Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson, who created the highly-cited Imperial College London coronavirus model, which has been cited by organizations like The New York Times and has been instrumental in governmental policy decision-making, offered a massively downgraded projection of the potential deathtoll on Wednesday.
Ferguson’s model projected 2.2 million dead people in the United States and 500,000 in the U.K. from COVID-19 if no action were taken to slow the virus and blunt its curve.
However, after just one day of ordered lockdowns in the U.K., Ferguson is presenting drastically downgraded estimates, revealing that far more people likely have the virus than his team figured. Now, the epidemiologist predicts, hospitals will be just fine taking on COVID-19 patients and estimates 20,000 or far fewer people will die from the virus itself or from its agitation of other ailments, as reported by New Scientist Wednesday.
Ferguson thus dropped his prediction from 500,000 dead to 20,000.
Author and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson broke down the bombshell report via Twitter on Thursday morning (view Twitter thread below).
“This is a remarkable turn from Neil Ferguson, who led the [Imperial College] authors who warned of 500,000 UK deaths — and who has now himself tested positive for #COVID,” started Berenson.
“He now says both that the U.K. should have enough ICU beds and that the coronavirus will probably kill under 20,000 people in the U.K. — more than 1/2 of whom would have died by the end of the year in any case [because] they were so old and sick,” he wrote.
To put this number in context, there are usually thousands of deaths from the flu each year in the U.K. Here is some information from the University of Oxford on deaths ranging from 600-13,000 per year:
Influenza (flu) is a very common, highly infectious disease caused by a virus. It can be very dangerous, causing serious complications and death, especially for people in risk groups. In rare cases flu can kill people who are otherwise healthy. In the UK it is estimated that an average of 600 people a year die from complications of flu. In some years it is estimated that this can rise to over 10,000 deaths (see for example this UK study from 2013, which estimated over 13,000 deaths resulting from flu in 2008-09). Flu leads to hundreds of thousands of GP visits and tens of thousands of hospital stays a year.
Berenson continued: “Essentially, what has happened is that estimates of the viruses transmissibility have increased — which implies that many more people have already gotten it than we realize — which in turn implies it is less dangerous.”
“Ferguson now predicts that the epidemic in the U.K. will peak and subside within ‘two to three weeks’ — last week’s paper said 18+ months of quarantine would be necessary,” the former reporter highlighted.
“One last point here: Ferguson gives the lockdown credit, which is *interesting* — the UK only began [its] lockdown 2 days ago, and the theory is that lockdowns take 2 weeks or more to work,” stressed Berenson. “Not surprisingly, this testimony has received no attention in the US — I found it only in UK papers. Team Apocalypse is not interested.”
Ferguson’s change of tune comes days after Oxford epidemiologist Sunetra Gupta criticized the professor’s model.
“I am surprised that there has been such unqualified acceptance of the Imperial model,” Gupta said, according to the Financial Times.
Professor Gupta led a team of researchers at Oxford in a modeling study which suggests that the virus has been invisibly spreading for at least a month earlier than suspected, concluding that as many as half of the people in the United Kingdom have already been infected by COVID-19.
If her model is accurate, fewer than one in a thousand who’ve been infected with COVID-19 become sick enough to need hospitalization, leaving the vast majority with mild cases or free of symptoms.
3/ Essentially, what has happened is that estimates of the viruses transmissibility have increased – which implies that many more people have already gotten it than we realize – which in turn implies it is less dangerous.
5/ One last point here: Ferguson gives the lockdown credit, which is *interesting* – the UK only began ita lockdown 2 days ago, and the theory is that lockdowns take 2 weeks or more to work.
Correction: The original title of this article incorrectly suggested that Neil Ferguson stated his initial model was wrong. The article has been revised to make clear that he provided a downgraded projection given the new data and current mitigation steps.
Tell your friends and colleagues. This is a great opportunity to make the beauty and depth of the traditional Latin Mass better known, especially by people who might not visit these churches in ordinary circumstances.
In this times of pandemic, St Mary’s Warrington is one of the very few places where five clerics are able to perform a traditional Missa Cantata behind closed doors (since we live as one household in the same presbytery; pray that we don’t fall ill, or it will have to be a Low Mass every day!).
Messages of thank are sent to our priests from various countries for our LiveMass.net apostolate allowing thousands to attend the Holy Sacrifice from a distance.
Examples: “Dear Fathers, thank you for the Live Mass today [Sunday 22 March] on Internet! I was able to follow the Mass in Warrington from W. this morning. Good to know you’ve been prepared with this website for a few years. Also happy to see you both, even in such circumstances.”
“Dear Fathers, I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful initiative in live streaming the Holy Mass. These are difficult times for us all and as your said in your sermon, we should be not satisfied with attending the Mass in this way. However, you are providing great comfort for many families globally in doing so. And what a beautiful church! God Bless, A., M. and …family.”
