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Mass said for men travelling to the Vocations Weekend from 5-7 February 2016. The Mass was said in the Lourdes chapel of the National Shrine by Fr Benedict Croell OP, Vocations Director of the St Joseph Province.
The Opéra Garnier is a national theater which has the vocation to be an academy of music, choreography and lyric poetry; it is a major element of the heritage of the 9th district of Paris and the capital. It is located on the Place de l'Opéra, at the northern end of the Avenue de l'Opéra and at the crossroads of many roads.
The building is a particularly representative monument of the eclectic architecture and historicist style of the second half of the 19th century. Based on a design by the architect Charles Garnier, chosen following a competition, its construction, decided by Napoleon III as part of the transformation of Paris led by the prefect Haussmann and interrupted by the war of 1870, was resumed at the beginning of the Third Republic, after the destruction by fire of the opera Le Peletier in 1873. The building was inaugurated on January 5, 1875 by President Mac Mahon under the Third Republic.
Vocation of the Apostles [1481-82]
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Vatican, Sistine chapel, north wall
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocation_of_the_Apostles
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In the background left, the fishermen Peter and Andrew are called by Jesus. The two can also be seen in the background right, behind Jesus, who calls James and John, who are restoring the nets on their father Zebedee's boat.
In the foreground are Peter and Andrew, dressed in cloaks with their traditional colors (yellow-orange for Peter and green for Andrew). They are kneeling beside Christ, who blesses them. A unique element of the fresco is the inclusion of a multitude portrayed in contemporary clothes. Their faces were those of the Florentine community in Rome,[1] who resided near the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
At the left is a white bearded man, perhaps a literate from Constantinople who was also used as a model for St. Jerome in His Study in the church of Ognissanti in Florence. At the center, just behind Jesus, is the portrait of Diotisalvi Neroni, who had taken refuge in Rome after plotting against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici. Another exile from Constantinople is John Argyropoulos, who appears on the right. Other characters on the right are members of the Tornabuoni family. The white-haired, bareheaded man in the foreground on the right and the boy in the black doublet in front of him are identified as the banker Giovanni Tornabuoni and his son Lorenzo.
This one of the many surprises you get in the Chapada... this image has no treatment (ok, ok... some levels...) the water is so blue because of the magnesiums.
TONY HADLEY – PROFILE
Tony Hadley, the eldest son of Josephine and Patrick, was born at The Royal Free Hospital, Islington, London on 2 June 1960. Tony attended Dame Alice Owen’s Grammar School and thought his future lay in medicine but, after winning a holiday singing competition, decided that his vocation was as a singer … the rest is history …
SPANDAU BALLET – THE 80s PHENOMENON
Pioneers of the 80s Romantic movement, Spandau Ballet formed in 1978 and had numerous chart topping singles and albums all over the world, some of the most memorable being the singles “Gold”, “Only When You Leave”, “Lifeline”, the epic “Through the Barricades” and of course the international number one “True”; the latter famously sampled by PM Dawn in 1991 and featured on Paul Anka’s Rock Swings in 2005.
As lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley has, over the years, earned the accolade of being one of pop music’s greatest vocalists. In addition to all the band’s songs, many will remember his prominent vocal contribution to the Band Aid UK charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” and subsequent 1985 London appearance at Live Aid. He also performed solo at the Nelson Mandela Concert at Wembley in June 1988.
A LIFE IN MUSIC
Turning the page on Spandau Ballet (after they disbanded in 1990), Tony has stuck to the same raw instincts that brought him early success. Tony is now a solo artist in his own right who has spent the past twenty five years entertaining audiences all over the world with his stunning rich voice that has lost none of its power.
He has continued to write and record, and to date has released four solo studio albums; ‘State of Play’ on EMI Records, two albums through Universal Records, a self-titled album in 1998, and ‘True Ballads’ in 2003. In 2006, on his own label, Slipstream Records, he released his swing album ‘Passing Strangers’ in 2006. He has also released three live albums, two live DVDs and has had European success with several dance music collaborations. The Live CD/DVD 'Live from Metropolis Studios' was released in 2013.
On the live music front Tony is a regular performer, delighting audiences at home and abroad with his own UK and European solo tours, also appearing at many festivals around Europe.
