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.
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.
20th January 2019
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.
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.
MUSIC CORNER FOR NEXT SUNDAY (27th JANUARY)
Next Sunday, we continue singing Missa VIII, ‘de Angelis’, for the Ordinary. I refer those who are musically inclined to visit this link – http://bit.ly/Missa-de-Angelis – to find a readable and comprehensive history and analysis by Amédée Gastoué (1873–1943), French musicologist, composer, and professor of Gregorian chant at the Schola Cantorum of Paris. Matthew Schellhorn – Director of Music
EPIPHANY WATER
For those who wish to take some home, this year’s Epiphany water will be available at the back of the church for the next two Sundays (27th January & 3rd February). Please bring your own empty bottles.
PARISH QUIZ NIGHT 2019
Last chance to book for our Quiz Night with Fish and Chip Supper on Friday 25th January at 7.30 pm. Tickets are available at £7.50 per person; please see Barbara. Other options are available for non-fish eaters.
13th January 2019
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.
MARC NORFOLK’S BAPTISM
After Mass today, we welcome Chris and Lucy Norfolk’s first child, Marc Anthony, who will receive the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. All are welcome to stay for this.
EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSINGS
Epiphanytide house blessings for the Bedford Latin Mass faithful are being bestowed this weekend. It is possible to have this blessing up to the Feast of the Purification on 2nd February. Please speak to Fr O’Donohue if you would like this.
MUSIC CORNER FOR 20TH JANUARY – 2ND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Next Sunday, we sing Missa VIII, commonly called ‘de Angelis’ (‘of the Angels’). It has been written that “its antiquity is […] great enough to have obliterated all trace of its history, and even of the origin of the name by which it is now generally designated”. At one time, particularly just before the liturgical changes in the late 1960s, it was more frequently sung than any other Gregorian Mass, even in Protestant churches; the revivification of the traditional Mass, with its commensurate increase in a variety of celebrations, has seen a wider exploration of the other riches of the Kyriale. The ‘optimism’ of its melodies suits the season of Christmas. Matthew Schellhorn – Director of Music
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 at £7.50 per person; please see Barbara. Other options are available for non-fish eaters.
After the 8:30 Mass this Sunday there will be the baptism of Marc Anthony Norfolk, son of Chris and Lucy. All are welcome – an Old Rite baptism is a beautiful ceremony:
https://catholicherald.co.uk/issues/february-27th-2015/nothing-has-the-oomph-of-an-old-rite-baptism/
6th January 2019
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.
BABY CONGRATULATIONS
Chris and Lucy Norfolk’s first child, Marc Anthony, was born on 26th December. We look forward to meeting the newest member of our congregation.
GRAND EPIPHANY SALE!
Come to the hall and see what unwanted Christmas presents people have brought to the Sales Table today! All proceeds support the work of the FSSP apostolate here in Bedford.
EPIPHANY HOUSE BLESSINGS
Epiphanytide house blessings for the Bedford Latin Mass faithful will be bestowed next weekend, 12th/13th January (an alternative date 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.
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.
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.
