Sunday Bulletin 9 Nov 2025

[No 10:00am confessions & Adoration on Sat 8 Nov, but the 11:30am Mass will take place as usual.]

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 9^th November 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

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: see below.

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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

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.

Have you subscribed yet to our circular electronic newsletter? Over 280 recipients already. Simply click on the button on fssp.org.uk/Bedford and receive many more pictures, links, and information than can fit on the paper version.

Splendid All Saints Party: Well done the children who dressed up as their favourite saints last Saturday afternoon at Willington Hall. We had a lovely time with the families and games. Thank you to the organisers of the events and to the parents accompanying their children.

Thank you for having gained plenary indulgences to help up to 8 holy Souls out of Purgatory over the past 1-8 Nov. All along this month of November dedicated to the Holy Souls, let us pray for them more than ever, especially while attending the holy Sacrifice of the Mass also on weekdays at votive Masses of Requiem or any other Mass.

Annual FSSP stats update: find the latest figures of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter on https://www.fssp.org/en/statistics-update-2025/

• Total members: 579 (incl. 394 incardinated)
• Priests: 387; priestly candidates 192
• Average age of members: 39 years
• Deceased members: 16
• Average 14 new priests ordained each year
• Confraternity of Saint Peter: Total members: 8,776
• Dioceses served: 151
• Mass centres: 251 locations
• Personal parishes: 48
• Number of houses: 139

What a beautiful pontifical high Mass in Bedford last Saturday on the Solemnity of All Saints. Thank you to Bishop Eleganti who preached on sanctity for all; to the masters of ceremony (including Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP who travelled from Reading); to the clergy, including two Dominicans priests from Cambridge acting as sacred ministers, and other clergy in choir such as Fr Gerard Byrne; to the many servers; to the amazing choir; to the Latin Mass Society including our own Barbara Kay  and Dr Shaw who organised the event; to Canon Seamus Keenan, PP who hosted the event at his church and hall; to all of you who attended the Mass.

See the many pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/josephshaw/albums/72177720330100599/.

Watch video on the Facebook page of the Latin Mass Society, or directly here www.facebook.com/reel/1921445538489289.

LAUNCHING THE HOLY FAMILY PROJECT:

A new legal entity, the Holy Family Project Ltd, has been formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

    Bank Details:

•     Account Name: Holy Family Ltd
•     Sort Code: 23-05-80
•     Account Number: 5629 3213

Fr de Malleray attended the quarterly deanery meeting at Leighton Buzzard last Wednesday, along with ten fellow clerics.

Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Clergy Retreat in Stonyhurst on 5-9 October 2026 by Fr de Malleray on

This Sacred Victim: the Priest as Sacrificer at the Altar.

Info: https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/this-sacred-victim/.

Bedford Christmas dinner, Monday 8^th December (following 5:30pm Mass of the Immaculate Conception at OLOR) at The Knife & Cleaver, The Grove, Houghton Conquest MK45 3LA. To secure the booking, we need to provide a rough number attending. Please add your name to the sign-up sheet in the back of church, along with the number of courses (Two courses £27.95; three courses £33.95 + a £1 booking fee per person). Payment can be sorted later. The Festive Fare menu can be viewed at https://knifeandcleaver.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FINAL_CDG-_CHRISTMAS_MENUS_2025_11zon.pdf 

Chesham Bois Christmas dinner on 13^th Dec. (book with Agostino Di Falco).

Young adults’ trek with Fr de Malleray on Sat 29^th Nov, 11am. Meet at Ashridge Visitor Centre, Ringshall, Berkhamsted HP4 1LX (free access and free parking.) For 18-35. Lunch at pub on the way. Bring your friends along.

Thank you to the parents of 10 candidates who have registered for First Holy Communions scheduled on Sunday 7^th June 2026.

If you child will have turned seven by then, please email ASAP bedford@fssp.org.

We await dates from Bishop’s for Confirmations in the Spring of 2027 (not 2026). Other parishes around here tend to have Confirmations every other year. We will not offer classes to prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation for the next twelve months.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Lottie Newman-Craig, Harry Titmus, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts.  Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM