Sunday Bulletin 25 January 2026

HOLY MASSES

CANDLEMAS
Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mon 2 Feb, 7:00pm, at OLOR: with Blessing of Candles and Procession
Candles are blessed chiefly for the procession, and for the liturgy of the coming year – but you are welcome to bring a moderate amount of your own candles to be blessed.

Please note: NO 9:30am Mass that Monday, because Chaplain offering Mass at RCA.

BLESSING OF THROATS Feast of Saint Blaise Tue 3 Feb, after 6:30am Mass at OLOR

FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin

11-25 January 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.

FSSP Superiors meet with Pope Leo XIV

Official communiqué of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter – Fribourg, January 20, 2026

Following a request presented by the Superior General of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Pope Leo XIV received Father John Berg in private audience at the Vatican on Monday, January 19, 2026. He was accompanied by Father Josef Bisig, one of the founders of the Fraternity, former Superior General, and current Rector of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, USA.

The cordial half-hour meeting was an opportunity to present to the Holy Father in greater detail the foundation and history of the Fraternity, as well as the various forms of apostolate that it has been offering to the faithful for almost 38 years. The proper law and charism that guide the sanctification of its members were recalled.

This audience also provided an opportunity to evoke any misunderstandings and obstacles that the Fraternity encounters in certain places and to answer questions from the Supreme Pontiff. At the end of this meeting, Pope Leo XIV gave his blessing, which he extended to all members of the Fraternity.

The Fraternity of St. Peter is grateful to the Holy Father for offering this opportunity to meet with him and encourages the faithful to continue to pray fervently during the thirty-days novena of preparation for the renewal of its consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on February 11.

Source : www.fssp.org
Photos : © Vatican Media

Please pray for the 8 FSSP priestly candidates from the UK & Ireland, including 2 deacons.

Ongoing novena for the FSSP until 11^th Feb: one decade of the Rosary and the MEMORARE:

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known / that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. / Inspired by this confidence I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. / To thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. / O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Welcome to our first TEN men booked in for our annual

Men’s Discernment Weekend 13-15 March 2026

At Buckden Towers, High Street, Buckden, St. Neots, Cambs PE19 5TA

Starts Fri 13th March 5:00pm; ends Sun 15th March 2:00pm

Is God calling ME?
Matrimony, celibacy, monastery, seminary, Fraternity?

COME & SEE
If you are a single Catholic man between 18 and 35 years of age, come and discern with us near Bedford.
Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP will lead the weekend. There will be talks, Eucharistic adoration, Compline, Holy Mass and informal chatting with fellow-guests. Possibility of private meetings with a priest, and of confession. Feel welcome confidentially to call, email or write for any questions. Holy Mass each of the three days.

COST: £99.00 per person in total (bed + full board). FREE for unwaged and students – give whatever amount you can.

BOOKINGS & CONTACT: [not via Facebook] malleray@fssp.org (read by Fr de Malleray only).

ACCESS: Direct train from London St Pancras to St Neots, every half hour, duration 56 minutes.

The nearest towns are Huntingdon (5 miles NNE of Buckden) and St Neots (5 miles South of Buckden). Both Huntingdon and St Neots are served by the West Anglian Great Northern Railway line from King’s Cross London to Peterborough. Let us know if you would need a lift from the railway station. There also are bus and coach links to both Huntingdon and St Neots from many parts of the country.

