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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak. 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.
EXPAND: Please email us if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale…
Bishop David Oakley will confer the sacrament of Confirmation again to our Chaplaincy candidates on Saturday 4th October 2025. You can start registering interest.
Email us as soon as possible the names of candidates for First Holy Communion to take place on Corpus Christi Sunday, 22 June 2025.
From 1st to 8th Nov inclusive, help one holy soul into heaven each day: aplenary indulgence applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray even if only mentally for the departed, and for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father. There must be one visit for each day one seeks to gain the indulgence; one visit will not apply for several days.One must also have received holy Communion that day, be free from mortal sins and have no attachment to venial sins (sacramental absolution received the week before or after).
Well done the families who organised and attended the splendid All Saints party on Friday 1st Nov at All Saint’s hall, Kempston after the 11:00am Mass at All Saints Church next door: children dressed up as their favourite saints and explained why their lives called for imitation.
Help requested for ongoing small sewing jobs mending vestments for holy Mass and clergy cassocks. Thank you!
On All Souls Day, 2nd Nov, holy Mother Church unleashes all her intercessory power to hasten entrance into blessed eternity for the souls of her children suffering in Purgatory. The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter worldwide was 100% committed to that undertaking of supernatural charity, offering within one day 1,158 holy Masses of Requiem. That amounts to 48.25 Masses per hour, or 1 traditional holy Mass starting every 74 seconds over 24hrs. Furthermore, since all Masses were offered with permission from the local bishops they were fully lawful, thus deriving maximum fruit. Thank you to our choir who sang one of them in Bedford. Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis !
FSSP statistic annual update: find out more about the largest Catholic traditional priestly community, numbering 583 members spread across 4 continents in 151 dioceses, serving 255 Mass centres and training 197 seminarians in 2 international seminaries (USA & Germany) and a Propaedeutic House (Australia), including 5 from the UK & Ireland. Visit https://www.fssp.org/en/statistics-update/.
MONTHLY ADULTS’ GROUPS:
Well done those who made time to attend the two monthly groups this past week. If you have missed them, consider attending next time, as this is a very rare opportunity to improve your Catholic knowledge as taught by a priest, with access to Holy Mass and Confessions, and in a convivial setting. Many Catholics across the country pray they might be granted such an opportunity near them. We prayed, and were granted it. Now let us harvest the fruit together.
Christmas Dinner Chesham Bois: Sat 7 December, 7:00pm, with quiz designed by chaplaincy clergy. Have you booked your place already?
Signup sheet after 3 Nov Mass at All Saints in Bedford for a Bedford Christmas dinner.
A group for young adults in Bedford/Chesham? There is interest for activities for young single men and women age 18+.
We could start in November with a walk and lunch in a country pub, e.g. across Woburn Abbey deer park , followed by lunch at the Woburn Arms with informal chat, with clergy in attendance (chatting, not cooking though). Please email interest (malleray@fssp.org). Your friends from outside Bedfordshire are welcome!
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO MORE PARKING in any parking spaces between parish hall, school and cottages. That space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass.
Traditional Latin high Mass of Reparation for Abortion, at Holy Child and St Joseph’s Church in Bedford on Sat 9 Nov, 12noon. Refreshments afterwards.
Please note that to facilitate attendance at that Mass, we anticipated ours in Kempston from 11:30am to 9:00am on that Saturday, followed by our usual Confessions and Adoration ending by 11:30am.
Also on Sat 9 Nov, at Our Lady of Kempston during adoration, Altar servers’ practice in preparation for the following event.
Solemn high “First” Mass by newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP on Sunday 17 Nov, 8:30am, at All Saints Church, Kempston, followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
Fr Homolya will offer another “First” Mass the day before – Sat 16 Nov – at Our Lady’s Church in Chesham Bois at 11:00am followed by First Blessings and refreshments.
Please tell your friends and attend these two Masses to give thanks to God for another priest now serving in England (Warrington). With so few priests left in the dioceses, and so many aging or dying, we need to realise the grace of having priests come to us to give us the sacraments. By so doing we also foster a culture of vocations and we call upon us God’s mercy for more men to answer the call. Find out more on: fssp.org.uk/about-the-confraternity/.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak. 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.
Please remember that All Saints, on Friday 1st November, is a holyday of obligation, so that every able Catholic from First Communion age must attend holy Mass on that day under penalty of grave sin (check in advance with your priest if unsure).
Tonsures: pray for the 33 seminarians receiving First Tonsure and donning the cassock, including our own Rafal from England.
– October 19: Tonsures in Lindau by His Exc. Mgr. Wolfgang Haas, Archbishop of Vaduz.
Please pray for the Tonsurandi: Riccardo, Baptist, Stefano, André, João Paulo, Louis-Marie, Urban, Rodrigo Moritz, Florian, Brieuc, Tugdual, Anselme, Baptiste, Grégoire, Xavier, Mayeul, Jango and Juri.
– October 19: Tonsures in Denton by H. Ex. James Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Please pray for the Tonsurandi: Anthony, Jack, Rafał, Juan, William, Anthony, Benjamin, Rainier, Paul, Petar, Robert, Clint, Danilo and Kolbe.
Make your prayer for Vocations more powerful through our 10,000-strong international prayer network, the Confraternity of St Peter.
Sunday, October 20th, 2024:
Confraternity of St. Peter
annual thanksgiving and blessing
For all members of the Confraternity of St. Peter on the Sunday following October 18 (the anniversary of the establishment of the FSSP as of pontifical right by the Holy See, in 1988). During this short ceremony, right at the end of holy Mass the new members who have joined since the past year will recite the prayer of the Confraternity kneeling at the communion rail; they will receive a blessing from the priest sprinkling them with holy water; and they will receive their certificate from the priest if available. Any other member of the Confraternity (i.e. including those not new) is also welcome to kneel to the Communion rail at the end of Mass to be blessed, or to join in from the pews.
