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Discover the magnificent Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours (Puthanpally) in Thrissur as it celebrates 100 years of faith, Gothic architecture, and impactful charitable works for Kerala society. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/thrissur-puthanpally-centenary-celebration-l9e07pn8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Puthanpally #Centenary #BasilicaOfOurLadyOfDolours #Thrissur #Kerala

PM Narendra Modi launches commemorative postage stamp and Rs 100 coin for RSS centenary, celebrating its contributions to India and featuring Bharat Mata https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/pm-modi-rss-centenary-stamp-coin-ggelvvm2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RSS100Years #NarendraModi #centenary #news

Guru Dutt Centenary: Classic Films to Screen in 250+ Indian Theaters

#centenary #FilmScreening #gurudutt #initiative
https://blazetrends.com/guru-dutt-centenary-classic-films-to-screen-in-250-indian-theaters/?fsp_sid=86483

Huge study came out in '23, tens of thousands aged 64-99 were tracked up to 35 years! Final para: It may be luck LOL Or a combo of genes and diet, we don't know LOL and "Keeping track of your kidney and liver values, as well as glucose and uric acid as you get older, is probably not a bad idea."
#centenary #one #hundred #years #old #liver #kidney #uric #acid #glucose #levels #genes #diet #luck #age #Swiss #study #aging #blood #test https://theconversation.com/centenarian-blood-tests-give-hints-of-the-secrets-to-longevity-215166

The Democratic Republic of Congo celebrates the centenary of Patrice Lumumba's birth http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLjZQ5 #PatriceLumumba #DRC #DemocraticRepublicofCongo #Centenary #AfricanHistory

Leica’s Newest 100th Anniversary Edition M11 Celebrates Its German Heritage https://petapixel.com/2025/06/26/leicas-newest-100th-anniversary-edition-m11-celebrates-its-german-heritage/ #leica100thanniversary #100yearsofleica #anniversary #leicacamera #rangefinder #Equipment #centenary #LeicaM11 #germany #News

Centenary’s Chris Dorsey is now Grambling’s associate head men’s basketball coach https://www.rawchili.com/nba/119404/ #Basketball #BasketballCoach #Centenary #ChrisDorsey #coach #CoachDorsey #CollegeBasketball #GramblingState #ncaa #NCAABasketball #ncaab #SouthernCollegiateAthleticConference

Centenary’s Chris Dorsey is now Grambling’s associate head men’s basketball coach https://www.rawchili.com/4347056/ #basketball #BasketballCoach #Centenary #ChrisDorsey #coach #CoachDorsey #GramblingState #ncaa #NCAABasketball #NCAAB #SouthernCollegiateAthleticConference

Quote of the day, 22 May: St. Joachina de Vedruna

Vich, 19 December 1825

Your Excellency,

Joachina de Mas y de Vedruna, desiring to work for the glory of God and the good of others, wishes to embrace a few poor souls who are burning with love for God and long to become religious. But because they are poor and have neither resources nor a place in convents that live in poverty, they are unable to pour out their love to good Jesus.

Therefore, I beg you to grant me permission to receive into my home a few such souls who, through their labor and some alms, may sustain themselves and embrace poverty, following our Master Jesus Christ. In this way, they will also be able to live as religious women.

I make this request with the permission of my confessor and other spiritual advisors.

May God keep me.
At your feet, this sinner,
Joachina de Mas y de Vedruna

In the margin: 19 December 1825, submitted. Jesus Christ.

Saint Joachina de Vedruna

Letter 81 to Bishop Pablo de Jesús Corcuera, Bishop of Vich

Note: This letter, dated 19 December 1825 and addressed to Bishop Pablo de Jesús Corcuera of Vich, marks the official beginning of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity of Vedruna. Written just weeks before the congregation’s foundation on 26 February 1826, it expresses Joachina’s longing to serve Christ through a new religious community: one that was poor, apostolic, and dedicated to the good of others. As the Vedruna sisters approach their bicentenary in 2026, we honor Saint Joachina’s vision, which continues to flourish through her daughters around the world.

