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Today I devoted much of my time to visiting stands and lectures rather than taking photographs. In case you don’t know I am very interested in 3D Printing and using Drones as platforms for photography.
35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
More: www.catholicsun.org
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35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
More: www.catholicsun.org
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Looking for a glossy/matte copy of this photo? Please call 602-354-2140 or send an e-mail for ordering information. Please note the photo's title when ordering. Download the order form here.
Copyright 2006-2010 The Catholic Sun. All rights reserved. This photo and all photos on this Web site credited to The Catholic Sun are provided for personal use only and may not be published, broadcasted, transmitted or sold without the expressed consent of The Catholic Sun.
35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
More: www.catholicsun.org
ORDERING INFORMATION
Looking for a glossy/matte copy of this photo? Please call 602-354-2140 or send an e-mail for ordering information. Please note the photo's title when ordering. Download the order form here.
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Visited the European Open Agility 2012 this evening :)
Please feel free to go in on each of the portrait photos for the names and countries! :)
Padmé devoted her life to the people of Naboo and became a key figure in the dramatic events that changed the galaxy. Her courage and compassion deeply affected those around her, and was the pivotal legacy she gave to her children, Luke and Leia. While Queen of Naboo, Padmé stood up against the Trade Federation’s siege of her planet. As a Senator, Padmé fought to keep the Republic from falling into war. Her last act was to give birth to the twins who would fulfill her legacy by restoring peace to the galaxy. Set of three collectible action figures based on characters from the Star Wars films includes Queen Amidala, Senator of Naboo and Mother of Legends figures as depicted in the films The Phantom Menace™, Attack of the Clones™ and Revenge of the Sith™.
This is near Krishna Temple which i mentioned recently. There is a Buddhist temple adjacent to it and this statue of Buddha is in front of the place. I had a hard time getting the shot I wanted and even this I'm not fully satisfied with. With all the people around this was hard. I wish I stuck around the place longer though :)
Morbark devoted much time and resources to showcasing its full lineup of machines, including the 4600, 6600 Horizontal Grinders, 40/36 Straight Chipper, 2355 Chipharvester and much more. They had the largest and most impressive display of equipment. The demo area was a bit no-nonsense (no flat panel televisions and so forth). But the effect was an obvious commitment to the Biomass industry. Morbark is the world's largest and in my opinion the best manufacturer of grinders and chippers.
One of the leading classical dancers of India, Madhave Mudgal was born into a family devoted to Indian classical music, and is credite with bringing a greatly refined sensibility to her art form. She has received repeated acclaim int he major cities and dance festivals that have featured her throughout the world.
Apart from establishing a niche in the international dance scene as a soloist, she has also received accolades for her choreographic works. Her commitement to the continuation and augmentation of her chosen art form hs seen her as one of the foremost teachers in her generation, at the Gandharva Mahavidhyalaya, New Delhi
Numerous Awards and honours have come her way, including the sanskriti award, the Padma Shri, the orissa state and central sangeeta natak akademi award, Grande Medaille de la villa by the city of Paris, the Delhi state Parishad Samman, and the Nitya Choodamani. She has also been awarded the Chevalier de l'orde des arts et des lettres by the Govt of France.
Parkaya
Literally, 'The Body of Another' this festival features cross-currents in classical dance. It attempts to expand the boundaries of our performing arts as well as augment existing repertoires meaningfully. Whilst adhering to certain rules and formats, each style also absorbs and imbibes from others, though retaining its essence. In Parkaya, three exemplary dancers work with each other and collaboratively use elements of each other's forms that are visualised by one and executed by another.
It is hoped that this endeavour goes some way in sensitizing one dance form to another and benefitting from this interaction, since there is so much that is shared in the Indian art aesthetic.
Three signature pieces taken from each style form the basis of this festival's repertoire: the Varnam from Bharatanatyam, the Pallavi from Odissi and the Thumri from Kathak.
One of the leading classical dancers of India, Madhave Mudgal was born into a family devoted to Indian classical music, and is credite with bringing a greatly refined sensibility to her art form. She has received repeated acclaim int he major cities and dance festivals that have featured her throughout the world.
Apart from establishing a niche in the international dance scene as a soloist, she has also received accolades for her choreographic works. Her commitement to the continuation and augmentation of her chosen art form hs seen her as one of the foremost teachers in her generation, at the Gandharva Mahavidhyalaya, New Delhi
Numerous Awards and honours have come her way, including the sanskriti award, the Padma Shri, the orissa state and central sangeeta natak akademi award, Grande Medaille de la villa by the city of Paris, the Delhi state Parishad Samman, and the Nitya Choodamani. She has also been awarded the Chevalier de l'orde des arts et des lettres by the Govt of France.
Parkaya
Literally, 'The Body of Another' this festival features cross-currents in classical dance. It attempts to expand the boundaries of our performing arts as well as augment existing repertoires meaningfully. Whilst adhering to certain rules and formats, each style also absorbs and imbibes from others, though retaining its essence. In Parkaya, three exemplary dancers work with each other and collaboratively use elements of each other's forms that are visualised by one and executed by another.
It is hoped that this endeavour goes some way in sensitizing one dance form to another and benefitting from this interaction, since there is so much that is shared in the Indian art aesthetic.
Three signature pieces taken from each style form the basis of this festival's repertoire: the Varnam from Bharatanatyam, the Pallavi from Odissi and the Thumri from Kathak.
7th Episode of the series "ONE DAY ON FILM".
This episode is devoted to Street Long Exposure Photography, a kind of Photography technique that I had never experimented.
This series of photography is inspired by the work of Alexey Titarenko: www.alexeytitarenko.com/
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Date-Place : 18/06/16 - 22/06/16 Paris, France (La Défense, Metros, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise).
Camera used: Nikon F3 HP with a 50 mm & 35mm lens.
Film : Ilford HP5+ (ISO 400 pulled to 200)
Developer : FOMADON R09 (Rodinal) with Stand Development processing
HOYA ND4 filter + Tripod
As you can see, some of my pictures are not as sharp as they shoud have been. I simply didn't have a shutter release cable.
Plus, in some of the pictures, the crowd seems to have disappeared.The reason is that I chose a too long shutter speed. So in order to avoid that, I suggest you to use a shutter speed around 4sec (2 minimum-10sec max) to capture the crowd. Of course it depends on many parameters (density of the crowd, speed at which they are moving, light condition, etc). Long Exposure Photography requires a lot of practice to master it.
The more you shoot, the more you learn, better the results are.
So keep shooting :)
And yeah, if you want to shoot in the Subway of Paris (or whatever subway on France), better ask an authorization if you don't want to be expelled, or avoid to stay in a same spot too long. Of course and it makes sens, avoid to impede the circulation especially if you are in a tight space and if you are using a big tripod.
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The aim of this series is to share with you my early experience on film photography and see how I will progress through the episodes and give you some tips/Advices.
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Morbark devoted much time and resources to showcasing its full lineup of machines, including the 4600, 6600 Horizontal Grinders, 40/36 Straight Chipper, 2355 Chipharvester and much more. They had the largest and most impressive display of equipment. The demo area was a bit no-nonsense (no flat panel televisions and so forth). But the effect was an obvious commitment to the Biomass industry. Morbark is the world's largest and in my opinion the best manufacturer of grinders and chippers.
Dean Bartee
March 15, 1932 - July 12, 2018
Dean Bartee was a devoted husband, father and grandfather who passed away July 12, 2018, after a long battle with cancer, with loving family surrounding him. Born in Donie, Texas, Dean was the middle child of Carl and Earl Lucile Bartee. His family moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1942. He graduated from North Phoenix High School and attended Phoenix College.
