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Today the Roman Martyrology commemorates St convert from Judaism and a professed Priest of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel Born in 1145 at Jerusalem and died by being stabbed to death in 1220 at Licata Caterina Cittadini is also commemorated today She was an Italian Roman Catholic religious from Bergamo who established the Ursuline Sisters of Saint Jerome Emiliani The order was dedicated to the education of girls in Bergamo and in the surrounding areas and has since expanded outside of the Italian nation leaving you an example that you should follow His steps" (Epistle) The Christian slave might complain that his membership in the Church had not alleviated the harsh conditions of his life Peter points to the example of Christ who was in all things to be the model of the Christian neither was guile found in His mouth," but nevertheless he was subjected to persecution and injustice But the Christian is expected to be a follower of Christ but delivered Himself to him that judged Him unjustly." If then Christians feel that they have not achieved the liberty and the equality they long for they are to remember that Christ had come not to right all the wrongs and injustices in the world but to give an "example that you should follow His steps." Men often complain against God when they suffer what they consider undeserved misfortunes They think that God ought to interfere and punish injustice and wickedness here and now They are like the apostles James and John; they want to call down fire from heaven and destroy those who appear to them to act improperly Christ made it clear that all injustice will be rectified eventually but that for the present He wishes to allow the cockle to grow among the wheat When the proper time comes God will deal with injustice in His own way But it is not only the slave who is to be subject to authority and to recognize that mistreatment patiently borne is a service acceptable to God and meritorious for man Obedience to legitimate authority does not depend on the worthiness of the official exercising authority Christ Himself had commanded His disciples to obey the officials of the Jewish Church even though they might not be personally worthy of the office they held He was obedient first of all to His parents "He went down with them and came to Nazareth He observed the ritual and the laws of the Jewish Church He obeyed the laws of the Roman authorities and paid the tribute they demanded He set off on a Genoese ship on 1 April 1219 and stopped first in Messina before heading off to Civitavecchia before he ended up in Rome to meet with the pope The friar preached in the Basilica of Saint John Lateran while in Rome where he met both Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Dominic He foretold that Francis would receive the stigmata while Francis foretold his premature death.st angelus of jerusalem snip From there he was a guest of the Basilians in Palermo where he was for about a month before preaching in Agrigento for over a month before settling in Licata He had healed seven lepers and the ailing Archbishop of Palermo Bernardo de Castanea while in Palermo He settled on the Sicilian island though his fame as a wonderworker caused crowds to flock to him He also had success in converting some Jews though most Jews in Palermo came to despise him for this since he himself was once Jewish He wanted to convert a Knight named Berenger Catholic tradition states that Berenger was living in incest and that Angelo convinced the knight’s companion to leave him Berenger became enraged and arranged to have him attacked and murdered in front of the Church of Saints Filippo and Giacomo in Licata He didn’t die from the attack until four days after the attack and during that time he prayed for his assassin and asked the civil authorities to pardon him setting an example for all those that he preached to He was buried at Saints Filippo and Giacomo Church His sepulchre at Licata quickly became a site of Pilgrimage Symbols and Representation: Carmelite with a knife in his head; Carmelite with a sword in his breast and three crowns; Carmelite with an angel bringing him three crowns; Carmelite with lilies and roses falling from his mouth The sisters left the orphanage in 1823 to live with their cousins Giovanni and Antonio Cittadini Caterina became a teacher at a girl‘s public school in Somasca in 1824 The sisters felt a call to the religious life; their spiritual director recommended that they should stay in Somasca and become the basis of a new congregation In 1826 the sisters rented a house in Somasca and in October opened a boarding school for girls and instituted the oratory style of education for her girls The sisters established another “Cittadini” private school in 1832 Giuditta directed these new school until her sudden death in 1840 followed quickly by her spiritual director from the orphanage The rapid succession of tragedy ruined Caterina’s health but was cured through the intercession of Saint Jerome Emilani Caterina quit her public teaching position in 1845 to manage the schools and guide the three companions who help her To help organize the work and lives of her companions she wrote the beginnings of a new rule similar to that of religious orders In 1850 she obtained permission to build a private oratory to keep the Blessed Sacrament at her boarding school In 1851 she applied for approval of her new religious family and told her to write the rules of the new order; her first attempt based on the Constitution of the Ursulines of Milano was rejected A second attempt was accepted on 17 September 1854 under the title Orsoline Gerolimiane (Ursuline Sisters of Somasca) the bishop of Bergamo gave his approval; the order achieved papal recognition on 8 July 1927 and to care for the abandoned; today they work in Italy Sign in Join now, it's FREE! SAINT-JÉRÔME — Lion Electric will very likely be liquidated following the Quebec government's refusal to invest more public funds in the company says the court-appointed monitor for the electric-vehicle maker said in a Superior Court hearing on Monday that government aid would have been a condition of any sale of the struggling company it's unlikely any buyer will step forward with a plan to relaunch the St-Jérôme which sought protection from its creditors in December "The likelihood of a liquidation of assets is very high," he said Nadon said the government's recent announcement that it would not inject any more public money into Lion Electric was a "shock wave" for the company News reports last week said a group of buyers was seeking $24 million from the province to relaunch the electric-vehicle maker Nadon said there was "no indication" before the government's decision that the buyers would be unable to secure that funding But Quebec Economy Minister Christine Fréchette announced Wednesday evening in a statement on social media that it would be irresponsible to offer Lion more public money She later told reporters she "would have expected the private sector to be more involved." Premier François Legault invoked the return of U.S President Donald Trump when asked about Lion Electric last week He suggested Quebec may need to relax its targets for electrifying transportation Quebec has already invested heavily in Lion Electric and Legault said the province stands to lose about $140 million on the company Nadon said he believes the government made its decision because of the "socio-political situation" with the U.S. which he said "limits the expansion of Lion's business plan" and created "extremely significant risks" for the company's outlook Deloitte began contacting liquidators and auctioneers who had previously been interested in selling off Lion Electric's assets They were asked to submit offers over the weekend and Nadon said he hopes to have a deal to present to the court next Monday Nadon said Lion laid off all but 12 of its employees after the government announced its decision last week He said the company is still able to pay its remaining staff but it was unable to pay rent for all of its locations on May 1 Lion Electric manufactured electric school buses and trucks and currently has about 1,175 school buses on the road in Quebec But the company went through several rounds of layoffs last year and shut down production at a plant in Illinois before entering creditor protection in December A proposed class-action lawsuit filed by Lion Electric shareholders against the company's directors and officers which claims they misled investors and misrepresented the company's financial health This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 5 Check out Village Report - the news that matters most to Canada, updated throughout the day.  