We recommend reading this Church document published by the Holy See,
plus a good summary of what is at stake, by Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster,
and this review of the problems in the proposed law by SPUC.
Please do write to your MP (simple steps here),
and pray the saints for intercession, especially those associated with the care of the dying: St Joseph, St Camillus of Lellis, St John of God, St Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 17 Nov 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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Seminarian: Luke Mazurek, FSSP: L.J.Mazurek@pm.me
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
Soundproofing work is nearing completion in the confessional at Our Lady of Ransom.
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak. Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
Holy Masses:
We plan to change the Friday Mass time from 11:30am to 8:30am from the first Friday in Advent, 6th Dec, onward. Let us know if this change would allow you to attend more easily.
A core group of Chaplaincy parishioners met at St Alban House a few days ago to coordinate the search for a suitable property to buy as a church and – since we have very little funds available – to raise money. Please email us if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale… – and of potential benefactors. And pray.
Picture below, construction of FSSP church in Nigeria: http://www.fsspnigeria.org/pages/photos/construction-album.php.
They did it. Why not us?
CHRISTMAS DINNERS with quiz designed by chaplaincy clergy: last chance to book for Chesham Bois Sat 7th December, 7:00pm;
and for Bedford on 10th December at 7:00pm: please hand £5.00 per person to Rita Carroll this Sunday to secure your booking at the Knife and Cleaver, Houghton Conquest, for around £25 per head for 2 courses or £30 for 3.
Reminder: if you intend to receive Holy Communion on Sundays at All Saints in Kempston, as you walk into the church before Mass you must take one host from the plastic box and put it in the bowl (not the other way round). Failing to do so deprives fellow-parishioners from their own Holy Communion as not enough hosts are consecrated.
Beautifying the church ahead of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady: cleaning of All Saints Church on Saturday 7th December at 2pm. All volunteers welcome.
Our beautiful FSSP wall calendars are being printed (including lovely pictures of the various FSSP apostolates) and will reach you in early December.
Baronius missals are available for £45. These and other books such as Vermeer’s Angel, Ego Eimi etc make good Christmas presents. Ask Rita if you would like to buy any of them (please bring cash.)
Our Chaplaincy’s got talents! Catholic artist Lucy Norfolk attends our Bedford Mass: she specialises in devotional statue restoration and also takes on private commissions in painting and sculpture. Discover her great work on www.lucycrabtree.com.
Meanwhile Chesham Bois parishioners offer superb family art, devotions, and stationery on www.faithfullabours.co.uk.
SACRAMENTS PREPARATION TO BEGIN: Dates for classes for Holy Communion preparation are being finalised: we will hold classes two Saturdays per month from January onward. Email us as soon as possible the names of candidates for First Holy Communion to take place on Corpus Christi Sunday, 22 June 2025. The same frequency is planned for Confirmation classes starting in January until June, ahead of Saturday 4th October 2025 when Bishop Oakley will confer the sacrament.
ALTAR SERVING: thankfully our FSSP seminarian Luke is skilled in teaching how to serve Low Mass, Sung Mass, and Solemn Mass. This will be his chief involvement in the life of our community during his stay with us. Therefore, please do book for a practice (l.j.mazurek@pm.me) for a one-to-one, or one-to-a-group, either at St Alban House, or at Our Lady of Ransom, or in Chesham Bois, or at your house if transport for Luke can be arranged.
There is scope and skills for such practices to take place every week tailored to your circumstances. (The usual safeguarding rules apply if minors take part in the practice.)
Contact Luke now: l.j.mazurek@pm.me.
Thank you to all who attend the “First” Masses of newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP this weekend, and provide refreshments on Sunday 17 Nov, 8:30am, at All Saints Church, Kempston, followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
And the day before – Sat 16th Nov – at Our Lady’s Church in Chesham Bois at 11:00am followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
Please tell your friends and attend these two Masses to give thanks to God for another priest now serving in England (Warrington). With so few priests left in the dioceses, and so many aging or dying, we need to realise the grace of having priests come to us to give us the sacraments. By so doing we also foster a culture of vocations and we call upon us God’s mercy for more men to answer the call. Find out more on: fssp.org.uk/about-the-confraternity/.
Can you help your clergy with ongoing small sewing jobs mending vestments for holy Mass and clergy cassocks? The problem is that the longer we wait to mend those, the worse it gets and the bigger the work. We warmly welcome the offering of your time and skills. Thank you!
Juventutem gathering in London on Friday 15th Nov at St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Wandsworth: 6pm Confessions, 7pm Sung Mass, 8pm Social – with newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP. Any 18+ young adult welcome!
FSSP statistic annual update: find out more about the largest Catholic traditional priestly community, numbering 583 members spread across 4 continents in 151 dioceses, serving 255 Mass centres and training 197 seminarians in 2 international seminaries (USA & Germany) and a Propaedeutic House (Australia), including 5 from the UK & Ireland. Visit https://www.fssp.org/en/statistics-update/.
Monthly meetings of adult groups at Our Lady of Ransom in Kempston this week:
Last Wednesday evening 13th Nov: 8:00pm:MONTHLY MEN’S GROUP on the topic: Can killing be legal and yet immoral? Scope and discernment in disposing of the lives of others and of one’s own.