In 2005 Tony's contribution to the music industry was officially recognised with the award of a Gold Badge from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.
Subsequently, in 2007 he won a new legion of fans following his critically acclaimed performance as Billy Flynn in Chicago on the London’s West End Stage. Tony’s appearances in the show gave the musical one of its most successful runs ever and earned him an invitation to perform in the 10th Anniversary Show in 2007.
A PASSION FOR SWING
Aside from his own live band, Tony also has a passion for ‘Swing’; Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Jack Jones being just a few of his personal favourites and has performed with some of the greatest jazz orchestras in Europe.
In 2006 Tony released his swing album ‘Passing Strangers. It was a personal project that had been months in the planning and truly reflects his passion for swing. The album features some of his favourite songs and was released to coincide with Tony’s first UK Swing tour, aptly-named ‘Swinging True’.
TV, RADIO AND PUBLISHING
Tony’s talents as an artist extend beyond the stage and in recent years his profile has increased dramatically in the UK. His participation in the UK reality TV show ‘Reborn In The USA’ in 2003, which saw him travelling across The US in a tour bus with eight other British artists, eventually won him the public vote and the overall “crown”.
He also became a successful Radio DJ at Virgin Radio , bringing his own brand of chat and music to the national airwaves every Friday and Saturday night. Tony left Virgin in October 2008 . He is currently a DJ on Absolute 80s every Saturday night.
In May 2004 Macmillan Books released Tony’s autobiography ‘To Cut A Long Story Short’. The book charted Tony’s youth, his early days in the school band, and the heady heights of worldwide super stardom as lead singer of Spandau Ballet.
CHARITABLE WORK
Tony likes to donate time to support charitable causes. As patron and a Vice President of Shooting Star Chase Children’s Hospice Care he has worked and performed at their fund raising events and, alongside his great friend and drummer from Spandau Ballet John Keeble, they won £64,000 on British TV’s cult quiz programme Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Tony also has a major involvement with Action Medical Research, participating in their treks to Machu Picchu, The Lost World (Venezuela) and the Eden Trek, trekking from the Pacific to Caribbean coasts in Costa Rica, resulting in a huge sum of money being raised for the charity’s “Touching Tiny Lives” campaign, looking at research into and help for premature birth. Each autumn, Tony hosts his own celebrity golf day to raise money for this charity.
Tony is patron of the following four charities:
www.shootingstarchase.org.uk/ Shooting Star Shooting Star Chase is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. It costs £9.5 million a year just to maintain their current level of care. Around 10% of that income comes from government funding.
www.lowetrust.com The Lowe Syndrome Trust is a UK Charity formed in June 2000 by parents of a Lowe syndrome child. The charity supports families and initiates and funds medical research into Lowe Syndrome. Lowe Syndrome is a genetic disorder that can occur with no family history, affecting boys and multiple physical and mental handicaps including cataracts in both eyes, muscle weakness (hypotonia or floppy baby syndrome), kidney problems, cysts, brittle bones, arthritis, poor growth, mental impairment with behaviour problems (autistic spectrum disorder) and epilepsy.
www.bibic.org.uk bibic has been transforming the lives of children and their families since 1972. Its mission is to help children aged from six months to 18 years with conditions affecting their social, communication and learning abilities to achieve their potential for a happier and more fulfilled life. bibic works with children and young people who have developmental problems such as Autism, Aspergers, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay, Downs syndrome, Dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, brain injury, and challenging behaviour. bibic is a registered charity that receives no government funding.
www.hda.org.uk The Huntington's Disease Association exists to support people affected by the disease and to provide information and advice to professionals whose task it is to support Huntington's disease families. Huntington's disease, which is often called HD, is an hereditary disorder of the central nervous system. It used to be known as Huntington's Chorea or HC. Huntington's disease usually develops in adulthood and can cause a very wide range of symptoms. The disease affects both men and women.
THE ENTREPENEUR
Aside from his life in the music industry, Tony has other business interests. In 2006 he became a co-owner of the Red Rat Craft Brewery, and became a brewer, with award-winning ales, including Hadley’s Golden Ale, Hadley’s Crazy Dog Stout, Hadley’s Gold and Hadley’s SB. Sadly this business closed and in 2013, Tony teamed up with the The Great Yorkshire Brewery www.thegreatyorkshirebrewery.co.uk/ and launched a new golden lager which is available in cask and bottled form.