Vedruna, J. de 1825, Carta 81 to Bishop Pablo de Jesús Corcuera, in Epistolario J. de Vedruna, scanned edn by Marta Sarti, Carmelite Sisters of Charity of Vedruna, Barcelona. Available at: https://vedruna.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/5-Epistolario-J.-de-Vedruna.pdf

Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: This 1903 oil portrait of Saint Joachina de Vedruna was painted by Francesc Morell i Cornet (1845–1916), based on a retouched original photograph. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
What is one heroic thing that I can do to help the poor or educate needy children?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

#Centenary #children #desires #detachment #hearts #Jesus #love #openness #StJoachinaDeVedruna

It's the year of Quantum!
#quantumphysics #quantummechanics #quantumcomputing #centenary #aniversary
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https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/celebrate-100-years-of-quantum-mechanics-by-learning-about-quantum-computing/

Marie du jour, 17 May: St. Thérèse

O beloved Mother, despite my littleness,
Like you, I possess The All-Powerful within me.
But I don’t tremble in seeing my weakness:
The treasures of a mother belong to her child,
And I am your child, O my dearest Mother.
Aren’t your virtues and your love mine too?
So when the white Host comes into my heart,
Jesus, your Sweet Lamb, thinks he is resting in you!…

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Why I Love You, O Mary!, PN 54, Stanza 5

Note: We rejoice together with the entire Carmelite family to mark the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In his Apostolic Letter Divini Amoris Scientia, which decreed that St. Thérèse is a Doctor of the Church, St. John Paul II wrote:

Pius XI, who considered Thérèse of Lisieux the “Star of his pontificate”, did not hesitate to assert in his homily on the day of her canonization, 17 May 1925: “The Spirit of truth opened and made known to her what he usually hides from the wise and prudent and reveals to little ones; thus she enjoyed such knowledge of the things above—as Our immediate Predecessor attests—that she shows everyone else the sure way of salvation” (AAS 17 [1925], p. 213).

Thérèse of Lisieux, S & Kinney, D 1995, The Poetry of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
Do I live as a true child of Mary, confident that her love and virtues are offered to me too?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

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Quote of the day, 24 April: Pope Francis & St. Teresa

Saint Teresa is above all a teacher of prayer.

The discovery of the humanity of Christ was central to her experience. Moved by the desire to share this personal experience with others, she describes it in a lively and simple manner, within the reach of all, for it consists simply in “being on terms of friendship … with Him who, we know, loves us” (Life, 8:5). 1

Often the narrative itself transforms into a prayer, as if she wished to introduce the reader to her inner dialogue with Christ.

Teresa’s prayer was not reserved to only one space or one moment of the day; it arose spontaneously on many different occasions: “It would be hard if our prayers could only be made in corners” (The Book of the Foundations, 5:16).2

She was certain of the value of constant, albeit not always perfect prayer. The Saint asks us to be persevering, faithful, even in the midst of aridity, of personal difficulties or of the pressing needs that call to us.

Starting with her encounter with Jesus, St. Teresa lived “another life”; she became a tireless communicator of the Gospel (cf. Life, 23:1).3 With the desire to serve the Church, and confronted by the serious problems of her time, she did not limit herself to being a spectator of the reality that surrounded her. As a woman with health problems, she decided — she says — “to do the little which lay in my power, viz. to follow the evangelical counsels with all the perfection I could, and to induce the few nuns who are here to do the same” (The Way of Perfection, 1:2).4

Thus began the Teresian reform, in which she asked her sisters not to waste time praying to God about “things of little importance” while “the world is on fire” (Way, 1:5).5

This missionary and ecclesial dimension has always distinguished the Discalced Carmelite men and women.

Today, as then, the Saint opens new horizons for us, she convokes us to a great undertaking, in order to look at the world through Christ’s eyes, to seek what He seeks, and to love what He loves.