MONTHLY LADIES GROUP on:
Saturday 16th Nov at 1pm: shared lunch & talk on
Spiritual growth with the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity.
Arrive earlier for:
10:00am: Eucharistic adoration & confessions for all
11:30am: Holy Mass for all
Young adults’ first excursion (for unmarried men and women 18+) on Saturday 30th November. Meet by 11:00amat Woburn public car park on Park Street (X9QM+H8 Milton Keynes or https://maps.app.goo.gl/NVHEd8GR7idH3RbaA). Walk across Woburn Abbey deer park, followed by lunch at nearby pub (e.g. the Woburn Arms) with informal chat, with clergy in attendance. If you live near Chesham Bois or Bedford please email attendance and lift need and lift offer (malleray@fssp.org). Your friends from outside Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire are most welcome!
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
Gregorian Chaplaincy in Bedford and Chesham Bois
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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate: pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Seminarian: Luke Mazurek, FSSP: L.J.Mazurek@pm.me
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
Holy Mass at Regina Caeli Academy last week:
Remembrance Sunday this Sunday 10 Nov: Sung Mass of Requiem at All Saints, 8:30am
CONFESSIONS TIMES
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak. Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
EXPAND: Please email us if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale…
Bishop David Oakley will confer the sacrament of Confirmation again to our Chaplaincy candidates on Saturday 4th October 2025. You can start registering interest.
On Remembrance Sunday 10 Nov in Bedford & Chesham Bois, two sung Masses of Requiem with catafalque in intercession for all the dead of the two world wars of the past century. RIP.
Email us as soon as possible the names of candidates for First Holy Communion to take place on Corpus Christi Sunday, 22 June 2025.
Welcome to FSSP seminarian Luke Mazurek from St Peter’s International Seminary in Wigratzbad. Luke will be part of the clergy chaplaincy, on pastoral placement until Easter. Luke is Polish but has worked for a dozen years in London and is therefore very familiar with our country, speaking fluent English. We look forward to his involvement in the life of the chaplaincy, e.g. servers’ training, youth group. Less visible to parishioners but essential to communal life at St Alban House, Luke takes part in Lauds, Vespers and Compline now more easily prayed in choir by three than by two clerics.
Solemn high “First” Mass by newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP on Sunday 17 Nov, 8:30am, at All Saints Church, Kempston, followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
Fr Homolya will offer another “First” Mass the day before – Sat 16th Nov – at Our Lady’s Church in Chesham Bois at 11:00am followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
Please tell your friends and attend these two Masses to give thanks to God for another priest now serving in England (Warrington). With so few priests left in the dioceses, and so many aging or dying, we need to realise the grace of having priests come to us to give us the sacraments. By so doing we also foster a culture of vocations and we call upon us God’s mercy for more men to answer the call. Find out more on: fssp.org.uk/about-the-confraternity/.
Can you help your clergy with ongoing small sewing jobs mending vestments for holy Mass and clergy cassocks? The problem is that the longer we wait to mend those, the worse it gets and the bigger the work. We warmly welcome the offering of your time and skills. Thank you!
Juventutem gathering in London on Friday 15th Nov at St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Wandsworth: 6pm Confessions, 7pm Sung Mass, 8pm Social – with newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP. Any 18+ young adult welcome!
FSSP statistic annual update: find out more about the largest Catholic traditional priestly community, numbering 583 members spread across 4 continents in 151 dioceses, serving 255 Mass centres and training 197 seminarians in 2 international seminaries (USA & Germany) and a Propaedeutic House (Australia), including 5 from the UK & Ireland. Visit https://www.fssp.org/en/statistics-update/.
Christmas Dinner Chesham Bois: Sat 7 December, 7:00pm, with quiz designed by chaplaincy clergy. Have you booked your place already?
Signup sheet after Mass at All Saints in Bedford for a Bedford Christmas dinner: about our last chance to book.
Monthly meetings of adult groups at Our Lady of Ransom in Kempston this week:
This Wednesday evening 13th Nov:
6:50pm-7:10pm Confessions
7:15pm: Holy Mass
8:00pm:MONTHLY MEN’S GROUP on the topic: Can killing be legal and yet immoral? Scope and discernment in disposing of the lives of others and of one’s own.
MONTHLY LADIES GROUP on:
Saturday 16th Nov at 1pm: shared lunch & talk on Spiritual growth with the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity. Arrive earlier for:
10:00am: Eucharistic adoration & confessions for all
11:30am: Holy Mass for all
Young adults’ first excursion (for unmarried men and women 18+) on Saturday 30th November.
Meet by 11:00am at Woburn public car park on Park Street (X9QM+H8 Milton Keynes or https://maps.app.goo.gl/NVHEd8GR7idH3RbaA). Walk together across Woburn Abbey deer park, followed by lunch at nearby pub (e.g. the Woburn Arms) with informal chat, with clergy in attendance. If you live near Chesham Bois or Bedford please email attendance and lift need and lift offer (malleray@fssp.org). Your friends from outside Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire are most welcome!