“Dear Fr …, A quick message to thank you for the amazing LiveMass transmissions. I followed for St Joseph, St Benedict and now Laetare – quite surreal (and sad) to see you sprinkling row upon row of empty pews! I must say the quality is superb and it is a wonderful resource to have in these extraordinary times (I’ve sent a small donation to LiveMass.net). God bless, J.”
Practical reminders: On every location, you can watch the ‘Mass of the Day’ for 24hrs and the ‘Mass of the Sunday’ for 7 days. Just click on the relevant link under the name of location. Again, you do not need to watch live always, but on demand when you like.
If streaming is slow, click on the ‘HD’ icon on the bottom righ corner of the screen and select a lower definition.
Dear parishioners, owing to the coronavirus, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales has ordered that from 21st March all public liturgies be stopped until further notice in order to try and minimise the spreading of the virus.
Therefore, please note the
following:
Please sanitise your hands and keep good hygiene.
Please keep a distance of 2 empty pews from the next person (make use of side aisle pews). NB – one family/household can be together in a pew as they would be at home.
Don’t share/put back booklets e.g. for stations of the cross – instead take home and bring along with you to use each time you come. (Hymn books are not to be used).
There will be no communal Stations of the Cross or rosary.
Sundays:
Church open for private prayer 8am-7.30pm (shut between 10.45am-12.30pm).
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (without Benediction) 3pm-7pm.
Let us invoke Our Blessed Mother, St Joseph, St Sebastian, St Peregrini, St Roch, St Peter, St Benedict, Bl James Bell, our patron saints and guardian angels at this time.
2 – SUPPORT PEOPLE:
a) Check on isolated parishioners from St Mary’s Shrine: If you are already in touch with some, give the clergy their name and contact details (with their permission). Every such isolated person needs to have a fellow parishioner as ‘Guardian Angel’ checking on them daily through a visit or at least a phone call or an email.
b) Even if you are not isolated, you may feel the need for support in these trying times. Do ring and email St Mary’s clergy for spiritual advice and comfort. Do watch our daily Holy Mass (usual times) and listen to the daily homily (send your friends the link: http://s3.amazonaws.com/livemass/warrington/index.html).
3 – SUPPORT YOUR SHRINE CHURCH:
We know that many of you may find themselves in financial difficulty over the coming weeks or months. Because we still need to pay the bills, we are grateful for whatever amount you can give. Please remember that the costs incurred to run St Mary’s Shrine remain high (estimated £1,700.00 per week).
The cancellation of public Masses prevents Offertory collections, but…
a) A safe box (under CCTV and emptied daily) is available at St Mary’s for you to give your offering when you visit.
b) Please set up standing orders especially if you can’t visit St Mary’s weekly: For FSSP Warrington Bank Name: Lloyds Bank Sort Code: 30-80-27 Account number: 30993368 Account name: FSSP Warrington
c) You live far away or abroad and you pray with St Mary’s via LiveMass: please help us carry on this ministry, donating to us via international transfers, adding to the details above the following:
Bank Branch: Palmerston Rd Southsea Bank Address: Ariel House, 2138 Coventry Road, Sheldon, B26 3JW IBAN: GB97LOYD30802730993368 SWIFT code: LOYDGB21721
d) The Gift Aid envelopes are available for collection in the narthex and can continue to be used even if the donations don’t reach us weekly. Set them aside to bring whenever you can come. Click here to open and fill in the Gift Aid form.
c) Consider endowing St Mary’s Shrine with long-term income through bequesting a legacy to us. There are currently five clerics at St Mary’s and adequate buildings, but we are not yet self-sustainable and we do need a significant increase of our weekly income. Your bequest is to be made to our registered charity no.1129964, ‘Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri Ltd’ (FSSP England), but it will be used exclusively to support St Mary’s Shrine Church in Warrington if you specify it. Please contact you solicitor and St Mary’s to discuss praticalities.
b) Fatima Prayer given to the three children by the Angel who preceded Our Lady’s first appearance to them in 1917.
‘MOST Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. And through the infinite merit of His Most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.’ (3 times)
c) Spiritual Communion (Catechism of the Council of Trent):
Threefold Manner Of Communicating
‘That the faithful may learn to be zealous for the better gifts, they must be shown who can obtain these abundant fruits from the Holy Eucharist, must be reminded that there is not only one way of communicating. Wisely and rightly, then, did our predecessors in the faith, as we read in the Council of Trent, distinguish three ways of receiving this Sacrament.
‘Some receive it sacramentally only. Such are those sinners who do not fear to approach the holy mysteries with polluted lips and heart, who, as the Apostle says, eat and drink the Lord’s body unworthily. Of this class of communicants St. Augustine says: He who dwells not in Christ, and in whom Christ dwells not, most certainly does not eat spiritually His flesh, although carnally and visibly he press with his teeth the Sacrament of His flesh and blood. Those, therefore, who receive the sacred mysteries with such a disposition, not only obtain no fruit therefrom, but, as the Apostle himself testifies, eat and drink judgment to themselves.
