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In the News (Mon 13 Feb 12)

  
  Parochial Economy
Collegiate Church.--In the course of the same year, 1429, Sir John Forrester founded a Provostry or collegiate church in the kirk-yard of the then existing parish church of Corstorphine.
It is interesting to find this division of the Collegiate Church corroborated in the charter confirming the donation by the vicar of Kirkurd to the parish kirk, already quoted, dated 27th September 1473, in which the whole establishment of one provost and eight chaplains are mentioned as witnesses, the names being as follows, viz.
While Provost, he is said to have built a house or manse near the collegiate church, for the use of himself and his successors in office, and placed on it his cost of arms, from which it appears that he was related to the family of Buccleuch (vi).
www.angelfire.com /ct2/corstorphine/index3j.html   (1459 words)

  
 collegiate church. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
A Roman Catholic or Anglican church other than a cathedral, having a chapter of canons and presided over by a dean or provost.
A church in the United States associated with others under a common body of pastors.
A church in Scotland served by two or more ministers at the same time.
www.bartleby.com /61/6/C0480600.html   (116 words)

  
 The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel
Collegiate churches housed a college of priests, whose role was to pray each day for the souls of the Lord and his family, whereby, it was hoped, their path to salvation would be eased.
One such “college collegiate church” is Crichton Collegiate Church, dedicated to St Mary and St Kentigern, which lies, quite literally, at the end of the road – and not far from Rosslyn.
Confirmation of the status of a collegiate church was given by James Kennedy, Bishop of St. Andrews, and the church was finished in time to hold its first service on December 26, 1449 – at a time when according to the most likely scenario, Rosslyn was not even started.
www.philipcoppens.com /rosslyn_crichton.html   (1322 words)

  
 Collegiate Church (Stiftskirche) - Universitätsstadt Tübingen
In the context of the foundation of the university in 1477 the former parish church which had been mentioned for the first time in 1191 was transformed into a collegiate church.
The choir loft of the Collegiate Church served the Dynasty of Württemberg as a tomb; between 1450 and 1616 several sarcophagi were made by renowned sculptors of the late Gothic period and of the Renaissance.
Across from the Collegiate Church, number 15 in the lane Münzgasse, you will find the House of Cotta, the former address of the famous publishing house which released the works of Schiller and Goethe.
www.tuebingen.de /en/1560_2566.html   (222 words)

  
 Seton Collegiate Church compared with Rosslyn Chapel
Seton Collegiate Church could no longer be used for its original purpose and masses for the souls of members of the Seton family ceased.
The church was used for a short time as a parish church and a bell, cast in Holland in 1577, was made for the incomplete steeple.
Seton was amalgamated with Tranent in 1580 and the church ceased to be actively used as a church and became little more that a private chapel for the members of the Seton family.
www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk /seton.htm   (1440 words)

  
 Collegiate Church Planting - Church Planting Village
A.  Church within a Church – The local church offers its facilities for the purpose of housing a collegiate church.  The leadership of the collegiate church works closely with the leadership of the local church in an intentional collaborative effort.
B.  On-Campus Church – The collegiate church meets on the college campus because the local church partnering with the collegiate church is unable to house the collegiate church.
While serving as part of the church planting team, these students would be discipled by the church planting team leader or other member, and mentored in developing church planting skills.
www.churchplantingvillage.net /site/c.iiJTKZPEJpH/b.1299865/k.721D/Collegiate_Church_Planting.htm   (955 words)

  
 Studentz
The collegiate church starting strategy summarized below is an attempt to address the non-Christians found on North America’s college campuses in light of the declining resolve of many local churches to enter the collegiate world with the gospel of Christ.
Identify local churches that are interested in planting collegiate churches and partner with them to implement a collegiate church planting strategy for their context.
On-Campus Church – The collegiate church meets on the college campus because the local church partnering with the collegiate church is unable to house the collegiate church.
www.studentz.com /site/c.ijJYJdMPIqE/b.735619/k.7EF2/Collegiate_Church_Strategy.htm   (733 words)

  
 Anglican Church Music
This site aims to be a central source of information for Anglican and Episcopal church and cathedral music, with resources for church musicians, singers, congregation members, or anyone who enjoys this kind of music.
This section is a beginners guide to Anglican church music, but may also be of use to seasoned professionals.
It it full of information about different types of church service, the music that is performed in them.
www.churchmusic.org.uk   (237 words)

  
 Scottish Gothic Churches and Abbeys :: The range of collegiate churches: the revival of the barrel vault; Roslin and ...
The most characteristic church building of the 14th-16th centuries in Scotland was that of the collegiate foundations generally created for the benefit of the founder's soul or the prestige of their family, but sometimes also with an educational purpose.
This church is notable not only for the tomb niche already noted (Whithorn) but for the fine Curvilinear tracery, presumably of French Flamboyant inspiration, of the presbytery bay, 3 lights to the East window and 2 light windows flanking it and in the West wall.
The last collegiate church to be built was at Biggar in southern Lanarkshire, founded by Malcolm Fleming, Lord Chamberlain, in 1545-6, probably added onto an earlier church which was homogenised with the rest by the insertion of similar windows and buttresses by David Bryce in 1869-71.
www.arthist.arts.gla.ac.uk /gothic_open/html/range.htm   (2790 words)