His entire career was in the newspaper business. He started as a paper carrier at the age of 12 years old. He worked for the Republic and Gazette in Phoenix, Arizona; the Omaha World Herald in Nebraska; and joined the San Jose Mercury News (now known as The Mercury News) in 1974. He retired in 1997 as Senior Vice President of the Mercury News. During his newspaper career, he was an active member in many newspaper organizations, including the Plans Committee of the Newspaper Advertising Bureau and The International Newspaper Advertising and Marketing Executives Association, a group he served as president in 1977.
He met his wife, Judy, in Phoenix and they were married Nov. 24, 1955. They had two children, Jeff Bartee and Christie Bartee, Dean and Judy have lived in Saratoga since 1974.
Dean was an extraordinary leader in the community. He served as board member and chair of the board of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce; board and chair of the San Jose Better Business Bureau; board and chair of the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau; member and chair of Good Samaritan Hospital; and a board member for Hope Rehabilitation Services, the United Way of Santa Clara County and the San Jose Repertory Theater. He was president of the Saratoga Men's Club in 2010-11 and co-founder of the inaugural American Cancer Society golf tournament, which he helped start nine years ago. "We credit Dean's leadership with helping us to raise $1,700,000," according to an American Cancer Society spokesperson.
Dean was an avid golfer and continued to play at La Rinconada with his golf group up until last year. He served twice as president of La Rinconada Country Club and served as president of the Northern California Golf Association. A favorite quote of his from Bobby Jones is: "Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots – but you have to play the ball where it lies." His favorite golf memory was "making a hole in one while playing with my son."
Jeff Bartee says about his father, "My dad will be sorely missed by his family and the community. He was our rock and guiding light, and worked hard to support us and the community his entire life."
Larry Jinks, retired publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, says about Dean, "As the chief marketing officer at the paper, Dean was a major factor in the Mercury News' business success in the '70s, '80s and '90s. At the same time, he was a popular and respected business leader in San Jose both before and after his retirement. He was always a positive and congenial colleague."
Dean was predeceased by his daughter, Christie Bartee, in July 2017. He is survived by his wife, Judy Bartee; his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Deanna Bartee; his grandsons, Alexander and Christopher Bartee; his brother and sister-in-law, Earl and Betty Bartee of Sun City West, Arizona; his sister, Emily Hughes of Scottsdale, Arizona; and five nieces and nephews.
Friends are invited to a memorial service at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at Saratoga Federated Church, 20390 Park Place, Saratoga. Reception will follow at La Rinconada Country Club. Memorial donations may be made in Dean's name to the Golden Gate Silicon Valley Invitational Golf Tournament of the American Cancer Society, or Cancer CAREpoint, 2505 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA 95124 (cancercarepoint.org) or the charity of your choice.
View the online memorial for Dean Bartee
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on July 29, 2018
From spring to autumn 1891, Monet devoted himself to the treatment of a new subject, the only one he painted throughout this period: poplar trees. He produced a group of about 20 canvases depicting the trees planted on the edge of a marsh situated on the left bank of the Epte, two kilometres upstream from Giverny. The site had been put up for sale during the summer, and the plan was to cut down these trees. After the mayor had refused to grant a reprieve, Monet found himself forced to pay a sum of money to the timber merchant to stop the trees being felled before he had finished the series. Having set up in a boat, he made the most of the perspective effect offered by the line of poplars, which followed the winding course of the river upstream, forming a kind of large ‘S’. He was then able to form decorative compositions that were built around curved lines and counterbalanced by the verticals of the trunks. Monet painted several sub-series, reproducing the trees face-on and reflected in the river, but sometimes he reduced the motif to the simple vertical line of the trunks. With this new series, the painter repeated the approach he had undertaken the previous year with the Meules. The titles echo those he had chosen for that first series. The aim was identical in both cases: to depict the variations in light and seasons. The ‘instantaneity’ of these paintings is meant to convey the impression one feels when encountering the subject at a precise moment. The poplars series was the first to be exhibited without any other painting, as a complete entity in itself, when it was shown in the Durand-Ruel gallery in 1892.
The elaborate and exquisite ancient Santi Cosma e Damiano, a minor basilica devoted to Cosmas and Damian, two brothers who were reportedly doctors, martyrs and saints. The history of this church is one of the most fascinating in Rome. It is located in a very prominent location, opposite the Roman Forum in the historic rione Monte. It is actually comprised of two ancient Roman structures, one originating in the forum. For an extended period they formed a single church until the late 19th century when they were again separated. The primary structure is now accessed from an area of what once comprised the Temple of Peace, located on the southeast part of the Imperial Fora, now along the Via dei Fori Imperiali. It was where the famous marble plan, the Forma Urbis Romae, was once displayed. The entrance to the church at one point was located via the circular temple identified as the Temple of Romulus, whose actual identity and purpose is disputed. During the medieval era, however, the Roman forum became a neighborhood resembling the densely packed Subura of ancient Rome, which, along with flooding and possible landslides led to a gradual filling in of the area, resulting in the ground level rising so much that it required another entrance. The medieval neighborhood was cleared from the area in the 16th century but until that time the main door and entrance remained below ground level. Several other important churches also occupied former Roman structures in the Middle Ages, including Mamertine Prison, which became San Giuseppe dei Alegnami, and Sant'Adriano, the former Senate House. The most famous of these is probably the Colosseum itself: it was eventually christened Santa Maria della Pieta al Colosseo.
This church was founded in 527 when Theodoric the Great, the king of the Ostrogoths (acting as agent of the Emperor Justinian I who was residing at that point in Constantinople) and his daughter Amalasuntha donated two buildings to the church during the reign of Pope Felix IV. It was reportedly the first Christian church in that particular area, as much of the elite of Rome was still hostile to Christianity. It was not a titular church, but it was intended to be part of the church's charitable activities because of the association with the identical twin brother doctors. The pope united the two buildings and donated the complex to the brothers Cosmas and Damian, but also possibly to serve as a contrast to the ancient cult of Castor and Pollux, worshipped on the other side of the forum. The association with the two doctors was also something of a juxtaposition (and incorporation) of the tradition of the Asclepeion, as it was believed in the Middle Ages that an infirm person who slept overnight in the church could experience a vision which would lead to a cure.
The artwork is simply stunning. The decoration spans many periods, but the apse of the new church featured a mosaic representing the parousia of Christ. The church was further embellished by Pope Sergius I in the late 7th century and Pope Adrian I in the 8th century. Some have observed that the apse appears somewhat odd and even disproportional, as it is quite large for the still-ample room, but there was actually a height reduction of the structure in the restorations of the 17th century. On the bright side: one should actually be standing more than 20 feet below it, so it now provides a much closer view of the exquisite mosaic than actually intended. It features Christ at the parousia, or Second Coming at the End Time, set against an orange sky at dawn adorned in golden robes. He is holding a rolled scroll of the Torah. The Saints making an appearance are Peter and Paul, who are shown introducing Cosmas and Damian, depicted with martyrs' crowns. Pope Felix, to the far left, holds a model of the church. This figure was restored in the 17th century, and was thus altered under Pope Gregory XIII, but it was later restored. The other figure featured is another martyr, St. Theodore. The figures all stand in front of the Jordan river flanked by date palms, the left one also depicting a phoenix, the symbol of resurrection. The sheep represent the Lamb of God, accompanied by twelve others representing the Apostles. The Lamb appears standing on a hill overlooking Jerusalem on the left and Bethlehem on the right, from which flow the Twelve Rivers of Paradise.
