Reading Mass times 15 – 28 July

by Fr PD

New Opportunity for Education

An update from the Regina Caeli UK Board, as reported on the Bedford Latin Mass blog:

In April, we had a very successful talk in Bedford from Regina Caeli, a hybrid academy in the Catholic tradition with thirteen centres in the U.S. More details of that talk are here: https://fssp.co.uk/rc-academies-combining-the-advantages-of-home-education-with-schools/

Since then we have secured a venue, formed a board of directors, and we are confident that, if it is God’s will, then we can open the doors during the month of the Holy Rosary, October 2018!

Key details:
The venue is Unity Hall, Barton Le Clay

Tutoring will occur on Mondays & Thursdays term time (32 week term, October to mid-June).

We intend to start with primary aged children (up to year 6, that is aged 10) – if families have children older than this and are ready to commit, please let us know and we will see whether we can accommodate them.

Fees will be as reasonable as possible, with significant sibling discounts for the third child onwards.

This fees will come down when more families enrol; the more families sign up, the lower the fees will be.

We are putting together the website and application forms as we speak!

Start Date

Our intention is to start in October 2018 — but this depends on the number of families we get!

Please let us know if you are in a interested in Regina Caeli from October 2018, by getting in touch here. If not, please let us know what is stopping you! We will arrange a Q&A over the coming weeks to provide further information.

Also if you have the relevant professional qualifications or experience in teaching and are interested in tutoring at the Academy, please let us know. There will be tuition discounts for staff members.

Whatever your involvement, please do keep Regina Caeli in your prayers! As you know, this is a ground breaking development in the UK designed to put parents back in charge of educating their children. The children will be given back the lost tools of learning so that they can understand the world which God created, debate our increasingly hostile culture and form their souls for Heaven!

by Fr JM

Tradition, Civilisation, Limitless Help–Summer Camp for Girls

There are ten places remaining for girls aged 10 – 17 years-old on Summer Camp St Petronilla this August 13-18. The venue is the Salesian Savio House in the Peak District. If you would like to know more about the camp or to request a booking form, please email us here. (The Boys’ Camp is full.) FLICKR albums from previous years’ camps can be viewed here: Girls 2017;  Boys 2017; Girls 2016; Boys 2016.
 

The Source of Civilisation
From Jesus “all that remains good in the world–even a half pagan world–takes its rise. All that remains of good civilisation comes from the Cross, from the Heart and Blood of the Redeemer, and on this account it is still a Christian civilisation. The Redeemer Himself has told us what should be the fruit of all His work of Redemption–the continuation of that Redemption itself. Don Bosco says to you today: ‘Live the Christian life as we have lived it and taught it.’ Don Bosco’s love of the Redeemer became love of the souls which He has redeemed at the price His Precious Blood, and he points out to you the great and powerful help on which you must count to carry out that love of Christ which translates itself into love of souls. Mary, Help of Christians, is your inheritance. One of the most precious fruits of the Redemption is the Motherhood of Mary. It is the Divine Redeemer Who has given us Mary as our universal Mother. Here is a help which has no limitations to its power–Mary, our Mother, who desires nothing more than to lend her aid to the good works which we desire to do for the glory of God and the good of souls.” (Pope Pius XI at the canonisation of St John Bosco in 1934, quoted from Saint John Bosco, Seeker of Souls by F.A.Forbes (1935), page 160.)
 
For more from the patrons of this year’s Summer Camps, see here, here and here.
 

by Fr JM

GK Chesterton Pilgrimage Saturday 28th July

The 8th Annual GK Chesterton Pilgrimage Saturday 28th July.

2.30pm Old Rite Mass, at The Bridgettine Convent, Fulmer Common Road, Iver, SL0 0NR–with pilgrimage walk before and after for those who wish.

For details see www.CatholicGKChestertonSociety.co.uk

by Fr JM

Juventutem Meeting in Reading

Next Thursday 28^thJune at 7pm

in St John Fisher House, 17 Eastern Avenue, Reading, RG1 5RU

Starting with Holy Mass, followed by pizza and brief spiritual talk.

Juventutem is an international movement of young Catholic (ages 18 to 36) who are devoted to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Its aim is to foster and strengthen relationships between young people at a national and international level, and to encourage and assist them in developing their faith.

by Fr PD

Chesham Bois — Catechism Days this Autumn

If you would like the Family Catechism Days to resume after the July-August summer break, or if you would like to let us know your preferences for a new format as regards days / times / subjects etc, please take 3 minutes to complete the online survey here:

Click for CHESHAM BOIS CATECHISM SURVEY  (Please note this is only for Chesham Bois. A different survey has been posted for Bedford.)

Alternatively, you can download the form by clicking on the image below, or ask an FSSP priest when they come to offer Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church following in the coming days.

Click to download (1 sheet)

by Fr JM

Video of Ordination Ceremony of Fr Seth Phipps, FSSP

LiveMass video of the ordination to the Sacred Priesthood of Seth Phipps, FSSP at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington, England by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, Archbishop of Liverpool, England 9 June 2018.

by Fr JM

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

* 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:

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

…with audio…

by Fr JM

Children Nourished with Bread of Heaven

Deo gratias for two recent First Holy Communions at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois.

The biggest day of their lives… so far. (With growth, may every day we receive Holy Communion be our biggest day so far!)

by Fr JM

FOUR EUCHARISTIC CONFERENCES

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

by Fr AM