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V E R I T A S   T E M P O R I S   F I L I A

NOVEMBER 17, 1558                                                                                        NOVEMBER 17, 2008

 

  QUEEN MARY TUDOR OF ENGLAND and

  CARDINAL REGINALD POLE:

   

A Commemoration of the

450th ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATHS

 

with an address by EAMON DUFFY

 

 

    

        Queen Mary Tudor, by Hans Eworth              Cardinal Reginald Pole, by Sebastiano del Piombo

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008

 

       6:00 p.m.    REQUIEM MASS

                                      John Taverner, Leroy Kyrie

                                      Thomas Tallis, Agnus Dei for Four Voices

                                      William Byrd, Justorum Animae

                                      John Sheppard, Libera Nos, Salva Nos

                                           sung by the Choir of Corpus Christi Church

                                           Louise Basbas, Music Director and Organist

                                      Gregorian chant and hymns

                                           sung by the Choir and congregation

                                      sermon by William Wizeman, s.j., d.phil., Oxford University

                                           author of The Theology and Spirituality of Mary Tudor's Church

     7:15 p.m.    MUSICAL INTERLUDE

                                      William Byrd, Crowned with Flowers and Lilies

                                           an elegy for Mary Tudor, performed by Parthenia

     7:30 p.m.    ADDRESS: "The Cardinal and the Queen:

                                                       Restoring Catholic England

                                                       under Mary Tudor"

                                       Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity,

                                           Cambridge University; author of The Stripping of the Altars

 

Admission is free.

 

         "All this looks amazing, and it should be great fun to be involved."

                                                                                                                  --Prof. Eamon Duffy

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No. 1 train to 116th Street-Columbia University; M4, M5, M104 buses

        Click here for travel instructions.                                                Contact us.         

 

For further information, or to make a donation,

contact Fr. Wizeman, s.j., at 212-666-9350.

 

SUSTAINING CONTRIBUTORS

Anonymous, on behalf of the Friends of Liturgical Music at Corpus Christi, New York

Barnard College          The Saint Frideswide Society

SPONSORS

Prof. Paul Proskauer, City University of New York          Miss Priscilla Tolkien, Oxford

Prof. Ann Prescott, Barnard College     Dr. Judith Richards, Latrobe University, Australia

Ambassador and Mrs. Gerald Scott

PATRONS

Mr. Stephen Wagley, New York          Ms. Ann Plogsterth, New York

Mr. Kenneth C. Ritchie, Queens College          Mr. Stan Metheny, New York

The History Department of Barnard College

Ms. Catherine Voss, New York, in memory of Eileen Tobin    Mr. John Thornton, New York

Prof. Joseph Masheck, Centenary Fellow, Edinburgh College of Art

Mr. Daniel Mongan and Ms. Anna Bernasek, New York

Mr. William Klimon, Herndon, Virginia

FRIENDS

Rev. John Halborg, New York          The McIlvenna family, Oxford

Dr. Thomas Freeman, British Academy John Foxe Project

Ms. Susan Gallahue, New York               Dr. Joanna Williams, New York          

Ms. Patricia Judge, New York