He is also involved in the set up of a new satellite TV channel, featuring programmes on music, beer and sport with a light-hearted emphasis.
THE FAMILY LIFE
As father of five children, Tony likes to keep fit and keep up with the kids!! He regularly runs and exercises. He loves his annual ski holiday and savours scuba and water skiing in the summer. One of his biggest passions is football – he’s a regular at Arsenal matches – and sometimes plays for Arsenal ex-Professional and Celebrity XI team. His speciality is the “own goal”!
SPANDAU BALLET REFORMATION
2009 saw the reformation of Spandau Ballet with all the original members. With UK Arena Show dates in the Autumn of 2009 and European, Australian, New Zealand and South African dates in the Spring of 2010, the tour celebrated the band’s greatest hits and lead singer Tony once again captured audiences with his distinct style and powerful voice.
ORCHESTRA TOUR
In the Autumn of 2014, Tony toured across the UK, singing songs from the forthcoming new album, songs he loves and Spandau Ballet's back catalogue accompanied by his pop/rock band and The Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra.
SOUL BOYS OF THE WESTERN WORLD TOUR
Following the release of the documentary film Soul Boys of the Western World in September 2014, Spandau Ballet are on the road again in 2015 playing in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Germany, Spain, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and Singapore.
WHAT'S NEXT
Tony has been back in the studio working on tracks for his new solo album due for release in 2016. He regularly takes part in music festivals around the world.
* white chiffon blouse from Ratchada night market
* floral chiffon scarf from Chatuchak market (for 4 years ogo)
* short denim from thrift market
* green stripes bag '5cm'
公婆沙丘is a famouse vocation place of Vietnan,after a rain day, then the secand day morning , the weather became very good , all the sky and cloud was so color
and changeable, and the local people walking inside that made the pictures more wonderful
[FR] Le EnjR HARPY est un avion d'un nouveau genre. Cet avion de chasse n'a pas pour vocation la domination aérienne et n'est pas fait pour concurrencer les 5th gen ( F-22, T-50 PAK-FA, J-20) ni même les 4++ (Rafale, Typhoon, F-35 ou JAS 39 Gripen). Cet avion répond à un besoin spécifique qui n'aurait jamais pu être celui d'acteurs militaires publics tels que les états.
Le HARPY est un hybride entre l'avion de chasse et la navette spatiale. Ce jet effectue des allers retours entre sa base, à terre, et l'orbite terrestre basse. Ces trajets permettent de placer et frapper depuis l'espace, n'importe où sur Terre.
[EN] The EnjR HARPY is an aircraft of a new kind. This fighter is not intended air superiority and is not meant to compete with the 5th gen (F-22, T-50 PAK-FA, J-20) or even 4++ (Rafale, Typhoon , F-35 or JAS 39 Gripen). This aircraft meets a specific need that could never be that public military actors such as states.
The HARPY is a hybrid between the fighter and the space shuttle. This jet carried back and forth between its base on the ground and the low Earth orbit. These trips allow you to place and strike from space, anywhere on Earth.
"“Lord Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd of our souls, you who know your sheep and know how to reach the human heart: Stir the hearts of those young people who would follow you but who cannot overcome doubts and fears. You who are the Word of the Father, the Word which enlightens and sustains hearts, conquer with your Spirit the resistance and delays of indecisive hearts. Arouse in those whom you call the courage of Love’s answer: “Here I am, send me”."
– Prayer for Vocations inspired by the writings of Pope Blessed John Paul II.
Today, the 4th Sunday of Easter, is Vocations Sunday. My sermon for today can be read here.
