WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS THIS CHRISTMAS! Frs de Malleray, Verrier, Stewart and Deacon Evans, with Fr Jolly, wish you a blessed feast of the Nativity of the Lord and assure you of their prayer at the altar. They thank you for your dedication and support to the liturgical, devotional and material life at St Mary’s Shrine.
Kindly consider: ☞Although the obligation to attend Holy Mass on Sundays and holidays has not been reinstated to date, only a very grave reason would excuse in conscience able Catholics from attending at least one of the three Masses of the Nativity of the Lord: either Midnight Mass (even before midnight), or the Dawn Mass, or the Mass of the Day (Holy Communion can be received at the Midnight Mass and also at one of the two others if one wishes). ☞To receive Holy Communion: one must be a Catholic, in the state of grace, one-hour fasting at least. In the traditional liturgy, Holy Communion is received kneeling (unless unable to) and always on the tongue. Thank you in advance. ☞FSSP clergy do not retain Christmas and Easter collections for personal use. All Christmas collections will be used for the day-to-day running of St Mary’s Shrine (which includes the food, lodgings, pension allowance and salary of your priests). Should you wish to donate money to the clergy, kindly specify it on your envelope. ☞ What else to give our clergy? Thank you for your gifts in kind. As it happens, we haven’t quite finished yet the bottles of liquors and digestives gratefully received last Christmas (2020). Bottles of red or white wine go more quickly though because they can be shared at meals on Sundays and feasts. Thank you! ☞ Most clergy will be on vacation from 25th Dec afternoon. Kindly postpone all non-essential requests until Sunday 2nd Jan. Daily Mass and confessions continue as normal.
St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin
19 Dec 21-2 Jan 2022 (fortnightly)
Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England
Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Weekdays: 9:00am-7:00pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays: 9:00am-7pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm
Holy Rosary Mon-Fri 11:30am; Sat 11am; Sun 4:30pm
Stations of the Cross Mon & Fri, 1:00pm
Mothers’ Prayer Group: Wed 1:00pm
Priory Court Car Park reserved for Academy every Mondays and Thursdays; available ALL other days. Church car park available 7/7: please now use ALL empty spaces, including outside Presbytery & Garage.
Free 2hrs parking at ASDA across the street.
Organ practice Thu, Fri 2pm-4pm
Bookshop Unit 3 Open Sun 12:25pm-1:00pm.
Daily Holy Mass online with homily: on LiveMass.net > Warrington: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs after 3pm upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for latest Sunday Mass.
All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs must be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and tie for men and boys, dresses for ladies. Men keep their heads uncovered within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Kindly switch OFF your mobile phonebefore you enter our church.
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department: m.robson@rcaol.org.uk or 0151 522 1013, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
500 weekly visits to St Mary’s Shrine Church: half on weekdays and half on Sundays.
Roof leaking: pray for dry weather to fix it! A raffle hamper is organised to raise funds to cover costs.
Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. While the overall income is still far from covering the actual expenses of the Shrine, it is comforting to see how generously you respond. God bless you all.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/. Ask us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds Bank ;
Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
Congratulations to Marcel Pearce who was baptised at St Mary’s on Sunday 12th December, after one year of preparation.
FSSP Christmas CD now at bookshop: Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria, sung by FSSP seminarians from Wigratzbad and directed by Deacon Evans, are now available in the bookshop (Priory Court, Unit 3) for £12.50 each (cash only — please bring exact change, if possible).
Watch two videos on Why Young People Choose Consecrated lifehere: https://fb.watch/9Y9zamdFzA/
Volunteering Forms: they are being processed and will be put to good use in the New Year. Thank you.
Thank you to the DeMontfort Fathers who donated 35 good chairs, much needed at our parish room.
Well done St Mary’s children: from the Home Ed group who sang carols at the local Old Folks’ Home; and from the Regina Caeli Academy who performed a moving Christmas play. RC Academy happily completed their first term and will resume on 10th January.
A new British priest at St Mary’s: Fr de Malleray is grateful to have been granted British citizenship on 8th December last. In priestly ministry in England since 2001, the new Britton is glad of this formal bond with his country of adoption and its wonderful people, cathedrals and saints.
Well done all you who spent time in adoration during the night for the protection of unborn children last Gaudete Sunday, feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
More on vaccines: lumenfidei.ie/conscience-vaccines.
Now 471 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Homilies for Sundays and major feasts are uploaded regularly. Visit youtube.com/channel/UC_NVY7jpDIhANiwjng1gN0w. Thank you to our LiveMass/YouTube operators.
Have you saved this date? Shrine Pilgrimage to York on Sat 5th February 2022. Mass at the Oratory, visit to St Margaret’s Clitherow Shrine at the Shambles, Minster visit and more. Detailed schedule and cost to be announced. Info: iverrier@fssp.org.
Prayer list: Wendy Moss, Bill Conder, Luke Petherbridge, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, Deryck Sankey, Michael Meadows, Jean Scott, M. Hawley, Theresa Reynard, Hilda Creagan.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS: Other Mass intentions are applied at Private Masses. Kindly ask Fr Stewart for details.
Reminder: St Margaret Clitherow Ladies Group on Saturday 18th December, 1:00pm with 2:00pm Talk by Deacon Evans, FSSP
Sun
19
IV Sunday of Advent
I
9:00am
Tremaine Newman-Brown
5pm Vespers and Benediction of the
11:00am
All St. Mary’s Faithful
Blessed Sacrament
6:00pm
Anne Feely
Mon
20
Feria in Advent, Mass of IV Sunday of Advent
II
12:10pm
Jackie Bibby
Tue
21
St. Thomas, Apostle
II
12:10pm
John Henderson RIP
Wed
22
Feria in Advent, Mass of IV Sunday of Advent
II
12:10pm
Audrey Jones
7:45pm Men’s Group with talk by Deacon Evans
7:00 pm
All St. Mary’s Penitents
Thur
23
Feria in Advent, Mass of IV Sunday of Advent
II
12:10pm
Michael Mullins
Fri
24
Vigil of the Nativity
I
12:10pm
Andrew Madden RIP
Solemn Vespers 6:00pm, Carols 11:30pm
Sat
25
Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ
I
12:00am
FSSP clergy
9:00am
John & Anne Norris RIP
Solemn vespers 6:00pm (No6:00pm Mass)
11:00am
Confraternity of St. Peter
Sun
26
Sunday in the Octave of the Nativity
II
9:00am
Holy Souls
5pm Vespers and Benediction of the
11:00am
All St. Mary’s Faithful
Blessed Sacrament
6:00pm
Annie Mullin
Mon
27
St. John, Apostle & Evangelist
II
12:10pm
Daniel Graver
Tue
28
Holy Innocents, Martyrs
II
12:10pm
Pro Life intentions
Wed
29
St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop, Martyr (No 7:00pm Mass; no Men’s Group)
Scroll down to two videos on this topic by Fr de Malleray
By Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, Chaplain to the Juventutem London Youth Group (this article first appearead in Dowry Mag No51, Autumn 2021)
Who is left? Looking at the group picture of about twenty young Catholics, my finger points at one face after another while next to me a young friend comments: “Gone. She’s also gone. He’s gone as well. They’re gone too.” The picture was taken on retreat in Berkshire in July 2019, the summer before Covid began. Since then, a dozen of them have disappeared… Where did all these young people go? Are they sick with a virus in some hospital ward? Are they in gaol? Are they dead?
