Solemn Easter Triduum Bedford

FULL SOLEMN TRADITIONAL LATIN EASTER TRIDUUM

at All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

With Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, Fr Thomas Crean OP, and Deacon Conan McGonagle, FSSP

BEDFORD IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW PLACES ACROSS THE UK WHERE

• A FULL SOLEMN ROMAN TRADITIONAL EASTER TRIDUUM WILL BE OFFERED
• WITH OFFICIAL PERMISSION FROM THE LOCAL ORDINARY
• BY EXPERTLY TRAINED MINISTERS,
• AND IN A CHURCH BUILT IN 1099 FOR THAT VERY SAME LITURGY.
• PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
• AND MAKE SURE TO AVAIL YOURSELVES OF ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL LITURGIES.

See the beautiful pictures of last year’s Triduum here.

• Maundy Thursday (2 April): 8:00pm Holy Mass, followed by adoration until midnight & confessions.
• Good Friday (3 April): 3:30pm Solemn Liturgy (ends by 5:30pm).
• Holy Saturday (4 April): 9:00pm Easter Vigil (service ends by midnight).
• Easter Sunday (5 April): 8:30am Sung Mass

ALSO: Easter Sunday Sung Mass at 12noon, at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, 30 Amersham Road, Chesham Bois HP6 5PE

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 22 March 2026

 FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

22 March – 5 April 2026

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

Landline: 01234 954 316

  Worship across three churches:

• Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH
• Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE
• Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: see below.

fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham     facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass

facebook.com/fssp.england

Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP: malleray@fssp.org

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: bedford@fssp.org

Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.

Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

CONFESSIONS TIMES

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.

Holy Mass Intentions:

Well done Chesham Bois Chaplaincy parishioners who contributed £2,000.00 to the cost of the £15,000.00 new organ purchased by the parish. Fr Roy, PP expressed his gratitude on behalf of the wider parish. Our own organists are very pleased with the prospect of enhanced liturgical music.

Thank you to the parishioners who have sent us their story about discovering the Traditional Latin Mass. Find out more about this opportunity on: https://fssp.org.uk/why-we-come-to-the-traditional-latin-mass/. Send us yours now!

Juventutem London: for young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions,7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray, 8pm social with Q&As. Next dates: 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

Thank you for your prayers for spiritual fruit for our annual Men’s Vocation Weekend last 13-15 March 2026 at Buckden Towers. Happily 23 men attended (an additional four had cancelled the week before), plus Frs de Malleray and Homolya. God knows how deeply grateful we are to a family of our congregation who took care of all the meals.

Thank you to all who contributed to the lovely Mother’s Day Tea Party last Sunday!

MAJOR MARIAN FEAST OF THE ANNUNCATION, this Wednesday 25th March.

Come and give thanks to God for his Incarnation from our heavenly Mother – a prerequisite to the redeeming Passion of Jesus next week.

HOLY MASS FOR ALL at OLOR at 7:15PM after Confessions.

Main secular French television channel CNews celebrated International Women’s Day last 8^th March with a special broadcast on… the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Perfect Woman. Radio Maria England and our own English national shrine of Walsingham featured prominently: https://dai.ly/xa1ieg8.

Fr de Malleray attended the quarterly deanery meeting last month, hosted at Biggleswade by the new dean, Fr Prasad Kasireddy. Please pray for Fr Alex Ibe of Sts Philip and James in Bedford who was assaulted outside his presbytery and had his car stolen from him. Fr de Malleray and Deacon McGonagle will attend the Chrism Mass on 1^st April at noon, and meet up with fellow clergy for refreshments at Bishop’s House afterward.

4 babies baptised: Congratulations to Josh and Kym Knight on the Holy Baptism of their son Hugo last 18^th March; to Brandon and Isabella Bakowski on the Holy Baptism of their twins Ernest and Anastasia; as well as to Louis and Francesca Grimer on the Holy Baptism of their son Leo – all three on 22^nd March. Please pray for the mothers in our congregations expecting a child.

Thank you in the name of all to the benefactors who donated to date £37,630.00 to the Holy Family Project. There is still a long way to go as we aim for buying a church as our permanent home. Thank you for further donations, and for telling your contacts about this: a webpage is being designed, which should go live next month.

Bank Details: Account Name: Holy Family Ltd; Sort Code: 23-05-80 ; Account Number: 5629 3213

To inspire us, see what our Fraternity did in rural Nigeria where we needed a church : https://fsspnigeria.com/2024/12/04/construction-of-a-traditional-church/

FULL SOLEMN TRADITIONAL LATIN EASTER TRIDUUM

at All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

With Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, Fr Thomas Crean OP, and Deacon Conan McGonagle, FSSP

BEDFORD IS ONE OF THE VERY, VERY FEW PLACES ACROSS THE UK WHERE

• A FULL SOLEMN ROMAN TRADITIONAL EASTER TRIDUUM WILL BE OFFERED
• WITH OFFICIAL PERMISSION FROM THE LOCAL ORDINARY
• BY EXPERTLY TRAINED MINISTERS,
• AND IN A CHURCH BUILT IN 1099 FOR THAT VERY SAME LITURGY.
• PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
• AND MAKE SURE TO AVAIL YOURSELVES OF ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL LITURGIES.

See the beautiful pictures of last year’s Triduum here.

• Maundy Thursday (2 April): 8:00pm Holy Mass, followed by adoration until midnight & confessions.
• Good Friday (3 April): 3:30pm Solemn Liturgy (ends by 5:30pm).
• Holy Saturday (4 April): 9:00pm Easter Vigil (service ends by midnight).
• Easter Sunday (5 April): 8:30am Sung Mass

ALSO: Easter Sunday Sung Mass at 12noon, at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, 30 Amersham Road, Chesham Bois HP6 5PE

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Books for Lent – and Easter

Baronius hand missal

Gregorian Chaplaincy price £49.99. Please pay in cash at our Mass centres (no shipping, no online payment). Public price £63.95

Meditations on the Stabat Mater:

Gregorian Chaplaincy price £3.99. Please pay in cash at our Mass centres (no shipping, no online payment). Public price £4.50.

Painting Salvation: A fresh look at twelve classical paintings – by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP

Like sails, paintings consist of canvas stretched across perpendicular frames to reach some destination yet unseen. This book is like a sailing boat, then. Each of the twelve paintings commented upon could be seen as one of its sails. They display before our minds some limited aspect of God’s revelation: his Incarnation, his childhood, the calling of his apostles, his sacrifice, his Resurrection, and the witness of his saints. Our commentaries offer a time of contemplation, an aesthetic emotion. They seek to reveal the beating heart of famous images. If any artist is expected to help us decipher the world, even more should the Christian artist describe faithfully the Design revealed to men by God. A feast for the mind even of the unbeliever, our approach will set in motion these ingenious paintings as powerful systems of signification. These pictures move―like sails catching the wind. Land ahoy, or heaven ahead, rather, if our crossing proves to be a safe and happy one. So many images are stored in our memory, which we wish were not. Some violent, some impure; some having occurred by accident, some culpably; some naturally, some as products of technique such as cinema, videos, computer games or advertising. A good way to heal our sight is to furnish our faculties with beautiful images designed as vehicles of truth. Our memory, our imagination, our emotions subsequently use such images as safe material to cleanse and refine our outlook on the world, on people and, fundamentally, on God and eternity.

First Holy Communion Classes are given by the Chaplain at OLOR, 1pm-2pm. Next dates: 18, 25 April; 9, 16 May; 6 June (Confessions and recollection).

New family chapter for the UK Scouts of Europe at the Chartres Pilgrimage. Leader: Dr Simon Lubbock simon.lubbock@gseuk.org ; with Mr Matthew Blissett and Mrs Sophie Hector as deputies.

Catholic Community Spring Dance, Sat 18^th April, 1pm: HP23 6NW: georgetyldesley@hotmail.co.uk

New Regina Caeli Academy UK video on RCA UK Youtube, also facebook and Instagram!

THE EPSTEIN SYNDROM

Watch more recent homilies: on https://www.youtube.com/user/LiveMassChannel .

Adult Catechism in Chesham Bois, on some Wednesday evenings. Thank you to our lay catechists who generously give of their time at the Chaplain’s request to help train several adult converts. Catholic adults are welcome to attend as well. Contact the Chaplain for details : malleray@fssp.org.

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Stephen Moxham, Roger Johnson, Baby Pio Yardley, Malgorzata Anna Pietrak, Maureen Readings, Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Patsy Crocker, Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM

Become a SCOUTS of EUROPE leader!