Or, subscribe to Village Report's free daily newsletter: a compilation of the news you need to know Subscribe Please register to access this FREE content No wonder Pope Francis released a letter on Scripture Sept to mark the 1,600 anniversary of the death of St Jerome is perhaps the biggest saint-maker in the history of the Church gave us the foundation of our spiritual life Jerome even saw his role as mediating Jesus Christ’s life to the world “I will imitate the head of a household who brings out of his storehouse things both new and old,” he said His efforts are at the heart of the life of every saint who followed him — and a great example of that is St Jerome’s most famous saying describes the deep effect he had on the world “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ,” summing up a central paradox of Christianity that one of the primary ways we meet Jesus Christ Jerome spent his life creating a version of that book the Church has relied on ever since: the Latin translation from original sources that we know as the Vulgate This is what Pope Francis’s new letter sees as the crowning achievement of St “With the celebration of this anniversary of the death of Saint Jerome our gaze turns to the extraordinary missionary vitality expressed by the fact that the word of God has been translated into more than three thousand languages,” he wrote Elizabeth Bayley Seton’s life is a testimony to how the person of Jesus can be met in the pages of a book Early in her life as a married Protestant woman she describes reading the Old Testament “as far as Ezekiel” and reading passages of Isaiah to her sick husband “which he enjoyed so much that he was carried for a while beyond his troubles.” What she was reading was the King James Version of the Bible which is an English translation of Jerome’s Vulgate “William says he feels like a person brought to the Light after many years of darkness when he heard the Scriptures,” she said and there she and her husband found Jesus Christ Jerome also said: “The measure of our advancement in the spiritual life should be taken from the progress we make in the virtue of mortification.” Jerome helped define was the idea that to lose is to gain You can see that in his own biography and in the biographies of many other saints Jerome was born north of Rome around 340 to a wealthy Christian family But then a conversion experience drove him to join a hermit community and renounce his worldly possessions Elizabeth Ann Seton followed the same trajectory and then going from married Wall Street life in New York to convent life in Baltimore as a widow “It should be held as certain that the greater violence we shall do ourselves in mortification the greater advance we shall make in perfection.” Jerome said: “Today we must translate the precepts of the Scriptures into deeds,” he wrote He wrote this after series of natural disasters flooded his area with refugees He left aside the intellectual work that would have worldwide influence for millennia and helped individual poor people instead Elizabeth Ann was also a Christian with a rich intellectual life but (even before she became Catholic) she set that aside to help refugees In 1797 she gathered with other women at the home of Mrs They formed the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children That makes her a leader of America’s first charitable society founded and run by women In a 1798 letter Isabella Graham described the work of the society “The success has been beyond our most sanguine expectations We have now a hundred and ninety subscribers,” she wrote “The poor increase fast: emigrants from all quarters flock to us and when they come they must not be allowed to die for want.” The society served 800 individuals in their almshouses Jerome also once sagely pointed out the paradox of mentors: “The vices of our teachers are not to be imitated To understand Saint Jerome’s personality fully we need to unite two dimensions that characterized his life as a believer: on the one hand an absolute and austere consecration to God renouncing all human satisfaction for love of Christ crucified (cf aimed purely at an ever deeper understanding of the Christian mystery In his letter Pope Francis said the crucifix and the library were central to St “To understand Saint Jerome’s personality fully renouncing all human satisfaction for love of Christ crucified aimed purely at an ever deeper understanding of the Christian mystery,” he wrote Elizabeth took the best of her Protestant tradition and She said that the Episcopalian church led her to the Catholic Church “[I]f Faith is so important to our Salvation I will seek it where true faith first beg[a]n seek it among those who received it from God himself the controversies on it I am quite incapable of deciding and as the strictest Protestant allows Salvation to a good Catholic Yet later she remembered how difficult it was for her to embrace belief in the Blessed Sacrament because of her Protestant teachers “I was in the church many times before I dared look at the Sacred Host at the elevation so daunted by their cry of idolatry,” she said Now she wanted to share what she had received “I can tell you the impossibility for a poor Protestant to see [the Real Presence] without being led step by step and the Veil lifted little by little,” she wrote Jerome a living and tender love for Sacred Scripture grant that your people may be ever more fruitfully nourished by your Word and find in it the fount of life.” We can all learn from this paradox of Christianity: The more you get to know Jesus in his Scriptures Subscribe below to receive weekly emails The opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the college Copyright © 2025 Benedictine College Site Archive the Chapter opened during which the ancient Province of St dependent on the Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Zagreb At the beginning of the morning the President of the Chapter opened the meeting Konrad Grzegorz Cholewa were present; after the formalities the Decree of Constitution of the new Entity was read.Then how to revitalize the life and mission of the Friars Minor in this vast territory the capitular assembly proceeded to the church where the Decree appointing the Custos Br Then they took their oath according to the prescribed rite A solemn Eucharistic celebration allowed everyone to thank the Lord for His gifts and to invoke His Spirit upon the journey of the newly established Custody of St Jerome.All the friars prayed in suffrage for Pope Francis