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  • June 20, 2016

    Lift up your eyes!

    By Sr. Fidelis This week is the anniversary of the Dedication of the Church of the Transfiguration at the Community of Jesus, and we opened the festivities with First Vespers on Saturday night. The chants selected for the feast were … Continue reading
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  • June 17, 2016

    A Tower for All Seasons

    By Faithful Friar As the weather steadily improves, we look forward to ringing in our tower on sunny days, with the doors wide open, and we also look forward to welcoming the many guest ringers who come to share our … Continue reading
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  • June 13, 2016

    The role of the Hebdom

    By Sr. Fidelis If you look in one of the chant books for the Divine Office, you will note that the services during “Ordinary Time” have a heading for the weekday offices, Per hebdomadae, which means “through the week.” The … Continue reading
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  • June 11, 2016

    Ringing with the Experts

    By Faithful Friar As you may have read, seen or heard, the CJ Ringers hosted a day of ringing this past Saturday, and we were thrilled to have expert ringers join us from various towers around the globe. We had … Continue reading
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  • June 10, 2016

    Our Cloaks

    By Faithful Finch I have been taken with this fresco of St. Francis for the last two months. Monsignor Timothy Verdon spoke about how St. Francis spontaneously threw off his cloak to offer it to a nobleman he met who … Continue reading
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  • June 8, 2016

    Stones

    By Sr. Spero Recently a sister wrote about learning to leave well enough alone—learning not to straighten the crooked picture. That’s not my bent. My struggle is careless inattention to detail. I’m more apt to say: “crooked picture? what picture?” We are … Continue reading
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  • June 6, 2016

    Even the Dogs

    By Sr. Fidelis In 2007, I had the privilege of being part of a group of four cantors who spent the entire summer studying chant with Mary Berry in Cambridge, England. Dr. Berry taught us much about chant, and welcomed … Continue reading
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