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- A town of northern France northeast of Amiens. Under the patronage of Philip II of Spain, a Roman Catholic college for English priests was established here. It produced an English translation of the Bible in the late 1500s and early 1600s.
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The court in Douai ruled that virginity “is not an essential quality in that its absence has no repercussion on matrimonial life.”
French appeals court restores marriage between two Muslims in virginity case 2008
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To English Catholics, the name Douai will always be bound up with the college founded by Cardinal Allen during the reign of Queen
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Douai, which is about fifteen miles northeast of Arras, from which point north the campaign has been described.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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All the Romish Versions (including, of course, the English "Douai"), being made from the Clementine or Tridentine Vulgate, naturally have the full reading — "that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb" — the latter part being quite unauthorized by any Greek Text, as we have said.
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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In even these small towns of Ancient Flanders such as Douai, the old allegorical representations, formerly the main feature of the event, are now quite rare, and therefore this event of the parade of the wicker effigies of the fabulous giant Gayant and his family was certainly worth the journey from Tournai.
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904
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Young Catholic Adults (YCA are part of the international Juventutem Federation) will be running a Traditional Retreat at Douai Abbey in the south of England, the weekend will be led by Juventutem Ecclesiastical Assistant Fr de Malleray.
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- YCA has booked out the whole of the retreat complex this year, on the advice of Douai Abbey itself, as the monks were so pleased with the YCA retreat last year
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The choir will be the Douai Singers, in the main Abbey Church, followed by a Marian Procession at 11am (starting from the main Abbey Church) around the extensive grounds of the Abbey (weather permitting, if the weather is poor there will be Marian devotions in the main Abbey Church)
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When the offensive started we were moved back to Douai and then up to the
Robert Cunliffe 2010
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While not a pilgrimage per se, but yet in a similar spirit, in Britain Young Catholic Adults -- which is affiliated with the International Juventutem Federation -- sent in news of a three day retreat to Douai Abbey which they hold, also in September:
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