Aged 18-25? Catholic? Motivated to help the formation of Catholic children through games, songs, and outdoor activities?

Become a SCOUTS OF EUROPE leader!

The Scouts of Europe (FSE) is an international Catholic organisation that seeks to form children in virtue, skill, and independence, through camping, outdoors skills, and games.

The organisation seeks to rebuild Christendom through traditional Catholic Scouting, forming a network of units across Europe and the world.

Our group in Bedfordshire is recruiting for female leaders to help run our groups: Wolvets (aged 8-12) and Guides (aged 12-17).

No prior experience is required; we will provide all the training.

This is a voluntary position but training & travel expenses will be covered; opportunity for international travel.

The ideal profile is a devout, well-catechised Catholic, who enjoys working with children and is keen to organise games, songs and camps in the great outdoors!

A spoken foreign language, eg French/Italian/Polish, is a plus.

Our group is affiliated with the Traditional Latin Mass (FSSP).

Commitment:

-Weekend sessions every 2-3 weeks, eg Sunday 10:30am – 12:30pm; sometimes camping from Saturday 12pm – Sunday 12pm.

-2-3 longer camps per year (Easter, Summer)

-Planning meetings (on Zoom)

-DBS/safeguarding checks

Benefits:

-Serve the Lord through helping to grow this wonderful movement

-Gain valuable experience 

-Have loads of fun!

-Opportunities for expenses-paid travel abroad, eg for training & international camps

For further information, please contact 1^st & 2^nd Bedford FSE Group leader Simon Lubbock: simon_lubbock@hotmail.com

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 8-22 March 2026

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

Landline: 01234 954 316

  Worship across three churches:

Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: see below.

fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham     

facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass   facebook.com/fssp.england

Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP: malleray@fssp.org

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: bedford@fssp.org

Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.

Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Holy Mass Intentions:

Please note BELOW that on occasions holy Mass is NOT taking place as usual at OLOR due to clash with other commitments.

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

CONFESSIONS TIMES

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.

First Saturday in Bedford on 7th March

the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, 2^nd class feast in the FSSP:
devotions 10am and 11:00am holy Mass (not 11:30am),
followed by shared lunch, and by

Talk for all by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, on Saturday 7^th March, 2:00PM

at Cauldwell Community Centre, 51a Althorpe Street, Bedford  MK42 9HF

on Episcopal Consecration without Papal Mandate.

In light of the SSPX announcement to consecrate bishops again, the talk will discuss the traditional criteria for a state of necessity, and the unity of government within Holy Church.

Thank you to the parishioners who have sent us their story about discovering the Traditional Latin Mass. Find out more about this opportunity on: https://fssp.org.uk/why-we-come-to-the-traditional-latin-mass/. Send us yours now!

Juventutem London: for young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions,7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray, 8pm social with Q&As. Next dates: 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

Please pray for the spiritual fruit of our annual Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026 at Buckden Towers. We thank Fr John Emerson, FSSP for covering our weekend Masses at OLOR, All Saints, and Chesham Bois. We thank Fr Miklos Homolya,  FSSP, who will assist Fr de Malleray at the Vocation Weekend.

THE EPSTEIN SYNDROM

Watch more recent homilies: on https://www.youtube.com/user/LiveMassChannel .

An All-Saints Church Cleaning Group is being created: please speak with Jonathan Moxham to offer help ahead of Easter.

Au pair wanted for one year from September 2026, in Angers, France, for a family with five young children. Independent studio provided, plus salary and French tuition. Contact Mrs Pradel +33 6 17 58 38 71 ; virgile.pradel@gmail.com.

Four babies! Congratulations to Josh and Kym Knight on the happy birth of Hugo; to Tremaine and Lottie Newman-Craig on the happy birth of Jemima; to Brandon and Isabella Bakowski on the happy births of Ernest and Anastasia.

Please keep in your prayer the mothers in our congregations expecting a child.

Please donate to the Holy Family Project:

Bank Details: Account Name: Holy Family Ltd; Sort Code: 23-05-80 ; Account Number: 5629 3213

New Regina Caeli Academy UK video on RCA UK Youtube, also facebook and Instagram!

FULL SOLEMN TRADITIONAL LATIN EASTER TRIDUUM at All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

• Maundy Thursday (2 April): 8:00pm Holy Mass, followed by adoration until midnight.
• Good Friday (3 April): 3:30pm Solemn Liturgy (ends by 5:30pm).
• Holy Saturday (4 April): 9:00pm Easter Vigil (service ends by midnight).
• Easter Sunday (5 April): 8:30am Sung Mass

ALSO: Easter Sunday Sung Mass at 12noon, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Dowry Mag now online: Papal audience, Abortion, IVF, Marriage, Newman & Péguy, fine arts… Visit: https://fssp.org.uk/category/dowry/

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

First Holy Communion Classes are given by the Chaplain at OLOR, 1pm-2pm. Next dates: 21 March; 18, 25 April; 9, 16 May; 6 June (Confessions and recollection).

Books for Lent

Baronius hand missal

Gregorian Chaplaincy price £49.99. Please pay in cash at our Mass centres (no shipping, no online payment). Public price £63.95

The “1962 Daily Missal” contains the English translations and the Latin originals of the rites and texts for Holy Mass and many other liturgical ceremonies that were attended by the vast majority of Roman Catholics in the centuries before the liturgical reforms of Vatican Council II took effect. The liturgy of the 1962 Daily Missal is better known as the “Tridentine Mass”, “Traditional Latin Rite” or “Traditional Roman Rite” and since 2007 as the “Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite”.

With its splendid texts and ceremonies that orient both priest and people entirely to the worship of God, this form of the sacred liturgy has fostered a living faith that has produced numerous saints and inspired countless artists, writers and thinkers to create much of what we now know as Western culture. Thanks to Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Letter “Summorum Pontificum” in 2007, this form of the liturgy is now being celebrated more regularly and freely.

Features of the Baronius Press edition of the 1962 Daily Missal:

• 2,248 pages printed in red/black.
• Six ribbons in different colors
• Full Latin and English text of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum issued by Pope Benedict XVI on 7th July 2007.
• 115 engravings throughout carefully scanned, corrected where necessary and digitally remastered.
• Foreword and Imprimatur from the Most Reverend Fabian W. Bruskewitz, STD, Bishop of Lincoln.
• All the Masses of the Liturgical Year, in Latin with English translation (Biblical texts are from the Douay-Rheims), according to the Roman Calendar of 1962 – Temporal and Sanctoral Cycles and accompanying rites (Blessing of Ashes, Blessing of Palms, Chrism Mass, and the Blessing of Holy Oils, etc)
• Ordinary of the Mass, in Latin with English translation
• Liturgical Calendar
• Table of Moveable Feasts up to AD 2066
• Complete Holy Week Liturgy of 1962 (including the Office of Tenebrae)
• Common Masses of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of the USA
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of England and Wales
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of Scotland
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of Australia and New Zealand
• Feasts celebrated in particular places and in certain religious congregations
• Votive Masses for the days of the week
• Sixteen Votive Masses for various occasions
• Masses for the Dead (including infants), Complete Burial Service, Prayers for the Dead
• Marriage Service and Nuptial Mass
• The Churching of Women
• Kyriale, in traditional Gregorian chant notation, including:
  • Tones for the most common Ordinaries: I (Lux et Origo), IV (Cunctipotens Genitor Deus), VIII (De Angelis), IX (Cum Jubilo), XI (Orbis Factor), XXVII (Sundays of Advent & Lent), XVIII (Deus Genitor Alme)
  • Tones for the Asperges and the Vidi Aquam
  • Tones for the Credo: I, II, III and IV
• Vespers for Sundays and Feasts
• Compline for Sundays
• Hymns and chants for Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
• Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Litany of the Saints
• Various Devotions and Prayers including favourite Litanies, the Way of the Cross, prayers of the Rosary and others
• Morning and Evening Prayers
• Devotions for Confession
• Devotions for Holy Communion
• Te Deum Laudamus
• The Itinerary or Office before a Journey
• Various Blessings
• An explanation of “The Liturgy or Public Worship of the Catholic and Roman Church”
• An Abridgement of Christian Doctrine

Meditations on the Stabat Mater

Gregorian Chaplaincy price £3.99. Please pay in cash at our Mass centres (no shipping, no online payment). Public price £4.50.

Description

Stabat mater dolorosa – “The mournful mother was standing”. This is the opening line of the extraordinary hymn attributed to the 13th-century Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi, which is still a popular Lenten devotion.