(Juventutem UK annual weekend, Douai Abbey, July 2019)
Under arch-tyrant Joseph Stalin, official group pictures underwent regular updating as more and more collaborators in the entourage of the suspicious Communist leader were executed. Long before digital graphic design, technicians in Soviet communication had learnt to delete faces and replace them by credible clouds or trees. The young adults on our group picture were spared such a fate. Their youthful features can still be identified on that photo among their friends still in the world, whether married or single. Meeting them in the flesh, though, has become impossible. Why? Because they have left the world.
Twelve of them have embraced the state of consecrated life. They are now scattered in convents, monasteries, and seminaries. How extraordinary! Could there have been less favourable a time to make such an absolute decision? Remember, the whole world was gripped by a virus seemingly lethal. No one could travel anywhere, least of all to visit some abbey overseas. One could not even enter a church to pray and ask God for the grace of discernment, as all places of worship were locked up. Spiritual directors and confessors were little able to provide adequate guidance, confined as they were in their presbyteries and chaplaincies. If anything, they might have suggested to postpone the choice of consecrated celibacy until the end of Covid, whenever it may come. And yet, against formidable odds, a dozen young adults in London and across Britain heard a call, assessed it, and bravely answered it. They had little more in common, it seemed, than being in their twenties and having come across the traditional Latin Mass. They attended it wherever permitted and met at the monthly Juventutem London gathering.
They all joined communities where the same traditional liturgy is offered in full communion with the Church. P. is a Redemptorist in Papa Stronsay, Scotland. R. is a parish nun in Minneapolis, America. V. is a Eucharistic Adorer in Naples, Italy. X. is a novice at the Marian Franciscans’ in Gosport, England. D. and L. are seminarians in Tuscany; while D. and H. from Cheshire, C. from Ulster, T. and M. from London and F. from South Wales study for the priesthood in Bavaria and in America. G, from Wales is on pastoral stage in England. E. is a Carmelite in Birkenhead, England. Y. from Wales, and S. are Benedictine nuns in Gower, America. F. is a Franciscan Nun of the Immaculate in San Giovanni Rotundo, Italy. In addition, S. just announced that he will begin with the Gosport Franciscans by Easter. S. is actively discerning with the Naples Adorer Sisters. F. started at the Lanherne Carmel and T. will begin with the Redemptorists in Scotland around Easter.
More have joined some communities a few years before Covid, like at Silverstream Priory in Ireland, or without previous involvement with Juventutem, like T. who is trying his vocation with a Thomistic clerical community in America. A few more, at least among those known to me, are in communities where the traditional Latin Mass is offered regularly, if not exclusively, like the various Oratories in England and Wales, the Norbertines in Chelmsford and the Order of Malta in which an erstwhile parishioner of mine just became a solemnly professed religious. Young people once connected with Juventutem or with traditional Mass centres have also joined Novus Ordo communities with use of Latin, like H. from Edinburgh at St Cecilia’s on the Isle of Wight, and T. from Basingstoke now at Douai Abbey in Berkshire. I had indication of more, not personally known to me, who have joined other communities.
If focusing on those whose vocation lead them to traditional communities, one will find that the proportion is very high, since these young people are much fewer than those attending Novus Ordo parishes across the dioceses. In addition, their chances to proceed with discernment are thin, as spiritual directors actively supportive of the traditional Latin Mass are not many. Even when benefitting from sympathetic direction, these young people have very few places they might join in Great Britain, and not many more abroad, should Covid regulations allow them to travel. Finally, all the traditional communities listed above are young. The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, by far the largest (with 530 members on four continents) and the oldest, was founded only thirty three years ago. Most others are between one and fifteen years old (like the Benedictines Nuns of the Immaculate in Northern Italy), or if older, have adopted the traditional liturgy in the past year or so.
So many uncertainties combined could have deterred our young people. And yet, by the grace of God, they did not. How and why so many, proportionately, have answered the call in the past few years, is a mystery to me. Since my first appointment in England twenty years ago, time and again through retreats, articles and spiritual direction I have urged the importance and beauty of consecrated life. While the response has been rewarding as regards priestly vocations, it had remained practically null for religious life, especially for religious nuns. What a blessing that divine Providence choses to reach out to so many precisely now, when circumstances are most adverse. No doubt this is an answer to the prayers and sacrifices of many, lay and consecrated alike, alive and dead. I know of families who offer up their evening rosary for such a crucial intention. I am sure that religious in dwindling communities also intercede for the torch to be passed on. Nor should our British saints and martyrs in heaven be forgotten: so many died for the Faith in gruesome torments. Even better than we, they must see how urgently England and the world need a revival of religious life. They must be praying hard to the Master of Harvest to send many, many generous and sacrificial souls to reclaim the land.
Admittedly, these numbers are still small, since what are twenty or even forty young religious compared with the large and well-established monasteries, convents and friaries which have closed over the past fifty years? In addition, the new communities they join are just this: new, with all the risks inherent to a recent beginning, such as little experience, limited resources and very few powerful friends either in the Church hierarchy or in secular society. And yet, it would not be the first time that the Holy Ghost selected instruments left out of the most professionally designed pastoral plans.This November fifty young men and women attended a day of conferences and prayer on the vocation to consecrated life organised by Juventutem London. Later this same month, fourteen men between 18 and 29 years of age attended a weekend of vocational discernment at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington. In addition, not a few of these young people are converts or reverts who found their way to Holy Church together with their parents and siblings. This shows that God’s invitation reaches every generation, not only the young, as evidenced in the increased attendance at traditional Mass centres across the country.
We, English Catholics in our bleak or anxious 2020s, are given the grace of witnessing what could be a crucially promising revival. Can there be any doubt that our Isles, across which monasticism grew of old and bore such glorious fruit, from Rievaulx and Jarrow to Glastonbury, and from Iona, Fountains and Bury to Westminster, await a new wave of gentle conquerors, armed not with arrows and chains, but with crosses and beads?
