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Archabbey
A solemn religious profession in the Benedictine Archabbey of St. Vincent in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
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Bp. Castrillo
Agostino Ernesto Castrillo O.F.M., the bishop of the Diocese of San Marco Argentano – Bisignano, in a zimarra and a ferrariolo characteristic of the Franciscan order.
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Trappist from Oka
Monks praying in front of the Stations of the Cross in the Trappist Abbey of Notre-Dame du Lac, Oka, Quebec, the end of the 19th…
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Dominican flabella
A solemn First Mass in the Dominican Rite. Two fans (flabella) are visible in the picture, held by acolytes kneeling on the step.
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Picnic
Daughters of Charity during a meal in the open air :)
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Corpus Christi in Paris
A Corpus Christi procession coming out of the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Paris, A.D. 1951. It is difficult to deny the charm of…
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Chapter Room
Trappist monks gathered in the monastery Chapter Room.
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Handmade
A Carmelite nun kneeling in a cell by a bed and sewing a stole. Photo from the early twentieth century.
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The old way
Father Pius (Padre Pio) from Pietrelcina O.F.M.Cap. carrying in a veil a chalice with the Lord’s Body, covered with a white chalice veil tied with…
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Penitential celebrations
Solemn High Mass celebrated in the period of penance, which is easy to recognize by the broad stole (stola latior) of the deacon. Subdeacon holding…
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Child Jesus
Father Pio O.F.M. Cap. carrying a Child Jesus figurine during a Christmas Eve celebrations. According to local tradition, such a procession took place after the…
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Alter Christus
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Augustinian nuns from Bruges
An Augustinian nun from St. John’s hospital in Bruges.
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Dominican preparation
The preparation of the chalice during a High Mass in the Dominican Rite was performer before the chanting of the Gospel at the sedilla. As…
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Nuns are having fun
Nun Day during Free Fair in Chicago in the sixties.
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Fr. Pius
Father Pius from Pietrelcina O.F.M. Cap. When fulfilling the function of deacon during a High Mass celebrated by fr. Agostino from San Marco in Lamis,…
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Dom Kleiner
Father Sighard Kleiner O.Cist., the Abbot General of the Cisterian Order, in a solemn choir dress, namely white cappa magna.
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Fr. Lais
Father Joseph Lais C.O. observing the sky through the telescope in Specula Vaticana (the Vatican Observatory) established in 1576 by pope Gregory XIII. The Oratorian…
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Father Kolbe
Father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe O.F.M. Conv. together with other Franciscan brothers dressed in mass vestments, two of whom are Japanese. Father Kolbe spent six years…
