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The Liturgy of the Hours ( Latin: Liturgia Horarum ), Divine Office (Latin: Officium Divinum ), or Opus Dei ("Work of God") are a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, [ a] often also referred to as the breviary, [ b] of the Latin Church. The Liturgy of the Hours forms the official set of prayers "marking the hours of each day ...
The Order of the Visitation was founded in 1610 by Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France.At first, the founder had not a religious order in mind; he wished to form a congregation without external vows, where the cloister should be observed only during the year of novitiate, after which the sisters should be free to go out by turns to visit the sick and poor.
Rt. Rev. Eugene Joseph Hayes, O.Praem. / 33.6811°N 117.6173°W / 33.6811; -117.6173. St. Michael's Abbey is a Norbertine Catholic monastery in Silverado, Orange County, California. [4] The confreres of the abbey live a life combining both the monastic life with an active priestly ministry.
The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani is a Catholic monastery in the United States near Bardstown, Kentucky, in Nelson County. The abbey is part of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance ( Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae ), better known as the Trappists. Founded on December 21, 1848, and raised to an abbey in 1851 ...
St. Joseph's Abbey is a Trappist monastery in Spencer, Massachusetts. Jams and beer produced by the monks are particularly popular. The monastery is also known as one of the origins of the centering prayer movement in the 1970s. Certain parts of the abbey are generally open to the public. [ 1]
Saint Meinrad Archabbey. / 38.166212; -86.810886. Saint Meinrad Archabbey is a Catholic monastery in Spencer County, Indiana, US, was founded by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland on March 21, 1854, and is home to approximately 79 monks. [ 1] The Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology is also located on the premises.
Prime (liturgy) Prime, or the First Hour, is one of the canonical hours of the Divine Office, said at the first hour of daylight (6:00 a.m. at the equinoxes but earlier in summer, later in winter), between the dawn hour of Lauds and the 9 a.m. hour of Terce. It remains part of the Christian liturgies of Eastern Christianity, but suppressed ...
The independent schismatic congregation, under the title of Independent Polish Catholic Church of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary [9] or Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [10]: 174 was founded 3 May 1894 [11] — about 47 years after the Diocese of Cleveland was erected by Pope Pius IX.