the Minister General met with the Provincial Minister and the Definitory of the Province of Zagreb together with the Custos and Council of the Custody of St We entrust to the Lord the journey of this new reality of the Order that it may bear fruits of renewal and evangelical vitality in the Franciscan witness in Croatia Art Basel Miami Beach is the first major US fair to open since Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke The Art Newspaper’s editor, Americas, Ben Sutton, and our art market editor, Kabir Jhala, are in Florida and report on the sales and the mood on the first VIP day at Art Basel Miami Beach On 8 December, the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris will reopen, more than five years after the fire that partly destroyed it. Ben Luke talks to one of the architects responsible for its rise from the ashes, Pascal Prunet. The southern rose of Notre-Dame cathedral, a 13th-century masterpiece, is revealed after its restoration Photo: David Bordes; © Rebatir Notre-Dame de Paris And this episode’s Work of the Week is The Madonna and Child with Saints (1526-27) by Parmigianino, better known as The Vision of Saint Jerome. The painting this week returned to public display for the first time in 10 years, in a new exhibition at the National Gallery in London, following conservation, and we talk to Maria Alambritis, the show’s co-curator. The restored The Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Jerome (1526-7) by Parmigianino © The National Gallery, London Brandt Junceau is a sculptor, currently teaching at the New York Studio School. Instagram: @brandtjunceau  Home Watch Ash Wednesday Mass live w/ Bishop CaggianoWednesday Celebrate the Diversity of Cultures and Traditions joins Bishop Caggiano to answer this question whose legacy is honored yearly at the annual Knights of Columbus Mass Augustine Cathedral the evening of April 26 Caggiano offered Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis Caggiano is the fifth and current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport the diocese hosted the Fourth Synod of the Diocese of Bridgeport—the first in 32 years—as an opportunity for reform and renewal by empowering the young Church and promoting works of charity and justice Bishop Caggiano has overseen the launch of the Institute for Catholic Formation the formation of guilds for specific professions and devotions to grow in Christian discipleship in prayer and formation and other ongoing initiatives to revitalize the liturgical and pastoral life of the diocese and to further engage the youth and young adults “The One” is our commitment to renew the ecclesial culture of our Church and to bring every believer closer to the Lord Jesus View video and transcripts of current and past homilies from the Bishop The Diocese of Bridgeport is dedicated to advancing and supporting the diocesan mission of proclaiming the Gospel and serving those in need Today is the feast day of Saint Jerome (347-420 AD) writes Colleen Vermeulen of the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan Jerome was born in present-day Croatia and learned Latin Pope Damascus encouraged Jerome to translate the entire Bible from its original languages into Latin This had never been done before and would take Jerome over two decades to complete This insight from Jerome always motivates me to keep digging deeper into the Scriptures Jerome observed that when Jesus says “eat my flesh and drink my blood” (John 6:53) these words refer to both the Eucharist and the words of Scripture “if a crumb falls to the ground we are troubled,” yet “when we are listening to the word of God and God’s Word and Christ’s flesh and blood are being poured into our ears yet we pay no heed what great peril should we not feel?” (In Psalmum 147: CCL 78 What a challenge to be ever-alert to how the Holy Spirit might be speaking to you or I through the Bible being part of the Catholic Biblical School ministry is a way to understand the Scriptures with the mind of the Church inspired by the Holy Spirit – just as Saint Jerome encouraged SIGN UP HERE ContactSign-Up e-newsSitemapOutreach Mass + Jerome was born in northern Italy and received a good education. He learned to write Latin and acquired a love of the classics. In 374, Jerome traveled to the Holy Land and spent time with a group of monks in Calchis. It was during this time that he learned Hebrew.  + After studying Scripture in Constantinople, Jerome went to Rome, where he served as secretary for Pope Saint Damasus.  + In 384, Jerome settled in Bethlehem, where his study of Scripture bore great fruit. In addition to translating the Bible into Latin, he composed several commentaries on Scripture and became the spiritual director for a group of nuns under the direction of Saint Paula. + Between 410 and 4121, Jerome set aside his studies to provide shelter and care for Roman refugees who had sought shelter in Bethlehem after Saracens invaded Palestine. At that time he wrote, “I cannot help them all, but I grieve and weep with them. Completely involved in the activities charity imposes on me, I have set aside my commentary on Ezekiel and almost all study. For today we must translate the words of Scripture into deeds, and instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.” + Jerome died in 420. In 1298, he was named a Doctor of the Church. He is honored as the patron of those who study and teach Sacred Scripture. + Saint Jerome’s Latin translation of the Bible was the result of a commission given to him in 382 by Pope Saint Damasus to revise the “Old Latin” Gospels then used by the Church. Jerome’s translation came to be known as the Latin “Vulgate” and was the Church’s official translation of the Bible (with minor changes) until 1979 when the Nova (“New”) Vulgate was promulgated.  “How could one live without the knowledge of Scripture, through which one learns to know Christ himself, who is the life of believers?”—Saint Jerome On this day, we also remember the Jesuit priest and martyr Blessed Jean-Nicolas Cordier. Arrested during the anti-Catholic persecutions of the French Revolution, he was imprisoned on the ship Washington of the coast of Rochefort, France, where he died of starvation and neglect on September 30, 1794. He was beatified with other “Martyrs of the Hulks of Rochefort” in 1995.   Would you like to read more like this?Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox Help keep Catholics around the world educated and informed Already donated? Log in to stop seeing these donation pop-ups Streetcar Suburbs Publishing Inc.501(c)(3) non-profit publisher of the Hyattsville Life & Times © Copyright 2024 Streetcar Suburbs Publishing Inc 'Spectacularly inventive' painting is back on display at the National Gallery after lengthy restoration Now back on display after a decade of restoration work the Italian mannerist Parmigianino's "huge" altarpiece "The Vision of Saint Jerome" (1526-27) is no cosy nativity scene The composition sees Jerome sleeping in the wilderness as the Virgin and Child materialise above him in the night sky a loincloth-clad John the Baptist gestures towards the divine vision Yet instead of following conventional representations Parmigianino chose to pack the already hallucinatory scene with "flamboyant" gestures the painting of which was interrupted when "Charles V's mutinous imperial troops brutally sacked the city" Soldiers broke into the artist's studio; but according to the art historian Giorgio Vasari they were so impressed by the work in progress that they allowed him "to carry on with it" "There cannot be many depictions of religious events as weird and wacky as