Sunday Bulletin 17 May 2026

 FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

17-31 May 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 [i.e. “OLOR“] (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:

Well done young adults who took part in the monthly trek on 16^th May, with Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP. Contact Dominic: 07960066743 to be added to WhatsApp group.

Pray for our many parishioners who will walk the annual pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres. Let us all meet at OLOR in Bedford for Eucharistic adoration and Mass on Sat 23^rd May 10am-11:30am ESPECIALLY to pray for our pilgrims, and for our chaplaincy on Pentecost weekend!

Thank you all who helped make our two Marian processions beautiful last 3^rd May.

Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP will give a talk for all at Chesham Bois on Sat 30^th May, 7pm, on: Appreciating the spiritual fruit drawn from the traditional Roman liturgy.

Well done about 40 people who attended Fr de Malleray’s talk on Angels & Demons on 12^th May.

Dowry No69 now online

with articles on 46 FSSP deacons; Muslim converts; e-Catholics; Epstein update; God and science, and more:

    In this issue:

       Editorial: Forty-Six FSSP Deacons

Fr de Malleray reports on the splendid ordination ceremony in Bavaria this month of 12 new deacons, for a total of 46, which will decrease next month when 25 of them will ordained priests.

       The Epiphany as the Return of Ishmael’s Sons

Hasan, the lay coordinator of the St. Nicholas Tavelić Network in support of Muslim converts to Catholicism, explains how the propers of the Mass of the Epiphany bode well of the return of those distant children of Abaham.

       The Anthropology of e-Catholicism

Giulia Bocaniala shares the findings of her study on the role of the Internet in conversions to Catholicism among the younger generation, which cannot replace in-person involvement in sacramental life.

       All Quiet On the Epstein Front?

If paedophilia were made legal, would Jeffrey Epstein still be vilified as an arch-abuser, or hailed in retrospect as a prophet and martyr of the liberal age? – enquires Fr de Malleray, who concludes that legality is only worth its adequation to natural and divine law.

       God – the Science – the Evidence

This international best-seller (over 400,000 copies sold) is replete with objective arguments in favour of God’s existence, even though it endorses evolution: Anthony Nevard reviews the book.

       Knowing Latin Safeguards Historical Truth

Thomas Conlon PhD hints at George Orwell’s novel 1984 to illustrate the importance of Latin, even after the classical era, to preserve English history against its obfuscation, as exemplified in the 16^th-century wrecking at Ely Cathedral.

       Support & Events

Clergy retreat led by Fr de Malleray, FSSP at Stonyhurst on 5-9 October 2026; and Juventutem Young Adults’ summer weekend at Ampleforth on 31 Jul- 2 Aug.

SAVE THE DATE: First holy Communions & Corpus Christi processions on Sunday 7^th June both in Bedford and in Chesham Bois.

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

Pray for our candidates, especially Deacon Conan McGonagle, FSSP, who spent Holy Week with us, and will be ordained a priest in America on 28^th May. We look forward to his First Mass in Bedford.

Mass of Ages, the celebrated series of three films on the traditional Latin Mass is now available on DVDs playable on European devices. Order your copy on https://www.latinmass.com/watch-the-trilogy.

Juventutem London: for young men and women 18+; one Friday evening every month, 6pm Confessions, 7pm Sung Mass with homily by Chaplain Fr de Malleray, 8pm social with Q&As. Next dates: 19 Jun, 10 Jul.

Join Fr Roger Gilbride FSSP on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, then Oviedo to Covadonga on 20-28 July 2026. Contact: fr.gilbride@gmail.com.

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.

Congratulations to the Vooght and Lubbock families on the baptism of their children last week, and to Paulo and Maria Vetrano on the birth of their son Peter.

Some 21 RCA students and staff attended a full day of recollection at Buckden Towers, preached by the chaplain, Fr de Malleray, last 8^th May.

Last 7^th May Fr de Malleray attended the quarterly deanery meeting hosted by Fr Richard Aladics at Christ the King Church: a dozen priests and deacons shared a Italian supper..

SAVE THE DATE for the Juventutem annual SUMMER WEEKEND on31 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, and lay speakers. For single Catholics 18-35. Early bird discount via: lms.org.uk/juventutem2026 .

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