Very last chance: don’t let empty spaces on our bus! URGENTLY BOOK your SEAT on the BUS for our Shrine Pilgrimage to Holywell on Sat 8th July. Cost of travel: £15 per person return. Contact us if you need sponsoring. Book with stmaryssecretary@fssp.org or drop envelope through Presbytery letter box with payment (or not if you cannot afford it) in cash marked with your name, contact details, and stating “Holywell Bus” . We have now paid in full, so […]
Stabat mater dolorosa – “The mournful mother was standing”. This is the opening line of the extraordinary hymn attributed to the 13th-century Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi, which is still a popular Lenten devotion. In this book Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP meditates upon the Stabat Mater line by line. This is a book to help the reader to walk the road from Lent to Passiontide to Easter – and indeed from life to death to eternal life – in […]
Ten short -stories based on actual events, by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP Can priests miss Mass? This little book light-heartedly depicts ten Holy Masses nearly missed by priests due to some opposition. From Kilimanjaro to Loch Ness, from Burma to Paris and more, the ten humorous short stories describe obstacles to the celebration of Holy Mass, thankfully overcome. The ten priests persevered, spurred by the conviction that Holy Mass: 1) honours God, whose extrinsic glory increases each time the […]
The well-known children’s story The Secret Garden lends itself to a religious and modern interpretation. Like orphaned children in desperate need of spiritual comfort, many Catholics discovered the traditional Latin Mass thanks to the Covid pandemic. Thirsting for Confession, for Eucharistic adoration, or for Holy Communion administered with reverence, they rejoiced when finding all this and more in traditional worship. This book offers an analogy between Frances Hodgson Burnett’s pre-WWI tale for children, and the revelation experienced in the 2020s by a […]
St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 2-16 July 2023 (fortnightly) Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool 01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington facebook.com/fssp.england Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org; Assistants: (Convalescing: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP); Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP: astewart@olgseminary.org; Fr Gerard Quirke, FSSP: frquirke@outlook.com. Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly; Administrator: Mrs Jane Wright: warrington@fssp.org; Secretary: Mrs Kelly Williams:stmaryssecretary@fssp.org. Receive this newsletter by email https://fssp.org.uk/manageprofile/index.php Watch […]
In this issue: Editorial: Why June is Humility Month Fr de Malleray considers that the month of the Sacred Heart is also that of the Holy Eucharist with Corpus Christi. The example of St Francis of Assisi whose humility is universally acknowledged shows a little spoken-off connection between the saint and the Holy Eucharist. Prayerful Pro-Life Witness Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, the courageous young woman who was arrested for praying silently outside an abortuary, explains why bearing witness to life is part […]
Summer 2023
St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 18 June-2 July 2023 (fortnightly) Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool 01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington facebook.com/fssp.england Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org; Assistants: (Convalescing: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP); Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP: astewart@olgseminary.org; Fr Gerard Quirke, FSSP: frquirke@outlook.com. Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly; Shrine Administrator: Mrs Jane Wright: warrington@fssp.org; Secretarial Assistant: Mrs Kelly Williams:stmaryssecretary@fssp.org. Receive this newsletter by […]
CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION SUNDAY 11 JUNE Right after 11am High Mass, join the annual procession across Warrington, from St Mary’s Shrine to St Alban’s Church on Bewsey Street. Starts circa 12:30pm – ends after Benediction at St Alban’s circa 1:30pm. Formal (modest) attire. All welcome. Bring flower petals in baskets to be scattered before the Blessed Sacrament. See our great pictures from previous years here. St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 4-18 June 2023 (fortnightly) Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, […]
Reminder: Ascension Thursday 18 May is a holy day of obligation. Every able Catholic must attend Holy Mass that day. At St Mary’s, Holy Masses at: 8am; 12:10pm; 6pm. St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 21 May-4 June 2023 (fortnightly) Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool 01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington facebook.com/fssp.england Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org; Assistants: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP (also Choir […]