‘Others are said to receive the Eucharist in spirit only. They are those who, inflamed with a lively faith which worketh by charity,’ partake in wish and desire of that celestial bread offered to them, from which they receive, if not the entire, at least very great fruits.
‘Lastly, there are some who receive the Holy Eucharist both sacramentally and spiritually, those who, according to the teaching of the Apostle, having first proved themselves and having approached this divine banquet adorned with the nuptial garment, derive from the Eucharist those most abundant fruits which we have already described. Hence it is clear that those who, having it in their power to receive with fitting preparation the Sacrament of the body of the Lord, are yet satisfied with a spiritual Communion only, deprive themselves of the greatest and most heavenly advantages.’
d) Traditional Prayer for Spiritual Communion:
‘I wish, my Lord, to receive Thee, with the purity, humility and devotion with which Thy most Holy Mother received you, with the spirit and fervor of the saints.’
(popularised by St Josemaria Escriva, learnt from his primary school teacher Piarist Father Manuel Laborda)
e) Prayer to one’s Guardian Angel when unable to assist at Mass O Holy Angel at my side go to the church for me, kneel at my place at Holy Mass, where I desire to be, At offertory in my stead, take all I am and own and place it as a sacrifice upon the altar Throne. At Holy Consecration’s bell adore with Seraph’s love, My Jesus hidden in the Host, come down from heaven above. And when the priest Communion takes O bring my Lord to me, that His sweet Heart may rest on mine And I His temple be!
f) Before the monstrance or tabernacle:
My Lord and my God Jesus Christ, I firmly believe that you are here, really, truly and substantially present; with your sacred Body, your precious Blood, your human soul and your divinity under the externals of bread; and I adore you with the most profound reverence.
We urge all our parishioners of 70 years of age and beyond (and anyone with a serious medical condition) to present themselves to the priests at St Mary’s after the 12:10pm Mass of St Joseph today (19 March, or latest tomorrow 20 March) to receive the sacrament of Extreme-Unction in its shorter form.
We have sought canonical advice and certify that the unprecedented circumstances make it not only licit but highly advisable for you to receive this sacrament today because:
1)Medical experts assure that your chances of critical reaction to the virus are much higher than younger people, even though you may be in good health;
2) It is to be feared that priests will be prevented by public authorities from accessing your premises for the Last Rites later on (e.g. no priest chaplain allowed in many French hospitals even for dying people);
3) Priests may become infected and contagious, precluding visits to the sick.
Pleae share this information.
SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC MASSES:
As mandated by the Bishops of England and Wales, as an attempt to diminish exposure to the virus, public Holy Masses at St Mary’s Shrine and other liturgical activities and gatherings will cease as from Saturday 21st March included, until further notice. As recommended by our bishops, St Mary’s Church will remain open as usual for anyone to come and pray, except during the daily 12:10pm Mass which be offered behind closed doors while you may watch it on LiveMass (live or on demand) and make a spiritual Communion. Priests will offer their daily Masses privately and will be available for Confessions.
In this time of dire uncertainty, while discomfort and suffering are looming ahead for all, and death for some, let us more than ever remember that:
nothing escapes God’s Providence;
“the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18);
trials can be turned into graces if embraced in a spirit of expiation for sins, of intercession for others and of reparation for the many crimes of our times;
this ordeal is occurring during Lent, the universal time of expiation;
and during the countdown to the re-dedication of England as Our Lady’s Dowry on 29th March.
Thus dear friends, let us courageously and trustfully face any distress, walking as carried by God and under Our Lady’s protection, begging for salvation not only for us but for all men.
Precautions: If you consider yourself at risk, we recommend you attend our 6pm Sunday Mass, with fewer people and a lesser risk of contagion. At any Mass, please clean your hands with sanitizers before you come and after. So do the priests giving Holy Communion. In the traditional Latin Mass, the thumbs and forefingers of the priest touch absolutely nothing else than the sacred host, not even the tongue of the communicant if the mouth is correctly opened.
BULLETIN of ST
MARY’S SHRINE 15th March 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 £1,700/week to run and maintain. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Stations of the Cross lead by clergy every Lenten Friday 1pm.
Gift Aid: if you are a regular user of the white FSSP Gift Aid envelopes, we need to change the way these are used. Letters explaining the different options can be found on the bench ledges. Please take one if this applies to you. Thank you.
Text of letter below:
Are you a regular Gift Aid donor?
If you are a regular user of the FSSP’s white Gift Aid envelopes, whilst we are sincerely grateful for your continued support and generosity, we need to change the way these envelopes are used due to the disproportionate amount of admin work they generate, both for the counters and in the processing of each donation. For regular giving, we are asking that you consider a different way to gift aid your donations.