In terms of its other features, the choir stalls are set against the curved wall. The frescoes on the walls and ceiling date to the 17th century, and are mostly anonymous works. The ceiling is made of carved and gilded wood, and it is also adorned with the crest of the Barberini family (Pope Urban VIII) which features bees. The high altar is Baroque, created by Domenico Castelli in 1637. It features a 12th-century icon of Our Lady as the altarpiece. The ceiling fresco was executed by Marco Montagna, and there is a paschal candlestick consisting of a twisted marble column to the right of the altar. There are also seven side chapels. This church is one of the most magnificent in Rome, and as it is located to the most popular area in the heart of the city it is also highly accessible and well worth a visit.
This temple was devoted to the god of the sea Poseidon, brother of Zeus. Who in a marine country as Greece had a very important place in the Pantheon.
There is a legend involving the hero Theseus about this place.
Before Theseas (or Theseus) leave for his quest in Crete against the mythical beast Minotaur, his father Aegeas (or Aegeus) orderer him and his crew to have black sails, if his son was dead, or white sails, if his son was alive, on their return.
As Theseas was on his return from Crete to Athens, he and his crew forgot to change the sails from black to white!
So Aegeas fell of the cliff of Cape Sounio, from his sorrow for the loss of his son.
So the sea between Greece and Asia minor took it's name from that man and named, still today, Aegean sea. :)
The Photogram
Devoted to Photographic and Photo-Mechanical Work
Vol.2 No. 19. July 1895
(magazine)
NOT A REPRINT.
Size (approx): 25cm x 17cm
Weight: 126g
Publisher: Photogram Ltd. Printed in Great Britain
Language English
Date: 1895
Number of Pages: 62 including cover and supplement
Other info: Published to coincide with the Photographic Convention in Shrewsbury. Includes insert; "Heads of the Convention," (Swantype block printed by the Swan Engraving Co.). The Photogram was available in three different editions. Standard, de Luxe and with a Process supplement. This is the Standard edition. This magazine is a treasure trove of old photographic advertisements.
Condition: 6 out of 10. Cover a little grubby. Contents good. The staples have begun to rust and some pages have broken free of them
Spent Friday night in Chatsworth, crashing on Lon's couch. We devoted most of Saturday morning and afternoon exploring the area.
I had intended to photograph Bob Crane's grave site for today (he's buried in the graveyard behind Lon's house), but instead we drove around and explored the Santa Susana mountains that separate the San Fernando Valley from Simi Valley.
Much of the area is fenced off and highly dangerous due to years of rocket testing and a nuclear core meltdown (as well as 3 other nuclear accidents) at the Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory, not to mention numerous water code violations by its current tenant, Boeing.
We were unable to specifically locate Spahn Ranch (where Chales Manson and Lynette Fromme hung out in '68), but we did stumble upon the Santa Susana Model Railroad Club at the picturesque Sanata Susana Depot.
He looks so devoted. What could prompt him to pray before going to school?
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib is the most prominent Sikh gurdwara, or Sikh house of worship, in Delhi. It is instantly recognisable by its stunning golden dome and tall flagpole. Gurdwara Bangla Sahib was originally a bungalow belonging to Raja Jai Singh, an Indian ruler in the seventeenth century. The eighth Sikh Guru, Guru Har Krishan resided here during his stay in Delhi. During that time, there was a smallpox and cholera epidemic, and Guru Har Krishan helped the suffering by giving aid and fresh water from the well at this house. The water is now revered as having healing properties, and is taken by Sikhs throughout the world back to their homes. The Gurdwara is now a place of pilgrimage for both Sikhs and Hindus. The grounds include the temple, a kitchen, a large pond, a school and an art gallery. As with all Sikh Gurdwaras, the concept of langar is practiced, and all people, regardless of race or religion may eat in the Gurdwara kitchen. At the Gurdwara, visitors are reminded to cover their hair and not to wear shoes. Head scarves and a shoe minding service can be found inside the compound and are available free of charge.
The Sacro Monte di Arona, devoted to Charles Borromeo, is part of the Sacri Monti built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is located in the territory of the town of Arona, province of Novara, region of Piedmont, Italy.
Around 1610 (when Charles Borromeo was canonized) father Marco Aurelio Grattarola had the idea of building a Sacro Monte devoted to Saint Charles on a hill behind his native town. The work was intended to celebrate the archbishop of Milan in the territory of his family.
The greatness of the figure inspired the idea of a huge statue visible from the opposite side of the Lake Maggiore. The initiative received the support of Federico Borromeo, who succeeded the cousin as archbishop of Milan.
The architect Francesco Maria Richini was charged with the project. He proposed an ambitious project, only partially realised. Starting with a triumphal arch, three paths should have started, each one with five chapels illustrating the life of Saint Charles and his spirituality.
In July 1614 Federico Borromeo celebrated the start of the construction. One of the first buildings to be completed was the church, designed by Richini as a central plan church.
Only a few chapels were built. Today only three remain, but without the decorations. For the realisation of the statues artists involved in the construction of the Sacro Monte di Varallo came.
The death of father Grattarola in 1615, the plague of 1629-1631 and the death of Federico Borromeo in 1631 interrupted the works. Only in 1692, the Borromeo family started again the construction. The new project, made by the architect Carlo Fontana, was far more modest than the original.
The sanctuary was completed only in 1725 with the building of the roof. Today over the main altar there is a painting by Giulio Cesare Procaccini; behind the altar has been reconstructed the original room of Saint Charles with the furniture coming from the Rocca Borromea nearby.
In front of the church, on the opposite side of the square, is " Saint Charles' seminary". From the square, a stairway takes you to the colossal statue of Saint Charles. The statue's design was made by Giovanni Battista Crespi, called il Cerano.
The statue, 28 m in height, commonly called Sancarlone, was realised in 1698. It is an empty structure made of wrought copper. It is possible to climb up to the head thanks to an inner stairway. Only the Statue of Liberty is a taller metal statue.
Arona, Aruna in Novara dialect , Aron-a in Piedmontese) is an Italian municipality of 13,693 inhabitants in the province of Novara , in Piedmont .
The sixth municipality in the province by population, it is a tourist - tertiary center on the shores of Lake Maggiore , whose development has been favored by its position on the Via del Sempione and the motorway and railway connection with Milan .
In the municipality there is the Lagoni di Mercurago natural park , included among the " prehistoric pile-dwelling sites around the Alps ", since 2011 in the UNESCO world heritage list
Physical geography
The city of Arona is located on the Piedmontese shore of Lake Maggiore and is crossed by the Vevera stream , which flows into the lake here. The hilly bas-reliefs of morainic origin extend all around (called "mottos"), incorporated into the Lagoni di Mercurago Natural Park where, in 1860 , the first pile-dwelling settlement found in Italy was identified . Most of the municipal territory is also hilly, with altitudes that progressively slope down from north to south (and from west to east in the town centre) from 513 m at Motto Mirabello (near the Dagnente hamlet ) up to 195 m on the shore at the lake.
The hilly reliefs are generally covered by woods which occupy over half of the Arona area, urbanized areas cover 33% of the surface and meadows or pastures cover 9%; smaller percentages are intended for parks, gardens and green sports areas (2.3%), vegetable gardens, orchards, nurseries and vineyards (1.7%), herbaceous uncultivated areas (1%) and arable land (0.4%).
Located in the southernmost part of the lake, Arona is about 37 km from the provincial capital Novara , but only about thirty from Milan-Malpensa airport .
Origins of the name
The toponym could derive from the Celtic roots art (mountain) and on (water), with the meaning of "mountain on the water" [ without source ] .
