Vespers at the London Charterhouse
Today, 4 May 2007, the clergy and choristers of Westminster Cathedral celebrated Vespers at the London Charterhouse. This was the first public Catholic ceremony held there since the Reformation. To...
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Saint John Houghton
Roman Calendar : October 25 Carthusian Calendar : May 4 Protomartyr of the English Reformation Born in Essex, England, in 1487; died at Tyburn on May 4, 1535; beatified in 1886; canonized by Paul VI...
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Carthusian Calendar: August 5 We commemorate several other Carthusians killed because of their loyalty to the faith and the Church: * other Carthusians, victems of the French Revolution, not yet...
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Dom Claude Beguignot and Dom Lazarus Tiersot Carthusian Calendar : August 5 On October 1, 1995, Pope John Paul II beatifed Blessed Claude and Blessed Lazarus. They refused to take the revolutionary...
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Blessed William of Fenogilo
Roman Calendar : December 19 Carthusian Calendar : December 16 William was a Carthusian lay-brother at the Charterhouse of Casularum in Lombardy. According to legend he is said to have torn off the...
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Blessed Carthusian Martyrs – England
Martyrs of England Roman Calendar : May 4 Carthusian Calendar : May 4 The Carthusian Martyrs of the English Reformation suffered martyrdom between 1535-1540 during the reign of King Henry VIII. In all,...
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Saint Robert Lawrence
Roman Calendar : October 25 Carthusian Calendar : May 4 Died at Tyburn on May 4, 1535; beatified in 1886; canonized by Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Saint Robert...
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Roman Calendar : October 25 Carthusian Calendar : May 4 Died May 4, 1535; canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. After studying at Cambridge, Father...
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Martyrs of England
This plaque, near where the high altar of the monastic Church used to stand, records the names of the martyrs. On 4 May 2007 the clergy and choristers of Westminster Cathedral celebrated Vespers at the...
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We commemorate several other Carthusians killed because of their loyalty to the faith and the Church: * other Carthusians, victems of the French Revolution, not yet beatified * the Carthusians of...
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