Sunday Bulletin 28 January 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin,

28 Dec 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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: see below.

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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

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.

Our beautiful Christmas

Thank you all who travelled sometimes long distances to attend our Christmas liturgies. Close to 400 people took part in our three Sung Masses at Sts Philip & James in Bedford, at All Saints in Kempston, and at Our Lady’s in Chesham Bois. Fr de Malleray thanks you also for your many Christmas cards and gifts, and wishes he were able to write to each household personally.

From Ireland Fr Miguel Coelho requested to pass on his thanks to the faithful who wrote to him over Christmas. Special thanks go to our servers, singers, musicians, photographers, and flower arrangers.

It was lovely to meet with visiting families, including two of our recently married couples, Tremaine and Lottie Newman-Craig (living in Chester), and Emmanuel and Anja Tang (living in Austria).

Epiphany Masses (holy day of obligation): Tuesday 6^th January 2026: 7:00am at OLOR, Bedford; 7:00pm at Chesham Bois. Epiphany water blessing on Monday 5^th January after the 9:30am Mass (please bear in mind that this blessing lasts close to an hour). Epiphany water will be made available for those who wish.

Welcome to our seminarians on their well-deserved Christmas holiday home: James from Hemel Hampstead (in Second Year at the FSSP seminary in America), Piotr from London (in Second Year at the FSSP seminary in Germany, staying with us in Bedford from 5^th to 9^th January on apostolate) and Francis from St Albans (in Theology at the ICKSP seminary in Italy). Please pray for these young men on their way to the sacred priesthood, and kindly let others know of our Vocation Discernment weekend below.

Bookings are coming in for our annual Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged.

For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Find out more here: https://fssp.org.uk/mens-discernment-weekend-13-15-march-2026/ .

Altar servers: boys, young – and adult – men are encouraged to learn how to serve holy Mass. This will bring many graces to them and their families, as well as enhancing the celebration of the holy sacrifice. One boy and his dad, as well as some young men, attended a servers’ workshop led in Chesham Bois by Fr de Malleray last 13^th December. Contact our servers’ coordinator Francis Ibabu for further workshops: ibabu10@proton.me.

Finance update: £1,163.00 needed every Sunday. Dear friends, our Chaplaincy has no other income than what you are able to give. Because we receive no funding from the Diocese, the current arrangement is that we fully retain our Sunday collections. Thus, EVERY penny you give to FSSP Bedford-Chesham Bois remains with us to cover our costs. Those consist chiefly of the rents for four buildings (£2,827.00 for St Alban House plus the three churches where we serve weekly), and the utilities, borough taxes, accounting, secretary, sacristy consumable, clergy allowance, clergy pension and car, food. Monthly total to pay: £4,650.00. So far our Chaplaincy has broken even and could cover the costs. Thank you for your generous support! Share our news with friends and contacts who may wish to give on occasion.  

A thirty-day novena in preparation for the renewal of the Fraternity’s consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is being organized this year. It will begin on Sunday, January 12, and end on February 11, the anniversary of the consecration, when the act of consecration will be publicly renewed. The preparatory thirty-day novena will consist of the daily recitation of a decade of the Rosary and the Memorare.

To conclude this thirty-day novena, the General House, the seminaries, the North American Province, and the Districts will send representatives this year to Fatima, on February 10 and 11, 2025. There, they will renew the consecration of the entire Fraternity to Our Lady at the site of the apparitions. Members of our international prayer network, the Confraternity of St Peter, are requested to do the novena. Anyone else is warmly encouraged to do the same.

Why we come to the Traditional Latin Mass

An apostolic initiative from the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy in the Northampton Diocese, UK

But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. (1 Pet 3:15)

Dear faithful, most members of our congregations are fairly or very new to the Traditional Latin Mass. Some come from no religion, some were Anglicans, some were lapsed Catholics, or perhaps attended Mass in the vernacular according to Paul VI’s new missal. It is fascinating and inspiring to hear your stories, your journeys, your motivations, the hindrances you overcame, and the inspiration you drew from your new chosen type of worship in our Gregorian Chaplaincy (cf. northamptondiocese.org/chaplaincy).

More people out there may feel just like you did perhaps one, two or ten years ago. Reading your story might be just what they need to look into the opportunity of the Traditional Latin Mass. Whether you are a family or a single person, email us your testimony. We will include it in a public presentation of our Gregorian Chaplaincy apostolate. It may also inspire benefactors far and wide to support our newly started Holy Family Project Ltd fundraising to acquire a place of worship in Bedfordshire. James Kelliher kindly accepted to coordinate the testimonies on behalf of the Gregorian Chaplaincy. Feel welcome to email him (kelliher@pm.me) between 100 and 500 words using the questions below. God bless you!

1. First name
2. How many live under your roof?
3. How many children you have (if any)?
4. For how long you have been attending the Traditional Latin Mass?
5. Do you attend Mass every Sunday (or more, or less)?
6. What drove you to the Latin Mass?
7. Do you come from no religion, or from a non-Christian faith, or from a Protestant denomination, or from a Catholic Mass in the vernacular, or other?
8. What was/has been the reaction of your wider family or friends to your shift of worship (if anything)?
9. If you don’t attend the Bedford or Chesham Bois Chaplaincy Masses, please specify if you attend the Traditional Latin Mass offered by a diocesan priest, or one of a traditional priestly community formerly known as “Ecclesia Dei” (FSSP, ICKSP, IBP; Marian Franciscans), or even perhaps one without manifest link with the local bishop.
10. How has the Latin Mass helped you grow in your Catholic faith, in the practice of virtue, in the love of God and the Church, and in your service to neighbours?
11. What do you wish for the Traditional Latin Mass movement in the future?
12. By emailing us, you permit us to make public use of your testimony (without your surname). If you wish us to alter your first name(s) for the sake of discretion, please let us know.

Click here to open and download this questionnaire as a two-page Word document.

☐ I agree to public use of the information above.