Chaplaincy and CoE Parish representatives met last Monday at All Saints for a friendly chat on our use of their church, hall and car parks. We confirm that the parking space between the parish hall and the school must be left free. Our parishioners must park in the large church car park through the yellow gate unless they are family vans that can park to the side of the hall. Thank you for complying for a smooth running of everybody’s Sunday morning.
Also, hazard at the steps to the parish hall. The railing to the left of the entrance has come adrift and it could be 2 to 3 weeks before the repair is carried out. It is believed to have been caused by children swinging on the railing (out of five groups of children using the hall). Please do NOT USE this railing.
Finally, NO CHILD must be left out of SIGHT of his responsible adult, especially by the RIVER BANK.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: mother of Hal Hamel, four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 3–9 Nov 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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
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 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
EXPAND: Please email us if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale…
Bishop David Oakley will confer the sacrament of Confirmation again to our Chaplaincy candidates on Saturday 4th October 2025. You can start registering interest.
Email us as soon as possible the names of candidates for First Holy Communion to take place on Corpus Christi Sunday, 22 June 2025.
From 1st to 8th Nov inclusive, help one holy soul into heaven each day: aplenary indulgence applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray even if only mentally for the departed, and for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father. There must be one visit for each day one seeks to gain the indulgence; one visit will not apply for several days.One must also have received holy Communion that day, be free from mortal sins and have no attachment to venial sins (sacramental absolution received the week before or after).
Well done the families who organised and attended the splendid All Saints party on Friday 1st Nov at All Saint’s hall, Kempston after the 11:00am Mass at All Saints Church next door: children dressed up as their favourite saints and explained why their lives called for imitation.
Help requested for ongoing small sewing jobs mending vestments for holy Mass and clergy cassocks. Thank you!
On All Souls Day, 2nd Nov, holy Mother Church unleashes all her intercessory power to hasten entrance into blessed eternity for the souls of her children suffering in Purgatory. The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter worldwide was 100% committed to that undertaking of supernatural charity, offering within one day 1,158 holy Masses of Requiem. That amounts to 48.25 Masses per hour, or 1 traditional holy Mass starting every 74 seconds over 24hrs. Furthermore, since all Masses were offered with permission from the local bishops they were fully lawful, thus deriving maximum fruit. Thank you to our choir who sang one of them in Bedford. Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis !
FSSP statistic annual update: find out more about the largest Catholic traditional priestly community, numbering 583 members spread across 4 continents in 151 dioceses, serving 255 Mass centres and training 197 seminarians in 2 international seminaries (USA & Germany) and a Propaedeutic House (Australia), including 5 from the UK & Ireland. Visit https://www.fssp.org/en/statistics-update/.
MONTHLY ADULTS’ GROUPS:
Well done those who made time to attend the two monthly groups this past week. If you have missed them, consider attending next time, as this is a very rare opportunity to improve your Catholic knowledge as taught by a priest, with access to Holy Mass and Confessions, and in a convivial setting. Many Catholics across the country pray they might be granted such an opportunity near them. We prayed, and were granted it. Now let us harvest the fruit together.
Christmas Dinner Chesham Bois: Sat 7 December, 7:00pm, with quiz designed by chaplaincy clergy. Have you booked your place already?
Signup sheet after 3 Nov Mass at All Saints in Bedford for a Bedford Christmas dinner.
Assisted suicide bill: read the good summary by Cardinal Nichols, contact your MP, and pray: https://rcdow.org.uk/cardinal/homilies/pastoral-letter-on-assisted-suicide/.
A group for young adults in Bedford/Chesham? There is interest for activities for young single men and women age 18+.
We could start in November with a walk and lunch in a country pub, e.g. across Woburn Abbey deer park , followed by lunch at the Woburn Arms with informal chat, with clergy in attendance (chatting, not cooking though). Please email interest (malleray@fssp.org). Your friends from outside Bedfordshire are welcome!
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO MORE PARKING in any parking spaces between parish hall, school and cottages. That space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass.
Traditional Latin high Mass of Reparation for Abortion, at Holy Child and St Joseph’s Church in Bedford on Sat 9 Nov, 12noon. Refreshments afterwards.
Please note that to facilitate attendance at that Mass, we anticipated ours in Kempston from 11:30am to 9:00am on that Saturday, followed by our usual Confessions and Adoration ending by 11:30am.
Also on Sat 9 Nov, at Our Lady of Kempston during adoration, Altar servers’ practice in preparation for the following event.
Solemn high “First” Mass by newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP on Sunday 17 Nov, 8:30am, at All Saints Church, Kempston, followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
Fr Homolya will offer another “First” Mass the day before – Sat 16 Nov – at Our Lady’s Church in Chesham Bois at 11:00am followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
Please tell your friends and attend these two Masses to give thanks to God for another priest now serving in England (Warrington). With so few priests left in the dioceses, and so many aging or dying, we need to realise the grace of having priests come to us to give us the sacraments. By so doing we also foster a culture of vocations and we call upon us God’s mercy for more men to answer the call. Find out more on: fssp.org.uk/about-the-confraternity/.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin,
13 Oct – 2 Nov 2024 (a three-week edition)
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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
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 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
Please remember that All Saints, on Friday 1st November, is a holyday of obligation, so that every able Catholic from First Communion age must attend holy Mass on that day under penalty of grave sin (check in advance with your priest if unsure).
