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October 19, 2018
Please pray for Samuel and Miklos, our two UK vocations beginning their Second Year at our two seminaries. They have completed their First Year and will be incorporated into our Fraternity tomorrow, Saturday 20th October. Please also pray for Ciall, another Irish-English vocation, who would have been with them but had to leave seminary for health reasons last June after a successful First Year. Tomorrow, 25 young men altogether will receive First Tonsure and the cassock from the bishops, both […]
October 16, 2018
Priory Campaign: last 2 days – please pray for success! THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW… Dear Friends, We raised (or were pledged) £526,540.00 since 18 July, but… we are still short of £223,460.00 to buy even only one of the two buildings – in 2 days… Please pray the rosary, offer up prayers and sacrifices, attend Holy Mass, that if it God’s Holy Will and Our Lady’s, they may inspire all those involved in this undertaking to bring it to fruition: […]
October 11, 2018
October 9, 2018
After a very successful Catechism Day at the beginning of September, Fr. O’Donohue will be celebrating Mass and then giving catechism to children, young adults and over-16s this Sunday. 8:30am Holy Mass, preceded and followed by Confessions 9:30am Coffee, Tea and biscuits in the hall 10:30am Catechism for under-8s 11am Catechism for under-16s 11:30am Presentation for adults (16+) 12:15pm Close
October 8, 2018
It has been suggested that the weekly news sheet distributed at Christ the King, Bedford appears on the blog and thereby on Facebook. Here is the first one from yesterday. Future editions will be published during the preceding week so that any information relating to the Sunday Mass is available beforehand.
October 6, 2018
Spotted on FSSP England Facebook dated 1 October: Congratulations to Fr Patrick O’Donohue, to whom the FSSP General Council granted first incorporation into our Fraternity last month. Fr O’Donohue has just completed his year of postulancy at Reading and we at Bedford wish him well in this next stage. We look forward to getting to know him better as he celebrates the Mass and leads Catechism Days with us.
Matthew Schellhorn will be singing Mass for the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, set on October 7th in commemoration of the battle of Lepanto: Scarlet running over on the silvers and the golds, Breaking of the hatches up and bursting of the holds, Thronging of the thousands up that labour under sea White for bliss and blind for sun and stunned for liberty. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47917/lepanto NB the Catechism day is next Sunday, 14th October, when Fr. O’Donohue is back.
October 3, 2018
Some great news for the forthcoming Regina Caeli academy in Bedfordshire. Fr. Patrick O’Donohue of the FSSP will be joining the board of directors as we prepare for launch in September 2019. Please pray for the success of the academy! From the FSSP’s site: https://fssp.co.uk/update-on-academy-initiative-in-bedfordshire/ After another positive meeting with prospective parents, we are pleased to report that plans for the forthcoming Regina Caeli affiliate academy in Bedfordshire are moving forward expeditiously, for opening in September 2019. Fr. O’Donohue will […]