Sunday Bulletin 27 April 2025
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FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 27 April-10 May 2025
Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton
Gregorian Chaplaincy, est. 19th July 2011
Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF
Landline: 01234 954 316
Worship across three churches:
Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH
Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE
Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 8:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham
facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass
facebook.com/fssp.england
Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP: malleray@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate : pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: bedford@fssp.org
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.
Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html
Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl
CONFESSIONS TIMES
Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
Thank you to all who helped make our Easter Triduum prayerful and beautiful: singers, organist & trumpetist, altar servers, cleaners, flower arrangers, fire lighters, safeguarding officers, refreshments preparers, and visiting clergy.
Over 200 adults and children took part in the FSSP Bedford Solemn Easter Triduum 2025. People travelled from far and wide, some from Oxfordshire, Greater London, and Lincolnshire.
It was possibly the only place across the UK where permission had been given for those beautiful and complex ceremonies to take place in a pre-Reformation church, built a mere 33 years after the Norman Conquest, in 1099 (on the site of an older Catholic church.) What joy to hear these hallowed walls echo the traditional Roman liturgy after about five centuries. We thank all those who helped in so many ways to make this Triduum 2025 such a rewarding time of prayer.
These liturgies took place under the auspices of the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy, established by the Bishop of Northampton in 2011 so serve the needs of those attached to the traditional liturgy.
Discover our amazing pictures from the Triduum here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/72177720325539227.
Death of His Holiness Pope Francis
Let us pray for the repose of his soul. He often asked to be remembered in the prayers of those who met him. We are indebted to him for his decree of February 11, 2022, clearly reaffirming the practice and charism that the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter has had from its foundation.
We will offer a Requiem Mass on Tuesday 6th May to “pray to God that through the Sacrifice offered for the soul of his servant, he may be admitted into the celestial kingdom in the company of all the saints.”
All are invited to recite daily the following prayer for the choice of the new pope:
O Lord, with suppliant humility, we entreat you,
that in your boundless mercy,
you would grant the most holy Roman Church a pontiff, who,
by his zeal for us, may be pleasing to you,
and by his good government may ever be honoured by your people
for the glory of your name. Through our Lord…
We will offer another Mass to pray for the election of the new pope on Thursday 8th May.
Congratulations to Pedro and Alina Ivorra Perez on the Holy Baptism of their firstborn son Santiago on Friday 25 April; and Mr Andy and Dr Silvia Grant on the Holy Baptism of their fourth child Beatrix scheduled in Kempston on Sat 3rd May, 12:30pm.
Greenlight to fundraise for a place of worship. We will keep you informed.
Annual Chaplaincy pilgrimage to Walsingham on Sat 12th July. Save the date and register interest with Rita. We will give thanks for 14 years (minus a week) since the establishment of the Gregorian Chaplaincy (19 July 2011) by Bishop Doyle.
Please pray for Tremaine Newman-Brown and Lottie Harvey-Craig who will be united in holy Matrimony at All Saints, Kempston, on 31st May.
All Saints: kindly remember to put all the hassocks, chairs and pews away safely after holy Mass.
Improving safety together at All Saints: although there will be volunteers on the field to monitor the riverbank, parents still have responsibility for looking after their children.
What is required:
- Volunteers to be DBS checked
- Volunteers to undergo one hour safeguarding training online
- Volunteers to sign a code of conduct
- Volunteers to wear a high visibility vest in order to identify their role and be a point of reference
Juventutem annual Summer Weekend in Ampleforth, 18-20 July 2025, for 18-35 singles.
Visit Juventutem on X, Instagram & Facebook.
Price includes: 3 days / 2 nights full Bed and Board + transport to and from York Station.
With Fr de Malleray, FSSP, Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP, Deacon Conan Mc Gonagle, FSSP, and lay speakers and organisers.
Booking before 11 May 2025: £135
Booking after 11 May 2025: £170 Event Fee(s)
PLEASE BOOK NOW: WE NEED ENOUGH BOOKINGS TAKEN THIS MONTH TO PAY THE DEPOSIT REQUIRED BY THE ABBEY.
PLEASE SHARE THIS EVENT WITH YOUR FRIENDS IF 18-35,
AND WITH YOUR FRIENDS PARENTS OF CHILDREN AGED 18-35. THANK YOU!
Booking form here: https://lms.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=315&reset=1
Booking forms for this year’s summer camps in the Peak District (for children 10-17) will be available shortly. The boys’ camp will be 4-9 August, and the girls’ camp, 11-16 August.
SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford
Jonathan Moxham is a Mortgage Adviser and also provides advice on Life, Mortgage, and Family Protection Insurance. Jonathan does not charge a fee, and will donate 10% of his earnings from any parishioner or introduced client from this newsletter to the FSSP. Please contact Jonathan on 07769 665525 or email jon@denyerhill.com.
Our parishioner Sebastien offers his services for DYI, gardening, patio installation, tree felling, etc: 07814164308 ; sebpetitfrere@protonmail.com.
French language tuition based around Catholicism and French culture: frenchforcatholics@gmail.com
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Stephen Moxham, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Fr Patrick Hutton, four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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