#St. Stephanus

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Große Schäden: Kirchturm ohne Spitze

Mörlbach: „…Die Mörlbacher Kirche St. Stephanus ist kopflos. Mitarbeiter der Berger Zimmerei Wild haben am Freitagvormittag mit Unterstützung eines Autokrans des Fuhrunternehmens Gattinger aus Penzberg die Spitze des Kirchturms von der Turmbasis geholt. Die morsche und verfaulte Holzkonstruktion muss erneuert werden. Bei der Sanierung der aus dem 15./16. Jahrhundert stammenden Kirche hatten die…

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Church St Stephanus (1965-75) in Filderstadt, Germany, by Reinhard Gieselmann

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Been reading about popes, as one does. Here's a few things I've learned:

My boy St. Anterus was only pope for 43 days before he kicked it.

The last pope to be born in Africa (St. Gelasius I) was pope way back in 492 CE.

The practice of popes not using their real names when they become pontiff originated from one pope (St. John II) who didn't want to use his birth name (Mercurius) because of its association with a "false" god. The practice wouldn't become mainstream though until Pope Gregory V in 985.

Stephen/Stephanus/Stephen II was named pope and 3 days later he died. It was so short that he didn't even officially take office and most lists don't count him.

Formosus was on trial 7 months after he died. He was being tried for perjury and allegedly ascending to the papacy illegitimately by a later pope, Stephen VI. Formosus was found guilty and sentenced to execution (despite already being dead) and they annulled all of his acts as pope. They buried him in a cheap grave, then dug his body up and threw it in a river where it later washed up on shore. This pissed off everyone else so much that they later had to rebury him with Christian rites and Stephen then got sentenced to prison where he got strangled. The whole thing was so embarrassing that later, Pope Theodore II convened another synod that annulled the synod that annulled Formosus's papacy. Even later than that, Pope John IX held two different synods, both agreeing with Theodore and annulling Stephen's trial -then went further and prohibited all future trials of corpses. AND THEN Pope Sergius III held ANOTHER Synod and overturned the rulings of both Theodore and John, reaffirmed Formosus's conviction, and had a new epitaph inscribed on the tomb of Stephen praising him for his work.

All the stuff above was so embarrassing and so many new popes kept getting elected that nobody respected the papacy for almost a century. The popes became super corrupt and got rules by a small group of aristocrats paying them off. This era becomes known as the "Pornocracy" and "Rule of the Harlots" which just sounds sick as hell (but was actually very bad for everyone).

The first pope to canonize a saint didn't take office until 985 CE (this was Pope John XV and he canonized Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg in 993).

Adrian IV is the only pope to have been English (Anglo-Saxon specifically).

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Koordinierende Praxisanleiter/in (m/w/d) in der stationären Altenhilfe

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Einladung zu einem besonderen "Konzert in St. Stephanus" mit einer Reise in die Klezmerwelt.

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ARTIST SHOUT-OUT #584

Saturday, May 25, 2024

"The Order 1886, The Archive" by Stephen Nevin

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Die römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Stephanus und St. Vitus, ein Juwel des Klosters Corvey, das uns in Staunen versetzt und erfüllt. Mit ihrer gotischen Architektur und kunstvollen Verzierungen, erzählt sie von einer Zeit voller Glaube und religiöser Visionen. Die prächtigen Glasfenster und der majestätische Altar, vermitteln eine Atmosphäre der Ehrfurcht und des Respekts, wunderbar. Ein Ort der Spiritualität und des inneren Friedens.

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St. Stephanus – Opherdicke #ststephanus #kirche #innenraum #hausopherdicke #gebäude #architektur #fotografie #opherdicke #holzwickede #nrw #autor #autorenleben #schreiben #instagood #picoftheday #photography #church #building #architecture #unna #germany #buch #liebe #photooftheday #nature #wolken #dortmund Anschauen im Original: https://instagr.am/p/Cxuzq3ECYuj/

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Anmeldung zur Konfirmation 2025 – Erwachsenwerden – und Gott geht mit!

Die Kirche macht Jugendlichen der Schulklassen 7-8 das Angebot, mehr über den christlichen Glauben zu erfahren.

In den Pfarrbereichen Hamersleben und Hadmersleben mit den jeweils dazugehörenden Orten gestalten die Gemeindepädagogin Yvonne Hannen, Pfarrer Lars Ophagen und Pfarrer Theo Spielmann gemeinsam die Konfirmandenzeit. Gemeinsam wollen sie mit den Jugendlichen entdecken, was es heißt, heute als Christ zu leben. Auch Jugendliche, die noch nicht wissen, ob sie sich konfirmieren lassen wollen oder nicht getauft sind, können am Konfirmandenkurs teilnehmen.

