Word: custom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...retreats" in his Spiritual Exercises, and St. Charles (Cardinal) Borromeo established retreat houses in his archdiocese of Milan. Since the 17th Century annual retreats have been customary and obligatory for all Catholic priests. Since 1882, when a French Jesuit named Pere Henry pioneered among workingmen to revive the custom of attending them, retreats have steadily gained favor among pious laymen...
Deputies in which for the first time Communists hold 72 seats, stopped the world's swankest builders of custom bodies from dressing up the world's most appetizing poules de luxe in the latest Paris gowns and starting off this summer's season...
...pass it in unceasing, fruitful work. . . ." Scanning plans for improvements to St. Peter's Square, he remarked: "When a man is 80 years old, he cannot make too far-distant dates." Last fortnight, on the eve of the feast of St. Peter, Pius XI, in accordance with papal custom, descended to the cool tomb of his predecessor, in a grotto beneath St. Peter's. There he prayed, stood silent where five years ago he said: "Some day I, too, shall find sweet repose in this place...
...custom nor inclination to remonstrate with periodical editors upon the policies of their magazines but I cannot overlook one of the articles in TIME, June 22. I refer to the one entitled "Publishing Church...
...made in the United Kingdom, a Canadian McLaughlin-Buick. March 18 first levee of Edward VIIIth reign, held at Buckingham Palace. April 2 spent two hours instead of the customary two days receiving the Privileged Bodies of Great Britain, the Clergy, university officials etc. April 9 revived the disused custom of personally distributing "Maundy Money" to the poor in Westminster Abbey. April 20 cabled congratulations to Adolf Hitler on the Realmleader's birthday. April jo on the death of King Fuad of Egypt received his successor King Farouk, a youth in school in England, prior to the new King...