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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Albertus Magnus
Albert, eldest son of the Count of Bollstädt, was born at Lauingen, Swabia, in the year 1205 or 1206, though many historians give it as 1193.
Roger Bacon and Albert proved to the world that the Church is not opposed to the study of nature, that faith and science may go hand in hand; their lives and their writings emphasize the importance of experiment and investigation.
Albert respected authority and traditions, was prudent in proposing the results of his investigations, and hence "contributed far more than Bacon did to the advancement of science in the thirteenth century" (Turner, Hist.
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 St. Albert, Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert is a city in Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River.
Albert was founded in 1861 by Father Albert Lacombe, who built a chapel in the Sturgeon River valley.
Albert is an anomaly in that the Catholic school district is the public system, and the Protestant school district is separate.
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 Courtly Lives - St. Albertus Magnus/Albert de Groot
Albert was born between 1193 and 1207 in a castle Lauringen, Swabia, on the Danube River, near the city of Ulm.
Albert was also thought to be a magician, since he was repeatedly charged, by some of his unfriendly contemporaries, with holding communications with the devil, practicing the craft of magic, and with the making of a demonic automation able to speak.
In 1243-1244 Albert was the magister at the Paris theology faculty.
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 St Albert's College
Albert's is integrated in every way possible with the life of the University and with the other seven Colleges, which are all owned and operated by the University itself.
Albert was probably born sometime around 1200 and died in 1280.In the course of his long life he made major contributions to a wide range of subjects, as well as carrying out the arduous duties of Prior Provincial of the Dominican province of Teutonia.
Albert's writings are generally less well known than those of contemporary scholastics, but they contain much that is of enduring value that is still being uncovered and discussed by philosophers and theologians today.
www.une.edu.au /campus/st-alberts/history.htm   (1194 words)

  
 St Albert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Founded in 1861 by Father Albert LACOMBE as an Oblate mission, it was named by Bishop A. Taché after Lacombe's patron saint and is Alberta's oldest non-fortified community.
St Albert has grown into a city providing services for the extensive farming area north of Edmonton.
St Albert Place, designed by Douglas CARDINAL, houses the city's major cultural facilities (Arden Theatre, an arts studio and public library) as well as the city hall.
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 Renewing spirits at St. Albert's - The Boston Globe
The windows in the rectory at St. Albert the Great in Weymouth are open to the summer breezes for the first time since last August.
Albert's was officially closed by the Archdiocese of Boston Sept. 1 in a reconfiguration plan that has so far led to 62 churches being shut.
Because of the active laity at St. Albert's, his job is doubtless easier than it was when he was last there in the 1990s.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/08/07/renewing_spirits_at_st_alberts   (1084 words)

  
 Hughes: Albert the Great, 8
So too Albert declared that his aim was simply to make Aristotle intelligible to the West, which is by no means the same thing as to initiate the formulation of a system of philosophy which the Church would adopt as the basis of her official teaching.
Albert, already recognized as one of the greatest if not yet the greatest of Europe's teachers,(4) perceived the extraordinary genius of the young pupil entrusted to him, and received him into his closest friendship.
Albert, who was certainly well over seventy and perhaps over eighty, announced his intention of going to Paris; and to Paris he went despite the fears and remonstrances of his friends and brethren.
www.spiritualitytoday.org /spir2day/ag08.html   (4415 words)

  
 Albert.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Albert, the oldest son of the Count of Bollstadt, was born in the castle of Lauingen on the Danube River in the southern German province of Swabia.
Albert was received as a postulant by Blessed Jordan of Saxony, the immediate successor of Saint Dominic.
Albert was in his own lifetime and for centuries that followed an authority on physics, geography, astronomy, mineralogy, chemistry, and biology.
www.op.org /domcentral/people/vocations/albert.htm   (703 words)

  
 St. Albert
St Albert constantly reminds all people of the importance of faith and reason and that there is no needed separation between these two.
Reasonably, Albert is called the 'Universal Doctor.' Everyone who uses their mind and reasoning power in their profession would be wise to learn from St Albert before it is too late.
Albert insisted that it is easy to find Mary and for that reason we can always be discovering her.
www.doctorsofthecatholicchurch.com /A.html   (3917 words)