MASS TIMES 13 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER
Apostolic visitation of the Fraternity
A public statement has been published on https://www.fssp.org/en/apostolic-visitation-of-the-fraternity/
Tonsures: pray for the 33 seminarians receiving First Tonsure and donning the cassock, including our own Rafal from England.
– October 19: Tonsures in Lindau by His Exc. Mgr. Wolfgang Haas, Archbishop of Vaduz.
Please pray for the Tonsurandi: Riccardo, Baptist, Stefano, André, João Paulo, Louis-Marie, Urban, Rodrigo Moritz, Florian, Brieuc, Tugdual, Anselme, Baptiste, Grégoire, Xavier, Mayeul, Jango and Juri.
– October 19: Tonsures in Denton by H. Ex. James Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Please pray for the Tonsurandi: Anthony, Jack, Rafał, Juan, William, Anthony, Benjamin, Rainier, Paul, Petar, Robert, Clint, Danilo and Kolbe.
Make your prayer for Vocations more powerful through our 10,000-strong international prayer network, the Confraternity of St Peter.
Sunday, October 20th, 2024:
Confraternity of St. Peter
annual thanksgiving and blessing
For all members of the Confraternity of St. Peter on the Sunday following October 18 (the anniversary of the establishment of the FSSP as of pontifical right by the Holy See, in 1988). During this short ceremony, right at the end of holy Mass the new members who have joined since the past year will recite the prayer of the Confraternity kneeling at the communion rail; they will receive a blessing from the priest sprinkling them with holy water; and they will receive their certificate from the priest if available. Any other member of the Confraternity (i.e. including those not new) is also welcome to kneel to the Communion rail at the end of Mass to be blessed, or to join in from the pews.
Everyone in the congregation is invited to recite together aloud the Prayer of the Confraternity at the end of Mass:
V. Remember, O Lord, Thy congregation.
R. Which Thou hast possessed from the beginning.
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus, born to give testimony to the Truth, Thou who lovest unto the end those whom Thou hast chosen, kindly hear our prayers for our pastors.
Thou who knowest all things, knowest that they love Thee and can do all things in Thee who strengthenest them.
Sanctify them in Truth. Pour into them, we beseech Thee, the Spirit whom Thou didst give to Thy apostles, who would make them, in all things, like unto Thee.
Receive the homage of love which they offer up to Thee, who hast graciously received the threefold confession of Peter.
And so that a pure oblation may everywhere be offered without ceasing unto the Most Holy Trinity, graciously enrich their number and keep them in Thy love, who art one with the Father and the Holy Ghost, to whom be glory and honour forever.
Amen.
Nihil obstat: Vic. Gen. FSSP, 05.II.2007
Imprimatur: Vic. Gen. Diœc. Laus. Gen. Frib., 28.II.2007
It is a society which gathers those who feel close to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and who wish to support its charism through prayers and sacrifices.
Thus the Confraternity contributes to the service of the Church, through supporting numerous vocations, the sanctification of priests and their pastoral endeavours.
· every day:
1) pray one decade of the holy rosary for the sanctification of our priests and for our priestly vocations, 2) and recite the Prayer of the Confraternity;
· every year:
3) have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered once for these intentions.
Their commitments place the members among our most faithful benefactors, and as such, among the particular recipients of our priests’ and seminarians’ daily prayers.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered each month for the members of the Confraternity in each area. Recollections and instructions in the faith are also foreseen.
1. Fill in the enrolment form (Non European resident | European resident) and send it back to us when filled out.
2. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter will send to you in return the certificate of membership. The commitments take effect with the reception of the certificate.
3. Members must be Catholics who are at least 14 years of age.
4. Membership is purely spiritual and does not confer any rights or duties other than the spiritual support in prayer and charity in accord with the commitments described above.
5. By themselves the commitments do not bind under penalty of sin.
6. Membership and the commitments which follow it are tacitly renewed each year on the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (February 22), unless expressly determined otherwise.
Our channels of information – bulletins and websites of the districts or of the houses – will provide news about the Confraternity.
English-speaking
https://fssp.com/confraternity-of-saint-peter/
French-speaking
http://www.confraternite.fr/
German-speaking
http://www.konfraternitaet.eu
Listen to presentation video here: https://youtu.be/whupp2qxeVU.
Can I still join the Confraternity of Saint Peter if…
1) If I can’t travel easily and I would not have the time to attend events with the Confraternity?
– Yes, you may join. Provided you say the daily decade and Prayer, and have the Mass offered once a year by any priest in good standing, you are not required to do anything more, even on the day of your enrolment.
2) If I do not intend to be part of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter?
– Yes, you may join. The Confraternity of St Peter (CSP) is formally distinct from the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP). Any Catholic can join the former; but only priests and future priests can join the latter. Confraternity members retain full liberty and can decide to leave at any time.
3) If I already have spiritual commitments?
– Yes, you may join. For instance, if you are already committed to praying one decade of the rosary daily, you can apply it to the Confraternity’s intentions, added to your other intentions. If those were meant to exclude any other, you simply say a further decade.
4) If I normally attend the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, not the Extraordinary Form.