this": John the Baptist "with action hero muscles and a kung fu pose" seems to lean out of the picture into our world as Mary and Jesus float down from the heavens "looks as if he's been hitting the grappa and has fallen over in a hedgerow" The excellent restoration has done nothing to dull the picture's originality instead giving "a new lease of life" to this "weird gripping and spectacularly inventive masterpiece" From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox The National Gallery, London WC2 A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com My new morning habit this school year is a big hit with my kids Every morning we’ve read aloud a short biography about a saint from Through the Year with Tomie dePaola, or sometimes I use the Universalis app to look up the saint of the day It’s been a quick and fun way to learn more about the saints and keep up with the feasts of the liturgical year Last week I looked ahead to see what saints were coming up and noticed a familiar name on the calendar “Guess whose feast day is coming up next week?” I asked my kids “Here’s a clue: You learned about him at Vacation Bible School…” My kids had come home with crafts about St Jerome from the fantastic Vacation Bible School a local Catholic parish hosts every summer Jerome is not generally the most well-known saint among kids but the VBS crew focused on his life for a special reason Jerome came with this memorable caption:  Jerome reminds us that even saints are not perfect Jerome comes up in conversation.   When my kids and I make mistakes and feel discouraged in our efforts to do the right thing This simple little reminder has become a regular phrase of encouragement in our home I asked my five-year-old why it’s important to know about St Jerome and my kids: You don’t have to be perfect to be a saint Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you Please make a tax-deductible donation today Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting Catholic news CLEVELAND — Two separate incidents in one week at St Jerome Catholic School on Lakeshore Boulevard led to two students' expulsion according to a letter sent home to parents Thursday The first incident happened on Wednesday when a student brought gummy edibles to the school and passed them out to other students While the letter did not say if any students got sick the letter does state that the edibles were found to be laced with Fentanyl Some parents who spoke to News 5 outside the school Friday afternoon were shocked It hurt my heart to hear something like that [happened] at an elementary school It really bothered me to hear that a couple of students got rushed to the emergency room," said one parent who asked to remain anonymous So it kind of scared me because people die from Fentanyl," said Akili Mustafa the parent of a second grader at the school Jerome Catholic School and believes they handled the situation she hopes there is better communication with parents in the future did not bring home a letter detailing the incidents because he didn't get a letter sent home," Mustafa said The school also began searching the bags of seventh and eighth-grade students a student was found to have brought a Taser to school and the co-principal stated that no threat was made School officials asked parents to sit down and have a talk with their children about the dangers of drugs "That's the conversation that I do have to have with him,” Mustafa said The school plans to continue with book bag searches all next week MONTREAL – As part of its Scouting and Development Centre (CIP) CF Montréal announced on Tuesday the addition of its newest partner club Club de Soccer Les Ambassadeurs de Saint-Jérôme “It's with great excitement that we welcome Les Ambassadeurs de Saint-Jérôme as our new partner club said Academy Director Marinos Papageorgopoulos Club de Soccer de Saint-Jérôme plays an active role in players development in its region and we're excited to help them grow and start working with them in its community " We are delighted to announce the signing of a three-year partnership with CF Montréal said Les Ambassadeurs’ president Michel Dorais This landmark agreement will enable our Ambassadeurs to pursue their development while benefiting from privileged access to training and technical support for both our players and coaches This collaboration reinforces our commitment to the club's ongoing The Ambassadeurs are extremely proud to make this partnership official today.“ CF Montréal now has 14 CIP partner clubs: FC Laval Club de Soccer Optimum de Victoriaville and Club de Soccer Les Ambassadeurs de Saint-Jérôme As CF Montréal has sought to establish a more sustained collaboration plan with its partners the Scouting and Development program was revised in 2021 This new consultative partnership formula allows participating clubs like Club de Soccer de Saint-Jérôme to take full advantage of the Club’s resources both at the technical and administrative levels Partner clubs also have exclusive access to CF Montréal activities and initiatives such as tournaments the Scouting and Development Centre is a high-performance development and identification program developed by the Club’s Academy and its educators The initiative includes visits with partner clubs and is part of a broader desire to share the Academy's knowledge and methodologies to strengthen ties with the Quebec soccer community fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter the season is also a time to give to the school that has meant so much to their relatives for several generations Jerome Regional School with a long-lasting gift in the form of an outdoor walking Stations of the Cross that he built Mummey said his inspiration for the project came from his travels with his family they have several different outdoor Stations of the Cross,” he said there are a lot of churches that will have either outdoor Rosary paths or outdoor Stations what a great use of the grove in front of the school (St to be able to go through there and do something .. to use that space for Stations and add to the outward Catholic identity of the school.” The project began a year ago after Mummey spoke to Principal Amy Hannis-Miskar about the importance of creating a Catholic identity outside the school She approved the idea and Mummey’s research to find items that would withstand the outdoors for years began He found prints from Vietnam that had the vibrant colors he was looking for and with the help of Dawn’s Vinyl in Tamaqua they were able to source them and make UV-coated vinyl prints that have been attached onto aluminum panels Mummey then used his woodworking skills to construct cedar frames for each station The family had the pieces blessed by their priest and hung them throughout the grove at the school last week “We made it a family project to go over and install them together,” Mummey said who is currently an eighth grade student at St who graduated from the school in 2020 and is currently a freshman in college “It’s nice to see the whole family put time into the school,” AJ said noting that his family has a long history here going back to a great uncle being in the first graduating class “It’s always great to come back,” Jakob added I’m always very happy to come back and support the schools that gave me so much.” Hannis-Miskar thanked the Mummey family for both their generous gift and their dedication to the school over the years “This project is a meaningful addition to our school made possible by the generosity of the Mummey family,” she said “The Stations of the Cross offer a beautiful opportunity for reflection and we are honored to have them at our school