This prayer was used in the prayer card produced by the National Vocations Office of England & Wales
PictionID:47132824 - Catalog:17.S_001731 - Title:Lockheed U-2R 66-10338 McClellan AFB May85 [Peter B. Lewis via RJF] - Filename:17.S_001731.tif - -----Image from the René Francillon Photo Archive. Having had his interest in aviation sparked by being at the receiving end of B-24s bombing occupied France when he was 7-yr old, René Francillon turned aviation into both his vocation and avocation. Most of his professional career was in the United States, working for major aircraft manufacturers and airport planning/design companies. All along, he kept developing a second career as an aviation historian, an activity that led him to author more than 50 books and 400 articles published in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere. Far from “hanging on his spurs,” he plans to remain active as an author well into his eighties.-------PLEASE TAG this image with any information you know about it, so that we can permanently store this data with the original image file in our Digital Asset Management System.--------------SOURCE INSTITUTION: if you would like a hi-res copy San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
Praise God! I am glad informing you that May 16, 2009, a concerned Foundation paid my whole year tuition and board & lodging in seminary. Then yesterday (May 18, 2009), I was officially enrolled. June 12 after lunch will be the arrival of all new and old seminarians in Blessed John XXIII seminary. Please include me in your supplication that I may faithful throughout my journey until I reach the summit of my vocation.
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Reflections 3rd year project, 2007
I am using a mind mapping technique to gather my thoughts and make connnections about my own vocation to write my paper.
Ushaw College (formally St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw), is a former Catholic seminary near the village of Ushaw Moor, County Durham, England, which is now a heritage and cultural tourist attraction. The college is known for its Georgian and Victorian Gothic architecture and listed nineteenth-century chapels. The college now hosts a programme of art exhibitions, music and theatre events, alongside tearooms and a café.
It was founded in 1808 by scholars from the English College, Douai, who had fled France after the French Revolution. Ushaw College was affiliated with Durham University from 1968 and was the principal Roman Catholic seminary for the training of Catholic priests in the north of England.
In 2011, the seminary closed, due to the shortage of vocations. It reopened as a visitor attraction, marketed as Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens in late 2014 and, as of 2019, receives around 50,000 visitors a year. The County Durham Music Service and Durham University Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring are based at the college and buildings at the college are also used by Durham University Business School.
The English College, Douai was founded in 1568 but was forced to leave France in 1795 following the French Revolution. Part of the college settled temporarily at Crook Hall near Lanchester, northwest of Durham. In 1804 Bishop William Gibson began to build at Ushaw Moor, four miles west of Durham. These buildings, designed by James Taylor, were opened as St Cuthbert's College in 1808. There was a steady expansion during the nineteenth century with new buildings put up to cater for the expanding number of clerical and secular students. In 1847, the newly built chapel, designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was opened. This was followed by the Big Library and Exhibition Hall designed by Joseph Hansom, 1849–1851. The Junior House, designed by Peter Paul Pugin, was added in 1859. St Cuthbert's Chapel, designed by Dunn and Hansom, was opened in 1884, replacing AWN Pugin's 1847 chapel which the seminary had outgrown. The Refectory was designed and built by E. W. Pugin. The final development came in the early 1960s with the opening of a new East wing, providing additional classrooms and single bedrooms for 75 students. The main college buildings are Grade II listed, the College Chapel is Grade II* and the Chapel of St Michael is Grade I.
Although independent, Ushaw College had a close working relationship with Durham University. The college became a Licensed Hall of Residence of the University of Durham in 1968. It was independent of the university but offered courses validated by the university, and both Church and lay students studied at the college. The Junior House closed in 1972, its younger students being transferred to St Joseph's College, Up Holland in Lancashire.
In 2002, the college rejected a report from the Roman Catholic hierarchy that it should merge with St Mary's College, Oscott, near Birmingham. However, in October 2010 it was announced that the college would close in 2011 due to the shortage of vocations in the Roman Catholic Church, and that the site might be sold. Following a detailed feasibility study by the college's Trustees and Durham University, and with support from Durham County Council and English Heritage, it was announced in January 2012 that Durham Business School would temporarily relocate to the college during rebuilding of the school's buildings in Durham. This was seen as the first step in a long-term education-based vision for the site.
The university also agreed to catalogue and archive the Ushaw library and inventory the other collections to ensure their preservation and specialist conservation, with a view to creating a proposed Ushaw Centre for Catholic Scholarship and Heritage. In March 2019, an uncatalogued early charter of King John was found in the library manuscript collection.
In 2017, Durham University announced plans to develop an international residential research library at Ushaw College, with the aim of attracting scholars from around the world to work on the collections of Ushaw, Durham University and Durham Cathedral. The university has also confirmed that it has extended the agreement to lease the east wing of the college (used by the Business School) to 2027. The college is also used for numerous musical events and for the Ushaw Lecture Series, organised by the university's Centre for Catholic Studies.