– Yes, you may join. Your prayers for priestly vocations and ministry as a committed Catholic are always valued.
5) If I want to pray for vocations not exclusively to the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter?
– Yes, you may join. As a member of the Confraternity, you intend your prayer to benefit principally our seminarians and priests, but you may include others at your discretion.
6) If I am a seminarian / deacon / priest / bishop / religious / sister?
– Yes, you may join. The Confraternity is not for lay persons only. Any clerics and consecrated persons in good standing are welcome.
7) If I am not able to give any money?
– Yes, you may join. Your commitment is purely spiritual, and we do not expect you to contribute financially. Financial support to the formation of our seminarians and to the ministry of our priests is gratefully received, irrespective of Confraternity membership.
8) If I can’t conveniently recite the daily decade and Prayer in Latin, nor have the yearly Mass offered in the Extraordinary Form?
– Yes, you may join. You may say the decade in your preferred language and use any approved translation of the Prayer. While it is fitting to have the yearly Mass offered according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite, any other rite authorised by the Catholic Church may be used as an alternative.
VOTIVE MASS FOR VOCATIONS: https://fssp.org.uk/votive-mass-to-ask-for-priestly-vocations/
Our annual vocation discernment weekend for young men will probably take place (like last winter) in February 2025 at Buckden Towers. To be confirmed shortly.
Saturday 26 October, 10am: any men, or boys (with parent’s approval), come for altar servers’ practice at Our Lady of Ransom, Kempston. The practice takes place in the parish hall while Eucharistic Adoration and Confessions take place in the church. Email any question to Francis Ibabu or to bedford@fssp.org.
Last week Fr de Malleray and Fr Coelho attended the quarterly Bedford deanery meeting, taking place this time at Christ the King Church. After a presentation in the Patrick Donegan Room, the priests were treated to a lovely lunch organised at a parishioner’s house across the street. Please pray for the repose of the soul of the late father of Fr Alexander Ibe, SMMM whose parish welcomed us for the Easter Triduum at Sts Philip and James Church. RIP.
Sunday 27th October, feast of Christ the King: first anniversary of the beginning of full-time ministry by the FSSP across the Northampton Diocese. Come and give thanks to God, and plan for increase!
On All Souls’ Day (Saturday Nov. 2nd ) a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory, is granted to those who visit a Catholic church and there recite one Our Father and one Creed.
On all the days from November 1st through November 8th inclusive, a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory, is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray even if only mentally for the departed, and for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father. There must be one visit for each day one seeks to gain the indulgence; one visit will not apply for several days. Any public cemetery with Christian tombs will do. Kempston Cemetery is located 2 Green End Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RJ.
Conditions for both indulgences:
1. Only one plenary indulgence can be granted per day.
2. It is necessary to be in the state of grace, at least by completion of the work.
3. Freedom from attachment to sin, even venial sin, is necessary; otherwise the indulgence is only partial. (By this is meant attachment to a particular sin, not sin in general.)
4. Holy Communion must be received each time the indulgence is sought.
5. Prayers must be recited for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father on each day the indulgence is sought. No particular prayers are prescribed. One Our Father and one Hail Mary suffice, or other suitable prayers.
6. One must be absolved in confession the fortnight before or following.
Want to know more about the holy souls? Read the fascinating (and short) revelation granted to St Catherine of Genoa.
Not available for Halloween?
Then join our All Saints Party on Friday 1st Nov, 12noon at All Saint’s Church hall, Kempston Rural,
(after the 11:00am Mass at All Saints Church next door):
Children’s party dressed up as their favourite saints!
Bring shared lunch.
Monthly talk for all on: “How we can help holy souls out of Purgatory”, at Chesham Bois Parish hall, after 12noon shared lunch on Saturday 2nd Nov, All Souls Day.
Well done the 40 adults who attended the October monthly talk in Chesham Bois on “Interpreting ‘No salvation outside the Church'”.
MONTHLY ADULTS GROUPS:
Wednesday Men’s group Bedford 8:00pm, Our Lady of Kempston Church hall, after the 7:15pm holy Mass & 6:55pm Confessions. Bring beers and snacks! Dates: 23 October; 13 November; 11 December
Saturday Ladies’ Group Bedford 1:00pm, Our Lady of Kempston Church hall, after the 11:30am holy Mass. Bring shared lunch by 12:15pm. Arrive from 10:00am for Eucharistic Adoration & Confessions. Dates: 26 October; 16 November; 14 December
Talk for All in Chesham Bois: Sat 2nd November 12:30pm
Christmas Dinner Chesham Bois: Sat 7 December, 7:00pm
HELP US EXPAND: Please email bedford@fssp.org if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale…
Bishop David Oakley will confer the sacrament of Confirmation again to our Chaplaincy candidates on
Saturday 4th October 2025.
You can start registering interest.
Email us as soon as possible the names of candidates for First Holy Communion to take place on Corpus Christi Sunday, 22 June 2025.
