Bulletin Sunday 15 September 2024
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 15 Sept 2024
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:
- Mon 9:30am ;
- Tue 6:30am ;
- Wed 7:15pm ;
- Thu 9:30am ;
- Fri 11:30am ;
- Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Visiting Priest: Fr Miguel Coelho: pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak.
Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:05am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: right after the Sunday 12noon Mass, if not before or during it.
SEPTEMBER DATES:
Sat 14th : Ladies’ Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 11:30am Mass. Bring shared lunch 12:30pm, with Talk following by Fr de Malleray at 1:30pm on: Balancing meal and sacrifice as aspects of Holy Mass. Open to any ladies. Bring your friends along!
Arrive earlier if you can for Eucharistic adoration (men welcome as well!) from 10am, with Confessions.
Wed 18th: 8pm Men’s Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 7:15pm Mass. Talk following by Fr de Malleray on: Balancing meal and sacrifice as aspects of Holy Mass.
Sat 21st : Wedding of Alex Windo, and Miss Alejandra Lopez at Christ the King Church, 11:00am (Celebrant: Fr A. de Malleray)
Sat 28th: 10am-5pm community gathering at Buckden Towers, High St, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA. The schedule will include Holy Mass, conference, family quiz, games, music workshop, colouring workshop, picnic.
Sung Mass every Sunday? Children love it!
It is simpler than it seems even for those who cannot read the notes. Most people in the pews would be able to join in the Kyrie, the Gloria, and the Creed led by the schola. It would not take long to grow more confident so that those parts can be sung well by all every Sunday. Why not contact Katherine Smith our Music coordinator and attend a couple of sessions with her: katie.peddie@gmail.com? Anyone with a desire to learn more can also ask her about the parts of Gregorian chant that change at every Mass, unlike Kyrie, the Gloria, and the Creed just mentioned.
A well-served Sung Mass will also give men (young or not) more opportunities to serve as thurifer, acolytes, or master of ceremony – unless they start with simpler functions such as cross-bearer or incense boat-bearer. Ask our servers’ coordinator Francis Ibabu when is the next practice.
Ongoing catechism for children and adults? How beautiful is our Catholic faith! And yet, opportunities are scarce while work, family, and secular entertainments claim most of our time. Ask yourself: how confident would you be to explain any article of the creed to a non-Christian friend asking you? Would a weekly catechism session for adults, and another for children help? Would you attend? Do you know anyone who may? Send us your feedback – and please make sure you come to what is already available, such as the Men’s and Ladies’ groups, and the Chaplaincy gathering on 28th Sept.
Sunday Bedford REMINDERS:
Use every space in all pews along the central aisle to allow best sight of the sanctuary during Sunday Mass at All Saints Church. You will see even better on weekday Masses at Our Lady’s Church.
Host count at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Thank you to volunteers for setting up chairs in church by 8:15am before Sunday Mass, and for setting up and cleaning the hall after Mass.
Children safety: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
SAVING BABIES: Well done all of us who travelled to London on Sat 7th September for the March for Life, in support of unborn children and vulnerable human life. It was a great joy to see a significant number of parishioners from Bedford and from Chesham Bois.
Please consider funding part of their heavy logistical costs. Would you believe it, they need to pay for their own traffic and safety staff as it is not standardly made available by the city authorities anymore. Plus the many flyers, truck with screen and sounds, etc. Visit www.marchforlife.co.uk/donate.
Thank you to those who spent the morning in adoration at Our Lady of Ransom for the success of the March and pro-life cause in general.
Further: on Saturday 9 November, 12 noon: traditional Latin High Mass offered in reparation for abortion at The Holy Child and St Joseph Church, 2 Brereton Road MK40 1HU, Bedford.
Come to London again on Fri 13th Sept for the Juventutem 7pm Mass and 8pm social (18-35) at St Mary Magdalen’s Wandsworth, SW18 2QU (confessions from 6pm);
or on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
Pray for expecting mums in our congregations.
Sponsoring offered for Regina Caeli Academy by benefactors willing to assist parents in our congregations of Bedford and Chesham Bois who would like to send their child(dren) to RCA. Please contact Fr de Malleray: malleray@fssp.org.
FINANCES: online donations and standing orders are still gratefully received, being also much quicker and easier to process than cash. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960 Thank you in advance.
GIFT AID: Increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. Ask Rita for a Gift Aid form, fill it in and hand it back to her. That will help us a lot.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
(FOR PRIESTS/DEACONS/SEMINARIANS)
preached by Fr Armand de Malleray FSSP
Mon 14 – Fri 18 Oct 2024
at Theodore House in Stonyhurst, Lancashire
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