Fr de Malleray, FSSP addresses concerns about the future of the traditional Latin Mass. The prospects are bleak, but divine Providence will support us if we put our hearts into this liturgy as a means of sanctification for us and others.
Adolescents Make Rosary Beads
Romeo and Lucianna Robinson, a disabled young man and his sister, found that their usual beads did not last very long. They decided to make their own. Now they sell them as an apostolate.
God Tangled: Christ’s Crowning with Thorns
As a Lenten meditation, Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP explains how the thorns of the crown of Our Lord prophetically ‘stem from’ the timber of the cross as prefigured in various episodes in the Old Testament.
Bl. Noël Pinot, a Shepherd for Times of Trial
Frs Franck Labbé and A. de Malleray tell the story of the exemplary pastor who, during the French Revolution, walked up to the guillotine wearing his priestly vestments and praying the very first words of Holy Mass, ‘Introibo ad altare Dei’.
Vendée War Heroes Inspire Young Catholics
Young Catholics in France learn about the courage of their forefathers, mostly country people and a few local gentry who stood up for their faith against formidable odds, whose bravery earned them the admiration even of Napoleon.
Priory Campaign Reopened
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First House in Ireland for our Fraternity
By Fr Patrick O’Donohue, FSSP describes the encouraging growth of our Irish apostolate. He trusts in the intercessions of saints and the assistance of the faithful to consolidate our first base on the Isle of Saints.
Forthcoming Events
Supporters of the traditional Latin Mass will be eager to book early for these various events, including children’s camps, youth summer weekend, pilgrimages, confirmations, and retreat for all.
Support our Apostolate
Unlike long-established religious orders and dioceses endowed with valuable assets providing regular income, the FSSP in this country relies essentially on the generosity of its benefactors. Thank you for your support to help us do more for God and souls.
19th March 2023—4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)
MASS INTENTIONS Sunday 19th March 8.30 am Private intention 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3 pm—5 pm
SPRING DANCE For all the family, Saturday 29th April, 1 pm—7 pm, St Leonard’s Church Hall near Tring. Ceilidh, food, children’s playground nearby. Tickets £35 per family, £15 adults, £10 concessions, profits to Aid to the Church in Need. If anyone finds the cost prohibitive you may donate what you can afford. Tickets from George , whose family attends the Chesham Bois Mass
LOOKING FOR A HOUSE NEAR BEDFORD? Matthew tells us that the 4-bedroom house next door to him in Kimbolton (30 minutes north of Bedford) is coming up for sale/rent and would be ideal for a family. Do contact him if interested.
RESERVED PARKING SPACES? We are trying to assess whether there is a greater need for reserved car parking spaces in front of the church for disabled parishioners, or parishioners with young children. Please email your thoughts to parish.christthekingbedford@northamptondiocese.org.
PARISH EASTER RAFFLE Tickets 50p each or £2.50 a book from Rita Carroll. First prize is a Monkey Fort Wilderness 2 climbing frame kindly donated by Dunster House, second prize is a large hamper.
8.30 am Private intention 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3 pm—5 pm
ADULTCATECHISM TONIGHT Patrick Donegan room at 7 pm. Talk by Fr Phipps in a series on the Seven Capital Vices.
LOOKING FOR A HOUSE NEAR BEDFORD? Matthew tells us that the 4-bedroom house next door to him in Kimbolton (30 minutes north of Bedford) is coming up for sale/rent and would be ideal for a family. Do contact him if interested.
RESERVED PARKING SPACES? We are trying to assess whether there is a greater need for reserved car parking spaces in front of the church for disabled parishioners, or parishioners with young children. Please email your thoughts to parish.christthekingbedford@northamptondiocese.org.
PARISH EASTER RAFFLE Tickets 50p each or £2.50 a book from Rita Carroll. First prize is a Monkey Fort Wilderness 2 climbing frame kindly donated by Dunster House, second prize is a large hamper.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard on telephone number 0118 966 5284 or by email: goddard@fssp.org.
8.30 am Sebastian di Falco RIP 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3 pm—5 pm
SUNG MASS Sung Mass at 8.30 am, practice tomorrow 4th March 3 pm—5 pm. New singers welcome. Please contact Fr Evans for more information: evans@fssp.org.
ADULT CATECHISM Saturday 11th March in the Patrick Donegan room at 7 pm. Talk by Fr Phipps in a series on the Seven Capital Vices. Please let him know if you are planning to come so that we can cater accordingly: sphipps@fssp.org.
