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November 3, 2023

First Saturday Mass Bedford

On Sat 4 Nov, after 10am Confessions, 11am Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary with homily by Fr de Malleray, FSSP; at Christ the King Church, Harrowden Road, Bedford.

October 26, 2023

Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy

On Thursday 26 Oct. 2023 Dear friends, Greetings in Christ the King, whose feast we will celebrate this Sunday. By now you may have heard that Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP was appointed full-time chaplain of the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy established several years ago in the Northampton Diocese, serving Bedford and Chesham Bois, starting on Sunday 29 October 2023. We thank Bishop David Oakley of Northampton and Fr Richard Aladics, P.P. for their continued support to our ongoing ministry in […]

September 19, 2023

Dowry Autumn No59 now online

Click here to open the 20-page magazine or on the picture below. In this issue: Editorial: The Youth of Roman Traditions Fr de Malleray reports on World Youth Day in Portugal last August with the Juventutem youth movement. A low-key presence but loaded with many graces, not least the protection of Our Lady of Fatima. Juventutem Summer Weekend at Ampleforth Tom Clovis, FSSP describes the successful annual Summer Weekend organised by Juventutem for 70 young adults in Ampleforth Abbey last […]

July 30, 2023

Summer reading: Vermeer’s Angel

A publisher, an editor, a novelist and an academic comment on a Catholic novel just released. Summary: He survived Hiroshima. He escaped East-Germany. Will he elude the Church? Deceased art expert Ken Kokura seemingly reappears in Japan, upsetting the plans of priestly diplomats. They fear, lest a ruthless schemer may have stolen his identity. How far will that possible super spy dare to go to subvert Church policy? The answer may be hidden in Vermeer’s celebrated paintings. Against a Cold […]

July 18, 2023

Happy 35th anniversary FSSP

Today, 18 July 2023, is the 35th anniversary of the foundation of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by a dozen priests at the Abbey of Hauterive in Switzerland on 18 July 1988. Schedule at St Mary’s Shrine on Tuesday 18 July 2023: 35th anniversary of Foundation of FSSP in Switzerland; St. Camillus de Lellis, Confessor: Act of Foundation Published 18 July 1988 [Original: French] By this act the undersigned clerics found the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter as a clerical […]

July 7, 2023

Ladies’ Vocation Discernment Day

Facebook page for this event here. Sat 29 July 2023: 10:00am-5:00pm. For single Catholic Ladies 18+ (under 18 welcome if accompanied by responsible adult family member), at St Mary’s Shrine Church, WA1 2NS, Warrington. Conferences on discernment, celibacy and prayer, with Sr Mari Caritas (then visiting from Minneapolis, erstwhile from St Mary’s Shrine) and Fr de Malleray, FSSP. Free. Bring your picnic. Bookings: stmaryssecretary@fssp.org. SCHEDULE:10am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament10:15am First Conference11:30am Eucharistic Adoration, Holy Rosary and Confessions12:10pm Holy Mass1pm […]

June 28, 2023

Dowry No58 Summer Issue Online

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 […]