  
 St Peter's Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This church was replaced in the early 14th Cenury by a new one in the 'decorated' style and in 1425 work on the present cruciform took shape.
In its present mode and after constant restoration the church stands much as it did in the 16th Century, with the exception of the chancel which was rebuilt completely by Ewan Christian in 1867.
The north transept was one of the last parts of the prereformation church to be completed and dates from the early 16th Century; the burial place, for many centuries, of important local families.
www.scit.wlv.ac.uk /local/wolverhampton/places/stpeter.html   (504 words)

  
 St Mary's Collegiate Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, one of the oldest churches in Ireland, is a building of great beauty, a place of worship and prayer, a church whose life has been closely identified with the history of Ireland for nearly 1000 years.
This rebuilding in the early 13th century was under the direction and hand of the Masters of four local lodges of operative masons, whose marks are to be seen in the pillars of the Gothic arches.
The blue, grey and red stone building is cruciform in shape, symbolic of the truth that the existence of the Church depends upon the fact the Christ died on the Cross.
www.iol.ie /~prthomas/st_mary.html   (948 words)

  
 Collegiate Church of Youghal, County of Cork
Ruins of the Chancel of the Collegiate Church of Youghal, County of Cork.
The church is of prior date, but was rebuilt and beautified by the Earl of Desmond soon after the erection of the college, and repaired, at a later period, by the Earl of Cork.
The Collegiate Church of Youghal was in its original state one of the finest specimens in Ireland of that style of pointed architecture, now generally known as "the decorated English style;" and its east window was considered to be the most beautiful of its kind in the island.
www.libraryireland.com /articles/CollegiateChurchYoughalDPJ1-44/index.php   (802 words)

  
 Seton Collegiate Church Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
The origins of Seton Collegiate Church go back to 1242, the year in which a parish church dedicated to St Mary and Holy Cross was consecrated here by the Bishop of St Andrews.
It was Lady Catherine's grandson, the First Lord Seton, who started to adapt the church to serve as a Collegiate Church, a base for a group of priests whose main role was to pray for the souls of the Seton family.
For a while the church returned to its first use in service of the Parish, but in 1580 the parish of Seton was joined with that of Tranent and the need of a separate church disappeared.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /seton/collegiatechurch   (788 words)

  
 An Historical Sketch of the Early Collegiate Church
The members of the Church were given freedom of religion; perpetual succession of ministers in the church was assured and the Church's property was confirmed to it.
The demand for new ministers to supply the American churches could not be met by the Classis of Amsterdam, as the salaries were small, and prospects of preaching in the wilderness were not alluring.
The churches of America sent some of their promising men to the Netherlands, but this was not a solution to the problem of supplying a ministry for America.
www.upword.com /collegiate/history.html   (1219 words)

  
 The Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas
The island's past endures, in the countless ruined churches and crumbling castles that mark the landscape; and for the thoughtful traveler, those ruins are like heralds, forever lamenting the greatness of a world that exists now only in the shadows of history.
The early sections of the church date from 1320, although tradition tells us that St. Nicholas was built upon the ruins of an older structure, and part of the chancel's south wall may incorporate some of this earlier material.
The church's first important transformation came in 1485, after the 14 merchant tribes garnered a papal bull from Pope Innocent VIII granting their request to convert the church into a collegiate body, administered by a warden and eight vicars, whom the town could appoint without interference.
www.galway1.ie /faq/church.htm   (680 words)

  
 The Seton Family Website - Seton Collegiate Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Church income was thereafter entirely devoted to the upkeep of the Provost and canons, who were responsible for the cure of souls.
Thereafter, Lady Janet Seton, nee Hepburn, generously endowed the Church but, in 1544, it was damaged by the English, during the invasion of the Earl of Hertford, who looted and stripped the vestments, communion vessels, organ and bell before burning the timber work in the building.
In 1580, the Church was united with Tranent and was well patronised until 1715 when it was entered by the Lothian Militia.
www.thesetonfamily.com /directory/SetonCollegiateChurch.htm   (250 words)

  
 The Collegiate Churches of New York City
The church's spire and weathercock towered over the walls of the fort, so that they were the first sight seen as ships sailed into the harbor of New Amsterdam.
As one church became crowded, a larger church was built to replace the old; as new areas of the colony became settled, churches were built to serve the new communities.
In 1839, a second Collegiate Church was built on Layfayette Place, as the churches continued to move uptown with the population.
www.upword.com /collegiate/church.html   (508 words)