Join the chaplaincy children (scouts and guides) and Fr de Malleray at the ROSARY CRUSADE in LONDON on Sat 12th Oct (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.) This is the largest Marian event in London every year. Come and pray the holy Rosary in public, walking leisurely from Westminster Cathedral to the Brompton Oratory for the reparation of sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The roads are shut to allow the procession through and we walk behind a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Fatima whilst praying the rosary and singing hymns. It is a great opportunity for public witness to the faith and is a joyful event.
The evening before, if you are 18-35, come on Friday 11th Oct to the monthly Juventutem 7pm sung holy Mass with homily by chaplain Fr de Malleray, FSSP (6pm confessions; 8pm social) at St Mary Magdalene, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common SW18 2QU London (12 mins walk from Clapham Junction). Meet the about 70 young adults coming from far and wide for that event.
Starting a group for young adults in Bedford? There is interest for activities for young single men and women age 18+.
We could start in November with a walk and lunch in a country pub, e.g. across Woburn Abbey deer park , followed by lunch at the Woburn Arms with informal chat, with clergy in attendance (chatting, not cooking though).
Please email interest (malleray@fssp.org)! Your friends from outside Bedfordshire are welcome.
Dowry Mag No63, Autumn Issue, now online
[Click on the picture above or here to open the magazine]
In this issue:
Editorial: Woodcarving As Worship
Reflecting on the importance of sacred architecture as a medium of evangelisation that touches even non-believers (as the fire of Notre-Dame showed), Fr de Malleray rejoices at the new altarpiece commissioned by a traditional Dominican community in France.
A Queen For All Seasons
Aidan Harvey-Craig praises Queen Catherine of Aragon’s courageous witness to the inviolability of marriage and to the Catholic faith as a timely example for our times of matrimonial breakdown and religious relativism. Could she be declared a heavenly intercessor?
Coercion and Belief: Compelle Intrare
Fr Brendan Gerard, FSSP (who holds a licence in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome) examines whether the use of coercion to bring people into the Church is authorised by Christ’s mandate to “make disciples of all nations.”
Tintin and the Secret of the Elusive Priests
Despite being a cradle Catholic, world-famous author Hergé included almost no priest characters in his numerous comic strips; and yet, multiple priestly influences have inspired or guided the creator of Tintin―finds Fr de Malleray (Head of Tintinology at St Alban House in Bedford).
Why the Film Nefarious Is Atheists’ Nightmare
Avoiding any gory or horrible display, the supernatural thriller Nefarious cleverly depicts an atheistic doctor trying to persuade a possessed inmate that God and Satan are not real. Fr de Malleray praises this battle of wits that can prompt non-believers to ask salutary questions.
Spoiler Alert: Life Wins In The End
Young adult Sophia Rumpus took part in the joyful and peaceful March for Life, the largest event in the UK every year to celebrate the sacredness of human life, particularly in its unborn stage: an initiative worthy of support as the “legal” termination of the elderly and sick looms ahead.
Click HERE to subscribe to Dowry for free.
We welcome proof-readers with a good command of English, as well as electronic submissions of articles consistent with the scope of this magazine.
Share with friends the beautiful pictures of our sung Mass on the feast of St Michael: flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/. Thank you to our choir who envisages singing the Mass every Sunday.
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month). Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy, consisting chiefly of the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly). Since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy.
Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
The Harvey-Craig family will host the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham this Sunday. We thank them for praying the litany of Loreto in front of the statue to the intentions of their household and of our two congregations.
DO YOU HAVE A SPARE ROOM to give him a start? Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO PARKING anywhere between parish hall, school and cottages. That entire space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass. Please park in the church car park on the road before the church (go through yellow gate on your left), or on the smaller car park to the right side of the parish hall if you have a van too high to pass under the yellow barrier of the main car park. Thank you.
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.
Collection of food items for the Bedford Food Bank on Sunday 13th Oct. You may bring dried food or tinned items if you wish to donate.
Please pray for the priests on retreat in Stonyhurst, Lancashire, with Fr de Malleray.
Father de Malleray will later be in France for a fortnight to attend the annual FSSP clergy gathering, and on annual private retreat.
Solemn high Mass in Bedford of newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP on Sunday 17 November, 8:30am, followed by First Blessings and refreshments in church hall. Please come to give thanks to God for the gift of the priesthood. Fr Homolya is Hungarian by origin, but was living in London (doing his PhD in IT) when he heard the call, and later spent his diaconal stage in Warrington. He also served several years on our summer camps in the Peak District. He started his ministry in Warrington in August.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
[Click on the picture above or here to open the magazine]
In this issue:
Editorial: Woodcarving As Worship
Reflecting on the importance of sacred architecture as a medium of evangelisation that touches even non-believers (as the fire of Notre-Dame showed), Fr de Malleray rejoices at the new altarpiece commissioned by a traditional Dominican community in France.
A Queen For All Seasons
Aidan Harvey-Craig praises Queen Catherine of Aragon’s courageous witness to the inviolability of marriage and to the Catholic faith as a timely example for our times of matrimonial breakdown and religious relativism. Could she be declared a heavenly intercessor?
Coercion and Belief: Compelle Intrare
Fr Brendan Gerard, FSSP (who holds a licence in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome) examines whether the use of coercion to bring people into the Church is authorised by Christ’s mandate to “make disciples of all nations.”
