tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72283694360572389732024-02-06T21:56:00.175-08:00Images of CatholicismAn oasis of Traditional CatholicismCarl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-78190785273232591082017-05-05T10:57:00.000-07:002017-05-05T10:57:08.242-07:00Random Photo of the Day, May 5 2017The random photo of the day is a photo I took of the interior of Saint Patrick's church in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. <br />
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Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-9245719308034470472017-05-04T11:16:00.001-07:002017-05-04T11:18:27.472-07:00Random Photo of the Day, May 4 2017The random photo of the day is the exterior of Saint Jerome's church, Warkworth, Ontario, Canada. <br />
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Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-67220086276096263532017-05-03T18:55:00.002-07:002017-05-03T18:57:44.257-07:00Random Photo of the Day, May 3 2017The random photo of the day is the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue in the chapel of Saint Joseph's Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada. <br />
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Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-77568219855055194552017-04-27T17:45:00.000-07:002017-05-13T18:10:01.439-07:00The Mosaics of Count Alexander von Svoboda in Mount Saint Joseph, London, OntarioAnyone visiting the beautiful chapel of the old Sisters of Saint Joseph Motherhouse (now Windemere on the Mount Retirement Residence) is stuck by the size and the beauty of this wonderful structure. The Italian marbles, coffered ceiling, carved woodwork, and vibrantly coloured stained glass from Florence, Italy are all very impressive.<br />
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Count Alexander von Svoboda was born in Vienna, Austria in 1929. Following a childhood of privilege, wealth, and art school, Count von Svoboda entered service with the Nazi army in World War II at the age of 15. He was eventually captured by the Russian army and sent to a work camp in Siberia. Soon after, he engineered a daring escape, and made a daunting 6,000 mile trek back to Austria. In Austria, Count von Svoboda befriended a group of American soldiers, which led to him being employed as an interpreter for General George S. Patton. With his considerable art and architecture skills, von Svoboda then worked for the U.S. Army as a designer of hospitals and chapels across Europe after the War. Realizing that Europe was too small for his artistic ambitions, von Svoboda moved to Toronto, Canada, where he worked on sculptures and mosaics, specializing in a type of classical mosaic technique developed in Italy known as "Smalti", which he mastered and brought to North America. Smalti is a type of molten glass that is fired and pressed into flat pancakes in a furnace, then coloured and processed using a secret method passed down from generation to generation. To create the mosaic, the glass tiles are glued upside-down on a paper pattern of the mosaic, then applied to fresh cement on the wall or ceiling. After each square-foot section is applied to the cement, the paper is then slowly removed using water. </div>
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It is truly amazing how the circumstances led to this wonderful piece of art being created in London, Ontario, Canada. Here are some of my photos of this glorious work.</div>
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Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-20305084374183007982016-09-10T14:44:00.003-07:002016-09-10T14:46:35.535-07:00Our Lady of Sorrows<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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Oh my afflicted Mother, Queen of martyrs and of sorrows, thou didst so bitterly weep over thy Son, who died for my salvation; but what will thy tears avail me if I am lost? By the merits, then, of thy sorrows, obtain for me true contrition for my sins, and a real amendment of life, together with constant and tender compassion for the sufferings of Jesus and thy dolors. And if Jesus and thou, being so innocent, hav<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">e suffered so much for love of me, obtain that at least I, who am deserving of hell, may suffer something for your love. "O Lady," will I say with St. Bonaventure, "if I have offended thee, in justice wound my heart; if I have served thee, I now ask wounds for my reward. It is shameful to me to see my Lord Jesus wounded, and thee wounded with him, and myself without a wound." In fine, O my Mother, by the grief that thou didst experience in seeing thy Son bow down his head and expire on the cross in the midst of so many torments, I beseech thee to obtain me a good death. Ah, cease not, O advocate of sinners, to assist my afflicted soul in the midst of the combat in which it will have to engage on its great passage from time to eternity. And as it is probable that I may then have lost my speech and strength to invoke thy name and that of Jesus, who are all my hope, I do so now; I invoke thy Son and thee to succor me in that last moment; and I say, Jesus and Mary, to you I commend my soul. Amen.</span></div>
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Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-467833560187877962016-07-05T16:36:00.000-07:002016-07-05T16:36:22.521-07:00Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral High AltarOn Saturday I went on a trip to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to take a few photos in some of the beautiful churches there. The churches I visited were Saint Patrick's and Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral. Here are a few photos of the high altar in Saint Mary's which I shot on that trip. <br />
