‘Why every knee must bow before Jesus’: Warrington Men’s Group 31st July 7pm.

Our weekly MEN’S GROUP (any man 18+, including non Catholics) at St Mary’s Shrine Church, Warrington WA1 2NS.

Talk by Fr de Malleray this evening on : ‘Why every knee must bow before Jesus.’

We started in June 2019 with a dozen; a fortnight ago there were 17; last Wednesday we were 20 (clergy included). This group clearly meets an aspiration from men. We like getting together as men, whether married or single, with no concern about being seen as Catholics. Some travelled from Sheffield and Manchester. The age range is telling: 20 to 80! 
In addition to Holy Mass, doctrine and Compline, male camaraderie plays an important role as we chat with a drink. The group is under the protection of St Joseph, a wonderful model for all men. 
Bring your friends along next Wednesday, 7pm!

SCHEDULE: 
7:00pm Low Mass
7:35pm Silent thanksgiving up to 7:55pm
7:45pm Chat and drinks
8:00pm Talk by priest on doctrine & spirituality
8:30pm Questions & Answers
9:05pm Novena to St Joseph
9:15pm Compline
9:30pm End

Although men like to stay for the whole schedule, if on occasions you cannot do so, feel welcome to arrive later or depart earlier.

by Fr AM

One space now available on the Summer Camp for Boys!

For booking form, e-mail odonohue@fssp.org

by Fr PD

Men’s Group Wed 24 July

Our weekly MEN’S GROUP (any man 18+, including non Catholics)

Talk by Fr de Malleray on : Why humans seek God. 

We started in June 2019 with a dozen; a fortnight ago there were 17; last Wednesday we were 20 (clergy included). This group clearly meets an aspiration from men. We like getting together as men, whether married or single, with no concern about being seen as Catholics. Some travelled from Sheffield and Manchester. The age range is telling: 20 to 80!
In addition to Holy Mass, doctrine and Compline, male camaraderie plays an important role as we chat with a drink. The group is under the protection of St Joseph, a wonderful model for all men.
Bring your friends along next Wednesday, 7pm!

SCHEDULE:
7:00pm Low Mass
7:35pm Silent thanksgiving up to 7:55pm
7:45pm Chat and drinks
8:00pm Talk by priest on doctrine & spirituality
8:30pm Questions & Answers
9:05pm Novena to St Joseph
9:15pm Compline
9:30pm End

Although men like to stay for the whole schedule, if on occasions you cannot do so, feel welcome to arrive later or depart earlier.

by Fr AM

St Mary’s Sunday Bulletin 21st July 2019

Click here to open this bulletin as pdf.

Now 20! Our weekly MEN’S GROUP (18+) started a month ago with a dozen; a fortnight ago there were 17; last Wednesday we were 20 (clergy included). This group clearly meets an aspiration from men. We like getting together as men, whether married or single, with no concern about being seen as Catholics. Some travelled from Sheffield and Manchester. The age range is telling: 20 to 80! In addition to Holy Mass, doctrine and Compline, male camaraderie plays an important role as we chat with a drink. The group is under the protection of St Joseph, a wonderful model for all men. Bring your friends along next Wednesday, 7pm!

Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP wrote about the 8 Confirmed last 4^th July: ‘Last night’s Sacrament of Confirmation [was] a wonderful celebration. I was impressed by the enthusiasm and joy of the candidates and, indeed, of the congregation. I know a great deal of encouragement and preparation lies behind such occasions and I ask you to thank all those involved in the journey taken by the confirmands.’

Bring back ELGAR! Fr Verrier is in France as chaplain to our musical colony near Lourdes, with our seminarian Gwilym and 60 French children. To any musical children in the UK, don’t leave poor Edward Elgar in exile in France: register interest now to start this musical colony in England soon. Watch the musical colony’s short video performing Elgar’s Ave Verum here: https://youtu.be/miGz42HdKyk

Pilgrimage to Ladyewell Sat 10^th Aug 10am-4pm: please register interest now with Elaine to assess coach size: 01925 382 458. Already 42 booked in. Fr Andrew Jolly will offer a traditional Latin Mass at Ladyewell. Coach departs from St Mary’s at 10am. All welcome to the Lancashire Marian Shrine!

Congratulations to a dozen parishioners who received the Brown Scapular on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, last 16^th July (cf picture).

GIRL BOOKINGS WANTED for Summer Camps 2019 aged 10-13 & 14-17 in Macclesfield SK10 5RW: Girls 12-17 Aug. Contact Priest: odonohue@fssp.org

Juventutem Young Adults & Professionals: Sat 31^st August: trek with Fr Verrier, FSSP.

Pray for spiritual fruit for our young adults on a Youth Weekend at Douai Abbey, Berks 19-21 July 2019. Becoming Saints in an Anti-Christian World, with Frs de Malleray and O’Donohue.

Letting ads by parishioners:

• Lodger wanted ca. £350 a month, including bills, 10 miles from St Marys.
• Very large Four-bed end terraced house, Partington, M31 4FU, newly refurbished; four bed house. Immaculate condition. £ 675 p.c.m. 8 ½ miles from St Mary’s. Contact: 07916578902 or marycjones42@yahoo.co.uk.