How can one help foster such a timely revival, you may wonder? The Catechism of the Catholic Church (#2233) teaches that, “Parents should welcome and respect with joy and thanksgiving the Lord’s call to one of their children to follow him in virginity for the sake of the Kingdom in the consecrated life or in priestly ministry.” Our readers already settled in a state of life may pray for consecrated vocations to be granted among their own children, nephews and nieces, godsons and goddaughters and young friends. They can also join this 8,000-strong international prayer network for vocations: fssp.org.uk/about-the-confraternity/. Last autumn (2021), a record number of 49 seminarians were admitted in the First Year with the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (more had applied but we lacked space). As to you, dear young readers, please see whether this balanced portrait of would-be religious offered us by the meek and gentle St Francis de Sales might perhaps strike a chord in your heart:
(FSSP Vocation Discernment Weekend, Warrington, UK, Nov 2021)
“…religious orders have been called hospitals in every age and religious are known by a Greek word which means healers because they are in a hospital to heal one another like the lepers of Saint Bridget (n19) (v36). We need not expect that those who enter religious life will be immediately perfect; it is enough for them to tend to perfection, and to embrace the means for growing in perfection. Our community, no more than any other religious community, is not a group of perfect women but rather a group of women who are aiming at and tending toward perfection. It is a school where we come to learn about the means that we must use to become perfect. And in order to do this, it is necessary to have this firm and constant will such as I spoke of, to embrace all the means of growing in perfection that are proper to the vocation in which one is called.
Therefore, it is not the tearful, sorrowfilled and sighing person who is the best one called; nor those who are consumed mostly with the cross, nor those who will not move from the chapel, nor those who are always in the hospital [i.e. to tend sick patients], nor even those who begin with a burst of fervour. We must not pay any attention to the tears of the weepers, nor listen to the sighs of the sighers, nor look for bearing and deportment to find those who are truly called. But we should look for those who have a good, strong and constant resolve to be healed and who because of that resolve work faithfully to recover their spiritual health.” □
(Above quote cf Conference Seventh, in www.oblates.org/spiritual-conferences/.)
Why young people choose consecrated celibacy:
Despite Covid travel restrictions and churches locked up, more young adults have entered traditional convents, seminaries and monasteries over the past few years. Fr de Malleray explains what consecrated celibacy entails and why such a demanding ideal appeals to the younger generation. Juventutem London (UK), 13 November 2021.
Weekdays: 9:00am-7:00pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays: 9:00am-7pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm
Holy Rosary Mon-Fri 11:30am; Sat 11am; Sun 4:30pm
Stations of the Cross Mon & Fri, 1:00pm
Mothers’ Prayer Group: Wed 1:00pm
Priory Court Car Park reserved for Academy every Mondays and Thursdays; available ALL other days. Church car park available 7/7: please now use ALL empty spaces, including outside Presbytery & Garage.
Free 2hrs parking at ASDA across the street.
Organ practice Thu, Fri 2pm-4pm
Bookshop Unit 3 Open Sun 12:25pm-1:00pm.
Daily Holy Mass online with homily: on LiveMass.net > Warrington: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs after 3pm upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for latest Sunday Mass.
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. Thank you in advance.
All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs must be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and tie for men and boys, dresses for ladies. Men keep their heads uncovered within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Thank you. Switch OFF your mobile phonebefore you enter our church.
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department: m.robson@rcaol.org.uk or 0151 522 1013, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
500 weekly visits to St Mary’s Shrine Church: half on weekdays and half on Sundays.
Church boiler now mended: it’s almost too hot!
Now roof leaking into Choir Loft down into Narthex… Pray for dry weather to fix it!
Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. While the overall income is still far from covering the actual expenses of the Shrine, it is comforting to see how generously you respond. Some of our worshippers are also involved in other parish communities (Polish, Syro-Malabarese or Ordinariate): we thank them for supporting St Mary’s Shrine as well, where they benefit from daily Mass, Confession and other spiritual goods. Lastly we thank our benefactors who pray with us remotely via LiveMass.net. Some of them live far away and yet, they have chosen to donate online to St Mary’s Shrine according to our needs and to their means. God bless you all.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/. Ask us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds Bank ;
Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
Congratulations to John and Fiona Westcombe on the happy birth of their first child Alice on 2nd Dec. The Westcombes are another family who moved near Warrington of late. We assure them of our prayer for their baby daughter.
Listen to the 6 Holy Matrimony conferences given by Fr de Malleray at Stonyhurst last summer here:
Autumn 2021. In this issue: The Heenan Indult Turns Fifty; Your Young, Loyal, and Traditional Catholics; Chant for the Nativity; The God Rush; Year of St Joseph: A Carpenter’s Son & A Carpenter Today?
Editorial: The Heenan Indult Turns Fifty
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP looks back at the petition in favour of the traditional Latin Mass by scores of British men and women of the world of culture and the arts, some non Catholic and some non Christian. Pope Paul VI was convinced to grant permission for the traditional Latin missal to be used further in England, and asked Mgr Bugnini to express his permission to Cardinal Heenan of Westminster.
Your Young, Loyal, and Traditional Catholics
The bureau of the Juventutem federation issued a communiqué following Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes. Juventutem has worked for 17 years to make use of the Roman traditions of the Church for the sanctification of young people, with the blessing of the Holy See and the active support of many cardinals and bishops.
Chant for the Nativity
Chant expert Deacon Gwilym Evans, FSSP, on pastoral placement in England, presents the CD on Christmas chant made with his confreres at the international seminary of St Peter in Wigratzbad, Bavaria. For six consecutive weeks, Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria, on the De Montfort Music label, has been Number 1 on the US Billboard charts for classical music.
The God Rush
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP shares his happy surprise at the number of young people in the UK who became nuns, friars or seminarians over the past couple of years. Could there have been a worse moment than the Covid outburst? And yet, a dozen of them heard God’s call and are now answering it. A new spring?
Year of St Joseph: A Carpenter’s Son & A Carpenter Today?
Young and mature people alike in our modern world are trapped into virtual reality. In these two articles Richard Kornicki presents woodwork as a welcome antidote for all, even if only by way of meditation in this Year of St Joseph. The profession chosen by Jesus Christ (first article) can safely be embraced by modern apprentices (second article).
Click on the Cover below to open the magazine.
Dowry is the quarterly magazine of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in the UK & Ireland. Since its inception in 2008, the magazine has published dozens of articles on topics as diverse as theology, family life, education, the sacraments, Church Magisterium, art, politics, literature, cinema, spirituality, liturgy and more.
We welcome submissions of articles, poetry, pictures and drawings if deemed compatible with our traditional Catholic scope. Any submission must be by email to malleray@fssp.org with (small) attachments in digital format. We cannot guarantee to answer, let alone publish, each and all submission. Thank you for your interest. Contact us to be sent bulk quantities of Dowry for dispatching among your friends and acquaintances, especially if you are part of a parish, or a community or some other institution.