If you still wish to use envelopes on a weekly basis, we can issue you with your own numbered box set for the coming tax year, subject to us receiving a Gift Aid Declaration form, available from the back of church. This means your details only need to be entered once onto our system and there is no need for you to write on the envelopes each time as the number identifies you. There is no commitment to giving a set amount; they can be used to fit with your circumstances. The white ‘occasional’ GA envelopes will still be available but please reserve these for occasional visitors or times when you might give an extra donation during any particular week.
Alternatively, and administratively the simplest option for us, please consider setting up a standing order to support the Warrington apostolate, which can still be Gift Aided with a completed form – the details of our bank account are on the bulletin or there are bank mandate forms for Warrington available in church.
Thank you once again for your generous support.
Jane Wright, Shrine Secretary
Kneeling at Consecration:
Unless you had knee surgery of late or are prevented by old age, please do
kneel at least during Consecration, and normally for the entire Canon of the
Mass (from after the Sanctus until before the Our Father). Thank you.
Preparation
Courses for First Holy Communion (to be conferred on
Corpus Christi Sunday, 14th June, 11am) and for Confirmation (to be conferred on Sat. 18th July,
3pm by Archbishop McMahon of Liverpool).
Both courses will begin on 15th March and every following Sunday
9:45am-10:45am.
Our
Lenten Shrine community alms this year will go to
Cenacolo, in support of people with addictions (https://cenacolouk.org/). Please
note: FSSP Warrington is exclusively responsible for this initiative and will
personally transfer the amount collected to the Cenacolo Community as a Lenten
offering from our Shrine community to Cenacolo UK.
25
women attended our first Women’s GroupMeeting on Sat. 7th March. After (optional)
10am-12noon adoration and 12:10pm Holy Mass, a packed lunch was taken in common
in the Shrine Hall, followed by talk by Fr Henry Whisenant on sacred art.
Suggest names for the group: current contenders St Anne and St Margaret
Clitherow. Next meeting: Sat. 25th
April, 1pm-3pm.
Any women from 18 to 118 welcome!
Brand
new Baronius hand missals for only £35.00 each! St
Mary’s Shrine being such a good customer, Baronius Press granted us a major
discount on their public price of £53.95 + shipping.
St
Patrick’s Party, Tuesday 17th March: 6pm shared Irish dishes
followed by 7pm film. Please bring some Irish cheeses, soda breads,
drinks/wines (email roger.gilbride@fssp.org to find out where you can buy
those). At 7pm, showing of the EWTN Film ‘Bravery Under Fire’ about the life of
Irish Fr William Doyle, SJ (90 mins). Fr Doyle is considered a ‘Martyr of
Charity’ as he died on the battlefield of Ypres in WWI rescuing wounded
soldiers (www.fatherdoyle.com).
Diocesan
Safeguarding Training session at St Benedict’s
Catholic Primary School, near St Benedict’s Church: at the end of Quebec Road,
WA2 7SB, Thursday 19th March, 7pm.
Mass
of Thanksgiving for Converts: Sat 21st March,12:10pm. Any converts and their
families and friends, especially those received or baptised at St Mary’s in the
past four years, are heartily invited to attend this Mass and join our wider
community in giving thanks to God for the gift of faith and of belonging to the
Church. It will be an opportunity to meet with other converts.
SCHEDULE: 10.30am Confessions 11.00am Solemn High Mass (1st Sunday in Passiontide) for the Re-Dedication of England 12noon The actual moment for the Re-dedication will coincide with Eucharistic Consecration 12.30pm Thanksgiving and packed lunch in new Parish Room (please bring your own) 2.00pm Holy Rosary and Act of Consecration to Our Lady (with Confessions) 2.30pm Eucharistic Adoration in intercession for England 3.00pm Sung Vespers
The following is part of the Shrine’s normal Sunday schedule: 5.30pm Confessions 6.00pm Low Mass (1st Sunday in Passiontide) 7.15pm Sung Compline
Please do not bring and display devotional literature, magazines or flyers for any events at St
Mary’s without the clergy’s permission. Thank you.
St Mary’s Library: On the contrary, you are welcome to show the priests sound Catholics books on lives of the saints, Catholic history and spirituality for them to check if they would fit in our soon-to-be opened St Mary’s Library. Please do not drop bags of books for this purpose, but kindly take back what the priests cannot retain.
EDUCATION MEETING WARRINGTON Sunday 26 April 2020, 12:30pm-3:30pm St Mary’s Church, Buttermarket Street, Warrington WA1 2NS FREE church car parks accessed via Smith Street and Buttermarket Street
WHAT: A number of families meet weekly at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington for half a day of educational activities (about 25 children). In addition to this, we have been observing with interest the formation of the Regina Caeli Academy (RCA) in Bedfordshire over the past 18 months and have invited them to present their educational model in Warrington. With a spacious building just acquired next to our church, we now actively welcome educational initiatives and we pray God that we may answer them very soon.
