St Mary’s Shrine Bulletin, 23 Feb – 8 Mar 2025
Congratulations to Seth & Leia Hamill on the baptism of their daughter Edith. Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here.


Congratulations to Seth & Leia Hamill on the baptism of their daughter Edith. Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here.
Let us face it, there are serious objections against young men choosing consecrated life.
Like a sweetheart…
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Or click on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn6R0e6ERIo
Or the love of good beer…
Or the fear of silence…
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http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/vodafone-monk/
Or a passion for football…
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http://www.culturepub.fr/videos/amstel-aguila-les-moines/
To find out which of the above are compatible with consecrated life as a priest or a monk, join us in just a fortnight at the following event.
MORE SPACES for our annual Vocation discernment weekend
on 28 February, 5pm – 2 March, 2pm 2025
for single Catholic men 18-35 at Buckden Towers, PE19 5TA
(under an hour from London by direct train to St Neots)
Already 18 men booked in. Spread the word!
Prayers, chats, meals with Seminarian Luke, and talks by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP
on marriage, religious life, priesthood, traditional liturgy
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Contact malleray@fssp.org.
COST: £95.00 per person in total (full board).
FREE for unwaged and students – give whatever amount you can.
Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here.
Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here. Please note that the email version incorrectly lists the children’s playgroup in the liturgical calendar on Wed 29 January. The correct date is Wed 5 February.
Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here.
Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here.
Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here.
Read the latest fortnightly bulletin here.
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In this issue:
FSSP Wall Calendars 2024-2025
We include a complimentary copy in every printed copy of this issue of Dowry. Discover beautiful pictures of our apostolates across England, Scotland and Ireland, with the liturgical year and traditional feasts. Needless to say, all this comes at a cost and we are grateful for donations in excess of £5.00 to FSSP England.
Editorial: Three Saintly Anniversaries
Three forthcoming anniversaries of great significance for Catholics are spiritual opportunities to seize. They commemorate God’s Incarnation, the Lord’s revelation of his Sacred Heart, and Our Lady’s mediation, Fr de Malleray observes.
Hope Does Not Disappoint
Extracts from Pope Francis’ bull of indiction for the 2025 Jubilee of the Incarnation of the Lord. Further to Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical on the virtue of Hope, Pope Francis reminds all the importance of that virtue, especially in times of trial or gloom.
He Smuggled The Sacred Heart Into England
Dominica Roberts tells how French priest Father Claude la Colombière S.J. providentially brought the devotion from Paray-le-Monial into the heart of London at the cost of his life, thus securing a direct connection between the Sacred Heart and England.
Statistics, Intercession, And Sanctification
The annual statistics of the FSSP were updated to close to 600 members and over 10,000 sodality members: an occasion to give thanks to God, but also to request more prayers for us to grow and bear lasting fruit by God’s grace.
Garments of Sanctity: Opus Anglicanum
The glorious English tradition of sowing and embroidering liturgical vestments is valued anew, Ola Smalley finds, with immediate use within the traditional movement as generously provided by the busy sewing needles of the Guild of St Clare.
Interior of the Carpenter’s Shop at Forty Hill
Using a non-religious painting by John Hill (c.1780–1841) from the Tate Britain Gallery in London, Fr Armand de Malleray walks a few easy steps with beginners in the art of interpretation that can further apply to religious art.
Craft Resources For Catholic Homes
Catherine Witkowski and John Grimer introduce the online shop run by them and their siblings to equip families with home-made visual illustrations of the Catholic faith through the depictions of saints, calendars, and books.
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