Marian & Pro-life Gaudete Sunday on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12th December 2021. We will not be able to have the Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe this year because Gaudete Sunday takes precedence. But we invite you to pray for the unborn on that day and night, Sunday 12th December evening from 8:00pm at St Mary’s, ending with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 6:45am and Rorate Mass of Our Lady (candlelit) at 7:00am.
Email Gabrielle to book your (1hr+) slot on the adoration rota: liverpool40daysforlife@gmail.com.
More on vaccines: lumenfidei.ie/conscience-vaccines.
Now 464 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Homilies for Sundays and major feasts are uploaded regularly. Visit youtube.com/channel/UC_NVY7jpDIhANiwjng1gN0w. Thank you to our LiveMass/YouTube operators.
Save the date! Shrine Pilgrimage to York on Sat 5th February 2022. Mass at the Oratory, visit to St Margaret’s Clitherow Shrine at the Shambles, Minster visit and more. Detailed schedule and cost to be announced. Info: iverrier@fssp.org.
Prayer list: Wendy Moss, Bill Conder, Luke Petherbridge, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, Deryck Sankey, Michael Meadows, Jean Scott, M. Hawley, Theresa Reynard, Hilda Creagan.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS: Other Mass intentions are applied at Private Masses. Kindly ask Fr Stewart for details.
Sun 5
II Sunday of Advent
9:00am
Joanna Jablonska RIP
11:00am
All St. Mary’s Faithful
5pm Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
6:00pm
Greta Doyle
Mon 6
St. Nicholas, Bishop, Confessor
12:10pm
Patrick Barry
Tue 7
Rorate Mass
6:40am
Celebrant’s intention
St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor
12:10pm
Joseph Gibbons RIP
Wed 8
Immaculate Conception of the BVM
6:40am
Celebrant’s intention
12:10pm
Frank Doyle
St Joseph’s Men’s Group 6:30pm-9:00pm
7:00pm
All St. Mary’s Penitents
Thur 9
Feria, Votive Mass of Holy Ghost
12:10pm
Alan Connor
Fri 10
Holy House of Loreto p.1896
12:10pm
Greta & Sonny Doyle
Sat 11
St. Damasus, Pope, Confessor
12:10pm
Lucy Doherty
Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12:00noon
Sun 12
III Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
9:00am
Joanne King
5pm Vespers & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
11:00am
All St. Mary’s Faithful
8:00pm Exposition & All-night Adoration for the Unborn
6:00pm
Lynne Burgess
Mon 13
Rorate Mass
7:00am
Warrington Pro Life
St. Lucy, Virgin,
12:10pm
William & Theresa Stewart
Tue 14
Feria, Votive Mass of the Holy Angels
12:10pm
Mary Frampton
Wed 15
Ember Wednesday
12:10pm
Phil Clarkson
St Joseph’s Men’s Group 6:30pm-9:00pm
7:00pm
All St. Mary’s Penitents
Thur 16
St. Eusebius, Bishop, Martyr
12:10pm
Jim Nicholson
Fri 17
Ember Friday
12:10pm
Philip Chirgwin RIP
Sat 18
Ember Saturday Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12:00noon
12:10pm
Louis Anderson RIP
St Margaret Clitherow Ladies’ Group: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Sun 19
IV Sunday of Advent
9:00am
Tremaine Newman-Brown
11:00am
All St. Mary’s Faithful
5pm Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
6:00pm
Anne Freely
Christmas Masses: Midnightafter 11:30pm carols; 9:00am Dawn Mass; 11:00am Day Mass. N.B. NO 6:00pm Mass.
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP looks back at the petition in favour of the traditional Latin Mass by scores of British men and women of the world of culture and the arts, some non Catholic and some non Christian. Pope Paul VI was convinced to grant permission for the traditional Latin missal to be used further in England, and asked Mgr Bugnini to express his permission to Cardinal Heenan of Westminster.
Your Young, Loyal, and Traditional Catholics
The bureau of the Juventutem federation issued a communiqué following Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes. Juventutem has worked for 17 years to make use of the Roman traditions of the Church for the sanctification of young people, with the blessing of the Holy See and the active support of many cardinals and bishops.
Chant for the Nativity
Chant expert Deacon Gwilym Evans, FSSP, on pastoral placement in England, presents the CD on Christmas chant made with his confreres at the international seminary of St Peter in Wigratzbad, Bavaria. For six consecutive weeks, Sancta Nox: Christmas Matins from Bavaria, on the De Montfort Music label, has been Number 1 on the US Billboard charts for classical music.
The God Rush
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP shares his happy surprise at the number of young people in the UK who became nuns, friars or seminarians over the past couple of years. Could there have been a worse moment than the Covid outburst? And yet, a dozen of them heard God’s call and are now answering it. A new spring?
Year of St Joseph: A Carpenter’s Son & A Carpenter Today?
Young and mature people alike in our modern world are trapped into virtual reality. In these two articles Richard Kornicki presents woodwork as a welcome antidote for all, even if only by way of meditation in this Year of St Joseph. The profession chosen by Jesus Christ (first article) can safely be embraced by modern apprentices (second article).
Click on the Cover below to open the magazine.
Dowry is the quarterly magazine of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in the UK & Ireland. Since its inception in 2008, the magazine has published dozens of articles on topics as diverse as theology, family life, education, the sacraments, Church Magisterium, art, politics, literature, cinema, spirituality, liturgy and more.
We welcome submissions of articles, poetry, pictures and drawings if deemed compatible with our traditional Catholic scope. Any submission must be by email to malleray@fssp.org with (small) attachments in digital format. We cannot guarantee to answer, let alone publish, each and all submission. Thank you for your interest. Contact us to be sent bulk quantities of Dowry for dispatching among your friends and acquaintances, especially if you are part of a parish, or a community or some other institution.
Dowry belongs to FSSP England, a registered charity no.1129964 (Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri Ltd).
Weekdays: 9:00am-7:00pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays: 9:00am-7pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm
Holy Rosary Mon-Fri 11:30am; Sat 11am; Sun 4:30pm
Stations of the Cross Mon & Fri, 1:00pm
Mothers’ Prayer Group: Wed 1:00pm
Priory Court Car Park reserved for Academy every Mondays and Thursdays; available ALL other days. Church car park available 7/7: please now use ALL empty spaces, including outside Presbytery & Garage.
Free 2hrs parking at ASDA across the street.
Organ practice Thu, Fri 2pm-4pm
Bookshop Unit 3 Open Sun 12:25pm-1:00pm.