as parents and students pass by these images they will be reminded of Christ’s powerful journey encouraging deeper moments of prayer and personal reflection The Stations of the Cross give our community a visual and tangible way to reflect on Christ’s journey and faculty to pause and connect with their faith throughout the day.” Both Mummey and Hannis-Miskar agree that this new element to the school will enhance the students’ religious education by experiencing their faith outside of the classroom they can learn more about the story of Christ’s passion and connect the teachings of the Church to their daily lives It serves as a powerful visual tool that encourages contemplation operates out of an event space at the Parish of Saint Jerome’s Old Catholic Church The venue is designed as a true listening room reverent atmosphere where the music takes center stage Saint Cecilia’s focuses entirely on the art of music creating a culture of appreciation for singer-songwriters and performers Image Provided By: Saint Cecilia's Listening Room The venue also offers a weekly songwriter open mic night every Thursday providing a platform for emerging artists to perform and connect with other musicians further fostering a sense of community among music lovers Saint Cecilia’s aims to expand its reach and grow its audience striving to raise awareness about the space and its mission to celebrate music in its purest form For more information about upcoming events and opportunities to participate, visit Saint Cecilia’s Listening Room on social media or at SaintCeciliasTulsa.com For more information about upcoming events and opportunities to participate, visit Saint Cecilia’s Listening Room on social media or at SaintCeciliasTulsa.com and general news updates from News on 6 delivered right to your inbox Jerome Regional School Christian of the Month students for December were recently named The Christian of the Month Award recognizes students who display good character on a consistent basis and serve as student role models throughout the month Breaking news for everyone's consumption Jerome cheese because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination The potential for contamination was noted after routine testing by the Kentucky Department of Public Health revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a package of St Jerome cheese was distributed via wholesale customers and through Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese website — kennyscheese.com Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections Anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products and developed symptoms of Listeria infection should seek medical treatment and tell their doctors about possible Listeria exposure anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products should monitor themselves for symptoms during the coming weeks because it can take up to 70 days after exposure to Listeria for symptoms of listeriosis to develop.  Symptoms of Listeria infection can include vomiting Specific laboratory tests are required to diagnose Listeria infections and people such as cancer patients who have weakened immune systems are particularly at risk of serious illnesses Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild their infections can lead to premature delivery no illnesses have been reported in connection with this recalled lot The production of the product has been suspended while the FDA and the company continue to investigate the source of the problem Consumers who have purchased should not consume the product and are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund or dispose of the product (To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.) Jerome Regional School recently named the Christian of the Month students for January Jerome Regional School Christian of the Month students for February 2025 are 1 Blue; and Cooper McArdle- Kindergarten Blue The Italian old master Parmigianino (1503-40) is one of those artists for whom the label “old master” feels ill-fitting lively and weird — to sit comfortably in the past so there was no time to slow down or grow wise Parmigianino would be the boy with his finger up who’s always screaming: “Please I encountered him in depth while making a television series about art’s wildest movement: mannerism mannerism was both a revolt against the rules of the Renaissance Artlyst also known as ‘The Vision of Saint Jerome’ It returns to public display for the first time in 10 years following conservation Born in the Northern Italian city of Parma Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (1503‒1540) was a child prodigy where he impressed the Pope and was praised as a ‘Raphael reborn’ This altarpiece was his first major work there the Sack of Rome erupted around him while he finished the painting looting Imperial soldiers invading his studio were so amazed by it that they let him continue Parmigianino made many drawings to work out his final composition They range from velvety chalk studies to swirling pen and ink sketches We reunite a variety of them with the painting for the first time Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Born in the Northern Italian city of Parma in 1503 Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola came to be known as Parmigianino meaning “the little one from Parma” Compared to Raphael as a precocious giftedly young man the artist’s huge talent was always at odds with his nickname Tragically he too was fated to die at the age of 37 the National Gallery has been restoring Parmigianino’s magnificent Mannerist altarpiece as part of the Trafalgar Square institution’s bicentennial celebrations the end result is unleashed within a frame especially crafted to provide a sense of the painting’s original 16th-century church location Displayed in room 46 of the National Gallery – the setting for some memorable small shows in recent times like Hockney and Piero – the exhibition sets out to explore the creative process behind Parmigianino’s The Vision of Saint Jerome (1526-27) also known as The Madonna and Child with Saints The work was intended for a chapel in the church of San Salvatore in Lauro belonging to the Caccialupi family the artist would never see its installation after he took the decision to flee following the sacking of Rome in 1527 The painting was hidden away for its own protection only to re-emerge when the patron’s heirs transferred it to their family church in Città di Castello the British National Gallery would acquire the three-and-a-half metre work in 1826 Painted in the years of the Mannerist period the masterpiece finds the Parmese artist breaking with earlier Renaissance doctrine and exploring a more stylised mode of representation His interest in the aesthetic potential of anatomical distortion is attested to by his later Florentine work of 1535-40 Madonna with the Long Neck (not on show at the National Gallery) and the remarkable Self–Portrait in a Convex Mirror he produced at 21 an image of which features at the start of the current exhibition In the lower half of the Vision of Saint Jerome draped in an animal skin and wielding a long cross uses an unnaturally elongated right arm and outstretched finger to direct the gaze upwards to the presence of the Christ child behind Parmigianino is conceivably referring to the Baptist’s “Behold the Lamb of God” quotation in the biblical gospel of St John adorned in rose pink and bathing in a celestial light amongst dark clouds has a distinctly statuesque quality whilst the infant Jesus has been imbued with a self-possession and mischievousness bordering on impudence Saint Jerome lies fast