Bedford
October 19, 2018
Please pray for Samuel and Miklos, our two UK vocations beginning their Second Year at our two seminaries. They have completed their First Year and will be incorporated into our Fraternity tomorrow, Saturday 20th October.
Please also pray for Ciall, another Irish-English vocation, who would have been with them but had to leave seminary for health reasons last June after a successful First Year.
Tomorrow, 25 young men altogether will receive First Tonsure and the cassock from the bishops, both in Wigratzbad, Bavaria, and in Denton, Nebraska.
Please pray for them (www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/) and for many more to enter the lists!
In total, 39 young men were admitted into our two seminaries this autumn. Many more applied but were not accepted.
24 First Year seminarians entered Wigratzbad this month, including: 9 French, 4 Portuguese, 3 Canadians and 1 Colombian in the French-speaking Section; and 2 Germans, 1 Austrian, 1 Hungarian, 1 Icelander, 1 Pole and 1 Swiss in the German-speaking Section.
There are presently 76 seminarians in Wigratzbad, of 19 nationalities.
Our American seminary in Nebraska, Our Lady of Guadalupe, admitted 15 First Year seminarians, including 12 Americans, 2 Canadians and 1 English. In Years 6 to 7 at OLGS, in addition to many Americans and Canadians, we also have seminarians from New Zealand, 2 from India (Goa), 1 from The Phillipines, 1 from Singapore, some from Mexico and from Venezuela.
Lastly, please pray for our more senior UK seminarians Gwilym, Emmanuel and Matthew. With Samuel, Miklos and John, we currently have 6 UK vocations in formation.
We will soon announce our next Vocation Discernment Weekend in Warrington.
We had 19 new priests ordained worldwide in 2018, and 18 ordained in 2017.
We give thanks for 1 new priest from the UK ordained every year over the past 4 years, and more generally for 11 of them ordained over the past 16 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 last 9th June.
Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.
O Lord, grant us many holy priests!
by Fr AM
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October 16, 2018
Priory Campaign: last 2 days – please pray for success!
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW…
Dear Friends,
We raised (or were pledged) £526,540.00 since 18 July, but…
we are still short of £223,460.00 to buy even only one of the two buildings – in 2 days…
Please pray the rosary, offer up prayers and sacrifices, attend Holy Mass, that if it God’s Holy Will and Our Lady’s, they may inspire all those involved in this undertaking to bring it to fruition:
vendor, lawyers, trustees, potential benefactors, souls of the living as well as holy souls of the deceased from Warrington and nationwide to be helped by our ministry through the new buildings.
Join our NOVENA of HOLY MASSES, started last Tuesday, ending tomorrow, Wed. 17 October.
Please do forward the link to the Campaign webpage to your friends and acquaintances: https://fssp.co.uk/warri…/priory-campaign-18-july-18-oct-18/.
Thank you very much for your interest and support.
FSSP England
by Fr AM
October 11, 2018
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October 9, 2018
After a very successful Catechism Day at the beginning of September, Fr. O’Donohue will be celebrating Mass and then giving catechism to children, young adults and over-16s this Sunday.
8:30am Holy Mass, preceded and followed by Confessions
9:30am Coffee, Tea and biscuits in the hall
10:30am Catechism for under-8s
11am Catechism for under-16s
11:30am Presentation for adults (16+)
12:15pm Close
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October 8, 2018
It has been suggested that the weekly news sheet distributed at Christ the King, Bedford appears on the blog and thereby on Facebook. Here is the first one from yesterday. Future editions will be published during the preceding week so that any information relating to the Sunday Mass is available beforehand.
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October 6, 2018
Spotted on FSSP England Facebook dated 1 October:
Congratulations to Fr Patrick O’Donohue, to whom the FSSP General Council granted first incorporation into our Fraternity last month.
Fr O’Donohue has just completed his year of postulancy at Reading and we at Bedford wish him well in this next stage. We look forward to getting to know him better as he celebrates the Mass and leads Catechism Days with us.
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Matthew Schellhorn will be singing Mass for the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, set on October 7th in commemoration of the battle of Lepanto:
Scarlet running over on the silvers and the golds,
Breaking of the hatches up and bursting of the holds,
Thronging of the thousands up that labour under sea
White for bliss and blind for sun and stunned for liberty.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47917/lepanto
NB the Catechism day is next Sunday, 14th October, when Fr. O’Donohue is back.
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October 3, 2018
Some great news for the forthcoming Regina Caeli academy in Bedfordshire. Fr. Patrick O’Donohue of the FSSP will be joining the board of directors as we prepare for launch in September 2019. Please pray for the success of the academy!
From the FSSP’s site:
https://fssp.co.uk/update-on-academy-initiative-in-bedfordshire/
After another positive meeting with prospective parents, we are pleased to report that plans for the forthcoming Regina Caeli affiliate academy in Bedfordshire are moving forward expeditiously, for opening in September 2019. Fr. O’Donohue will be joining the Board of Directors of this exciting and much-needed educational initiative.
The FSSP will have a key pastoral role in the life of the academy and we look forward to this addition to our thriving Bedford apostolate.
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September 29, 2018
VIDEO on the Priory Campaign!
Click HERE or on the picture below to see what we have to say about Catholic education, ordinations, liturgical beauty, assistance to families and more!
A great thank you to Stefano Mazzeo who made the video!
Please forward the link to your friends and acquaintances: we have less than 3 weeks left to raise the remaining GBP1.2m…
by Fr AM