In this book Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP meditates upon the Stabat Mater line by line. This is a book to help the reader to walk the road from Lent to Passiontide to Easter – and indeed from life to death to eternal life – in the company of the most Blessed and Sorrowful Mother, who stands at the foot of the Cross of her Son.

“If you truly wish to be transformed by Christ, go to the Cross and contemplate his Passion. If you truly desire to plumb the depths of knowledge of Christ’s Passion, go to his Blessed Mother… If you want to know some of what the Blessed Virgin Mary teaches about her Son’s Passion, read this book.” (Mother Marilla, OSB, Superior General of the Tyburn Nuns)

“This beautiful little book, born of prayer, is just what I need, what every Catholic needs, for the fruitful praying of the Stations of the Cross.” (Fr John Saward, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford​​​​​​​)

Our Lady of Hope Retreat, Hope Cove: https://ourladyofhoperetreat.co.uk/
A peaceful retreat house located on the edge of the fishing village of Hope Cove, Devon.

Catholic Community Spring Dance, Sat 18^th April, 1:00PM: St Leonards Parish Hall, Tring, HP23 6NW. Bookings: georgetyldesley@hotmail.co.uk

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Roger Johnson, Baby Pio Yardley, Malgorzata Anna Pietrak, Maureen Readings, Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Patsy Crocker, Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

New family chapter for the UK Scouts of Europe at the Chartres Pilgrimage. This is to allow Catholic Scouts, Guides, Wolvets and Wolfcubs from the UK to attend with their parents, in their Scouts uniforms and show unity with our European confrères! We will have members coming from other units from around the country (Birmingham, Gateshead, elsewhere) as well as our Bedford Scouts. We will be doing the shorter (50km) walk, given that a number of our Wolfcubs etc are too young to do the full walk.
We have chosen St Francis of Assisi as our patron saint, given that he is the patron saint of the yellow branch (Wolfcubs/Wolvets), and his life of poverty fits so well with the ethos of the pilgrimage (having all comforts stripped away and forcing us to go beyond ourselves in the name of Christ).
Leader: Dr Simon Lubbock simon.lubbock@gseuk.org ; with Mr Matthew Blissett and Mrs Sophie Hector as deputies. Francis Carey latinmassuk@icloud.com will also be running his Our Lady Immaculate family chapter, which will be adjacent in the column, with us sharing a communal bivouac.

VIRTUS: the FSSP “EXODUS 90” has landed!

Our Septuagesima-Lent programme Virtus begins in English this year. Please do spread the word! Starts Feb 1, 2026, ends Apr 12, 2026.

Visit hozana.org/en/community/12820-virtus-journey-great-lent-2026

Adult Catechism in Chesham Bois, on some Wednesday evenings. Thank you to our lay catechists who generously give of their time at the Chaplain’s request to help train several adult converts. Catholic adults are welcome to attend as well. Contact the Chaplain for details : malleray@fssp.org.

by Fr AM

Books for Lent

Baronius hand missal

Gregorian Chaplaincy price £49.99. Please pay in cash at our Mass centres (no shipping, no online payment). Public price £63.95

The “1962 Daily Missal” contains the English translations and the Latin originals of the rites and texts for Holy Mass and many other liturgical ceremonies that were attended by the vast majority of Roman Catholics in the centuries before the liturgical reforms of Vatican Council II took effect. The liturgy of the 1962 Daily Missal is better known as the “Tridentine Mass”, “Traditional Latin Rite” or “Traditional Roman Rite” and since 2007 as the “Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite”.

With its splendid texts and ceremonies that orient both priest and people entirely to the worship of God, this form of the sacred liturgy has fostered a living faith that has produced numerous saints and inspired countless artists, writers and thinkers to create much of what we now know as Western culture. Thanks to Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Letter “Summorum Pontificum” in 2007, this form of the liturgy is now being celebrated more regularly and freely.

Features of the Baronius Press edition of the 1962 Daily Missal:

• 2,248 pages printed in red/black.
• Six ribbons in different colors
• Full Latin and English text of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum issued by Pope Benedict XVI on 7th July 2007.
• 115 engravings throughout carefully scanned, corrected where necessary and digitally remastered.
• Foreword and Imprimatur from the Most Reverend Fabian W. Bruskewitz, STD, Bishop of Lincoln.
• All the Masses of the Liturgical Year, in Latin with English translation (Biblical texts are from the Douay-Rheims), according to the Roman Calendar of 1962 – Temporal and Sanctoral Cycles and accompanying rites (Blessing of Ashes, Blessing of Palms, Chrism Mass, and the Blessing of Holy Oils, etc)
• Ordinary of the Mass, in Latin with English translation
• Liturgical Calendar
• Table of Moveable Feasts up to AD 2066
• Complete Holy Week Liturgy of 1962 (including the Office of Tenebrae)
• Common Masses of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of the USA
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of England and Wales
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of Scotland
• Supplement of special Masses for the Dioceses of Australia and New Zealand
• Feasts celebrated in particular places and in certain religious congregations
• Votive Masses for the days of the week
• Sixteen Votive Masses for various occasions
• Masses for the Dead (including infants), Complete Burial Service, Prayers for the Dead
• Marriage Service and Nuptial Mass
• The Churching of Women
• Kyriale, in traditional Gregorian chant notation, including:
  • Tones for the most common Ordinaries: I (Lux et Origo), IV (Cunctipotens Genitor Deus), VIII (De Angelis), IX (Cum Jubilo), XI (Orbis Factor), XXVII (Sundays of Advent & Lent), XVIII (Deus Genitor Alme)
  • Tones for the Asperges and the Vidi Aquam
  • Tones for the Credo: I, II, III and IV
• Vespers for Sundays and Feasts
• Compline for Sundays
• Hymns and chants for Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
• Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Litany of the Saints
• Various Devotions and Prayers including favourite Litanies, the Way of the Cross, prayers of the Rosary and others
• Morning and Evening Prayers
• Devotions for Confession
• Devotions for Holy Communion
• Te Deum Laudamus
• The Itinerary or Office before a Journey
• Various Blessings
• An explanation of “The Liturgy or Public Worship of the Catholic and Roman Church”
• An Abridgement of Christian Doctrine

Meditations on the Stabat Mater

Gregorian Chaplaincy price £3.99. Please pay in cash at our Mass centres (no shipping, no online payment). Public price £4.50.

Description

Stabat mater dolorosa – “The mournful mother was standing”. This is the opening line of the extraordinary hymn attributed to the 13th-century Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi, which is still a popular Lenten devotion.

In this book Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP meditates upon the Stabat Mater line by line. This is a book to help the reader to walk the road from Lent to Passiontide to Easter – and indeed from life to death to eternal life – in the company of the most Blessed and Sorrowful Mother, who stands at the foot of the Cross of her Son.

“If you truly wish to be transformed by Christ, go to the Cross and contemplate his Passion. If you truly desire to plumb the depths of knowledge of Christ’s Passion, go to his Blessed Mother… If you want to know some of what the Blessed Virgin Mary teaches about her Son’s Passion, read this book.” (Mother Marilla, OSB, Superior General of the Tyburn Nuns)

“This beautiful little book, born of prayer, is just what I need, what every Catholic needs, for the fruitful praying of the Stations of the Cross.” (Fr John Saward, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford​​​​​​​)

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 22 February 2026

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

22 Feb – 8 March 2026

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

Landline: 01234 954 316

  Worship across three churches:

Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: see below.

fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham     

facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass   facebook.com/fssp.england

Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP: malleray@fssp.org

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: bedford@fssp.org

Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.

Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

CONFESSIONS TIMES

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass.

At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.

Holy Mass Intentions:

Watch recent Sunday homilies: on https://www.youtube.com/user/LiveMassChannel 

Feast of the Chair of St. Peter
Postponed to Monday, February 23, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, First Class in the FSSP, by concession of the Holy See on July 7, 2010. Plenary indulgence for all the members of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
Indulgences Confraternity
By decree of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary, dated October 18, 2022, a plenary indulgence is also granted at the usual conditions to the members of the Confraternity of St. Peter a) the day of their admission; b) the day of the feast of the Chair of St. Peter and c) the day of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.

