Sunday 16 March 2025 Bulletin
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 16 March 2025
Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Diocese of Northampton
Residence: St Alban House, 18 Brett Drive, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8RF
Landline: 01234 954 316
Worship across three churches:
Sunday 8:30am: All Saints, Church End, Kempston, Bedford MK43 8RH
Sunday 12noon: Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE
Weekdays: Our Lady of Ransom, 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB: Mon 9:30am ; Tue 6:30am ; Wed 7:15pm ; Thu 9:30am ; Fri 8:30am ; Sat 11:30am (following Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions from 10:00am & Eucharistic Benediction ending by 11:20am)
fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham
facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass
facebook.com/fssp.england
Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP:
malleray@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Miguel Coelho, FSSP-Associate :
pe.miguelcoelho@protonmail.com
Seminarian: Luke Mazurek, FSSP: l.j.mazurek@pm.me
Secretary: Mrs Rita Carroll: bedford@fssp.org
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the FSSP Northampton Safeguarding officer William Currie: Tel: 07825 089 336. Email: safeguardingfssp@pm.me. Reminder: NO child must be left unsupervised at any time.
Watch daily Mass by the FSSP on www.livemass.net/locations/warrington.html
Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl
CONFESSIONS TIMES
Our Lady of Ransom (for anyone): Sat 10:00am-11:15am, and 20mins before every weekday Mass. At All Saints: during Sunday Mass in the room behind the organ. Chesham Bois: after the Sunday 12noon Mass if not before.
Clergy-led stations of the Cross every Friday in Lent at 9:10am, following the 8:30am holy Mass (at Our Lady of Ransom, Kempston).
Most beneficial Lenten penance: attend a holy Mass once on a weekday. Circle your chosen date:
My Week 2: 17―18―19―20―21―22 March
My Week 3: 24―25―26―27―28―29 March
My Week 4: 31 March―1―2―3―4―5 April
My Week 5: 7―8―9―10―11―12 April
My (Holy) Week 6: 14―15―16―17―18―19 Apr
A confessor awaits you in our state-of-the-art soundproof confessional 20 minutes before every weekday Mass at Our Lady’s in Kempston.
Full Solemn Easter Triduum in Bedford
ALL at ALL SAINTS, KEMPSTON MK43 8RH
Maundy Thursday 17 April: 8:00pm Holy Mass, followed by adoration at Altar of Repose until midnight (with confessions heard).
Good Friday 18 April: 4:00pm Solemn Liturgy (ends by 6pm). Compulsory fast & abstinence.
Holy Saturday 19 April: 7:00pm Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday 20 April: 8:30am Holy Mass
And usual 12noon Sunday Mass in Chesham Bois
Greenlight to fundraising for a place of worship:
The superiors of the FSSP have approved the project in principle. A legal framework is being drafted. Once validated we will be able to open a bank account and to receive donations (not until then). We will keep you informed.
Four monthly groups this week:
Men’s Group Wed 19 March, 8pm, after 7:15pm Mass of St Joseph. Talk on: St Joseph, a model of saintly manliness.
Ladies’ Group, Sat 22 March, 1:30pm. Talk on Saint Joseph in relation to the Holy Eucharist, Our Lady, children, and Holy Church. (after 11:30am Mass and picnic)
Young Adults’ Trek on Sat 22 March: (for singles 18-35) meet by 10:45am at Sundon Hill’s Country Park 53 Harlington Road, Sundon, Luton LU3 3PE. Book with us for lunch at pub on the way. With Fr Coelho and seminarian Luke.
Chesham Bois talk for all on Sat 22 March, 7pm: Saint Joseph in relation to the Holy Eucharist, Our Lady, children, and Holy Church.
Pray for four of our young ladies who will make their Promise as Wolvets on Sunday 23 March.
Booking forms for this year’s summer camps (for children 10-17) will be available shortly. The boys’ camp will be 4-9 August, and the girls’ camp, 11-16 August. They will once again take place at Savio House, Bollington, in the Peak District.
Annual Chaplaincy pilgrimage to Walsingham on Sat 5th or 12th July?
Colwich Abbey trip on a weekday between Easter and Pentecost? The nuns said yes and await us!
Please email Rita Carroll your preferred dates.
Improving safety together at All Saints:
Where is your Daddy? This is the question asked many a child found unsupervised outdoors after our Mass. People who live nearby, or CoE worshippers, may be unaware of children in the perimeter when they drive in and out. Please don’t let an accident happen! The CoE representative notified us to take action. Parents are earnestly asked to keep all their children in sight at all times, but especially during coffee after Mass.
Operation Green Fence successful! Thank you to the valiant dads who now set up the temporary green fence along the riverbank, and roll it back after. Constant adult supervision is STILL NECESSARY, lest disobedient children manage to reach the bank.
Reactiv8 compound: located behind the side car park, it is securely fenced off, providing a play area safely separated from the hazard of the river. If we find two responsible adults, then we will be allowed to use it.
Congratulations to Joe & Eleanor Preston on the happy birth of their third child Gabriel last week.
32-year-old Catholic man seeks room for relocation in Bedford: Paul Capon 07564777630 (WhatsApp); paulcapon11@gmail.com.
4 holy Masses at Our Lady of Ransom in Kempston on two big feasts:
St Joseph Wed 19 March 11:00am & 7:15pm
Annunciation Tue 25 March 6:30am & 6:30pm
Lenten reading: discover the hidden riches of the medieval Marian hymn Stabat Mater presented by Fr de Malleray in his booklet available at CTS: ctsbooks.org/product/meditations-on-the-stabat-mater/ for £4.50. Join our Blessed Mother at the foot of the Cross of her Son and walk with her on the road from life to death to eternal life, by meditating upon the Stabat Mater line by line.
Bookings open for Catholic community spring dance, Saturday 26th April 2025, St Leonards Parish Hall HP23 6NW. This year proceeds will go to the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy.
Email: georgetyldesley@hotmail.co.uk.
Juventutem annual Summer Weekend in Ampleforth, 18-20 July 2025, for 18-35 singles.
Visit Juventutem on X, Instagram & Facebook.
SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford
Frs de Malleray and Coelho, and Seminarian Luke, attended the Deanery meeting in Flitwick last Wednesday.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Mrs Henn, Fr Patrick Hutton, Tom Holland, four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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