Pope Francis

Letter for the Fifth Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus (2015)

Note: The English quotations in this excerpt are drawn from Pope Francis’s 2015 letter for the Fifth Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa, translated from the original Spanish. For reference, the corresponding passages in The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated by Kavanaugh and Rodriguez (ICS Publications), read as follows:

Life 8:5: “Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us.” ↩︎
Foundations 5:16: “It would be a thing hard to bear if we were able to pray only when off in some corner.” ↩︎
Life 23:1: “This is another, new book from here on — I mean another, new life.” ↩︎
Way 1:2: “I resolved to do the little that was in my power; that is, to follow the evangelical counsels as perfectly as I could and strive that these few persons who live here do the same.” ↩︎
Way 1:5: “This is not the time to be discussing with God matters that have little importance… The world is all in flames.” ↩︎

Teresa of Avila, St. 1985, The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K; Rodriguez, O, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: Our featured image is a detail from Diego Velasquez’s portrait of Saint Teresa, created in 1630. It is currently held in a private collection. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites (Public domain).

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
Do I keep prayer in a corner, or let it accompany my whole day?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

#Centenary #DiscalcedCarmelites #mission #PopeFrancis #prayer #StTeresaOfAvila

The Centenary of Pierre Boulez : Ensemble Intercontemporain & Friends
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Quote of the day, 7 February: Saverio Cannistrà, ocd

He indeed is a miser for whom God does not suffice.
Blessed Mary of the Incarnation
Madame Acarie

Three years after the fifth centenary of the birth of our Mother Saint Teresa of Jesus, Carmel celebrates the fourth centenary of Blessed Mary of the Incarnation, also known as Madame Acarie. This approximation is due to the special bond that existed between Blessed Marie and St. Teresa. In fact, St. Teresa appeared to Madame Acarie in 1601, then in 1602, asking her to implant her Reform in France.

Why did St. Teresa address herself to this married woman, mother of six children? Madame Acarie had known the Spanish reformer for some months through reading the book of her Life, translated into French in 1601.

Recognizing the depth of this foundress of communities, she remained nonetheless reserved regarding the exuberance of mystical phenomena. She certainly esteemed Teresa as a mystic and for her impassioned commitment to the cause of the Church. Hadn’t she founded St. Joseph’s at a time when she had learned of the wars of religion begun in France in 1562?

At this same time, in fact, the one whom Teresa called 35 years later to found the reformed Carmel in France was born.

Barbe Avrillot was born February 1, 1566, in Paris into a wealthy family of the nobility of the robe. For thirty years, she lived in a land where six wars took place with disastrous consequences both from a social and a religious perspective. She married against her will at the age of 16 to a 22-year-old man, Peter Acarie, a wealthy and fervent Catholic engaged in the Party of the League for the defense of the Catholic monarchy.

Thus, she found herself in the heart of the conflict linked to the last of these civil wars (1588–1594): her husband was one of the 16 members of the insurrectional government installed in Paris in 1589 after the assassination of King Henry III. During this period, she lived an intense spiritual life after a conversion in 1587 that stirred up within her a taste for prayer and concern for the poor.

Barbe Acarie’s concern thus joined St. Teresa’s great project expressed in The Way of Perfection: to restore the religious spirit of France not by weapons, but by prayer. Teresa of Jesus, after having ordered her twice to bring her Reform to France, appeared to her again in 1602 at the shrine of Saint Nicholas of Port to ask her to become a Carmelite nun with the status of a lay sister!

This she did in 1614 after the death of her husband, pursuing from this time onwards an intense activity at the service of different monasteries and accompanying the rapid expansion of Carmel in France. Her spiritual director and first biographer, André Duval, wrote that nothing important was done in the Church in France that did not pass through her.

Saverio Cannistrà, o.c.d.

Archbishop-Elect of Pisa
Letter from the General Superior, 18 April 2018 (excerpt)
Fourth Centenary of the Death of Blessed Mary of the Incarnation

Featured image: The Madonna and Child appearing to Blessed Marie of the Incarnation is an oil on canvas painting attributed to Pierre Delestres, ca. 1750. It is part of the collection of artworks at the Discalced Carmelite monastery of Pontoise that depicts Madame Acarie. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites

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Patate dei Nebrodi: tradizione, biodiversità e gusto tra le montagne della Sicilia - FIRSTonline https://www.firstonline.info/patate-dei-nebrodi-tradizione-biodiversita-e-gusto-tra-le-montagne-della-sicilia/

Quote of the day, 16 November: St. John Paul II

“Following in Your footsteps,” as the mystical poet himself sings, he walked the path of his life in search of God, discovering His presence in creation and creatures.

