Adj.1.Catholic- of or relating to or supporting Catholicism; "the Catholic Church" 2.catholic- free from provincial prejudices or attachments; "catholic in one's tastes" broad-minded- inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; "a judge who is broad-minded but even-han...
Adj. 1. Catholic - of or relating to or supporting Catholicism; "the Catholic Church" 2. catholic - free from provincial prejudices or attachments; "catholic in one's tastes" broad-minded - inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own; "a judge who is broad-minded but...
The charters and other deeds of the Dominican convents for men and women, as M. Jean Guiraud points out with emphasis in his edition of the Cartulaire of La Prouille (I, cccxxviii), are equally silent. Neither do we find any suggestion of a connection between St. Dominic and the ...
The decadence which manifested itself in the Cistercian Order towards the middle of the fourteenth century was felt also in the convents of nuns. But among them energetic efforts were made to restore the primitive observance or to introduce a new one. It was at this time that the Order of ...
Long before the confirmation by Honorius III., the Friars Minor (such was the name which the founder in his humility chose for them) had made their way into the principal countries of Europe, preaching penance and founding convents.Francis said to his followers: "Let your behavior in the ...
A schola is a group of men trained to sing the chant (in convents, this may be a group of women). "A Traditional Chapel Sings Gregorian Chant" CD Series Although there are many recordings made in recording studios, or sometimes in larger churches or monasteries with professional or ...
Religious Dress in the Everyday Lives of Polish Catholic Nuns This article explores the role of the religious habit in the lives of Catholic sisters in Poland. It is based on research data from qualitative interviews carried out by the author in five Polish convents. The argument focuses on ...
convents, all of them refusing the impoverished peasant, with no dowry. That is, until the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy took, well, mercy on her, on condition that she work until she could pay for her own habit. Which she did, entering the novitiate one year later...
(Women interested in becoming Catholic sisters go through a sometimes years-long period of prayer, introspection, spiritual retreats, and convent visits. Burhans says she is still in that discernment process.) Molly Burhans in the Hall of Maps at the Vatican. Courtesy of Goodlands During ...
the novitiate in a house of the regular canons of St Augustine, at Stein, near Gouda. He made his profession here in 1486, aet. 19 ; and was afterwards ordained priest by the bishop of Utrecht. Erasmus had no vocation for the devotional exercises of convent life, and was disgusted with...