saints:<br /><br />St. Mother M. Angelica (consecrated virgin in 1947).<br />St. Fulton J. Sheen (ordained priest in 1919).<br />St. Paul B. Marx (ordained priest in 1947).<br /><br />Support her empire of global Catholic TV: <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/">http://www.ewtn.com/</a>.<br /><br />And if you can, read <em>Mother Angelica</em> by Raymond Arroyo, published by Doubleday in 2005.<br /><br />Quote of the day:<br /><br />"I'm so tired of you, liberal Church in America."<br /><br />-Mother Angelica on live TV<br />World Youth Day, August 14, 1993.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-74082549170461131212009-08-27T16:17:00.000-07:002009-08-27T16:34:06.842-07:00Catholic culture: papal portrait in your home...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcUY89HvBI/AAAAAAAAKdQ/0qlDfuDwT8c/s1600-h/Lolek.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374787099201879058" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcUY89HvBI/AAAAAAAAKdQ/0qlDfuDwT8c/s400/Lolek.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Teach your kids team spirit for the Church: and to show it proudly in the face of the world.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-9678908212794391212009-08-27T16:02:00.000-07:002009-08-27T16:15:33.207-07:00Fr. Bandas: the professor of theology...<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcQo2vAZZI/AAAAAAAAKdI/oZNEUbqNvY4/s1600-h/Fr.+Bandas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374782974363461010" style="WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpcQo2vAZZI/AAAAAAAAKdI/oZNEUbqNvY4/s400/Fr.+Bandas.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Rt. Rev. Msgr. Rudolph G. Bandas, S.T.D. et M., Ph.D. Agg.</div><div>Consultor of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities</div><div>Member of the Pontifical Roman Academy</div><div></div><div>1896 - 1969</div><div></div><div>Born in Silver Lake, Minnesota, died in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Ordained priest in 1921. Elevated to the rank of Domestic Prelate with title of Right Reverend Monsignor by Pope Pius the XII on January 15, 1955. </div><div></div><div>O God, grant that Your servant Rudolph, whom You raised to priestly dignity in the priesthood of the apostles, may now be admitted into their company forever. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.</div><div></div><div>He had been a college professor, seminary rector, pastor and author of many fine books on education. Books which were translated into many languages. Buy one!</div>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-82865690921802330712009-08-26T22:19:00.000-07:002009-08-26T22:25:55.449-07:00St. Peter's Basilica: back in the good old days...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpYX8DbXfFI/AAAAAAAAKdA/HJiLJaXB79k/s1600-h/Altar+of+the+Chair.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374509525792947282" style="WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpYX8DbXfFI/AAAAAAAAKdA/HJiLJaXB79k/s400/Altar+of+the+Chair.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The splendor of the old papal rites of the Cappella Papale.</div><div></div><div>Too much of this was done away with. Too much too quickly. Now it's time to bring some of it back. </div>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-41061298673677333562009-08-26T22:07:00.000-07:002009-08-27T22:01:01.086-07:00First Minnesota native named archbishop...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpYU-ii1S7I/AAAAAAAAKcw/0liCDgoqLes/s1600-h/JJ+Byrne+in+1947+St.+Paul,+Minn..JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374506269970615218" style="WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpYU-ii1S7I/AAAAAAAAKcw/0liCDgoqLes/s400/JJ+Byrne+in+1947+St.+Paul,+Minn..JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Born in St. Paul this is James J. Byrne, Auxiliary to the Archbishop of St. Paul, consecrated in 1947 at the age of 38.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-40203818307267452302009-08-26T22:01:00.000-07:002009-08-26T22:07:07.117-07:00What the old altar cards atop the altar of Pius X looked like...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpYTg8D7oJI/AAAAAAAAKco/vNIxS1SVgqE/s1600-h/Pius+X.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374504661912625298" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 244px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpYTg8D7oJI/AAAAAAAAKco/vNIxS1SVgqE/s400/Pius+X.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Altar containing the incorrupt body of Pope St. Pius X located in the Vatican Basilica.<br /><br />These cards are still somewhere in the sacristy treasury of St. Peter's.<br /><br />It will take the Italians to approach the canons and sacristy staff and to get these back.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-90612885699975516552009-08-25T22:51:00.000-07:002009-09-01T05:10:27.385-07:00Edward Kennedy: RIP...Pray for the conversion of the Kennedy family.<br /><br />All Christians are to be pro-life.<br /><br />May their mother Rose continue to pray for them.<br /><br />May the splendor of Catholic morals enthrall them to conversion through the grace of the Holy Ghost.<br /><br />Teddy passed away today at the age of 77.<br /><br />In your charity pray for the repose of his soul.<br /><br />I once heard that when Cardinal Pacelli came to the USA in 1936 little four-year-old Teddy climbed up on his lap to say hello when the Cardinal paid a visit to the Kennedy family at their Bronxville, NY home and that Teddy received his First Holy Communion by the hands of the newly elected Pius XII when he went to the Vatican for the coronation of the new Pope in 1939. After the coronation he and the family were received into a private audience with the Pope. Ted was later married by Cardinal Spellman in 1958.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-5347091380542589092009-08-25T21:49:00.000-07:002009-08-25T22:20:15.595-07:00Summorum Pontificum: spiritual fruits continue...