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<br />Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-42408160103825507582016-05-29T11:07:00.000-07:002016-05-29T11:07:39.544-07:00Saint Peter's Cathedral Stained Glass Windows #2: Saint BrigidThe second window I have chosen to post about in Saint Peter's Cathedral-Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada is the window depicting Saint Brigid of Ireland. <br />
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The window is right next to the window depicting Saint Dominic, both windows are dedicated to the mother and father of Bishop Michael Fallon, Dominic and Brigid Fallon. <br />
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The window (as with the Saint Dominic window) was made in 1926 by McCausland Studios in Toronto, Ontario. Here are a few photos of the dedication on the bottom of the window, also displaying the McCauseland mark (in a slightly different position than the mark on the Saint Dominic window). <br />
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Here are a few photos showing the decoration towards the top of the window.<br />
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To finish off this post, here are some photos of the main image in the window depicting Saint Brigid of Ireland pouring wax from a candle on her skin. She is generally depicted with a candle due to the proximity of her feast to Candlemas, and I believe the pouring of the hot wax on her skin is a reference to the fact that she had purposefully disfigured her beautiful features in order to preserve her virginity intact. <br />
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I hope you enjoyed this post, please do check back for more in the future, as I will be creating a post like this for each and every one of the windows in this Basilica. Until next time thank you for viewing, dear friends, and may the Lord bless you and keep you all Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-16469921019251937892016-05-25T14:31:00.000-07:002016-05-25T14:46:56.068-07:00Next WindowThe next window in Saint Peter's Cathedral-Basilica in London, Ontario, Canada I intend to post about will be the window depicting Saint Brigid of Ireland. Unfortunately I don't have enough photos of the window yet to create a proper post, so it will have to wait until after Saturday, when I can get out to take some more pics of it. Here is a photo I did take of it some time ago. <br />
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Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-63890448249408515922016-05-24T17:33:00.000-07:002016-05-25T14:43:54.059-07:00Saint Peter's Cathedral Stained Glass: Saint Dominic WindowThe first window I am going to focus on in Saint Peter's Cathedral-Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada, is The window depicting Saint Dominic on the Epistle side of the nave, near the back of the Basilica. This window is one of two that commemorate the parents of Bishop Michael Fallon, Dominic and Brigid. Bishop Michael Fallon was Bishop of the Diocese of London from 1909 until his death in 1931, much of the Cathedral's decoration was undertaken by him. This photo shows both windows. The window of Saint Dominic that we are focusing on is on the right. <br />
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Here is a photo of the window by itself.<br />
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The window was created by McCausland Studios in Toronto in 1926, and is one of many windows commissioned for the nave and side chapels of the Cathedral by Bishop Fallon. McCausland is the oldest stained glass producer in the Western Hemisphere, and they still make glass to this day, currently under the name of Robert McCausland Limited. Here are a few photos showing the dedication at the bottom of the window, the McCausland mark can be seen on the bottom right. <br />
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And with that I will end this post. Stay tuned to this blog for further posts, I hope to do one of these posts on each and every one of the windows in the Basilica. God bless you all. Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-77482963507932098542016-05-23T07:11:00.000-07:002016-05-23T07:11:07.458-07:00Stay Tuned<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the projects I am working on for this blog is soon going to come to fruition. I would like to make a series of posts that will provide an in-depth study of each one of the stained glass windows in Saint Peter's Cathedral-Basilica, which is the Cathedral for the Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada. The windows in the Cathedral exhibit a variety of styles, ranging in age from about 128 years old to about 56 years. The posts will center around my photographs of the windows, and I will dig up as much information on them as I can. Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-38660406697855992462016-05-22T18:44:00.001-07:002016-05-22T18:44:19.075-07:00Old High Altar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently learned that this beautiful side altar in Saint Peter's Cathedral-Basilica, London, Ontario, Canada was at one time the high altar in the church that was on this site before the current cathedral was built, that places it in the 1850's.Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-38588104453487355202016-05-22T18:12:00.002-07:002016-05-25T14:42:20.357-07:00Happy Victoria Day Long Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Enjoy the Victoria Day long weekend my friends, I am starting each day I have off work the right way; hearing Mass at our beautiful little church. God bless you all! Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-73780062948855103042015-10-24T18:53:00.001-07:002015-10-24T19:01:06.618-07:00Saint John of The Cross - Love<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“Where there is no love, put love -- and you will find love.” - Saint John of the Cross</span><br />