History
Origins
From Arona, in Roman times , passed the Via Severiana Augusta , a Roman consular road that connected Mediolanum (modern Milan ) with the Verbannus Lacus (Lake Verbano, or Lake Maggiore ), and from here to the Sempione pass ( lat. Summo Plano ).
The first written documentation confirming the existence of a socially organized locality called Arona dates back to 979 : it is a attestation that allows us to identify this date only by induction, so much so that some historians instead maintain that it is 963 .
In any case, the presence of man in this southern part of Lake Maggiore is confirmed much further back in time and dates back to prehistory ; in fact, in the Lagoni area, near the hamlet of Mercurago, a pile-dwelling settlement dating back to the Bronze Age (active from the 18th to the 13th century BC ) and, in 1971-1972, a necropolis of the Golasecca civilization from the end of the 6th century were discovered. - early 5th century BC Human traces are also documented in the Motto San Carlo peat bog , in which an arrowhead dating back to the Neolithic and the only object from the Copper Age was found .
Of the wooden finds extracted in the 19th century , such as the remains of three wheels that turned idle on a central axis and were equipped with rudimentary non-concentric spokes and those of a pirogue dug into a tree trunk, only the plaster casts remain. They were obtained from footprints in the peat by Bartolomeo Gastaldi , who collected and studied them at the time but was unable to treat them adequately for conservation given the restoration methods of the time so that, preserved for millennia in the particular anaerobic environmental conditions of the peat bog, they crumbled to dehydration shortly after their discovery. The remains of a village were also found whose huts had been built on the edge of a body of water and whose foundations had been preserved thanks to the peat in which they had been planted, as well as various everyday objects in metal or ceramic: jars, vase bottoms, plates, arrows, dagger blades and other defense tools, bronze pins. From the dozen tombs of the 6th century BC come vases of fine workmanship, bracelets, fibulae , rings, bronze belt hooks. The ceramics found in large quantities around the Rocca di Arona testify to a settlement subsequent to that of the Lagoni and have been assigned to the Canegrate , Protogolasecca and Golasecca cultures .
The Celt Gauls
The 5th century marks a moment of crisis in the lower Verbano area, and only in the 3rd-2nd century does a conspicuous presence of people reappear, this time Celto-Gallic . A valuable bronze anklet found at the foot of the fortress dates back to the 2nd century BC . It is precisely in this period that the first socially organized residential units were formed. The urbanization of the area is fully justified by the presence of the Rocca di Arona , as opposed to the Rocca di Angera on the Lombard shore of the lake, a position of strategic importance that could not go unnoticed by any local population. In fact, on the fortress there are the remains of a pre-Roman fortification, and three kilometers from Arona, the military campus of Borgo Agnello and Paruzzaro .
The Romans and the Middle Ages
In Roman times it was a place of passage towards the Simplon pass . Under the church of San Giuseppe the remains of a furnace and an artisan workshop for metalworking were found . Roman colonization is also documented by funerary tombstones found almost everywhere in the area.
The current inhabited center developed around the Benedictine abbey of San Salvatore, founded in 979 by Count Amizzone del Seprio. The proof of this development is documented in a "Chronicle" or " Pasionario ", a kind of medley in which lives of more or less reliable saints, texts of asceticism, letters of bishops and prelates , prayers and invocations are intertwined . In this context appears the narrative of the martyrdom of San Graziano and San Felino which occurred in 979 with the translation of their bodies to Arona, by Count Amizzone del Seprio, a troop captain under the command of Emperor Otto I. There are 249 sheets of parchment written in medieval Latin and written in Gothic . Over time, the Benedictine abbey lost its main prerogatives, mainly due to the rise of a civil authority which identified itself first with the Della Torre family , and subsequently, after its demolition, with the Visconti family , first of all Ottone who was archbishop of Milan , around the end of the thirteenth century under which the dominion of the archbishop of Milan passed . In 1263, the Milanese forces, led by the Torriani , besieged Arona by land and water, where the Milanese exiles led by Ottone Visconti had gathered [9] . Between the two hundred and three hundred years old, Stefano Visconti (1287/88 - 1327) appears to have been a Lord, married for the second time in 1318 to Valentina, daughter of Bernabó Doria, Lord of Sassello and Eliana Fieschi of the Lords of Lavagna. Stefano and Valentina had Matteo II, Galeazzo II and Bernabó Visconti, Consignori of Milan from 11 October 1354. Formerly property of the Torriani family ( 12th century ). After the battle of Desio ( 1277 ), it belonged to the family of Ottone Visconti, Visconti and from the third or fourth decade of the 14th century it was a free municipality under the government of the Benedictine abbey.
The Renaissance
From 1439 the territory was granted as a fief to the Borromeo family , a lineage of bankers originally from San Miniato in Tuscany . When the Visconti family became extinct with Filippo's daughter Maria Visconti marrying Francesco I in 1441 , the duchy passed to the Sforza family . But this vast territory also had to be defended, and in this sense Vitaliano in 1447 asked Filippo Maria for authorization to fortify the fortress and the village of Arona, granted to him in 1449 with a letter from Filippo Maria which authorized his vassal to create walls, drawbridges, war defense works, and also places for the gathering and custody of ships: first documented military port on Lake Maggiore . The fortress was defended so well that it resisted a siege in 1523 by 7,000 men under the command of Renzo de Ceri , one of the many wars that broke out between the Duchy of Milan and the French .
Modern era
During the Thirty Years' War , in 1636, the French, to prevent navigation between the lake and Milan, set up a ship equipped with four cannons, on which 100 musketeers embarked and placed it in front of Arona. The Spaniards then had some boats armed and, after some fighting, forced the French ship to retreat along the Ticino [10] . With the entire Duchy of Milan it was under Spanish and then Austrian rule . With the Treaty of Worms (1743) it passed into the dominions of the Savoy state , under Charles Emmanuel III .
It was taken by the Napoleonic army and the fortress was demolished following the peace agreements with the Austrians in 1801. With the Congress of Vienna in 1815 it was returned to the Savoy family . In 1838 Carlo Alberto of Savoy awarded it the title of city .
In 1848 Giuseppe Garibaldi entered the city during the first war of independence , returning in 1859.
In 1855 the railway line to Novara was opened and during the 19th century industrial and tourist activities established themselves. At the end of the century it suffered a disastrous lake flood.
On 15 September 1943, the roundups of Jews that began in the days preceding Baveno affected the town of Arona, part of that massacre on Lake Maggiore of which in the end there were 57 victims. There were 9 people arrested and killed in Arona by German soldiers, Their bodies were thrown into the lake. The large family of the Milanese industrialist Federico Jarach managed to save themselves by crossing the lake by boat from their villa, because they were notified by telephone just in time.
Symbols
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was recognized with DCG of 10 August 1928.
«Party of silver and green, the lowered fly and a star divided from the score line of one to the other . Exterior ornaments of the city."
The heraldic figure of flight (two spread wings) refers to the toponym Alona documented in ancient manuscripts. The coat of arms is reproduced on the frontispiece of the Statutes of Arona of 1319 although the design is certainly later and features wings and a gold star on a red background.
Banner
The banner was granted by royal decree of 7 May 1934.
«Dress made of white and green, richly decorated with gold embroidery and bearing the municipal coat of arms with the inscription centered in gold City of Arona .»
Flag
The Municipality has adopted a flag consisting of a white and green flag placed in the center of the civic emblem without shield and ornaments.
