Walsingham Wanderings: Windows Into Heaven

Blogs of Interest

Charles Hawkins

Thoughts on this coming Sunday's lectionary readings - Christmas 2 - The readings appointed for this Sunday after Christmas do not rush us back to sentiment or sweetness. They linger instead in a space the Church knows wel...
4 hours ago
New Liturgical Movement

Sarum Chants for Christmas - I happened to stumble across this video which was posted on YouTube just a couple of days ago, which contains all the proper chants for the Midnight Mass o...
10 hours ago
The Voice of Vexillology, Flags & Heraldry

Santa's Favorite Number Explained via 2025's most sillly Fad! - What is Santa's Favorite Element? Watch the video below:
6 days ago
Philadelphia Studies

St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia: The Principles of Its Music (1933) - Click on the image to access the file
1 week ago
Heraldica Nova

Recent Publications 2025 - Once again, the year is drawing to a close and the “cold” season has arrived. While temperatures—at least in Berlin—still feel more like autumn, the short ...
1 week ago
Heraldry

Armorial Tombstones in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts - Having finished reviewing the armorial tombstones and headstones that I saw in Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts, we now walk a few bloc...
3 weeks ago
EXARANDORUM

Bishop O’Connell of Albany - On December 5 the Most Rev. Mark William O’Connell (61), a priest and, since 2016, an Auxiliary Bishop of Boston will be installed as the 11th Bishop of th...
4 weeks ago
Andrew Cusack

Churchill’s Beguinage - When Marcella Pattyn died in 2013, many marked it as the end of the beguines. I'm not so certain. read more
1 month ago
A Heraldry Addict's Weblog

Remember Remember the 5th of November - It's that time of year again. It's quite a long video but you can of course pause it at any time to make a cuppa.
1 month ago
Heraldry Online Blog

Grant of Arms: Sir Charles Frederick Higham, 1924 - Forum Auctions are offering for sale the 1924 Grant of Arms to Sir Charles Frederick Higham (1876-1938). Sir Charles was a British publicist, advertising c...
2 months ago
a genealogist's sketchbook

A Revolutionary casualty - August 8, 1775 — 250 years ago this day — a Gloucester, Massachusetts, militia company scrambled and successfully fought off a shore raid by marines from...
4 months ago
Onward

Several Proclamations and a Funeral - Gregor Macaulay Following longstanding precedents, the accession of King Charles III as Sovereign of the United Kingdom was proclaimed by Garter King of Ar...
2 years ago
Heraldry Society of Scotland - Membership Secretary's Blog

Heralds' Diary Monday 12th September 2022 - The Service of Thankskgiving for the life of the Queen took place at St Giles' Cathedral on Monday 12th September, Her Majesty's children walking behind...
3 years ago
The Oxbridge Pursuivant

RENAMING PRINCIPLES | Harvard's Questions - Old Harvard Law School arms, with Royall badges, *wheat sheaves* or *garbs*. July 26, 2021—The "Rhodes Must Fall" initiative has provoked discussion at O...
4 years ago
European Heraldry

Arms of Munich, GermanyMost recently regranted 2002; originally... - Arms of Munich, Germany Most recently regranted 2002; originally granted in this form 1957; in use since roughly 1304 Blazon: Argent a monk proper, robe...
5 years ago
Cæremoniale Romanum :: Liturgia et mores Curiæ Romanæ

Sollemnia Coronatio Summi Pontificis. Ordines mszy koronacyjnych papieży Jana XXIII i Pawła VI - Artykuł prezentuje stan badań nad papieskimi koronacjami i jest wprowadzeniem do wydania oficjalnych publikacji przygotowanych dla uczestników koronacji J...
6 years ago
The Useful Toil...

"How Could They?" Palm Sunday, 2017 - As we sit here in the midst of passiontide we cannot help but feel the incredible tensions inherent in this day. Even as the echo of sweet “Hosannas” reso...
8 years ago
Discernland

We Need to Talk - Sermon for Epiphany 4A Micah 6:1-8 You know what? I’m a grown man. I’m not afraid of the dark, anymore. I can walk confidently through most days. It’s good...
8 years ago
The Australian Heraldry Society | A Society of People Passionate about Heraldry in Australia

First Meeting for 2017 to be held in Sydney - MEETING ON SATURDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2017 Our first meeting for 2017 will feature a presentation titled: THE FREEMASONS’ ARMS: Heraldry On The Level to be deliv...
8 years ago
haligweorc

Moved… - The haligweorc blog has moved. It can now be found at www.stbedeproductions.com. The St. Bede’s Breviary can be found at the following links: BREVIARY LINK...
10 years ago
Heraldry in Norfolk

Erpingham: References listed - OFFICIAL REFERENCES: C.C.R. 1333-37 = CALENDAR OF CLOSE ROLLS, EDWARD III 1333-37 C.C.R. 1349-54 = CALENDAR OF CLOS...
11 years ago
NYC Heraldry

Schedule Updates: Heraldry Talks in New York City - Schedule Updates as of 1 February 2014: Hello, friends. Here are some items for your calendar. Hope you can join us soon! The following events are free, op...
11 years ago
The LION & the CARDINAL

CRUCIFIXION MINIATURES in the SHERBORNE MISSAL and the LITYLNGTON MISSAL -
12 years ago
Call to Arms...

HBC’S IMAGE RE-BRANDING - What’s old is new again. *Hudson’s Bay Company* has introduced a new logo for its national retail chain that draws on the retailer’s heritage but does so...
12 years ago
Dei gratia

Crevice - There’s a crevice, below which is a deep darkness once terrifying, now safety of an unruly kind surrounds this place! Petals used to bloom above, memory re...
12 years ago
Krazy Krouse Kids

Spring Things at School - Today Tucker had a Mother's Day Tea at his school. He gave a me a planted flower in a pot that he decorated and a sweet card decorated with his fingerprint...
14 years ago
Anglican Wanderings

Holy Name Cathedral - I spent my Independence Day with a friend who lives and ministers in my See City. After an excellent dinner (roasted aspargus and potatoes, and grilled ste...
16 years ago
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