EWTN to Feature History of Catholicism in England: Week of Sept. 27

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[Pyro7480]

EWTN GALLERY: SEPTEMBER 27 ~ OCTOBER 1 THEME: CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND

EWTN GALLERY
THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND: THE DOWRY OF MARY: PT. 1 (30:00) NEW

Monday September 27, 2004 4:30 AM
Monday September 27, 2004 6:30 PM

EWTN GALLERY
THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND: THE DOWRY OF MARY: PT. 2 (30:00) NEW

Tuesday September 28, 2004 4:30 AM
Tuesday September 28, 2004 6:30 PM

EWTN GALLERY
THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLAND: THE DOWRY OF MARY: PT. 3 (30:00) NEW

Wednesday September 29, 2004 4:30 AM
Wednesday September 29, 2004 6:30 PM

EWTN GALLERY
TYBURN TREE (30:00)

Author and broadcaster Joanna Bogle visits Tyburn Convent, and, with Mother Simeon, goes on a guided tour of the Crypt Chapel where are kept the relics of many of the martyrs who were hung, drawn, and quartered at the gallows of Tyburn during the long period of persecution of Catholics in England.

Thursday September 30, 2004 4:30 AM
Thursday September 30, 2004 6:30 PM

EWTN GALLERY
TRANQUIL WORK: CARDINAL NEWMAN & THE BIRMINGHAM ORATORY (30:00)

Come with us as we take a tour of the Birmingham Oratory, located in Birmingham, England. Based on a type of religious community founded by St. Philip Neri, John Henry Cardinal Newman established the Birmingham Oratory, erecting several buildings in the process. It was as a member of the Oratory that he wrote his famous Apologia pro Vita Sua, in which he defended his conversion to the Catholic Faith. The series also shows the Birmingham Oratory Church, erected as a memorial after the Cardinal's death.

Friday October 1, 2004 4:30 AM
Friday October 1, 2004 6:30 PM

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The origin of the term "Our Lady's Dowry" as another name for England may come from as far back as the time of King-Saint Edward the Confessor, who was king right before the Norman conquest. However, the term's origin may have come as late as the reign of King Richard II, who was shown offering the orb of England to the Blessed Virgin Mary in a lost altarpiece that was once in Rome. The inscription with the altarpiece read, "This is your dowry, O holy Virgin, wherefore O Mary, may your rule over it." In the famous Wilton Diptych, which is housed in the National Gallery in London, King Richard II is shown with two of his predecessors, King Edmund (an Anglo-Saxon king who was martyred for his faith in 869) and St. Edward the Confessor, along with his patron saint, John the Baptist.

Wilton Diptych

Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us!
St. Alban, pray for us!
St. Augustine of Canterbury, pray for us!
St. Bede the Venerable, pray for us!
St. Edmund of East Anglia, pray for us!
St. Edward the Confessor, pray for us!
St. Thomas a Becket, pray for us!
St. Thomas More, pray for us!
St. John Fisher, pray for us!
Holy Martyrs of England, pray for us!

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[Tantumergo]

"Author and broadcaster Joanna Bogle visits Tyburn Convent"

Oh boy are you all in for a treat. The blessed Joanna herself!

(Please tell me you don't know her already)

[Pyro7480]

To tell you the truth, I don't! Does she hold questionable theological views?

[Tantumergo]

"Does she hold questionable theological views?"

Not really - she's quite conservative in a very jolly hockey-sticks sort of way.

Have you ever seen any of the old Ealing Studios St. Trinian's comedies? - if you have you might recognise her!

[Pyro7480]

Thanks! After all these years, I didn't realize you are in the UK until I saw how you spelled "recognise."

[Pyro7480]

If you want to watch these programs, you can watch it live off their website (you'll just have to take into account time difference - 6:30 pm EDT is 11:30 pm your time, possibly past your "bedtime.")

[Lilllabettt]

Goody! Mrs. Catholicism: The Heart of History! They couldn't have gotten anyone better. Maybe Mr. Catholicism: The Heart of History will make an appearance? Oh, Its going to be a blast!

[Pyro7480]

Am I the only one who hasn't heard of her? ;-)

[Lilllabettt]

Aw, nah. My fellow wierdos who plan their lives around the EWTN programming schedule will recognize her name, though. :)

[Tantumergo]

"Goody! Mrs. Catholicism: The Heart of History!"

Just as long as you remember that she is most definitely NOT a stereotype of the average English Catholic woman!

Don't expect anyone else to get a word in edgeways!

Who's "Mr Catholicism"? Are you referring to Jamie Bogle?

[Lilllabettt]

I am indeed. He of drooping spectacles fame.

[Wessex]

"Not really - she's quite conservative in a very jolly hockey-sticks sort of way."

Conservative but not Traditional. I fear she may be Adoremus or worse .....

[Tantumergo]

"Conservative but not Traditional."

Correct - I'm sure she's the kind of Catholic who Rod Pead had in mind when he coined the phrase "Pollyanna Catholics."

Interestingly though, her husband is of a decidedly more Traditional bent.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Hey I am writing my Senior Honors Thesis on this stuff. Maybe I should tune in and see what I learn.

[Maeve]

St. Margaret Clitherow, pray for us.
St. Edmund Campion, pray for us. St. Robert Southwell, pray for us. St. Philip Howard, pray for us.
St. Richard Gwyn, pray for us.
St. Anne Line, pray for us.
St. Swithun Wells, pray for us.
St. Margaret Ward, pray for us.

[no more apples]

Thanks for the "heads-up".

[Pyro7480]

I saw the first episode of the new EWTN series last night. The Bogles were the hosts! They gave an interesting presentation.

[Pyro7480]

Joanna Bogle wrote for Adoremus. You can read her article here.