Everyone in the congregation is invited to recite together aloud the Prayer of the Confraternity at the end of Mass:
V. Remember, O Lord, Thy congregation. R. Which Thou hast possessed from the beginning.
Let us pray. O Lord Jesus, born to give testimony to the Truth, Thou who lovest unto the end those whom Thou hast chosen, kindly hear our prayers for our pastors. Thou who knowest all things, knowest that they love Thee and can do all things in Thee who strengthenest them. Sanctify them in Truth. Pour into them, we beseech Thee, the Spirit whom Thou didst give to Thy apostles, who would make them, in all things, like unto Thee. Receive the homage of love which they offer up to Thee, who hast graciously received the threefold confession of Peter. And so that a pure oblation may everywhere be offered without ceasing unto the Most Holy Trinity, graciously enrich their number and keep them in Thy love, who art one with the Father and the Holy Ghost, to whom be glory and honour forever. Amen.
Nihil obstat: Vic. Gen. FSSP, 05.II.2007 Imprimatur: Vic. Gen. Diœc. Laus. Gen. Frib., 28.II.2007
What is the Confraternity of Saint Peter?
It is a society which gathers those who feel close to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and who wish to support its charism through prayers and sacrifices. Thus the Confraternity contributes to the service of the Church, through supporting numerous vocations, the sanctification of priests and their pastoral endeavours.
Members commit themselves to
· every day: 1) pray one decade of the holy rosary for the sanctification of our priests and for our priestly vocations, 2) and recite the Prayer of the Confraternity; · every year: 3) have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered once for these intentions.
What spiritual benefit do members receive from the Confraternity?
Their commitments place the members among our most faithful benefactors, and as such, among the particular recipients of our priests’ and seminarians’ daily prayers. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered each month for the members of the Confraternity in each area. Recollections and instructions in the faith are also foreseen.
How does one become a member?
1. Fill in the enrolment form (Non European resident | European resident) and send it back to us when filled out. 2. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter will send to you in return the certificate of membership. The commitments take effect with the reception of the certificate. 3. Members must be Catholics who are at least 14 years of age. 4. Membership is purely spiritual and does not confer any rights or duties other than the spiritual support in prayer and charity in accord with the commitments described above. 5. By themselves the commitments do not bind under penalty of sin. 6. Membership and the commitments which follow it are tacitly renewed each year on the feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (February 22), unless expressly determined otherwise.
How does one receive news about the Confraternity?
Our channels of information – bulletins and websites of the districts or of the houses – will provide news about the Confraternity.
Confraternity of St Peter: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I still join the Confraternity of Saint Peter if…
1) If I can’t travel easily and I would not have the time to attend events with the Confraternity? – Yes, you may join. Provided you say the daily decade and Prayer, and have the Mass offered once a year by any priest in good standing, you are not required to do anything more, even on the day of your enrolment.
2) If I do not intend to be part of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter? – Yes, you may join. The Confraternity of St Peter (CSP) is formally distinct from the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP). Any Catholic can join the former; but only priests and future priests can join the latter. Confraternity members retain full liberty and can decide to leave at any time.
3) If I already have spiritual commitments? – Yes, you may join. For instance, if you are already committed to praying one decade of the rosary daily, you can apply it to the Confraternity’s intentions, added to your other intentions. If those were meant to exclude any other, you simply say a further decade.
4) If I normally attend the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, not the Extraordinary Form. – Yes, you may join. Your prayers for priestly vocations and ministry as a committed Catholic are always valued.
5) If I want to pray for vocations not exclusively to the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter? – Yes, you may join. As a member of the Confraternity, you intend your prayer to benefit principally our seminarians and priests, but you may include others at your discretion.
6) If I am a seminarian / deacon / priest / bishop / religious / sister? – Yes, you may join. The Confraternity is not for lay persons only. Any clerics and consecrated persons in good standing are welcome.
7) If I am not able to give any money? – Yes, you may join. Your commitment is purely spiritual, and we do not expect you to contribute financially. Financial support to the formation of our seminarians and to the ministry of our priests is gratefully received, irrespective of Confraternity membership.
8) If I can’t conveniently recite the daily decade and Prayer in Latin, nor have the yearly Mass offered in the Extraordinary Form? – Yes, you may join. You may say the decade in your preferred language and use any approved translation of the Prayer. While it is fitting to have the yearly Mass offered according to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite, any other rite authorised by the Catholic Church may be used as an alternative.
Our annual vocation discernment weekend for young men will probably take place (like last winter) in February 2025 at Buckden Towers. To be confirmed shortly.
Saturday 26 October, 10am: any men, or boys (with parent’s approval), come for altar servers’ practice at Our Lady of Ransom, Kempston. The practice takes place in the parish hall while Eucharistic Adoration and Confessions take place in the church. Email any question to Francis Ibabu or to bedford@fssp.org.
Last week Fr de Malleray and Fr Coelho attended the quarterly Bedford deanery meeting, taking place this time at Christ the King Church. After a presentation in the Patrick Donegan Room, the priests were treated to a lovely lunch organised at a parishioner’s house across the street. Please pray for the repose of the soul of the late father of Fr Alexander Ibe, SMMM whose parish welcomed us for the Easter Triduum at Sts Philip and James Church. RIP.
Sunday 27th October, feast of Christ the King: first anniversary of the beginning of full-time ministry by the FSSP across the Northampton Diocese. Come and give thanks to God, and plan for increase!
On All Souls’ Day (Saturday Nov. 2nd ) a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory, is granted to those who visit a Catholic church and there recite one Our Father and one Creed.
On all the days from November 1st through November 8th inclusive, a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory, is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray even if only mentally for the departed, and for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father. There must be one visit for each day one seeks to gain the indulgence; one visit will not apply for several days. Any public cemetery with Christian tombs will do. Kempston Cemetery is located 2 Green End Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RJ.
