Sunday Bulletin 23 March 2025
Gregorian Chaplaincy (est. 19 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)
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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 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.
New articles on https://dowry.org.uk/
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.
Three monthly groups on Saturday 22 March:
Ladies’ Group, Sat 22 March, 1:30pm. Talk by Fr de Malleray 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 by Fr de Malleray 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
Saturday 12th July 2025.
Save the date!
Colwich Abbey trip, tentative date on Bank holiday Monday 26th May 2025.
Please email Rita Carroll to register interest.
Improving children safety together at All Saints:
Thankfully no children were found unsupervised last Sunday: thank you to the parents! Please continue to watch over your little ones.
Play area: parents/responsible adults needed
Despite the temporary green fence experimented with two weeks ago, following legal consultation by our charity it is with regret that the use of the field behind the hall at All Saints Church has been suspended at this time due to serious concerns about the safety of children and vulnerable adults with regards to the river that flows past it. We will be able to use the field again once some health and safety measures have been put in place. We are looking for responsible adults to join a rolling rota of designated volunteers who will supervise activities at the field and in the Reactive8 play area. What is required;
- Volunteers to be DBS checked
- Volunteers to undergo one hour safeguarding training online
- Volunteers to sign a code of conduct
- Volunteers to wear a high visibility vest in order to identify their role and be a point of reference
If we have enough volunteers the task will not be too onerous or time consuming but it will be an important one for the safety and well being of the children in our care. If you would like to volunteer then please see Rita Carroll or William Currie or email wpcurrie@btinternet.com
Congratulations to Joe & Eleanor Preston on the baptism of their third child Gabriel scheduled next 29 March in Kempston.
32-year-old Catholic man seeks room for relocation in Bedford: Paul Capon 07564777630 (WhatsApp); paulcapon11@gmail.com.
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
on Tuesday 25 March, holy Masses at
6:30am & 6:30pm
at Our Lady of Ransom in Kempston.
Well done, 21 young adults from Juventutem who prayed with Fr de Malleray, FSSP for the protection of unborn children, close to the Brixton abortuary last Saturday in London.
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.
Spring dance, Saturday 26th April 2025 sold out!
Juventutem annual Summer Weekend in Ampleforth, 18-20 July 2025,
for 18-35 singles. Visit Juventutem on X, Instagram & Facebook.
Frs de Malleray and Coelho, and Seminarian Luke, went on a monthly clergy excursion to Woburn Safari Park last week and admired the diversity and beauty of God’s animal creation.
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: Dominic Bozzino, 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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