New family chapter for the UK Scouts of Europe at the Chartres Pilgrimage. This is to allow Catholic Scouts, Guides, Wolvets and Wolfcubs from the UK to attend with their parents, in their Scouts uniforms and show unity with our European confrères! We will have members coming from other units from around the country (Birmingham, Gateshead, elsewhere) as well as our Bedford Scouts. We will be doing the shorter (50km) walk, given that a number of our Wolfcubs etc are too young to do the full walk.
We have chosen St Francis of Assisi as our patron saint, given that he is the patron saint of the yellow branch (Wolfcubs/Wolvets), and his life of poverty fits so well with the ethos of the pilgrimage (having all comforts stripped away and forcing us to go beyond ourselves in the name of Christ).
Leader: Dr Simon Lubbock simon.lubbock@gseuk.org ; with Mr Matthew Blissett and Mrs Sophie Hector as deputies. Francis Carey latinmassuk@icloud.com will also be running his Our Lady Immaculate family chapter, which will be adjacent in the column, with us sharing a communal bivouac.

Seaside family break: https://ourladyofhoperetreat.co.uk/
Our Lady of Hope Retreat, Hope Cove: a peaceful retreat house located on the edge of the fishing village of Hope Cove, Devon. The house is situated close to the coast, allowing for a restful break.

FULL SOLEMN TRADITIONAL LATIN EASTER TRIDUUM

With Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, Chaplain; Fr Thomas Crean, OP; Deacon Conan McGonagle, FSSP

ALL liturgies to take place at All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

• Maundy Thursday (2 April): 8:00pm Holy Mass, followed by adoration until midnight.
• Good Friday (3 April): 3:30pm Solemn Liturgy (ends by 5:30pm).
• Holy Saturday (4 April): 9:00pm Easter Vigil (service ends by midnight).
• Easter Sunday (5 April): 8:30am Sung Mass

ALSO: Easter Sunday Sung Mass at 12noon, on 5th April 2026

at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Dowry Mag No68 Now Online

In this issue:

Editorial: Stubbornly Loving Every Unborn

Commenting on the latest figures of abortion in the UK, the highest ever in British history, Fr de Malleray observes that we have surpassed the so-called “Dark Ages”: a fact that calls all people of good will to action.

Moral Issues About In Vitro Fertilisation

After reading Biomedical Sciences at University College London, Marta Berbel Gallego obtained a PGCE in Biology from King’s College London, and completed an MA in Theology at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. In this article she summarises the reasons why IVF falls short of the bar set by Catholic anthropology.

United in Blood and Love

The holy bishop St Francis de Sales has a lot to offer spouses and those contemplating holy Matrimony, says Canon Amaury Montjean, ICKSP, who authored a book on that topic.

Newman and Péguy as Poets and Philosophers

Fr Gerald Duroisin, FSSP who did his doctorate in Rome on the philosophy of John Henry Newman discusses the new English Doctor of the Church in relation with French convert Charles Péguy.

A Young Artist Shares Her Faith Online

Young Englishwoman Raya Cotton, who trained in fine arts in Plymouth University and learnt Gregorian chant and polyphony in England and America, presents her creative work in sacred painting and singing.

Dead Rising in Saint Matthew’s Passion

Having earned his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Fr Brendan Gerard, FSSP teaches Scripture at Saint Peter’s International Seminary in Bavaria (Wigratzbad) while residing in Edinburgh as the superior of our Scottish apostolate.

Love Within the Enclosed Garden

Drs. Leslie Anne Hamel, who studied history of art at the Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, explains a fifteenth-century painting about the Blessed Virgin Mary

Fr Owen Dudley’s Novel The Masterful Monk

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP presents an engaging novel by once well-known convert author Fr Owen Francis Dudley

Support & Events

Summer Camps; Vocation Weekend; and Juventutem Summer Weekend

Congratulations to new English Subdeacon David,
from Warrington,

ordained last 14th Feb in Bavaria.
He will be ordained a Deacon on Sat 2nd May.
 

Au pair wanted for one year from September 2026, in Angers, France, for a family with five young children. Independent studio provided, plus salary and French tuition.
Contact Mrs Pradel +33 6 17 58 38 71 ; virgile.pradel@gmail.com.

Thank you to the parishioners who have sent us their story about discovering the Traditional Latin Mass. Find out more about this opportunity on: https://fssp.org.uk/why-we-come-to-the-traditional-latin-mass/.

You may still email us your story!

Next TREK on Saturday 28 Feb with Deacon Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP: meet by 11:00AM on Ivinghoe Circular Walk Car Park, R9MW+HP, Dunstable LU7 9EJ. For unmarried men and women 18-35.Email Dominic attendance, lift need, and lift offer (difalcodom@gmail.com). Lunch at nearby pub after walk.

Juventutem London:

for young men and women 18+;
6pm Confessions,
7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray,
8pm social with Q&As.

Next dates: 20 Feb, 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

Congratulations to:

• Baby Clare Colquhoun was baptised on 14 Feb
• Baby Pio Yardley was baptised in emergency in hospital on 14 Feb

Please keep in your prayer the mothers in our congregations expecting a child.

First 20 men already booked in

for our annual Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org. More spaces! Visit: fssp.org.uk/mens-discernment-weekend-13-15-march-2026/ .

Book by 7 March 2026.

VIRTUS: the FSSP “EXODUS 90” has landed!

Our Septuagesima-Lent programme Virtus begins in English this year. Please do spread the word! Starts Feb 1, 2026, ends Apr 12, 2026.

Visit hozana.org/en/community/12820-virtus-journey-great-lent-2026

After his well-attended (by 40 adults) February talk,  Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP, who formerly trained with the SSPX, will give the monthly Chesham Bois talk for all on Saturday 28^th Feb, 7:00PM on:

Episcopal Consecration without Papal Mandate.

In light of the SSPX announcement to consecrate bishops again, the talk will discuss the traditional criteria for a state of necessity, and the unity of government within Holy Church.

Well done the 40 adults who attended the First Saturday Talk for All on Evolution at Willington Hall last 7th Feb, given by Fr de Malleray.

First Saturday in Bedford on 7th March
the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, 2^nd class feast in the FSSP:
devotions 10am and 11:00am holy Mass (not 11:30am),
followed by shared lunch,
and 2:00pm talk for all on Church Unity by Fr de Malleray at nearby venue.

Farewell to Eamon and Beata Long and their children who are relocating in sunny Texas, USA. They will be missed and we assure them of our prayer.

Adult Catechism in Chesham Bois, on some Wednesday evenings. Thank you to our lay catechists who generously give of their time at the Chaplain’s request to help train several adult converts. Catholic adults are welcome to attend as well. Contact the Chaplain for details : malleray@fssp.org.

Please donate to the Holy Family Project:

Bank Details: Account Name: Holy Family Ltd; Sort Code: 23-05-80 ; Account Number: 5629 3213

First Holy Communion Classes given by the Chaplain at OLOR, 1pm-2pm. Next dates: 21, 28 Feb; 21 March; 18, 25 April; 9, 16 May; 6 June (Confessions and recollection). Thank you to the parents supporting their little ones in this essential leg of their faith journey. Pray for our candidates.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Baby Pio Yardley, Malgorzata Anna Pietrak, Maureen Readings, Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 8 February 2026

 FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

8-22 Feb 2026

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

Landline: 01234 954 316

  Worship across three churches:

Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: see below.

fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham     

facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass

facebook.com/fssp.england

Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP:

malleray@fssp.org

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: bedford@fssp.org

Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.

Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

CONFESSIONS TIMES

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass.

At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.

Holy Mass Intentions:

Recent Sunday homily:

Conference to 60 young adults at St James’s Church in London last 21 January:

Ongoing novena for the FSSP until 11^th Feb: one decade of the Rosary and MEMORARE: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known / that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. / Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. / To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. / O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

This coming Wednesday, 11^th February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Fraternity of St Peter will be renewing our consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We invite you to recite it with us after Mass (or at home if you are unable to attend holy Mass). This consecration was originally made on this date in 2022, in the light of Traditionis Custodes and the pressures put on traditional communities around the world. The very day that the act of consecration was performed, following a special novena of preparation, Pope Francis issued a decree confirming that the restrictions of Traditionis Custodes do not apply to our Fraternity. For us, this was a providential sign of Our Lady’s maternal care for our Fraternity – about which we have always been convinced, having devotion to her as a central tenet of our constitutions. But we also took it as a confirmation of our founding charism of fidelity both to traditional liturgy and doctrine, and to Church hierarchy.

Catholic recycling (actually a rubric from the missal): Bring your blessed palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to be burned into ashes ahead of Ash Wednesday. Hand your palms to the clergy in a bag by Sunday 15^th February the latest.

ASH WEDNESDAY (18 February)  

Day of fast and abstinence. All Catholics aged 18-59 inclusive are obliged to fast (one meal & two small snacks permitted); and all Catholics aged 14+ must abstain from meat. (Reminder that all days of Lent, excluding Sundays, are days of penance too.)

