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Yochow [Yueyang], Apostolic Prefecture of (YOCHOW, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
In the north-eastern part of the province of Hunan (central China). It was erected on 7 May 1931 with 4 civil sub-prefectures of the mission of Changteh (v.)… -
Yoga
Y. is the name given to "concentrated meditation," carried to the point of hypnotic ecstasy as a means of attaining the absolute isolation of the soul from… -
Yokohama, Diocese of (YOKOHAMA, DIOCESI DI)
Situated in the central-eastern part of the large island of Hondo (Japan), it comprises four civil prefectures, namely Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka and… -
Yola, Apostolic Prefecture of (YOLA, PREFETTURA APOSTOLICA DI)
Located in the north-eastern part of Nigeria and entrusted to the Hermits of St. Augustine (Irish province). It was erected on 14 July 1950 with parts of… -
Yom Kippur (KIPPÜR)
KIPPÜR: v. ESPIAZIONE, GIORNO dell'. -
York
Ancient archdiocese and city in north-eastern England in the county of the same name. It is the Eburacum of the Romans, who were there from 79 to 427; the… -
York, Thomas of (TOMMASO DI YORK)
Franciscan theologian, b. at the end of the 12th century, d. probably at York ca. 1260. A religious before 1245, he was the favorite disciple of Adam of Marsh… -
Young Men's Christian Association (ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DEI GIOVANI)
ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DEI GIOVANI: v. Y.M.C.A. -
Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.)
A youth association founded in London in 1844 by George Williams, a fellow of King's College in Cambridge, strongly taken with the idea of uniting the… -
Youngstown, Diocese of (YOUNGSTOWN, DIOCESI DI)
Diocese and city in the State of Ohio (U.S.A.). It was erected by the apostolic constitution Ad animarum bonum by Pius XII, on 15 May 1943, by dismemberment of… -
Young Women's Christian Association (ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DELLE GIOVANI)
ASSOCIAZIONE CRISTIANA DELLE GIOVANI: v. Y.W.C.A. -
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) (YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.W.C.A.))
Women's branch of the Young Men's Christian Association (v.). The two associations have the same origin, the same aims, the same methods. The criteria of… -
Youthfulness (FANCIULLEZZA)
Lat. pueritia: an age of life (v.) that follows infancy and immediately precedes adolescence (v.), preparing, in apparent calm, the overwhelming pubertal…