[Visit https://fssp.org.uk/bedford/ ; Version 27 December 2025]

Thank you to the benefactors who started donating to the Holy Family Project, the new legal entity formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship for our Chaplaincy. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

Bank Details: Account Name: Holy Family Ltd; Sort Code: 23-05-80 ; Account Number: 5629 3213

Next TREK on Saturday 17 January, 11am, with Fr de Malleray: save the date. For unmarried men and women 18+. Meet at 10:45am at 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 Dominic attendance, lift need, and lift offer (difalcodom@gmail.com). We were 23 at the last trek. Your friends from outside Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire are most welcome!

Juventutem London: for young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions,7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray, 8pm social with Q&As. Next dates: 16 Jan, 20 Feb, 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

Venue: St. Mary Magdalen, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth, London, SW18 2QU.

First Saturday devotions on 3^rd Jan:

• 10am Eucharistic adoration & confessions at OLOR;
• 11:00am Holy Mass at OLOR;
• 1pm-3pm Activities at Willington Scout Hall.

First Holy Communion Classes will be given by the Chaplain at OLOR, 1pm-2pm on the following Saturdays: 24, 31 Jan; 14, 21, 28 Feb; 21 March; 18, 25 April; 9, 16 May; 6 June (Confessions and recollection). Thank you to the parents supporting their little ones in this essential leg of their faith journey.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM

Why we come to the Traditional Latin Mass

An apostolic initiative from the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy in the Northampton Diocese, UK

But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. (1 Pet 3:15)

Dear faithful, most members of our congregations are fairly or very new to the Traditional Latin Mass. Some come from no religion, some were Anglicans, some were lapsed Catholics, or perhaps attended Mass in the vernacular according to Paul VI’s new missal. It is fascinating and inspiring to hear your stories, your journeys, your motivations, the hindrances you overcame, and the inspiration you drew from your new chosen type of worship in our Gregorian Chaplaincy (cf. northamptondiocese.org/chaplaincy).

More people out there may feel just like you did perhaps one, two or ten years ago. Reading your story might be just what they need to look into the opportunity of the Traditional Latin Mass. Whether you are a family or a single person, email us your testimony. We will include it in a public presentation of our Gregorian Chaplaincy apostolate. It may also inspire benefactors far and wide to support our newly started Holy Family Project Ltd fundraising to acquire a place of worship in Bedfordshire. James Kelliher kindly accepted to coordinate the testimonies on behalf of the Gregorian Chaplaincy. Feel welcome to email him (kelliher@pm.me) between 100 and 500 words using the questions below. God bless you!

1. First name
2. How many live under your roof?
3. How many children you have (if any)?
4. For how long you have been attending the Traditional Latin Mass?
5. Do you attend Mass every Sunday (or more, or less)?
6. What drove you to the Latin Mass?
7. Do you come from no religion, or from a non-Christian faith, or from a Protestant denomination, or from a Catholic Mass in the vernacular, or other?
8. What was/has been the reaction of your wider family or friends to your shift of worship (if anything)?
9. If you don’t attend the Bedford or Chesham Bois Chaplaincy Masses, please specify if you attend the Traditional Latin Mass offered by a diocesan priest, or one of a traditional priestly community formerly known as “Ecclesia Dei” (FSSP, ICKSP, IBP; Marian Franciscans), or even perhaps one without manifest link with the local bishop.
10. How has the Latin Mass helped you grow in your Catholic faith, in the practice of virtue, in the love of God and the Church, and in your service to neighbours?
11. What do you wish for the Traditional Latin Mass movement in the future?
12. By emailing us, you permit us to make public use of your testimony (without your surname). If you wish us to alter your first name(s) for the sake of discretion, please let us know.

Click here to open and download this questionnaire as a two-page Word document.

☐ I agree to public use of the information above.

[Visit https://fssp.org.uk/bedford/ ; Version 27 December 2025]

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 14 Dec 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin,

14-27 Dec 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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: see below.

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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

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.

Well done all of you who took part in our Immaculate Conception celebrations, with about 50 adults attending our two talks in Chesham Bois and Bedford, and about 70 adults and children attending the two holy Masses on 8^th December.

Thank you to St Nicholas who visited us and gave our children sweets on his feast last 6^th Dec. and to the organisers of our two Christmas dinners on 8^th and 13^th Dec, that went very well.

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

Extra confession time on Wed 24^th Dec at Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: 10:00AM-12NOON (there will be no further opportunity for confessions for Christmas in Bedford)

• At Sts Philip and James Church, 2 Severn Way, Bedford MK41 7BX, Wednesday 24^th December: 11:30PM Christmas carols, followed by Sung Midnight Mass (“of the night”) starting at midnight.
• At All Saints Church in Kempston Rural, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH, Thursday 25^th December: 8:30AM Sung Christmas Mass “of Dawn”.
• At Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE, Thursday 25th December: at 12noon, Christmas Mass “of the Day”

New Year: holy Masses on Wed 31^st Dec: 7:15pm; Thu 1^st Jan: 9:30am

Epiphany Masses (holy day of obligation): Tuesday 6^th January 2026:

• 7:00am at OLOR, Bedford;
• 7:00pm at Chesham Bois.
• Epiphany water blessing on Monday 5^th Jan, 10:00am.

Finance update: £1,163.00 needed every Sunday.

Dear friends, our Chaplaincy has no other income than what you are able to give. Because we receive no funding from the Diocese, the current arrangement is that we fully retain our Sunday collections. Thus, EVERY penny you give to FSSP Bedford-Chesham Bois remains with us to cover our costs. Those consist chiefly of the rents for four buildings (£2,827.00 for St Alban House plus the three churches where we serve weekly), and the utilities, borough taxes, accounting, secretary, sacristy consumable, clergy allowance, clergy pension and car, food.

Monthly total to pay: £4,650.00. (Since October, Fr Coelho’s monthly allowance is an imposed saving we would readily has been spared.)

Considering that our two congregations are much richer in children than in individual salaries, it is encouraging that so far our Chaplaincy has broken even and could cover the costs. Thank you for your generous support! Share our news with friends and contacts who may wish to give on occasion.  

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

As usual, our Christmas collections are not for the clergy, but finance the ongoing costs of the Chaplaincy. Should one wish to donate to the priest personally, this should be clearly indicated on the envelope. Thank you.