Daily Holy Mass online with homily: on LiveMass.net > Warrington: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs after 3pm upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for latest Sunday Mass.
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. Thank you in advance.
All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs must be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and tie for men and boys, dresses for ladies. Men keep their heads uncovered within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Thank you. Switch OFF your mobile phonebefore you enter our church.
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department: m.robson@rcaol.org.uk or 0151 522 1013, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
500 weekly visits to St Mary’s Shrine Church: half on weekdays and half on Sundays.
Welcome to Deacon Gwilym Evans, FSSP: Ordained a deacon in May, Deacon Evans studied Arabic and Hebrew at Cambridge, during which time he converted from Anglicanism to the Catholic Faith. He then worked for five years in the classical music industry, before joining our seminary in Bavaria. He is a Companion of the Order of Malta and has been very active with them in helping the poor and the sick. He was assigned to St Mary’s on pastoral placement until Easter. We assure him of our prayers during this last stage of his seven-year formation to the Sacred Priesthood.
Church boiler soon mended: new parts are on their way. Seat below the wall-mounted heaters if feeling cold. Thank you for your patience (and penance!).
Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. While the overall income is still far from covering the actual expenses of the Shrine, it is comforting to see how generously you respond. Some of our worshippers are also involved in other parish communities (Polish, Syro-Malabarese or Ordinariate): we thank them for supporting St Mary’s Shrine as well, where they benefit from daily Mass, Confession and other spiritual goods. Lastly we thank our benefactors who pray with us remotely via LiveMass.net. Some of them live far away and yet, they have chosen to donate online to St Mary’s Shrine according to our needs and to their means. God bless you all.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/. Ask us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds Bank ;
Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
Helping poor Souls out of Purgatory: last 10 days.
Gain Plenary Indulgence for Holy Souls any eight days this month – which need not be consecutive – by visiting a cemetery and praying for those who have died.
Conditions for plenary indulgence: 1. Only one plenary indulgence can be granted per day. 2. It is necessary to be in the state of grace, at least by completion of the work. 3. Freedom from attachment to sin, even venial sin, is necessary; otherwise the indulgence is only partial. (By this is meant attachment to a particular sin, not sin in general.) 4. Holy Communion must be received each time the indulgence is sought. 5. Prayers must be recited for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father on each day the indulgence is sought. No particular prayers are prescribed. One Our Father and one Hail Mary suffice, or other suitable prayers. 6. One must be absolved in confession the fortnight before or following.
Congratulations to our Third Year seminarians Henry, from Warrington, Conan from Ulster and Tom from London who were ordained Porters and Lectors at our American seminary on Sat 20th November.
50 young men and women attended a Vocation Day in London on Sat 13th Nov, preached by Fr de Malleray; a Juventutem London event.
14 men are booked in for Vocation Weekend in Warrington 26-28 Nov2021: for single Catholic men 18-29. Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/1MFdTHT7I. Info & Contact: malleray@fssp.org. Please pray for them.
Beaver or eagle? Watch this video on the difference between meditation and contemplation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdrLW5zRJic.
Marian & Pro-life Gaudete Sunday on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12th December 2021.
Now 456 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Homilies for Sundays and major feasts are uploaded regularly. Visit youtube.com/channel/UC_NVY7jpDIhANiwjng1gN0w. Thank you to our LiveMass/YouTube operators.
Shrine Pilgrimage to York on Sat 5th February 2022. Mass at the Oratory, visit to St Margaret’s Clitherow Shrine at the Shambles, Minster visit and more. Detailed schedule and cost to be announced soon. Save the date!
Prayer list: Luke Petherbridge, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, Deryck Sankey, Michael Meadows, Jean Scott, M. Hawley, Theresa Reynard, Hilda Creagan.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS: Other Mass intentions are applied at Private Masses. Kindly ask Fr Stewart for details.
Weekdays: 9:00am-7:00pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays: 9:00am-7pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm
Holy Rosary Mon-Fri 11:30am; Sat 11am; Sun 4:30pm
Stations of the Cross Mon & Fri, 1:00pm
Mothers’ Prayer Group: Wed 1:00pm
Priory Court Car Park reserved for Academy every Mondays and Thursdays; available ALL other days. Church car park available 7/7: please now use ALL empty spaces, including outside Presbytery & Garage.
Free 2hrs parking at ASDA across the street.
Organ practice Thu, Fri 2pm-4pm
Bookshop Unit 3 Open Sun 12:25pm-1:00pm.
Daily Holy Mass online with homily: onLiveMass.net > Warrington: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs after 3pm upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for latest Sunday Mass.
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. Thank you in advance.
All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs must be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and tie for men and boys, dresses for ladies. Men keep their heads uncovered within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Thank you. Switch OFF your mobile phonebefore you enter our church.
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department: m.robson@rcaol.org.uk or 0151 522 1013, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
500 weekly visits to St Mary’s Shrine Church: half on weekdays and half on Sundays.
Welcome to Deacon Gwilym Evans, FSSP: Ordained a deacon in May, Deacon Evans studied Arabic and Hebrew at Cambridge, during which time he converted from Anglicanism to the Catholic Faith. He then worked for five years in the classical music industry, before joining our seminary in Bavaria. He is a Companion of the Order of Malta and has been very active with them in helping the poor and the sick. He was assigned to St Mary’s on pastoral placement until Easter. We assure him of our prayers during this last stage of his seven-year formation to the Sacred Priesthood.
Watch below Deacon Evans conducting the Choir in Wigratzbad for the recording of their Christmas CD. (Copies of the CD will be available for purchase at our English apostolates.)
Congratulations to Paul and Lucy Said, and to Gary and Katarina O’Neil on the Baptism of their respective baby boys Joseph and Gerard on Sat 6th Nov. Like baby Joseph Cilia baptised last month and another child next month, they belong to families who chose to relocate near Warrington over the past months to be part of St Mary’s Shrine Community. We assure them of our prayer.
Church boiler soon mended: new parts are on their way. Seat below the wall-mounted heaters if feeling cold. Thank you for your patience (and penance!).
The Heenan Indult on 5th November 1971: just 50 years ago, Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Bugnini gave official permission for the Traditional Latin Mass to carry on across England. Visit https://lms.org.uk/heenan-indult.
Thank you! The Offertory collection went up last week after 5 weeks dramatically low. Thank you also for having set up standing orders. While the overall income is still far from covering the actual expenses of the Shrine, it is comforting to see how generously you respond.
Some of our worshippers are also involved in other parish communities (Polish, Syro-Malabarese or Ordinariate): we thank them for supporting St Mary’s Shrine as well, where they benefit from daily Mass, Confession and other spiritual goods.