PARISH EASTER RAFFLE
Tickets are on sale – the first prize is a children’s climbing frame donated by Dunster House. Tickets from Rita – 50p or £2.50 a book.
FINANCIAL GIVING Our Offertory collection money is shared between the Parish of Christ the King and the FSSP whose priests minister to the Latin Mass faithful. The FSSP is reliant on regular supplementary financial giving in order to maintain their apostolate in Bedford. If you have not done so already, please consider setting up a standing order to them. These need to be set up by you through your own bank using the following details: account name: FSSP England (Reading); sort code 30-93-04; account number 02027330. If you are a UK tax payer, Gift Aid forms are also available. Thank you for your generosity.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard on telephone number 0118 966 5284 or by email: goddard@fssp.org.
HINTS FOR LENT If you haven’t yet picked them up, there are some hints for keeping a good Lent available on the table as you leave. They are also available at our website, https://fssp.org.uk/bedford/.
SUNG MASS NEXT SUNDAY 5TH MARCH Sung Mass next Sunday at 8.30 am, practice next Saturday 4th March 3 pm—5 pm. New singers welcome. Please contact Fr Evans for more information: evans@fssp.org.
FINANCIAL GIVING Our Offertory collection money is shared between the Parish of Christ the King and the FSSP whose priests minister to the Latin Mass faithful. The FSSP is reliant on regular supplementary financial giving in order to maintain their apostolate in Bedford. If you have not done so already, please consider setting up a standing order to them. These need to be set up by you through your own bank using the following details: account name: FSSP England (Reading); sort code 30-93-04; account number 02027330. If you are a UK tax payer, Gift Aid forms are also available. Thank you for your generosity.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard on telephone number 0118 966 5284 or by email: goddard@fssp.org.
8.30 am Stephen Carroll RIP 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3 pm—5 pm
ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT Low Mass and Imposition of Ashes on Wednesday 22nd February at 7.30 pm. There are some hints for keeping a good Lent below.
FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST PETER AND CONFRATERNITY Our prayers are with all our FSSP priests and seminarians on Thursday 23rd February, the transferred Feast of the Chair of St Peter, which is celebrated as a First Class Feast in apostolates of the Fraternity. Members of the Confraternity of St Peter pray daily for the priests and seminarians and have a Mass offered for them once a year. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Confraternity, please contact Fr Phipps (sphipps@fssp.org) for further information and to apply.
FINANCIAL GIVING Our Offertory collection money is shared between the Parish of Christ the King and the FSSP whose priests minister to the Latin Mass faithful. The FSSP is reliant on regular supplementary financial giving in order to maintain their apostolate in Bedford. If you have not done so already, please consider setting up a standing order to them. These need to be set up by you through your own bank using the following details: account name: FSSP England (Reading); sort code 30-93-04; account number 02027330. If you are a UK tax payer, Gift Aid forms are also available. Thank you for your generosity.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard on telephone number 0118 966 5284 or by email: goddard@fssp.org.
Practical Suggestions for Lent – Fr Matthew Goddard Try to get to Mass more often during Lent. Try to get to Confession at least once during Lent. If you are not already saying a daily Rosary then Lent would be a good time to start. If you do already, then why not take a second Rosary during Lent for the needs of others. The Stations of the Cross is a popular devotion which focusses us on the direction Lent leads us, namely salvation won for us through Christ’s Passion and Death. Why not take up a particular prayer intention for Lent. This could be personal or for others in your life, and/or o For the needs and development of our FSSP Latin Mass Chaplaincy in Bedford. o For the FSSP (the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter) and all those entrusted to its care. o For our Regina Caeli Academy. o For an end to abortion clinic buffer zones.
Lent would be a good time to make an effort in spiritual reading. Only take on things which you think you can manage for 40 days – don’t overstretch yourself. Don’t choose something that will make you “crabby”, thus leading you and those around you into sin. Don’t give up if you slip up in your resolve, but keep starting again for the 40 days. If charity towards a challenging person in your life is particularly difficult, refraining from a lack of charity and trying to get on with that person can be a greater penance and mortification than, for example, giving up chocolate or the internet Consider supporting a pro-life charity, such as SPUC or The Good Counsel Network. Consider supporting a charity which supports persecuted Christians, such as Aid to the Church in Need.