Not a Holy Day of Obligation, but the faithful are encouraged to mark the beginning of Lent by assisting at Mass at:

• 11:00AM Sung Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois
• 5:30PM Low Mass at Our Lady of Ransom, Kempston

Imposition of ashes at the beginning of every Mass

FULL SOLEMN TRADITIONAL LATIN EASTER TRIDUUM

With Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, Chaplain; Fr Thomas Crean, OP; Deacon Conan McGonagle, FSSP

ALL liturgies to take place at All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

• Maundy Thursday (2 April): 8:00pm Holy Mass, followed by adoration until midnight.
• Good Friday (3 April): 3:30pm Solemn Liturgy (ends by 5:30pm).
• Holy Saturday (4 April): 9:00pm Easter Vigil (service ends by midnight).
• Easter Sunday (5 April): 8:30am Sung Mass

ALSO: Easter Sunday Sung Mass at 12noon, on 5th April 2026

at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Dowry Mag No68 Now Online

In this issue:

Editorial: Stubbornly Loving Every Unborn

Commenting on the latest figures of abortion in the UK, the highest ever in British history, Fr de Malleray observes that we have surpassed the so-called “Dark Ages”: a fact that calls all people of good will to action.

Moral Issues About In Vitro Fertilisation

After reading Biomedical Sciences at University College London, Marta Berbel Gallego obtained a PGCE in Biology from King’s College London, and completed an MA in Theology at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. In this article she summarises the reasons why IVF falls short of the bar set by Catholic anthropology.

United in Blood and Love

The holy bishop St Francis de Sales has a lot to offer spouses and those contemplating holy Matrimony, says Canon Amaury Montjean, ICKSP, who authored a book on that topic.  

Newman and Péguy as Poets and Philosophers

Fr Gerald Duroisin, FSSP who did his doctorate in Rome on the philosophy of John Henry Newman discusses the new English Doctor of the Church in relation with French convert Charles Péguy.

A Young Artist Shares Her Faith Online

Young Englishwoman Raya Cotton, who trained in fine arts in Plymouth University and learnt Gregorian chant and polyphony in England and America, presents her creative work in sacred painting and singing.

Dead Rising in Saint Matthew’s Passion

Having earned his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Fr Brendan Gerard, FSSP teaches Scripture at Saint Peter’s International Seminary in Bavaria (Wigratzbad) while residing in Edinburgh as the superior of our Scottish apostolate.

Love Within the Enclosed Garden

Drs. Leslie Anne Hamel, who studied history of art at the Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, explains a fifteenth-century painting about the Blessed Virgin Mary

Fr Owen Dudley’s Novel The Masterful Monk

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP presents an engaging novel by once well-known convert author Fr Owen Francis Dudley

Support & Events

Summer Camps; Vocation Weekend; and Juventutem Summer Weekend

On Saturday 14 February: please pray for our 12 candidates who will receive subdiaconal ordinations in Wigratzbad from His Grace Wolfgang Haas, Archbishop Emeritus of Vaduz.
Please pray for the twelve ordinands: Francisco, Diego, Paul, Eloi, André, Ramón, Germain, David [OUR OWN ENGLISH SEMINARIAN!], Francisco, Julien, Gerulf, Julian.

Thank you to the parishioners who have sent us their story about discovering the Traditional Latin Mass. Find out more about this opportunity on: https://fssp.org.uk/why-we-come-to-the-traditional-latin-mass/.

You may still email us your story!

Next TREK on Saturday 28 Feb with Deacon Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP: meet by 11:00AM on Ivinghoe Circular Walk Car Park, R9MW+HP, Dunstable LU7 9EJ. For unmarried men and women 18-35.Email Dominic attendance, lift need, and lift offer (difalcodom@gmail.com). Lunch at nearby pub after walk.

Juventutem London: for young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions,7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray, 8pm social with Q&As. Next dates: 20 Feb, 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

Congratulations to these two little girls and their families:

• Baptism scheduled for Clare Colquhoun on 14 Feb
• Baptism received by Philomena Baron last 31 Jan

Please keep in your prayer the mothers in our congregations expecting a child.

First 16 men already booked in

for our annual Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org. More spaces! Visit: fssp.org.uk/mens-discernment-weekend-13-15-march-2026/ .

The Good Counsel Black Tie Ball will take place at 6pm on St Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14^th February 2026 in Kensington, London. Live Band. Silent Auction. London’s Catholic Pro-Life Ball raising money to help save lives and change lives.

Tickets £135 each. Or a table of ten for £1,300.

For bookings and enquiries email GCNBall@gmail.com, or telephone 07795205117.

VIRTUS: the FSSP “EXODUS 90” has landed!

Our Septuagesima-Lent programme Virtus begins in English this year. Please do spread the word! Starts Feb 1, 2026, ends Apr 12, 2026.

Visit hozana.org/en/community/12820-virtus-journey-great-lent-2026

After his well-attended (by 40 adults) January talk,  Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP, who formerly trained with the SSPX, will give the monthly Chesham Bois talk for all on Saturday 28^th Feb, 7:00PM on:

Episcopal Consecration without Papal Mandate.

In light of the SSPX announcement to consecrate bishops again, the talk will discuss the traditional criteria for a state of necessity, and the unity of government within Holy Church.

Adult Catechism in Chesham Bois, on some Wednesday evenings. Thank you to our lay catechists who generously give of their time at the Chaplain’s request to help train several adult converts. Catholic adults are welcome to attend as well. Contact the Chaplain for details : malleray@fssp.org.

Please donate to the Holy Family Project:

Bank Details: Account Name: Holy Family Ltd; Sort Code: 23-05-80 ; Account Number: 5629 3213

First Holy Communion Classes have started, given by the Chaplain at OLOR, 1pm-2pm. Next dates: 14, 21, 28 Feb; 21 March; 18, 25 April; 9, 16 May; 6 June (Confessions and recollection). Thank you to the parents supporting their little ones in this essential leg of their faith journey. Pray for our candidates.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Maureen Readings, Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Patsy Crocker, Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM

Dowry Mag No68 Now Online

In this issue:

Editorial: Stubbornly Loving Every Unborn

Commenting on the latest figures of abortion in the UK, the highest ever in British history, Fr de Malleray observes that we have surpassed the so-called “Dark Ages”: a fact that calls all people of good will to action.

Moral Issues About In Vitro Fertilisation

After reading Biomedical Sciences at University College London, Marta Berbel Gallego obtained a PGCE in Biology from King’s College London, and completed an MA in Theology at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. In this article she summarises the reasons why IVF falls short of the bar set by Catholic anthropology.

United in Blood and Love

The holy bishop St Francis de Sales has a lot to offer spouses and those contemplating holy Matrimony, says Canon Amaury Montjean, ICKSP, who authored a book on that topic.  

Newman and Péguy as Poets and Philosophers

Fr Gerald Duroisin, FSSP who did his doctorate in Rome on the philosophy of John Henry Newman discusses the new English Doctor of the Church in relation with French convert Charles Péguy.

A Young Artist Shares Her Faith Online

Young Englishwoman Raya Cotton, who trained in fine arts in Plymouth University and learnt Gregorian chant and polyphony in England and America, presents her creative work in sacred painting and singing.

Dead Rising in Saint Matthew’s Passion

Having earned his Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Fr Brendan Gerard, FSSP teaches Scripture at Saint Peter’s International Seminary in Bavaria (Wigratzbad) while residing in Edinburgh as the superior of our Scottish apostolate.

Love Within the Enclosed Garden

Drs. Leslie Anne Hamel, who studied history of art at the Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, explains a fifteenth-century painting about the Blessed Virgin Mary

Fr Owen Dudley’s Novel The Masterful Monk

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP presents an engaging novel by once well-known convert author Fr Owen Francis Dudley

Support & Events

Summer Camps; Vocation Weekend; and Juventutem Summer Weekend

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 25 January 2026

HOLY MASSES

CANDLEMAS
Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mon 2 Feb, 7:00pm, at OLOR: with Blessing of Candles and Procession
Candles are blessed chiefly for the procession, and for the liturgy of the coming year – but you are welcome to bring a moderate amount of your own candles to be blessed.

Please note: NO 9:30am Mass that Monday, because Chaplain offering Mass at RCA.

BLESSING OF THROATS Feast of Saint Blaise Tue 3 Feb, after 6:30am Mass at OLOR

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

11-25 January 2026

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

Landline: 01234 954 316

  Worship across three churches:

Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: see below.

fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham     

facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass

facebook.com/fssp.england

Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP:

malleray@fssp.org

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: bedford@fssp.org

Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.

Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

CONFESSIONS TIMES

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.

FSSP Superiors meet with Pope Leo XIV

Official communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter – Fribourg, January 20, 2026

Following a request presented by the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV received Father John Berg in private audience at the Vatican on Monday, January 19, 2026. He was accompanied by Father Josef Bisig, one of the founders of the Fraternity, former Superior General, and current Rector of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, USA.

The cordial half-hour meeting was an opportunity to present to the Holy Father in greater detail the foundation and history of the Fraternity, as well as the various forms of apostolate that it has been offering to the faithful for almost 38 years. The proper law and charism that guide the sanctification of its members were recalled.

This audience also provided an opportunity to evoke any misunderstandings and obstacles that the Fraternity encounters in certain places and to answer questions from the Supreme Pontiff. At the end of this meeting, Pope Leo XIV gave his blessing, which he extended to all members of the Fraternity.

The Fraternity of St. Peter is grateful to the Holy Father for offering this opportunity to meet with him and encourages the faithful to continue to pray fervently during the thirty-days novena of preparation for the renewal of its consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on February 11.

Source : www.fssp.org
Photos : © Vatican Media

Please pray for the 8 FSSP priestly candidates from the UK & Ireland, including 2 deacons.

Ongoing novena for the FSSP until 11^th Feb: one decade of the Rosary and the MEMORARE:

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known / that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. / Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. / To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. / O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Welcome to our first TEN men booked in for our annual

Men’s Discernment Weekend 13-15 March 2026

At Buckden Towers, High Street, Buckden, St. Neots, Cambs PE19 5TA

Starts Fri 13th March 5:00pm; ends Sun 15th March 2:00pm

Is God calling ME?
Matrimony, celibacy, monastery, seminary, Fraternity?

COME & SEE
If you are a single Catholic man between 18 and 35 years of age, come and discern with us near Bedford.
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP will lead the weekend. There will be talks, Eucharistic adoration, Compline, Holy Mass and informal chatting with fellow-guests. Possibility of private meetings with a priest, and of confession. Feel welcome confidentially to call, email or write for any questions. Holy Mass each of the three days.

COST: £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged and students – give whatever amount you can.

BOOKINGS & CONTACT: [not via Facebook] malleray@fssp.org (read by Fr de Malleray only).

ACCESS: Direct train from London St Pancras to St Neots, every half hour, duration 56 minutes.

The nearest towns are Huntingdon (5 miles NNE of Buckden) and St Neots (5 miles South of Buckden). Both Huntingdon and St Neots are served by the West Anglian Great Northern Railway line from King’s Cross London to Peterborough. Let us know if you would need a lift from the railway station. There also are bus and coach links to both Huntingdon and St Neots from many parts of the country.

SHARE NEWS: forward this page or the Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/6BEXofhud

VOCATION RESOURCES:

• General page: https://fssp.org.uk/vocations-to-the-priesthood/
• Book on the sacred Priesthood: https://aroucapress.com/x-ray-of-the-priest
• Stories about priestly ministry: http://aroucapress.com/near-missed-masses
• Audio conferences on the priest 1) and Our Lady; 2) and Martyrdom : https://www.radioimmaculata.org/various-podcast/fssp-conferences
• Book on the holy Eucharist here: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/ego-eimi-it-is-i/
• Book on the traditional liturgy: https://www.aroucapress.com/sacred-liturgy-garden
• European seminary : http://fsspwigratzbad.blogspot.com/
• North-American seminary: https://fsspolgs.org/
• Know us better through browsing online our quarterly magazine Dowry here: https://fssp.org.uk/category/dowry/
• International Vocation Prayer Network: www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/
• Great pictures about our ministry here https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums

VOCATION NEWS: 15 new FSSP priests in 24 years

We have currently eight priestly candidates (two are already deacons) from the UK & Ireland, seven of whom are in formation at our two international seminaries. Two of them, James from Hemel Hampstead and Peter from London received First Tonsure and donned cassock and surplice on our 37th anniversary, last 18th October 2025. Three of our deacons from England were ordained priests at St Mary’s Warrington by Archbishop McMahon, OP of Liverpool. Those were the first EF priestly ordinations by a diocesan bishop in England in fifty years. Please pray for them (www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/) and for many more to enter the lists!

We give thanks for 15 priests ordained from or to the UK over the past 24 years: Fr Armand de Malleray in 2001; 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 in 2018; Fr Gwilym Evans in 2022; Fr Miklos Homolya in 2024 – plus Fr Patrick O’Donohue (incardinated in 2023), Deacon Conan McGonagle (whose priestly ordination is scheduled for 26th May 2026), and Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin who joined us last year. [Not all of those currently serve with the FSSP, or in the UK.]

On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 2022, Pope Francis signed a decree confirming the liturgical charism of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter. On January 19, 2026, Pope Leo XIV granted a private audience to the FSSP Superior General and Seminary Rector.

Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.

O Lord, grant us many holy priests!

MANY MORE SPACES AWAIT YOUR BOOKING AT BUCKDEN TOWERS! SEE YOU SOON.

Feel welcome to let any clergy friends, religious, and seminarians about the next Clergy Retreat

which Fr de Malleray was invited to give at Stonyhurst in just one year,

on 5-9 October 2026

(https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/this-sacred-victim/).

Share our Facebook page for this event.

Why we come to the Traditional Latin Mass

An apostolic initiative from the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy in the Northampton Diocese, UK

But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. (1 Pet 3:15)

Dear faithful, most members of our congregations are fairly or very new to the Traditional Latin Mass. Some come from no religion, some were Anglicans, some were lapsed Catholics, or perhaps attended Mass in the vernacular according to Paul VI’s new missal. It is fascinating and inspiring to hear your stories, your journeys, your motivations, the hindrances you overcame, and the inspiration you drew from your new chosen type of worship in our Gregorian Chaplaincy (cf. northamptondiocese.org/chaplaincy).

More people out there may feel just like you did perhaps one, two or ten years ago. Reading your story might be just what they need to look into the opportunity of the Traditional Latin Mass. Whether you are a family or a single person, email us your testimony. We will include it in a public presentation of our Gregorian Chaplaincy apostolate. It may also inspire benefactors far and wide to support our newly started Holy Family Project Ltd fundraising to acquire a place of worship in Bedfordshire. James Kelliher kindly accepted to coordinate the testimonies on behalf of the Gregorian Chaplaincy. Feel welcome to email him (kelliher@pm.me) between 100 and 500 words using the questions below. God bless you!

1. First name
2. How many live under your roof?
3. How many children you have (if any)?
4. For how long you have been attending the Traditional Latin Mass?
5. Do you attend Mass every Sunday (or more, or less)?
6. What drove you to the Latin Mass?
7. Do you come from no religion, or from a non-Christian faith, or from a Protestant denomination, or from a Catholic Mass in the vernacular, or other?
8. What was/has been the reaction of your wider family or friends to your shift of worship (if anything)?
9. If you don’t attend the Bedford or Chesham Bois Chaplaincy Masses, please specify if you attend the Traditional Latin Mass offered by a diocesan priest, or one of a traditional priestly community formerly known as “Ecclesia Dei” (FSSP, ICKSP, IBP; Marian Franciscans), or even perhaps one without manifest link with the local bishop.
10. How has the Latin Mass helped you grow in your Catholic faith, in the practice of virtue, in the love of God and the Church, and in your service to neighbours?
11. What do you wish for the Traditional Latin Mass movement in the future?
12. By emailing us, you permit us to make public use of your testimony (without your surname). If you wish us to alter your first name(s) for the sake of discretion, please let us know.

Click here to open and download this questionnaire as a two-page Word document.

☐ I agree to public use of the information above.

[Visit https://fssp.org.uk/bedford/ ; Version 27 December 2025]

SINCE WE LOVE LIFE,

Here are 4 ways of supporting it: fundraising ball; SPUC collection; pro-life witness; and… welcoming babies. See below:

1) The Good Counsel Black Tie Ball

Will take place at 6pm on St Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14th February 2026 in Kensington, London. Live Band. Silent Auction. London’s Catholic Pro-Life Ball raising money to help save lives and change lives.

• Tickets £135 each. Or a table of ten for £1,300.
• For bookings and enquiries email GCNBall@gmail.com
• or telephone 07795205117

Dear Good Counsel Network supporter, we are hosting our annual fundraising Ball on the 14th February, and during the evening there will be the customary silent auction. Over the years, generous supporters have donated a wide range of items to sell such as signed sports memorabilia and books, use of their holiday cottage for a week or weekend, autographed photographs, Russian lessons, and many more.