  
 AlbertaFirst.com - St. Albert
St. Albert's engineering and landscaping standards are among the highest of any metro Edmonton municipality, resulting in well-treed and maintained residential streets, grassed boulevards and attractive perimeter fencing.
Albert is served by more than a dozen local and major regional trucking firms with carrier tariffs usually including St. Albert as a delivery point in the Edmonton area with no additional charges.
Albert is part of the Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division #29, headquartered in St. Albert [Tel: (780)459-7711], and the St.
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 A Patron Saint for Scientists
Albert was the first man accurately to describe a Greenland whale (and to get first-hand information about the creature he joined a whale hunt in Friesland).
Most of Albert’s students were eager to show off what they knew (or thought they knew) in class; Thomas, on the other hand, never joined the raucous discussions.
Albert hoped he would spend his whole life studying and teaching, but in 1260 Pope Alexander IV appointed him bishop of Regensburg in Germany.
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 St. Albert the Great - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
Albert the Great was a 13th-century German Dominican who influenced decisively the stance of the Church toward Aristotelian philosophy brought to Europe by the spread of Islam.
Albert, a Doctor of the Church, is the patron of scientists and philosophers.
Ultimately, in canonizing Albert, the Church seems to point to his openness to truth, wherever it may be found, as his claim to holiness.
www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay?id=1200   (501 words)

  
 ST. ALBERT THE GREAT AND THE CONCEPTION OF MARY
Contemporary specialists in the history of science accord Albert the Great an important place in the rise of "the scientific method." He is said to have been among the first to have recognized the importance of observation and experiment for understanding natural phenomena.
She appeared to St. Albert a third time in 1256, giving him the presence of mind needed to defeat in public debate that most cunning opponent of Dominican mendicancy, William of St. Amour.
Albert concludes a treatise which begins with a consideration of "the good as a transcendental attribute of being" with a discussion of what the particular character of Our Lady's virginity discloses about the essence of virtue.
www.catholic.net /RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0506-96/Article5.html   (2770 words)

  
 St. Albert's Alumni Association
Carm., the former long-suffering Athletic Director/Coach of St Albert's was eagerly waiting to see if some of his former softball players would finally be able to redeem themselves and put on at least a credible performance on the field.
Albert did not mention the persons by name, but rumors were flying that the culprit may have been one of the people sitting to the left.
Fr Albert, who was headmaster of St Albert's for many years and lived in retirement there before he died always mentioned that the Barn was the only thing on the property that was older than he was.
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Although Albert was one of those who "took the cross" when the papal legate preached the Crusade in Liège a few months later, he rejoined the ranks of the clergy at the same time, received back his canonry, and never went to the East.
Albert of Rethel was a cousin of Baudouin de Hainaut and uncle of Constance, the wife of the emperor, Henry VI.
Albert of Louvain quietly informed him that his own election was valid, rebuked him for interfering in church matters, and gave notice of his intention to appeal to the Holy See.
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 St. Albert the Great   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Albert the Great was born in Lauingen on the Danube, near Ulm, Germany; his father was a military lord in the army of Emperor Frederick II.
As a young man Albert studied at the University of Padua and there fell under the spell of Blessed Jordan of Saxony, the Dominican who made the rounds of the universities of Europe drawing the best young men of the universities into the Dominicans.
Thought for the Day: St. Albert the Great was convinced that all creation spoke of God and that the tiniest piece of scientific knowledge told us something about Him.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/ALBERT.HTM   (510 words)

  
 Sr.M.Albert Hughes: St. Albert the Great, Introduction
Albert, it seems, did not keep up with his student's work until after Thomas death, when he took it upon himself to defend what had been their common stand against traditionalist critics.
Albert's optimism with regard to the goodness of human nature, the world, and the accessibility of God's grace encourage us to carry on in the same pioneering spirit.
The chronology of the life of St. Albert is still a matter of some dispute, but it is hoped that the most probable dates have been given.
www.spiritualitytoday.org /spir2day/ag00.html   (666 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Albert of Sicily
Albert's parents promised that if they were blessed with a son, he would be dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Albert was so well remembered for this intervention that a city gate was dedicated in his honor over 300 years later.
In his later years, Albert retired to a small monastery near Messina, and spent his time in prayer, meditation, and communion.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainta29.htm   (202 words)