Lastly we thank our benefactors who pray with us remotely via LiveMass.net. Some of them live far away and yet, they have chosen to donate online to St Mary’s Shrine according to our needs and to their means. God bless you all.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/. Ask us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds Bank ;
Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
Extended: Gain Plenary Indulgence for Holy Souls any eight days this month – which need not be consecutive – by visiting a cemetery and praying for those who have died.
Conditions for plenary indulgence:
1. Only one plenary indulgence can be granted per day.
2. It is necessary to be in the state of grace, at least by completion of the work.
3. Freedom from attachment to sin, even venial sin, is necessary; otherwise the indulgence is only partial. (By this is meant attachment to a particular sin, not sin in general.)
4. Holy Communion must be received each time the indulgence is sought.
5. Prayers must be recited for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father on each day the indulgence is sought. No particular prayers are prescribed. One Our Father and one Hail Mary suffice, or other suitable prayers.
6. One must be absolved in confession the fortnight before or following.
Congratulations to our Second Year seminarian David, from Warrington tonsured on 23rd October together with 32 fellow seminarians (16 in Bavaria and 17 in Nebraska). Please also pray for our 49 First Year seminarians who started formation last month, including Federico from Wales.
Well done, saving babies: no fewer than 20 people spent the entire nightin Eucharistic adoration at St Mary’s Shrine last 31st Oct., from 10:00pm to 7:00am ending with Holy Mass of All Saints.
Vocation Day in London Sat 13th Nov 2021, St Mary Magdalen Church, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common, London SW18 2QU: organised by Juventutem. Preacher Fr de Malleray. For men and women 18-35.
Already 10 men booked in for Vocation Weekend in Warrington 26-28 Nov2021: for single Catholic men 18-29. Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/1MFdTHT7I. Info & Contact: malleray@fssp.org.
Marian & Pro-life Gaudete Sunday on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12th December 2021.
Now 441 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Homilies for Sundays and major feasts are uploaded regularly. Visit youtube.com/channel/UC_NVY7jpDIhANiwjng1gN0w. Thank you to our LiveMass/YouTube operators.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS Other Mass intentions are applied at Private Masses. Kindly ask Fr Stewart for details.
Prayer list: Luke Petherbridge, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, Deryck Sankey, Michael Meadows, Jean Scott, M. Hawley, Theresa Reynard, Hilda Creagan.
Weekdays:
9:00am-7:00pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm;
Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays:
9:00am-7pm (Eucharistic
Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Holy Rosary Mon-Fri 11:30am; Sat 11am; Sun 4:30pm
Stations of the Cross Mon & Fri, 1:00pm
Mothers’ Prayer Group: Wed 1:00pm
Priory Court Car Park reserved for Academy every Mondays and Thursdays; available ALL other days. Church car park available 7/7: please now use ALL empty spaces,
including outside Presbytery & Garage.
Free 2hrs parking at ASDA across the street.
Organ
practice Thu, Fri 2pm-4pm
Bookshop Unit 3 Open Sun 12:25pm-1:00pm.
Daily
Holy Mass online with homily: on LiveMass.net > Warrington: Sun
11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs after 3pm upload
for weekday Masses, and over 7days for latest Sunday Mass.
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. Thank you in advance.
All must
dress modestly in church out of
reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs must
be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn
by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and
tie for men and boys, dresses for ladies. Men keep their heads uncovered
within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Thank
you. Switch OFF your mobile phonebefore
you enter our church.
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about
children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan
Safeguarding Department: m.robson@rcaol.org.uk
or 0151 522 1013, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer.
Thank you for your awareness.
GOOD
& BAD News:
Thankfully the sustained increase of our congregation by 100 souls was
confirmed. Since Easter 2021 we counted a stable average of 250 visitors per
Sunday against 150 until then. This higher number remained stable over the past
5 Sundays according to the archdiocesan annual Mass count: 249.2 visitors
exactly on average (all three Sunday Masses included) from 19 Sept to 17 Oct.
The BAD news is that our Offertory
collection did not increase in proportion, but paradoxically dropped in proportion. The average over
5 weeks has been £730/week. It is 40 % down on average collection over past
years and months, and less than half what is needed to meet the running costs
of St Mary’s Shrine. This is without mentioning the significant increase in
cost since our purchase of Priory Court. We thank our parishioners who shifted
to online standing orders as it makes it much easier for us to process. But
sadly the online weekly income is very far from compensating the spectacular
drop in weekly collection.
As you
will understand, this situation is a
most serious concern to us. Our newcomers may like to know that St Mary’s
Church, Presbytery and Priory Court are legally owned by our Fraternity, not by
the Liverpool Archdiocese, so that absolutely every expense has to be financed
by you our congregation whether in the pews or online (we thank LiveMass.net
donors). The Liverpool Archdiocese does not contribute to the financial support
of the Shrine. Neither does FSSP Warrington own a capital generating an added
income. Put simply, unless we receive much more money than currently, we will
be in real financial trouble. We invite you to speak with us or email if you
would like more information on our needs and how you can help us. Thank you for
your generosity.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/. Ask us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash:
Lloyds Bank ;
Sort Code: 30-80-27 ;
Account number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
On All
Souls’ Day (Nov. 2nd ) a plenary indulgence,
applicable only to the Poor Souls in Purgatory, is granted to those who visit a
Catholic church and there recite one Our Father and one Creed. On all the
days from November 1st through November 8th
inclusive, a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls in
Purgatory, is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray even if
only mentally for the departed. There must be one visit for each day one seeks
to gain the indulgence; one visit will not apply for several days. Any public
cemetery with Christian tombs will do. The nearest one is 5 minutes walk from
St Mary’s: St Elphin’s, Church Street, WA1 2TL.
Conditions
for both indulgences: 1. Only one plenary indulgence can be granted per day.
2. It is necessary to be in the state of grace, at least by completion of
the work. 3. Freedom from attachment to sin, even venial sin, is
necessary; otherwise the indulgence is only partial. (By this is meant
attachment to a particular sin, not sin in general.) 4. Holy Communion
must be received each time the indulgence is sought. 5. Prayers must be
recited for the traditional intentions of the Holy Father on each day the
indulgence is sought. No particular prayers are prescribed. One Our Father and
one Hail Mary suffice, or other suitable prayers. 6. One must be
absolved in confession the fortnight before or following.
ALL SAINTS PARTY: Sunday 31st October after 11am Holy Mass, during an extended
tea and coffee social in Priory Court. Bring a small contribution of food or
drink for a shared table if you wish. All ages welcome, young and old! Come
dressed as a saint, or with a symbol for us to identify who you are
representing.
FSSP England gathering 18-20 Oct: the five FSSP priests in England met for prayer
together, excursion and conversations. Thank you to the Marta’s Team who
prepared the meals for the priests on that fraternal occasion.
