St Mary’s Shrine Bulletin, 19 Nov – 2 Dec 2023

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Liturgical Calendar: 19 November – 2 December 2023

by Gwilym Evans

St Mary’s Shrine Bulletin, 5-18 Nov 2023

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THANK YOU!

Fr Goddard (the new Shrine Rector) and Fr Evans (Assistant Priest) would like to express their sincere thanks for the warm and generous welcome that they have received, since moving to Warrington a week last Wednesday. Thank you, in particular, for those who organized the (unexpected!) party after the 11am Sunday Mass last week. Frs Goddard and Evans are very much looking forward to ministering to this committed vibrant community and to meeting you all in due course. Please keep them both, and all our priests, in your prayers.

Liturgical Calendar: 5-18 November 2023

by Gwilym Evans

Sunday Bulletin 22 October 2023

St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 22 Oct – 5 Nov 2023 (fortnightly)

Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool

01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington      facebook.com/fssp.england

Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org. Assistant (convalescing): Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP. In residence: Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP. Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly. Seminarian: Mr Peter Uhel, FSSP. Administrator: Mrs Jane Wright: warrington@fssp.org. Secretary: Mrs Kelly Williams: stmaryssecretary@fssp.org.

Fr Rector’s farewell.

On this his “farewell” holy Mass, Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP gives thanks to God for eight years as FSSP Rector at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington, from 13.XI.2015 to 28.X.2023. He expresses gratitude for their support and kind collaboration to the clergy at St Mary’s, in the Warrington Deanery, and across the Liverpool Archdiocese. Special thanks go to the Archbishop of Liverpool, His Grace Malcolm McMahon OP, who first welcomed the FSSP in the North West and supported its mission in many ways, including through priestly ordinations, confirmations, book imprimaturs, and more. Fr de Malleray also thanks the parishioners, benefactors, the members of the Confraternity of St Peter, and the worldwide LiveMass congregation, for their commitment, generosity and piety over the years.

In 2015, by the grace of God and with the dedication of many, St Mary’s Church started a new chapter in its worship history, rather than being turned into flats as happens to redundant churches all around us. Newcomers may be surprised to hear that when the FSSP took over, there was no traditional Latin Mass at St Mary’s. No one knew or was asking about it. It took a handful of courageous parishioners to try whatever they could to prevent the closure of their beautiful church, requesting the FSSP to offer assistance, even in Latin, rather than having the building turned into a supermarket. Some choose between Tesco and Waitrose. They chose between “Eleison” and “Morrison”. But what of the majority in the pews? Even though St Mary’s talented choir sang mostly in Latin, the Mass was said in English like in all parishes around. No one knew how many parishioners would wish to change their ways and give the Latin Mass a try. Might they not all leave on hearing for the first time “Introibo ad altare Dei”? – and find a home in neighbouring churches? Around 100 parishioners attended Sunday Mass in the autumn of 2015. Happily most remained. And more joined soon after. The average Sunday attendance in 2016 was about 120. In 2017 it reached 148; in 2018: 159; in 2019: 168. The community now numbers a steady 250 souls in the pews every Sunday across three Holy Masses (latest October 2023 Mass count) including families and children, and the same on weekdays.

With about 500 visits per week therefore, St Mary’s proves to be a living and growing community where God is worshipped with reverence and love, where every member of Christ is welcome, as also are converts and anyone seeking the deeper meaning of life. A number of families and individuals have relocated to Warrington or nearby to be close to St Mary’s Shrine. In addition to the congregation visible in the pews, homilies at St Mary’s have been watched well over 100,000 times via our LiveMass channel; just over 40,000 times on our YouTube channel (started two years ago); and another 200,000 times via Sensus Fidelium. Admittedly figures don’t convey the full picture, but it is important for our Mass-goers to realise that the liturgical quality and the doctrinal affirmation which they witness in person at St Mary’s Shrine has also attracted souls online by the hundreds of thousands. Reflecting further on St Mary’s extended congregation, Fr de Malleray requests prayers for former parishioners; for the deceased of St Mary’s; for previous clergy (Fr James Mawdsley, Fr Konrad Loewenstein, Fr Henry Whisenant, now-Fr Roger Gilbride, for Deacon Miklos Homolya, lately Fr Gerard Quirke, and the many seminarians who helped at St Mary’s); and for the dozens of young men who stayed at St Mary’s on weekends of discernment, some of whom are now seminarians with the FSSP, while others are married or in religious life.

