Bedford
February 15, 2019
ROSARY AFTER MASS
Some of our congregation say the Rosary in church starting a few minutes after the end of Mass. This is optional, but please stay and join in if you would like to.
MUSIC CORNER
Today, Septuagesima, sees the start of the pre-Lent period, perceived very obviously in musical terms by the lack of Gloria in the Ordinary and the disappearance of the Alleluia from the Propers. Sung Masses today and on 24th February will include Mass IV and a Creed melodically evocative of the penitential season – also no. IV.
Please note that I am going to give a talk on Gregorian chant on Sunday 24th March, from 10.30 – 11.30 in the Patrick Donegan Room. It will be a multimedia presentation with slides and musical examples. All welcome! Matthew Schellhorn, Director of Music.
REGINA CAELI OPEN DAY
Regina Caeli Academy, opening September 2019, is holding an Open Day on 13th April in Barton. More details are at www.rcahybrid.org.uk
MASS OF AGES MAGAZINE
The Spring edition, issued by the Latin Mass Society, is available in the hall today. Please take your free copy. If you don’t already belong to the LMS, please consider joining to support the development and spread of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. New leaflets are available at the back of church and in the hall which detail the various types of membership and give more information about the work of the LMS.
by fsspuk
February 13, 2019
Saturday 13 April 2019, 13:00 – 17:00
Please join us for an Open Day for the forthcoming Regina Caeli Academy, launching in September 2019.
This is a chance to experience RCA UK first hand – you can meet the RCA UK Tutors and Board, hear from two Directors from RCA in the US and a priest from our chaplaincy, the Fraternity of St. Peter, and see the layout, books and uniform.
There will also be a Q&A session and the chance to sign up for RCA in September 2019!
1:15 Welcome and Introductions.
1:30 Meet the tutors and directors, and see how RCA UK will operate.
2:30 pm Mrs. Kari Beckman and Mrs. Collette Balmer: Regina Caeli in the U.S. – Classical Education in a Hybrid Academy.
3:15pm Fr. Patrick O’Donohue, FSSP: RCA and the mission of Catholic Education in the U.K.
3:30pm Questions and Answers.
4:15pm Close, Next Steps and Enrollment Options
by Fr PD
February 9, 2019
Hard copies of the full news sheet are available at the back of church and in the hall.
ROSARY AFTER MASS
A Rosary will be said in church immediately after Mass. Please stay and join in if you can.
SUNG MASS FOR SEPTUAGESIMA
Director of Music, Matthew Schellhorn, will be with us next Sunday, 17th February, to sing and play appropriate liturgical music for Septuagesima.
REGINA CAELI OPEN DAY
Regina Caeli Academy, opening September 2019, is holding an Open Day on 13th April in Barton. More details are at www.rcahybrid.org.uk.
LATIN MASS SOCIETY
If you don’t already belong to the LMS, please consider joining to support the development and spread of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. New leaflets are available at the back of church and in the hall which detail the various types of membership and give more information about the work of the LMS.
by fsspuk
At long last, our pre-planning applications for Community Use of the building(s) received a favourable response from Warrington Borough Council on Friday.
Although this approval is only in principle (subject to full planning application being granted once we decide which building we can afford), it will guide the purchase decision we must make imminently, based on various considerations, including the amount of money presently raised and the need for a stable income for the upkeep of the new building.
Please ask Our Lady of Lourdes (feast Monday) for more space for our activities, and for last-minute benefactors to support the Priory Campaign.
Click here for the updated Campaign webpage.
by Fr AM
February 2, 2019
This news sheet is available at the back of church and in the hall afterwards.
PARKING
To ease congestion in the car park, additional spaces have been made available on the strip of lawn beside the Presbytery at the back of the Church. Please avail of these spaces.
ROSARY AFTER MASS
A Rosary will be said in church immediately after Mass. If you are able to stay and join in, you are very welcome to do so. There will still be time for coffee afterwards!
EPIPHANY WATER
For those who wish to take some home, this year’s Epiphany water is available at the back of the church today.
CATECHISM
Our series of First Sunday Catechism continues today, 3rd February, starting at 10.30 for the under 8s, 11.00 for the under 16s and 11.30 for the adults. Listen out for the bell which marks the beginning of the session!