3 Eucharistic conferences: 

42:02 The Real Presence – Conference Three – with Fr Armand De…

54:08 The Real Presence – Conference Two – with Fr Armand De…

34:05 The Real Presence – Conference One – with Fr Armand De…

Intentions:

by Fr AM

SUMMER CAMP UPDATE!

The summer camp for boys is now fully booked, and only 15 spaces are remaining on the camp for girls, which is from 12th-17th August. For booking forms, contact odonohue@fssp.org

by Fr PD

Amazing Ordinations pictures

by Fr AM

Bulletin Sunday 7 July 2019

Click here to open this bulletin as pdf.

Thank you for your participation in the following events: Corpus Christi procession, Family Sport Day, Walking Day, Pro-Life Fete, Confirmations. Visit our Flickr page and discover Joachim Kahn’s amazing pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/72157709278697467

8 confirmed:

Congratulations to Lee, Phylicia, Le, Gerard, Amanda, Xavier, Barbara, and Rhianwen

who were confirmed at St Mary’s last Thursday by His Grace Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP.

We are deeply grateful to our Archbishop who came for the third consecutive year to confirm our candidates.

Pilgrimage to Ladyewell Sat 10^th Aug 10am-4pm: please register interest now with Elaine to assess coach size: 01925 382 458. Already 42 booked in. With Fr Andrew Jolly. EF Mass at Ladyewell (or at St Mary’s 9am, to be confirmed). All welcome!

Ordinations:

We give thanks for six new FSSP priests out of 11 worldwide this year, ordained in Germany last 29 June (splendid pictures here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2mMh2xE9qzBX3cQ16) and more here https://photos.app.goo.gl/N3cKndDqYfyVxc2J8).

See the video of our ordinations in Nebraska last month here: https://vimeo.com/337119028.

We also give thanks for four Marian Franciscan priests, Frs Philomeno, Rosario, Faustino and Michele, ordained in Portsmouth Cathedral by Bishop Philip Egan on 5 July, also in the traditional form. Please remember to pray as well for Frs James Mawdsley, FSSP now 3 years ordained, Krzysztof Sanetra FSSP and Alex Stewart, FSSP now 2 years ordained, Seth Phipps, FSSP now 1 year ordained. Also, for Fr Matthew Jolley ordained at St Mary’s four years ago for the archdiocese before the FSSP took over, and for Deacon Thomas Clarke to be ordained a priest in Liverpool next 13^th July.

GIRL BOOKINGS WANTED for Summer Camps 2019 for children aged 10-13 & 14-17 in Macclesfield SK10 5RW: Boys 5-10 Aug; Girls 12-17 Aug. Contact Priest: odonohue@fssp.org

Juventutem Young Adults & Professionals: Sat 13th July 1pm-4pm, at St Mary’s, pizza & talk by Fr Verrier on Faith, with a focus on the teachings of the great Saint Alphonsus Liguori, and his steps to “Holiness and Perfection”.

Youth Weekend Douai Abbey, Berks19-21 July 2019. Becoming Saints in an Anti-Christian World, with Frs de Malleray and O’Donohue. Organised by Juventutem London Your VERY LAST CHANCE to book! Contact: juventutemldn@gmail.com or 07768 060068. See full schedule HERE.

3 Eucharistic conferences: 

42:02 The Real Presence – Conference Three – with Fr Armand De…

54:08 The Real Presence – Conference Two – with Fr Armand De…

34:05 The Real Presence – Conference One – with Fr Armand De…

Accommodation ads by parishioners:

To let: Lodger wanted ca. £350 a month, including bills, 10 miles from St Marys.

For sale £160,000: 7 Erskine Road, Partington, M31 4FU. Freehold, four bedroom end terraced house, newly refurbished; 20 minutes drive from St Mary’s.

Estate agents: Paul Birtles, Urmston https://www.paulbirtlesestateagents.co.uk/properties-for-sale/property/9666557-erskine-road-partington-manchester

Contact details: Mary Jones, marycjones42@yahoo.co.uk, 01925 756604

Masses were offered for: Martin Staddon RIP, Joan Phillips RIP, Family of Joan Phillips, Joseph Parkinson,  Fr. Windsor, Fr. P. Deegan, Pro-Life, FSSP (2), Geoff, Colin & Audrey Jones, Ethan Jones, Conor Jones, ,Riley Michael Jones, Patricia Jones, Joanne & Kevin King, Louis King, Holy Souls (3), Forgotten Holy Souls, Lawrence Taylor, Ronald Hannah, Francine Hannah, Sr. Maria Graziella of Jesus Crucified (2), Patricia Worsley, John Norris, Jack Anderson, Mary Catherine Morley (ill).  Since we have a backlog of over 100 Mass intentions, we are having to apply many of these to private Masses. We shall publish these intentions in the newsletter. For allocating the public Masses we give precedence to anniversaries of death, and then to those on other dates or week-days specified. The intentions will be allocated on a fortnightly basis, and the earlier an intention reaches us, the more probable it is that we can accommodate your wishes. With this system we should be able to do so more efficiently, so that you do not feel obliged to have Masses said elsewhere. We apologize for any disappointment which you may have had in the past in this regard.

