Our first Family Catechism Day in 2019 is on Sunday 6 January. The under 8s session is at 10.30, the under 16s at 11.00 and the adults at 11.30, all in the Patrick Donegan Room adjacent to the hall. Do join us for a worthwhile and instructive morning. Refreshments are available in the main hall between the end of Mass and Catechism.
30th December 2018 – Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity
of Our Lord
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MASS
Please note that in this form of the Mass, the Church asks us to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and – if physically able – kneeling. Confessions are available before and after Mass. Refreshments are available in the church hall after Mass – please come and join us, especially if this is your first visit to Christ the King.
STANDING ORDERS
All but £50 of our Latin Mass collection money goes to support Christ the King Parish. If you would like to help to ensure the continuing presence of the FSSP at Bedford, please consider setting up a standing order to them. These need to be set up by you through your bank: account name: FSSP England (Reading); sort code 30-93-04; account number 02027330. Gift Aid forms are also available by request. Thank you.
UNWANTED CHRISTMAS PRESENTS?
Bring them along after Mass next week to the Sales Table for a Grand Epiphany Sale! Many thanks to all who buy from the Sales Table – the support of our priests is supplemented by £50 – £100 per month in this way.
EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSINGS
Epiphanytide house blessings for the Bedford Latin Mass faithful will be bestowed on the weekend of 12th/13th January (alternative dates can be arranged if necessary). The blessings involve going through each room with Epiphany water and blessed incense, as well as marking the initials of the 3 Magi above the front door of the home. Please sign the sheet available today if you would like your home blessed.
PARISH QUIZ NIGHT 2019
Our Quiz Night with Fish and Chip Supper is on Friday 25th January 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are now available; please see Barbara. Perhaps we could form a team or teams to support a really enjoyable evening.
BARN DANCE 2019 – SAVE THE DATE!
A date for your new diary – following the great success of the Barn Dance at Christ the King in July, Mick Wooldridge returns as caller on Friday 10th May 2019.
Felix sit annus novus!
23rd December 2018
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MASS
Please note that in this form of the Mass, the Church asks us to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and – if physically able – kneeling. Confessions are available before and after Mass. Refreshments are available in the church hall after Mass – please come and join us, especially if this is your first visit to Christ the King.
STANDING ORDERS
All but £50 of our Latin Mass collection money goes to support Christ the King Parish. If you would like to help to ensure the continuing presence of the FSSP at Bedford, please consider setting up a standing order to them. These need to be set up by you through your bank: account name: FSSP England (Reading); sort code 30-93-04; account number 02027330. Gift Aid forms are also available by request. Thank you.
MASS ON CHRISTMAS DAY and COLLECTION FOR THE BEDFORD APOSTOLATE
Low Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday 25th December at 8.30 am. By kind agreement of the Parish Priest, Fr Patrick Hutton, the collection money from this Mass will go to support the work of the FSSP Bedford Apostolate. If you want to make a personal gift to the FSSP priests, then please do so outside of the collections, making it clear that it is for their personal use. Thank you.
EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSINGS
Epiphanytide house blessings for the Bedford Latin Mass faithful will be bestowed on the weekend of 12th/13th January (alternative dates can be arranged if necessary). The blessings involve going through each room with Epiphany water and blessed incense, as well as marking the initials of the 3 Magi above the front door of the home. Please sign the sheet available today if you would like your home blessed.
PARISH QUIZ NIGHT 2019
Our Quiz Night with Fish and Chip Supper is on Friday 25th January 2019 at 7.30pm. Tickets are now available; please see Barbara. Perhaps we could form a team or teams?
BARN DANCE 2019
A date for your new diary – following the great success of the Barn Dance at Christ the King in July, Mick Wooldridge returns as caller on Friday 10th May 2019.
Felicem Domini Nativitatis diem!
On Christmas Day Low Mass will be offered at 8.30am in Christ the King Church, Bedford.
A light shall shine upon this day: for the Lord is born to us: and He shall be called Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace: of Whose reign there shall be no end.
As Advent begins, we are delighted to share with you the 40th issue of our quarterly magazine Dowry (December 2008-December 2018).
Click here to read:
In this issue:
Editorial: There Was A Great Earthquake
The Doctrine Of Indulgences
Disappeared: Christian Slaves in Islamic Lands
Good Books For Children
Two Novels On Martyred Priests
The Egyptian Guide – From Jihad To Joy
On Clerical Abuse: Handling The Right Body
Three Complementary Educational Initiatives
Forthcoming Events
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Data protection laws prevent us from sending the printed magazine to you unless you subscribe (for free) HERE. We encourage you do do so (as well as reading Dowry online) and share your printed copy with people around you, as a powerful way of evangelising.
The monthly catechism day is this Sunday, 2nd December.
Where: Christ the King, Harrowden Road, Bedford MK42 0SP
What:
8:30 Mass, followed by tea and coffee in the hall,
Catechism for under – 8s at 10:30,
8-16 year olds at 11,
Adults at 11:30.
See you then!