Much to the credit of the Benedictines of Ampleforth Abbey who built and manned St Mary’s, quiet was a striking feature of St Mary’s Shrine even before the FSSP took over. This was immediately perceptible during and after the weekday 12:10pm Mass. On his first visit in July 2015, Fr de Malleray was impressed by the fact that no one chatted inside the church even after the celebrant had left the sanctuary. Perhaps the aspect of St Mary’s life for which the outgoing Rector most gives thanks is the absolute regularity of daily Masses and confessions. Over the past eight years, there simply has not been a single day without Holy Mass and Confessions. Since several Holy Masses per day were often celebrated on feast days, plus every Sunday, it is well over 3,000 Holy Masses that have been offered to God publicly. But what of the Masses offered privately? Considering that there were often four priests at a time living at St Mary’s Presbytery, the staggering number of nearly 10,000 Holy Masses offered over the past eight years in our church would not be far-fetched. We know that no more powerful prayer than Holy Mass is offered to God, as the traditional liturgy eloquently expresses. What a mystical firework of intercession in the person of Christ has dispelled the darkness of sin, then, securing heavenly graces that poured like snowflakes to heal souls! And how many communicants have received at the altar rail not only the graces from God, but the God of graces Himself under the externals of bread? And what joy every June, on Corpus Christi, to follow along the streets of Warrington the Lord carried upon a carpet of flowers, under the canopy, during the traditional procession restored in 2016. O my Lord and my God!

A record of the number of confessions heard at St Mary’s weekly was kept since 2007. About 15 penitents were absolved every week, up to November 2015. In 2016 they were 32. In 2017 and 2018, about 42, reaching 48 in early 2019. With sanitary precautions taken against possible viral contamination, and in a separate building when advisable, absolution was still fruitfully administered in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, about 70 penitents came every week. A peak was reached in 2022 with an estimate of 90 penitents per week. It has subsided a little in 2023. In fact, making holy Mass and confessions available for anyone daily was the main mission offered to the FSSP by Archbishop Patrick Kelly, the then-Archbishop of Liverpool, when discussions about the future of St Mary’s begun. Even though such numbers fall short of the hundreds of confessions heard every week in four confessionals at a time by the Benedictine priests in the busiest years at St Mary’s, that is, between its construction in 1875 and the 1950s, still, this most essential part of the priestly ministry and of the life of a Catholic congregation was fruitfully promoted at St Mary’s Shrine. Deo gratias.

At St Mary’s, two other important liturgies have surrounded Holy Mass and confessions, like a frame of intercessions. What are they? They are Eucharistic adoration and the choral recitation of the Divine Office. Eucharistic adoration took place every Saturday morning for two hours, over the past few years also every Sunday afternoon and every First Friday evening, and even overnight several times a year for pro-life intentions. Placing the monstrance onto the high marble platform proved impractical for want of built-in steps (strangely omitted by the architect Pugin). Last year then, a large throne with canopy was made, all splendidly gilded, and a stunning red backdrop applied. As in many occasions at St Mary’s, generous parishioners offered to cover the cost. Surrounded with flowers and candles, in the smoke of incense, the Eucharistic Lord is worshipped with spectacular beauty and reverence. Furthermore, the best-kept secret of St Mary’s liturgical life is the breviary or Divine Office, prayed in choir by the priests and seminarians daily (outside their day-off). Lauds in the morning, Vespers in the afternoon and Compline in the evening are recited or sung. On weekends and major feasts, laymen young and mature have become involved, learning the liturgical functions and deploying in the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, the sacred choreography of the traditional Roman liturgy. Needless to say, any lay people is welcome to attend, as some have started doing on Sundays, and for Tenebrae during the Paschal Triduum. Thus, praying together the psalms has been an essential part of the life at St Mary’s Church. With two sick priests over the past year it had become less regular, but improvements are expected.

One should add to the liturgical life the many classes of catechism for children, for converts, for marriage preparation, the monthly conferences to young adults of Juventutem, the monthly Men’s Group and Ladies’ Group, the weekly practices of the splendid choir, and the training of altar servers, the visits to the sick or lonely, the clergy functions in the diocese (such as priestly ordinations and synodal meetings), the safeguarding training, the ministry to young people discerning a vocation and, last but not least, the many hours spent in individual spiritual direction given to lay people of various ages and conditions, as well as to clergy. In the background, a constant and time-consuming stream of activity has been the administration of the Shrine buildings, accounts and personnel, including the Priory Campaign and building. A very special expression of gratitude is owed to Shrine Administrator Mrs Jane Wright, whose indefatigable commitment is matched only by her competence and intimate knowledge of the history, activities and trades connected with St Mary’s.