Conditions for both indulgences:
1. Only one plenary indulgence can be granted per day.
2. It is necessary to be in the state of grace, at least by completion of the work.
3. Freedom from attachment to sin, even venial sin, is necessary; otherwise the indulgence is only partial. (By this is meant attachment to a particular sin, not sin in general.)
4. Holy Communion must be received each time the indulgence is sought.
5. Prayers must be recited for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father on each day the indulgence is sought. No particular prayers are prescribed. One Our Father and one Hail Mary suffice, or other suitable prayers.
6. One must be absolved in confession the fortnight before or following.
Not available for Halloween? Then join our All Saints Party on Friday 1st Nov, 12noon at All Saint’s Church hall, Kempston Rural, (after the 11:00am Mass at All Saints Church next door): Children’s party dressed up as their favourite saints! Bring shared lunch.
Monthly talk for all on: “How we can help holy souls out of Purgatory”, at Chesham Bois Parish hall, after 12noon shared lunch on Saturday 2nd Nov, All Souls Day.
Well done the 40 adults who attended the October monthly talk in Chesham Bois on “Interpreting ‘No salvation outside the Church'”.
MONTHLY ADULTS GROUPS:
Wednesday Men’s group Bedford 8:00pm, Our Lady of Kempston Church hall, after the 7:15pm holy Mass & 6:55pm Confessions. Bring beers and snacks! Dates: 23 October; 13 November; 11 December
Saturday Ladies’ Group Bedford 1:00pm, Our Lady of Kempston Church hall, after the 11:30am holy Mass. Bring shared lunch by 12:15pm. Arrive from 10:00am for Eucharistic Adoration & Confessions. Dates: 26 October; 16 November; 14 December
Talk for All in Chesham Bois: Sat 2nd November 12:30pm
Christmas Dinner Chesham Bois: Sat 7 December, 7:00pm
HELP US EXPAND: Please email bedford@fssp.org if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale…
Bishop David Oakley will confer the sacrament of Confirmation again to our Chaplaincy candidates on
Saturday 4th October 2025.
You can start registering interest.
Email us as soon as possible the names of candidates for First Holy Communion to take place on Corpus Christi Sunday, 22 June 2025.
Join the chaplaincy children (scouts and guides) and Fr de Malleray at the ROSARY CRUSADE in LONDON on Sat 12th Oct (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.) This is the largest Marian event in London every year. Come and pray the holy Rosary in public, walking leisurely from Westminster Cathedral to the Brompton Oratory for the reparation of sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The roads are shut to allow the procession through and we walk behind a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Fatima whilst praying the rosary and singing hymns. It is a great opportunity for public witness to the faith and is a joyful event.
The evening before, if you are 18-35, come on Friday 11th Oct to the monthly Juventutem 7pm sung holy Mass with homily by chaplain Fr de Malleray, FSSP (6pm confessions; 8pm social) at St Mary Magdalene, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common SW18 2QU London (12 mins walk from Clapham Junction). Meet the about 70 young adults coming from far and wide for that event.
Starting a group for young adults in Bedford? There is interest for activities for young single men and women age 18+. We could start in November with a walk and lunch in a country pub, e.g. across Woburn Abbey deer park , followed by lunch at the Woburn Arms with informal chat, with clergy in attendance (chatting, not cooking though). Please email interest (malleray@fssp.org)! Your friends from outside Bedfordshire are welcome.
[Click on the picture above or here to open the magazine]
In this issue:
Editorial: Woodcarving As Worship
Reflecting on the importance of sacred architecture as a medium of evangelisation that touches even non-believers (as the fire of Notre-Dame showed), Fr de Malleray rejoices at the new altarpiece commissioned by a traditional Dominican community in France.
A Queen For All Seasons
Aidan Harvey-Craig praises Queen Catherine of Aragon’s courageous witness to the inviolability of marriage and to the Catholic faith as a timely example for our times of matrimonial breakdown and religious relativism. Could she be declared a heavenly intercessor?
Coercion and Belief: Compelle Intrare
Fr Brendan Gerard, FSSP (who holds a licence in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome) examines whether the use of coercion to bring people into the Church is authorised by Christ’s mandate to “make disciples of all nations.”
Tintin and the Secret of the Elusive Priests
Despite being a cradle Catholic, world-famous author Hergé included almost no priest characters in his numerous comic strips; and yet, multiple priestly influences have inspired or guided the creator of Tintin―finds Fr de Malleray (Head of Tintinology at St Alban House in Bedford).
Why the Film Nefarious Is Atheists’ Nightmare
Avoiding any gory or horrible display, the supernatural thriller Nefarious cleverly depicts an atheistic doctor trying to persuade a possessed inmate that God and Satan are not real. Fr de Malleray praises this battle of wits that can prompt non-believers to ask salutary questions.
Spoiler Alert: Life Wins In The End
Young adult Sophia Rumpus took part in the joyful and peaceful March for Life, the largest event in the UK every year to celebrate the sacredness of human life, particularly in its unborn stage: an initiative worthy of support as the “legal” termination of the elderly and sick looms ahead.
We welcome proof-readers with a good command of English, as well as electronic submissions of articles consistent with the scope of this magazine.
Share with friends the beautiful pictures of our sung Mass on the feast of St Michael: flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/. Thank you to our choir who envisages singing the Mass every Sunday.
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month). Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy, consisting chiefly of the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly). Since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy.
Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
The Harvey-Craig family will host the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham this Sunday. We thank them for praying the litany of Loreto in front of the statue to the intentions of their household and of our two congregations.
DO YOU HAVE A SPARE ROOM to give him a start? Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO PARKING anywhere between parish hall, school and cottages. That entire space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass. Please park in the church car park on the road before the church (go through yellow gate on your left), or on the smaller car park to the right side of the parish hall if you have a van too high to pass under the yellow barrier of the main car park. Thank you.