John of the Cross, a teacher in faith, is also a guide in the paths of life. His profound and measured words suggest to humankind the full dignity of their task: to draw closer to the mystery of existence, to endure the human struggle of believing amid darkness, and to synthesize the love of God and neighbor, for as the Saint so beautifully says, “After all, for this purpose of love we were created” (Spiritual Canticle, B, 29, 3).

It would be impossible to understand Saint John of the Cross apart from his living faith, in which he condensed the profound religiosity of his land, the contemplative gaze of its people, and the proverbial Castilian nobility that always seeks the truth and expresses it with the simplicity of sober language. For this reason, even today, in a time of frequent ambiguities, John of the Cross invites us to be seekers of truth and pilgrims of faith; he encourages us to be men and women who place God’s truth above all human compromises.

Saint John Paul II

Speech to the Planning Commission (excerpt)
IV Centenary of the death of St. John of the Cross
Friday, 16 November 1990

Note: Saint John of the Cross’s remarks in The Spiritual Canticle on “this purpose of love” are particularly forceful. Here we read the context (st. 29, no. 3) where John writes:

Great wrong would be done to a soul who possesses some degree of this solitary love, as well as to the Church, if we were to urge her to become occupied in exterior or active things, even if the works were very important and required only a short time. Since God has solemnly entreated that no one awaken a soul from this love [Song 3:5], who will dare do so and remain without reproof? After all, this love is the end for which we were created.

Let those, then, who are singularly active, who think they can win the world with their preaching and exterior works, observe here that they would profit the Church and please God much more, not to mention the good example they would give, were they to spend at least half of this time with God in prayer, even though they might not have reached a prayer as sublime as this. They would then certainly accomplish more, and with less labor, by one work than they otherwise would by a thousand. For through their prayer they would merit this result, and themselves be spiritually strengthened. Without prayer they would do a great deal of hammering but accomplish little, and sometimes nothing, and even at times cause harm. God forbid that the salt should begin to lose its savor [Mt 5:13]. However much they may appear to achieve externally, they will in substance be accomplishing nothing; it is beyond doubt that good works can be performed only by the power of God.

John of the Cross, St. 1991, The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Revised Edition, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K and Rodriguez, O with revisions and introductions by Kavanaugh, K, ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: Photographer and pilgrim Lovisa Håkansson captured this image of two fellow hikers along the Camino de Santiago in June 2012. Image credit: Lovisa Håkansson / Flickr (Some rights reserved)

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/0b7FeRufFf01qTdx2RJhMh?si=89257291650249a3

ON THE VII CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF
SAINT ALBERT OF TRAPANI, 2006–2007

Dearly beloved,

This coming August 7th marks the opening of the centenary of the death of Saint Albert of Trapani (+1307), patron saint of the Teresian Carmel of Sicily.

In the history of the Carmelite Order, veneration for this saint from our land has always been very much alive and widespread, so much so that since the 15th century he has been considered the patron and protector of the Order; in fact, in 1524 it was established that his image should be in the seal of the General Chapter and Father General, Nicholas Audet, ordered that an altar be dedicated to him in every Carmelite church.

From this, too, one can understand the reason for the rich iconography about him in which he often appears side by side with Saint Angelus of Licata. Although his biography, written as early as the 14th century, and later editions are enriched by many miraculous events and legends, nevertheless some historical data are sufficiently well-founded.

Generous in preaching the Word of God and famous for miracles, he was, for some years (around 1296), provincial superior of the Carmelites of Sicily; he died in Messina on 7 August 1307, with a reputation for holiness.

