Tag: England
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Mgr Benson’s Novels on Catholic Persecution
Readers of Dowry will no doubt be interested to see Silverstream Priory’s recent release of two historical novels by Robert Hugh Benson. Each of these classic Reformation novels includes a new foreword by Catholic literary scholar Joseph Pearce (author of biographies of Chesterton and Tolkien), seven specially commissioned illustrations, and entirely re-typeset text. ‘Enjoyable as…
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Luisa de Carvajal: Would-be Saint and Martyr
Dominica Roberts introduces the Spanish lady who hoped to die a martyr for the love of Catholic England.
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A Queen For All Seasons
Aidan Harvey-Craig praises Queen Catherine of Aragon’s courageous witness to the inviolability of marriage and to the Catholic faith as a timely example for our times of matrimonial breakdown and religious relativism. Imagine being in a foreign country, abandoned by your spouse, stripped of your identity, your life in clear and present danger. And, at…
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England is Our Lady’s Dowry
The Annunciation “Behold the handmaid of the Lord, let it bedone to me according to thy Word” (Luke 1:38). At the Annunciation, Our Blessed Lady said yes to the Angel Gabriel,who asked her to conceive and give birth to God’s son. She freely accepted God’s will in her life. We also are free to say…