Sunday Bulletin 12 October 2025

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 12^th October 2025

Est. 19th July 2011

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

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.

Planning for 2026: First Holy Communion Candidates and Confirmation Candidates: please come forward to see if we have enough people to set up groups. Converts, as well.

Pray for our two UK seminarians Piotr (from London, studying in Wigratzbad, Bavaria) and James (from Hemel Hampstead, studying at OLGS, Nebraska) who will be among the 28 FSSP seminarians receiving First Tonsure and donning the cassock and surplice on the 37^th anniversary of our Fraternity, Sat 18^th October 2025.

Make your prayer for vocations even more efficient through our international prayer network (over 10,000 members worldwide), the Confraternity of Saint Peter: https://fssp.org.uk/about-the-confraternity/.

This FRIDAY, 17^th OCTOBER, 7PM: Any single adults 18-35 are welcome to the monthly Juventutem London group led by Fr de Malleray at St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, 96 North Side, London SW18 2QU: 6pm Confessions, 7pm Sung Mass with homily on St Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 8pm social with Q&As.

No booking needed: just turn up. Bring friends along. Further Juventutem dates are Fri 7 Nov, Fri 5 Dec. Listen to the chaplain’s homily on Lukewarm or On Fire? – Homily on St. Januarius & Catholic Martyrs.

For your diaries:

Monthly talk for all (adults) in the parish room at the church in Chesham Bois on Saturday 18^th October, 7pm, by Fr de Malleray on FORGIVENESS.

Catholic Men UK’s Weekend at nearby Buckden Towers on 14-16 Nov with various speakers, including talks and holy Mass by Fr de Malleray. Organised by our Bedford parishioner Samuel for Catholic Men UK. Visit actionfollowsbeing.uk.

The First Saturday Mass and Marian devotion attract about 80 adults and children. Since OLOR’s parish room cannot fit a large crowd, Willington Hall (Church Rd, Willington Village, Bedford, MK44 3PY) has been booked for all those who wish to gather from 12:30pm.

Well done our many scouts, guides, cubs and wolvets, and staff, who gathered last Sunday near Bedford for a very solemn ceremony of promotion, and games. 

Register interest and suggest dates for the monthly trek for single young adults 18-35.

Volunteer for Kempston All Saints River Watch (bedford@fssp.org) as a designated adults on a rota. The Chaplain or the lay coordinator will indicate when the field can safely be accessed by children. Until then, we thank you for your cooperation and diligence in keeping children within the hall, or in any case out of the field. God bless.

Congratulations to Michele and Grace Vetrano on the birth of their first child Barnabas and his holy Baptism scheduled on Sun 19^th October in Chesham Bois.

Congratulations to James and Joanna Paul on the birth of their son Johann and his holy Baptism scheduled on Sat 25^th October in Kempston.

SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford

Pray for  the sick in our congregations: Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts.  Please email additions to this list.

A busy Sat 1^st November:

10:00am Confessions OLOR

10:30am low Mass OLOR

12noon annual Pontifical high Mass of Reparation for abortion, at St Joseph & Holy Child Church,  Bedford MK40 1HU, on the solemnity of All Saints, by Bishop Marian Eleganti OSB, with various clergy including Fr de Malleray as Assistant Priest.

2-4pm: All Saints party at Willington Hall.

Please note that this year 1^st Nov is NOT a holiday of obligation, so that Catholics are not under obligation to attend holy Mass that Saturday. Needless to say, we wholeheartedly encourage all to avail themselves of the great opportunities listed above.

In Chesham Bois, we will celebrate the external solemnity of All Saints on Sunday 2^nd Nov, 12noon (no Mass in Chesham Bois on Sat 1^st Nov.)

At least three holy Masses of Requiem will be offered on Monday 3^rd Nov, on the postponed Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, i.e. All Souls (location and times to be advertised soon.)

by Fr AM