asleep on the ground behind John the Baptist potentially experiencing the scene before us as a vision Beside him are a red cardinal hat and human skull added comparatively late by Parmigianino to identify the ageing priest The general consensus is that the conservation of the painting has proved a huge success Layers of old varnish have been removed along with retouching thus highlighting the quality of the artist’s brushwork and vibrant colour palette The lush greens and reds have a special energy to them The altarpiece was Parmigianino’s first big commission after he relocated to Rome at the age of 21 where he mightily impressed Pope Clement VII when the ancient city was sacked in 1527 by the mutinous troops of the Holy Roman emperor the soldiers entered his studio hell-bent on plunder only to be mesmerised and subdued by the sheer quality of his work much attention was given to the pivotal role that drawing played in the artist’s practice Parmigianino did not limit himself to one method A consummate and inventive draughtsman of the highest order he is found here using pen and brown wash with white heightening to arrange the reclining Jerome’s body Study for Saint Jerome (1526) sees the artist placing the sleeping saint’s body in a serpentine twist through the head perhaps influenced by the exaggerated musculature of Michelangelo’s male figures in the Sistine chapel Study for a Composition of the Virgin and Christ Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Jerome (1526) is believed to be the sole preparatory study of the entire composition still in existence placing the Virgin and Christ child above and John the Baptist alongside Jerome beneath It was deemed to be unsatisfactory having necessitated that the saints be diminished in scale to accommodate them in the narrow panel There is rich evidence throughout the exhibition of the dynamism and fluidity of Parmigianino’s drawing the act of drawing was something of an obsession for him There are chalk studies in the current show displaying equal facility Studies of Saints John the Baptist and Jerome a Crucifix and Various Heads from around 1526 rendered in red chalk on paper depicts Jerome reclining but awake The artist deploys cross-hatching and subtle usage of shadow Parmigianino loosely sketches some incongruous extra figures The National Gallery has assembled a small but perfectly formed exhibition which serves to showcase both the tremendous talent of this Mannerist master and his ability to assimilate the styles of Michelangelo and Raphael in Rome as well as ancient sculpture Parmigianino’s superb draughtsmanship really comes to the fore as a veil is lifted to reveal the creative process that shaped the design and ultimate execution of one of this visionary artist’s masterpieces James White Image: Detail from Parmigianino Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome is at the National Gallery from 5th December 2024 until 9th March 2025. For further information or to book visit the exhibition’s website here this talk will explore the power of love to transform the disunity that currently keeps us from each other and knowing that is to never be homesick again is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles Boyle served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights Dolores Mission was the poorest Catholic parish in Los Angeles that also had the highest concentration of gang activity in the city Boyle witnessed the devastating impact of gang violence on his community during the so-called “decade of death” that began in the late 1980s and peaked at 1,000 gang-related killings in 1992 In the face of law enforcement tactics and criminal justice policies of suppression and mass incarceration as the means to end gang violence he and parish and community members adopted what was a radical approach at the time: treat gang members as human beings they started what would eventually become Homeboy Industries which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises as well as provides critical services to thousands of individuals who walk through its doors every year seeking a better life Boyle is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion Followed by Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship (2017) and The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness (2021) Recently he debuted Forgive Everyone Everything an anthology of writings accompanied by Fabian Debora’s artwork He has received the California Peace Prize and been inducted into the California Hall of Fame He received the University of Notre Dame’s 2017 Laetare Medal the oldest honor given to American Catholics Homeboy Industries was the recipient of the 2020 Hilton Humanitarian Prize validating 32 years of Fr Greg Boyle’s vision and work by the organization for over three decades Most recently he was one of the recipients of the 2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom Undergraduate Studies Master of Catholic Thought Book a Campus Tour Campus Map and Location Apply to live at St. Jerome's Apply to St. Jerome's Food Services Jerome’s University and the University of Waterloo reside and operate on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron Our University is situated on the Haldimand Tract the land Frederick Haldimand granted to the Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations of the Grand River in 1784 that includes 10 kilometers on both sides of the Grand River and extends from its source to Lake Erie We give thanks for the privilege to work and live on this land and we are committed to building respectful relationships with Indigenous people and communities and learn how we can have an active role in reconciliation Feast Day: September 30 – CNA monk and Doctor of the Church renowned for his extraordinary depth of learning and translations of the Bible into Latin in the Vulgate is celebrated by the Church with his memorial today Besides his contributions as a Church Father and patronage of subsequent Catholic scholarship Jerome is also regarded as a patron of people with difficult personalities—owing to the sometimes extreme approach which he took in articulating his scholarly opinions and the teaching of the Church He is also notable for his devotion to the ascetic life and for his insistence on the importance of Hebrew scholarship for Christians Born around 340 as Eusebius Hieronymous Sophronius in present-day Croatia Jerome received Christian instruction from his father who sent him to Rome for instruction in rhetoric and classical literature His youth was thus dominated by a struggle between worldly pursuits –which brought him into many types of temptation– and the inclination to a life of faith a feeling evoked by regular trips to the Roman catacombs with his friends in the city Jerome traveled widely among the monastic and intellectual centers of the newly Christian empire following the end of a local crisis caused by the Arian heresy he studied theology in the famous schools of Trier and worked closely with two other future saints who were outstanding teachers of orthodox theology Seeking a life more akin to the first generation of “desert fathers,” Jerome left the Adriatic and traveled east to Syria visiting several Greek cities of civil and ecclesiastical importance on the way to his real destination: “a wild and stony desert … to which with no other company but scorpions and wild beasts.” Jerome’s letters vividly chronicle the temptations and trials he endured during several years as a desert hermit after his ordination by the bishop of Antioch followed by periods of study in Constantinople and service at Rome to Pope Damasus I Jerome opted permanently for a solitary and ascetic life in the city of Bethlehem from the mid-380s Jerome remained engaged both as an arbitrator and disputant of controversies in the Church and served as a spiritual father to a group of nuns who had become his disciples in Rome Monks and pilgrims from a wide array of nations and cultures also found their way to his monastery where he commented that “as many different choirs chant the psalms as there are nations.” Rejecting pagan literature as a distraction Jerome undertook to learn Hebrew from a Christian monk who had converted from Judaism Somewhat unusually for a fourth-century Christian priest striving to maintain the connection between Hebrew language and culture and the emerging world of Greek and Latin-speaking Christianity Jerome spent 15 years translating most of the Hebrew Bible into its authoritative Latin version His harsh temperament and biting criticisms of his intellectual opponents made him many enemies in the Church and in Rome and he was forced to leave the city following the command of Christ: ‘Search the Scriptures,’ and ‘Seek and you shall find.’ For if Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God and if the man who does not know Scripture does not know the power and wisdom of God then ignorance of Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.” After living through both Barbarian invasions of the Roman empire and a resurgence of riots sparked by doctrinal disputes in the Church Jerome died in his Bethlehem monastery in 420 Copyright © document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) St Clare Media (EWTN GB) Limited a masterpiece by Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola; Parma 1540) is returning to public view at the National Gallery in London after careful conservation work: this is the Vision of St a masterpiece of sixteenth-century Italian painting that arrived at the National Gallery in 1826 two years after the institution was founded The work is displayed in an exhibition along with a selection of some of the most important preparatory drawings tracing the development of Parmigianino’s unique final composition Through works loaned from important national and international collections the exhibition aims to offer visitors the opportunity to follow the artist’s creative process and to immerse themselves in the mind of one of the most innovative artists of the 16th century.Scholar Maria Alambritis “We are very fortunate to have Parmigianino’s Roman masterpiece Its return to public view after a decade is a very special moment to celebrate its importance and this exhibition offers an unprecedented opportunity to encounter the painting along with a selection of its exceptional preparatory drawings I hope visitors will be delighted to discover this magnificent work and immerse themselves in Parmigianino’s extremely elegant style and unique visionary world.” Parmigianino attracted the attention of wealthy and cultured patrons from a very young age His growing fame as an artist preceded his arrival in Rome around May 1524 and he was received personally by Pope Clement VII Rome at the time was dominated by Raphael’s serene and classicist style and refinement of execution evident in Parmigianino’s early works led him to be hailed as a kind of Raphael reborn a title the work acquired in the 19th century because of the pose of St was painted by Parmigianino when he was only 23 years old during his brief period in Rome as an altarpiece for a chapel in the church of San Salvatore in Lauro an important religious complex in the heart of Rome The work represented a great opportunity for the young artist at a crucial moment in his career: however the painting would never be installed in the church for which it was intended Parmigianino was in fact working on this altarpiece in 1527 at the outbreak of the disastrous Sack of Rome When Charles V’s imperial troops raided the artist’s studio they were so amazed by the painting that they allowed Parmigianino to continue working the artist fled Rome and the painting was hidden for safety It was recovered only by the patron’s heirs long after the artist’s death and transferred in 1558 to the family church in Città di Castello In 1790 the work was purchased by English painter James Durno and transferred to England After a few passages it ended up in the collection of Reverend Holwell Carr who in 1826 sold the work to the National Gallery in London Parmigianino’s altarpiece demonstrates the breadth of influences he absorbed in Rome from the art of Raphael and Michelangelo to ancient sculpture More than just a collection of works by other artists it reveals Parmigianino’s unique visionary approach to image-making Against the rays of light seen at the top of the altarpiece a majestic Madonna in pink is seated on a throne of billowing clouds and below of two main figures we admire the figure of John the Baptist gazing down at us as his arm long by an unnatural and unrealistic length directs our attention upward toward the holy mother and child above a sleeping Jerome seems strangely oblivious to the divine apparition reclining in the dense tangle of roots and leaves grown around him Parmigianino was one of the most talented and prolific draftsmen of the 16th century Nearly 1,000 drawings attributed to him survive today Parmigianino devoted numerous drawings to the development of the Vision of Saint Jerome velvety studies executed in chalk to swirling sketches in pen and ink These sheets reveal his exquisite drawing skills and his extraordinary mastery of all media Recent conservation treatment has removed accumulated layers of old varnish and retouching revealing the lively quality of Parmigianino’s brushwork and rich coloring created by the National Gallery’s Framing Department is designed based on surviving contemporary examples and gives a sense of the church’s original setting characterized by incredibly elongated figures and an air of refinement combined with an unexpected subversion of space paved the way for the development of the style later known as Mannerism With its extreme verticality of composition this painting has astonished viewers for nearly 500 years The exhibition catalog provides an in-depth resource on the painting by the exhibition’s curators with contributions from guests such as Aimee Ng curator of the Frick Collection in New York head of conservation and custodian of the collection at the National Gallery The catalog also features a special section of plates with full-page illustrations of all known preparatory drawings Maria Alambritis’ research presented in this exhibition was supported by the Rick Mather David Scrase Foundation San Agustín y san Jerónimo fueron contemporáneos compartiendo gran parte de la vida cultural y eclesial de la época desarrollando gran parte de su vida en el norte de África e Italia conmemorándose su muerte cada año el 30 de septiembre fue estrecha y rica en intercambio intelectual En la Carta 82 Agustín se dirige a Jerónimo con un gesto significativo: «hermano santo digno de ser honrado en las entrañas de Cristo y copresbítero» Este saludo fraterno revela una conexión espiritual que trasciende las posibles diferencias teológicas donde el respeto mutuo y la camaradería convivían con debates intelectuales intensos ambos muestran un claro deseo de discutir temas teológicos de manera seria y profunda deja ver su preferencia por un debate riguroso sobre las Escrituras al afirmar que prefiere «discutir en serio» antes que «jugar» con los textos sagrados Agustín invita a Jerónimo a una discusión seria sobre las Escrituras rechazando interpretaciones superficiales