Monuments and places of interest
Piazza del Popolo with the church of Santa Maria di Loreto
Collegiate Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary . The parish church, whose first contract for its construction dates back to 1468, was consecrated, not yet finished, on 12 March 1488. At the beginning of the 17th century Cardinal Federico Borromeo ordered impressive restoration and interior decoration works, upon completion of which, on 10 March 1608, the church was erected as a collegiate church . After the substantial repairs of 1856-1867 it was reconsecrated in 1858 by bishop GF Gentile. It is in Gothic-Byzantine style, altered by later elements. The limestone façade, with a central rose window, has fifteenth-century elements, and a notable bas-relief of the Nativity of the Redeemer, ascribed by Luca Beltrami to the Mantegazza brothers, authors of the lower part of the Certosa di Pavia . Inside you can admire the main altar built in 1812 based on a design by Abbot Zanoia; the Holy Family by Gaudenzio Ferrari in six fields, with the signature Gaudentius Vincius and the date '15', on wood and closed in a carved frame of the time; the Nativity by Andrea Appiani ; the Annunciation and the Marriage by Francesco Mazzucchelli known as Morazzone , donated by Cardinal Federico Borromeo. Furthermore, four reliquaries are preserved there which contain the pallium, the miter and the crosier of San Carlo Borromeo donated by Cardinal Federico. They were renewed in 1920 by the citizens of Arono in fulfillment of a vow made during the last influenza pandemic, which was considered to have ended through the saint's intercession.
Church of the Holy Martyrs Graziano, Felino, Fedele and Carpoforo (also known as San Graziano). Formerly a Benedictine abbey, the church was annexed to the monastery of the Salvatore and Saints Graziano and Felino, founded in the second half of the 10th century. No traces of the original building remain. Completely rebuilt, it was returned to worship the year following the consecration of the Collegiate Church, 1489. In the church there is an altarpiece of the Madonna Enthroned and Saint by Ambrogio da Fossano, known as Bergognone , hanging behind the main altar. The painting was commissioned by the abbot of the time, Monsignor Girolamo Calagrani, who in the painting appears kneeling in front of the Virgin.
Church of Santa Maria di Loreto (also called Santa Marta) in the ancient Piazza del Popolo, where the Broletto and what remains of the ancient port are also located .
Church of the Visitation, annexed to the monastery of the order of the Visitation, was founded in 1652 by the archpriest Graziano Ponzone. On the main altar of the church there is a canvas by the painter Gaudenzio Magistrini (1820-1871).
Beolchi Chapel-Ossuary
Sanctuary of the Sacro Monte of San Carlo
Visitation Monastery
Small church of San Giuseppe , formerly dedicated to Sant'Eusebio
Parish church of San Giusto (in the hamlet of Montrigiasco )
Church of Santa Maria di Loreto (also called Santa Marta)
Church of San Giovanni Battista (in the Dagnente hamlet )
Church of San Giorgio (in Mercurago )
Church of the Holy Trinity
Church of the Sacred Heart
Church of Saints Anna and Gioacchino, in Corso Cavour (built in 1721, with façade rebuilt in 1841; altarpiece by Giuseppe De Albertis, from Arona, with Saints Anna and Gioacchino with the young Mary )
Civil and military architecture
Broletto or Palace of Justice, built at the end of the fourteenth century on the ancient Piazza del Popolo, where the church of Santa Maria di Loreto also stands. Between the Gothic arches of the portico are terracotta medallions with portraits of the nobles governing the city.
Villa Ponti, which hosted Napoleon Bonaparte on his return from the Egyptian campaign and where classical music concerts and exhibitions of important artists are currently organised.
Villa Leuthold, a nineteenth-century public park, with very large specimens of camellias.
Rocca Borromea , whose ruins are located on the hill above the city. It was historically disputed between the Torriani and Visconti families as well as the birthplace of San Carlo .
Asilo Bottelli , a 19th century building in neoclassical style originally used as a nursery school.
Villa Cantoni , built in the 1880s.
The Colossus of Saint Charles Borromeo
The same topic in detail: Colossus of Saint Charles Borromeo .
This statue, nicknamed the Sancarlone , dominates Lake Maggiore and can be reached by taking the provincial road 35 towards the Ghevio di Meina hamlet , in the San Carlo area. The colossus is approximately 35 meters high (23.40 m for the statue and 11.70 m for the base) and was built between 1614 and 1697 with copper plates . Originally it was planned that the statue, completed in 1698 , would be part of a Sacred Mountain of which, however, only three chapels were built.
Society
Demographic evolution
Inhabitants registered
Languages and dialects
Even though the city is in Piedmontese territory, the local Verbanese dialect is of the Insubre type ( Western Lombard ).
Culture
Museums
The Mineralogical Museum founded in 1983 and located in a nineteenth-century building in Piazza San Graziano.
The Khaled al-Asaad Civic Archaeological Museum .
Libraries
There is the Carlo Torelli Civic Library , founded in 1968
Economy
The definitive destruction of the Aronese fortress together with six other citadels in Piedmont was ordered by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 , the day following the victory at Marengo . This meant the possibility of expanding the urban fabric beyond the walls within which it was limited. Thanks to this, large spaces were created on which to build the port, the boatyard and the railway station. Arona's fortune has always been linked to its excellent geographical position, thanks to which it enjoys and has always enjoyed a highly respectable logistical condition.
The economy of Arona is mainly based on tourism and trade , although in the area there are some important chemical factories, such as Thurckon Srl, and confectionery, such as the Laica chocolate shop .
Infrastructure and transport
The station, under the responsibility of the Lombardy Region, is an important railway hub between the Domodossola-Milan and Arona-Novara lines , and is currently served only by regional trains based on the Service Contract stipulated between Trenitalia/Trenord and the Piedmont and Lombardy Regions. It is also the terminus of the Santhià-Arona railway , which has been replaced by self-service since 17 June 2012.
Arona is the headquarters of Navigazione Lago Maggiore.
Sports
Twice Arona was the stage arrival site of the Giro d'Italia .
1966 14th stage Parma - Arona, won by Franco Bitossi
2001 20th stage Busto Arsizio -Arona, won by Gilberto Simoni
On 24 August 2005 Damiano Cunego won the 8th edition of the Gran Premio Nobili in Arona.
The Arona football club is based in the municipality , whose internal field is the Valerio Del Ponte stadium .
There is an American football team , the Arona 65ers , Italian champions in 2015 and a basketball team, Arona Basket , which participates in the youth and Serie C championships.
One of the leading classical dancers of India, Madhave Mudgal was born into a family devoted to Indian classical music, and is credite with bringing a greatly refined sensibility to her art form. She has received repeated acclaim int he major cities and dance festivals that have featured her throughout the world.
Apart from establishing a niche in the international dance scene as a soloist, she has also received accolades for her choreographic works. Her commitement to the continuation and augmentation of her chosen art form hs seen her as one of the foremost teachers in her generation, at the Gandharva Mahavidhyalaya, New Delhi
Numerous Awards and honours have come her way, including the sanskriti award, the Padma Shri, the orissa state and central sangeeta natak akademi award, Grande Medaille de la villa by the city of Paris, the Delhi state Parishad Samman, and the Nitya Choodamani. She has also been awarded the Chevalier de l'orde des arts et des lettres by the Govt of France.
Parkaya
Literally, 'The Body of Another' this festival features cross-currents in classical dance. It attempts to expand the boundaries of our performing arts as well as augment existing repertoires meaningfully. Whilst adhering to certain rules and formats, each style also absorbs and imbibes from others, though retaining its essence. In Parkaya, three exemplary dancers work with each other and collaboratively use elements of each other's forms that are visualised by one and executed by another.
