In accordance with the recent letter from the Bishops of England and Wales in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the final public Mass until further notice for our South of England apostolates (Reading, Chesham Bois and Bedford) will be offered at St William of York in Reading at 12 noon on Friday 20th March.
You are reminded that the Sunday Mass from Warrington can be viewed on LiveMass at 11 am. See LiveMass.net. While doing so, you could take the opportunity to make a Spiritual Communion such as the one below:
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
We shall miss the FSSP priests visiting Bedford in the coming days. You could make a point of praying for them daily by joining the Confraternity of St Peter: https://www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/.
Finally, a lovely quote from Dame Vera Lynn:
“Even if we are isolated in person, we can still be united in spirit. As the war showed us so many years ago, we are all stronger than we think and however desperate things may seem today, remember that we can still be kind, we can still laugh… and we can still sing”.
We announce with regret that in the light of the coronavirus situation, we are unable to serve tea and coffee after the 8.30 am Mass until further notice following guidelines from the Bishops’ Conference and the decision of Christ the King parish. It will be possible to use the toilets in the hall if required and people may wish to meet for a chat without having refreshments.
We remember in prayer those who have died as a result of coronavirus, those who are suffering and those who are ministering to them.
There are a busy few days ahead for the Bedford Latin Mass community!
Firstly on Sunday 23 February after Mass we have our monthly Catechism session, where last time the adults learnt about why the Church ordains only men to the Sacred Priesthood. It is good to have these sort of questions clear in our minds so that we can answer any questions from family, friends and colleagues, and these sessions are an excellent way to learn how to do so. There are sessions for the under 8s and under 16s too. The sessions start at 10.30 am.
Secondly on Monday 24 February we have something new at 9.30 am – a whole hour of Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction. What better way to prepare for Lent than to spend some time with our Blessed Lord?
Thirdly, of course, is Ash Wednesday itself on 26 February. We have a Low Mass at 7.30 pm with imposition of the Blessed Ashes. This is not a Holyday of Obligation, but attendance is highly recommended!
Pick up a copy of this week’s newsletter at Mass on Sunday – as well as information about what’s going on, there are some helpful hints from Fr Goddard as to how we might keep a good Lent!
BULLETIN of ST
MARY’S SHRINE 16th February 2020 Fortnightly www.fssp.co.uk/warrington
• 01925 635 664
Watch our Mass
daily on http://livemass.net/Buttermarket
Street, Warrington WA1 2NS
Served by the
Priestly Fraternity of St Peter
by appointment
of the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool
Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP:
malleray@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP: iverrier@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Henry
Whisenant: henrywhiz@hotmail.com
Deacon Roger Gilbride, FSSP: roger.gilbride@fssp.org
(on pastoral placement until Easter)
In residence: Fr Alex
Stewart, FSSP: astewart@olg-
seminary.org
Holy Masses: Sunday 11am & 6pm; Mon-Sat
12:10pm daily.
Confessions 30mins before every
Mass every day –
including from 5:30pm before 6pm Sunday Mass, and on Saturdays
10am-11:45amEucharistic Adoration: Sat 10:00am-12 noon; 1st Fri
7:40pm-8:40pm; most Wed. afternoon after school
Daily Rosary 11:30am Mon-Fri, 11am Sat. +
12noon Angelus
Sung Compline: Sunday 7:15pm, Wednesday 9:15pm
Stations of the Cross: Mon, Fri 1:00pm
Men’s group: Every Wed 7:00pm Mass + Talk
& Compline
Mothers’ Prayer group: Wed 1:00pm
Adults Catechesis: most Sunday mornings withFr Whisenant
Home Education Group: MostWednesdays 1pm-3:30pm. Contact Alison Kahn 01925 727759.
Choir: Every Thur & Sun.Contact Fr Verrier for an audition if you would like to join our
choir – including Junior choir.
Young Adults & Professionals 18-35: Monthly Sat walk and/or talk:
www.facebook.com/juventutem.warrington/
Divine Mercy group: every second Tuesday 1:00pm
Pro-life group: Last Sat 10:15am
SUPPORT—Bank details: Account name: FSSP
Warrington. Account number: 30993368. Sort Code 30-80-27; Lloyds
Bank, Palmerston Road Branch. Ask us for Gift Aid forms and envelopes:
warrington@fssp.org. Registered Charity number 1129964
Safeguarding: Children, teenagers and vulnerable adults must be accompanied or
supervised at all times within the Shrine. If you have concerns, please
contact the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department on 0151 522 1043 or
e-mail safeguarding@rcaol.co.uk, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding
Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
Church cleaning: please given an hour of your
time each week to keep St Mary’s fit for divine worship.