Tintin and the Secret of the Elusive Priests
Despite being a cradle Catholic, world-famous author Hergé included almost no priest characters in his numerous comic strips; and yet, multiple priestly influences have inspired or guided the creator of Tintin―finds Fr de Malleray (Head of Tintinology at St Alban House in Bedford).
Why the Film Nefarious Is Atheists’ Nightmare
Avoiding any gory or horrible display, the supernatural thriller Nefarious cleverly depicts an atheistic doctor trying to persuade a possessed inmate that God and Satan are not real. Fr de Malleray praises this battle of wits that can prompt non-believers to ask salutary questions.
Spoiler Alert: Life Wins In The End
Young adult Sophia Rumpus took part in the joyful and peaceful March for Life, the largest event in the UK every year to celebrate the sacredness of human life, particularly in its unborn stage: an initiative worthy of support as the “legal” termination of the elderly and sick looms ahead.
Click HERE to subscribe to Dowry for free.
We welcome proof-readers with a good command of English, as well as electronic submissions of articles consistent with the scope of this magazine.
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 6 October 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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
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 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
What a lovely day we spent at Buckden Towers the other Saturday! Over one hundred children and adults from our two congregations attended, plus many visitors. Thank you to all for supporting the event, to the adults who led children’s activities, the altar servers, and for doing well at the family quiz despite tricky questions. Send us more feedback if you have further ideas after our morning session about growing as a community. See the lovely pictures on our Flickr page: flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/.
EXPAND: Please email us if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale…
Bishop David Oakley will confer the sacrament of Confirmation again to our Chaplaincy candidates next Spring or Summer. Please email us this week the names of candidates, and also for First Holy Communion.
Join the chaplaincy children (scouts and guides) and Fr de Malleray at the ROSARY CRUSADE in LONDON on Sat 12th Oct (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.) This is the largest Marian event in London every year. Come and pray the holy Rosary in public, walking leisurely from Westminster Cathedral to the Brompton Oratory for the reparation of sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The roads are shut to allow the procession through and we walk behind a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Fatima whilst praying the rosary and singing hymns. It is a great opportunity for public witness to the faith and is a joyful event.
The evening before, if you are 18-35, come on Friday 11th Oct to the monthly Juventutem 7pm sung holy Mass with homily by chaplain Fr de Malleray, FSSP (6pm confessions; 8pm social) at St Mary Magdalene, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common SW18 2QU London (12 mins walk from Clapham Junction). Meet the about 70 young adults coming from far and wide for that event.
Share with friends the beautiful pictures of our sung Mass on the feast of St Michael: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/72177720320881239.
Thank you to our little choir who envisages now singing the Mass every Sunday.
Servers’ training on Saturday morning 26/10/24 at Our Lady of Ransom.
Contact Francis Ibabu or Rita Carroll to take part.
Monthly talk for all in Chesham Bois: Sat 5th Oct, 7:00pm by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, at parishioners’ house near church, on the theme: “Interpreting the axiom No salvation outside the Church”. Bring wine & cheese.
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month). Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy, consisting chiefly of the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly). Since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy.
Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
The Osborn family will host the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham this Sunday and the Harvey-Craig family next week. We thank them for praying the litany of Loreto in front of the statue to the intentions of their household and of our two congregations.
DO YOU HAVE A SPARE ROOM to give him a start? Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO MORE PARKING in car park in front of the parish hall. That space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass. Please park in the church car park on the road before the church (go through yellow gate), or on the smaller car park to the right of the parish hall if you have a van too high to pass under the yellow barrier of the main car park.
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.
Collection of food items for the Bedford Food Bank on Sunday 13th Oct. You may bring dried food or tinned items if you wish to donate.
Monday 7th Oct, feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, monthly Mass at Regina Caeli Academy by chaplain. Pray for the essential work of Catholic education achieved by the trustees, staff and parents for over 80 young children.
All Saints & All Souls Masses will take place both in Bedford & Chesham Bois. Schedule to be announced next week. All Saints children party at All Saints parish hall in Kempston on 1st Nov.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
SUNSHINE upon BUCKDEN for our CHAPLAINCY GATHERING ON 28TH SEPT (10am-5pm) !
Gregorian Chaplaincy, 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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
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 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
Schedule for FSSP Chaplaincy Family Day
Saturday 28th September 2024, 10am-5pm Buckden Towers, High Street, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA
For: the Catholic congregations served by FSSP Bedford & Chesham Bois, friends, and visitors
Contact: bedford@fssp.org ; fssp.org.uk/bedford ; fssp.org.uk/chesham
Feast of St Michael the Archangel this Sunday
Monthly talk for all in Chesham Bois: Sat 5th Oct, 7:00pm by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, at parishioners’ house near church, on the theme:
“Interpreting the axiom No salvation outside the Church”.
Bring wine & cheese.
Contact us for address (5mins walk from church).
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month). Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy, consisting chiefly of the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly). Since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy. However, standing orders are quicker and easier for us to process. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
Thank you to the parishioner who donated money to help cover expenses connected with the move to our new church locations. A vestment press has now been delivered to Our Lady of Ransom where we offer Mass Mon-Sat. It allows us to store vestments and linens properly, rather than having them pile up on a chair.