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A blessed feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist to everyone! Above is a window depicting Saint Luke (on the right side) in Saint Peter's church, Goderich, Ontario, Canada. <br />
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At Mass today, our priest recommended that everyone read the 15th chapter of Saint Luke's Gospel, definitely a good idea. Here is the text of Luke 15:<br />
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Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. And he spoke to them this parable, saying: What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing? And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost? I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. Or what woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it? And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost. So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance. <br />
And he said: A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance. And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously. And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want. And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger! I will arise and will go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee. I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And rising up, he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and running to him fell upon his neck and kissed him. And the son said to him: Father: I have sinned against heaven and before thee I am not now worthy to be called thy son. And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the first robe and put it on him: and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and make merry: Because this my son was dead and is come to life again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said to him: Thy brother is come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe. And he was angry and would not go in. His father therefore coming out began to entreat him. And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years do I serve thee and I have never transgressed thy commandment: and yet thou hast never given me a kid to make merry ith my friends. But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me; and all I have is thine. But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found.<br />
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Well dear friends, I have decided to start blogging again. I have never done a lot of blogging in the past, so please do bear with me as I learn while I go along. I am now a married man! My wife Jen and I were joined in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony on August 8, 2015 in Our Lady of Victory church, London, Ontario, Canada. The ceremony was very beautiful and traditional, quite small, but definitely a wonderful day for all involved. I have definitely been blessed with way more than I deserve, Deo Gratias!Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-51739694511403047592015-01-21T08:16:00.003-08:002015-01-21T08:16:45.628-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral</div>
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Peterborough, Ontario, Canada</div>
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O my soul, how is it that thou dost not surrender thyself to such great love? How, believing this, canst thou love aught else than Jesus? Come! cast thyself at the feet of thy Saviour in his agony, and say to him, My dear Redeemer, how is it that thou couldst love one who had so offended thee? How couldst thou suffer death for me, seeing my ingratitude? Make me, I pray thee, partaker of of this sorrow which thou didst feel in the garden. - Saint Alphonsus de LiguoriCarl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-21671165207443509532012-07-04T13:15:00.003-07:002012-07-04T13:15:56.296-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As all things of his divine power which appertain to life and godliness, are
given us, through the knowledge of him who hath called us by his own proper
glory and virtue. By
whom he hath given us most great and precious promises: that by these you may be
made partakers of the divine nature: flying the corruption of that concupiscence
which is in the world. And you, employing all care, minister in your faith, virtue; and in virtue,
knowledge;
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And in knowledge,
abstinence; and in abstinence, patience; and in patience, godliness; And in godliness, love of
brotherhood; and in love of brotherhood, charity. For if these things be
with you and abound, they will make you to be neither empty nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he that hath not
these things with him, is blind, and groping, having forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins. Wherefore, brethren,
labour the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election.
For doing these things, you shall not sin at any time. <br />
(2Peter, 1:3-10)<br />Carl Vdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965243249540460187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228369436057238973.post-64359012341855103522011-11-17T04:05:00.000-08:002011-11-17T04:05:12.852-08:00Love of SolitudeRemain in solitude; love the choir and the cell, and shun the parlour as the abode of pestilence. - Saint Alphonsus de Liguori<br />
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