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THE LORETO NUNS - ST. MICHAEL’S PROTECTION OF THE LORETO CONVENT, YORK. The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (the Loreto nuns), were founded by Mary Ward, (1585-1645), who came from a recusant family in the turbulent period of Catholic persecution in England in the years following Elizabeth I. From the time of the Act of Uniformity, (1559), it was illegal to practice the Catholic faith in England. The Act of Supremacy required an oath swearing allegiance to the Queen as the head of the Church of England – excluding Catholics from all office - judges, justices, mayors, royal officials, clergy and all universities. The initial penalty for refusal to take the oath was loss of office. Four years later, however, the penalty had been increased to loss of goods and imprisonment for a first offence, with a second offence counted as treason and punishable with death together with forfeiture of all property to the Crown . The Act of Uniformity, (1558), had set the order of prayer to be that...

THE FEAST OF ST MICHAEL - MICHAELMAS 29th SEPTEMBER Image from and see generally: 7 Sanctuaries linked by a straight line: The legendary Sword of St. Michael By Gelsomino Del Guercio – Aleteia Spain. The Feast Day of the great Archangel, Michael ("Who is like God") is tomorrow - some interesting stories about the head of the Holy Hosts: THE SWORD OF ST MICHAEL Seven ancient Catholic churches dedicated to St Michael are linked in a straight line across Europe, reaching from Skellig Michael off the cost of Ireland and finishing at Haifa, Israel. Legend says that the line represents the blow St Michael inflicted upon the devil when he drove him to hell.* Gelsomino del Guercio pointed out that; “The sacred line also is perfectly aligned with the sunset on the day of the Northern hemisphere’s Summer Solstice” The summer solstice is the day of the great feast of John the Baptist“* * See: 7 Sanctuaries Linked by a Straight Line: the Legendary Sword of St Michael.” https://catholice...