tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post7919070032670257067..comments2024-02-08T17:05:51.909+00:00Comments on Solomon, I Have Surpassed Thee: Inscription for Cardinal VaughanMark Langhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-12256888446161693382007-04-16T19:46:00.000+00:002007-04-16T19:46:00.000+00:00ooooo many thanks for the info Father :)ooooo many thanks for the info Father :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-12946463486787688052007-04-16T17:27:00.000+00:002007-04-16T17:27:00.000+00:00Dear JoeeThe Mill Hill Missionaries are still goin...Dear Joee<BR/>The Mill Hill Missionaries are still going strong. <BR/><BR/>Herbert Vaughan was ordained priest as an Oblate of St Charles(at my former parish, in Bayswater)- a body of secular priests living in community, somewhat like the Oratorians.<BR/><BR/>He, however, wanted to extend their charism to missionary activity, and so received permission to set up a house for missionary priests. He did so at Mill Hill, north of London - hence their name. St Joseph's College thrived, and the Missionaries drew great numbers of priests from England and Holland, and did great work especially in Africa. In recent decades, their numbers have been drawn more from Africa and Asia than from Europe, and so the the difficult decision was taken to close the original mother house at Mill Hill, to concentrate on work in newer territories.<BR/><BR/>St Joseph's College is an imposing building, and still dominates the skyline driving north from London just after junction 2 of the M1.Mark Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-59064526176537681222007-04-16T16:52:00.000+00:002007-04-16T16:52:00.000+00:00Who were the Mill Hill missionaries out of interes...Who were the Mill Hill missionaries out of interest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-14352178522949523272007-04-14T04:14:00.000+00:002007-04-14T04:14:00.000+00:00What a beautiful event. I've never been to anythin...What a beautiful event. I've never been to anything like it. What wonderful history!<BR/><BR/>And the six-sided coffin! Oh, how I wish these were available in the USA!Stephen M. Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06352087049548302264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-40602582962213117782007-04-13T15:25:00.000+00:002007-04-13T15:25:00.000+00:00Cardinal Vaughan's effigy was erected facing east ...Cardinal Vaughan's effigy was erected facing east to denote (I presume) that it was a cenotaph, without a body inside. When his remains were moved there, we naturally wanted to turn the effigy around to face west. However, the carving of the tassels on the Cardinal's hat continues on to the side panels, and it was not possible to do so.<BR/><BR/>So,unfortunately, the Cardinal's head lies under his feet.<BR/><BR/>Bishop Challoner's tomb was made to be read easily from the nave - althuogh you are of course correct about its orientation.Mark Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-44634917889861021912007-04-13T13:13:00.000+00:002007-04-13T13:13:00.000+00:00Fr MarkIn the photograph of translation of Cardina...Fr Mark<BR/><BR/>In the photograph of translation of Cardinal Vaughan's remains, the coffin is aligned, correctly for one in Holy Orders, with the head at the liturgical east (i.e. facing the people). Yet the effigy has him <I>facing</I> liturgical east (as is Cardinal Wiseman's monument seen in the photos of the crypt on the Cathedral website). Why is this?<BR/><BR/>In passing, the leger stone over Cardinal Hume's tomb is aligned to face liturgical west (which seems correct). I think Cardinal Heenan's ledger stone also faces west. Bishop Challoner's fudges the issue and runs lengthwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com