We don’t have vestments in each colour yet, nor for Benediction, nor up-to-date altar missals, nor altar frontals. Some of those items are being purchased and should be delivered soon.
The requiem Low Mass set and black cope have just arrived: so we are all geared up well ahead of All Souls!
A beautiful set of six candlesticks and matching crucifix were purchased second hand for All Saints: they greatly enhance the sight of the high altar during holy Mass.
Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO MORE PARKING in car park in front of the parish hall. That space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass. Please park in the church car park on the road before the church (go through yellow gate), or on the smaller car park to the right of the parish hall if you have a van too high to pass under the yellow barrier of the main car park.
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.
Two young sisters in our congregation share impressions of their recent trip-pilgrimage: “We were lucky enough to have a week in Paris for B.’s thirteenth birthday. There were lots to see which meant lots of walking! Our favourite part was seeing St Catherine Labouré [at the Rue du Bac convent of the Miraculous Medal]. The chapel was beautiful and it felt very special kneeling in front of a saint, H. wanted to stay there all day. Some of the other places we visited were the Sacré-Cœur, the Eiffel tower and the Louvre.”
Come to London on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
Your FSSP priests try to go on an excursion once a month.
This past week we were blessed with no rain for our visit of Peterborough Cathedral…
where we venerated the tomb of Queen Catherine of Aragon.
On our way back we visited Fotheringhay, where Queen Mary Stuart was executed. RIP.
In both places (cathedral and village church) we prayed some of the breviary: it must have been centuries since the Roman divine office was last recited over there.
Come to London on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
By the way, can you forward this to any priest, deacon, seminarian you think might be interested? Thank you !
RETREAT FOR CLERGY
at Theodore House in Stonyhurst, Lancashire
Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1480983475847242
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 22 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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
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 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
Congratulations to Fr Miguel Coelho who begins as FSSP-Associate. After his time as a guest priest Fr Coelho received permissions to minister in Bedford and Chesham Bois in an official capacity with the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter.
Well done to the 25 ladies and gentlemen who attended our two monthly group events. Further dates will be announced shortly, including for Chesham Bois talks.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Alex Windo married at Christ the King Church by Fr de Malleray on Sat 21st September. We assure them of our prayer and look forward to welcoming them on their return from honeymoon.
Schedule for FSSP Chaplaincy Family Day
Saturday 28th September 2024, 10am-5pm Buckden Towers, High Street, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA
For: the Catholic congregations served by FSSP Bedford & Chesham Bois, friends, and visitors
Contact: bedford@fssp.org ; fssp.org.uk/bedford ; fssp.org.uk/chesham
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month).
Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy. It includes the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly); the salaries, travel allowances, and retirement fund contributions for the two priests; the admin fees (secretariat, accountancy); the utilities, local borough tax, church consumables (hosts, wine, candles), food. It does not include occasional expenses such as liturgical items and vestments, nor the furniture and utensils purchased when we had to start from scratch in our rented house last October.
A big thank you to YOU for allowing us to meet this substantial weekly cost through your Offertory gifts and bank transfers. A bit less than 300 of you attend our Masses each week, but most are unwaged (scores of pious and energetic children, plus incredibly hard-working but unpaid housewives), which narrows significantly the number of contributors to spread the weekly £1,401.00 cost across.
The good news is that since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy. Yes, 100% comes to us now. Please make sure you realise this important change: up to then in Bedford, the entire Offertory collection went to the diocesan parish, not to us the FSSP Chaplaincy. Now, as per the Chaplaincy agreement signed with Bishop Oakley, all that you give reaches us. This is only fair, considering that, unlike all diocesan or religious priests serving diocesan churches, we FSSP priests receive no salary, no housing, no allowances or stipends of any kind from the Northampton diocese. From A to Z, money is to be raised from the generosity of our benefactors in Bedford and Chesham Bois. Your ongoing financial support is a strong sign of your commitment to the FSSP Chaplaincy.
Thank you to the Offertory collectors and counters for their discreet but vital role. In addition, please consider setting up standing orders if you have not done so yet, as it is quicker and simpler to process than cash. Also, do contact today Rita Carroll to obtain a Gift Aid number to increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. That will help us a lot.
Remember us in your will. Contact us for guidance to bequest some of your estate to our FSSP England Registered Charity (No.1129964), stating whether you wish it used for the Bedford and/or Chesham Bois apostolates, rather than for England in general. Finally, tell your friends about us, our work and our needs (send them the online newsletter, share posts from our Facebook pages). In the past, some donations have come to other FSSP apostolates from people who did not attend Mass there but wished to support the work and community. Needless to say, if you become aware of ways for you to give more, your generosity will not be wasted, since we need proactively to make plans for the future – about which more at Buckden Towers on 28th Sept. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
Pray for our children who have now started school or Regina Caeli Academy again, and for our cubs, wolvets, scouts and guides resuming their activities.
Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
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.
Come to London on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
The feast of Our Lady of Walsingham falls on Tuesday. It is the Mass of Our Lady of Ransom, which is also the title of the church where we offer daily Mass. Cf Baronius missal p. 1498. Let us pray ardently our heavenly Mother for the welfare of our families and community, for the diocese, and for England and the Church universal.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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:
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.
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