Conscious of having benefitted from the efforts of his Benedictine predecessors since 1875 (and diocesan, briefly, per interim), the Rector is confident that his successors will lead St Mary’s community to further growth in number and virtue, by the grace of God. He looks forward to the celebration of the 150th anniversary of St Mary’s Church in 2025 (construction having started in 1875) and, hopefully sooner, to the inauguration of the Priory Court Shrine Hall (scheduled for early 2024). He asks for the prayers of all for the success of his next mission, setting up the first FSSP house in the Northampton Diocese, serving the two communities of Bedford and Chesham Bois (the commuting time amounts to driving from Warrington to Lancaster and back every Sunday). Finally, he prays for the constant protection of the Holy Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, upon all those who did seek, do seek and will seek Her Son Jesus within the hallowed walls of St Mary’s Shrine Church. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee! Our Lady of Warrington, pray for us!

Caption: Arrival in Warrington on Friday 13 November 2015 after unloading the van – taking the picture: Fr Dave Heywood, PP, or then-Seminarian Marcus Williams?

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Watch our daily Mass with homily on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

Vespers: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl

OPENING TIMES

Sundays: 8:30am to 7:00pm 

3 Sunday Holy Masses 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm.

Sung Vespers & Benediction 5:00pm; Confessions 8:30am-8:55am, 10:30am-10:55am & 5:30pm-5:55pm

Weekdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)

Saturdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with Confessions 10:05am-11:45am; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm

Confessions 30mins before every Mass every day

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

Holy Souls Prayer Group: every Tuesday 1:00pm

Church & Priory Court car parks for Shrine visitors

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 7 days for latest Sunday Mass. Eucharistic Adoration: Sun 5:30pm; Sat 10:00am- 12noon; 1^st Fri 7:40pm-8:40pm

All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Kindly switch OFF your mobile phone before you enter the church. Thank you in advance.

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 Kelly Williams, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.

Converts’ Class every Sat, 4:45pm to 5:45pm: for anyone interested in learning about Catholicism. Just turn up.

Pray for 28 Second Year seminarians who received First Tonsure and started wearing the cassock on 21^st October, including our own Benjamin from England: Olivier, Michal, Gilles, Elias, Zeeshan, Jean, Benjamin, Gwennolé, Pierre, Niccoló, Cecil, Gabriel, Paul, Louis, Maurits, Vedran, Stefan, Luke, Binil, Dominic, Kolt, Brian, Stephen, Gabriel, Alexander, Andre, Craig and Andrew.

Change of clergy: As announced from the pulpit on Sunday 1^st October, Fr de Malleray was put in charge of the Bedford and Chesham Bois communities as of Sunday 29^th October. His farewell Mass in Warrington will be on Sunday 22^nd October, 11am. As of 29^th October Fr Matthew Goddard, FSSP will succeed him as Rector at St Mary’s, assisted by Fr Gwilym Evans, FSSP.

Fr de Malleray’s leaving Party – After the 11am Mass on 22/10/23 at Priory Court. We are sorry to see Fr de Malleray leave St Mary’s after 8 years. We would like to give him a good send off. Could everyone please help to make this a memorable occasion for him. By bringing along food platters savoury or sweet. Maybe a bottle of Prosecco. On the Sunday.

Kindly Contact Audrey Jones 07809 502705 or Joanne king 07743 483466 Thank you all in advance for your help.

Dowry Mag Autumn issue now online: https://fssp.org.uk/dowry-autumn-no59-now-online/

PRIORY COURT WORK RESUMES THIS WEEK!

We are pleased to announce that work on Priory court is due to restart next week. The final stages of the build involve installation of all mechanical and electrical services and the final fit making the hall ready for use. The work is expected to take 3 months which will take us into the new year. The M&E work is to be undertaken by Genus FM Ltd working with our main contractor SWPM Ltd. We hope this will be a fruitful partnership as Genus know our site and community well. We will need to continue our fundraising efforts but hope this will become easier  once we have full use of the facility, and your prayers and patience will be rewarded. Thank you!

Now 935 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Main homilies are uploaded regularly: youtube.com/@stmaryswarringtonyoutubech6943.

Reminder on All Saints: “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass.” (cf Catholic Code of Canon Law, 1247). A grave cause is needed to excuse from the obligation. In case of doubt, consult your priest in advance. Missing Holy Mass on those days without a grave cause is a mortal sin.

On All Souls’ Day (Nov. 2^nd ) 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 1^st through November 8^th 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.

Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. Should any parishioner be in serious financial difficulty, let them contact the Shrine clergy confidentially.

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

The Good Counsel Ball is back, in Kensington, London Saturday 18 Nov, 6pm. Don’t miss it! Great Company, great food and a great live band. Tickets are £125 and you can host a table of 10 friends if you want to. Don’t know anyone who is coming? Don’t worry, it’s a friendly event and we can find you a welcoming spot at St Raphael’s table. For enquiries call Clare on 07795205117. To book tickets email GCNBall@gmail.com

Mass intentions had accumulated last year but we have now managed to offer nearly all of them. Feel welcome to give intentions anew, using the little brown envelopes printed to that effect and dropping them in the collection basket or through the metal slot on the Front Door of the Presbytery. The average stipend in £10.00.