WHO: Anyone with interest in education is welcome to attend. This includes not only parents wishing to support such an academy in Warrington, but also home educators eager to compare their methods with the RCA ones, parents whose children are in full time school education and are curious to hear what RCA can bring, as well as benefactors open to funding reliable Catholic education.
AHEAD: The innocence of our children is in danger. Next autumn, even Catholic schools will have young children subjected to lessons on sexuality delivered in a way which is very likely to harm their innocent souls and twist their understanding of natural law, while depriving their parents of their inalienable rights as their primary educators. Even if this concern did not exist, the fact that most teenagers educated in Catholic schools lapse demonstrates enough that more must be done to teach and form the next generations of Catholics.
BUT: Many parents agree with this assessment, but feel they can’t home educate, though. They don’t have the training, the time, the resources. They fear that home education might hinder socialising their children. They doubt whether home education would enable their children to enter the universities and get good jobs.
ASK: Regina Caeli [https://www.rcahybrid.org.uk/] is a private, independent tutoring centre operating in the Catholic tradition. It offers two full days of taught lessons in school (Mondays and Thursdays) and lesson plans for three days of lessons taught at home, for boys and girls aged 4-18. The two taught days comprise the majority of academic work and there is significant support for the homeschooling element. The organisation has grown rapidly since its launch in 2003, now operating in 16 locations in the United States (with 8 more in planning) and, of course, now also in Bedfordshire in the UK.
Regina Caeli is a response to the need for affordable, authentic, classical education taught in light of the Catholic tradition. Its primary goal is to aid the students in knowing, loving, and serving God by providing them with a “classical style” of education so they learn how to think critically and become life-long learners. The mission is both educational and apostolic combining high educational standards with faithful adherence to the Magisterium of the Church.
Leaders of Regina Caeli UK will give a presentation about the hybrid academy and answer any questions families may have.
TIMETABLE: 12:30pm Teas and coffees / lunch (please bring your own packed lunches) 1:30pm Brief introduction, followed by a talk by Regina Caeli Academy UK representative 2:30pm Coffee and cake 2:45pm Talk by the Trustees of the Bedfordshire RCA on how it works in practice 3:00pm Q&A’s, and next steps for interested parents
If you can, arrive earlier and attend our 11:00am Solemn High Mass (confessions from 10:30am). There is an other 6:00pm Sunday Mass.
There is a separate room to occupy the children. We’re aiming to get some help to entertain the children (tbc).
INTERCESSORESS: The Servant of God Elizabeth Prout, Foundress of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion (the female branch of Bl. Dominic Barberi’s Passionists in England), chose and founded St Mary’s school in Warrington. Our current building stands on the very footprint of the one she knew and where her order taught children from 1899 until 1967. Her order asks us to inform them of any favour received through her intercession. Let us ardently ask her for success for this initiative as we prepare for the bicentenary of her birth on 2nd September 2020.
CONCLUSION: The great step of the re-dedication of England to Our Lady of Walshingham on 29th March calls for renewed creativeness in Catholic education. Now is the time; 26 April is the date and St Mary’s the place. Please come, tell your friends, and pray. We look forward to meeting you soon.
CONTACT Shrine Rector: malleray@fssp.org
Next trek with Juventutem Young Adults (18-35): 18th April; 16th May. Contact helena.waddelove@hotmail.co.uk. Also, Juventutem Summer Weekend near London 3-5 July 2020. Also, CHARTRES Pilgrimage: 30th May-1st June 2020 with Frs de Malleray and Whisenant. Contact Pippa: pippajcurran97@gmail.com.
EDUCATION MEETING WARRINGTON Sunday 26 April 2020, 12:30pm-3:30pm St Mary’s Church, Buttermarket Street, Warrington WA1 2NS FREE church car parks accessed via Smith Street and Buttermarket Street
WHAT: A number of families meet weekly at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington for half a day of educational activities (about 25 children). In addition to this, we have been observing with interest the formation of the Regina Caeli Academy (RCA) in Bedfordshire over the past 18 months and have invited them to present their educational model in Warrington. With a spacious building just acquired next to our church, we now actively welcome educational initiatives and we pray God that we may answer them very soon.
WHO: Anyone with interest in education is welcome to attend. This includes not only parents wishing to support such an academy in Warrington, but also home educators eager to compare their methods with the RCA ones, parents whose children are in full time school education and are curious to hear what RCA can bring, as well as benefactors open to funding reliable Catholic education.
AHEAD: The innocence of our children is in danger. Next autumn, even Catholic schools will have young children subjected to lessons on sexuality delivered in a way which is very likely to harm their innocent souls and twist their understanding of natural law, while depriving their parents of their inalienable rights as their primary educators. Even if this concern did not exist, the fact that most teenagers educated in Catholic schools lapse demonstrates enough that more must be done to teach and form the next generations of Catholics.