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VOCATION RESOURCES:

• General page: https://fssp.org.uk/vocations-to-the-priesthood/
• Book on the sacred Priesthood: https://aroucapress.com/x-ray-of-the-priest
• Stories about priestly ministry: http://aroucapress.com/near-missed-masses
• Audio conferences on the priest 1) and Our Lady; 2) and Martyrdom : https://www.radioimmaculata.org/various-podcast/fssp-conferences
• Book on the holy Eucharist here: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/ego-eimi-it-is-i/
• Book on the traditional liturgy: https://www.aroucapress.com/sacred-liturgy-garden
• European seminary : http://fsspwigratzbad.blogspot.com/
• North-American seminary: https://fsspolgs.org/
• Know us better through browsing online our quarterly magazine Dowry here: https://fssp.org.uk/category/dowry/
• International Vocation Prayer Network: www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/
• Great pictures about our ministry here https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums

VOCATION NEWS: 15 new FSSP priests in 24 years

We have currently eight priestly candidates (two are already deacons) from the UK & Ireland, seven of whom are in formation at our two international seminaries. Two of them, James from Hemel Hampstead and Peter from London received First Tonsure and donned cassock and surplice on our 37th anniversary, last 18th October 2025. Three of our deacons from England were ordained priests at St Mary’s Warrington by Archbishop McMahon, OP of Liverpool. Those were the first EF priestly ordinations by a diocesan bishop in England in fifty years. Please pray for them (www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/) and for many more to enter the lists!

We give thanks for 15 priests ordained from or to the UK over the past 24 years: Fr Armand de Malleray in 2001; Fr Konrad Loewenstein in 2002; Fr Brendan Gerard in 2006; Frs Matthew Goddard and William Barker in 2009; Fr Simon Harkins in 2010; Fr Matthew McCarthy in 2011; Fr Ian Verrier in 2015; Fr James Mawdsley in 2016; Frs Alex Stewart and Krzysztof Sanetra in 2017; Fr Seth Phipps in 2018; Fr Gwilym Evans in 2022; Fr Miklos Homolya in 2024 – plus Fr Patrick O’Donohue (incardinated in 2023), Deacon Conan McGonagle (whose priestly ordination is scheduled for 26th May 2026), and Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin who joined us last year. [Not all of those currently serve with the FSSP, or in the UK.]

On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 February 2022, Pope Francis signed a decree confirming the liturgical charism of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter. On January 19, 2026, Pope Leo XIV granted a private audience to the FSSP Superior General and Seminary Rector.

Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.

O Lord, grant us many holy priests!

MANY MORE SPACES AWAIT YOUR BOOKING AT BUCKDEN TOWERS! SEE YOU SOON.

Feel welcome to let any clergy friends, religious, and seminarians about the next Clergy Retreat

which Fr de Malleray was invited to give at Stonyhurst in just one year,

on 5-9 October 2026

(https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/this-sacred-victim/).

Share our Facebook page for this event.

Why we come to the Traditional Latin Mass

An apostolic initiative from the FSSP Gregorian Chaplaincy in the Northampton Diocese, UK

But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you. (1 Pet 3:15)

Dear faithful, most members of our congregations are fairly or very new to the Traditional Latin Mass. Some come from no religion, some were Anglicans, some were lapsed Catholics, or perhaps attended Mass in the vernacular according to Paul VI’s new missal. It is fascinating and inspiring to hear your stories, your journeys, your motivations, the hindrances you overcame, and the inspiration you drew from your new chosen type of worship in our Gregorian Chaplaincy (cf. northamptondiocese.org/chaplaincy).

More people out there may feel just like you did perhaps one, two or ten years ago. Reading your story might be just what they need to look into the opportunity of the Traditional Latin Mass. Whether you are a family or a single person, email us your testimony. We will include it in a public presentation of our Gregorian Chaplaincy apostolate. It may also inspire benefactors far and wide to support our newly started Holy Family Project Ltd fundraising to acquire a place of worship in Bedfordshire. James Kelliher kindly accepted to coordinate the testimonies on behalf of the Gregorian Chaplaincy. Feel welcome to email him (kelliher@pm.me) between 100 and 500 words using the questions below. God bless you!

