FSSP
United Kingdom and Ireland

Bedford

June 18, 2018

Chesham: Family Catechism Day–Saturday 23 June

Venue
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church
30 Amersham Road
Chesham Bois
HP6 5PE

Dates (on 4th Saturdays)
24 Feb, 24 March, 28 April, 26 May, 23 June 2018

Activities
2 – 4pm: Catechism for Children*
followed by Altar Server Practice
4 – 4.30pm: Rosary & Benediction
7pm: Talk for Adults (at the home of a local family–contact us for address).

* Approximate schedule for catechism sessions: fiirst the children under 7 years-old (for about 10 minutes); then children aged about 7 to 12 years-old (for about 20 minutes); then teenagers 13 to 18 years-old (for about 40 minutes); then altar server training until 4pm, followed by the Holy Rosary and Benediction.

Families are invited to stay for as much of the programme as they wish. Tea and coffee will be available in an adjacent room.

The themes for the five Saturdays will be as follows:

Date Theme for Catechism (from 2pm) Theme for Evening Talk for Adults (from 7pm)
24 Feb The Holy Trinity Holy Mass–the greatest treasure on Earth
24 March The Incarnation Salvation is from the Jews”–Jn 4:22
28 April The BVM, the Apostles, the Angels Denying supernatural Revelation–the 1st beast of the Apocalypse?
26 May The Sacraments & the Church Denying natural Revelation–the 2nd beast of the Apocalypse?
23 June Sacred Scripture & Prayer Love Defeats the anti-Christ

 

If you have a moment in advance, please practice this version of Ave Verum Corpus which we will sing during exposition:

…with audio…

 

 

June 16, 2018

FOUR EUCHARISTIC CONFERENCES

1) Transubstantiation;
2) Concomitance; 
3) Fragments; 
4) Presence.

on https://vimeo.com/livemass.

Thank you for your interest for this important topic of our faith.
This series of conferences (each of them about 45 minutes) was offered by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP at St Mary’s Shrine Church in Warrington on 11-14 June 2018, and was advertised by the Liverpool Archdiocese in June 2018, in preparation for Adoremus, the National Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool (7-9 Sept. 2018).
The texts of the conferences were approved for publication on 5 June 2018 by Fr John Berg, Superior General FSSP.

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP preached on the Holy Eucharist at the International Eucharistic Congresses in Quebec (2008) and Dublin (2012) and wrote several articles on the same topic in Dowry, the quarterly magazine of the FSSP in the UK & Ireland (https://fssp.co.uk/category/dowry/). He preaches retreats every year to the laity and to clergy as part of his ministry in the UK and as General Chaplain to the Juventutem International Federation (juventutem.org) and to the Confraternity of St Peter (https://www.fssp.org/…/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/).

June 15, 2018

Bedford: Altar Server Training & Young Adults Group

If you plan to attend the Altar Server Training this Saturday 16 June (2:30 – 5pm) or the Young Adults Group following on from this (5pm onwards), please email us here. We may be in need of a thurifer for Sunday’s Sung Mass, so please do consider coming to the training is you have some experience and are available. Location: Christ the King Church, MK42 0SP.

 

June 14, 2018

Last Eucharistic Conference of Four

Fourth and last live Eucharistic conference this evening at 7pm 

Eucharistic Conferences 11-14 June ‘Ego Eimi – It is I’ (John 6:51)
A series of conferences on the Most Holy Eucharist by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, at St Mary’s Shrine Church in Warrington, England, in preparation for the National Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool (7-9 Sept. 2018).

Each 40-min conference starts at 7:00pm GMT (after extra 6:00mm Mass) and will be broadcasted live on LiveMass.net, and on demand on https://vimeo.com/livemass.


• Monday 11 June: Transubstantiation: how the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ occur under the externals of bread and wine. Watch it here https://vimeo.com/274553225
• Tuesday 12 June: Concomitance: how Christ’s Blood also is in the Host, and His Body also in the Chalice. W
atch it here: https://vimeo.com/274752427  
• Wednesday 13 June: Fragments: why each of them is Christ, and how to treasure them. Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/livemass
• Thursday 14 June: Presence: how God’s presence is supreme in the Holy Eucharist. Watch it here https://vimeo.com/livemass

 

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This series of conferences was advertised by the Liverpool Archdiocese in preparation for Adoremus, the national Eucharistic Congress.
The texts of the conferences were approved for publication by Fr John Berg, Superior General FSSP.
June 12, 2018

Our Lady of Guadalupe talk – Today!

A last minute reminder that there will be a talk for all ladies at the Shrine of Our Lady, Church of Holy Child and St Joseph, Midland Road, Bedford, at 11.30 am today. It will include an Angelus in Latin, a talk and a chance to write a petition and to venerate the Miraculous Relic Image. Ladies, do join us! English Mass is celebrated before the talk at 10.45 am.

June 7, 2018

Christ the King website!

If you come to Mass at Christ the King, or use the parish website: http://www.christthekingchurchbedford.com/, we’d very much like you to complete the below survey. One of the parishioners is redesigning it and would like your views. Thank you!

https://www.sondageonline.com/s/christ-the-king-website

Corpus Christi global

On Thursday, May 31st and Sunday, June 3rd (external feast), FSSP parishes across the District celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi, the ceremonies of which include a majestic outdoor procession with the Blessed Sacrament enthroned in the monstrance. This procession often involves halting for Benediction at several prepared altars, or “stations”, placed at intervals on the procession route. Sometimes the path is strewn with petals, and sometimes it is decorated with astounding artwork created with flowers or, as in the case of FSSP Dayton (see below), colorfully dyed wood chips. We took a virtual tour of the ceremonies, and we share with you below the beautiful things we found. Click on a picture in the gallery to see where it is from.

June 6, 2018

Priestly Ordination this Saturday in Warrington

All are welcome to attend the ordination to the
sacred priesthood 
of Rev Mr Seth Phipps, FSSP
by the Archbishop of Liverpool Malcolm McMahon, OP 
11am on Saturday 9 June, Feast of the Most Pure Heart of Mary
at St Mary’s Shrine, Smith St, Warrington, WA1 2NS
(click here for more details)

Fr Phipps will be celebrating his first Mass at
11am on Sunday 10 June at St Mary’s Shrine, Warrington
and the following week will celebrate Mass at
11am on Sunday 17 June at St William of York Church, Reading
 bestowing first blessings after each Mass.