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
Fr de Malleray shares good news about our vocations in the UK and Ireland, and encourages all to pray for more and advertise our next weekend of discernment.
FSSP Seminarians on Pilgrimage to Rome
Our Theology seminarians from our European and American seminaries met on pilgrimage to Rome and were greeted by Pope Leo XIV.
St Joan of Arc, A Prophetess For Our Times
Fr Jacques Olivier, FSSP, served in London in the mid-2000s and published a doctoral thesis in theology on The Political and Ecclesial Prophetism of Joan of Arc, explaining why this saint is of particular relevance to English Catholics.
Teenagers Love Norman Shrines and Castles
Forty-eight children and their parents, mostly connected with the Bedford-based FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy, spent the first week of September on holiday in Normandy. Dowry asked some of the teenagers to share their impressions.
Power, Responsibility, and the Common Good
A Thomistic reflection for our times given by Fr Miklos Homolya, FSSP at the annual Juventutem Summer Weekend in July 20205 at Ampleforth Abbey
Two Events for Priests and Future Priests
A clergy Retreat on the theme This Sacred Victim will take place at Stonyhurst on 5-9 Oct 2026. A Vocation weekend of Discernment for men will take place at Buckden Towers on 13-15 March 2026.
Black Robe: Zeal for Souls in New France
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP reviews a film about the heroic endeavours of seventeenth-century missionary Jesuits in Canada.
Scripture and Stone: Life in Jerusalem
Fr Gwilym Evans, FSSP studied Hebrew and Arabic at Cambridge before converting and joining the FSSP, and has spent the last eighteen months studying scriptures in Jerusalem, coinciding with the Gaza War.
All Saints’ Day is Saturday 1st November. This year, because the feast falls on a Saturday, the holy day of obligation is removed, but you are still strongly encouraged to come to Mass (the feast itself is not transferred to the Sunday in the old rite).
Mass at St William of York will be at 10am. There will be a children’s All Saints’ party afterwards.
(Image: a throng of ‘saints’ at St John Fisher Parish)
All Souls’ Day is this year transferred, due to the Sunday, to Monday 3rd November. On this day, priests have the privilege of offering 3 Masses, of which one is for all the holy souls, one is for the Holy Father’s intentions, and the third may be for any particular soul.
There will two consecutive Low Masses at St William’s, starting at 10am (the second will begin without any gap at roughly 10.35am). There will be a Solemn Mass in the evening at 7pm, with absolutions at the catafalque.
(Image: the catafalque at the FSSP church in Rome, Sanctissima Trinità).
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.
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.
Fr de Malleray reflects on several popes’ invoking Saint Michael the Archangel, whose feast coincided with the election of Pope Leo XIV.
Catholic Faith & Fellowship with Juventutem
Young adult and free-lance journalist Angeline Tan reports on the successful Juventutem Summer Weekend at Ampleforth Abbey last July, gathering over fifty young men and women.
Clarion Call for Gregorian Chant
Professional singerChristian Jenkins alerts the wider public on the urgent need for lay people to step forward if the Gregorian chant is to survive as part of the liturgy.
Cardinal Mercier’s Thomistic Psychology
Belgian FSSP priest Father Gerald Duroisin, FSSP(with a doctorate on the Philosophy of Saint John-Henry Newman), explains the relevance for today of Cardinal Mercier’s work in psychology.
The Privilege of Being a Woman
A talk given as part of a workshop on femininity at the Juventutem Summer Weekend in July 2025 at Ampleforth Abbey, by Sarah Haire, a young woman co-leader of Juventutem London.
Painting Salvation or Art For Souls
Introducing a new book of commentaries on a dozen classical paintings, by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, including works by Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio, La Tour, Claude, and Raphael.
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Our summer camps in August are now fully booked. If you wish to go on a waiting list (places very do often open up), please send an email stating: a)which camp you are interested in; and b) the name and DOB of the child.
