Perpetual, Perpetually, Perpetuity per-petu-al, per-petu-al-i, pur-pe-tui-ti (, olam, , necah, , tamdh): Perpetual is usually the translation of olam, properly, a wrapping up or hiding, used often of time indefinitely long, and of eternity when applied to God; hence, we have, for perpetual generations (Gen 9:12); the priesthood by a perpetual statute (Exo 29:9; compare … Continue reading “Perpetual, Perpetually, Perpetuity”
Perpetual Help, Our Lady of, Sisters of
Perpetual Help, Our Lady of, Sisters of A congregation founded in the parish of St. Damien, Bellechasse, P.Q., Canada, 28 August, 1892, by Abbé J.O. Brousseau. The institute devotes itself to the following works: the instruction of children, particularly in country and city parochial schools; the education of orphans and the maintenance of agricultural orphanages … Continue reading “Perpetual Help, Our Lady of, Sisters of”
Perpetual Help, Our Lady of
Perpetual Help, Our Lady of (Or OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP.) The picture of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour is painted on wood, with background of gold. It is Byzantine in style and is supposed to have been painted in the thirteenth century. It represents the Mother of God holding the Divine Child while the … Continue reading “Perpetual Help, Our Lady of”
Perpetual Cure
Perpetual Cure a form of ecclesiastical benefice which grew out of the abuse of lay impropriation (q.v.), the impropriator appointing a clergyman to discharge the spiritual functions of which he himself was not capable. The substituted clergyman, in ordinary cases, is appointed by the bishop, and called a vicar; the impropriator appoints the clergyman who … Continue reading “Perpetual Cure”
Perpetual Curate
Perpetual Curate a title of the incumbent of a church, chapel, or district, which is within the boundaries of a rectory or vicarage. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament
Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentines.) Anton Le Quien, b. in Paris, 23 Feb., 1601, the founder of the first order exclusively devoted to the practice of Perpetual Adoration, entered the Dominican Order, and after ordination was named master of novices at Avignon, and later prior of the convent at Paris. “During the seventeenth … Continue reading “Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament”
Perpetual Adoration, Sisters of the
Perpetual Adoration, Sisters of the (Quimper, France). An institute of nuns devoted to perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and to the education of orphan children; founded at Quimper (Brittany), by Abbé François-Marie Langrez (b. at Saint Servan, 20 July, 1787; d. at Quimper, 10 August, 1862). In early youth Francois-Marie had been an apprentice … Continue reading “Perpetual Adoration, Sisters of the”
Perpetual Adoration, Religious of the
Perpetual Adoration, Religious of the A contemplative religious congregation, founded in 1526 by Sister Elizabeth Zwirer (d. 1546), at Einsiedeln, Switzerland, and following the Benedictine rule. At he beginning of the year 1789 they commenced the practice of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament during the day before the closed tabernacle. A lay association was established, … Continue reading “Perpetual Adoration, Religious of the”
Perpetual Adoration, Religious of
Perpetual Adoration, Religious of (Belgium) A congregation with simple vows, founded at Brussels, 1857, by Anna de Meeus, daughter of Count Ferdinand de Meeus, for whose head a price was offered by the insurgents during the Revolution of 1830. In 1843 Mlle de Meeus, then twenty years of age, at the request of the rector … Continue reading “Perpetual Adoration, Religious of”
Perpetual Adoration
perpetual adoration Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament day and night in continuity, during which time pious persons take their turns uninterruptedly as adorers. As a rule the object of this perpetual adoration is, reparation for the outrages of men against a God of goodness. The practise dates probably from the 12th or 13th century , … Continue reading “Perpetual Adoration”