MASS INTENTIONS Sunday 18th September 8.30 am Kevin Cosgrove RIP 12.30 pm Private intention
No confessions today but confessions usually 3-5pm Saturdays
BARN DANCE Saturday 1st October from 6 pm. Barbara Kay has tickets: £5 per adult, £15 per family. Proceeds to be divided between the parish and the FSSP.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING Sunday 9th October 9.30 am—12 noon in the church hall. Home made cakes welcome!
CHILDREN’S PARTIES Saturday 5th November 1 pm—3pm: All Saints Party: Bring and Share, dress up as a saint! Sunday 11th December 9.30 am onwards: St Nicholas Party Both parties are in the church hall.
CATHOLIC MOTHER’S PLANNERS Maria Jones has a stock of the Catholic Mother’s Planners to sell at £23.99 and will be bringing them to the 8:30am Masses (or contact her directly). See here for more details of the planners.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Please email Fr Goddard by the end of September if you have children of an age to receive First Holy Communion or Confirmation.
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 AT fssp.org.
8.30 am Kevin Cosgrove RIP 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS 3 pm—5 pm Saturdays. Please note, no confessions next Saturday 17th September.
HER MAJESTY AND HIS MAJESTY
There will be prayers for Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III at the end of both Masses, followed by singing of the National Anthem.
CAFOD PAKISTAN FLOODS APPEAL Millions of people need clean drinking water, food, emergency medical assistance and shelter after record monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan. A second collection will be taken at both Masses today. You can also donate on line: https://cafod.org.uk/?form=decpakistanfloodsappeal.
BARN DANCE Saturday 1st October from 6 pm. Barbara Kay has tickets: £5 per adult, £15 per family. Proceeds to be divided between the parish and the FSSP.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING Sunday 9th October 9.30 am—12 noon in the church hall. Donations of homemade cakes welcome! There will be lots of delicious treats and a raffle. Do support this great cause.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND CONFIRMATION Please email Fr Goddard (goddard AT fssp.org) by the end of September if you have children of an age to receive First Holy Communion or Confirmation.
On 25-27 Nov 2022; St Mary’s Priory, Smith Street, Warrington WA1 2NS, England
Starts 5:00pm; ends 2:00pm
Is God calling ME? Matrimony, celibacy, monastery, seminary, Fraternity?
If you are a single Catholic man between 18 and 30 years of age, come and discern with us at St Mary’s Priory & Church. Shrine Rector Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP will lead the Weekend, assisted by Frs Ian Verrier, FSSP, Alex Stewart, FSSP and Fr Gerard Quirke. There will be talks, prayers (Divine Office in our beautiful church), 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. Location: St Mary’s Priory. FREE for unwaged and students. Others: £60 per person in total.
Six young men from the UK & Ireland are in formation at our two international seminaries. 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 12 of priests ordained over the past 20 years: 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.
THE X-MEN?
As of September 2022, for the first time the number of FSSP priests serving in the UK & Ireland has reached a double figure: Fr Patrick O’Donohue in Waterford, Frs Brendan Gerard and John Emerson in Edinburgh, Frs Armand de Malleray, Ian Verrier, Alex Stewart and Gerard Quirke in Warrington, and Frs Matthew Goddard, Seth Phipps and Gwilym Evans in Reading. Thus, it is now ten priests in total (“X” in Latin) serving souls in these Isles. There will be work for many more!
Fr de Malleray comments on the fear felt by many souls confronted with growing uncertainty in the Church and secular pressure from the world
The English Pope (Part One)
While another English cardinal has just been created, young convert and historian Adam Mercer describes the rise to prominence of one Nicholas Breakspear, who later become the first (and latest) English pope.
Homily for First Mass of Fr Gwilym Evans, FSSP
Fr de Malleray welcomes the newly ordained priest as he begins his pastoral ministry in England. Fr Evans is reminded of being a man of the sacred, better to serve souls, including the most vulnerable ones. Diligence and love for God, especially in the Blessed Sacrament, conditions a fruitful priestly life.
Can A Catholic Wear Tattoos?
Niall Patrick Carroll reflects on Fr Mike Schmitz’s “Awesome Tattoo”. Why this recent trend of tattoos, now spreading even among Catholics? What criteria help one discern whether tattoos are bad, indifferent or positive? Our souls are where the divine imprint should show, now and forever.