Use every space in all pews along the central aisle to allow best sight of the sanctuary during Sunday Mass at All Saints Church. You will see even better on weekday Masses at Our Lady’s Church.
Host count at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Thank you to volunteers for setting up chairs in church by 8:15am before Sunday Mass, and for setting up and cleaning the hall after Mass.
Children safety: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
Collection of food items for the Bedford Food Bank on Sunday 13th Oct. You may bring dried food or tinned items if you wish to donate.
Please pray for the priests on retreat in Stonyhurst, Lancashire, with Fr de Malleray.
Father de Malleray will later be in France for a fortnight to attend the annual FSSP clergy gathering, and on annual private retreat.
Solemn high Mass in Bedford of newly ordained Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP on Sunday 17 November, 8:30am, followed by First Blessings and refreshments in church hall. Please come to give thanks to God for the gift of the priesthood. Fr Homolya is Hungarian by origin, but was living in London (doing his PhD in IT) when he heard the call, and later spent his diaconal stage in Warrington. He also served several years on our summer camps in the Peak District. He started his ministry in Warrington in August.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
[Click on the picture above or here to open the magazine]
In this issue:
Editorial: Woodcarving As Worship
Reflecting on the importance of sacred architecture as a medium of evangelisation that touches even non-believers (as the fire of Notre-Dame showed), Fr de Malleray rejoices at the new altarpiece commissioned by a traditional Dominican community in France.
A Queen For All Seasons
Aidan Harvey-Craig praises Queen Catherine of Aragon’s courageous witness to the inviolability of marriage and to the Catholic faith as a timely example for our times of matrimonial breakdown and religious relativism. Could she be declared a heavenly intercessor?
Coercion and Belief: Compelle Intrare
Fr Brendan Gerard, FSSP (who holds a licence in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome) examines whether the use of coercion to bring people into the Church is authorised by Christ’s mandate to “make disciples of all nations.”
Tintin and the Secret of the Elusive Priests
Despite being a cradle Catholic, world-famous author Hergé included almost no priest characters in his numerous comic strips; and yet, multiple priestly influences have inspired or guided the creator of Tintin―finds Fr de Malleray (Head of Tintinology at St Alban House in Bedford).
Why the Film Nefarious Is Atheists’ Nightmare
Avoiding any gory or horrible display, the supernatural thriller Nefarious cleverly depicts an atheistic doctor trying to persuade a possessed inmate that God and Satan are not real. Fr de Malleray praises this battle of wits that can prompt non-believers to ask salutary questions.
Spoiler Alert: Life Wins In The End
Young adult Sophia Rumpus took part in the joyful and peaceful March for Life, the largest event in the UK every year to celebrate the sacredness of human life, particularly in its unborn stage: an initiative worthy of support as the “legal” termination of the elderly and sick looms ahead.
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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak. 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.
What a lovely day we spent at Buckden Towers the other Saturday! Over one hundred children and adults from our two congregations attended, plus many visitors. Thank you to all for supporting the event, to the adults who led children’s activities, the altar servers, and for doing well at the family quiz despite tricky questions. Send us more feedback if you have further ideas after our morning session about growing as a community. See the lovely pictures on our Flickr page: flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/.
EXPAND: Please email us if you become aware of a redundant church building, a school, a warehouse, a garage, or other with parking for sale…
Bishop David Oakley will confer the sacrament of Confirmation again to our Chaplaincy candidates next Spring or Summer. Please email us this week the names of candidates, and also for First Holy Communion.
Join the chaplaincy children (scouts and guides) and Fr de Malleray at the ROSARY CRUSADE in LONDON on Sat 12th Oct (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.) This is the largest Marian event in London every year. Come and pray the holy Rosary in public, walking leisurely from Westminster Cathedral to the Brompton Oratory for the reparation of sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The roads are shut to allow the procession through and we walk behind a beautiful statue of Our Lady of Fatima whilst praying the rosary and singing hymns. It is a great opportunity for public witness to the faith and is a joyful event.
The evening before, if you are 18-35, come on Friday 11th Oct to the monthly Juventutem 7pm sung holy Mass with homily by chaplain Fr de Malleray, FSSP (6pm confessions; 8pm social) at St Mary Magdalene, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common SW18 2QU London (12 mins walk from Clapham Junction). Meet the about 70 young adults coming from far and wide for that event.
Thank you to our little choir who envisages now singing the Mass every Sunday.
Servers’ training on Saturday morning 26/10/24 at Our Lady of Ransom.
Contact Francis Ibabu or Rita Carroll to take part.
Monthly talk for all in Chesham Bois: Sat 5th Oct, 7:00pm by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, at parishioners’ house near church, on the theme: “Interpreting the axiom No salvation outside the Church”. Bring wine & cheese.
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month). Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy, consisting chiefly of the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly). Since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy.
Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
The Osborn family will host the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham this Sunday and the Harvey-Craig family next week. We thank them for praying the litany of Loreto in front of the statue to the intentions of their household and of our two congregations.
DO YOU HAVE A SPARE ROOM to give him a start? Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO MORE PARKING in car park in front of the parish hall. That space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass. Please park in the church car park on the road before the church (go through yellow gate), or on the smaller car park to the right of the parish hall if you have a van too high to pass under the yellow barrier of the main car park.
Use every space in all pews along the central aisle to allow best sight of the sanctuary during Sunday Mass at All Saints Church. You will see even better on weekday Masses at Our Lady’s Church.
Host count at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Thank you to volunteers for setting up chairs in church by 8:15am before Sunday Mass, and for setting up and cleaning the hall after Mass.
Children safety: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
Collection of food items for the Bedford Food Bank on Sunday 13th Oct. You may bring dried food or tinned items if you wish to donate.
