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TRINITY SUNDAY
The Trinity- EthiopianAlcario OteroTRINITY SUNDAYis a moveable feast celebrated a week after Pentecost Sunday in honor of the most fundamental of Christian beliefs- belief in the Holy Trinity. We can...
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FACES OF NORTHERN PERU
Lucio & his sons- my host last visitThe people of Peru are known to be some of the most friendly in the world. They are also not known for their quiet demeanor, though I find the peoples of the...
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PIURA, PIURA, PIURA
Map of Regions of PeruCathedral- PiuraPIURAis a city in northwestern Peru. It is the capital of the Piura Region and the Piura Province. The population is 377,496 for the city area, but 665,991 for...
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PIURA - OLD AND NEW
I am now inPIURA, located in the northwest corner of Peru. It is the oldest Spanish town in South America. It was here that Spanish Conqueror Francisco Pizarro founded the first Spanish city in South...
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POTTERY OF NORTHERN PERU
Vicus owl potI have always been drawn to the art of ancient cultures especially their jewelry and their pottery. In Northern Peru their works are less known but not any less beautiful.VICUS peoples...
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POVERTY & RICHES IN PIURA
Farmers returning home- AyabacaPIURA is a land of unique algarrobo trees, a variety of mesquite similar to the carob, and it is the region with the most equatorial tropical dry forests in the whole...
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SACRED HEART
German (Beuron)Devotion to the Sacred Heart can be seen as early as the second century with St. Justin Martyr and in the 7th century with Pope Gregory the Great. Writers throughout these centuries...
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GREAT ICONS
Madonna of the WoodsCHARALAMBOS EPAMINONDA was born in Paphos and raised in Stroumbi (Cyprus). He said he watched the world, the people, and painted them.He learned Byzantine art from Father Simeon...
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NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
Daniel Bonnell- USAJune 24 we celebrate the birthday of St. John The Baptist. Christians have long interpreted the life of ST. JOHN the BAPTIST as a preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ. The...
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PERU 2013 (PEOPLE AND BIRDS)
Road to Cuspe - Cajamarca ProvenceAnother wonderful trip to Peru and as always the two highlights were the people and the birds. We traveled again to the fab private preserve at Chaparri where we...
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PERU 2013 CONTINUED
My hosts- Marsue, Susana & ImaAndreas, Claudia, Luis AntoniaAs always the best part of any trip, is meeting old friends and making new ones. This trip was "quieter" than the last, and we did not...
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SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
Sts. Peter and Paul- El GrecoToday we celebrate two great saints who are proof that God can work through anybody. We have St. Peter, a brash, thick-headed fisherman, inclined to say whatever popped...
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CATHOLIC ART in AMERICA
Daniel Mitsui- PentecostI have been recently asked where I find the art which I use in my Blog. While I certainly love classical art, I am these days drawn to more modern art, esp. naive (naif) or...
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
As I was pondering what to write for the celebration of our Independence, I came across a headline that a Syrian Catholic priest had been beheaded by jihadist fighters in northern Syria. The death of...
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CHINESE MARTYRS AND MODERN ASIAN ARTISTS
S.C.- Lost SheepS.C.- Lost Son Today we celebrate the feast of St. Augustin Zhao Rong and 119 Chinese Martyrs, who were canonized by Bl. Pope John Paul in 2000. They were part of the hidden Christian...
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A RULE FOR THE MODERN WORLD
Today we celebrate the feast of our founder ST. BENEDICT. He was born in Nursia in Italy and lived from about 480 to 550 AD. After studying in Rome, he tried to live in solitude as a hermit in a cave...
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RAVENS in the MONASTERY
Becky Nielsen, NYFor the past year, I have been feeding a pair of ravens outside the kitchen, off the upper deck. Watching them has been interesting. I am sure the male knows my voice as he often sits...
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ST. BENEDICT with OTHER SAINTS
Fra AngelicoSt. Benedict- detailWhile doing recent blogs on St. Benedict I was amused to see how Catholic art has changed through the ages. In earlier art, rarely was St Benedict alone, but usually...
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WOMAN FROM SRI LANKA
I love her Madonna with birds The only woman in the book: Five Christian Asian Artists (see July 8 Blog) is internationally known artist from Sri Lanka, PROF. NALINI M JAYASURIYA. She has...
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A SIMPLE CHURCH
Pope Francis in BrazilRecently, Father Scott, our chaplain here at the monastery, told me that as he gets older, he finds the need for more simplicity in his life especially in his reading and his...
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