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The facade of the Abbey of Echternach Inside the St Willibrord basilica. The Abbey of Echternach is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. The abbey was founded in the 7th century by St Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg. For three hundred years, it benefited from the patronage of a succession of ...
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Luxembourgish: Kathedral Notre-Dame, French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, German: Kathedrale unserer lieben Frau) is the Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg, located in Luxembourg City in southern Luxembourg. It was originally a Jesuit church, and its cornerstone was laid in 1613. It is the only cathedral in ...
In the Catholic Church, confessions are only to be heard in a confessional or oratory, except for a just reason. [ 3 ] The confessional is usually a wooden structure, with a centre compartment—entered through a door or curtain—where the priest sits, and on each side there is a latticed opening for the penitents to speak through and a step ...
There are two main churches in Echternach. The larger is the Abbey's Basilica of St Willibrord, which survives from the original abbey and is a fair monument of Romano-Gothic architecture. [1] The basilica is now surrounded by the eighteenth-century abbey (today a high school) and is located in the heart of the town's historical centre.
The devotion to Our Lady of Luxembourg is celebrated with great solemnity during the Oktav, which is a two-week celebration which ends with a pontifical mass celebrated by the archbishop in presence of the Grand Duke, who also takes part in the eucharistic procession and the renewal of the consecration to our Lady.
The Catholic Church in Luxembourg attempted to adapt itself to modern requirements through the 4th Luxembourg Diocesan Synod (1972-1981), following on from the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). [3] The Church wanted to establish a level of dialogue with and opening up towards modern culture and the world. [3]
An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism, an expansion of this primary source of Lutheran doctrine widely used for teaching in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, says the following in regards to the Seal of the Confessional: The pastor is pledged not to tell anyone else of sins to him in private confession, for those sins have been removed. [3]
The group then moves through the streets of Echternach towards the basilica, a distance of about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi). Musicians play the Sprangprozessioùn, a centuries-old tune similar to an Irish jig or reel, based on the folk song "Adam had seven sons". Pilgrims in rows of four or five abreast hold the ends of white handkerchiefs, and ...