Mass of the Ages: January 2021

Archbishop Lefebvre Sermon at Lille 1976

"(English subtitles have been added. Push your CC option (closed captioned) on the bottom right of the video IF the English subtitles are not showing.) Thank you, Fr Hewko, a true son of Archbishop Lefebvre, for promoting the production of this video. Listen to this Prince of the Church. Listen to this soldier who fights for Our Lord Jesus Christ; who loves his Bride, the Holy Roman Catholic Church! Listen, in this sermon, to the wrath of a "second Moses" angry at seeing..."

Padre Pio de Pietrelcina

Padre Pio de Pietrelcina 1887-1968

(Vatican 1999 souvenir sheet/stamp)

Church of Saint Mary above Minerva

St Pius X Stamp

Vatican City: St Pius X (1954)

Grand-Pré stamp of 1930 and Acadian flag

Déportation des Acadiens

Acadian Deportation

1755-2005

Beginning in 1755, thousands of settlers were deported from their native Acadia (Nova Scotia) to the British colonies of North America. To mark the 250th anniversary of the deportation, Canada Post will issue a single domestic rate (50¢) commemorative stamp on August 15, Acadian National Day.

This is the second time Canada has commemorated the Acadian deportation with a stamp. In 1930, the "Grand-Pré" stamp was issued to mark its 175th anniversary.

Danielle Trottier, Manager, Stamp Design and Production at Canada Post, says the Stamp Advisory Committee proposed the "stamp on stamp" concept for the issue. "This was such a significant event in Canadian history, and particularly for the Acadian community. We felt it would be fitting to showcase our previous commemorative stamp in the new issue. Coincidentally, both stamps - from then and now - bear the 50-cent rate."

Canada Post commissioned graphic artist Pierre-Yves Pelletier for the stamp design. A "seasoned pro" with 110 stamps to his credit, Pelletier, of Belœil, Quebec, was excited and challenged by the project. "The Acadian community, naturally, is sensitive to its past and I wanted to pay tribute to their heritage and to what they have been through."

The original "Grand-Pré" stamp portrays the famous statue of Evangeline and the Acadian chapel at Grand-Pré National Historic Site. Pelletier scanned the mint condition 1930 stamp and illustrated the Acadian flag in motion. A backdrop of waves, in a five per cent screen, represents the sea voyage.

"For me, the flag is the symbol and this is what I focused on," explains Pelletier. The Acadian flag was established at the Second Acadian Convention in 1884. It is a French flag - tricolour blue, white, and red - with a gold star at the top left. The star, Stella Maris, is the star of the sea and symbolizes the wanderings of the Acadians through the storms and dangers of life.

"It was important to keep the design simple and clean. The colourful flag works well with the dark blue of the old stamp and its perforated edges. The waves are in a very light screen so as not to detract from the main element, which is the flag. The stamp on stamp was a good idea for this issue."

Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur Charity Cinderella Seal

Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur Charity Cinderella Seal #cc4612.2

fine unused (no gum), vertical crease otherwise rarely seen.

Carte Postale 21e Congrès Eucharistique MONTRÉAL Québec Canada 1910

On this postcard of the 21st Eucharistic Congress held in Montréal in 1910, the Carillon-Sacré-Cœur , adopted as the national flag of French Canadians in 1903, is seen in lower right accompanying other national flags, for instance, that of the United States above and, in lower left, the Canadian Red Ensign adopted by popular consensus as the national flag of Canada shortly after Confederation. The medallion portraits are, on the upper left, Pope Pius X accompanied by the flag of the Papal States adopted as the flag of Vatican City State in 1929; on the right, Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli, president of the congress and papal legate; in the lower part, Mgr Paul Bruchési, Archbishop of Montreal and organizer of the congress. The mottos Instaurare Omnia in Christo and In Domino Confido are those of Pius X and Archbishop Bruchési respectively. The inscription Adveniat Regnum Tuum at the top is from the Lord's Prayer. Printed by Imprimerie du Messenger, Montreal, Canada.

Le congrès eucharistique de Montréal est un rassemblement religieux catholique canadien tenu du 6 au 11 septembre 1910 à l'initiative du archevêque de Montréal, Mgr Louis-Joseph-Napoléon-Paul Bruchési. Ce congrès eucharistique international, dont le motif était d'adorer l'Eucharistie et d'évangéliser, est le premier à avoir lieu en terre d'Amérique. Il s'agit alors du XXIe congrès à avoir lieu depuis la fondation de cette institution par Mgr de Ségur en 1881. Le pape Pie X y envoie son légat Vincenzo Vannutelli pour assister aux célébrations. Mgr Louis-Philippe-Adélard Langevin obtient la bénédiction par le légat du drapeau de Carillon qui porte à ce moment les emblèmes du drapeau du Sacré-Cœur. C'est au cours de ce congrès que Henri Bourassa donna sa célèbre réplique au cardinal Bourne de Westminster (Londres) qui réclame l'utilisation de la langue anglaise par les catholiques du Canada: "Je ne veux pas par un nationalisme étroit dire ce qui serait le contraire de ma pensée, et ne dites pas, mes frères, ne dites pas, mes compatriotes, que l'Église catholique doit être française au Canada; non; mais dites avec moi que la meilleure sauvegarde de la conservation de la foi chez trois millions de catholiques d'Amérique, qui furent les premiers apôtres de la chrétienneté en Amérique, que la meilleure garantie de cette foi est la conservation de l'idiome dans lequel, pendant trois cents ans, ils ont adoré le Christ." Puis, il conclut : "que l'on se garde avec soin d'éteindre ce foyer intense de lumière, qui éclaire tout un continent depuis trois siècles". Selon certains témoins, la foule est remplie d'enthousiasme devant ces paroles et le légat vient serrer la main de Bourassa.