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_7x5kaMI/AAAAAAAAKcg/tyPPnod22-s/s1600-h/Sacred+Heart+iv.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374131289087830210" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_7x5kaMI/AAAAAAAAKcg/tyPPnod22-s/s400/Sacred+Heart+iv.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_7OTEnhI/AAAAAAAAKcY/PN4gMb8iKuQ/s1600-h/Sacred+Heart+iii.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374131279531122194" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_7OTEnhI/AAAAAAAAKcY/PN4gMb8iKuQ/s400/Sacred+Heart+iii.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_6a_T7EI/AAAAAAAAKcQ/Do0r3AZ-IkY/s1600-h/Sacred+Heart+ii.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374131265758030914" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_6a_T7EI/AAAAAAAAKcQ/Do0r3AZ-IkY/s400/Sacred+Heart+ii.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_5r6kQHI/AAAAAAAAKcI/Pk0jTi5I5HY/s1600-h/Sacred+Heart+i.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374131253121663090" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS_5r6kQHI/AAAAAAAAKcI/Pk0jTi5I5HY/s400/Sacred+Heart+i.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div>A very fine priest Fr. B. Pedersen celebrates Holy Mass in the Gregorian rite at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Robbinsdale, a suburb of Minneapolis. Founded in 1911 the current church was built in 1958 and the current sanctuary arrangement as seen here is the result of a recent and very positive renovation. Earlier this year the option of this rite was added to the Mass schedule and so many countless have said how much this means to them. This is the proof: success. Moms, dads and families with kids. Many thanks from us locals to such a fine, holy, wise and generous pastor! </div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.sacredheartrobbinsdale.org/">http://www.sacredheartrobbinsdale.org/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-60324261555874984942009-08-25T21:44:00.000-07:002009-08-25T21:47:25.760-07:00What an ideal chalice looks like...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS97U_OcTI/AAAAAAAAKcA/ZzlUpGea7ao/s1600-h/chalice.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374129082303672626" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpS97U_OcTI/AAAAAAAAKcA/ZzlUpGea7ao/s400/chalice.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Thank you Fr. Bryan for buying (= saving) this precious antique!</div>John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-15484349134979402672009-08-24T19:33:00.000-07:002009-08-24T19:58:32.065-07:00Church of St. Agnes: home of the Orchestral Mass...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpNNwpQUjRI/AAAAAAAAKb4/myq-NdaRrFY/s1600-h/Church+of+St.+Agnes.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373724278486502674" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SpNNwpQUjRI/AAAAAAAAKb4/myq-NdaRrFY/s400/Church+of+St.+Agnes.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />For about forty years the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale (founded in 1956) has performed an Orchestral Mass in this famed Baroque church (during the 10 o'clock Solemn High Mass, sung in Latin).<br /><br />This is the Church of Saint Agnes located in Saint Paul, Minnesota (where many of us received our formation, through a special gift of Providence). The parish was founded in 1887 to serve German-speaking Catholic immigrants. The present church is of Indiana limestone and was completed in 1912 and seats 1,500.<br /><br />The familiar oxidized-green "onion tower" rises 205 feet above the ground and is a much-loved city landmark, visible for miles (I look for it every time I land at the local international airport!).<br /><br />It was always an honor to see and meet so many illustrious clergy and other personages who came to town to pay a visit to the Monsignor. So many good times and wonderful conversations. This was our formation and this is how the Lord works.John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28321606.post-58146313793844198992009-08-24T19:00:00.000-07:002009-09-03T14:59:26.751-07:00Monsignor Richard J. Schuler, PhD: the one who made me...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SqA8JbB6C_I/AAAAAAAAKg0/Nh-tgrmbvO8/s1600-h/RJ+Schuler.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" lk="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ2xhpZfenk/SqA8JbB6C_I/AAAAAAAAKg0/Nh-tgrmbvO8/s400/RJ+Schuler.JPG" /></a></div><br />
He lives through us, his sons.<br />
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The priest is a father to many. This was a preeminent priest. He had many spiritual sons.<br />
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If you're lucky you'll have a good priest-mentor in your youth. I had mine, a wise and trusted counselor. He made me the Christian man I am today. How? Grace, yes. But it was also his love. He loved me.<br />
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He was forever young. Diligent in prayer. Lover of the Roman rite. Church musician <em>par excellence</em>. Priest of God <em>in toto</em>. A German-American. He loved Viennese church music. He gave us the great treasury of sacred music which the Church has always fostered.<br />
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Such sterling qualities of leadership he had. It is my earnest wish that by maintaining high Catholic ideals in my daily life I may demonstrate appropriate gratitude to this wise and generous "Shepherd of Souls."<br />
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Father Schuler, pray for us.<br />
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And we offer a prayer for the repose of your holy soul, too.<br />
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While visiting his gravesite I can still hear Schubert, Mozart, Woss, Bruckner, Palestrina, Benevoli, Joseph Haydn and Michael Haydn, Schroeder, Tittel...(and sometimes even Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries!).John Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.com5