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2008 October

Words of Windisch-Grätz Wisdom

 

« They do not want to hear about the Grace of God? They will hear the grace of the cannon. »
Alfred I Candidus Ferdinand,
Prince of Windisch-Grätz
on the liberal constitutionalist rebels
October 2, 2008 8:08 pm | Link | 1 Comment »

Lumsden Requiem in Edinburgh

Some good Christian soul was kind enough to put most of our friend David Lumsden‘s funeral at St. Mary’s (Catholic) Cathedral in Edinburgh on YouTube. It was the first Latin requiem in the extraordinary form of the Mass held in the Cathedral for many decades — a fact which David would have particularly enjoyed. Of note is the address given by Robin Angus, embedded below, and of course Gerald Warner’s previously mentioned report should not be missed either.

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October 2, 2008 8:05 pm | Link | No Comments »

Horse & Hound in Montreal

A splendid afternoon is the best way to describe it. Last Sunday up in St-Augustin-de-Mirabel it was the annual hunter trials of the Montreal Hunt Club – the oldest hunt in the New World. Club treasurer Annette Laroche suggested swinging by the Club sometime and as it happens a good friend had just moved to Montreal. So when Raymond Côté (seen in the previous post jumping on the beautiful white mare Frimousse) sent an invite to the hunter trials, I knew it’d be foolish not to take the opportunity to visit the beautiful land of Quebec for the first time in many years.

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October 1, 2008 9:02 pm | Link | 4 Comments »
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