  
 stalbertgazette.com: About Us
The City of St. Albert is one of Alberta’s fastest growing communities.
He has served in various capacities with minor sports organizations, is a founding director of the St. Albert Community Foundation, a director of the Arts and Heritage Foundation of St..
Albert, a director of the Rotary Music Festival Society and is a member of the Rotary Club of St. Albert.
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 Rule of St Albert
The Rule of St Albert was written sometime between 1206 and 1214 for the group of hermits dwelling on Mt Carmel.
In 1562, St Teresa of Avila founded St Joseph's in an effort to return to the life of the original Rule.
Albert, called by God's favour to be Patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem, bid health in the Lord and the blessing of the Holy Spirit to his beloved sons in Christ, B. and the other hermits under obedience to him, who live near the spring on Mt Carmel.
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 St. Albert of Jerusalem - Catholic Online
In 1205, Albert was appointed the patriarch of Jerusalem, a post established in 1099 when Jerusalem became a Latin kingdom in the control of Christian crusaders.
Albert was approached by St. Brocard, who was the prior or superior of the group of hermits.
Albert's rule regulating the monastic life of these men included severe fasts, a perpetual abstinence from meat, silence, and seclusions.
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 St. Albert the Great
These guidelines (published at http://www.rcab.org/Parish_Reconfiguration/HomePage.html) cite changing demographics, leading to declining attendance at certain parishes; aging physical plants requiring extensive repairs or expensive upkeep from diminishing resources; and a decease in the numbers of Boston priests and their increasing mean age, requiring a redistribution of priests to the parishes most needing them.
Albert's healthy income and healthier spirit makes it quite likely that it could organize itself to be administered by paid laypeople: an administrator, pastoral associate or faith formation director, and whatever other personnel are needed.
The vitality and love of the Church demonstrated in the actions of the parishioners of St. Albert the Great, St. Anselm and yes, even in the Council of Parishes are the Catholic Church of the 21st century.
arcc-catholic-rights.net /st__albert_the_great.htm   (1955 words)

  
 St. Albert the Great
We, the Catholic Christian Community of St. Albert the Great, strive to see all as holy and to know, love, and serve God and others.
Albert the Great Parish continues to grow as a community of stewards - people who reach out to others and are generous with their time and talents out of love of God and one another.
Each of you, committed to the parish and its mission, provides St. Albert's the ability to carry out these principles of stewardship.
www.saintalberts.org   (207 words)

  
 St. Albert Alberta
The City of St. Albert, now with 45,000 residents, is Alberta's oldest non-fortified community.
It was established in 1861, and named for Father Albert Lacombe, one of the earliest missionaries in the West.
The Sturgeon River Valley shapes the urban landscape of St. Albert.
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 St Albert, Canada
The town of St Albert is a drive of only minutes north-west from Downtown Edmonton.
The original settlement of St Albert evolved from a mission station founded in 1861 by Father Albert Lacombe, around which swiftly grew up the largest Métis community in the Canadian west.
The former cathedral stands next to it, and the history of the town is documented in the St Albert Heritage Museum, a few paces downhill.
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 St Albert CAP History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
St. Albert CAP is a part of the larger shared vision of Industry Canada's Urban CAP program that strives for complete access to Information Technologies and the Information Highway to Canadians.
In October of 2001 St. Albert CAP received a grant of $238,000 from Industry Canada to bring the program to St. Albert.
In St. Albert we are proud to have 16 Host Sites, including, computer labs at the St. Albert Public Library, the St. Albert Youth Community Centre, and Transitions (previously the Association for People with Disabilities).
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 Carmelite Identity in the Rule of St Albert
  Albert was elected Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1205 and arrived in the Holy Land in 1206.
  Interestingly, when St Teresa of Avila reformed the Carmelite Order and returned it to the primitive rule, the version of the rule which she thought of as the primitive rule was the one with mitigations issued by Innocent IV.
  Albert underscores this life of solitude in three more places: “Each one of you is to have a separate cell” (#5), “Each of you is to say in his own cell or nearby”(#8), and again, “As I have said, each of you is to stay in his allotted cell” (#10).
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 St. Albert Real Estate
The City of St. Albert is Alberta's oldest non-fortified community.
In 1900, St. Albert was incorporated as a village.
Today, St. Albert has a population of over 53,000 residents and it's land mass covers over 34 square kilometers.
www.albertahomesearch.com /offices/stalbert.html   (438 words)

  
 carmelite.com > Spirituality > The Rule of St. Albert
The Rule of St Albert of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel given by St. Albert, Patriarch of Jerusalem (1206-1214) as a way of life for a group of hermits on Mount Carmel.
Albert by the grace of God called to be Patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem, to his beloved sons in Christ, B. and the other hermits who are living under obedience to him at the spring on Mount Carmel: salvation in the Lord and the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
St Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)
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 Catholic Online - Saints & Angels - St. Albert of Louvain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
While in Rome, Albert was recommended to Reims, where he was ordained and made a cardinal by archbishop William of Reims.
Lothair was excommunicated and exiled for his role in the denial of Albert as the true bishop of Liege.
Albert's body was taken to the cathedral of Reims, where it reposed until 1612.
saints.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=1212   (331 words)

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