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Diplomat-abbot
Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949) dressed as a Chinese diplomat and in abbot’s pontifical vestments. Born in a Chinese Protestant family, he made a career in diplomacy:…
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Fr. Zavoral O.Praem.
Fr. Metoděj Jan Nepomuk Zavoral (1862 – 1942) in choir dress with a mozzetta made of white watered silk. From 1906, the abbot of the…
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Grand Master Chigi
His Most Eminent Highness Fra’ Ludovico Chigi della Rovere Albani Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem,…
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Trappists from Kentucky
The chant of the Passion of the Lord according to St. Matthew on Sunday in Ramis Palmarum at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani,…
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Benedictines from Krzeszów
Nuns from the Benedictine convent in Krzeszów during a choir prayer in the monastery chapel. In the centre, on a platform, you may see the…
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Amadeus de Bie O.Cist.
Gerardus Franciscus Amadeus de Bie O.Cist., Abbot of the monastery in Bornem in Belgium, and then the Abbot General of the Cistercian Order in the…
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Prostration
Prostration during the singing of the Litany of All Saints at the liturgy of the Holy Saturday before the great altar of the Benedictine Abbey…
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Granada
Priestly ordination celebrated probably on Saturday preceding Passion Sunday, i.e. Palm Sunday, in the Dominican church of Santa Cruz La Real in Granada. New priests,…
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Burning of palms
Nuns burning last year’s palms, from which the ash was used during the celebration of the Ash Wednesday, the Cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago,…
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Jesuits
Jesuit novices during the meditate in cemetery at their formation house in Los Gatos, California, USA.
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Card. Canali
Nicola Cardinal Canali, the Grand Prior of Rome of the Order of Malta from 1938 to 1961, with the ribbon of the Bailiff Grand Cross…
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Malta
Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta Ludovico Chigi della Rovere Albani…
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At St. Andrew’s
The adoration of the Cross on Good Friday in the Belgian Benedictine Abbey of St. Andrew in Bruges, A.D. 1935. Next to the cross, lying…
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Adoratio crucis
The Archbishop of Lima Juan Landázuri Ricketts O.F.M. adoring the cross during the service on Good Friday. The bishop celebrating the liturgy did this only…
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Pulvis
Remember, man, that thou art dust and unto dust thou shalt return.
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White cappa
Fr. Bernard Pennings O.Praem., the Abbot of St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, during the recitation of preparatory prayers before a Mass.
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Pius
Father Pio O.F.M. Cap. during the celebration of a Holy Mass. We pay attention to the good visible shaven of the tonsure.
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Carthusian nun
The Carthusian nuns have retained the privilege of the consecration of virgins, which they have inherited from the nuns of Prébayon. The consecration, which is…
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Receive me, o Lord
John Henry Bacon – Suscipe me, Domine.
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Dakar
Bp. Marcel-François Lefebvre from the Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. From 1947 Vicar Apostolic of Dakar…
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Rest
Brother Martin, a Capuchin friar, at rest on the construction of water supply system leading to a Catholic college in East Midlands, England, 1936.