Mass Intentions:

by Fr AM

LAST CHANCE to BOOK for YOUTH W-E DOUAI

Juventutem week-end at Douai Abbey: more spaces available:
Becoming Saints in an Anti-Christian World
Douai Abbey, Berks, 19-21 July 2019

Click here to see our schedule.

Convivial Weekend for young adults 18-35 with doctrinal and spiritual talks, debates, Holy Mass, Confessions and Eucharistic Adoration.

by Fr AM

Great pictures of Corpus Christi Procession in Warrington!

Deo gratias for a splendid fourth annual Corpus Christi procession on the external solemnity of the feast, last Sunday 23rd June 2019. People came from far and wide to walk by Our Lord and sing, giving this beautiful witness of the Eucharistic truth. See all pictures here.

Thank you to our servers, singers, clergy, canopy bearers, stewards, flower petals gatherers, to our talented photographer J.K., and worshippers in general. The procession went from St Mary’s Church Shrine to St Alban’s, the mother church of Warrington.

Shrine Rector Fr de Malleray, FSSP carried the monstrance, assisted by Fr Loewenstein FSSP and Fr Andrew Jolly. Fr Dave Heywood PP led the procession with permanent deacons from the deanery. At the kind invitation of Warrington Dean Canon Christopher Cuningham, Fr Heywood gave the final Benediction at St Alban’s.

Next year, we envisage starting the procession immediately following the end of our 11:00am Sunday Mass, to make it easier for people already present to attend.

‘Ecce panis angelorum factus cibus viatorum.’
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[To learn more about the Holy Eucharist, visit https://www.lumenfidei.ie/product/ego-eimi-it-is-i/ ]

by Fr AM

Not this year, but…

It nearly became a tradition to have priestly ordinations at St Mary’s Warrington. Last year was Fr Seth Phipps’, the year before Frs Sanetra and Stewart’s.

This year however, we have instead the first wedding among members of our congregation (Sat. midday 22 June 2019). This same weekend, our community is blessed with further sacramental graces: not only two new spouses, but also six new adult Catholics (an over two-hour ceremony with ritual prostrations and exorcisms, on Sat. 22 June afternoon); six First Communicants on Sunday morning 23 June; and public witness to many with Eucharistic Procession across Warrington on Sunday 23 June 3pm-4pm. A plenary indulgence can be gained at the usual conditions by attending the First Holy Communion Mass; and also by participating in the Eucharistic procession (N.B. one plenary indulgence per day only). Suggestion: why not apply this indulgence to a poor soul suffering in Purgatory for culpable neglect of the Holy Eucharist while on earth?

Lastly, pray for – and attend if you can – the sacrament of Confirmation to be conferred to our candidates by His Grace Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP next week, on Thursday 4th July at 7:00pm. All welcome.

No priests then? Thank God, yes there will also be priests. Following our recent ordinations in America and Canada, a further six priests will be ordained at our Bavarian seminary next Sat 29th June. Fr de Malleray will represent our UK apostolate. Please pray for the candidates, as well as for our UK seminarians and priests, and for the three young men from the UK who will begin formation at our American seminary next September. Members of the Confraternity of St Peter, our prayer network for priestly vocations, can earn a plenary indulgence on 29th June at the usual conditions.

Thanks be to God for the spirit of brotherly affection in Christ which is manifest at St Mary’s Warrington, where many parishioners spontaneously give of their time to prepare the many events, as well as attend the various ceremonies with recollection and intercession.

General Remarks On Indulgences

1. This is how an indulgence is defined in the Code of Canon Law (can. 992) and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 1471): “An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints”.

2. In general, the gaining of indulgences requires certain prescribed conditions (below, nn. 3, 4), and the performance of certain prescribed works (nn. 8, 9, 10 indicate those specific to the Holy Year).

3. To gain indulgences, whether plenary or partial, it is necessary that the faithful be in the state of grace at least at the time the indulgenced work is completed.

4. A plenary indulgence can be gained only once a day. In order to obtain it, the faithful must, in addition to being in the state of grace:

— have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin;
— have sacramentally confessed their sins;
— receive the Holy Eucharist (it is certainly better to receive it while participating in Holy Mass, but for the indulgence only Holy Communion is required);
— pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.

5. It is appropriate, but not necessary, that the sacramental Confession and especially Holy Communion and the prayer for the Pope’s intentions take place on the same day that the indulgenced work is performed; but it is sufficient that these sacred rites and prayers be carried out within several days (about 20) before or after the indulgenced act. Prayer for the Pope’s intentions is left to the choice of the faithful, but an “Our Father” and a “Hail Mary” are suggested. One sacramental Confession suffices for several plenary indulgences, but a separate Holy Communion and a separate prayer for the Holy Father’s intentions are required for each plenary indulgence.

6. For the sake of those legitimately impeded, confessors can commute both the work prescribed and the conditions required (except, obviously, detachment from even venial sin).

7. Indulgences can always be applied either to oneself or to the souls of the deceased, but they cannot be applied to other persons living on earth. 

by Fr AM