Thank you for your prayers for Fr Miguel Coelho’s visa to come through. After months, sadly, the government has not yet responded to the Northampton Diocese applying on our behalf. It now seems unlikely that a second priest will help at this Chaplaincy until the summer.

Should you wish to send Fr Coelho a card or a Christmas donation for his ministry with us this past year until early October, here are his details: St Oliver Plunkett House, Ballinaneeshagh, Cork Road, Waterford City, X91 N677, Ireland; or: pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com.

Among about thirty clergy, Fr de Malleray attended the diocesan Advent day of recollection at Buckden Towers last 2^nd December, preached by Birmingham Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Menezes on The Four Last Things, hope and prayer. Eucharistic adoration and confessions also took place.

The latest printed diocesan directory helpfully displays information about our Gregorian Chaplaincy, our clergy, our locations, and services. Feel very welcome to refer anyone to that important document if they wish to find out more about us. Also on the diocesan website here.

Thank you to the benefactors who started donating to the Holy Family Project, the new legal entity formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship for our Chaplaincy. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

Bank Details: Account Name: Holy Family Ltd; Sort Code: 23-05-80 ; Account Number: 5629 3213

Well done all 22 young adults who defied the mud on our November trek at Ashridge.

Next TREK on Saturday 17 January, 11am, with Fr de Malleray: save the date. For unmarried men and women 18+. Meet at 10:45am at 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 Dominic attendance, lift need, and lift offer (difalcodom@gmail.com). Your friends from outside Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire are most welcome!

The Juventutem London group went well last 5^th Dec with a beautiful Rorate sung Mass followed social. For young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions,7pm Sung Mass, 8pm social with Q&As.

Next dates: 16 Jan, 20 Feb, 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

Bookings are coming in for our annual Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged.

For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Find out more here: https://fssp.org.uk/mens-discernment-weekend-13-15-march-2026/ .

Clergy Retreat in Stonyhurst on 5-9 October 2026, by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP

Find out more here https://fb.me/e/639xdmhC3 .

Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for Men, 4-11 Feb 2026 by Benedictine monks from Flavigny:

Marriage Preparation weekend course, 9-11 January 2026, by lay Catholic couple: for couples who wish to engage more deeply with the Catholic vision for marriage. Can be attended as a stand-alone or in support of an online or in-person course.

First Holy Communion Classes will be given by the Chaplain at OLOR, 1pm-2pm on the following Saturdays: 24, 31 Jan; 14, 21, 28 Feb; 21 March; 18, 25 April; 9, 16 May; 6 June (Confessions and recollection). Thank you to the parents supporting their little ones in this essential leg of their faith journey. Let us pray for our would-be First Communicants, and let us book Sunday 7^th June 2026, for Corpus Christi solemnity, First Holy Communions, and Eucharistic Procession.

Become a SCOUTS OF EUROPE leader!

Our group in Bedfordshire is recruiting for female leaders to help run our groups: Wolvets (aged 8-12) and Guides (aged 12-17). No prior experience is required; we will provide all the training.

Voluntary position but training & travel expenses covered; opportunity for international travel. Contact Simon Lubbock: simon_lubbock@hotmail.com.

Amersham-based pro-life vigil group that prays outside Amersham hospital as there is a BPAS abortion clinic inside. They pray silently for an hour well outside the buffer zone. Next vigil 13^th Dec. 10am. Contact Alexandra if you wish to join or for more details: 07531182820

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

Having holy Masses offered:

Dear faithful, having holy Masses offered for the living and for the deceased is a good and pious deed. Our priests gratefully receive your stipends for the holy Masses you request. Here is how to proceed.

To give a holy Mass stipend, please insert cash (in British Pounds) in the pre-printed “FSSP Bedford & Chesham Bois Latin Mass Offering” envelopes available at our Mass centres, and hand it to us face to face, or put the envelope in the collection basket. You may insert your Mass stipend in any blank envelope of yours, provided you clearly write how many Masses you request, to what intentions, and which date and church you prefer. If unclear, we will offer Mass for the benefactors’ intention unspecified (based on the average amount received as stipend) at a time and church of our choosing.

Why we cannot accept holy Mass stipends via bank transfer to our FSSP Bedford & Chesham Bois account:

The admin time spent to trace, verify, and match such transactions is beyond our present capability. Therefore, please be advised that no donation will be acknowledged as holy Mass stipend via direct bank transfer to our FSSP accounts. Nor if sent within some larger donation, part of which you mean to allocate to one or several holy Masses. For accounting purposes, this would oblige us to enter and code separate transactions, which again is beyond our admin capability. Consequently, by donating to any of the FSSP bank accounts listed on this page (including PayPal) you agree on your gift being used by us for our general apostolate, with no commitment on our part to allocate it as holy Mass stipend. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

General guidance on Mass stipends:

While commendable, you do not need to attend in person the Mass offered for the intention you requested.

The value of a single Mass is infinite since Christ is its main offeror through his priest.

The Mass stipend does not “pay for the Mass” but helps meet the cost of living of the celebrant.

People give what they can, but practically no stipend offered nowadays is less than £10.00.

While a priest may be permitted to offer more than one Mass a day, he may retain only one Mass stipend per day, which belongs to him personally as celebrant.

Christmas Day is the only exception when a priest may retain the stipends of all three Masses offered from midnight onward (Can. 951#1).

None of the stipends for a second or third Mass offered the same day can be retained by the priest.

Strictly one single Mass stipend can be accepted per single Mass offered.

Once a priest has accepted a Mass stipend, he is under grave moral obligation to offer within a year the Mass requested for the intention associated with that Mass stipend.

Unlike cloistered religious our priests serve in parishes where Masses for various intentions are requested every week; hence scheduling a Gregorian trentain (or Gregorian Masses), that is, a series of thirty consecutive Masses offered for a single deceased person, is not possible.

Canon Law extracts:

THE OFFERING GIVEN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF MASS

Can. 945 §1. In accord with the approved practice of the Church, any priest celebrating or concelebrating is permitted to receive an offering to apply the Mass for a specific intention.

