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
The current high altar is a dressed wooden table with an altar stone inserted into it, the original altar (pictured) having been removed after Vatican II. While we have to keep up with repairs and maintenance, it will also be a fundraising objective to create a new stone altar, very similar to the original, in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the opening of St Mary’s in 2027. With professional fees, this will likely cost between £47,000 and £50,000. Kind benefactors have already given or pledged £12,500 – about a quarter of the likely cost. Can you help? We have set up a ‘GoFundMe’ page for donations – please share the link with your family, friends and other contacts.
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.