This year we are again looking for volunteers to help with our auction through donations of any kind. Perhaps you have something to offer us this year? Have you (or someone you know) written a book that you could give us a signed copy of? Could you donate a hamper of some kind? Do you have some other idea or skill (flower arranging for example) that you would be prepared to put into the auction? Maybe, you work (or own) a restaurant or theatre where you could get us a free meal or ticket? Perhaps you have some new item (given at Christmas) which you do not want, such as designer clothes, jewellery or some other accessory. If you can help us, please reach out calling Clare on 07795205117.

2) Thank you on behalf of SPUC for £370.81 raised last Sunday on their pro-life White Flower Appeal (£162.21 in Bedford and £208.60 in Chesham Bois), as the latest abortion figures just released (2023) have reached their highest in the UK’s history with 277,970 for England & Wales only, and nearly 300,000 per year across all four nations.

3) Reminder: Amersham-based pro-life vigil group that prays outside Amersham hospital as there is a BPAS abortion clinic inside. They pray silently for an hour well outside the buffer zone. Next vigil 13^th Dec. 10am. Contact Alexandra if you wish to join or for more details: 07531182820

4) Congratulations on the happy birth of their child over the past fortnight to

• Michael and David Baron’s Philomena
• Linus Onah and Obianuju Muoghalu’s Ugo Onah
• Robert and Kara Colquhoun’s Clare

THE EAGER CXL!

Well done 140 young adults (CXL in Roman numerals) getting together across three dioceses last week on thee occasions to improve their faith, pray, and make friends:

• 60 at Juventutem London, on 16 Jan, St Mary Magdalene’s, Southwark Archdiocese
• 17 (plus two clerics and a Labrador) at the Bucks & Beds Trekkers Group at Woburn Abbey, Northampton Diocese on 17 Jan
• 60 at St James’s YAM, St James’ Spanish Place, Westminster Archdiocese, on 21 Jan

Listen to Fr de Mallerays’ homily at the latest Juventutem London event:

The Importance of the Mass and Pope St. Marcellus ~ Fr. Armand de Malleray, FSSP

In this homily, Father reflects on the witness of Pope St. Marcellus, a martyr who died after being forced to tend cattle in a desecrated church. His story of fidelity during persecution offers a powerful lesson in today’s post-Christian world. 0:00 – Introduction: The Story of Pope St. Marcellus 2:04 – From Persecution to Triumph: How Rome Became Christian 3:42 – Our Modern Struggle: Temptation and Despair in a Post-Christian World 6:21 – The Heart of the Matter: The Power & True Meaning of the Holy Mass 9:32 – A Wake-Up Call: Taking the Mass for Granted vs. Those Who Hunger for It 14:31 – Our Mission for 2026: Be Shrewd Investors in Eternity Given by Fr. Armand de Malleray, F.S.S.P at the Juventutem conference in Wandsworth, London on Friday 21st Jan 2026 on the feast of Pope St. Marcellus.

Next dates for Juventutem London: for young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions, 7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray, 8pm social with Q&As. Next dates: 20 Feb, 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul. ADDRESS: Oratory of St Mary Magdalene, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common SW18 2QU London.

Next trek for Buds & Beds trekkers (18-35 single Catholics)  on Saturday 28th February.

Welcome to Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP, from our Reading parish, who has kindly accepted with Fr Phipps’ permission to give the monthly Chesham Bois talk for all on Saturday 31st January 2026, 7:00PM:

COOPERATION IN THE SIN OF ANOTHER :

• Whereas we should always avoid personal sins, what about the sins of others?
• Where to draw the line, without judging them, between us and their sinful behaviour?
• Can we interact with them without condoning their sin?
• May we take the risk of committing a personal sin for the sake of helping them, or showing affection, or not losing our job?

Email Agostino Di Falco to let him know if you are coming (venue is at his house, behind the Chesham Bois church.)

VIRTUS: the FSSP “Exodus 90” has landed!

Septuagesima-Lent programme Virtus, begins in English this year. Please do spread the word!

Starts Feb 1, 2026 ends Apr 12, 2026

We are told: “We launched it last year in French : it was followed by over 20,000 persons and really bore much holy fruit. We are offering this year as an experiment the same kind of « spiritual journey » in English.”

Discover commitments and community here: https://hozana.org/en/community/12820-virtus-journey-great-lent-2026

Retreat prayer

Prayer of the “Virtus” Fraternities

“O my God, I approach your infinite mystery and I adore you. Holy Trinity, pacify my heart, make it your beloved dwelling place, the place of your beatifying presence. O Jesus, you who constantly stand at the door of my heart and knock, enter and change my life by the infinite power of your love. Bear my burden, lift up my weaknesses, transform me and unite me to you in an awakened and adoring faith. What shall I render to the Lord for all that he has given me? I will take up the chalice and the cross of salvation, I will offer myself entirely to his holy will. Sacred Heart of Jesus, in whom I place all my trust, never let me abandon you. May every beat of my heart, every breath of my soul, be an echo of your love. Remove from my breast the heart of stone, place there a new Spirit and your Heart of flesh. Be my rest, My strength, and my light for eternity. Amen.

French trad family seeks family to host their 15-year-old son in June for subsequent exchange: contact Chaplaincy.

Next First Saturday devotions and activities on 7th February, Bedford:

• 10:00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions, and holy Rosary at OLOR
• 11:10am: Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
• 11:30am holy Mass
• 12:30pm Shared lunch at Willington Hall
• 1:30pm Servers’ training session
• 2:00pm Talk by Fr de Malleray on The Theory of Evolution and the Dogma of Creation

We have read this book and heartily recommend it.

Visit https://www.godthesciencetheevidence.com/.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 11 January 2026

 FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

11-25 January 2026

Est. 19th July 2011

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton

Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF

Landline: 01234 954 316

  Worship across three churches:

Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH

Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE

Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: see below.

fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham     

facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass

facebook.com/fssp.england

Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP:

malleray@fssp.org

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: bedford@fssp.org

Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.

Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

CONFESSIONS TIMES

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.

A thirty-day novena in preparation for the renewal of the Fraternity’s consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is being organized this year. It will begin on Sunday, January 11, and end on February 11, the anniversary of the consecration, when the act of consecration will be publicly renewed. The preparatory thirty-day novena will consist of the daily recitation of a decade of the Rosary and the Memorare, ending with the meeting of FSSP superiors in Fatima. Members of our international prayer network, the Confraternity of St Peter, are requested to do the novena. Anyone else is warmly encouraged to do the same.

MEMORARE: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known / that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. / Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. / To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. / O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Thank you to the parishioners who have sent us their story about discovering the Traditional Latin Mass. Find out more about this opportunity on: https://fssp.org.uk/why-we-come-to-the-traditional-latin-mass/. Or read below:

Why we come to the Traditional Latin Mass

An apostolic initiative from the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy in the Northampton Diocese, UK

But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. (1 Pet 3:15)

Dear faithful, most members of our congregations are fairly or very new to the Traditional Latin Mass. Some come from no religion, some were Anglicans, some were lapsed Catholics, or perhaps attended Mass in the vernacular according to Paul VI’s new missal. It is fascinating and inspiring to hear your stories, your journeys, your motivations, the hindrances you overcame, and the inspiration you drew from your new chosen type of worship in our Gregorian Chaplaincy (cf. northamptondiocese.org/chaplaincy).

More people out there may feel just like you did perhaps one, two or ten years ago. Reading your story might be just what they need to look into the opportunity of the Traditional Latin Mass. Whether you are a family or a single person, email us your testimony. We will include it in a public presentation of our Gregorian Chaplaincy apostolate. It may also inspire benefactors far and wide to support our newly started Holy Family Project Ltd fundraising to acquire a place of worship in Bedfordshire. James Kelliher kindly accepted to coordinate the testimonies on behalf of the Gregorian Chaplaincy. Feel welcome to email him (kelliher@pm.me) between 100 and 500 words using the questions below. God bless you!