Monday 7th Oct, feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, monthly Mass at Regina Caeli Academy by chaplain. Pray for the essential work of Catholic education achieved by the trustees, staff and parents for over 80 young children.
All Saints & All Souls Masses will take place both in Bedford & Chesham Bois. Schedule to be announced next week. All Saints children party at All Saints parish hall in Kempston on 1st Nov.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
SUNSHINE upon BUCKDENfor our CHAPLAINCY GATHERING ON 28TH SEPT (10am-5pm) !
Gregorian Chaplaincy, 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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak. 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.
2pm Colouring and singing workshops for children / Eucharistic servers’ practice
2pm Conference by FSSP Chaplain on Fidelity, Joy, and Merit in Marriage
3pm Eucharistic adoration with public recitation of the Rosary, and Confessions
3:45pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
4pm Coffee/tea & biscuits
4pm At car park: blessing of all vehicles (and of dogs)
4pm Children workshop : The traditional way of visiting a Catholic church
4:15pm In “King’s Room”: Blessing of any items sorted (better tag your name on them): rosaries, holy statues, holy pictures, crucifixes, medals, scapulars, holy water
Monthly talk for all in Chesham Bois: Sat 5th Oct, 7:00pm by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, at parishioners’ house near church, on the theme:
“Interpreting the axiom No salvation outside the Church”.
Bring wine & cheese.
Contact us for address (5mins walk from church).
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month). Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy, consisting chiefly of the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly). Since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy. However, standing orders are quicker and easier for us to process. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
Thank you to the parishioner who donated money to help cover expenses connected with the move to our new church locations. A vestment press has now been delivered to Our Lady of Ransom where we offer Mass Mon-Sat. It allows us to store vestments and linens properly, rather than having them pile up on a chair.
We don’t have vestments in each colour yet, nor for Benediction, nor up-to-date altar missals, nor altar frontals. Some of those items are being purchased and should be delivered soon. The requiem Low Mass set and black cope have just arrived: so we are all geared up well ahead of All Souls!
A beautiful set of six candlesticks and matching crucifix were purchased second hand for All Saints: they greatly enhance the sight of the high altar during holy Mass.
Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
Sunday Bedford practicalities:
NO MORE PARKING in car park in front of the parish hall. That space is needed by the village inhabitants and by the worshippers coming to the service after our Mass. Please park in the church car park on the road before the church (go through yellow gate), or on the smaller car park to the right of the parish hall if you have a van too high to pass under the yellow barrier of the main car park.
Use every space in all pews along the central aisle to allow best sight of the sanctuary during Sunday Mass at All Saints Church. You will see even better on weekday Masses at Our Lady’s Church.
Host count at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Thank you to volunteers for setting up chairs in church by 8:15am before Sunday Mass, and for setting up and cleaning the hall after Mass.
Children safety: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
Two young sisters in our congregation share impressions of their recent trip-pilgrimage: “We were lucky enough to have a week in Paris for B.’s thirteenth birthday. There were lots to see which meant lots of walking! Our favourite part was seeing St Catherine Labouré [at the Rue du Bac convent of the Miraculous Medal]. The chapel was beautiful and it felt very special kneeling in front of a saint, H. wanted to stay there all day. Some of the other places we visited were the Sacré-Cœur, the Eiffel tower and the Louvre.”
Come to London on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
Your FSSP priests try to go on an excursion once a month. This past week we were blessed with no rain for our visit of Peterborough Cathedral…
where we venerated the tomb of Queen Catherine of Aragon.
On our way back we visited Fotheringhay, where Queen Mary Stuart was executed. RIP. In both places (cathedral and village church) we prayed some of the breviary: it must have been centuries since the Roman divine office was last recited over there.
Come to London on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
By the way, can you forward this to any priest, deacon, seminarian you think might be interested? Thank you ! RETREAT FOR CLERGY
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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak. 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.
Congratulations to Fr Miguel Coelho who begins as FSSP-Associate. After his time as a guest priest Fr Coelho received permissions to minister in Bedford and Chesham Bois in an official capacity with the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter.
Well done to the 25 ladies and gentlemen who attended our two monthly group events. Further dates will be announced shortly, including for Chesham Bois talks.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Alex Windo married at Christ the King Church by Fr de Malleray on Sat 21st September. We assure them of our prayer and look forward to welcoming them on their return from honeymoon.
2pm Colouring and singing workshops for children / Eucharistic servers’ practice
2pm Conference by FSSP Chaplain on Fidelity, Joy, and Merit in Marriage
3pm Eucharistic adoration with public recitation of the Rosary, and Confessions
3:45pm Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
4pm Coffee/tea & biscuits
4pm At car park: blessing of all vehicles (and of dogs)
4pm Children workshop : The traditional way of visiting a Catholic church
4:15pm In “King’s Room”: Blessing of any items sorted (better tag your name on them): rosaries, holy statues, holy pictures, crucifixes, medals, scapulars, holy water
Finance Update: £1,401.00/week (based on £5,604.00/month).
Such is the ongoing cost to be met by the Bedford & Chesham Bois FSSP Chaplaincy. It includes the rents for four buildings (St Alban House and the three churches where we serve weekly); the salaries, travel allowances, and retirement fund contributions for the two priests; the admin fees (secretariat, accountancy); the utilities, local borough tax, church consumables (hosts, wine, candles), food. It does not include occasional expenses such as liturgical items and vestments, nor the furniture and utensils purchased when we had to start from scratch in our rented house last October.
A big thank you to YOU for allowing us to meet this substantial weekly cost through your Offertory gifts and bank transfers. A bit less than 300 of you attend our Masses each week, but most are unwaged (scores of pious and energetic children, plus incredibly hard-working but unpaid housewives), which narrows significantly the number of contributors to spread the weekly £1,401.00 cost across.
