Sunday Bulletin 1st June 2025
FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy
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.
On Monday 26 May 2025 sixteen young ladies from the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy travelled with their parents to Colwich Abbey, run by the Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles since August 2024. Fr Miguel Coelho offered holy Mass. The visitors attended the divine office sung by the nuns, who also led the holy rosary and sang the Mass.
See more pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/72177720326443203
The young ladies were shown around the property. The tour included a show of various animals kept by the nuns, and a display of superb embroidery work in the sacristy. After a shared picnic the young ladies were very pleased to meet with the nuns and ask questions about their everyday life, and about the signs that God may be calling one to consecrated life, perhaps in Colwich.
Visit: www.benedictinesofmary.org/about-us/colwich/.
Juventutem annual Summer Weekend in Ampleforth, 18-20 July 2025, for 18-35 singles. Visit Juventutem on X, Instagram & Facebook.
Price includes: 3 days / 2 nights full Bed and Board + transport to and from York Station.
Booking: £170 Event Fee(s)
Let us pray for our valiant pilgrims gearing up for the yearly Pilgrimage of Christendom from Paris to Chartres on Pentecost weekend. They will carry the intentions of our congregations in Bedford and Chesham Bois to the oldest Marian shrine in the world, where the veil of Our Lady is venerated. We pray for the up to 20,000 pilgrims and all the organisers, volunteers, clergy, religious, who are preparing for this major Catholic event. Fr Coelho will accompany the Chaplaincy delegation.
Wish you were there, but cannot? Learn more here about how you can be formally enrolled in the non-marching chapter, praying with and for the pilgrims even though you are not able to travel to France. See here: https://www.nd-chretiente.com/pelerinage-chartres/anges-gardiens-eng/ .
Please pray for Tremaine Newman-Brown and Lottie Harvey-Craig who will be united in holy Matrimony at All Saints, Kempston, on 31st May, 11:00am.
Well done to nearly forty adults who attended the monthly talk for all by Fr de Malleray in Chesham Bois on Ascension Day.
Annual Chaplaincy pilgrimage to Walsingham on Sat 12th July. Save the date and register interest with Rita. We will give thanks for 14 years (minus a week) since the establishment of the Gregorian Chaplaincy (19 July 2011) by Bishop Doyle. The schedule will be similar to last year’s, with holy Mass, picnic & free time, talks, holy mile, and visit to the Priory ruins. Visit fsspengland on flickr.com to see the great pictures of last year’s Chaplaincy pilgrimage. Book separately with the Shrine if you want to stay the night before or after.
LAST monthly GROUPS until Summer recess:
- Juventutem London Fri 13 June 7:00pm
- For all Sat 14th June, Chesham 7:00pm
- Men’s Wed 18th June 8:00pm
- Youth Trek Sat 21st June 11:00am
- Ladies’ Sat 28th June 1:30pm
(please note that these new dates supersede other different June dates advertised earlier)
First five Saturdays’ devotions: well done about 80 people who attended it this month. Special promises and graces from Our Lady. Next time is on Saturday 7th June:
- 10:00am Eucharistic adoration & benediction
- 11:00am public recitation of the holy rosary
- 11:30am holy Mass
- Confessions 10:10am-10:50am & 11:00am-11:25am
Celebrate the Jubilee at WeBelieve, a festival of Catholic Life gathering the Church to share the hope that we have in Christ. From 25th-28th July, join us for four days of music, keynotes, conversation & worship at St Mary’s College, Oscott, Birmingham. Featuring Dr Gianna Emanuela Molla (daughter of St Gianna Molla), Fr Paul Murray OP, The Southwell Consort, Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, and many more. Early Bird Tickets available now at www.webelievefestival.com
Dr Teresa Clayton, Catholic psychologist available for therapy via video call. Over ten years’ experience helping people with difficulties including depression, anxiety, trauma, bereavement and marriage difficulties. Catholic patients can have their faith incorporated within the therapy. Contact: drteresaclayton@outlook.com
2025 Leadership formation programme
The CHC’s annual programme for Y12/LVI students is open to applications from students who want to engage more deeply with their Catholic faith, who want to transform tomorrow’s society, and who want to lead by example in the public square.
The programme offers:
- Philosophical and theological input from top Catholic academics
- Media skills training and team building
- Personal development in virtues and spirituality
- An opportunity to meet like-minded peers from around the country
- A certificate from St Mary’s University, Twickenham
- No financial requirements: subsidies are available to any successful applicant as required.
For more information and to apply: www.christianleadershipformation.com
SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford
Interest was expressed for all-night Eucharistic adoration as a one-off. We are now exploring feasibility. Please contact Bridget [nibridget3@gmail.com / 07442 341655] to register interest for one hour or more, on one single night. The likely schedule would be on a weekday evening, this summer, from about 9pm to 6am or 7am, probably with Mass at the start or end. To make sure the Lord does not remain without adorers, we require three adults booked in at every hour, especially during the night. Feel welcome to suggest an intention for that night of adoration, e.g. pro-life, Gregorian Chaplaincy, families, RCA, Pope Leo, etc.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Fr Patrick Hutton, four-year-old Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
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