Book directly with Stonyhurst for Fr de Malleray’s weekend retreat on 24-26 Nov 2023:

Pray for: Alan Walker, Dominic Jones, Paul Cavanaugh, Michael Ibbotson, Catherine Sibert; Terry Drury, Michelle Brazier-Huelsman, James H., Bill Conder, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, M. Hawley; Theresa Reynard. RIP: Julie Hoolie; Francis Billington; Rita Hall; Hilda Creagan, Ana Mary Rozo, Ann Evans, Michael Whelan; John Marechal.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 8 October 2023

St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 8-22 Oct 2023 (fortnightly)

Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool

01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington      facebook.com/fssp.england

Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org. Assistant (convalescing): Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP. In residence: Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP. Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly. Seminarian: Mr Peter Uhel, FSSP. Administrator: Mrs Jane Wright: warrington@fssp.org. Secretary: Mrs Kelly Williams: stmaryssecretary@fssp.org.

Receive this newsletter by email https://fssp.org.uk/manageprofile/index.php

Watch our daily Mass with homily on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

Vespers: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl

OPENING TIMES

Sundays: 8:30am to 7:00pm 

3 Sunday Holy Masses 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm.

Sung Vespers & Benediction 5:00pm; Confessions 8:30am-8:55am, 10:30am-10:55am & 5:30pm-5:55pm

Weekdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)

Saturdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with Confessions 10:05am-11:45am; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm

Confessions 30mins before every Mass every day

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

Holy Souls Prayer Group: every Tuesday 1:00pm

Church & Priory Court car parks for Shrine visitors

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 7 days for latest Sunday Mass. Eucharistic Adoration: Sun 5:30pm; Sat 10:00am- 12noon; 1^st Fri 7:40pm-8:40pm

All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Kindly switch OFF your mobile phone before you enter the church. Thank you in advance.

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 Kelly Williams, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.

Converts’ Class every Sat, 4:45pm to 5:45pm: for anyone interested in learning about Catholicism. Just turn up. Also:

• Men’s Group Wed 18 Oct 7:45-9:30pm
• Ladies Group Sat 21 Oct 1pm-3pm

Pray for 28 Second Year seminarians who will receive First Tonsure and start wearing the cassock on 21^st October, including our own Benjamin from England: Olivier, Michal, Gilles, Elias, Zeeshan, Jean, Benjamin, Gwennolé, Pierre, Niccoló, Cecil, Gabriel, Paul, Louis, Maurits, Vedran, Stefan, Luke, Binil, Dominic, Kolt, Brian, Stephen, Gabriel, Alexander, Andre, Craig and Andrew.

Change of clergy: As announced from the pulpit on Sunday 1^st October, Fr de Malleray was put in charge of the Bedford and Chesham Bois communities as of Sunday 29^th October. His farewell Mass in Warrington will be on Sunday 22^nd October, 11am. As of 29^th October Fr Matthew Goddard, FSSP will succeed him as Rector at St Mary’s, assisted by Fr Gwilym Evans, FSSP.

Fr Ian Verrier is still convalescing after his Long Covid, and Fr Alex Stewart is in residence, focussing on getting his own health back. Please pray for the full recovery of those two priests who worked tirelessly over the past several years to serve St Mary’s Shrine; and for Fr de Malleray as he prepares for his new ministry.

We are glad to continue to rely on the valued assistance of Fr Andrew Jolly, helping here every Sunday, Monday and main feasts. We ask for your patience kindly in this month of transition. We give thanks for a new chapter in the life of our community that is about to begin, with new dedicated priests, already familiar with St Mary’s, and eager to meet you at the end of this month.

Fr de Malleray’s leaving Party – After the 11am Mass on 22/10/23 at Priory Court. We are sorry to see Fr de Malleray leave St Mary’s after 8 years. We would like to give him a good send off. Could everyone please help to make this a memorable occasion for him. By bringing along food platters savoury or sweet. Maybe a bottle of Prosecco. On the Sunday.

Kindly Contact Audrey Jones 07809 502705 or Joanne king 07743 483466 Thank you all in advance for your help.

Juventutem London will meet on Friday 20th October at St Mary Magdalene Oratory, Wandsworth.

Join us for our usual schedule of:
1800 – Confessions
1900 – Sung Mass Traditional Mass with homily
2000- Social w/ pizza and drinks

Confessions and Mass open to call, social only for those 18-35.

Oratory of St Mary Magdalen, Wandsworth, SW18 2QU. 