The good news is that since Sunday 28th July 2024 when we started in the new Bedford location at All Saints, absolutely every penny you put in the Offertory collection basket goes to us, the FSSP Chaplaincy. Yes, 100% comes to us now. Please make sure you realise this important change: up to then in Bedford, the entire Offertory collection went to the diocesan parish, not to us the FSSP Chaplaincy. Now, as per the Chaplaincy agreement signed with Bishop Oakley, all that you give reaches us. This is only fair, considering that, unlike all diocesan or religious priests serving diocesan churches, we FSSP priests receive no salary, no housing, no allowances or stipends of any kind from the Northampton diocese. From A to Z, money is to be raised from the generosity of our benefactors in Bedford and Chesham Bois. Your ongoing financial support is a strong sign of your commitment to the FSSP Chaplaincy.
Thank you to the Offertory collectors and counters for their discreet but vital role. In addition, please consider setting up standing orders if you have not done so yet, as it is quicker and simpler to process than cash. Also, do contact today Rita Carroll to obtain a Gift Aid number to increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. That will help us a lot.
Remember us in your will. Contact us for guidance to bequest some of your estate to our FSSP England Registered Charity (No.1129964), stating whether you wish it used for the Bedford and/or Chesham Bois apostolates, rather than for England in general. Finally, tell your friends about us, our work and our needs (send them the online newsletter, share posts from our Facebook pages). In the past, some donations have come to other FSSP apostolates from people who did not attend Mass there but wished to support the work and community. Needless to say, if you become aware of ways for you to give more, your generosity will not be wasted, since we need proactively to make plans for the future – about which more at Buckden Towers on 28th Sept. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960.
Pray for our children who have now started school or Regina Caeli Academy again, and for our cubs, wolvets, scouts and guides resuming their activities.
Young English Catholic man seeks room in Bedford, moving back from FSSP Vancouver 1st December-1st January. Best with local Catholic family or fellow Catholic men in a faith-filled environment, including attending daily Mass: Paul Capon ; paulcapon11@gmail.com ;+1 416 645 8018 (WhatsApp/Telegram).
Sunday Bedford REMINDERS:
Use every space in all pews along the central aisle to allow best sight of the sanctuary during Sunday Mass at All Saints Church. You will see even better on weekday Masses at Our Lady’s Church.
Host count at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Thank you to volunteers for setting up chairs in church by 8:15am before Sunday Mass, and for setting up and cleaning the hall after Mass.
Children safety: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
Come to London on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
The feast of Our Lady of Walsingham falls on Tuesday. It is the Mass of Our Lady of Ransom, which is also the title of the church where we offer daily Mass. Cf Baronius missal p. 1498. Let us pray ardently our heavenly Mother for the welfare of our families and community, for the diocese, and for England and the Church universal.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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:
Mon 9:30am ;
Tue 6:30am ;
Wed 7:15pm ;
Thu 9:30am ;
Fri 11:30am ;
Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Visiting Priest: Fr Miguel Coelho: pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak.
Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:05am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: right after the Sunday 12noon Mass, if not before or during it.
SEPTEMBER DATES:
Sat 14th :Ladies’ Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 11:30am Mass. Bring shared lunch 12:30pm, with Talk following by Fr de Malleray at 1:30pm on: Balancing meal and sacrifice as aspects of Holy Mass. Open to any ladies. Bring your friends along!
Arrive earlier if you can for Eucharistic adoration (men welcome as well!) from 10am, with Confessions.
Wed 18th: 8pm Men’s Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 7:15pm Mass. Talk following by Fr de Malleray on: Balancing meal and sacrifice as aspects of Holy Mass.
Sat 21st : Wedding of Alex Windo, and Miss Alejandra Lopez at Christ the King Church, 11:00am (Celebrant: Fr A. de Malleray)
Sat 28th: 10am-5pm community gathering at Buckden Towers, High St, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA. The schedule will include Holy Mass, conference, family quiz, games, music workshop, colouring workshop, picnic.
Sung Mass every Sunday? Children love it!
It is simpler than it seems even for those who cannot read the notes. Most people in the pews would be able to join in the Kyrie, the Gloria, and the Creed led by the schola. It would not take long to grow more confident so that those parts can be sung well by all every Sunday. Why not contact Katherine Smith our Music coordinator and attend a couple of sessions with her: katie.peddie@gmail.com? Anyone with a desire to learn more can also ask her about the parts of Gregorian chant that change at every Mass, unlike Kyrie, the Gloria, and the Creed just mentioned.
A well-served Sung Mass will also give men (young or not) more opportunities to serve as thurifer, acolytes, or master of ceremony – unless they start with simpler functions such as cross-bearer or incense boat-bearer. Ask our servers’ coordinator Francis Ibabu when is the next practice.
Ongoing catechism for children and adults? How beautiful is our Catholic faith! And yet, opportunities are scarce while work, family, and secular entertainments claim most of our time. Ask yourself: how confident would you be to explain any article of the creed to a non-Christian friend asking you? Would a weekly catechism session for adults, and another for children help? Would you attend? Do you know anyone who may? Send us your feedback – and please make sure you come to what is already available, such as the Men’s and Ladies’ groups, and the Chaplaincy gathering on 28th Sept.
Sunday Bedford REMINDERS:
Use every space in all pews along the central aisle to allow best sight of the sanctuary during Sunday Mass at All Saints Church. You will see even better on weekday Masses at Our Lady’s Church.
Host count at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Thank you to volunteers for setting up chairs in church by 8:15am before Sunday Mass, and for setting up and cleaning the hall after Mass.
Children safety: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
SAVING BABIES: Well done all of us who travelled to London on Sat 7th September for the March for Life, in support of unborn children and vulnerable human life. It was a great joy to see a significant number of parishioners from Bedford and from Chesham Bois.