1. First name
2. How many live under your roof?
3. How many children you have (if any)?
4. For how long you have been attending the Traditional Latin Mass?
5. Do you attend Mass every Sunday (or more, or less)?
6. What drove you to the Latin Mass?
7. Do you come from no religion, or from a non-Christian faith, or from a Protestant denomination, or from a Catholic Mass in the vernacular, or other?
8. What was/has been the reaction of your wider family or friends to your shift of worship (if anything)?
9. If you don’t attend the Bedford or Chesham Bois Chaplaincy Masses, please specify if you attend the Traditional Latin Mass offered by a diocesan priest, or one of a traditional priestly community formerly known as “Ecclesia Dei” (FSSP, ICKSP, IBP; Marian Franciscans), or even perhaps one without manifest link with the local bishop.
10. How has the Latin Mass helped you grow in your Catholic faith, in the practice of virtue, in the love of God and the Church, and in your service to neighbours?
11. What do you wish for the Traditional Latin Mass movement in the future?
12. By emailing us, you permit us to make public use of your testimony (without your surname). If you wish us to alter your first name(s) for the sake of discretion, please let us know.

Click here to open and download this questionnaire as a two-page Word document.

☐ I agree to public use of the information above.

[Visit https://fssp.org.uk/bedford/ ; Version 27 December 2025]

SINCE WE LOVE LIFE,

Here are 4 ways of supporting it: fundraising ball; SPUC collection; pro-life witness; and… welcoming babies. See below:

1) The Good Counsel Black Tie Ball

Will take place at 6pm on St Valentine’s Day, Saturday 14th February 2026 in Kensington, London. Live Band. Silent Auction. London’s Catholic Pro-Life Ball raising money to help save lives and change lives.

• Tickets £135 each. Or a table of ten for £1,300.
• For bookings and enquiries email GCNBall@gmail.com
• or telephone 07795205117

Dear Good Counsel Network supporter, we are hosting our annual fundraising Ball on the 14th February, and during the evening there will be the customary silent auction. Over the years, generous supporters have donated a wide range of items to sell such as signed sports memorabilia and books, use of their holiday cottage for a week or weekend, autographed photographs, Russian lessons, and many more.

This year we are again looking for volunteers to help with our auction through donations of any kind. Perhaps you have something to offer us this year? Have you (or someone you know) written a book that you could give us a signed copy of? Could you donate a hamper of some kind? Do you have some other idea or skill (flower arranging for example) that you would be prepared to put into the auction? Maybe, you work (or own) a restaurant or theatre where you could get us a free meal or ticket? Perhaps you have some new item (given at Christmas) which you do not want, such as designer clothes, jewellery or some other accessory. If you can help us, please reach out calling Clare on 07795205117.

2) Thank you on behalf of SPUC for £370.81 raised last Sunday on their pro-life White Flower Appeal (£162.21 in Bedford and £208.60 in Chesham Bois), as the latest abortion figures just released (2023) have reached their highest in the UK’s history with 277,970 for England & Wales only, and nearly 300,000 per year across all four nations.

3) Reminder: Amersham-based pro-life vigil group that prays outside Amersham hospital as there is a BPAS abortion clinic inside. They pray silently for an hour well outside the buffer zone. Next vigil 13^th Dec. 10am. Contact Alexandra if you wish to join or for more details: 07531182820

4) Congratulations on the happy birth of their child over the past fortnight to

• Michael and David Baron’s Philomena
• Linus Onah and Obianuju Muoghalu’s Ugo Onah
• Robert and Kara Colquhoun’s Clare

THE EAGER CXL!

