Online text: “Maria Gaetana Agnesi: Mathematics and the Making of the Catholic Enlightenment”, by Massimo Mazzotti

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• “Maria Gaetana Agnesi: Mathematics and the Making of the Catholic Enlightenment”, by Massimo Mazzotti, Isis, Vol. 92, No. 4 (Dec., 2001): pp. 657-683. May be read online at JSTOR. (The website may be accessed through a free registration or a Gmail login, allowing reading of a number of materials, or an institutional registration).

See also this book-length text by the same author:

• The World of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician of God, by Massimo Mazzotti (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). The ebook and printed book is available for purchase at Amazon.

Posted in remembrance of Maria Gaetana Agnesi (+ 9 January 1799), mathematician, theologian, lover of God and servant of the poor. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Free audiobook & ebook: Saint Charles Borromeo, the Reforming Cardinal, by Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny

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• Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reforming Cardinal, by Louise M. Stacpoole-Kenny (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow: R. & T. Washbourne; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benzinger Bros., 1911). Includes a translation of the Encyclical “Editae Saepe” on St. Charles Borromeo of Pope Pius X.
  • The audiobook may be streamed online, and is available in mp3 format, at Internet Archive, with another copy at Internet Archive, and at LibriVox (linked by this page of CatholicAudioBooks).
  • The audiobook is also reproduced in video form on this page of Classic Catholic Audiobooks; at LibriVox Audiobooks; and at Full Audiobooks.
  • The ebook may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive (linked by this page of CatholicAudioBooks) and Open Library, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.

See also another work by the same holy bishop:

• Charles Borromeo’s “Instructiones Fabricae et Supellectilis Ecclesiasticae”, 1577, Book I and Book II, translated with commentary and analysis by Dr. Evelyn Voelker (+2008). The complete text is available in pdf format at EvelynVoelker.com.
• The original dissertation of Dr. Voelker, containing the translation of Book I, is also available: Charles Borromeo’s “Instructiones Fabricae et Supellectilis Ecclesiasticae”: A Translation with Commentary and Analysis, by Dr. Evelyn Voelker (Dissertation, Syracuse University, 1977). May be borrowed at Internet Archive (which requires an Internet Archive account, entailing a very simple signup), and may be accessed by ProQuest subscribers at Syracuse University Libraries.
  • [Note 1: Dr. Voelker’s translation of St. Charles Borromeo Pastoral Letter to the Clergy of Milan, on page 21 of her original dissertation, translates the title of the work as Instruction for Ecclesiastical Buildings and Furnishings.]
  • [Note 2: Dr. Voelker’s original 1977 dissertation includes material unfortunately omitted in the text provided on EvelynVoelker.com, including her translation of St. Charles Borromeo’s Pastoral Letter to the Clergy of Milan, as well as her truly informative Notes to that letter.]

On the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo in the Roman Rite. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Free ebook: “Ancient, Subterranean, & Modern Rome, in Word & Picture”, by Rev. Albert Kuhn

O Roma Nobilis, orbis et domina…
Stained red with the red blood of martyrs,
Decorated with the white lilies of virgins…
Te benedicimus: salve per saecula…

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• Roma: Ancient, Subterranean, and Modern Rome, in Word and Picture, by Rev. Albert Kuhn, O.S.B, D.D. [1839-1929], with a Preface by [James] Cardinal Gibbons, with 74 Illustrations in the Text, 48 Full-Page Inserts, and 3 Plans of Rome (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1916). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library; and also available at HathiTrust, with a 2^nd copy at HathiTrust.

On the anniversary of the legendary founding of the city of Rome. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project.

Online ebook: “Saint Bonaventure”, by Fr. Laurence Costelloe

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• Saint Bonaventure: The Seraphic Doctor; Minister-General of the Franciscan Order; Cardinal Bishop of Albano, by the Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M. (New York: London, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911). With Imprimatur. Available at Internet Archive, ManyBooks.net, and  Project Gutenberg.

See also these texts by and about the Seraphic Doctor (very incomplete list):

• Address at a Meeting with the Local People during a Pastoral Visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio, by Pope Benedict XVI, 6 September 2009. May be read online at the Holy See. [N.B., The address concerned Saint Bonaventure of Bonaventure.]
• “Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure’s Theology of the Cross”, by Noel Muscat, OFM. Available in pdf format at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (the 14 May 2014 snapshot of the page from the former website of the Five Franciscan Martyrs Region of the Secular Franciscan Order).
• The Life of St. Francis of Assisi; from the ‘Legenda Santi Francisci’ of S. Bonaventure, edited and with a preface by the Archbishop of Westminster, Henry Edward [Manning] (London: R. Washbourne, 1868]. May be downloaded in PDF format through the Saints’ Books index. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
• Loving in the Present: The Theological and Pastoral Influences of St. Bonaventure’s Critical Retrieval of Joachim of Fiore on Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI (Theology Graduate Thesis), by William L. Patenaude (2013). Available in pdf format at Providence College Digital Commons.
• “The Medieval University and the Ethos of Knowledge: Franciscan Friars, Patristic Tradition, and Scholastic ‘Instruments’”, by Professor Ana Paula Tavares Magalhães, Acta Scientiarum: Education, v. 37, n. 3, (July-Sept., 2015): pp. 237-245. Available in pdf format (here) through this page of the Digital Library of Intellectual Production of Universidade de São Paulo; at the Fundación Dialnet; and at ResearchGate.
• Des Sept Dons du Saint-Esprit, par Saint Bonaventure, Docteur de l’église. Disponible à JesusMarie.com.
• “St Bonaventure and the History of Salvation”, by Pope Benedict XVI (Preface of the second volume of Gesammelte Schriften by Joseph Ratzinger). Taken from: L’Osservatore Romano, Weekly Edition in English, 23 September 2009, page 7. May be read on this page of the EWTN Libraries.
• “St. Bonaventure, Benedict XVI, and the New Evangelization”, by William L. Patenaude, May 9, 2012, at Catholic World Report.
• Théologie Séraphique: Extraite et Traduite des Oeuvres de Saint Bonaventure; Contenant “L’Itineraire de l’Ame vers Dieu”, “Le Traité du Mepris du Monde”, “L’Ecuelle d’Or des Vertus”, “Le Bouquet Spirituel”, “Le Traité des Vertus”, et “L’Incendie de l’Amour”, par l’Abbé Celeste Alix, et par Acc. Alix (Paris: Jacques LeCoffre et Cie., 1853). Disponible à Internet Archive.
• [Three Discourses on Saint Bonaventure] by Pope Benedict XVI: (1) General Audience of 3 March 2010 The text may be read at the Holy See, and the video address may be viewed at Youtube; (2) General Audience of 10 March 2010. The text may be read at the Holy See, and the video address entitled “St. Bonaventure and [the] Theology of history” may be viewed at Youtube; and (3) General Audience on 17 March 2010. The text may be read at the Holy See, and the video address may be viewed at Youtube.