Please consider funding part of their heavy logistical costs. Would you believe it, they need to pay for their own traffic and safety staff as it is not standardly made available by the city authorities anymore. Plus the many flyers, truck with screen and sounds, etc. Visit www.marchforlife.co.uk/donate.
Thank you to those who spent the morning in adoration at Our Lady of Ransom for the success of the March and pro-life cause in general.
Further: on Saturday 9 November, 12 noon: traditional Latin High Mass offered in reparation for abortion at The Holy Child and St Joseph Church, 2 Brereton Road MK40 1HU, Bedford.
Come to London again on Fri 13th Sept for the Juventutem 7pm Mass and 8pm social (18-35) at St Mary Magdalen’s Wandsworth, SW18 2QU (confessions from 6pm);
or on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
Pray for expecting mums in our congregations.
Sponsoring offered for Regina Caeli Academy by benefactors willing to assist parents in our congregations of Bedford and Chesham Bois who would like to send their child(dren) to RCA. Please contact Fr de Malleray: malleray@fssp.org.
FINANCES: online donations and standing orders are still gratefully received, being also much quicker and easier to process than cash. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960 Thank you in advance.
GIFT AID: Increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. Ask Rita for a Gift Aid form, fill it in and hand it back to her. That will help us a lot.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Visiting Priest: Fr Miguel Coelho:
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
DAILY MASS:
CONFESSIONS TIMES
Our Lady of Ransom (adults only): 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. For the sake of confidentiality please whisper rather than speak.
Our Fresh Start!
[Copyright Malleray]
On this Nativity of Our Lady, welcome back to all our families and individuals after a well-earned summer break. Please God we are all refreshed and eager to start anew with work, school, academy, scouts, family and chaplaincy. However, some of us may be less confident, or even apprehensive about the state of the world, and perhaps confronted with personal trials. Take courage, for you are not alone! The great thing about being part of a Catholic community is that we journey together. Yes, our relationship is first between our individual soul and God. But God created us as social beings, and He favours our mutual attention, our brotherly support, and fraternal charity.
This starts with putting the good of our fellow-worshippers to the forefront of our thoughts and intercession. This Sunday at All Saints Church in Bedford, and at Our Lady’s Church in Chesham Bois, each of us can pray for the needs he or she becomes aware of: Sweet Jesus, please help this family, this sick baby, this unemployed dad. Holy Ghost, cleanse our hearts from whatever may have hindered our relationships before the summer, and make us docile, humble, joyful in your service as we pray and meet together on Sunday and on weekdays. Our Lady, on this your birthday, help us grow as a forgiving, trusting, and loving community.
But Our Lord warns us to take steps, after we have prayed. Thus, each of us could make a practical resolution such as: I confirm attendance at the Men’s or Ladies’ group next week. Or: I email the chaplaincy to suggest a workshop or activity for the family day at Buckden Towers next 28th Sept. Or: I attend a weekday Mass this week in loving intercession for our young couple getting married next 21st Sept. Or: I put this non-Catholic in touch with my priests for possible instruction.
God bless you all! Fr de Malleray, FSSP – Chaplain
Sunday Bedford REMINDERS:
Use every space in all pews along the central aisle to allow best sight of the sanctuary during Sunday Mass at All Saints Church. You will see even better on weekday Masses at Our Lady’s Church.
Host count at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Thank you to volunteers for setting up chairs in church by 8:15am before Sunday Mass, and for setting up and cleaning the hall after Mass.
Children safety: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
Well done children and staff at our two summer camps in the Peak District last month. See the great pictures here:
Well done all of us who travelled to London on Sat 7th September for the March for Life, in support of unborn children and vulnerable human life.
Come to London again on Fri 13th Sept for the Juventutem 7pm Mass and 8pm social (18-35) at St Mary Magdalen’s Wandsworth, SW18 2QU (confessions from 6pm);
or on Sat 12th Oct for the great Rosary Crusade (starts 1:45pm, outside Westminster Cathedral.)
Mary Wooldridge will host the community statue of Our Lady of Walsingham this week.
Congratulations to Francis and Celia Ibabu on the baptism of their baby boy Maximiliano last 24th August.
Pray for expecting mums in our congregations.
Sponsoring offered for Regina Caeli Academy by benefactors willing to assist parents in our congregations of Bedford and Chesham Bois who would like to send their child(dren) to RCA. Please contact Fr de Malleray: malleray@fssp.org.
SEPTEMBER DATES:
Sat 14th :Ladies’ Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 11:30am Mass. Bring shared lunch 12:30pm, with Talk following by Fr de Malleray on:
Balancing meal and sacrifice as aspects of Holy Mass.
Open to any ladies.
[Copyright Juventutem London]
Wed 18th: 8pm Men’s Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 7:15pm Mass. Talk following by Fr de Malleray on: Balancing meal and sacrifice as aspects of Holy Mass.
Sat 21st : Wedding of Alex Windo, and Miss Alejandra Lopez at Christ the King Church, 11:00am (Celebrant: Fr A. de Malleray)
Sat 28th: 10am-5pm community gathering at Buckden Towers, High St, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA.
FINANCES: online donations and standing orders are still gratefully received, being also much quicker and easier to process than cash. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960 Thank you in advance.
GIFT AID: Increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. Ask Rita for a Gift Aid form, fill it in and hand it back to her. That will help us a lot.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Visiting Priest: Fr Miguel Coelho:
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
DAILY HOLY MASSES
CONFESSIONS TIMES
Our Lady of Ransom (adults only): 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.
Please note that the current configuration at Our Lady of Ransom does not meet safeguarding criteria for minors. For the time being, children’s confessions are to be heard only on Sundays at All Saints.
If at Our Lady’s, then in the confessional at the back of the chapel, but for the sake of confidentiality one would need to whisper. If trying that option in the coming weeks, would parishioners please not sit in the 6 pews closer to the confessional?
Pictures of the Confirmation of our 36 candidates last 27 July on our Flickr page.