Well done 140 young adults (CXL in Roman numerals) getting together across three dioceses last week on thee occasions to improve their faith, pray, and make friends:

• 60 at Juventutem London, on 16 Jan, St Mary Magdalene’s, Southwark Archdiocese
• 17 (plus two clerics and a Labrador) at the Bucks & Beds Trekkers Group at Woburn Abbey, Northampton Diocese on 17 Jan
• 60 at St James’s YAM, St James’ Spanish Place, Westminster Archdiocese, on 21 Jan

Listen to Fr de Mallerays’ homily at the latest Juventutem London event:

The Importance of the Mass and Pope St. Marcellus ~ Fr. Armand de Malleray, FSSP

In this homily, Father reflects on the witness of Pope St. Marcellus, a martyr who died after being forced to tend cattle in a desecrated church. His story of fidelity during persecution offers a powerful lesson in today’s post-Christian world. 0:00 – Introduction: The Story of Pope St. Marcellus 2:04 – From Persecution to Triumph: How Rome Became Christian 3:42 – Our Modern Struggle: Temptation and Despair in a Post-Christian World 6:21 – The Heart of the Matter: The Power & True Meaning of the Holy Mass 9:32 – A Wake-Up Call: Taking the Mass for Granted vs. Those Who Hunger for It 14:31 – Our Mission for 2026: Be Shrewd Investors in Eternity Given by Fr. Armand de Malleray, F.S.S.P at the Juventutem conference in Wandsworth, London on Friday 21st Jan 2026 on the feast of Pope St. Marcellus.

Next dates for 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: 20 Feb, 20 Mar, 17 Apr, 15 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul. ADDRESS: Oratory of St Mary Magdalene, 96 North Side Wandsworth Common SW18 2QU London.

Next trek for Buds & Beds trekkers (18-35 single Catholics)  on Saturday 28th February.

Welcome to Deacon Niall Ó hAimheirgin, FSSP, from our Reading parish, who has kindly accepted with Fr Phipps’ permission to give the monthly Chesham Bois talk for all on Saturday 31st January 2026, 7:00PM:

COOPERATION IN THE SIN OF ANOTHER :

• Whereas we should always avoid personal sins, what about the sins of others?
• Where to draw the line, without judging them, between us and their sinful behaviour?
• Can we interact with them without condoning their sin?
• May we take the risk of committing a personal sin for the sake of helping them, or showing affection, or not losing our job?

Email Agostino Di Falco to let him know if you are coming (venue is at his house, behind the Chesham Bois church.)

VIRTUS: the FSSP “Exodus 90” has landed!

Septuagesima-Lent programme Virtus, begins in English this year. Please do spread the word!

Starts Feb 1, 2026 ends Apr 12, 2026

We are told: “We launched it last year in French : it was followed by over 20,000 persons and really bore much holy fruit. We are offering this year as an experiment the same kind of « spiritual journey » in English.”

Discover commitments and community here: https://hozana.org/en/community/12820-virtus-journey-great-lent-2026

Retreat prayer

Prayer of the “Virtus” Fraternities

“O my God, I approach your infinite mystery and I adore you. Holy Trinity, pacify my heart, make it your beloved dwelling place, the place of your beatifying presence. O Jesus, you who constantly stand at the door of my heart and knock, enter and change my life by the infinite power of your love. Bear my burden, lift up my weaknesses, transform me and unite me to you in an awakened and adoring faith. What shall I render to the Lord for all that he has given me? I will take up the chalice and the cross of salvation, I will offer myself entirely to his holy will. Sacred Heart of Jesus, in whom I place all my trust, never let me abandon you. May every beat of my heart, every breath of my soul, be an echo of your love. Remove from my breast the heart of stone, place there a new Spirit and your Heart of flesh. Be my rest, My strength, and my light for eternity. Amen.

French trad family seeks family to host their 15-year-old son in June for subsequent exchange: contact Chaplaincy.

Next First Saturday devotions and activities on 7th February, Bedford:

• 10:00am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions, and holy Rosary at OLOR
• 11:10am: Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
• 11:30am holy Mass
• 12:30pm Shared lunch at Willington Hall
• 1:30pm Servers’ training session
• 2:00pm Talk by Fr de Malleray on The Theory of Evolution and the Dogma of Creation

We have read this book and heartily recommend it.

Visit https://www.godthesciencetheevidence.com/.

by Fr AM