Buses from Clapham Junction, or walk twelve minutes along the main road to the church.

Dowry Mag Autumn issue now online: https://fssp.org.uk/dowry-autumn-no59-now-online/

Rosary Crusade of Reparation in London Sat 14 October. Starts 1:45pm along Westminster Cathedral.

Info: rosarycrusadeofreparation.blogspot.com

Thank you to Elaine M. and all those who supported her sponsored walk for Priory Court. £880 were raised or pledged (would those who pledged kindly drop an envelope with their donation at the Presbytery?). Our heartfelt thanks to Elaine and all benefactors.

Now 937 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Main homilies are uploaded regularly: youtube.com/@stmaryswarringtonyoutubech6943.

The Holy Guardian Angels Homily 02 10 23

16th Sunday after Pentecost 17-09-23

‘Forgiving sins’ 18th Sunday after Pentecost Homily 01 10 23

Feast of St Michael the Archangel Homily 29 09 23

Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. Should any parishioner be in serious financial difficulty, let them contact the Shrine clergy confidentially.

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

The Good Counsel Ball is back, in Kensington, London. Don’t miss it! Great Company, great food and a great live band. Tickets are £125 and you can host a table of 10 friends if you want to. Don’t know anyone who is coming? Don’t worry, it’s a friendly event and we can find you a welcoming spot at St Raphael’s table. For enquiries call Clare on 07795205117. To book tickets email GCNBall@gmail.com

Mass intentions had accumulated last year but we have now managed to offer nearly all of them. Feel welcome to give intentions anew, using the little brown envelopes printed to that effect and dropping them in the collection basket or through the metal slot on the Front Door of the Presbytery. The average stipend in £10.00.

Book directly with Stonyhurst for Fr de Malleray’s weekend retreat on 24-26 Nov 2023:

Pray for: Alan Walker, Dominic Jones, Paul Cavanaugh, Michael Ibbotson, Catherine Sibert; Terry Drury, Michelle Brazier-Huelsman, James H., Bill Conder, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, M. Hawley; Theresa Reynard. RIP: Julie Hoolie; Francis Billington; Rita Hall; Hilda Creagan, Ana Mary Rozo, Ann Evans, Michael Whelan; John Marechal.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 24 September 2023

St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 24 Sept-8 Oct 2023 (fortnightly)

Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool

01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington      facebook.com/fssp.england

Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org. Assistant (convalescing): Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP. In residence: Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP. Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly. Seminarian: Mr Peter Uhel, FSSP. Administrator: Mrs Jane Wright: warrington@fssp.org. Secretary: Mrs Kelly Williams: stmaryssecretary@fssp.org.

Receive this newsletter by email https://fssp.org.uk/manageprofile/index.php

Watch our daily Mass with homily on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

Vespers: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl

OPENING TIMES

Sundays: 8:30am to 7:00pm 

3 Sunday Holy Masses 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm.

Sung Vespers & Benediction 5:00pm; Confessions 8:30am-8:55am, 10:30am-10:55am & 5:30pm-5:55pm

Weekdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)

Saturdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with Confessions 10:05am-11:45am; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm

Confessions 30mins before every Mass every day

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

Holy Souls Prayer Group: every Tuesday 1:00pm

Church & Priory Court car parks for Shrine visitors

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 7 days for latest Sunday Mass. Eucharistic Adoration: Sun 5:30pm; Sat 10:00am- 12noon; 1^st Fri 7:40pm-8:40pm

All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Kindly switch OFF your mobile phone before you enter the church. Thank you in advance.

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 Kelly Williams, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.

Converts’ Class resumes on Sat. 30^th Sept: 4:45pm to 5:45pm: for anyone interested in learning about Catholicism. Just turn up.

Also:

• Men’s Group Wed 27 Sept 7:45-9:30pm
• Ladies Group Sat 30 Sept 1pm-3pm

We welcome Seminarian Peter Uhel FSSP who will help with catechism and altar service training during his pastoral stage with us this year.

LiveMass is back on at long last! Receiving many emails of inquiry from all over the world since last July expressed how important St Mary’s liturgical life has become to many isolated households. Donations by our online congregation as well is greatly appreciated to support St Mary’s Shrine. Our heartfelt thanks to Jeff Hall, Tim Wright and D.D. our discreet US operator who spent many, many hours trying to identify and fix a complex technical issue.

Welcome to 2 new households: last week both the Lukacs family and newlyweds Henry and Lucienne W. moved from nearly an hour away to walking distance from St Mary’s for daily access to our Shrine.

A HUGE thank you to all of you who cooked refreshments, set up tables and decorations and contributed to the spiritual bouquet and gifts on TWO consecutive Sundays for Fr Quirke’s departure and Fr Jolly’s silver Jubilee.

