Picture Study & Liturgical Living Synchronization – October

1 October – Saint Remigius

9C Ivory with scenes from the life of Saint Remigius

16C Baptism of Clovis by the Master of Saint Giles

2 October – Holy Guardian Angel

16C Deliverance of Saint Peter by Raphael

4 October – Saint Francis of Assisi

14C: Any scene from the Life of Saint Francis cycle painted by Giotto in the Upper Church at San Francesco in Assisi or any one of the three scenes painted by the Master of Cecilia, also in the Upper Church

15C: Any scene from the Life of Saint Francis cycle painted by Benozzo Gozzoli in the church of San Francesco in Montefalco

See also September for scenes of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata.

5 October – Saint Placidus

14C Miraculous Rescue of Placidus from Drowning in the sacristy of San Miniato al Monte by Spinello Aretino

7 October – Battle of Lepanto

The Battle of Lepanto by Paolo Veronese

“Lepanto” by G. K. Chesterton (recitation)

Our Lady’s Feasts by Sister Mary Jean Dorcy.

7 October – Saint Bridget of Sweden

14C Revelations of St Bridget of Sweden, folio 343 in same MS and each decorated initial

Stories of the Saints Fifth Series by Mary Seymour.

15 October – Saint Teresa of Ávila

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Bernini in the Corona Chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome – Wikipedia Entry, Smarthistory.

Stories of the Saints for Children [First Series] by Mary Seymour.

17 October – Saint Hedwig

The Hedwig Codex

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

18 October – Saint Luke

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin Mary by Jan Gossaert – Smarthistory

Stories of the Saints Third Series by Mary Seymour.

21 October – Saint Ursula

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula by Caravaggio

In God’s Garden: Stories of the Saints for Little Children by Amy Steedman.

27 October – The Vision of Constantine

Vision of Constantine by Piero della Francesca in San Francesco in Arezzo

Anecdotes and Incidents: Ecclesiastical and Religious

US Geography – Pennsylvania

If you have access to Hoopla through your public library, you may watch this hour-long public television documentary on Pennsylvania from Discoveries … America.

Enjoy this vintage illustrated map of Pennsylvania (1946) by Jacques Liozu.

Poems about Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), the beginning verses of A Pennsylvania Pilgrim

Crossing the Alleghanies by John Kirke Paulding (1779–1860)

The Brandywine by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834)

To the Brandywine by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)

The Hive at Gettysburg by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

Lincoln at Gettysburg by Bayard Taylor (1825–1878)

John Burns of Gettysburg by Bret Harte (1836–1902)

The Lehigh by Augusta Moore

The Perkiomen by Isaac R. Pennypacker (1852–1935)

Philadelphia by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

The Meschianza by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)

Battle of the Kegs by Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791)

The Little Black-Eyed Rebel by William Carleton (1845–1912)

Pewter Platter Alley by Philip Freneau (1752–1832)

Laurel Hill by Sallie Bridges

The Burial-Place at Laurel Hill by Willis Gaylord Clark (1808–1841)

Chalkley Hall by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

The Centennial, July 4, 1876 by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1838–1916)

Pittsburg by James Kibble Paulding (1779–1860)

The Old Church by Isaac R. Pennypacker (1852–1935)

Valley Forge by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)

Lake Wyalusing by William Henry Cuyler Hosmer (1814–1877)

Wyoming by Thomas Campbell (1777–1844)

Wyoming by Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)

The Wyeth Family – Pennsylvania Artists

N. C. Wyeth was the student of Howard Pyle (see US Geography – Delaware). Andrew Wyeth was the son of N. C. Wyeth.

Collection of art by N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and other members of the Wyeth family at the Brandeywine River Museum in Chadd’s Ford – An online catalogue raisonné of N. C. Wyeth’s work – An interview with Andrew Wyeth

Videos

Visit Hershey & Harrisburg’s Video – The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building

Visit Pittsburgh’s Video – Only in Pittsburgh Playlist

The Elle Living Youtube Channel features many great videos about Lancaster County, where many Amish live, including A Private Tour of an Amish Farm.

Catholic Philadelphia

SPQN’s Video – The Philadelphia Nativist Riots of 1844 – American Catholic History

PhillyVisions’s Video – The Catholic Shrines of Philadelphia

CatholicPhilly’s Video – Philadelphia Cathedral Basilica Video Tour

Urban Trinity: The Story of Catholic Philadelphia’s Video Series – The Faithful Traveler

Le tour de la France par deux enfants, chs. I to XI – Lorraine, part I

Google Map (in progress)

Joseph-Porphyre Pinchon’s 1929 illustrated map of Lorraine

Introductory Notes: Last year we read Le Tour de France de Camille et Paul, which was great, but a little challenging, so we are now reading the book that originated this particularly French genre of children traveling around France, Le Tour de la France par deux enfants. There are three abridged versions for French language learners available in the public domain, but only one does not abridge expressions of Catholic faith, that edited by C. Fontaine (see the 1904 French edition for comparison). There is, however, freely available, an audio recording of the French edition, which may make the French edition worth the extra time and effort.

Chapters I to V – André et Julien begin in the province of the Lorraine, in the département of the Moselle, in the in the town of Phalsbourg. The Moselle TV Youtube Channel has a thirty-minute show, Rendez-vous au pays de Phalsbourg.

Joseph-Porphyre Pinchon’s 1929 illustrated map of Lorraine – Phalsbourg is close to the Alsace border, east of the town of Sarrebourg, which is on Pinchon’s map, in the département of the Moselle, in today’s région of the Grand-Est, but from 1871 until 1919 in German hands. Of the Porte de France, through which the boys pass, I assume that its fate is the same as that of the fortifications –

The famous French military engineer Vauban reconstructed the town’s fortifications in 1680. The town was of military importance as commanding one of the passes of the Vosges. The fortifications of Phalsbourg resisted the Allies in 1814 and 1815, and the Germans for four months under the commander Taillant in 1870, but they were taken on 12 December of that year, and have since been razed. The town was German again from 1871 to 1918, under its old name of Pfalzburg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalsbourg

You can find the Porte de France on this ca. 1695 Plan of the Fortifications of Phalsbourg.

The Moselle River (source in the Vosges mountains, tributary of the Rhine) gives its name to the département, and the main city in the Moselle is Metz. On the Pinchon map, you can see the triumphal return of the French into Metz in 1918. The Moselle TV Youtube Channel again comes through with high quality videos about Metz – Exploration Urbaine à Metz and Metz, d’un siècle à l’autre, among several.

Chapters VI to XI – The boys cross the Vosges Mountains. France 24’s Video has a video, À la découverte du massif des Vosges. See also Le Massif des Vosges from Échappées belles

Other Moselle locations on Pinchon’s Map

Sarreguemines – France 3 Grande Est’s video – La faïencerie de Sarreguemines

Thionville – Midi en France’s video – Thionville, une cité riche de son histoire

And two videos on the Lorraine more generally – Lorraine, région de cœur and Lorraine, du grand spectacle, both from Echappées belles.

Catholic Metz

Saint Livier de Marsal