§2. It is recommended earnestly to priests that they celebrate Mass for the intention of the Christian faithful, especially the needy, even if they have not received an offering.

Can. 946 The Christian faithful who give an offering to apply the Mass for their intention contribute to the good of the Church and by that offering share its concern to support its ministers and works.

Can. 947 Any appearance of tracking or trading is to be excluded entirely from the offering for Masses.

Can. 948 Separate Masses are to be applied for the intentions of those for whom a single offering, although small, has been given and accepted.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 30 Nov 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin,

30 Nov-13 Dec 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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: see below.

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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

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.

Thank you to the parents of 10 candidates who have registered for First Holy Communions scheduled on Sunday 7^th June 2026.

If you child will have turned seven by then,

please email ASAP bedford@fssp.org.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: A MAJOR CATHOLIC FEAST on MONDAY 8^th December: two holy Masses in Kempston: 9:30am & 5:30pm

Advent Talk on The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady (her feast the following day) for all on Sunday 7^th December after 12noon Sunday Mass in Chesham Bois. Bring shared lunch in Guild Room. Anyone welcome.

Advent Chaplaincy Gathering for all

on St Nicolas’ Day, Sat 6^th Dec and First Saturday

Schedule

10:00AM Exposition and Confessions
11:15AM Eucharistic adoration ends with Benediction of the Bl. Sacrament
11:30AM Holy Mass of St Nicholas
12:10PM Holy Rosary (and further confessions)
12:40PM First Sat 15-min private meditation
1:10PM End, and departure towards Willington Peace Memorial Hall, Church Rd, Willington, Bedford MK44 3PY

1:30PM Access Willington Hall and packed lunch with St Nicholas’s visit and treats to (good) children
2:30PM-3:15PM Advent talk on The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady for parents / adults by Chaplain + Q&As – and crafts and games for children supervised by adults in adjacent room
4:30PM Vacate Hall

Dowry Mag Autumn Issue out on fssp.org.uk/category/dowry: read our articles on Priestly Vocations; FSSP Seminarians on Pilgrimage to Rome; St Joan of Arc, A Prophetess For Our Times; Teenagers Love Norman Shrines and Castles; Power, Responsibility, and the Common Good; Two Events for Priests and Future Priests; Black Robe: Zeal for Souls in New France; Life in Jerusalem.

Bedford Christmas dinner, Monday 8^th December LAST CHANCE: book with Theresa by Monday 1^st December. (following 5:30pm Mass of the Immaculate Conception) at The Knife & Cleaver, The Grove, Houghton Conquest MK45 3LA. (Two courses £27.95; three courses £33.95 + a £1 booking fee per person). Payment can be sorted later. The Festive Fare menu can be viewed on our website.

Chesham Bois Christmas dinner on 13^th Dec. (book with Agostino Di Falco). Fr de Malleray will readily attend BOTH Christmas dinners.

THE HOLY FAMILY PROJECT:

A new legal entity, the Holy Family Project Ltd, has been formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

Bank Details:

Account Name: Holy Family Ltd;

Sort Code: 23-05-80 ;

Account Number: 5629 3213

Fr John Emerson, FSSP who covered our Kempston Masses on 19-23 Nov was glad to meet with parishioners and found our Sunday Mass well sung and its setting inspiring.

Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Clergy Retreat in Stonyhurst on 5-9 October 2026.

Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for Men, 4-11 Feb 2026 by Benedictine monks from Flavigny:

Marriage Preparation weekend course, 9-11 January 2026, by lay Catholic couple: for couples who wish to engage more deeply with the Catholic vision for marriage. Can be attended as a stand-alone or in support of an online or in-person course.

Become a SCOUTS OF EUROPE leader!

Our group in Bedfordshire is recruiting for female leaders to help run our groups: Wolvets (aged 8-12) and Guides (aged 12-17). No prior experience is required; we will provide all the training.

Voluntary position but training & travel expenses covered; opportunity for international travel. Contact Simon Lubbock: simon_lubbock@hotmail.com.

There is an Amersham based pro-life vigil group that prays outside Amersham hospital as there is a BPAS abortion clinic inside. They pray silently for an hour well outside the buffer zone. They also have leaflets prepared with the contact details of relevant charities to hand to women in crisis pregnancy situations who may approach. The group welcomes anyone who wishes to join them! Their next witness will be on the 13th December at 10am. The meeting place is just across the road from the British Legion Hall on Whielden St in Old Amersham. Vigils have been very peaceful and positive with most passersby being surprised to learn that there is an abortion clinic in Amersham at all. Please contact Alexandra if you wish to join or for more details: 07531182820

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank;

Sort Code: 30-80-27 ;

Account number: 44025960;

Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Harry Titmus, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 16 Nov 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 16-29 November 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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: see below.

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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

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 note the changes below: Wed 19 Nov, Mass at 7:45AM; Sat 29 Nov, Mass at 9:00AM.

Thank you to the benefactor who paid for a professional photocopier for the Chaplaincy, installed last week. Thank you to the parishioners in Chesham Bois and Bedford who printed the newsletter over the past two years.

Young adults’ trek with Fr de Malleray on Sat 29^th Nov, 11am. Meet at Ashridge Visitor Centre, Ringshall, Berkhamsted HP4 1LX (free access and free parking.) For 18-35. Lunch at pub on the way. Bring your friends along. Ask for a lift.

Thank you to the parents of 10 candidates who have registered for First Holy Communions scheduled on Sunday 7^th June 2026.

If you child will have turned seven by then,

please email ASAP bedford@fssp.org.

Dowry Mag Autumn 2025 Issue is Out

In this issue:

Editorial: O Lord, Grant Us Many Holy Priests!

Fr de Malleray shares good news about our vocations in the UK and Ireland, and encourages all to pray for more and advertise our next weekend of discernment.

FSSP Seminarians on Pilgrimage to Rome

Our Theology seminarians from our European and American seminaries met on pilgrimage to Rome and were greeted by Pope Leo XIV.

St Joan of Arc, A Prophetess For Our Times 

Fr Jacques Olivier, FSSP, served in London in the mid-2000s and published a doctoral thesis in theology on The Political and Ecclesial Prophetism of Joan of Arc, explaining why this saint is of particular relevance to English Catholics.