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.
by fsspuk
February 1, 2019
This Saturday, February 2, is the Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas). In Reading there is a special schedule:
9am Rosary in defence of the unborn outside BPAS on Southampton Row
10am Sung Mass at St William of York, with blessing of candles and procession
c. 11:15 St Margaret Clitherow Ladies Group, meeting in the Annex of St William of York – convivial breakfast followed by a talk by Fr Phipps on the capital vices (this week, avarice and gluttony).
by Fr SP
January 30, 2019
As well as the Catechism Day on Sunday 3rd February,
the Blessing of Throats in honour of St. Blaise will be given in the Parish Hall after Mass. Here’s a bit about him:
What is known about the life of St. Blaise derives from various traditions. His feast day is celebrated in the East on February 11th and in the West on February 3rd. All sources agree that St. Blaise was the Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia who suffered martyrdom under Licinius about AD 316. From here, we rely on the tradition which has been associated with our liturgical celebrations over the centuries.
St. Blaise was born to rich and noble parents, and received a Christian education. He was a physician before being consecrated a bishop at a young age.
During the persecution of Licinius, St. Blaise moved from the town, and lived as a hermit in a cave. Wild animals visited, and he healed any that were sick and wounded. One day, a group of hunters gathering wild beasts for the games in the amphitheatre discovered St. Blaise and seized him. As he was being taken to the governor Agricolaus, St. Blaise encountered a woman whose pig was being seized by a wolf; St. Blaise commanded the wolf to release the pig, and it was freed unhurt.
While in prison, he miraculously cured a small boy who was choking to death on a fishbone lodged in his throat. Also, the woman whose pig had been saved brought St. Blaise candles so that his cell would have light and he could read the sacred Scriptures.
Eventually, Agricolaus condemned St. Blaise for upholding his Christian faith rather than apostatizing. He was tortured and finally beheaded.
By the sixth century, St. Blaise’s intercession was invoked for diseases of the throat in the East. As early as the eighth century, records attest to the veneration of St Blaise in Europe.
One reason for St. Blaise’s popularity arose from the fact he was a physician who cured, even performing miraculous cures. Thereby, those who were sick, especially with throat ailments, invoked his intercession. Eventually the custom of the blessing of throats arose, whereby the priest held two crossed candles over the heads of the faithful or touched their throats with them while he invoked the prayer of the saint and imparted God’s blessing.
While we invoke St. Blaise for his protection against any physical ailment of the throat, we should also ask his protection against any spiritual ailment — profanity, cursing, unkind remarks, detraction or gossip. St. James reminds us, “If a man who does not control his tongue imagines that he is devout, he is self-deceived; his worship is pointless” (1:26) and later, “We use [the tongue] to say, Praised be the Lord and Father’; then we use it to curse men, though they are made in the likeness of God. Blessing and curse come out of the same mouth. This ought not to be, my brothers!” (3:9-10). Therefore, may St. Blaise protect us from all evil, physical and spiritual, which may attack the throat.
by fsspuk
January 28, 2019
Almost 90 people came to Mass yesterday; numbers continue to grow! Matthew Schellhorn sang and played the organ beautifully.
This Sunday is Catechism Day – classes for under 8s, 8-16 year olds and adults will be from 1030.
by fsspuk
Venue:
Christ the King Roman Catholic Church
Harrowden Road, Bedford MK42 OSP
| Programme |
|
| 8:30am |
Holy Mass followed by Confessions |
| 10:30am |
Catechism (for under-8s) |
| 11am |
Catechism (for under-16s) |
| 11:30am |
Presentation for adults (16+) |
| 12noon |
Close |
Stay for as much of the above programme as you wish. Tea & coffee available after Mass.
by Fr PD
January 26, 2019
This news sheet is available at the back of church and in the hall afterwards.
PARKING
To ease congestion in the car park, additional spaces have been made available on the strip of lawn beside the Presbytery at the back of the Church. Please avail of these spaces.
ROSARY AFTER MASS
A Rosary will be said in church immediately after Mass. If you are able to stay and join in, you are very welcome to do so. There will still be time for coffee afterwards!
EPIPHANY WATER
For those who wish to take some home, this year’s Epiphany water will be available at the back of the church today and next Sunday. Please bring your own empty bottles.
CATECHISM
Our series of First Sunday Catechism continues next Sunday 3rd February starting at 10.30 for the under 8s, 11.00 for the under 16s and 11.30 for the adults. Listen out for the bell which marks the beginning of the session!
FRIENDS OF REGINA CAELI ACADEMY
The Academy is due to open in September 2019. The Friends group is being set up to support the Academy in spiritual and fundraising ways. It will have its own website shortly which will tell you more.
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.
by fsspuk