Mgr Benson’s Novels on Catholic Persecution
The newly started Cenacle Press at Silverstream Priory in Ireland has released a beautiful illustrated edition of Mgr Hugh Benson’s classic novels describing the persecution of Catholics in England under penal times. A timely reminder and an encouragement as genuine religious freedom is under threat even in Western countries.
The Sacred Liturgy as a Secret Garden
In his latest and short book, Fr de Malleray offers an analogy between Frances Hodgson Burnett’s pre-WWI tale for children and the revelation experienced in the 2020s by a growing number of adults stepping into the grace-filled haven of the traditional Roman liturgy.
8.30 am Ireneusz Oledzki Intentions 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS 3 pm—5 pm Today
SUNG MASSES These will start again after the summer break next Sunday 4th September, with a practice on Saturday 3rd September 3 pm—5 pm in church. We are looking for new members, especially men! Experience not necessary. Please contact Katherine Smith on 07985 214854/katie.peddie@gmail.com to find out more.
PARISH MEETING NEXT SUNDAY This takes place next Sunday 4th September at 11.30 am. We have been specifically invited to attend this meeting, to discuss issues which affect the whole parish community.
ST JOSEPH’S BUSINESS DIRECTORY
The third edition of the St. Joseph’s Directory for Catholic businesses is being put together. There are a few copies of the last one on the table as you go out of church, if you’d like to see what it looks like. Entry is free, and it’s printed, not online, so you won’t be harassed by an online mob for being Catholic. Please email bedfordlatinmass AT gmail.com if you a) have a business or some work you’d like to promote, b) are looking for employment or any support yourself, or c) have a job opening. Deadline for entries is 4th September
SAFEGUARDING From the Northampton Diocese Safeguarding Team: If you are working with children or vulnerable adults, or considering doing so, you must complete a DBS check. There are more details on the leaflet on the table as you leave—please take a copy if this applies to you.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard as the priest in charge of the Chaplaincy Masses at Christ the King on telephone number 0118 966 5284 or by email goddard AT FSSP.org
8.30 am Tim O’Connor RIP 12.30 pm Private intention
Confessions: no confessions today but usually 3-5pm every Saturday.
Minibus Driver Needed!
Maria is hoping to organise a group from this parish for March for Life on Saturday 3rd September – she has the parish minibus but is in need of a driver! Please contact her on mariabookerltd AT hotmail.co.uk if you would like to be a passenger or a driver; no experience is necessary, just a clean license and being comfortable driving a minibus.
Bioethics
The Anscombe Centre is having a half day conference on suicide prevention and assisted suicide, on 10th September. Attendance is free, and you can do so in person or virtually. In the meantime, if you’re a doctor, or involved in working in healthcare, you can sign an important letter about conscientious objection here.
St. Joseph’s Business Directory
The third edition of the St. Joseph’s Directory for Catholic businesses is being put together. There are a few copies of the last one on the table as you go out of church, if you’d like to see what it looks like. Entry is free, and it’s printed, not online, so you won’t be harassed by an online mob for being Catholic. Please email bedfordlatinmass AT gmail.com if you a) have a business or some work you’d like to promote, b) are looking for employment or any support yourself, or c) have a job opening.
Cost of Living Crisis
With a tough few months coming up, please consider supporting the Bedford Foodbank with food donations. You can leave any donations at the back of the church and they will be taken there. A list of what’s needed is here. More generally, if you have any ideas about how Christ the King can help people this autumn and winter, there’s a parish meeting at 11:30 on 4th September where you can share your thoughts.
8.30 am Catherine Baker RIP and for her family 12.30 pm Private intention Monday 15th August – Holyday of Obligation
7.30 pm Lucy Healy
CONFESSIONS 3 pm—5 pm Saturdays, but no confessions on 20th August.
GOODBYE AND THANK YOU! Today marks the last visit of the Warrington priests, who have been ministering in Bedford since December 2020. Thank you so much, Frs de Malleray, Verrier, Stewart and Quirke!