Addicts to drugs, alcohol: help available
with high success rate. Free. Confidential phone contact: 07916578902.
☞To receive Holy Communion: one must be a Catholic, in state of grace, one-hour fasting at
least. In the EF liturgy, Holy Communion is received kneeling (unless
unable to) and always on the tongue.
If no server, please hold the Communion plate against your throat. Thank you in advance.
☞ Printed Mass sheets: please don’t bin them, as we will use them next
year. Leave them in church Porch.
☞ Modesty in church: please cover your bodies at least down to
elbows and below knees; no tight or see-through garments.
☞Did you know? St Mary’s
Shrine costs £1,444/week to run and maintain. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Confirmations:
Archbishop McMahon O.P. will come to St Mary’s Shrine to confer the sacrament
on Saturday 18th July 2020 at 3:00pm, followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
and refreshments.
Candidates from within and from
without the Liverpool Archdiocese are invited to contact Fr Whisenant as soon
as possible: henrywhiz@hotmail.com.
Thank
you to the ladies and clergy who worked hard to prepare
accommodation for our Annual FSSP Clergy
Gathering at St Mary’s last 3-5 Feb. It was a great joy to see all altars
and most choir stalls used for holy Mass and prayer daily.
By Sunday 23rd Feb, bring from your homes last
year’s blessed palms to burn to provide the ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday 26th February. Day of FAST and
ABSTINENCE for every able Catholic. Come to holy Mass and receive the
blessed ashes: a powerful sacramental to begin our preparation to the
redemptive Passion of Our Lord.
The
re-dedication of England by our bishops as Our Lady’s dowry will
take place at 12noon on Sunday, 29th March, 2020. St Mary’s will
host special events on that day.
Thanksgiving
Mass for converts on Sat 21st March,
12:10pm. We invite all adults received into the Church or baptised at St Mary’s
over the past 4 years to join us with their families and friends on this
occasion. Refreshments will follow.
Congratulations to our parishioner Martin Turner
and his fiancée Georgie Burrows, who will be united in Holy Matrimony by
Archbishop Malcolm McMahon in Liverpool Cathedral on 28th February
at 12:30. We assure them of our prayer.
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vacancies at Charles Forbes Court on Mersey Street,
over the fence from St Mary’s. Contact Donna Cowell 07799438993
Educational
Initiative Regina Caeli Academy
– coming soon to the North of England!
Our new Priory buildings give hope for increased educational
opportunities at St Mary’s. A meeting here will be announced soon for all those
interested (please suggest dates.)
SPUC
Youth conference, Friday 28th Feb – Sun 1st March 2020. Willows
Training Centre, Great North Road, Wyboston Bedfordshire MK44 3AL. £115 by 31/12
or £135, with one of the FSSP UK priests offering holy Mass each day. Contact us urgently for sponsorship.
Successful
monthly Young Adults Group trek in the Delamere Forest last
Saturday. Further event: 14th March; 18th April; 16th
May. Also, Juventutem Summer Weekend
near London 3-5 July 2020.
Also, CHARTRES
Pilgrimage: 30th May-1st June 2020.
40
Days for Life, MANCHESTER: Help save lives this Lent by
praying for an end to abortion in our community. 40 Days for Life – 40 Days of
prayer, fasting and public outreach for an end to abortion runs from 26th February
– 5th April in Manchester. Launch meeting will be held on Sunday 23rd
February at 7.30pm at St. Kentigern’s Social Club, Hart Road, Fallowfield, Manchester,
M14 7BB. Please come along to learn more. Web www.40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/manchester-2/ Tel
07810 791032.
Mass
Intentions:
(Other intentions were applied over
the past 2 weeks at private Masses. Please ask Fr
Whisenant for details.)
