Sunday Bulletin 14 June 2026

 FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

14-29 June 2026

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: see below.

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

Secretary: Mrs Theresa Madden: 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

With presently only one priest, occasional changes in Mass times and other activities may take place.

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.

Holy Mass Intentions:

NEW PRIEST: Congratulations to now Father Conan McGonagle, FSSP, who was ordained a priest in America on 28^th May. We are all the more delighted since he will be assigned permanently with us as from July. We look forward to his First Masses in Bedford and in Chesham Bois in July.

CONSECRATION OF OUR GREGORIAN CHAPLAINCY TO THE SACRED HEART

To allow more people to unite with this consecration performed by the Chaplain on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, Friday 12^th June, we will celebrate the External Solemnity of the Sacred Heart on Sunday 14^th June with the common recitation of the Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart (Baronius missal p. 1872).

First Class Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, Precursor of the Lord:

Wednesday 24th June, 7:15pm, OLOR

BOOK for the Juventutem annual SUMMER WEEKEND

on 31 Jul – 2 Aug, at Ampleforth Abbey.

Theme: Marriage, from crush to covenant.

With Fr de Malleray, FSSP, Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP, Deacon David Kahn, FSSP,

One of Nine, James & Joanna Boggle, SPUC pro-lifer, and more.

For single Catholics 18-35.

Cost: £175.00pp including full board accommodation and return coach from York railway station.

https://lms.org.uk/juventutem2026

LMS day-pilgrimage to the historic Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden in London on Saturday, 20^th June 2026 with 11:30am Solemn High Mass, with music provided by the Southwell Consort. Followed by lunch and an address by author and journalist, Edward Pentin, on the topic: “The impact of Tradition on Vatican reporting – a personal perspective”.

Coach to the March for Life: would you be interested to pay for a seat on a coach to attend this major pro-life event on Saturday 5 September? A sensational announcement by the organisers: for the first time, 14 UK Catholic bishops will attend.

Please email Theresa (bedford@fssp.org) to allow time to look into the cost of hiring a coach based on numbers. Visit www.marchforlife.co.uk/2026-event-page for more info and how to get involved.

Congratulations to Zach and Poppy Tait and Jon and Jacinta Moxham on the births oftheirrespective daughters.

The St. Birinus Festival  9-12 July 2026 : full weekend of solemn liturgy in the ancient Roman Rite at the beautiful medieval Dorchester Abbey. Visit: https://stbirinusfestival.co.uk/.

WeBelieve Festival for all, Birmingham, 24-27 July, 2026. Like last year, FSSP clerics are invited for traditional liturgies, talks and vocation. Visit: www.webelievefestival.com

Congratulations to our 12 First Communicants who received the Lord Jesus for the first time last Sunday in Bedford and Chesham Bois, and accompanied the Eucharistic Lord in procession after. Thank you to all those who helped prepare the communicants and were involved in the two processions.

Watch latest Chaplaincy homilies and more on the dedicated FSSP YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@FSSPLiveMass.

Well done the young adults who took part in our monthly trek with Fr de Malleray, this time atPegsdon Hills, last Saturday. If you are a single Catholic 18-35, text Dominic 07960066743 to be added onto the WhatsApp group for the next trek.

Thank you to the parishioner who sponsored a handsome Low Mass set of rose vestments (we had none) selected by the Chaplain, well ahead of Gaudete Sunday.

Next Juventutem London: 19^th Jun, 10^th Jul.

Parishioners plan to give thanks to God on Sat 4^th July for Fr de Malleray’s 25^th anniversary of ordination and the grace of the priesthood: after the usual Saturday devotions at OLOR, meet at Willington Peace Memorial Hall, MK44 3PY, from 12noon to 4pm for refreshments and a presentation by the chaplain on his vocation. Contact/info: please liaise with Chaplaincy secretary Theresa Madden bedford@fssp.org. Discounted books by Fr de Malleray and other authors will be available.

Dowry magazine is online & print,

with articles on 46 FSSP deacons; Muslim converts; e-Catholics; Epstein update; God and science, and more: fssp.org.uk/dowry-no69-now-online.

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: Stephen Moxham, Malgorzata Anna Pietrak, Maureen Readings, Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Wailim Fook (late mother of Cindy Tang), Roger Johnson, Patsy Crocker, Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.

by Fr AM