  
 Marble Collegiate Church
The cornerstone of Marble Collegiate Church was laid in November 1851, and the church dedicated on October 11, 1854.
The church inspires a faith that helps overcome the adversities of life, empowering each member to become their own light of Christ in the world.
Through the continual expansion of their ministry, the church will be a positive force in the shaping of a new society, sharing their knowledge and resources with the world.
www.sowingseeds.tv /ep12_marble.jsp   (381 words)

  
 St Peter's Church
It is said that this was used in earlier times by a priest who looked out for merchants coming from the market to church, so that he could then leap into action for the immediate provision of their religious needs.
If you are able to visit the church at night you will see that the church's history continues to develop, the immediate past rector having been responsible for the installation of a remarkable lighting system.
The church (and monastery) was originally dedicated to St. Mary and some people revived the dedication in the 19th century.
www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk /listed/stpeterschurch.htm   (937 words)

  
 West End Collegiate Church: History and Belief
West End Collegiate Church is part of the oldest Protestant church with a continuing organization in America.
In the decade prior to the building of West End Collegiate Church, the West Side, formerly farmland, experienced a building boom and surge of population, beginning with the opening of the Dakota apartments in 1884.
The design of West End Collegiate Church was chosen not only to reflect the Dutch history of the Collegiate Church, but because it was part of an urban trend at the time.
www.westendchurch.org /belief.page.html   (848 words)

  
 Tennessee Baptist Convention
This hour gives your church its greatest opportunity to make contact with students and show them how the church is relevant to them and their needs.
Churches may find that the Baptist Collegiate Ministry on the local campus is an effective partner in providing "Third Hour" opportunities for students.
Three Hours of Church Ministry with Students is a guidebook for churches who want to begin or improve their ministry with students.
www.tnbaptist.org /page.asp?cat=college&subcat=collegemin   (825 words)

  
 Churches of Devon: Crediton
The earliest part of the present church is the base of the tower, dating from about 1150.
The canons were ejected from their college at the Dissolution, but the people of Crediton purchased the church and some of its associated rights for £300.
Most striking amongst the church fittings is the exuberant rood and flanking saints which covers the whole of the eastern nave wall above the tower arch.
www.britannia.com /history/devon/churches/crediton.html   (336 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - collegiate church
Westminster Abbey, the most famous church in Great Britain, enshrining many of the traditions of the British people.
Church (building), a building designed for worship for groups of Christians.
Church (movement), the historical movement that arose from the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth.
encarta.msn.com /collegiate+church.html   (112 words)

  
 UNESCO World Heritage in Germany: St. Servatius in Quedlinburg
When the seminary was closed by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1802, castle and church became property of the Prussian state.
In 1812 the magistrate passed the church the castle parishioners.
ho enters the church today and - impressed by the room of the nave, admiring the achievement of the medieval architecture and stone-masons' work - at the royal graves may feel the exhalation of history, should not forget the reason for this building: it was built to honour God.
home.bawue.de /~wmwerner/english/heritage/quedlb_e.html   (441 words)

  
 Holy War | The New York Observer
The church's property in New York–including a swath of downtown land deeded to the church in the 1690's and ground beneath Rockefeller Center–brought it millions in tax-free rental revenues, some of which went to Reformed colleges and charities.
Collegiate, which said it was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on Bethany, pushed Rev. Hanousek to raise more money on his own.
The church kept ownership of the ground, leasing it to the developers–a common arrangement in real estate–and still collects $650,000 a year from the center's owners.
www.observer.com /node/44111   (2451 words)

  
 Churches of Devon: Ottery St. Mary
Though the bulk of the choir and transepts date from around 1280, the parish church was completed transformed into what we see toady by Bishop John Grandisson in 1337.
He had purchased the site for the founding of a College of Ecclesiastical Canons and wished their place of worship to simulate exactly the Cathedral he was building in the nearby city of Exeter.
The only later part of the church is the north 'Dorset Aisle,' erected, with its excellent fan vaulting, around 1520 through the munificence of Cecily Grey, Marchioness of Dorset, who lived at nearby Shute Barton.
www.britannia.com /history/devon/churches/ottery.html   (415 words)

  
 Marble Collegiate Church - New York City
The Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York was organized in 1628 under Peter Minuit, Director General of the New Netherland, and has the distinction of being the oldest Protestant denomination with a continuous ministry, and was also the first corporation in the United States.
Known at first as the Fifth Avenue Collegiate Church and later as the Twenty-ninth Street Church, its name was officially changed in 1906 for the material of which it is made.
By the 1930s, however, the city had moved further uptown, and the church was in a serious decline; this was abruptly reversed in 1932 with the beginning of Norman Vincent Peale's 52-year tenure as minister.
www.nycago.org /Organs/NYC/html/MarbleCollegiate.html   (979 words)

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