Praktisch treffen sich die Konfirmandinnen und Konfirmanden in der Regel einmal im Monat an einem Samstag von 10.00 Uhr bis 14.00 Uhr gemeinsam in verschiedenen Orten der Pfarrbereiche. So trifft sich ein großer Kreis und die Jugendlichen können eine interessante Konfirmandenzeit mit kreativen Aktionen erleben und essen gemeinsam zu Mittag.

Ein Höhepunkt ist die in jedem Jahr angebotene Konfirmandenfahrt.

An folgendem Termin werden die kirchlichen Mitarbeiter auf einem Elternabend über die Konfirmandenarbeit informieren:

Do., 24. August, 19.00 Uhr im Pfarrhaus Schermcke  (St.-Stephanus-Str. 3)

Als Termine sind bis zum Februar 2024 folgende Tage geplant:

02. September 2023 10-14 Uhr   (Pfarrhaus Hadmersleben, An der Stadtkirche 10)

14. Oktober 2023  14-18.00 Uhr inklusive Gottesdienst um 17.00 Uhr in der Stadtkirche     (Pfarrhaus Hadmersleben, An der Stadtkirche 10)

 – Teilnahme an der Aktion „5000 Brote – Konfis backen Brote“

25. November 2023  10-14 Uhr (Pfarrhaus Hadmersleben, An der Stadtkirche 10)

im Dezember kein Konfirmandentag

27. Januar 2024  10-14 Uhr   Pfarrbereich Hamersleben – Ort wird noch bekanntgegeben

24. Februar 2024 10-14 Uhr Pfarrbereich Hamersleben – Ort wird noch bekanntgegeben

Bei Rückfragen können sie sich gern an Pfarrer Theo Spielmann (039408/323 oder theo.spielmann@kk-egeln.de) wenden.

Theo Spielmann

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Ehekirchen baut einen neuen Kindergarten

Ehekirchen baut einen neuen Kindergarten

Ehekirchen: „…Der Ehekirchener Gemeinderat hat mehrere Varianten zur Kindergarten-Erweiterung begutachtet und sich für eine entschieden. Die Gemeinde Ehekirchen braucht mehr Platz für ihre Kindergartenkinder. Die bestehende Einrichtung St. Stephanus musste bereits mit zwei Gruppen auf Container ausweichen. Voraussichtlich bis 2025 soll nun ein weiteres Haus gebaut werden. In der jüngsten…

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Church St Stephanus (1965-75) in Filderstadt, Germany, by Reinhard Gieselmann

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Kirche St. Stephanus

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Lüneburg Part 2: Das Ökumenische Gemeindezentrum St. Stephanus

Derselbe Architekt war übrigens auch für dieses Monster verantwortlich: Die katholische Kirche St. Elisabeth in Salzgitter

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Einladung zum nächsten Konzert in St. Stephanus.

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August 7 is the Feast Day of St. Sixtus II., pope and Companions, martyrs and St. Cajetan, priest

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Life of St. Sixtus II. and Companions

The sixth pope was named the “Sixth” or, in Latin, “Sixtus.” He reigned from 115–125 A.D. The next Sixtus was today’s martyr, who reigned from one August to the next in 257–258. Sixtus II (or Sixth, the Second) is listed in the Roman Canon’s select roll call of sainted popes: “Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Lawrence, Cyprian…”  The preservation of his name in the liturgy is compelling proof of the lasting impact of his bloody witness.

Sixtus II succeeded to the chair of Saint Peter at a difficult time. The on-again, off-again persecutions of the early Church were on-again in the 250s. The Roman Emperors Decius and Valerian sought the blood of Christians not only to try to decapitate the surging Church but also to confiscate the wealth and property of Christians. The tensions in Church-State relations were no less serious than internal Church tensions tearing at its unity. The persecution of Decius from 250–251 was wicked. Decius’ edict required everyone in the empire to sacrifice to a Roman god in the presence of a state official, with a signed libellus, or certificate, being issued afterward as proof that the sacrifice had been offered. Many Christians were weak and afraid and so sacrificed to gods they knew didn’t exist. Some Christians purchased a libellus, some fled to the safety of the countryside, and some refused to sacrifice and were cruelly martyred.