BUT: Many parents agree with this assessment, but feel they can’t home educate, though. They don’t have the training, the time, the resources. They fear that home education might hinder socialising their children. They doubt whether home education would enable their children to enter the universities and get good jobs.
ASK: Regina Caeli [https://www.rcahybrid.org.uk/] is a private, independent tutoring centre operating in the Catholic tradition. It offers two full days of taught lessons in school (Mondays and Thursdays) and lesson plans for three days of lessons taught at home, for boys and girls aged 4-18. The two taught days comprise the majority of academic work and there is significant support for the homeschooling element. The organisation has grown rapidly since its launch in 2003, now operating in 16 locations in the United States (with 8 more in planning) and, of course, now also in Bedfordshire in the UK.
Regina Caeli is a response to the need for affordable, authentic, classical education taught in light of the Catholic tradition. Its primary goal is to aid the students in knowing, loving, and serving God by providing them with a “classical style” of education so they learn how to think critically and become life-long learners. The mission is both educational and apostolic combining high educational standards with faithful adherence to the Magisterium of the Church.
Leaders of Regina Caeli UK will give a presentation about the hybrid academy and answer any questions families may have.
TIMETABLE: 12:30pm Teas and coffees / lunch (please bring your own packed lunches) 1:30pm Brief introduction, followed by a talk by Regina Caeli Academy UK representative 2:30pm Coffee and cake 2:45pm Talk by the Trustees of the Bedfordshire RCA on how it works in practice 3:00pm Q&A’s, and next steps for interested parents
If you can, arrive earlier and attend our 11:00am Solemn High Mass (confessions from 10:30am). There is an other 6:00pm Sunday Mass.
There is a separate room to occupy the children. We’re aiming to get some help to entertain the children (tbc).
INTERCESSORESS: The Servant of God Elizabeth Prout, Foundress of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion (the female branch of Bl. Dominic Barberi’s Passionists in England), chose and founded St Mary’s school in Warrington. Our current building stands on the very footprint of the one she knew and where her order taught children from 1899 until 1967. Her order asks us to inform them of any favour received through her intercession. Let us ardently ask her for success for this initiative as we prepare for the bicentenary of her birth on 2nd September 2020.
CONCLUSION: The great step of the re-dedication of England to Our Lady of Walshingham on 29th March calls for renewed creativeness in Catholic education. Now is the time; 26 April is the date and St Mary’s the place. Please come, tell your friends, and pray. We look forward to meeting you soon.
New Video on ‘Parents as Heroes and Saints’ by Fr de Malleray:
[Summary by Juventutem London:] On the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot, Fr De Malleray, FSSP, begins his homily by reflecting on the family. To be a parent and spouse in contemporary culture is heroic. It is a historic time for antagonism against the family and yet God loves families. He created the first family. Reflecting on the Holy Family inspires us of this truth. God decided to belong to a family. The second person of the Trinity, became the son of a woman, Our Lady, and the foster son of St. Joseph. From the beginning of our race, God expressed His will that humanity should be propagated through family. The first end of marriage is procreation and education of children. The second end of marriage is mutual support of the spouses. Parents have the glorious task of assisting God with populating heaven with new worshippers of the most Holy Trinity. This means not only to beget children but also to raise children to love God. The proof of a successful Christian education is the good example of virtue and the assistance lent by children to their parents and neighbours in need. So families are our heroes; because God wants families. But the world hates families. The world wants to take control of the family, of parents, of children. Why? Because the family as willed by God is the best school of sanctification for children and adults in the world. The world, being inimical to God, wants to control every man and every woman as if God did not exist. Family is the core cell of society. Christian families are domestic churches. Families are where children learn to lead life in common, to share, to listen, to obey, to trust, to serve, to love. Nowhere better than in the family can virtue be acquired. This in turn benefits society at large. Happy and stable families bring balanced and helpful itizens into the world. On the contrary, when families are weak or broken, then addiction, suicide, violence and crime increase. Fr then affirms a truth that soon, could be criminalised: parents are the primary educators of their children. They have this responsibility by natural right since they begot them. The state or any other institution, may assist the parents in the education of the children – but it must be the parent who decides if so. The state has no right to force “eduction” upon children against the parents’ will, especially sexual perversion classes. The state and other institutions may step in to provide for the children’ education if the parents cannot, yet always respecting natural law and divine law. Parental rights: the confiscation of the parental right by the state is the necessary bent of godless societies. This confiscation has been tried and implemented by every tyranny, but most successfully in recent times. Communism, Nazism, and now Hedonist Relativism. On the contrary, healthy families make prosperous countries.