Este intercambio de ideas revela que la búsqueda de la verdad era un pilar fundamental en su relación y que ambos santos se tomaban con gran seriedad su tarea intelectual Las tensiones surgidas entre Jerónimo y Rufino son un claro ejemplo de las dificultades que atravesaban La pérdida de la amistad entre estos dos hombres impactó también la dinámica entre Agustín y Jerónimo compartían una preocupación común por la reconciliación y el perdón Este deseo de restaurar la unidad dentro del cuerpo de Cristo refleja su profunda convicción de que la comunidad cristiana debía mantenerse unida a 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London Standing in front of ‘The Vision of Saint Jerome’ is like slipping down a water slide The most important painting by sixteenth century Italian maestro Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola a commission for a nobleman’s burial chapel John the Baptist kneels before you at the bottom of the altarpiece dressed – though barely – in furs to point you towards the scene at the apex the Virgin Mary and Christ child – both monumentally huge – perch on a crescent moon circuitous composition not only dominates you but forces you to follow its curving course It forces your line of sight to spiral upwards seemingly asleep in a densely overgrown forest History seems to have lost the answers to that question But that sense of mystery only adds to the genuinely imposing and flanked by excellent preparatory sketches this painting is one of the UK’s most mesmerising works of renaissance art but in all Parmigianino’s dazzling artistry I almost saw the light Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! tiktokfacebooktwitteryoutubeAbout us Contact us We take for granted the Titians and Botticellis that hang in galleries across the United States little aware of the appetites and inclinations of those who acquired them Berenson’s opinion represented that of many American elites people of means wanted art with a richer historical past They were seduced by the appeal of Europe’s long history of artistic production and its canonical creators But what accounts for the volume of treasures that ended up in museums across the United States The fascinating story involves scheming art dealers shifting economic fortunes and religious realities in Europe as well as the desire to create a tangible personal legacy Although art historical writing had flourished since Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists art consumers of the nineteenth century were particularly reliant on the expertise of the artists and art enthusiasts who published and became authorities on specific subjects They needed guidance on what was best to buy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" there were three key reasons to become a patron: to honor God and to secure one’s immortality by means of cultural legacy These aspirations captivated a small sector of affluent Americans While they couldn’t commission original artworks from Renaissance masters, these would-be patrons could fashion themselves as “merchant princes,” according to Holler and Klose-Ullmann, and build collections as extensive as those of the Medicis before them “liked the idea of legitimizing their immense wealth by spending some of it on art thus demonstrating and legitimizing their importance and power.” The authors add that John Pierpont Morgan, for instance, became celebrated as an “American Medici,” while Berenson dubbed Isabella Stewart Gardner the Isabella D’Este of her day after one of the most influential women in Renaissance Italy Other prominent collectors included names nearly synonymous with American museums today: Andrew Mellon an American artist and expert in Romanesque and Gothic sculpture with his specialty in the Italian Renaissance tacking between collectors and those with intimate knowledge of institutions looking to sell their holdings On the flip side were people like the Duveen family and Jacques Seligmann a prominent Paris-based art dealer who sold works to clients including John Pierpont Morgan and Henry Walters medieval and early modern works enchanted American collectors and sold for sky-high prices Holler and Klauss-Ullmann quote a letter from Gardner to Berenson describing how Duveen wanted her to pay £4000 (equivalent to $19,480 in 1909 and $671,199 today) for a bust of Mara Strozzi by Luca Della Robbia The deals between Berenson and the Duveens—who enjoyed a mutually beneficial financial relationship—were only sometimes above board Berenson received payouts from the Duveens for referring and introducing collectors while the Duveens sought to control the market It was in their best mutual interest for the value of Renaissance works to remain high so if a collector didn’t want a piece anymore rather than allowing them to sell it privately the Duveens bought it back at the same value it was sold to the collector regardless of how the market valued the piece This ensured the value of a particular artist or work never declined dealers and brokers sourced works for American clients from museums works in Europe had been on the move for hundreds of years as museums traded amongst themselves and as wars and other continental and personal milestones came and went Americans in Europe became eager to “drain” European collections whose stewards were vulnerable to shifting economic and political realities members of the aristocracy sold artworks to keep their themselves afloat Stock market crashes bankrupted some families forcing them to sell off entire collections Heavy inheritance taxes also induced some families to re-evaluate the size and scope of their holdings sought the security of American currency and were willing this provision helped spur the establishment both of new museums in the US and a system of permanent artwork loans the Payne-Aldrich bill reformed art taxation laws and abolished import fees for artworks more than 100 years old much of the European art purchased by Americans departed for the States more than £1 million—or about $185,696,518 in today’s US dollars—worth of art left England for America art-filled building provides the lasting legacy that Rucellai advocated for centuries ago who served as director of the Frick Collection and Chairman of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before retiring In August 1917, British art historian Robert C. Witt noted that Johnson’s collection was “probably more representative of the pictures of all schools and periods than any other private collection in the world.” Johnson was particular about how his art was donated wanting the Philadelphia Museum of Art to build a dedicated gallery for his collection Some museum professionals even secured works with money from their own pockets, assuming an initial financial risk. According to The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin used $100,000 of his own funds in 1870 to buy 174 European paintings Though these works initially enjoyed only a lukewarm reception their reputation grew alongside American tastes for works from the Northern Renaissance Many connoisseurs also assembled collections of their own. Barnard founded The Cloisters, America’s first museum devoted to medieval art, with his own holdings. It opened to in 1914 with what Christina M. Nielsen has called “creative pastiches” of churches and decorative objects that sought to transport the public to a different time Berenson also boasted an extensive personal collection of art which he donated alongside his enormous Italian villa Support JSTOR Daily! Join our membership program on Patreon today. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value"