Teenagers Love Norman Shrines and Castles

Forty-eight children and their parents, mostly connected with the Bedford-based FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy, spent the first week of September on holiday in Normandy. Dowry asked some of the teenagers to share their impressions.

Power, Responsibility, and the Common Good

A Thomistic reflection for our times given by Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP at the annual Juventutem Summer Weekend in July 20205 at Ampleforth Abbey  

Two Events for Priests and Future Priests

A clergy Retreat on the theme This Sacred Victim will take place at Stonyhurst on 5-9 Oct 2026. A Vocation weekend of Discernment for men will take place at Buckden Towers on 13-15 March 2026.

Black Robe: Zeal for Souls in New France

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP reviews a film about the heroic endeavours of seventeenth-century missionary Jesuits in Canada.

Scripture and Stone: Life in Jerusalem

Fr Gwilym Evans, FSSP studied Hebrew and Arabic at Cambridge before converting and joining the FSSP, and has spent the last eighteen months studying scriptures in Jerusalem, coinciding with the Gaza War.

[Click on front cover picture below to open the magazine]

LAUNCHING THE HOLY FAMILY PROJECT:

A new legal entity, the Holy Family Project Ltd, has been formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

Bank Details:

• Account Name: Holy Family Ltd;
• Sort Code: 23-05-80
• Account Number: 5629 3213

Welcome to Fr John Emerson, FSSP covering our Kempston Masses on 19-23 Nov. A senior member of the FSSP, Fr Emerson set up our ministry in its earliest stage in England in 2000, moving in 2001 to Scotland where he still resides. Please note the change of Mass times on Wednesday 19^th Nov: not 7:15pm but 7:45AM (morning).

Fr de Malleray will be away this week (after the 6:30am Mass on Tuesday) on annual retreat and assures you of his prayer, as he requests yours.

Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Find out more here: https://fssp.org.uk/mens-discernment-weekend-13-15-march-2026/ .

Clergy Retreat in Stonyhurst on 5-9 October 2026.

Find out more here https://fb.me/e/639xdmhC3 .

Aged 18-25? Catholic? Motivated to help the formation of Catholic children through games, songs, and outdoor activities? Become a SCOUTS OF EUROPE leader!

Our group in Bedfordshire is recruiting for female leaders (and young men) to help run our groups: Wolvets (aged 8-12) and Guides (aged 12-17). No prior experience is required; we will provide all the training.

This is a voluntary position but training & travel expenses will be covered; opportunity for international travel.

Weekend sessions every 2-3 weeks, eg Sunday 10:30am – 12:30pm; sometimes camping from Saturday 12pm – Sunday 12pm. Plus 2-3 longer camps per year (Easter, Summer) ; Planning meetings (on Zoom) ; DBS/safeguarding checks.

Benefits: Serve the Lord through helping to grow this wonderful movement ; Gain valuable experience ; Have loads of fun!

For further information, please contact 1^st & 2^nd Bedford FSE Group leader Simon Lubbock: simon_lubbock@hotmail.com

The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency recently audited the Safeguarding practices of our English apostolates and have now uploaded their audit report which can be found on catholicsafeguarding.org.uk. Our overall grading is results being achieved, which is the fifth out of seven ratings from below basic to exemplary. I would like to thank our own Safeguarding Rep William Currie for his own significant contribution in promoting a safe culture within our chaplaincy.

Coincidentally, this Sunday, the Catholic Church in England particularly focusses on the importance of Safeguarding. With this in mind, have you heard of low-level concerns? If not, simply put, these are a sense that things are not quite right, that someone’s behaviour around others is leaving you uncomfortable. If you experience this, trust your instinct! Don’t think “what if I’m wrong?” but rather “what if I’m right?” and pass it on to our Safeguarding Rep. Phone 07825 089336, or email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me.

Bedford Christmas dinner, Monday 8^th December (following 5:30pm Mass of the Immaculate Conception) at The Knife & Cleaver, The Grove, Houghton Conquest MK45 3LA.

To secure the booking, we need to provide a rough number attending. Please add your name to the sign-up sheet in the back of church, along with the number of courses (Two courses £27.95; three courses £33.95 + a £1 booking fee per person). Payment can be sorted later. The Festive Fare menu can be viewed at https://knifeandcleaver.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FINAL_CDG-_CHRISTMAS_MENUS_2025_11zon.pdf 

Chesham Bois Christmas dinner on 13^th Dec. (book with Agostino Di Falco).

Our former seminarian Luke Mazurek, on pastoral placement in Bedford from November 2024 until Easter 2025, expresses his gratitude for the many prayers offered for his priestly vocation and for the messages of support.

He is happy to share the good news that he has been accepted as a seminarian at the Good Shepherd Institute, a good traditional community with its seminary and headquarters near Chartres, in France. Please continue to pray for him, and for all priestly candidates.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Lottie Newman-Craig, Harry Titmus, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts.  Please email additions to this list.

Looking towards Advent

This is our last newsletter edition this liturgical year, as on Saturday 29th Nov afternoon, Holy Church will celebrate the First Vespers of Advent, hence the beginning of the new liturgical year.

In addition to our two Christmas dinners, you are invited to our…

First Sat 6th Dec – St Nicholas’ Day – Advent Talk in Bedford:

Schedule
10:00AM Exposition and Confessions
11:15AM Eucharistic adoration ends with Benediction of the Bl. Sacrament
11:30AM Holy Mass of St Nicholas
12:10PM Holy Rosary (and further confessions)
12:40PM First Sat 15-min private meditation
1:10PM End, and departure towards Willington Hall
1:30PM Access Willington Hall and packed lunch
2:30PM-3:15PM Advent talk on The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady for parents / adults by Chaplain + Q&As (couple of adult volunteers to be with children in adjacent room)
4:30PM Vacate Hall

Also, Advent Talk on The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady (her feast the following day) for all on Sunday 7th December after 12noon Sunday Mass in Chesham Bois. Bring shared lunch in Guild Room. Anyone welcome.