MASS INTENTIONS Sunday 12th February 8.30 am For conversion of husband and daughter 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS Saturdays 3 pm—5 pm
This Sunday is Sexagesima Sunday, where we continue to prepare for Lent. It is a good time to start thinking about what Lenten practices we will adopt, and coming up with a realistic, sustainable, and fruitful plan. Remember, the three elements of a good Lent should be prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. There will be some practical ideas to help with this on the back of the newsletter next Sunday.
ADULT CATECHISM Tomorrow, 11th February at 7 pm in the Patrick Donegan room. For catering purposes, please let Fr Phipps know if you are planning to attend: sphipps@fssp.org, but if you aren’t fussed about food you can just turn up!
ASH WEDNESDAY Low Mass and Imposition of Ashes at 7.30 pm.
COFFEE ROTA As people sometimes need to come off the rota, we are always looking for new volunteers, so that your turn comes up about once a month. It’s a great way to meet fellow Massgoers and you will be shown what to do—making tea, coffee and squash, washing up and putting the cups away afterwards. Everything you need is supplied. Please contact Barbara Kay (mbky3@outlook.com) if you can help with this in March onwards.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard on telephone number 0118 966 5284 or by email: goddard@fssp.org.
MASS OF AGES
The Spring edition is available on the table as you leave. It contains a variety of interesting articles and reports on the Latin Mass situation round the country, including Bedford!
22nd January 2023—3rd Sunday after Epiphany MASS INTENTIONS
8.30 am Ignacio Abad RIP 12.30 pm Private intention
SPUC WHITE FLOWER APPEAL 2023 The parish appeal last weekend raised a total of £494.84. Many thanks to all who contributed.
PARISH QUIZ NIGHT AND FISH AND CHIP SUPPER Saturday 28th January at 7.30 pm in the hall. £10 per person including fish and chips. Tickets from Rachel Kirkham, 01234 314093
NEXT SUNG MASS Sunday 5th February at 8.30 am. Please come to the practice with Fr Gwilym Evans in church on Saturday 4th February at 3 pm—5pm if you would like to sing at the Mass.
ASH WEDNESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY Mass and Imposition of Ashes at 7.30 pm.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PRAYER PARTNERS There are a large number of candidates this year and the parish catechists are very much hoping that members of our community will be willing to be Prayer Partners again. Barbara Kay has the children’s details.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard
Homily at the Solemn Mass of Requiem for Pope Benedict XVI on 7 January 2023 in Warrington. Fr de Malleray expresses gratitude for the fruitful ministry of Pope Benedict XVI. He recalls his involvement in the founding of the FSSP as Cardinal Ratzinger; during the papal interregnum, his uncompromising diagnosis of the woes of the Church; his unexpected election to the sovereign pontificate; his support of the traditional Roman liturgy; and his successful visit in Great Britain in 2010. R.I.P.
Adrian IV, The English Pope – Part 2
In this second instalment (continued from Dowry N°54, Summer 2022), young convert and historian Adam Mercer describes the life of the only English Pope so far, from his election onward. A courageous evangeliser in Scandinavia, Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear) was caught into the never-ending political turmoil of the Middle-Ages, hindering his more fruitful theological activity.
Watching The Chosen?
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP discusses the flaws and merits of a successful series on the life of the Lord Jesus. How to bring the Good News of salvation to young people, most of whom spend several hours online every day on social media and watching series? Despite some defects, the highly successful series The Chosen can be an opportunity for evangelisation. May it spur solid Catholics to become involved in making many more good faith films.
Refugees Find A Home In Catholic Tradition
Whereas Catholicism used to prosper in Hong Kong, it is now under threat as part of the alleged “Western” influence targeted by Communist China. Like many families of late leaving Hong Kong, this father-of-two describes his journey to faraway but freer England, and his providential discovery of the traditional liturgy.
Young Catholics Mourn Cardinal George Pell
The late Cardinal Pell supported the young adults of the traditional youth movement Juventutem from the beginning. Whereas Catholics honour the memory of the courageous prelate for numerous reasons, his paternal encouragements to young people attached to the liturgy of our fathers are treasured by the Juventutem International Federation, and by all those who see these traditions as a vital enrichment for the Church universal.
Art: Claude Lorrain’s Seaport by Sunset
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP comments on a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1639, from Le Louvre, Paris. Claude painted various harbours, delighting in exquisite renderings of sunset and sunrise over the waters, ships and shores. Despite the absence of explicit religious elements however, Claude’s picture offers a meditation on the passing of time that spurs beholders to aspire to everlasting shores.