In 2018, Durham University's Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring (CEM) moved into the east wing of the college, previously used by the Business School.
The college armorial bearings are "Per pale dexter Argent a Cross Gules on a Canton Azure a Cross of St Cuthbert proper sinister impaling Allen Argent three Rabbits couchant in pale Sable."
Various emblems on shield represent the college's history and foundation, for example:-
Three coneys are from the family coat of arms of William Allen, the founder of English College, Douai. See Three hares.
The small cross of St Cuthbert represents the college's patron saint (it is modelled on St Cuthbert's own pectoral cross, which is kept in the Treasury at Durham Cathedral).
The large cross of St George honours the English Roman Catholic Martyrs.
Alumni
Clergy
Nicholas Cardinal Wiseman – first Archbishop of Westminster
Francis Cardinal Bourne – Archbishop of Westminster
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley – Archbishop of Westminster
William Cardinal Godfrey – Archbishop of Westminster
John Carmel Cardinal Heenan – Archbishop of Westminster
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta – Cardinal Secretary of State
Charles Petre Eyre – Archbishop of Glasgow.
Louis Charles Casartelli – 4th Bishop of Salford
Hugh Lindsay – 10th Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
James Chadwick – 2nd Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
Alexander Goss – Bishop of Liverpool
Thomas Grant – Bishop of Southwark
Mark Davies, Bishop of Shrewsbury
John Lingard – author of The History Of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII
Bernard Łubieński - Redemptorist missionary priest
John Furniss – English Roman Catholic priest, known for his mission to children
James Nugent – Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Liverpool
Nicholas Rigby – English Roman Catholic priest and author of The Real Doctrine of the Church on Scripture
Constantine Scollen – Irish Roman Catholic missionary priest and outstanding linguist in Canada in the mid- to late 19th century and author of Thirty Years among the Indians of the Northwest
Paul Swarbrick - Bishop of Lancaster
Philip Moger - Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark
Lay
George Goldie – nineteenth-century ecclesiastical architect
Edward Goldie – nineteenth- and twentieth-century ecclesiastical architect
Alexander Martin Sullivan – Irish lawyer and defence counsel in the trial of Roger Casement
Charles Napier Hemy – artist and Royal Academician
Francis Thompson – English poet
Joseph Gillow – author of Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Roman Catholics
William Shee – first Roman Catholic to sit as a judge in England and Wales since the Reformation
Francis Joseph Sloane (aka Francesco Giuseppe Sloane) - born 1794, died October 23, 1871, tutor at Ushaw and lifelong friend of Nicolas (later Cardinal) Wiseman, responsible for reviving the Montecatini Val di Cecina copper mine, which was the largest in Europe
Paul Goggins – Labour Member of Parliament for Wythenshawe and Sale East and junior minister in the Northern Ireland Office.
Joseph Scott – attorney in Los Angeles, founder of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, vice-president of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)
A.J. Hartley bestselling novelist and Shakespeare scholar
Lafcadio Hearn (also known as Koizumi Yakumo) – author, best known for his books about Japan
Francis Petre - prominent New Zealand-born architect designed the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch
Peter Paul Pugin – English architect
James Joseph Foy – Ontario Attorney General and political figure
Myles William Patrick O'Reilly – Roman Catholic soldier and politician
Archibald Matthias Dunn – Roman Catholic ecclesiastical architect
Joe Tasker - Himalayan climber
Charles Bruzon – Gibraltarian government minister and curate
List of presidents
1794–1810 Thomas Eyre
1811–1828 John Gillow
1828–1833 Thomas Youens
1833–1836 John Briggs
1836–1837 Thomas Youens
1837–1863 Charles Newsham
1863–1876 Robert Tate
1876–1877 Francis Wilkinson
1877–1878 James Chadwick
1878–1885 William Wrennall
1885–1886 William Dunderdale
1886–1890 James Lennon
1890–1909 Thomas Wilkinson
1909–1910 Joseph Corbishley
1910–1934 William Brown
1934–1950 Charles Corbishley
1950–1967 Paul Grant
1967–1977 Philip Loftus
1977–1984 Peter Cookson
1984–1991 Peter Walton
1991–1997 Richard Atherton
1997–2003 James O’Keefe
2003–2008 Terence Drainey
2008–2011 John Marsland