Finally, our Christmas Mass schedule will be as follows:

• At Sts Philip and James Church, 2 Severn Way, Bedford MK41 7BX, Wednesday 24th December: 11:30PM Christmas carols, followed by Sung Midnight Mass (“of the night”) starting at midnight
• At All Saints Church in Kempston Rural, Thursday 25th December: 8:30AM Sung Christmas Mass “of Dawn”
• At Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE, Thursday 25th December: at 12noon, Christmas Mass “of the Day”

by Fr AM

Dowry Autumn 2025 Issue online

In this issue:

Editorial: O Lord, Grant Us Many Holy Priests!

Fr de Malleray shares good news about our vocations in the UK and Ireland, and encourages all to pray for more and advertise our next weekend of discernment.

FSSP Seminarians on Pilgrimage to Rome

Our Theology seminarians from our European and American seminaries met on pilgrimage to Rome and were greeted by Pope Leo XIV.

St Joan of Arc, A Prophetess For Our Times 

Fr Jacques Olivier, FSSP, served in London in the mid-2000s and published a doctoral thesis in theology on The Political and Ecclesial Prophetism of Joan of Arc, explaining why this saint is of particular relevance to English Catholics.

Teenagers Love Norman Shrines and Castles

Forty-eight children and their parents, mostly connected with the Bedford-based FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy, spent the first week of September on holiday in Normandy. Dowry asked some of the teenagers to share their impressions.

Power, Responsibility, and the Common Good

A Thomistic reflection for our times given by Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP at the annual Juventutem Summer Weekend in July 20205 at Ampleforth Abbey  

Two Events for Priests and Future Priests

A clergy Retreat on the theme This Sacred Victim will take place at Stonyhurst on 5-9 Oct 2026. A Vocation weekend of Discernment for men will take place at Buckden Towers on 13-15 March 2026.

Black Robe: Zeal for Souls in New France

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP reviews a film about the heroic endeavours of seventeenth-century missionary Jesuits in Canada.

Scripture and Stone: Life in Jerusalem

Fr Gwilym Evans, FSSP studied Hebrew and Arabic at Cambridge before converting and joining the FSSP, and has spent the last eighteen months studying scriptures in Jerusalem, coinciding with the Gaza War.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 9 Nov 2025

[No 10:00am confessions & Adoration on Sat 8 Nov, but the 11:30am Mass will take place as usual.]

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 9^th November 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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: see below.

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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

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.

Have you subscribed yet to our circular electronic newsletter? Over 280 recipients already. Simply click on the button on fssp.org.uk/Bedford and receive many more pictures, links, and information than can fit on the paper version.

Splendid All Saints Party: Well done the children who dressed up as their favourite saints last Saturday afternoon at Willington Hall. We had a lovely time with the families and games. Thank you to the organisers of the events and to the parents accompanying their children.

Thank you for having gained plenary indulgences to help up to 8 holy Souls out of Purgatory over the past 1-8 Nov. All along this month of November dedicated to the Holy Souls, let us pray for them more than ever, especially while attending the holy Sacrifice of the Mass also on weekdays at votive Masses of Requiem or any other Mass.

Annual FSSP stats update: find the latest figures of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter on https://www.fssp.org/en/statistics-update-2025/

• Total members: 579 (incl. 394 incardinated)
• Priests: 387; priestly candidates 192
• Average age of members: 39 years
• Deceased members: 16
• Average 14 new priests ordained each year
• Confraternity of Saint Peter: Total members: 8,776
• Dioceses served: 151
• Mass centres: 251 locations
• Personal parishes: 48
• Number of houses: 139

What a beautiful pontifical high Mass in Bedford last Saturday on the Solemnity of All Saints. Thank you to Bishop Eleganti who preached on sanctity for all; to the masters of ceremony (including Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP who travelled from Reading); to the clergy, including two Dominicans priests from Cambridge acting as sacred ministers, and other clergy in choir such as Fr Gerard Byrne; to the many servers; to the amazing choir; to the Latin Mass Society including our own Barbara Kay  and Dr Shaw who organised the event; to Canon Seamus Keenan, PP who hosted the event at his church and hall; to all of you who attended the Mass.

See the many pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/josephshaw/albums/72177720330100599/.

Watch video on the Facebook page of the Latin Mass Society, or directly here www.facebook.com/reel/1921445538489289.

LAUNCHING THE HOLY FAMILY PROJECT:

A new legal entity, the Holy Family Project Ltd, has been formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

    Bank Details:

•     Account Name: Holy Family Ltd
•     Sort Code: 23-05-80
•     Account Number: 5629 3213

Fr de Malleray attended the quarterly deanery meeting at Leighton Buzzard last Wednesday, along with ten fellow clerics.

Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Clergy Retreat in Stonyhurst on 5-9 October 2026 by Fr de Malleray on

This Sacred Victim: the Priest as Sacrificer at the Altar.

Info: https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/this-sacred-victim/.

Bedford Christmas dinner, Monday 8^th December (following 5:30pm Mass of the Immaculate Conception at OLOR) at The Knife & Cleaver, The Grove, Houghton Conquest MK45 3LA. To secure the booking, we need to provide a rough number attending. Please add your name to the sign-up sheet in the back of church, along with the number of courses (Two courses £27.95; three courses £33.95 + a £1 booking fee per person). Payment can be sorted later. The Festive Fare menu can be viewed at https://knifeandcleaver.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FINAL_CDG-_CHRISTMAS_MENUS_2025_11zon.pdf 

Chesham Bois Christmas dinner on 13^th Dec. (book with Agostino Di Falco).

Young adults’ trek with Fr de Malleray on Sat 29^th Nov, 11am. Meet at Ashridge Visitor Centre, Ringshall, Berkhamsted HP4 1LX (free access and free parking.) For 18-35. Lunch at pub on the way. Bring your friends along.

Thank you to the parents of 10 candidates who have registered for First Holy Communions scheduled on Sunday 7^th June 2026.

If you child will have turned seven by then, please email ASAP bedford@fssp.org.

We await dates from Bishop’s for Confirmations in the Spring of 2027 (not 2026). Other parishes around here tend to have Confirmations every other year. We will not offer classes to prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation for the next twelve months.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Lottie Newman-Craig, Harry Titmus, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts.  Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 2 Nov 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 2^nd November 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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 8:30am ; 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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

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.