It is hoped that this endeavour goes some way in sensitizing one dance form to another and benefitting from this interaction, since there is so much that is shared in the Indian art aesthetic.
Three signature pieces taken from each style form the basis of this festival's repertoire: the Varnam from Bharatanatyam, the Pallavi from Odissi and the Thumri from Kathak.
35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
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Much of our work at Hansell Violins is devoted to the making of copies for prominent musicians. Antonio Brenzi was an early Bolognese maker. His known instruments are very rare indeed but the sounds of the two violas that I know are exceptionally winning; one viola is played in the London Symphony Orchestra and the other by soloist Lawrence Power. The copy, shown here in stages from its nascence to completion, is based on the example made around 1628 but altered, as so many instruments were, at some point in its history.
The original instrument has a central stave or strip in the belly which may indicate a 'bent section' which would tie it to the tradition of viol making. We created our instrument in the same way in search of the naturally resonant and warm sound. This stage of the making can be seen in the photographs where a bent section is glued between two parts that will subsequently be carved.
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35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
More: www.catholicsun.org
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35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
More: www.catholicsun.org
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35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
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This window is devoted to the story of St Mary Magdalene, but the legendary version which was widely known in the Middle Ages. It arose from a sermon of St Gregory the Great preached on 21st September 591 on the passage Luke 7:36-50 in which Jesus is at dinner in a Pharisees' house when a sinful women comes in, anoints his feet with ointment and wipes them with her hair. Gregory identified this woman with Mary of Bethany, sister of Martha and Lazarus and also with Mary Magdalene from whom Jesus driven out seven devils. Thus Mary Magdalene became for the Middle Ages a symbol of penitence and also of the contemplative life (Mary of Bethany). The legend was further developed at Vezelay (which claimed to possess the relics of Mary Magdalene) to claim that Mary and a number of other of Christ's disciples were, as a result of persecution, set adrift in a rudderless boat and washed up in Provence at Marseilles where Maximin, one of their number, became bishop. Maryt died, after years of living in penitential seclusion.
35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
More: www.catholicsun.org
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On January 26, 2009, Shaun Donovan was sworn in as the 15th United States Secretary for Housing and Urban Development. He has devoted his career to ensuring access to safe, decent, and affordable housing and he will continue that effort in the Obama Administration. Secretary Donovan believes that America's homes are the foundation for family, safe neighborhoods, good schools, and solid businesses. He has a strong commitment to make quality housing possible for every American.
Secretary Donovan previously served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). He created and implemented HPD's New Housing Marketplace Plan to build and preserve 165,000 affordable homes, the largest municipal affordable housing plan in the nation's history. His work at HPD included the New York City Acquisition Fund, an award-winning collaboration with foundations and banks to finance affordable housing; an innovative inclusionary zoning program; an ambitious supportive housing plan; and the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, one of the earliest responses to the foreclosure crisis.
Before his service as HPD Commissioner, Secretary Donovan worked in the private sector on financing affordable housing, and was a visiting scholar at New York University, where he researched and wrote about the preservation of federally-assisted housing. He was also a consultant to the Millennial Housing Commission on strategies for increasing the production of multifamily housing. The Commission was created by the United States Congress to recommend ways to expand housing opportunities across the nation.
35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
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FROM JAIVA DHARMA BY SRILA BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA.
Vijaya: Please make us understand all these offenses by explaining each sloka completely.
Babaji: The first sloka describes two offenses. It is a great offense to blaspheme, censure, or disrespect bhaktas who have completely given up materially motivated practices such as karma, dharma, jnana,yoga and tapasya, and who with an exclusive mood of devotion, have taken shelter of Bhagavan’s sri-nama. Sri-Hari-Nama Prabhu cannot tolerate blasphemy of those who preach the factual glories of sri-namain this world. One should not blaspheme those bhaktas who are one-pointedly devoted to sri-nama. Instead, one should accept them as the best of saintly persons. One should remain and perform nama-kirtana in their association. One will certainly attain the mercy of sri-nama quickly by doing so.
Vijaya: Now we can understand the first offense clearly. Kindly explain the second offense.
Babaji: The second offense is mentioned in the second part of the first sloka, and it has been explained in two ways. The first explanation is that it is an offense to sri-nama to consider that Sadasiva and other leaders of the devas are independent of Sri Visnu. According to bahv-isvara-vada (the doctrine of many controllers), Sadasiva is a perfectly powerful controller, who is independent and separate from Bhagavan Sri Visnu. However, this conception creates an obstacle to one-pointed hari-bhakti. Sri Krsna is actually the controller of everything and everyone, and Siva and the other devas only achieve their positions as controllers through His power. These devas have no separate power of their own, and it is nama-aparadha to perform hari-nama thinking that they do.
The second explanation is that it is also an offense to sri-nama to consider that the all-auspicious, intrinsic svarupa of Sri Bhagavan’s names, forms, qualities and pastimes is different from Bhagavan’s eternal, perfect form (vigraha). Krsna’s intrinsic nature, Krsna’s name, Krsna’s qualities and Krsna’s pastimes are all transcendental and non-different from each other. One should perform krsna-nama-sankirtana with this knowledge and realization, otherwise there will be an aparadha (offense made to sri-nama). Thus, one should perform krsna-nama after first comprehending sambandha-jnana; this is the process.
Vijaya: I can understand the first and second nama-aparadhas very well, because you have kindly explained to me the relationship of simultaneous oneness and difference between Sri Krsna’s transcendental spiritual form and Sri Krsna Himself, who possesses the form; between His transcendental qualities and He who possesses those qualities; between His names and He who possesses those names; and between the parts and the whole. One who is taking shelter of sri-nama must also learn from Gurudeva about the respective natures of the cit (conscious) and acit (unconscious) tattvas, and about the relationship between them. Now kindly explain the third offense.
Babaji: The sri-nama-guru is he who awards instructions about the superiority of nama-tattva, and one’s duty is to maintain fixed and resolute bhakti towards him. It is nama-aparadha to minimize the position of nama-guru, thinking that he knows only about nama-sastra, whereas the scholars of Vedanta philosophy and other sastras actually know the meaning of the sastras. Actually, no guru is superior to the nama-tattva-vid guru, and it is an offense to think that he is less important.
Vijaya: Prabhu, I am assured of well-being if I can maintain pure bhakti towards you. Please explain the fourth offense.
Babaji: There is a special instruction in the sruti regarding the ultimate goal. There, the glories of sri-nama are declared to be the foremost of spiritual processes.
om asya jananto nama-cid-viviktanas
mahas te visno sumatim bhajamahe
om tat sat
O Sri Visnu, one who chants sri-nama thoughtfully and properly will not be confused and disturbed in his bhajana and other regulative practices. In other words, when one accepts sri-nama, there is no question of the place, time and person being favorable or unfavorable, because srinama is the all-illuminating, personified form of knowledge, and the supreme knowable object. Therefore, we offer our prayers to sri-nama.
om padam devasya namasa vyantah / sravasya vasrava annamrktam
namani cid dadhire yajniyani / bhadrayante ranayantah sandrstau
O most worshipable Lord, I am offering obeisances to Your lotus feet again and again. Hearing the glories of Your lotus feet may give bhaktas the adhikara for fame and liberation, but what is the value in that? Still more glorious are those bhaktas who engage in discussions and debates to establish Your lotus feet as the ultimate abode, and together cultivate their service relationship with You through the performance of sankirtana. When asakti appears in their hearts, they take sole shelter of Your caitanya-svarupa-nama (fully conscious name) to achieve darsana of Your lotus feet.
om tam u stotarah purvam yathavida
rtasya garvabham janusa piparttana
asya jananto nama cid-viviktana
mahas te visno sumatim bhajamahe
Hari-bhakti-vilasa (11.274-276), Rg Veda (1.156.3)
The letter ‘u’ indicates utter astonishment that we cannot
make our lives successful by performing kirtana of Sri
Krsna as you do, glorifying that supremely renowned primeval
and complete tat and sat Reality (padartha). The reason
is that we do not know how His stava (prayers) and
kirtana should be performed. Therefore our eternal duty is
to fulfill the purpose of our human life by engaging in incessant
hari-nama-kirtana.