The Famous Wet Five FSSP Priests in England, on excursion in Wales
Confraternity pins arrived from the USA: £4.00 (we lose a bit of money on
this item but we wish to make the item affordable to CSP members).
Pray outside Liverpool abortuary, like our young adults and other parishioners:
ask Gabrielle for details on 07895128073 & liverpool40daysforlife@gmail.com.
Wednesday 27th October is the 54th
anniversary of the Abortion Act being
passed in England and Wales. Since then 9,789,238 babies have lost their lives
to abortion. Millions of women and men have also had to deal with the suffering
which so often follows an abortion. Please join us in praying and fasting for
the end of abortion in this country on Wednesday 27th October. For
Post Abortion help and to support Pro-Life counselling see; www.GoodCounselNetwork.com. Please
invite your friends and Family to join us via this Facebook event; https://www.facebook.com/events/215429513822252/.
Thank
you for the volunteering forms already returned. Can you give 1 hour of your time to St Mary’s Shrine? With about
100 penitents and 500 visitors per week (250 on Sunday and about the same
during the week), St Mary’s Shrine is becoming busy. Please take and fill separate form. Thank you.
Continuous Rosary
Project for the
FSSP’s ministry and its members: Go to www.fssp.de/rosarium
and register, and sign up for a slot by clicking (please note: times are
Central European – calculate accordingly).
Pray for our Second
Year seminarian David,
from Warrington tonsured and the cassock on 23rd October, together
with 32 fellow seminarians (16 in Bavaria and 17 in Nebraska). Please also pray
for our 49 First Year seminarians who started formation last month, including
Federico from Wales.
Best All Hallows’ Eve ever: Sunday 31st
October:
Following 7pm-8pm candlelight Vigil at Liverpool abortion centre, social
gathering at St Mary’s Shrine’s Parish Room 9pm-10pm. Followed by ALL NIGHT adoration in church
10:00pm-7:00am ending with 7:00am Mass
of All Saints.
Vocation Day in
London Sat. 13th Nov 2021,
St Mary Magdalen Church, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common, London SW18 2QUFSSP:
organised by Juventutem. Preacher Fr de Malleray. For men and women 18-35.
Marian &
Pro-life Gaudete Sunday on the feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe, 12th December 2021.
Juventutem Young Adults Group: WarringtonSat 23rd Oct – London Fri 15th Oct.
Now
414
subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Homilies for Sundays and major
feasts are uploaded regularly. Visit
youtube.com/channel/UC_NVY7jpDIhANiwjng1gN0w. Thank you to our LiveMass/YouTube
operators.
Prayer
list: Greta
Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, Deryck Sankey, Michael Meadows, Jean Scott, M. Hawley,
Theresa Reynard, Hilda Creagan.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS
Other Mass intentions are applied at Private
Masses. Kindly ask Fr Stewart for details.
Sun 24
XXII Sunday after
Pentecost Public recitation of
the Prayer of the Confraternity of St. Peter (CSP) for priestly
vocations and ministry. Right after the 9am, 11am and 6pm Holy Masses, CSP
members recite kneeling at the Communion Rail; non members recite from their
pews. 5pm Vespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
II
9:00am
Cummins family
11:00am
All St. Mary’s
Faithful
6:00pm
Stan Jones
Mon 25
St John of
Berverley, Bishop, Confessor
III
12:10pm
Edwards Gibbons
Tue 26
Feria Votive
Mass of the Holy Angels
IV
12:10pm
Anthony Hall
Wed 27
Feria Votive
Mass of Sts Peter and Paul
IV
12:10pm
Jackie Walker
All St. Mary’s
Penitents
Votive Mass of St
Joseph
7:00pm
Thu 28
Ss Simon and Jude,
Apostles
II
12:10pm
Pat Barry
Fri 29
Feria Votive
Mass of the Holy Cross
IV
12:10pm
Adrian & Lucy
Porter
Sat 30
Saturday of Our
Lady
IV
12:10pm
Mhaol Mhuire
Coughlan RIP
Adoration &
Confessions 10.00-12.00
Sun 31
(British Summer time ends) Our Lord Christ the King (XXIII Sunday after
Pentecost) 5pm Vespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
I
9:00am
11:00am
7:00pm
Nicole Leatter RIP
All St. Mary’s
Faithful
Maire Bernard Dean
While the feast of All Saints will be celebrated on Monday 1st Nov, let us gather the day before as follows:
Sunday 31st October after 11am Holy Mass, during an extended tea and coffee social in Priory Court.
Bring a small contribution of food or drink for a shared
table if you wish.
All ages welcome, young and old! Come dressed as a saint, or
with a symbol for us to identify who you are representing.
For games and related ‘saint’ activities, you and your
children are welcome to join our Family Education Group the previous Wednesday
27th October, which is half term for most.
(Wednesday Cost £5, contact Alison Kahn for details 01840072641)
Weekdays: 9:00am-7:00pm (Confessions
11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays: 9:00am-7pm (Eucharistic
Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Holy Rosary Mon-Fri 11:30am; Sat 11am; Sun 4:30pm
Stations of the Cross Mon & Fri, 1:00pm
Mothers’ Prayer Group: Wed 1:00pm
Priory Court Car Park reserved for Academy every Mondays and Thursdays; available ALL other days. Church car park available 7/7: please now use ALL empty spaces,
including outside Presbytery & Garage.
Free 2hrs parking at ASDA across the street.
Organ practice Thu, Fri 2pm-4pm
Bookshop Unit 3 Open Sun 12:25pm-1:00pm.
Daily Holy Mass online with
homily: on LiveMass.net >
Warrington: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs
after 3pm upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for latest Sunday Mass.
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. Thank you in
advance.
All must dress modestly in church out
of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs
must be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn
by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and
tie for men and boys, dresses for ladies. Men keep their heads uncovered
within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Thank
you.
Switch
OFF your mobile phonebefore
you enter our church.
Safeguarding: If you have
concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the
Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department: m.robson@rcaol.org.uk or 0151
522 1013, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you
for your awareness.
Thank
you for the volunteering forms already returned. Can you give 1 hour of your time to St Mary’s Shrine? With about 100
penitents and 500 visitors per week (250 on Sunday and about the same during
the week), St Mary’s Shrine is becoming busy. Please take and fill separate form. Thank you.
New Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool came for coffee
last week. St Mary’s Shrine clergy were glad to spend time with Bishop Neylon
for an informal visit. Born and bred in Warrington, he attended St Oswald’s
Catholic Primary School in Padgate and English Martyrs High School in Orford as
a child.