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Have you subscribed yet to our circular electronic newsletter: over 280 recipients already. Simply click on the button on fssp.org.uk/Bedford and receive many more pictures, links, and information than can fit on the paper version.

LAUNCHING THE HOLY FAMILY PROJECT:

Dear friends, as we begin our third year of permanent ministry in Bedford, we are pleased to announce that formal approval has been granted by the superiors of the FSSP to commence fundraising for the establishment of a permanent home for our community. This is a moment of great significance in the life of our chaplaincy.

A new legal entity, the Holy Family Project Ltd, has been formed specifically for this purpose and will be applying for charitable status. This will be a project operated by lay members of the parish and supported externally by the FSSP. If you have any fundraising ideas or have any questions about donations, please contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

If we have any donations left after the establishment of a permanent home, or if for whatever reason we aren’t successful, the money will be given to support the FSSP.

Your support and prayer will be vital in the success of this project. If you are able to make contributions, or know someone who would, these may be made via bank transfer using the details provided below. Thank you.

Bank Details:

• Account Name: Holy Family Ltd
• Sort Code: 23-05-80
• Account Number: 5629 3213

Getting ready to assist the holy Souls:

Three holy Masses of Requiem will be offered on Monday 3^rd Nov in Bedford on the postponed Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, i.e. All Souls, at 9:00am, 9:30am, and 6:30pm.

(See the pictures of last year’s Remembrance Sunday.)

Reminder: 1-8 November: a plenary indulgence is granted each day when praying for the dead at a cemetery. This opportunity to help Holy Souls out of Purgatory begins even on All Saints (Sat. 1^st Nov).

Practically: Be at a cemetery ; pray even if only mentally for the departed (named or unnamed), and for the six traditional intentions of the Holy Father (exaltation of the Church, propagation of the Faith, extirpation of heresy, conversion of sinners, concord between Christian princes, and welfare of the Christian people.)

There must be one visit for each day one seeks to gain the indulgence; one visit will not apply for several days. One must receive holy Communion the same day; have no grave sin unabsolved (sacramental confession made the fortnight before or after); have no attachment to sin even venial.

New Chaplaincy Secretary: Theresa Madden is now taking over from Rita Carroll. Theresa is a longtime member of our Bedford congregation, along with her husband and son. Theresa comes with work experience as a parish secretary. Contact her at the usual address: bedford@fssp.org.

Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

Bedford Christmas dinner on Mon 8^th Dec. at 7pm (after 5:30pm holy Mass of the Immaculate Conception) at The Knife & Cleaver, The Grove, Houghton Conquest MK45 3LA. Cost: 2-course £27.95, 3-course £33.95 – drinks non included. Email now Theresa Madden your bookings, menu selection, and dietary requirements. Please hand an envelope with cash to confirm your booking as we are unable to process restaurant payments on the FSSP online bank account.

Chesham Bois Christmas dinner on 13^th Dec. (book with Agostino Di Falco).

Juventutem London this Friday 7 Nov: 7pm Sung Mass with homily (after 6pm-7pm confessions and before 8pm-10pm social). Next Juventutem London: Fri 5 Dec.

Watch last month’s homily https://youtu.be/5v2rt__O8hs.

Young adults’ trek on Sat 29^th Nov, 11am.

Meet at Ashridge Visitor Centre, Ringshall, Berkhamsted HP4 1LX (free access and free parking.)

For young people 18-35. With Fr de Malleray. Lunch at nearby pub.

Thank you to the parents of 9 candidates who have registered for First Holy Communions

scheduled on Sunday 7^th June 2026.

If you child will have turned seven by then,

please email ASAP bedford@fssp.org.

Confirmation Candidates and converts,

contact us ASAP as well.

Catholic Men UK’s Weekend at nearby Buckden Towers on 14-16 Nov with various speakers, including talks and holy Mass by Fr de Malleray. Organised by our Bedford parishioner Samuel for Catholic Men UK. Visit actionfollowsbeing.uk.

Feel welcome to let any clergy friends, religious, and seminarians about the next Clergy Retreat

which Fr de Malleray was invited to give at Stonyhurst in just one year,

on 5-9 October 2026

(https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/this-sacred-victim/).

Share our Facebook page for this event.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Harry Titmus, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts.  Please email additions to this list.

33-year-old single trad Catholic lady seeks accommodation in Bedford close to daily Mass from January. Contact angelinemarietherese@gmail.com

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 26th October 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 26^th October 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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 8:30am ; 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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

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.

Monday 27^th October marks the second anniversary of the beginning of the full-time ministry of the FSSP Chaplaincy based in Bedford. Please pray for all of us involved in it, and for all logistical hindrances to be overcome. We hope next week to share good news regarding our ability to start fundraising for a place of worship.

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

New Chaplaincy Secretary: Theresa Madden is now taking over from Rita Carroll. Theresa is a longtime member of our Bedford congregation, along with her husband and son. Theresa comes with work experience as a parish secretary. Contact her at the usual address: bedford@fssp.org.

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First Holy Communions: Sunday 7^th June 2026

If your child will have turned seven by then,

please email ASAP bedford@fssp.org.

Confirmation Candidates and converts,

contact us ASAP as well. Thank you.

Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA.

£99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged.

For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org.

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The Mass of the Ages Trilogy is finally coming to DVD! Episodes 1-3 on one DVD disc playable on UK computers, DVD & Blu-ray players!

Pre-order at www.latinmass.com/watch-the-trilogy

Our Christmas dinners:

• in Bedford on Mon 8^th Dec. at 7pm (after 5:30pm Mass of the Immaculate Conception) at The Knife & Cleaver, The Grove, Houghton Conquest MK45 3LA (bookings and menu soon communicated by us);
• in Chesham Bois Sat 13^th Dec. (book with Agostino Di Falco).

Young adults’ trek on Sat 29^th Nov, 11am. Meet at Ashridge Visitor Centre, Ringshall, Berkhamsted HP4 1LX (free access and free parking.) For 18-35.

