Dowry #46

Summer 2020 In this issue:        If you have subscribed (for free) to Dowry, the printed version will be sent to you this month. You can also have it emailed to you here. Tell your friends!

Welcome, Fr Phipps!

Pictured above on the day of his ordination to the priesthood, we were very pleased to welcome Fr Seth Phipps, FSSP, to Bedford for the first time last weekend. He has succeded Fr O’Donohue as the priest who will usually say Mass at Christ the King. Father heard Confessions on Saturday afternoon whilst the Blessed Sacrament was exposed on the altar, and concluded the afternoon with Benediction. On Sunday he said two Masses for the External Solemnity of the Rosary. […]

Thanks from Fr O’Donohue

The following message appears in the Reading newsletter this week. Fr O’Donohue writes: “I would like to express my gratitude to the faithful in Reading, Bedford, and Chesham Bois for their prayers as well as thoughtful messages and gifts before my leaving the UK for a new assignment. I have thoroughly enjoyed ministering at these apostolates of Our Lady’s Dowry over the past three years and will always be grateful to have had this opportunity. I have offered the Holy […]

Reading Mass times, October 4 to October 17

Reminder – Adoration and Confessions on Saturday. And all change at Christ the King!

Don’t forget that we have Adoration and Confessions this coming Saturday 3 October at the slightly earlier time of 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm. Two priests will be hearing Confessions, one of them Fr Seth Phipps, FSSP, whom we welcome to Christ the King as he begins his ministry with us this weekend. For the last time, our Parish Priest, Fr Patrick Hutton will be in the other confessional, as he takes a well-earned retirement as from Monday 5 October. […]

Newsletter for 20th September

Mass-times, intentions and parish announcements for 20th September to 3rd October.

Government Consultation on Covid-19 vaccines

You have seven days left to contribute, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/distributing-vaccines-and-treatments-for-covid-19-and-flu. Let us make our voices heard while there is time.

Maundy Thursday Homily on the Sacred Priesthood

Our peak live audience on LiveMass was on Maundy Thursday 2020 with 1,754 households connected. Listen to the nine-minute homily by Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP, freshly uploaded here: https://vimeo.com/455615905 Maundy Thursday 2020 from LiveMass on Vimeo.

Newsletter 6th September

Mass-times, intentions and parish announcements for 6th – 19th September.