All the Vedas and Upanisads proclaim the glories of sri-nama, and it is nama-aparadha to blaspheme the mantras that reveal the glories of sri-nama. Some people unfortunately neglect the srutimantrasthat give these instructions, and give more respect to the other instructions of the sruti. This is also nama-aparadha, and the result will be that the offender will not have any taste for nama. You should performhari-nama with the understanding that these main sruti-mantras are the life and soul of the sruti.
Vijaya: Prabhu, it seems as if nectar is pouring from your mouth.
Now, I am very eager to understand the fifth offense.
Babaji: The fifth offense is to give mundane interpretations of sri-nama. The Jaimini-samhita explains this offense as follows:
sruti-smrti-puranesu nama-mahatmya-vacisu
ye’rthavada iti bruyur na tesam niraya-ksayah
Those who consider that the mantras of the Vedas, Puranas, Upanisads and other Vedic literatures have exaggerated the glories of Bhagavan’s nama will go to everlasting hell, and never return.
In the Brahma-samhita, Sri Bhagavan has said to Sri Brahma:
yan-nama-kirtana-phalam vividham nisamya
na sraddhadhati manute yad utarthavadam
yo manusas tam iha duhkha-caye ksipami
samsara-ghora-vividhartti-nipiditangam
If a human being does not become faithful when he hears the glories of hari-nama, but believes them to be exaggeration, I put him into the terrible cycle of birth and death with all kinds of miseries.
In the sastras it is said that Bhagavan’s names contain all His saktis. Sri-nama is completely spiritual, and therefore He is successful in destroying the illusion of this material world.
krsneti mangalam nama yasya vaci pravarttate
bhasmi-bhavanti rajendra mahapataka-kotayah
Visnu-dharma Purana
O King, millions of sins are burned to ashes if the supremely auspicious form of Krsna’s nama resides in one’s mouth.
nanyat pasyami jantunam vihaya hari-kirttanam
sarva-papa-prasamanam prayascittam dvijottama
Brhan-naradiya Purana
O best among the brahmanas, sri-hari-nama is the atonement that destroys all forms of sins, and I consider that one who gives up sri-nama to be no more than an animal.
namno hi yavati saktih papa-nirharane hareh
tavat kartum na saknoti patakam pataki narah
Brhad-visnu Purana
The potency of sri-hari-nama can remove more sins than the most sinful person can possibly commit.
All these glories of sri-nama are the supreme absolute truth, but when people active in karma and jnana hear them, they concoct explanations to protect their own activities. Their explanation
is that the glories of sri-nama mentioned in sastras are not really the truth, but are exaggerations intended to create a taste for sri-nama.
Nama-aparadha will prevent such offenders from getting a taste for hari-nama. You should perform hari-nama with full faith in the statements of the sastras, and never take the association of those who give mundane explanations. Furthermore, if they unexpectedly appear before your eyes, you should take bath with all your clothes on. That is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instruction.
Vijaya: Prabhu, it appears difficult for householders to chant suddha-hari-nama because we are always surrounded by offensive people who are not at all devotional. It is very difficult for brahmana-panditaslike ourselves to have sat-sanga. Prabhu, please give us the strength to give up bad association. The more I hear from your mouth, the more my thirst for hearing increases. Now please explain the sixth offense to us.
Babaji: The sixth offense is to consider sri-bhagavan-nama to be imaginary. Mayavadis and fruitive materialists think the changeless, nirvisesa-brahma to be the Absolute Truth. Those who believe that the rsishave imagined sri-bhagavan-nama such as Rama and Krsna as a method to attain perfection are nama-aparadhis. Hari-nama is not imaginary; He is an eternal, spiritual vastu. Srisad-guru and the Vedicsastras instruct us that when we engage in the process of bhakti, hari-nama manifests within our spiritual senses. Therefore, hari-nama must be accepted as the Absolute Truth, and if one thinks that He is imaginary, one can never attain His mercy.
Vijaya: Prabhu, before we took shelter of your fearless lotus feet, due to bad association, we also thought in that way. Now, by your mercy, this conception is vanquished. Please explain the seventh offense to us.
Babaji: One who is engaged in sinful activities on the strength of sri-nama is a nama-aparadhi. If one performs sinful activities in the belief that sri-nama will purify him, one cannot become free from those mountains of sins by following the rules and regulations of Vaisnava conduct, because all these activities then assume the form of further sins that are in the category of nama-aparadha, and only the process for nullifying nama-aparadhas can destroy them.
Vijaya: Prabhu, if hari-nama can destroy all sins without exception, then why does it not destroy the sins of one who chants srinama, and why is he deemed an offender?
Babaji: On the day that the jiva accepts suddha-nama, one name that he utters certainly destroys the sum total of all his prarabdha and aprarabdha-karma, and through the second name, prema will arise. Those who chant suddha-hari-nama have no desire to perform even pious activities, and what to speak of their maintaining papa-buddhi, a mentality that “I shall commit sin and then chant nama to exonerate myself from that sin.” A person who has taken shelter of sri-nama will never commit a sin. However, it may be that a sadhaka only utters nama-abhasa, and not suddha-nama, because of some remainingnama-aparadha. The sins that he performed before chanting nama-abhasa are being destroyed, and there is no taste for committing new sins. Nama-abhasa also very slowly destroys whatever sinful karmaremains because of previous practice. Sometimes he unexpectedly commits new sins, but they also go away because of his nama-abhasa. However, it is nama-aparadha to take shelter of sri-nama and then engage in sinful activities, thinking, “Since the influence of sri-nama destroys all my sins, certainly it will also destroy the sins that I am committing now.”
Vijaya: Now kindly tell us about the eighth offense.
Babaji: Sat-karma refers to all kinds of dharma (in the general sense), that is to say, varnasrama, performing charity and other pious activities, observing vows (vrata) and other kinds of auspicious activities, renouncing the results of all activities (sannyasadharma), all kinds of yajnas, astanga-yoga, and whatever else sastra has defined as auspicious activity. These are all counted as material dharma(jada-dharma), whereas Bhagavan’s sri-nama is transcendental to material nature. All these sat-karma are only auxiliary means to attain the transcendental, blissful goal; they are not the goal themselves. However, hari-nama is the means at the time of sadhana, and is Himself sadhya, the goal at the time of achieving the result. Therefore, sat-karma cannot possibly be compared with hari-nama, and those who consider that sat-karma is equal to hari-nama are nama-aparadhis. One who prays to srihari-nama for the insignificant results of performing sat-karma is a nama-aparadhi, because his activity exposes his conception that the various forms of sat-karma are equal to sri-nama. You should take refuge of hari-nama with spiritual intelligence, knowing that the result of sat-karma is very insignificant. This is the understanding of the process of sadhana (abhidheya-jnana).
Vijaya: Prabhu, we have understood very well that there is nothing equal to hari-nama. Now mercifully enlighten us about the ninth offense.