On the Feast of Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other online texts and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

e-livres en ligne: “Tableau Historique des Souvenirs et des Monuments Chrétiens de Rome”, par Eugène de La Gournerie

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• Rome Chrétienne, ou Tableau Historique des Souvenirs et des Monuments Chrétiens de Rome, 4me edition, par Eugène de La Gournerie (Paris: Ambroise Bray, 1867). Avec des approbations. Le Premier Tome est disponible dans Internet Archive et Internet Archive. Le Tome Deuxieme est disponible en Google Books. Le Tome Troisieme st disponible dans Google Books.
  • La Tome Premier du Troisieme Edition est disponible dans Google Books.
  • La Tome Premier du Deuxieme edition, (Paris: Ambroise Bray, 1858) est disponible dans la Bibiliotheque Nationale de France et Google Books. La Tome Second du Deuxieme editon (Paris: Ambroise Bray, 1858) est disponible dans la Bibiliotheque Nationale de France et Google Books
  • La Tome Premier du premier edition (Paris: Debecourt, 1843) est disponible dans Google Books.

Pour la journée internationale des musées, 2018.

(And if the grammar is wrong, please correct me. Merci.)

Online text: “Sacred Music”, Vol. 128, No. 4 (Winter 2001)

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• Sacred Music, Vol. 128, No. 4 (Winter 2001). Published by the Church Music Association of America. Includes the articles: “The Easter Triduum in Milan”, by Vincent A. Lenti; “The Mozarabic Chant Books of Cisneros”, by Dr. Angel Fernandez Collado; and “Reflections on the Liturgical Reform”, by Professor Roberto de Mattei. Available in pdf format (on this page) at Musica Sacra.

Image from Wikipedia. 

On the Feast of Saint Dominic of Silos (Domingo de Silos), O.S.B. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). 

 

“Not every kind of music can have a place in Christian worship. It has its standards, and that standard is the Logos. If we want to know whom we are dealing with, the Holy Spirit or the unholy spirit, we have to remember that it is the Holy Spirit who moves us to say, “Jesus is Lord” (1 Cor 12:3). The Holy Spirit leads us to the Logos, and he leads us to a music that serves the Logos as a sign of the sursum corda, the lifting up of the human heart. Does it integrate man by drawing him to what is above, or does it cause his disintegration into formless intoxication or mere sensuality? That is the criterion for a music in harmony with logos…” (Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI, as quoted in Catholic Champion)

Free ebook: “St. Peter in Rome and His Tomb on the Vatican Hill”, by Arthur Stapylton Barnes

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• St. Peter in Rome and His Tomb on the Vatican Hill, by Arthur Stapylton Barnes (London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1900), With Imprimatur. Available in multiple formats (pdf, plain text, DAISY, epub, djvu, and mobi/Kindle) at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter in Rome in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)

Free ebook: “The Martyrs of Castelfidardo”, by the Count Anatole de Ségur

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• The Martyrs of Castelfidardo [by the Count Anatole de Ségur], translated from the French by a member of the Presentation convent (Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, 1883). Available at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the anniversary of the Battle of Castelfidardo (September 18, 1860), in which outnumbered volunteers from Catholic Christendom defended the freedom of the Vicar of Christ against Secularist aggression. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Free ebook: “Matilda, Countess of Tuscany”, by Mary E. Huddy

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• Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, revised 2^nd edition, by Mary E. Huddy (London: John Long, 1906). Available on Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. [N.B.-This is a book about Matilda of Canossa written in a popular style.]

In remembrance of Countess Matilda the Great (+ 24 July 1115), who led her outnumbered armies in defense of the Reform Papacy, against the Holy Roman Emperor who sought to keep the Church under dynastic control. Amid today’s idolatry of State power, may we also strive in God’s grace for the kingship of Christ and the liberty of His Church.

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Free ebook: “The Independence of the Holy See”, by Cardinal Manning

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• The Independence of the Holy See: with an Appendix containing the Papal Allocution of March, 1877, and an English translation, by Henry Edward Manning (London: Henry S. King and Co., 1877). Available at Internet Archive and Open Library. With a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.

In remembrance of the Battle of Sorbara (2 July 1084), where Countess Matilda the Great and her outnumbered army defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire, thus protecting (for a time) the freedom of the Church. For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). For God and Saint Peter!