HOST COUNT at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Congratulations to Chaplaincy Secretary Mrs Rita Carroll whose son Declan will marry Hattie Allen on 22nd August in the Clifton Diocese.
CHILDREN BEWARE: Safeguarding/Health & Safety awareness at All Saints Kempston. As stressed by our safeguarding officer William Currie last week: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
Please direct all questions about this to the Safeguarding Representative William Currie telephone: 07825089336 or safeguardingfssp@pm.me
Watch this new short video by English Catholics in response to the bad Olympics official launch show: https://youtu.be/-g-TB8-K7LM?feature=shared.
Congratulations to Francis and Celia Ibabu on the birth of their baby boy Maximiliano last 10th August.
Marriage Banns:
Marriage is scheduled on Saturday 21st September 2024 between two members of the FSSP Chaplaincy congregation in Bedford, Mr Alex Windo, and Miss Alejandra Lopez. If anyone knows of a grave reason why these persons should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, let they contact the chaplain. Let us pray for the young couple in these last six weeks until they become husband and wife.
Sponsoring offered for Regina Caeli Academy by benefactors willing to assist parents in our congregations of Bedford and Chesham Bois who would like to send their child(dren) to RCA. Please contact Fr de Malleray: malleray@fssp.org.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR VARIOUS SUMMER APOSTOLATES:
St Peter’s Summer Camp for Boys 5-10 August.
St Petronilla’s Summer Camp for Girls 12-17 August.
SEPTEMBER DATES:
Sat 7th: March for Life, London: www.marchforlife.co.uk/2024-event-page/. Meet Fr de Malleray and Chaplaincy parishioners at Emmanuel Centre, Marsham St, SW1P 3NT by 1:00pm, to walk together in procession to Parliament Square.
Sat 14th :Ladies’ Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 11:30am Mass. Bring shared lunch 12:30pm, with Talk following. Open to any ladies.
Wed 18th: 8pm Men’s Group at Our Lady of Ransom after 7:15pm Mass.
Sat 21st : Wedding of Alex Windo, and Miss Alejandra Lopez at Christ the King Church, 11:00am (Celebrant: Fr A. de Malleray)
Sat 28th: 10am-5pm community gathering at Buckden Towers, High St, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA.
MARCH FOR LIFE:
FINANCES: online donations and standing orders are still gratefully received, being also much quicker and easier to process than cash. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960 Thank you in advance.
GIFT AID: Increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. Ask Rita for a Gift Aid form, fill it in and hand it back to her. That will help us a lot.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 11:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
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
Visiting Priest: Fr Miguel Coelho:
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: 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
Our Lady of Ransom: 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.
DAILY HOLY MASSES
Pictures of the Confirmation of our 36 candidates last 27 July on our Flickr page.
Holy Masses on the ASSUMPTION of OUR LADY. Thursday 15thAugust is a holy day of obligation, meaning that every able Catholic (from First Communion onward) must attend Holy Mass that day under penalty of grave sin. Please ask your priest in advance if you foresee an impediment and are not sure whether it dispenses you from the obligation.
Holy Mass will be offered
at Our Lady of Ransom at 7:30am,
and at Chesham Bois at 11:00am.
(Those times are selected as the ones more accessible for all, the “prime time” evening weekday slots being booked for English parish Masses in Bedford and Chesham.)
[Picture Malleray]
HOST COUNT at All Saints: BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
Sunday All Saints: men wanted by 8:15am to set up benches and chairs, and after Mass to put them back where they were. Adults wanted to serve tea and coffee from 9:30am, and tidy up hall at 11:30am. Thank you!
CHILDREN BEWARE: Safeguarding/Health & Safety awareness at All Saints Kempston. As stressed by our safeguarding officer William Currie last week: Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall.
Please direct all questions about this to the Safeguarding Representative William Currie telephone: 07825089336 or safeguardingfssp@pm.me
Weekday Mass Times at Our Lady of Ransom
Mon 9:30am (Confessions 9:10am-9:25am)
Tue 6:30am (Confessions 6:10am-6:25am)
Wed 7:15pm (Confessions 6:55pm-7:10pm)
Thu 9:30am (Confessions 9:10am-9:25am)
Fri 11:30am (Confessions 11:10am-11:25am)
Sat 11:30am (following 10am Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions & Eucharistic Benediction all ended by 11:20am.
Congratulations to Daniel and Silvia Renwick on the happy birth of their first child Theodore last 19th July, and on his holy Baptism scheduled on Sunday 11th August at 1pm in Chesham Bois.
Congratulations to Eamon and Beata Long, whose newborn child Simon was baptised by Fr Coelho on Sat 3 August at Our Lady of Ransom.
Marriage Banns:
Marriage is scheduled on Saturday 21st September 2024 between two members of the FSSP Chaplaincy congregation in Bedford, Mr Alex Windo, and Miss Alejandra Lopez. If anyone knows of a grave reason why these persons should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, let they contact the chaplain. Let us pray for the young couple in these last six weeks until they become husband and wife.
Sponsoring offered for Regina Caeli Academy by benefactors willing to assist parents in our congregations of Bedford and Chesham Bois who would like to send their child(dren) to RCA. Please contact Fr de Malleray: malleray@fssp.org.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR VARIOUS SUMMER APOSTOLATES:
St Peter’s Summer Camp for Boys 5-10 August. See pics here.
St Petronilla’s Summer Camp for Girls 12-17 August.
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 28th September 10am-5pm community gathering at Buckden Towers, High St, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA.
The chaplaincy pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Walsingham is staying at the home of the Kelliher family this week.
FINANCES: online donations and standing orders are still gratefully received, being also much quicker and easier to process than cash. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960 Thank you in advance.
GIFT AID: Increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. Ask Rita for a Gift Aid form, fill it in and hand it back to her. That will help us a lot.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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