1. First name
2. How many live under your roof?
3. How many children you have (if any)?
4. For how long you have been attending the Traditional Latin Mass?
5. Do you attend Mass every Sunday (or more, or less)?
6. What drove you to the Latin Mass?
7. Do you come from no religion, or from a non-Christian faith, or from a Protestant denomination, or from a Catholic Mass in the vernacular, or other?
8. What was/has been the reaction of your wider family or friends to your shift of worship (if anything)?
9. If you don’t attend the Bedford or Chesham Bois Chaplaincy Masses, please specify if you attend the Traditional Latin Mass offered by a diocesan priest, or one of a traditional priestly community formerly known as “Ecclesia Dei” (FSSP, ICKSP, IBP; Marian Franciscans), or even perhaps one without manifest link with the local bishop.
10. How has the Latin Mass helped you grow in your Catholic faith, in the practice of virtue, in the love of God and the Church, and in your service to neighbours?
11. What do you wish for the Traditional Latin Mass movement in the future?
12. By emailing us, you permit us to make public use of your testimony (without your surname). If you wish us to alter your first name(s) for the sake of discretion, please let us know.

Click here to open and download this questionnaire as a two-page Word document.

☐ I agree to public use of the information above.

[Visit https://fssp.org.uk/bedford/ ; Version 27 December 2025]

Next TREK on Saturday 17 January, 11am, with Fr de Malleray: save the date. For unmarried men and women 18+. Meet at 10:45am at Woburn public car park on Park Street (X9QM+H8 Milton Keynes, or https://maps.app.goo.gl/NVHEd8GR7idH3RbaA). Email Dominic attendance, lift need, and lift offer (difalcodom@gmail.com). We were 23 at the last trek. Your friends from outside Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire are most welcome!

Three seminarians attended our Mass in Chesham Bois on Sunday 28^th Dec. Two of our Wigratzbad seminarians, Peter from Kent and Benjamin from Leeds, visited Bedford last week, met with families after a weekday Mass, prayed Sext at the chapel of St Alban’s House, and shared lunch with Fr de Malleray before heading back to seminary. There are currently seven FSSP priestly candidates from the UK & Ireland. Please pray for these young men on their way to the sacred priesthood, and kindly let others know of our Vocation Discernment weekend below.

Bookings are coming in for our annual Men’s Vocation Weekend 13-15 March 2026, at Buckden Towers PE19 5TA. £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged. For 18+ single Catholic men. Contact malleray@fssp.org. Find out more on our website: fssp.org.uk/mens-discernment-weekend-13-15-march-2026/ or read below:

Starts Fri 13th March 5:00pm; ends Sun 15th March 2:00pm

Is God calling ME?
Matrimony, celibacy, monastery, seminary, Fraternity?

COME & SEE
If you are a single Catholic man between 18 and 35 years of age, come and discern with us near Bedford.
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP will lead the weekend. There will be talks, Eucharistic adoration, Compline, Holy Mass and informal chatting with fellow-guests. Possibility of private meetings with a priest, and of confession. Feel welcome confidentially to call, email or write for any questions. Holy Mass each of the three days.

COST: £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged and students – give whatever amount you can.

BOOKINGS & CONTACT: [not via Facebook] malleray@fssp.org (read by Fr de Malleray only).

ACCESS: Direct train from London St Pancras to St Neots, every half hour, duration 56 minutes.

The nearest towns are Huntingdon (5 miles NNE of Buckden) and St Neots (5 miles South of Buckden). Both Huntingdon and St Neots are served by the West Anglian Great Northern Railway line from King’s Cross London to Peterborough. Let us know if you would need a lift from the railway station. There also are bus and coach links to both Huntingdon and St Neots from many parts of the country.

SHARE NEWS: forward this page or the Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/6BEXofhud

VOCATION RESOURCES:

• General page: https://fssp.org.uk/vocations-to-the-priesthood/
• Book on the sacred Priesthood: https://aroucapress.com/x-ray-of-the-priest
• Stories about priestly ministry: http://aroucapress.com/near-missed-masses
• Audio conferences on the priest 1) and Our Lady; 2) and Martyrdom : https://www.radioimmaculata.org/various-podcast/fssp-conferences
• Book on the holy Eucharist here: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/ego-eimi-it-is-i/
• Book on the traditional liturgy: https://www.aroucapress.com/sacred-liturgy-garden
• European seminary : http://fsspwigratzbad.blogspot.com/
• North-American seminary: https://fsspolgs.org/
• Know us better through browsing online our quarterly magazine Dowry here: https://fssp.org.uk/category/dowry/
• International Vocation Prayer Network: www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/
• Great pictures about our ministry here https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums

VOCATION NEWS: 15 new FSSP priests in 24 years

We have currently seven young men from the UK & Ireland in formation at our two international seminaries. Two of them, James from Hemel Hampstead and Peter from London received First Tonsure and donned cassock and surplice on our 37th anniversary, last 18th October 2025. Three of our deacons from England were ordained priests at St Mary’s Warrington by Archbishop McMahon, OP of Liverpool. Those were the first EF priestly ordinations by a diocesan bishop in England in fifty years. Please pray for them (www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/) and for many more to enter the lists!

We give thanks for 15 priests ordained from or to the UK over the past 24 years: Fr Armand de Malleray in 2001; 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 in 2018; Fr Gwilym Evans in 2022; Fr Miklos Homolya in 2024 – plus Fr Patrick O’Donohue (incardinated in 2023), Deacon Conan McGonagle (whose priestly ordination is scheduled for 26th May 2026), and Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin who joined us last year. [Not all of those currently serve with the FSSP, or in the UK.]

On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 2022, Pope Francis signed a decree confirming the liturgical charism of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter.

Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.

O Lord, grant us many holy priests!

SPUC White Flower Appeal retiring collection at All Saints and Chesham Bois on Sunday 18th January.

Congratulations to Liam and Maria Chapman on the holy Baptism of their newborn son Judah on Sun 11 January, 1pm in Chesham Bois.

Congratulations to our children who will make their scout promise on 11 Jan, after receiving the chaplain’s blessing after our 8:30am Mass.

Altar servers: boys, young – and adult – men are encouraged to learn how to serve holy Mass. This will bring many graces to them and their families, as well as enhancing the celebration of the holy sacrifice. One boy and his dad, as well as some young men, attended a servers’ workshop led in Chesham Bois by Fr de Malleray last 13^th December. Contact our new servers’ coordinator Steve Hector for our next training session on Sat 7 Feb afternoon at Willington Hall: servertraining@proton.me.

Finance update: £1,163.00 needed every Sunday. Dear friends, our Chaplaincy has no other income than what you are able to give. Thank you for your generous support! Share our news with friends and contacts who may wish to give on occasion.  

Thank you to the benefactors who started donating to the Holy Family Project, the new legal entity formed to raise funds to acquire a place of worship for our Chaplaincy. Contact any of the members of our team: Alex Windo, Jon Moxham or James Paul.

Bank Details: Account Name: Holy Family Ltd; Sort Code: 23-05-80 ; Account Number: 5629 3213

Juventutem London: for young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions,7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray, 8pm social with Q&As. Next dates: 16 Jan, 20 Feb, 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

First Holy Communion Classes will be given by the Chaplain at OLOR, 1pm-2pm on the following Saturdays: 24, 31 Jan; 14, 21, 28 Feb; 21 March; 18, 25 April; 9, 16 May; 6 June (Confessions and recollection). Thank you to the parents supporting their little ones in this essential leg of their faith journey.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Maureen Readings, Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Lottie Newman-Craig, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

Next First Saturday devotions and activities on 7th February:

• 10:00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions, and holy Rosary at OLOR
• 11:10am: Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
• 11:30am holy Mass
• 12:30pm Shared lunch at Willington Hall
• 1:30pm Servers’ training session
• 2:00pm Talk by Fr de Malleray on The Theory of Evolution and the Dogma of Creation

We have read this book and heartily recommend it. Meet the authors on 12 Jan at the London Oratory:

PARISH TALK: SCIENCE – GOD’S NEW ALLY

On Monday 12th January 2026 at 7pm, there will be a talk in St Wilfrid’s Hall entitled Science: God’s New Ally. For more than four centuries, advances in science gave rise to the view that the Universe could be explained without reference to a Creator. By the early twenty century, materialism had become the predominant theory. But with unexpected and astonishing force, the pendulum of science has swung back the other way over the past 100 years, owing to new discoveries in physics, cosmology, biology and more. Join Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies as they trace the history of these scientific breakthroughs, all detailed in their book God: The Science, The Evidence, The Dawn of a Revolution, which has sold over 400,000 copies worldwide,and is newly released in English. The speakers will discuss the book and the discoveries which converge in making science God’s new ally. After the talk, copies of the book will be on sale for the special price of £10 (RRP £22) – card payments preferred. The talk is open to all, with a suggested donation of £5 per person. For more information and to sign up, please visit the Registration page. We expect this event to be popular, so please register if you intend to come.

by Fr AM