Fr Jolly would like to express most sincerely his gratitude to all who, in any way, helped to make the Silver Jubilee Mass and celebrations which followed, such a wonderful and memorable occasion.  It was very much appreciated. Thanks to all for their very generous gifts and good wishes on this occasion and a special thanks to Fr de Malleray and the other priests for their fraternal support and prayers.  Holy Mass has been offered for your intentions.  May God bless you all.  Fr Jolly.

Dowry Mag Autumn issue now online: https://fssp.org.uk/dowry-autumn-no59-now-online/

Rosary Crusade of Reparation in London Sat 14 October. Starts 1:45pm along Westminster Cathedral.

Info: rosarycrusadeofreparation.blogspot.com

Pro-life  meeting in Aigburth Sun 24 Sept 5pm-7pm at St Charles Borromeo Church Hall, Aigburth: launch meeting before the Autumn 40 Days for Life Prayer Vigil which runs for 40 Day from Wednesday 27 Sept until Sunday 5 Nov 6am to 9pm daily. Contact Gabrielle: Tel: 07895128073 ;  liverpool40daysforlife@gmail.com

Now 934 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Main homilies are uploaded regularly: youtube.com/@stmaryswarringtonyoutubech6943.

Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. Should any parishioner be in serious financial difficulty, let them contact the Shrine clergy confidentially.

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 St Joseph Parish in Penketh, Warrington, celebrating its centenary on Sat 23 Sept, 12:30pm-11pm.

Traditional Mass of Requiem by Fr O’Shea for Jim Pennington, the late LMS Rep for the Liverpool Archdiocese, on Tuesday 26 Sept at 7pm, at Our Lady Immaculate & St Joseph, 1 West Street, Prescot, L34 1LE. All welcome. RIP.

Mass intentions had accumulated last year but we have now managed to offer nearly all of them. Feel welcome to give intentions anew, using the little brown envelopes printed to that effect and dropping them in the collection basket or through the metal slot on the Front Door of the Presbytery. The average stipend in £10.00.

Book directly with Stonyhurst for Fr de Malleray’s weekend retreat on 24-26 Nov 2023:

https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/why-god-became-man-weekend-retreat/

Pray for: Dominic Jones, Paul Cavanaugh, Michael Ibbotson, Catherine Sibert; Terry Drury, Michelle Brazier-Huelsman, James H., Bill Conder, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, M. Hawley; Theresa Reynard. RIP: Julie Hoolie; Francis Billington; Rita Hall; Hilda Creagan, Ana Mary Rozo, Ann Evans, Michael Whelan; John Marechal.

by Fr AM

Dowry Autumn No59 now online

Click here to open the 20-page magazine or on the picture below.

In this issue:

Editorial: The Youth of Roman Traditions

Fr de Malleray reports on World Youth Day in Portugal last August with the Juventutem youth movement. A low-key presence but loaded with many graces, not least the protection of Our Lady of Fatima.

Juventutem Summer Weekend at Ampleforth

Tom Clovis, FSSP describes the successful annual Summer Weekend organised by Juventutem for 70 young adults in Ampleforth Abbey last July, boding well of next summer’s edition for the 20th anniversary of Juventutem.

Good News: Truth Can Be Known

A typed version of the talk by Conan McGonagle, FSSP on objective truth and how we can grasp it. Relativism influences us all. With St Thomas Aquinas, common sense is the best guide to use God’s creation fruitfully.

Priest Novelists: Evangelising through Fiction

The example of Cardinals Newman and Wiseman, among others, illustrates why some priests write novels to reach out to souls. Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP surveys the involvement of clerics in the literary apostolate.

First FSSP House in Ireland

Fr Patrick O’Donohue, FSSP rejoices as the Bishop of Waterford blesses the first permanent dwelling of the FSSP on the Emerald Isle in Waterford. A major encouragement in our Irish mission.

Novel The Island without Seasons

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP reviews a recent novel by a Romanian author and Tolkien expert. Hero Alexander Wills is sent on a quest for lost Atlantis, a warning to our modern age to have to learn from the past.

Support our Apostolate  

Our ministry depends on the charity of our benefactors: parishioners, visitors and readers. Every little (and big) help enables us to do more and better across these Isles. Thank you for your generosity!

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 10 September 2023

St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 10-24 Sept 2023 (fortnightly)

Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool

01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington      facebook.com/fssp.england

Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org; Assistants: (Convalescing: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP); Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP: astewart@olgseminary.org; Fr Gerard Quirke, FSSP: frquirke@outlook.com. Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly; Administrator: Mrs Jane Wright: warrington@fssp.org; Secretary: Mrs Kelly Williams:stmaryssecretary@fssp.org.