Sun 16
Sexagesima Sunday
11:00am
6:00pm
Lawrence Fraser RIP
Karina Wally
Mon 17
Votive
Mass for Vocations • Stations for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
Winnie Davies RIP
Tue 18
Votive Mass for the
Sick
12:10pm
Ron Jones
Wed 19
Votive Mass of St Joseph • Mothers’
Prayer Group 1pmMen’s group: Mass,
Talk, Q’s & A’s, Compline
12:10pm
7:00pm
Dec. Friends & Family of W. Moss
Ruth & Tony’s unborn baby
Thu 20
Votive Mass of the
Blessed Sacrament
12:10pm
Theresa & Charlie’s unborn baby
Fri 21
Votive Mass of the Holy
Cross
• Stations
for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
Thanksgiving for favours granted
Sat 22
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Chair of St Peter. Plenary
Indulgence for Confrat. members
10:00am
12:10pm
Confraternity
of St Peter
FSSP
Sun 23
Quinquagesima Sunday
11:00am
6:00pm
Roy Waring
Chrissy Gray
Mon 24
Votive Mass of the Holy Trinity
• Stations
for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
Thomas & Christina Kennedy RIP
Tue 25
St Matthias, Apostle
12:10pm
Robert & Iris Strutford RIP
Wed 26
Ash Wednesday: Fast and Abstinence for all able Catholics. Imposition of ashes at all Masses.
Mothers’ Prayer Group 1pm • Men’s group: Mass (open to
anyone on this Ash Wednesday), Talk, Q’s & A’s, Compline
6:30am
12:10pm
7:00pm
Celebrant’s intention
Josephine & Brian Swift
Holy Souls
Thu 27
Feria
12:10pm
Colin Jones
Fri 28
Feria • Stations for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
Christopher & Craig Cunninhgam
Sat 29
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Feria
10:00am
12:10pm
Vocations
Tom Edwards
Sun 1
1st Sunday of Lent
11:00am
6:00pm
Thanksgiving to the Bl. Virgin Mary
Dr Gordon Brydon RIP
Regina Caeli UK Academy goes from strength to strength! Come and see for yourself what this hybrid homeschooling Academy can offer your child at the Open Day on Thursday 27th February. You’ll be able to see the children in action as they take part in a drama lesson, meet the staff and other parents, hear a presentation and ask any questions. Places are limited and need to be reserved: see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regina-caeli-uk-open-day-september-2020-tickets-88812718231. Come with your children and bring your friends!
The bell will be ringing again in the church hall at Christ the King on Sunday morning to announce the start of the 2020 catechism talks by Fr O’Donohue. There’s a talk for the under 8s at 10.30, followed by the under 16s at 11.00 and finally the adults at 11.30. Children’s choir will run as usual before the first talk.
For those who are new, we enjoy a cup of squash, tea or coffee and a biscuit in the main hall after Mass before moving over to the Patrick Donegan room next door for our talks.
We look forward to learning more about our Faith and its practice over the coming months.
Monday 6th January is the Feast of the Epiphany. This is a Holyday of Obligation in the Universal Church, but this year the Bishops of England and Wales have transferred the celebration of Epiphany back to Sunday 5th January. Following the Traditional calendar, however, the Mass for this Sunday will be that of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.
To mark Epiphany, there will be a Low Mass at Christ the King on Monday 6th January at 7.30 pm. Although it is not a Holyday of Obligation this year, it is a most important feast, and assisting at Holy Mass is the best way to observe it.
Some 110 people from far and wide came to the Latin Mass of Reparation for Abortion at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe today. This was a significant increase on the number who came to the same event last year.
Celebrant Fr Patrick O’Donohue, FSSP, gave a inspiring homily on Life and how we should consider how better to support it. He was supported in the sanctuary by Fr Gabriel Diaz as Deacon, making a welcome return to Bedford, and by Brother Albert Robertson from Blackfriars, Oxford, as Subdeacon. Two of our Bedford servers, Nicholas and Christian (the latter serving his First High Mass) plus Oliver and Patrick from London and Columba from Oxford, made up an efficient team.
LMS Chairman Joseph Shaw was singing and he also took some beautiful photos: see https://www.flickr.com/photos/josephshaw/albums/72157711905433672 and his LMS Chairman’s blog and tweet.
After the Mass there was a chance to venerate the Relic Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which had been moved to pride of place at the front of the church. In the Guild Room behind the church there were welcome refreshments and a time to socialise.
We are grateful to the Rector of the Shrine, Canon Seamus Keenan, for inviting the Latin Mass Society to return for a second time – let’s hope it becomes an annual event in future.
Just to remind you of the Solemn High Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Bedford this coming Saturday at 12 noon. This will be a wonderful and rare opportunity to see and hear the Latin Mass at its very best. Sacred Ministers, servers and singers are coming from Reading, London and Oxford to take part in this act of reparation for the many millions of abortions which have taken place in this country since 1967.
86 people came to the same event last year – it would be lovely to see an even larger congregation in the church this year to welcome our visitors from the Latin Mass Society. There will be a buffet afterwards where we can socialise. Hope to see you there!