He was to be the first Carmelite saint declared such by the Church. Soon the Carmelite Province of Sicily was called “of Saint Albert,” which gave birth in 1472 to a second one, called “of Saint Angelus,” and then from these two arose two other Discalced Provinces, in 1645 the “Province of the First Institute of Monte Santo,” and in 1741 the “Province Santa Maria della Scala.”

As part of our Teresian Reform, the OCD General Chapter of the Congregation of Italy on 13 May 1632, established the new Province of Sicily and named it after Saint Albert of Trapani. And so, again recently, our General Definitory, on October 10, 1998, in the Decree of Erection re-proposed the title of Saint Albert for our Commissariat. The Province of Mexico also has this Saint as its patron.

But now what can it mean for us to celebrate the centenary of a saint from seven centuries ago, after Carmel has given us Saints of other importance, Founders of a new Family, and Doctors of the Church?

Already these brief, historical hints given should remind us of the Lord’s will regarding the Carmel of Sicily: for centuries, Saint Albert has been our patron, the guardian of our Carmel. We must therefore know him, know how to invoke his intercession, and honor him.

This came about for us not only because he is a Sicilian saint, but also because our Holy Mother Teresa had a special devotion for him; she invoked him as “Father,” recognized him several times in visions, attributed important inspirations to him, and even took care to publish his “Life,” to make him known and loved by her nuns and Discalced friars.

Then there is an aspect of his life that all Carmel, ancient and reformed, has always credited to him and for which it has invoked his intercession in commemorations: purity, chastity, and innocence of behavior.

We may recall the antiphon that until not long ago this antiphon was repeated: O Alberte, norma munditiae, puritatis et continentiae, ora Matrem misericordiae ut in hac valle miseriae nos defendat ab omni labe (“O Albert, model of cleanliness, purity, and continence, pray to the Mother of Mercy that in this valley of misery, she may defend us from every stain”).

Knowing in this regard the disaster that is happening in this world of ours, the most unscrupulous behaviors at all levels, what mentality is rampant, fostered by the intrusive arrogance of the media: We, religious and lay Carmelites, must not live in the presumption that we do not need much vigilance, and we should make clear, countercultural choices and prayers like this one if we do not want to risk losing the beatitude of the pure in heart, which is indispensable to the life of prayer and contemplation, as we await the sight of God.

Thus, the centenary might be a fitting occasion for each community, fraternity, and group to envision some initiative that may benefit a better understanding of our roots and sacred history, which owes so much to the saints who shaped it.

Like devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, so deeply rooted among us, a devotion to the saints, especially of the Order, may help us to have a more penetrating understanding of the religious tradition in which we are called to live and bear witness to the charism of Carmel.

May Saint Albert, “servant of Christ, sustain our journey in safety, and teach us the true way of peace,” as we pray in the feast day liturgy and weekly commemoration.

Gaudentius Gianninoto, O.C.D.

Commissar, Commissariat of Sicily
Monte Carmelo, 4 July 2006

Letter from Father Gaudenzio Gianninoto, O.C.D., to the communities of Sicily announcing the opening of the VII Centenary of the death of Saint Albert of Trapani, patron saint of the Commissariat of Sicily. Father Gaudenzio is now a founding member of the community at the Monte Carmelo House of Prayer in Villasmundo, Sicily.

Translation from the Italian text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: This portrait of St. Albert of Trapani was executed by painter Antonio de Pereda (Spanish, 1611–1678) in oil on canvas, ca. 1670. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

https://carmelitequotes.blog/2024/08/06/ep18-trapani/

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Kurt #Gödel #Centenary - Part I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRFfkbvKKdI

Our #concert on Sat 11th May celebrates one of the great #Dublin born composers – Charles Villiers #Stanford on this his #centenary year.

Featuring four wonderful soloists and The #Guinness #Choir Orchestra under Ciarán Kelly in the wonderful surrounds of St. Andrew’s Church in Westland Row.

Also the Irish #premier of the complete Jake #Runestad’s “Cello Songs” and our commissioned piece, the haunting “The Weaver” by Judith #Ring.
Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/stanford-centenary-concert-tickets-871839163407?aff=mastodonie

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