Some examples of what a state worthy of the name should do: Firstly, in its duty to families, the state must provide adequate housing; every family is entitled to own a house. Second: the state must facilitate the transition of the family home from one generation to the next, by not claiming inheritance tax. Thirdly, society must accept that women cannot be replaced in nurturing life and in making the home a place of peace, order, and happiness. This is essential to ordering a society towards salvation. We are bound for eternity, but family life is our best preparation for a happy eternity with God. The supreme service women in the world can give to humanity is fostering life. It has been a great success of cultural communism to persuade the Western world that housewives are a waste. To achieve this lie, the godless have used cinema, literature, sociology, and the parliaments, to powerful effect. The truth is that mothers in the homes are queens. Women raising their children are heroines. Wives investing all they energies and skills into shaping new children of God are among the greatest benefactresses of mankind. Fourth: the authority of the husband and father must be upheld and praised, as described by St. Paul. “He must love his wife as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for her.” Fr then mentions a recently released film A Hidden Life, which depicts an authentically-lived Catholic manhood. Fifth: marriage must be protected by law as a permanent and exclusive bond of fidelity between a man and woman in order to raise children. Sixth: pornography, contraception, abortion, surrogacy, IVF, must be curbed and ultimately disappear as contrary to the dignity of men and women, of parents, and of society. Fr then quotes from Pope Francis on the family, highlighting its place in the Christian life.
Fr concludes points out that he has been addressing these issues from the perspective of civil society – but ultimately it is about grace and eternity. Securing a natural order benefits the supernatural order. Strong families make strong countries – and strong countries, inspired by the Catholic faith, prepare a blessed eternity with God. This is what we must all have in mind when praying before the crib and while praying for families. Indeed, individual families are cherished units of the larger family of God, that is, His Holy Church. In the “Hanc Igitur” prayer, the celebrant refers to the Church as the family of God. Fr finishes the sermon by inviting those who might be called to family to beg the Holy Family to inspire, to guide, to heal, and sanctify a;l families. This way parents will not only be heroes, but with their children, they will be saints.
(St Thomas Aquinas, the greatest Doctor of the Church)
Preparation Courses for First
Holy Communion (to
be conferred on Corpus Christi Sunday, 14th June, 11am) and for Confirmation (to be conferred
on Sat. 18th July, 3pm by Archbishop McMahon of Liverpool). Both courses will begin on 15th
March and every following Sunday 9:45am-10:45am.
1) For
First Holy Communion course, please contact roger.gilbride@fssp.org as soon as
possible if you want (or your child) to be included.
2) For
Confirmation course, please contact henrywhiz@hotmail.com
as soon as possible. Confirmation candidates from outside the Liverpool
Archdiocese are welcome with a statement of due preparation from their pastor. Please note: we reserve the right to
postpone admission to either sacrament if a candidate has missed sessions
and is not ready to receive.
[Updated on 4th March 2020:] Our Lenten Shrine community alms this year will go to Cenacolo, a community helping people suffering from addictions. Pray for the work of the Cenacolo Community and the individuals and their families that need help to ‘walk from the darkness of addiction’ to healing through God’s Love and Grace.
Please donate cash in envelopes clearly labelled ‘Cenacolo’. Please note: FSSP Warrington is exclusively responsible for this initiative and will personally transfer the amount collected to the Cenacolo Community as a Lenten offering from our Shrine community to Cenacolo UK. The only valid contact details for Cenacolo UK are available on their website: https://cenacolouk.org/.
First Women’s Group Meeting, Sat. 7th March, 1pm: After (optional) 10am-12noon
adoration and 12:10pm Holy Mass, bring and share packed lunch to Shrine Hall,
followed by talk by Fr Henry Whisenant.
Any
women from 18 to 118 welcome!
Brand new Baronius hand missals
for only £35.00
each! St Mary’s Shrine being such a good customer, Baronius Press granted us a
major discount on their public price of £53.95 + shipping
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Missal-1962-Baronius-Press/dp/0954563123). Hand
your £35 in cash to a priest and he
will give you your precious new hand missal. Make sure to stick a large label
with your name on the outside cover of the missal (and inside as well), as
about 100 other copies are used at St Mary’s.
St Patrick’s Party, Tuesday 17th
March: 6pm shared Irish dishes followed by 7pm film. Please bring some IRISH CHEESES,
SODA BREADS, DRINKS/WINES (email roger.gilbride@fssp.org to find out where you
can buy those). At 7pm, showing of the EWTN Film ‘Bravery Under Fire’ about the
life of Irish Fr William Doyle, SJ (90 mins). Fr Doyle is considered a ‘Martyr
of Charity’ as he died on the battlefield of Ypres in WWI rescuing wounded
soldiers (www.fatherdoyle.com).
New Video on ‘Parents as Heroes and Saints’ by Fr de Malleray:
Diocesan Safeguarding Training
session at St
Benedict’s Catholic Primary School, near St Benedict’s Church: at the end of
Quebec Road, WA2 7SB, Thursday 19th March, 7pm. Free. With the
participation of Frs Dave Heywood and Armand de Malleray FSSP.