Receive this newsletter by email https://fssp.org.uk/manageprofile/index.php

Watch our daily Mass with homily on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

Vespers: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl

OPENING TIMES

Sundays: 8:30am to 7:00pm 

3 Sunday Holy Masses 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm.

Sung Vespers & Benediction 5:00pm; Confessions 8:30am-8:55am, 10:30am-10:55am & 5:30pm-5:55pm

Weekdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)

Saturdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with Confessions 10:05am-11:45am; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm

Confessions 30mins before every Mass every day

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

Holy Souls Prayer Group: every Tuesday 1:00pm

Church & Priory Court car parks for Shrine visitors

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 7 days for latest Sunday Mass.

Eucharistic Adoration: Sun 5:30pm; Sat 10:00am- 12noon; 1^st Fri 7:40pm-8:40pm

All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Kindly switch OFF your mobile phone before you enter the church. Thank you in advance.

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 Kelly Williams, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.

Converts’ Class resumes on Sat. 30^th Sept: 4:45pm to 5:45pm: for anyone interested in learning about Catholicism. Men’s Group Wed 27 Sept 7:45pm; Ladies Group Sat 30 Sept. 1pm

Well done St Mary’s football team, scoring 6-1 in Preston at friendly game against our fellow shrine of St Walburge ran by our colleagues of the ICKSP.

Farewell to Fr Gerard Quirke, FSSP after 11am Mass on Sun 10 Sept. Join us for refreshments after.

Seminarian Peter Uhel, FSSP to spend a year on apostolate at St Mary’s from mid-September.

Annual gathering of FSSP priests in the UK & Ireland, 11-13 Sept, with Superior General Fr Komorowski.

The Kahn family thanks the anonymous donor who gave so generously towards David’s seminary fees. May God bless you!

March for Life London last 2 September. Sadly the train strike led to the cancelling of our group ticket. Please tellMichael Hall m.hall@talk21.com your chosen option for the money you paid us:

1. refund my ticket to me
2. give my paid money to March for Life instead
3. keep as a donation for St Mary’s Pro-Life fund.

LiveMass sound issues are being investigated. Pray for the volunteers who give their time and expertise behind the scenes for everybody’s benefit.

Rosary Crusade of Reparation in London Sat 14 October. Starts 1:45pm along Westminster Cathedral. No booking needed.

Info: rosarycrusadeofreparation.blogspot.com

Now 930 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Main homilies are uploaded regularly: youtube.com/@stmaryswarringtonyoutubech6943.

Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. Should any parishioner be in serious financial difficulty, let them contact the Shrine clergy confidentially.

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

Weddings: Congratulations to Kevin and Rebecca Jones married on 6 September at St Mary’s Shrine. They are the fifth couple who got married at St Mary’s this summer. In addition, within the past week we also celebrated the 25^th wedding anniversaries of Joseph & Maria Lopuszynski, of Peter & Alison Kahn and, earlier, of Tim and Jane Wright. Congratulations to all!

Mass intentions had accumulated last year but we have now managed to offer nearly all of them. Feel welcome to give intentions anew, using the little brown envelopes printed to that effect and dropping them in the collection basket or through the metal slot on the Front Door of the Presbytery. The average stipend in £10.00.

Silver Jubilee of Fr Andrew Jolly, Sun 17 Sept. 11am Solemn Mass, followed by refreshments. All are very welcome to express gratitude for a quarter-of-a-century spent by Fr Jolly serving souls in the Liverpool Archdiocese and specifically at St Mary’s Shrine, even years after his official retirement.

Pray for: Dominic Jones, Paul Cavanaugh, Michael Ibbotson, Catherine Sibert; Terry Drury, Michelle Brazier-Huelsman, James H., Bill Conder, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, M. Hawley; Theresa Reynard. RIP: Julie Hoolie; Francis Billington; Rita Hall; Hilda Creagan, Ana Mary Rozo, Ann Evans, Michael Whelan; John Marechal.

by Fr AM

Join us to watch great pro-life film Sat 2 Sept

About 40 parishioners watched it when released on Thur 31 August. Come along on Sat! For £3:00 only !

Cineworld, Time Square Unit 8, Warrington WA1 2LH.

Since the train strike forced us to cancel our group ticket to the March for Life, come to Eucharistic Adoration on Sat morning (10am-12noon + Mass at 12:10pm) and film at 8:30pm.

by Fr AM

Sunday Bulletin 27 August 2023

St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 27 Aug – 10 Sept 2023 (fortnightly)

Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool

01925 635664 fssp.org.uk/warrington      facebook.com/fssp.england

Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org; Assistants: (Convalescing: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP); Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP: astewart@olgseminary.org; Fr Gerard Quirke, FSSP: frquirke@outlook.com. Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly; Administrator: Mrs Jane Wright: warrington@fssp.org; Secretary: Mrs Kelly Williams:stmaryssecretary@fssp.org.

