Chaplaincy Masses moving to Bedford West, in Kempston Village & Rural

• Starting Sunday 28^th July at 8:30am and every Sunday following, at All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH.
• Starting Monday 22nd July: every weekday at Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB.

New Weekday Mass Times by FSSP Chaplaincy at Our Lady of Ransom (across the street from Sainsbury’s). Free church car park, WC, parish room

• Mon 9:30am (Confessions 9:10am-9:25am)
• Tue 6:30am (Confessions 6:10am-6:25am)
• Wed 7:15pm (Confessions 6:55pm-7:10pm)
• Thu 9:30am (Confessions 9:10am-9:25am)
• Fri 11:30am (Confessions 11:10am-11:25am)
• Sat 11:30am (following 10am Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions & Eucharistic Benediction all ended by 11:20am; if 2nd confessor present, Confessions carry on during Mass, e.g. First Saturday)

Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church is currently open daily from about 9.30am until 5pm.

Daily confessions for 15 minutes, starting 20 minutes before every Mass (from 10:05am every Sat).

Our new weekday church can accommodate only half of our Sunday congregation, hence the need for a second and larger church on Sundays, with large enough hall and car park.

The building at our new Sunday location is a pre-Reformation church dating back to the 11^th century. We thank the CoE parish council for allowing us to use their building, and Bishop Oakley of Northampton for granting us canonical “permission to celebrate the sacraments” by letter dated 5^th July 2024. The site made available to us every Sunday consists of the church, a church car park for about 40 cars, the parish hall, and the hall car park for about 20 vehicles (priority to family vans).

by fsspuk