Juventutem London on Fridays 7 Nov, 5 Dec.

Catholic Men UK’s Weekend at nearby Buckden Towers on 14-16 Nov with various speakers, including talks and holy Mass by Fr de Malleray. Organised by our Bedford parishioner Samuel for Catholic Men UK. Visit actionfollowsbeing.uk.

The First Saturday Mass and Marian devotion attract about 80 adults and children. Since OLOR’s parish room cannot fit a large crowd, Willington Hall (Church Rd, Willington Village, Bedford, MK44 3PY) has been booked for all those who wish to gather from 12:30pm.

Congratulations to James and Joanna Paul on the holy Baptism of their son Johann on Sat 25^th Oct.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts.  Please email additions to this list.

Pray for our former seminarian Luke Mazurek, who served among us while on apostolate from last November to Easter, as he discerns further God’s will for him.

33-year-old single trad Catholic lady seeks accommodation in Bedford close to daily Mass from January. Contact angelinemarietherese@gmail.com

FSSP parishioner photographer Joachim Kahn does Catholic weddings and events:

• Website: joachimkahnphotography.com
• Email: info@joachimkahnphotography.com
• Mobile: 07898268202

A busy Sat 1^st November:

9:30am Confessions OLOR

10:00am [earlier time] low Mass OLOR

12noon annual Pontifical high Mass of Reparation for abortion, at St Joseph & Holy Child Church,  Bedford MK40 1HU, on the solemnity of All Saints, by Bishop Marian Eleganti OSB, with various clergy including Fr de Malleray as Assistant Priest.

2-4pm: All Saints party at Willington Hall.

Please note that this year 1^st Nov is NOT a holiday of obligation, so that Catholics are not under obligation to attend holy Mass that Saturday. Needless to say, we wholeheartedly encourage all to avail themselves of the great opportunities listed above.

In Chesham Bois, we will celebrate the external solemnity of All Saints on Sunday 2^nd Nov, 12noon (no Mass in Chesham Bois on Sat 1^st Nov.)

Getting ready to assist holy Souls:

Three holy Masses of Requiem will be offered on Monday 3^rd Nov in Bedford on the postponed Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, i.e. All Souls, at 9:00am, 9:30am, and 6:30pm.

Reminder: 1-8 November: a plenary indulgence is granted for visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead, if only mentally. I.e., this opportunity to help Holy Souls out of Purgatory begins even on All Saints (Sat. 1^st Nov.).

by Fr AM

Men’s Discernment Weekend 13-15 March 2026

At Buckden Towers, High Street, Buckden, St. Neots, Cambs PE19 5TA

Starts Fri 13th March 5:00pm; ends Sun 15th March 2:00pm

Is God calling ME?
Matrimony, celibacy, monastery, seminary, Fraternity?

COME & SEE
If you are a single Catholic man between 18 and 35 years of age, come and discern with us near Bedford.
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP will lead the weekend. There will be talks, Eucharistic adoration, Compline, Holy Mass and informal chatting with fellow-guests. Possibility of private meetings with a priest, and of confession. Feel welcome confidentially to call, email or write for any questions. Holy Mass each of the three days.

COST: £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged and students – give whatever amount you can.

BOOKINGS & CONTACT: [not via Facebook] malleray@fssp.org (read by Fr de Malleray only).

ACCESS: Direct train from London St Pancras to St Neots, every half hour, duration 56 minutes.

The nearest towns are Huntingdon (5 miles NNE of Buckden) and St Neots (5 miles South of Buckden). Both Huntingdon and St Neots are served by the West Anglian Great Northern Railway line from King’s Cross London to Peterborough. Let us know if you would need a lift from the railway station. There also are bus and coach links to both Huntingdon and St Neots from many parts of the country.

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VOCATION RESOURCES:

• General page: https://fssp.org.uk/vocations-to-the-priesthood/
• Book on the sacred Priesthood: https://aroucapress.com/x-ray-of-the-priest
• Stories about priestly ministry: http://aroucapress.com/near-missed-masses
• Audio conferences on the priest 1) and Our Lady; 2) and Martyrdom : https://www.radioimmaculata.org/various-podcast/fssp-conferences
• Book on the holy Eucharist here: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/ego-eimi-it-is-i/
• Book on the traditional liturgy: https://www.aroucapress.com/sacred-liturgy-garden
• European seminary : http://fsspwigratzbad.blogspot.com/
• North-American seminary: https://fsspolgs.org/
• Know us better through browsing online our quarterly magazine Dowry here: https://fssp.org.uk/category/dowry/
• International Vocation Prayer Network: www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/
• Great pictures about our ministry here https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums

VOCATION NEWS: 15 new FSSP priests in 24 years

We have currently seven young men from the UK & Ireland in formation at our two international seminaries. Two of them, James from Hemel Hampstead and Piotr from London received First Tonsure and donned cassock and surplice on our 37th anniversary, last 18th October 2025. Three of our deacons from England were ordained priests at St Mary’s Warrington by Archbishop McMahon, OP of Liverpool. Those were the first EF priestly ordinations by a diocesan bishop in England in fifty years. Please pray for them (www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/) and for many more to enter the lists!

We give thanks for 15 priests ordained from or to the UK over the past 24 years: Fr Armand de Malleray in 2001; Fr Konrad Loewenstein in 2002; Fr Brendan Gerard in 2006; Frs Matthew Goddard and William Barker in 2009; Fr Simon Harkins in 2010; Fr Matthew McCarthy in 2011; Fr Ian Verrier in 2015; Fr James Mawdsley in 2016; Frs Alex Stewart and Krzysztof Sanetra in 2017; Fr Seth Phipps in 2018; Fr Gwilym Evans in 2022; Fr Miklos Homolya in 2024 – plus Fr Patrick O’Donohue (incardinated in 2023), Deacon Conan McGonagle (whose priestly ordination is scheduled for 26th May 2026), and Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin who joined us last year. [Not all of those currently serve with the FSSP, or in the UK.]

On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 2022, Pope Francis signed a decree confirming the liturgical charism of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter.

Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.

O Lord, grant us many holy priests!

by Fr AM