Christians’ divergent responses to the persecution—some heroic, some weak, some uncertain—were traumatic for the Church. Many in the African and Asiatic Church said that those who sacrificed (the lapsi) must be re-baptized. Pope Stephen I, Sixtus II’s predecessor, said that the lapsi must only repent to be reconciled with the Church. The theological positions of the two camps were each sincere, and hardened over time. There was no easy answer.

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Sixtus II had to be consecrated as Pope in secret because of the times. In 257, the formerly peaceable Emperor Valerian issued an anti-Christian edict which forbade Christians from assembling in cemeteries. Sixtus avoided persecution for many months. But in early August 258, Valerian got serious. A new edict focused on essential targets. Bishops, priests, and deacons could be put to death without a trial. On August 6, 258, Pope Sixtus II was with his flock, seated and preaching the word of God, probably at Mass, in the catacombs. A small troop of soldiers was on the hunt. The Pope must die. With torches lighting the way, the soldiers scurried through the warren of dark and narrow passageways toward the underground chapel. Perhaps they heard some singing. They acquired their prize soon enough, and the deed was done.

Saint Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, North Africa, received the news shortly afterward and, before being martyred himself, wrote a letter to his flock: “Valerian has issued an edict to the Senate to the effect that bishops, presbyters, and deacons shall suffer the death penalty without delay…I must also inform you that Sixtus was put to death in a catacomb on the sixth of August, and four deacons with him…Let all our people fix their minds not on death but rather on immortality…knowing that in this contest the soldiers of God and Christ are not slain but rather win their crowns.” An inscription placed on Sixtus II’s tomb over a hundred years after his death by Pope Saint Damasus, rediscovered in the 1800’s, verifies the drama of Sixtus II’s last moments. It notes that the shepherd gave his life for his flock. The faithful with Sixtus that fateful day walked up the steps of the catacomb into the daylight totally unharmed, while their pastor lay dead. The companions martyred with Sixtus were the deacons Januarius, Vincentius, Magnus, Stephanus, Felicissimus and Agapitus.

Source: https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/august-7-saint-sixtus-ii-pope-and-companions-martyrs/

 Memorial of St. Sixtus II.

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At the time when the sword pierced the bowels of the Mother, I, buried here, taught as Pastor the Word of God; when suddenly the soldiers rushed in and dragged me from the chair. The faithful offered their necks to the sword, but as soon as the Pastor saw the ones who wished to rob him of the palm (of martyrdom) he was the first to offer himself and his own head, not tolerating that the (pagan) frenzy should harm the others. Christ, who gives recompense, made manifest the Pastor’s merit, preserving unharmed the flock.

 Life of St. Cajetan

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Like most of us, Cajetan seemed headed for an “ordinary” life—first as a lawyer, then as a priest engaged in the work of the Roman Curia.

His life took a characteristic turn when he joined the Oratory of Divine Love in Rome, a group devoted to piety and charity, shortly after his ordination at 36. When he was 42 he founded a hospital for incurables at Venice. At Vicenza, he joined a “disreputable” religious community that consisted only of men of the lowest stations of life—and was roundly censured by his friends, who thought his action was a reflection on his family. He sought out the sick and poor of the town and served them.

The greatest need of the time was the reformation of a Church that was “sick in head and members.” Cajetan and three friends decided that the best road to reformation lay in reviving the spirit and zeal of the clergy. Together they founded a congregation known as the Theatines—from Teate [Chieti] where their first superior-bishop had his see. One of the friends later became Pope Paul IV.

They managed to escape to Venice after their house in Rome was wrecked when Emperor Charles V’s troops sacked Rome in 1527. The Theatines were outstanding among the Catholic reform movements that took shape before the Protestant Reformation. Cajetan founded a monte de pieta—“mountain or fund of piety”—in Naples, one of many charitable, nonprofit credit organizations that lent money on the security of pawned objects. The purpose was to help the poor and protect them against usurers. Cajetan’s little organization ultimately became the Bank of Naples, with great changes in policy.

Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-cajetan

 Quote from St. Cajetan

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“Do not receive Christ in the Blessed Sacrament so that you may use him as you judge best, but give yourself to him and let him receive you in this Sacrament, so that he himself, God your saviour, may do to you and through you whatever he wills.”

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St. Sixtus II and his companions were put to death by the sword on August 6, 258 during Emperor Valerian's persecution of Christians. Four deacons, Januarius, Vincentius, Magnus, and Stephanus, were apprehended with Sixtus after offering Mass at the cemetary of St. Callistus and beheaded with him. Two other deacons, Felicissimus and Agapitus, suffered martyrdom on the same day. St. Sixtus was one of the most venerated martyrs of the early Roman Church.