Babaji: Of all the various instructions in the Vedas, the instructions on hari-nama are the most important, and only those who have faith in exclusive bhakti are qualified to hear sri-nama’s glories. It is an offense to give instruction on hari-nama to those who do not have faith, who are averse to the transcendental service of Hari, or who have no taste for hearing nama. It is beneficial to give instruction that hari-nama is the most exalted of all spiritual practices, and that all who accept hari-nama will become most fortunate, but one should not give such instructions on hari-nama to the unqualified. When you become aparama-bhagavata, then you will also be able to transmit sakti. Such a great Vaisnava can first create faith in sri-nama by bestowing spiritual sakti on the jivas, and after that instruct them about hari-nama. However, as long as you remain a madhyama Vaisnava, you must neglect those who are faithless, disinterested and envious.
Vijaya: Prabhu, how should we understand the behavior of those who give hari-nama to unqualified people out of greed for wealth, name and fame?
Babaji: They are nama-aparadhi.
Vijaya: Please explain the tenth offense.
Babaji: People in the material world think, “I am such-and-such a person. This wealth, sons and relatives are all mine.” They are madly engrossed in such material consciousness. If by coincidence they hear the glories of hari-nama from learned people, a moment of renunciation or knowledge may appear, but then if they knowingly do not keep their attachment for sri-nama, they are also nama-aparadhis. Therefore it is said in the second sloka of Siksastaka:
namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi
durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah
O Bhagavan, You have manifested Yourself in various names, such as Krsna, Govinda, Gopala, Vanamali, and so on. You have invested all your saktis in these names, and there is no question of improper time or place for remembering sri- nama. You are so causelessly merciful, but unfortunately, because of my aparadhas, I have no taste forsrihari-nama, whom You have made so easily available.
One should remain free from the ten kinds of nama-aparadha, and engage in hari-nama. If one does so, sri-nama will swiftly award you His mercy in the form of prema, and transform you into a parama-bhagavata.
Vijaya: Prabhu, I can now understand that Mayavadis, karmis and yogis are all offenders to sri-nama. Since this is the case, is it proper for pure Vaisnavas to participate when many people congregate to performnama-kirtana?
Babaji: It is not proper for Vaisnavas to participate in sankirtana groups in which nama-aparadhis are prominent and the lead singer is a nama-aparadhi. However, there is no fault in participating insankirtana groups in which pure Vaisnavas or general bhaktas who are nama-abhasis are prominent. On the contrary, in such sanga there will be gain in the form of ananda in nama-sankirtana. Now it is late. Tomorrow I will speak to you on namabhasa.
Vijaya and Vrajanatha became ecstatic with nama-prema. After
offering prayers to Babaji Maharaja, they took his precious
foot dust on their foreheads and returned home, singing kirtana,
hari haraye namah krsna yadavaya namah!
35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
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1904. Section of Laboratory devoted to chemical analysis of water and sewage.
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New Fields of Study are Explored
Another instance of the variety of the investigations pursued at the Experiment station is the shellfish study. Determinations of "B. coli" in shellfish were reported as early as the year 1900. The 1904 annual report tells us that more than 3000 tests were made in year-round sampling and in that year the analysts concluded that season-to-season variations were no greater than sample-to-sample variations — an observation often confirmed since. Ten years later quantitative estimations and a sampling procedure were worked out for shellfish sold on the market, and in 1925 the first of many shellfish storage experiments were undertaken. Included in this study was a sanitary survey of the 2000 miles of Massachusetts coast line to determine the quality of shellfish in the various producing areas and the safety of their use as food. At this time standards were suggested for the waters from which shellfish could be taken, and methods of shucking, washing and storing of soft clams came under study.
In 1916 the first attempts at purification of shellfish with chlorine were undertaken (not too successfully). But ten years later practical measures far treating clams were worked out, and improvements have continued to this day. As a result of the Station's research three treatment plants were built in which shellfish removed from moderately polluted waters have been purified and made safe for human consumption. The story does not end here, for research in better treatment and testing methods for crabs and lobsters, as well as clams, quahogs, mussels and oysters, have come under the scientists' purview.
Much of our work at Hansell Violins is devoted to the making of copies for prominent musicians. Antonio Brenzi was an early Bolognese maker. His known instruments are very rare indeed but the sounds of the two violas that I know are exceptionally winning; one viola is played in the London Symphony Orchestra and the other by soloist Lawrence Power. The copy, shown here in stages from its nascence to completion, is based on the example made around 1628 but altered, as so many instruments were, at some point in its history.
The original instrument has a central stave or strip in the belly which may indicate a 'bent section' which would tie it to the tradition of viol making. We created our instrument in the same way in search of the naturally resonant and warm sound. This stage of the making can be seen in the photographs where a bent section is glued between two parts that will subsequently be carved.
35th annual Rosary Sunday draws thousands devoted to Mary, holy rosary
Story by Gina Keating
Photos by Ambria Hammel
The Catholic Sun
In a kaleidoscope of colors, sound and movement, more than 6,000 faithful in the Phoenix Diocese gathered to honor Mary in the most anticipated Catholic event of the year, Rosary Sunday.
Under her title Mary, Help of Christians, the 35th annual celebration continued its traditional offerings of confession, adoration, benediction and recitation of the rosary.
The downtown Phoenix Convention Center opened its doors Oct. 10 to ethnically diverse members of the Body of Christ whose public prayers in different tongues paid homage to Mary, especially for her protection of the unborn.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was greeted with a standing ovation from an enthusiastic crowd that filled the seats, as others searched for open spots.
“Today, we see how Mary is the mother of all of us,” Bishop Olmsted said in his bilingual address.
Auxilary Bishop Eduardo Nevares, recently back from a trip to Rome, delivered an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict, which was received with a round of applause.
Christy O’Gara said she attended the event for the second year with her six children so they could “see all those that love Jesus.”
“Now, more than ever, we desire to be together as witnesses to the world,” O’Gara said.
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This is Ella's friend Shiloh, a beautifully behaved and very well trained, Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
When they are out on a walk, Shiloh and Ella are always shoulder to shoulder exploring and sniffing together.
They constantly check where the other one is and give each other a quick lick on the muzzle as they pass.
They are great friends.
Shiloh is a superbly behaved Staffie and a real credit to her owner.
She is curious, friendly, loyal, devoted and a joy to be around.
Her coat is like velvet and who could ever refuse those gorgeous, soulful eyes? :-)
This window is devoted to the story of St Mary Magdalene, but the legendary version which was widely known in the Middle Ages. It arose from a sermon of St Gregory the Great preached on 21st September 591 on the passage Luke 7:36-50 in which Jesus is at dinner in a Pharisees' house when a sinful women comes in, anoints his feet with ointment and wipes them with her hair. Gregory identified this woman with Mary of Bethany, sister of Martha and Lazarus and also with Mary Magdalene from whom Jesus driven out seven devils. Thus Mary Magdalene became for the Middle Ages a symbol of penitence and also of the contemplative life (Mary of Bethany). The legend was further developed at Vezelay (which claimed to possess the relics of Mary Magdalene) to claim that Mary and a number of other of Christ's disciples were, as a result of persecution, set adrift in a rudderless boat and washed up in Provence at Marseilles where Maximin, one of their number, became bishop. Mary died, after years of living in penitential seclusion.
There are two fairly recent and excellent books on Mary Magdalene:
Susan Haskins, Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor, Harper Collins, 1993.
Katherine Ludwig Jansen, The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages, Princeton Univ. Press, 2000.
The latter makes much use of Dominican and Franciscan sermons on Mary Mag. to illustrate the development and use of the legends about her. It is a very impressive piece of scholarship.