FSSP
United Kingdom and Ireland

Warrington

October 24, 2025

Men’s Discernment Weekend 13-15 March 2026

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.

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VOCATION RESOURCES:

VOCATION NEWS: 15 new FSSP priests in 24 years

We have currently seven young men from the UK & Ireland in formation at our two international seminaries. Two of them, James from Hemel Hampstead and Piotr 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.

Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.

O Lord, grant us many holy priests!

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September 7, 2025

Consecration of St Mary’s Shrine Community to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

On Monday 8 September 2025, the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, our Shrine community will be placed under her protection by means of a consecration after the 7 am and 12 noon Masses. You can find the consecration prayer here:

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and Help of Christians, behold this day before thy feet, the priests and lay faithful of St Mary’s Shrine, Warrington, together with all those who, united with us via LiveMass, place their hope and trust in thee.

By thee it was that Jesus, our Saviour and our Hope was given unto the world, and He has given thee to us that we may hope still more. Intercede, we implore thee, for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the Cross, O Sorrowful Mother. Obtain for us by thy prayers the graces we need as members of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, so that, instructed and enlightened by her Magisterium and zealous for the graces of her Sacraments, we may love and serve God ever more fervently.

Conscious of our own frailty, we offer this day to thy Immaculate Heart our Shrine Community and beg thee to take it under thy patronage. We chose thee, this day and evermore, as our advocate and Queen, and devote ourselves, together with all our needs, intentions, works and all we have and are, to thy loving protection.

Look kindly upon the building works we so much desire to undertake for God’s glory, so that our beautiful church will be a beacon of hope and witness to thy divine Son here in the heart of Warrington, and that Priory Court becomes a living centre of Catholic faith, teaching and charity.

O Virgin Most Pure, to thee and to thy Immaculate Heart, we entrust and consecrate ourselves. Intercede for us, together with Saint Joseph thy holy spouse, Saint Peter, and all the angels and saints. May thy loving protection be ever upon our Shrine Community, so that we may faithfully witness to thy Son and draw many souls to follow Him. By thy prayers, may we all persevere in grace until death, and be united, together with thee, in our heavenly home. Amen.

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August 14, 2025

Dowry Mag No66 now online

In this issue:

       Editorial: The Popes and The Archangel

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 singer Christian 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.

       Support our Apostolate

We rely entirely on the generosity of benefactors for our apostolates. Find out what we do and how to connect with us.

Click on the picture below to open Dowry (a 16-page PDF).

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