Mass of Thanksgiving for Converts: Sat 21st March,12:10pm.
Any converts and their families and friends, especially those received or baptised at St Mary’s in the past four years, are heartily invited to attend this Mass and join our wider community in giving thanks to God for the gift of faith and of belonging to the Church. It will be an opportunity to meet with other converts. Adults under instruction to become Catholics or simply with interest in Catholicism are very welcome to attend as well. Please bring and share lunch in Shrine Hall at 1pm. Arrive earlier if you can for a time of Eucharistic Adoration in thanksgiving for the same intention, from 10am (with confessions).
Feast of the Annunciation, Wed 25th March: Low
Mass at 8:00am, Solemn Mass at 12:10pm; Low Mass at 7:00pm (exceptionally open
to ALL, before the usual 8pm Men’s Group talk).
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.
Congratulations
to our parishioner Martin Turner and his fiancée Georgie Burrows, who were united in Holy
Matrimony by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon in Liverpool Cathedral on 28th
February. We assure them of our prayer.
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, most
likely on a Sunday afternoon.
Next trek with Juventutem Young Adults (18-35): 14th March: to Macclesfield. Meet us at St Mary’s at 10:30am (after optional 9:30am Trekkers’ Mass) or meet us traight at St Albans Catholic church, SK11 8DJ at 11:30am, bringing waterproof clothing and appropriate footwear. We will also have a pub lunch. (Further dates: 18th April; 16th May). Contact helena.waddelove@hotmail.co.uk.
Also, Juventutem Summer Weekend near London 3-5 July 2020.
Also, CHARTRES Pilgrimage: 30th May-1st June 2020 with Frs de Malleray and Whisenant. Contact Pippa: pippajcurran97@gmail.com.
BULLETIN of ST
MARY’S SHRINE 2nd February 2020 Fortnightly www.fssp.co.uk/warrington
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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.
(Lumen ad revelationem gentium!)
Annual FSSP Clergy Gathering at St Mary’s 3-5 Feb. Join us for Monday 3rd Feb
Holy Hour followed by 6pm Vespers; Tue. 6pm Vespers; + 16 Low Masses on Tues.
and Wed. at 6:30am and 7:15am before 8am Lauds.
Pray for Fr Loewenstein: after a period of reflection, our confrere
sought permission to try religious life in a traditional community. The
Superiors of our Fraternity have granted it to him. We will miss Fr
Loewenstein’s pastoral dedication, his clear teaching and his friendly humour.
He is grateful for our prayers and no doubt will keep us in his. His new
address is not known yet.
Dowry Magazine, Winter edition, will be available on line this week. Read soon this
special issue on Anti-Christian persecutions.
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.
Servers training afternoon Sat 8th Feb, 1pm. Contact Deacon Gilbride: roger.gilbride@fssp.org
2 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.)
The Men’s group weekly is going strong with about 20
attending every Wednesday evening (7pm Low Mass;
8pm Talk; 9pm prayers). Any men 18+ welcome,
including non Catholics.
Thank
you to the ladies and clergy who worked hard to prepare
accommodation on 24-26 Jan last for 11 young men staying at St Mary’s for
vocational discernment.
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.
Next Young Adults Group event15th Feb:
Trek in Delamere Forest. Let us know if
you require a lift from St Mary’s (after the 9am Trekkers Mass). Alternatively,
meet us at 11am at the free Barnsbridge Car Park (WA6 6NB). Please
do RSVP and let us know if you require a lift/will be meeting us there so we
know who to wait for! 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. Contact Conor: conorjj79@gmail.com
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Days for Life, Manchester: Wednesday, 26th Feb – Sunday 5th April (subject to
possible PSPO).
Clergy
Retreat 27 April-1st May 2020, Stonyhurst: The priests
and Holy Church: her sons and defenders – by Fr A. de Malleray. COST: £320 in total (4 days full board,
modern single room with ensuite).
Ordinations: Pray for 8 to be ordained Subdeacons on 8th Feb in America; and 22 to be ordained to Minors orders including Miklos from London + 2 to Subdeaconate in Bavaria, where Fr de Malleray will be from 7 to 16 Feb to give the semestrial retreat.
Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday 18th July 2020, 3:00pm, administered by His Grace Malcolm McMahon, O.P., Archbishop of Liverpool, at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington, Buttermarket Street WA1 2NS. Followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and refreshments. Candidates from within and without the Liverpool Archdiocese should contact Fr Whisenant henrywhiz@hotmail.com.
Mass Intentions:
(Other intentions were applied over
the past 2 weeks at private Masses. Please ask Fr
Whisenant for details.)
Sun 2
Purification of
the Blessed Virgin MaryBlessing of Candles &
Procession at 11am