Receive this newsletter by email https://fssp.org.uk/manageprofile/index.php

Watch our daily Mass with homily on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html

Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl

Vespers: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/officium.pl

OPENING TIMES

Sundays: 8:30am to 7:00pm 

3 Sunday Holy Masses 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm.

Sung Vespers & Benediction 5:00pm; Confessions 8:30am-8:55am, 10:30am-10:55am & 5:30pm-5:55pm

Weekdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)

Saturdays: 9:00am-6:20pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with Confessions 10:05am-11:45am; Holy Mass 12:10pm); Sung Vespers 6:00pm

Confessions 30mins before every Mass every day

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

Holy Souls Prayer Group: every Tuesday 1:00pm

Church & Priory Court car parks for Shrine visitors

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 7 days for latest Sunday Mass.

Eucharistic Adoration: Sun 5:30pm; Sat 10:00am-12noon; 1^st Fri 7:40pm-8:40pm

All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Kindly switch OFF your mobile phone before you enter the church. Thank you in advance.

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 Kelly Williams, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.

LMS  Representative Required: for Liverpool Archdiocese. Contact Neil Addison at Liverpool@lms.org.uk. Please note: St Mary’s Shrine already has an LMS rep.

Farewell to Fr Gerard Quirke, FSSP. Fr Quirke will leave Warrington on 15 September to further his formation as an FSSP priest in America. We are all grateful to him for his ministry at St Mary’s since his arrival in January 2022: first as a guest, then as a postulant, and since last February as an incorporated member of the FSSP.

We invite all to meet us for refreshments on Sunday 10 September after the 11am to wish Fr Quirke goodbye. Volunteers are invited to prepare tables, light food and drinks (e.g. donating a bottle of Prosecco): kindly contact Audrey Jones 07809 502705 or Joanne King 07743 483466.

Seminarian Peter Uhel, FSSP to spend a year on apostolate at St Mary’s from mid-September. Peter is from Hungary and studies at our European seminary in Bavaria. He lived in England and visited Warrington often, including for our summer camps. We welcome him on this pastoral placement year and we assure him of our prayer.

More vacant flats across the fence from St Mary’s at Charles Forbes Court Retirement Housing: Mersey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2BH. Contact Mosscare St Vincents on 0161 226 4211.

Regina Caeli Bedford vacancies: Head Teacher;  Tutor; Centre Administrator: info@rcahybrid.org.uk.

Thank you for helping us through the Offertory collection and standing orders. Should any parishioner be in serious financial difficulty, let them contact the Shrine clergy confidentially.

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

Join David Khan, FSSP on the annual pilgrimage to Walsingham 24-27 August! Book by 22 Aug on lms.org.uk/walsingham2023.

March for Life London Sat 2 September. Avanti told us that the trains will be running to London and back. Book now your group ticket with Michael Hall m.hall@talk21.com: £56.00 per person day return Warrington-Euston. Once booked with Michael, (not before) please pay the Shrine dropping your envelope at St Mary’s Presbytery with your name & surname and contact details. We have a few sponsored spaces if somebody wants to come and cannot afford the fare. Cf. marchforlife.co.uk

LiveMass sound issues are being investigated. Pray for the volunteers who give their time and expertise

being the scenes for everybody’s benefit.

Now 915 subscribers to St Mary’s YouTube channel: Main homilies are uploaded regularly: youtube.com/@stmaryswarringtonyoutubech6943.

Weddings: Congratulations to Adam Wallace and Bernadette Cunningham married on 26 August at St Mary’s Shrine.

Vermeer’s Angel at our bookshop: Fr de Malleray’s novel is available for sale, with special discount for Shrine visitors. Cf. aroucapress.com/vermeers-angel

Pre-Advent Retreat at Stonyhurst by Fr de Malleray 24-26 Nov. Info/booking: christianheritagecentre.com/events

Silver Jubilee of Fr Andrew Jolly, Sun 17 Sept. 11am Solemn Mass, followed by refreshments.

Pray for: Paul Cavanaugh, Michael Ibbotson, Catherine Sibert; Terry Drury, Michelle Brazier-Huelsman, James H., Bill Conder, Greta Doyle, Dorothea Wallace, M. Hawley; Theresa Reynard. RIP: Julie Hoolie RIP; Francis Billington; Rita Hall; Hilda Creagan, Ana Mary Rozo, Ann Evans, Michael Whelan; John Marechal.

by Fr AM

St Petronilla Summer Camp for Girls – Photos

The St Petronilla Summer Camp is underway – follow along with new photos posted daily here.

by Fr SP