Our Archbishop publicly supported St Mary’s Warrington in the latest issue of the archdiocesan magazine: “In Warrington we are fortunate to have the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter which was founded by Pope St John Paul II. They conduct their liturgy according to the pre-conciliar rites and offer pastoral care to those who choose that way of worship.” Archbishop McMahon knows well our community whom he visits yearly. However, prayer is very much needed for many other Catholic faithful attracted to the usus antiquior and currently without access to it.
Continuous Rosary Project
for the FSSP’s ministry and its members: Go to www.fssp.de/rosarium and
register, and sign up for a slot by clicking (please note: times are Central
European – calculate accordingly).
Pray
for our Second Year seminarian David, from Warrington, who will receive
First Tonsure and the cassock on 23rd October, together with 32
fellow seminarians (16 in Bavaria and 17 in Nebraska). Please also pray for our
49 First Year seminarians who started formation last month, including Federico
from Wales.
Best All Hallows’ Eve ever: Sunday 31st October: Following 7pm-8pm candlelight Vigil at Liverpool abortion centre, social gathering at St Mary’s Shrine’s Parish Room 9pm-10pm. Followed by ALL NIGHT adoration in church 10:00pm-7:00am ending with 7:00am Mass of All Saints.
A couple of St Mary’s parishioners has been raising money for the Good Counsel Network by walking the 25 stages of the Ancient North Wales Pilgrims Way. They are now half way through the stages and won’t probably complete them all until next summer. However, they have raised £508 + gift aid so far and really want to raise as much as they possibly can.
All the raised funds are paid directly to GCN via the Just Giving site.
Congratulations
to Ray and Carla Cilia, whose fourth child, newborn Joseph, will be baptised on Sunday 10thOctober at 10:30am. We welcome the
Cilia family who moved from South London last month to be part of St Mary’s
community and academy.
Vocation
Day in London Sat. 13th Nov 2021, St Mary Magdalen Church, 96
North Side Wandsworth Common, London SW18 2QUFSSP: organised by Juventutem.
Preacher Fr de Malleray. For men and women 18-35.
Vocation Weekend in Warrington 26-28 Nov2021: for single Catholic men 18-29. Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/1MFdTHT7I. Info & Contact: malleray@fssp.org.
At St Mary’s Priory, Smith Street, Warrington WA1 2NS, England: Starts 5:00pm; ends 2:00pm
Is God calling ME? Matrimony, celibacy, monastery, seminary, Fraternity?
If you are a single Catholic man between 18 and 29 years of age, come and discern with us at St Mary’s Priory & Church. Shrine Rector Fr de Malleray, FSSP will lead the Weekend, assisted by Frs Ian Verrier, FSSP and Alex Stewart, FSSP. There will be talks, prayers (Divine Office in our beautiful church), 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. Location: St Mary’s Priory. FREE for unwaged and students. Others: £60 per person in total.
Great pictures about our ministry here https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums
VOCATION NEWS: 11 FSSP UK PRIESTS IN 19 YEARS
We have currently six young men from the UK & Ireland in formation at our two international seminaries. 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 11 of priests ordained over the past 19 years: 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; Deacon Gwilym Evans in 2022 (planned).
Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.
O Lord, grant us many holy priests!
Marian & Pro-life Gaudete Sunday on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12th December 2021. (Detailed schedule to follow.) Save the date!
Regina Caeli Academy has opened in Warrington. FINANCIAL SUPPORT NEEDED: kindly donate to St Mary’s Warrington Educational
Trust as several families are unable to meet the costs. Email theacademystmarys@gmail.com.
Juventutem Young Adults
Group: WarringtonSat 23rd Oct – London
Fri 15th Oct.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/. Ask us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat.
Standing orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash:
Lloyds Bank ;
Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
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subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Homilies for Sundays and major
feasts are uploaded regularly. Visit youtube.com/channel/UC_NVY7jpDIhANiwjng1gN0w.
Thank you to our LiveMass/YouTube operators.
Pray for our Sick & housebound: Dorothea
Wallace, Deryck Sankey, Michael Meadows, Jean Scott, M. Hawley, Theresa
Reynard, Hilda Creagan.
HOLY MASS
INTENTIONS
Other Mass intentions are applied at Private Masses.
Kindly ask Fr Stewart for details.
COMMUNAL SHRINE INTENTIONS: Consider offering your usual stipend for the following weekly Mass intentions, otherwise offered without a stipend: All St Mary’s Faithful; All St Mary’s penitents; FSSP seminarians or Clergy. Please write one of these intentions on the Mass envelope, insert your stipend and put it in the collection basket. Thank you.
Sun 10
XX Sunday after
Pentecost, II Class5pm Vespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
9:00am11:00am6:00pm
Daniel Jones
All St Mary’s Faithful
Ian Jordan
Mon 11
Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary, II Class
12:10pm
Pat Barry
Tue 12
St Wilfred, Bishop,
Confessor, III Class
12:10pm
Emma Wilkinson
Wed 13
St Edward, Confessor,
III Class
12:10pm
7:00pm
John Joe Reilly RIP
Men of St. Mary’s
Thu 14
St. Callistus I, Pope,
Martyr, III Class
12:10pm
James Cornell RIP
Fri 15
St. Theresa, Virgin,
III Class
12:10pm
All St Mary’s penitents
Sat 16
St. Hedwig, Widow, III
Class
Adoration &
Confessions 10:00am-12noon
12:10pm
Andrew Donavan
Sun 17
XXI Sunday after
Pentecost, II Class5pm Vespers and
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
9:00am11:00am6:00pm
Stephen Barry
All St. Mary’s faithful
Deceased O’Shaughnessy
Mon 18
St Luke, Evangelist, II Class:
33rd anniversary of establishment of FSSP as of pontifical right
12:10pm
Fr Pillari
Tue 19
St. Peter of Alcantara,
Confessor, III Class
12:10pm
Mary Ashley RIP
Wed 20
St John Cantius,
Confessor, III Class
12:10pm
7:00pm
Tony Lehain RIP
Steve Conlon
Thu 21
Feria, Votive Mass of the Holy Ghost, (Com St
Hilarion)
12:10pm
Amanda Cribb
Fri 22
Feria, IV Class, Votive Mass of the Holy Cross
12:10pm
All St. Mary’s penitents
Sat 23
St. Anthony Mary
Claret, Bishop Confessor, III Class
Adoration &
Confessions 10:00am-12noon
12:10pm
Louis Hannah
Sun 24
XXII Sunday after Pentecost, II
Class: Public recitation of the Prayer of
the Confraternity of St. Peter (CSP)
for priestly vocations and ministry. Right after the 9am, 11am and 6pm Holy
Masses, CSP members recite kneeling at the Communion Rail; non members recite
from their pews. 5pm Vespers & Benediction of the Bl. Sacrament