FIRST BLESSINGS Newly ordained Fr Gwilym Evans will be in Bedford on Sunday 21st August and will be giving First Blessings after the 8.30 am and 12.30 pm Masses.
SEVEN YEARS AND GOING STRONG! It is seven years this weekend since the first Latin Mass was celebrated at Bedford—with 16 people present! Deo Gratias for all the growth and the many blessings received since then.
MARCH FOR LIFE—SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER Maria is hoping to organise a group from this parish. Please get in touch if interested and we’ll give you her contact details
The well-known children’s story The Secret Garden lends itself to a religious and modern interpretation. Like orphaned children in desperate need of spiritual comfort, many Catholics discovered the traditional Latin Mass thanks to the Covid pandemic. Thirsting for Confession, for Eucharistic adoration, or for Holy Communion administered with reverence, they rejoiced when finding all this and more in traditional worship. This book offers an analogy between Frances Hodgson Burnett’s pre-WWI tale for children, and the revelation experienced in the 2020s by a growing number of adults stepping into the grace-filled haven of the traditional Roman liturgy.
Praise for The Sacred Liturgy as a Secret Garden
A very clever treatment of the novel The Secret Garden. That well-known children story should be read twice—firstly, as any reader would read it just for enjoyment, and then again after reading Fr de Malleray’s fascinating hermeneutic of tradition, because the enjoyment and appreciation would be much greater. —Leo Darroch, former President of the International Federation Una Voce
An imaginative essay, whose poetic nature is a timely invitation to rediscover the forgotten riches of the Church’s traditional liturgy. —Fr Simon Henry, BA MA, Director of St Peter’s International College
This essay is intriguing, creative and sufficiently provocative to maintain the reader’s interest. The variety of expression is refreshing. Readers of all ages will enjoy discovering the liturgical treasures that lie hidden in the Secret Garden. —Fr Neil Brett, former head teacher
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP holds a Master’s Degree in Modern Literature from the University of The Sorbonne in Paris. Ordained a priest and first assigned in England in 2001, he has been the editor of the quarterly magazine Dowry since 2008 and is the author of theological essays, of fiction and of art commentaries. He regularly preaches retreats to the clergy and the laity, and to young members of the Juventutem youth movement of which he has been the general chaplain since 2004. Since 2015, he is rector of St Mary’s Shrine Church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool, England.
MASS INTENTIONS Sunday 31st July 8.30 am Marek Oledzki 12.30 pm Private intention
CONFESSIONS 3 pm—5 pm Saturdays
FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION Monday 15th August, Holyday of Obligation, Mass 7.30 pm.h
ROSARY BOUQUET
When Fr Gwilym Evans joins Fr Goddard and Fr Phipps at Reading on 14 August, this will mark the last day the Warrington priests will be saying Mass at Bedford; they have been coming since December 2020. In thanksgiving for their ministry with us, we would like to offer them a Rosary Bouquet. Katherine is kindly organising this – we are aiming for 100 Rosaries! Please get in touch giving your name and the number of Rosaries you would like to offer. There is also a sign-up sheet available on the ‘sales table’ in the hall over coffee.
FSSP SUMMER CAMPS Please pray for the priests, seminarians, lay people and the children themselves as they take part in the Boys’ Camp (1st—6th August) and the Girls’ Camp (8th—13th August), both being held in the Peak District in Derbyshire.
MARCH FOR LIFE—SATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER See https://www.marchforlife.co.uk/2022-annual-event-page/ for ways to be involved.
YOUNG CATHOLIC ADULT WEEKEND Douai Abbey, Berkshire 7th—9th October 2022 Are you 18—40? YCA are organizing a weekend at Douai Abbey in Berkshire where you’ll be able to hear catechetical talks, learn how to sing Gregorian Chant, say the Rosary, socialise and have fun. Book soon as places are limited! Prices start from £12 (come for the day) and £55 per person per night (residential). All Masses are Old Rite. To book go to:- https://bookwhen.com/youngcatholicadults-douai2022.
ACCESS TO THE SACRAMENTS If there is the need for sacraments — baptism, confirmation, sick calls etc — please contact Fr Goddard as the priest in charge of the Chaplaincy Masses at Christ the King on telephone number 0118 966 5284 or by email: goddard AT fssp.org.
