Sunday Bulletin 25 May 2025
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.
Ascension of the Lord, Thursday 29th May, a holiday of obligation: every able Catholic from First Communion onward must attend holy Mass that day.
Holy Masses at 6:30am and 5:30pm at Our Lady of Ransom, Kempston.
And at 6:30pm at Our Lady’s in Chesham Bois,
followed by talk for all about the Ascension of the Lord and the afterlife, at 7:30pm, also in Chesham Bois.
Well done with the two Marian processions after our Sunday Masses in Bedford & Chesham Bois last 11 May. Visit fsspengland on flickr.com to see our lovely pictures.
Please pray for Tremaine Newman-Brown (standing left) and Lottie Harvey-Craig (standing right) who will be united in holy Matrimony at All Saints, Kempston, on 31st May, 11:00am.
(Standing in the middle is Emmanuel Tang, to be married to Miss Anja Hoffmann in Austria on 20 Sept 2025. Let us pray for that other young couple as well.)
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 Whit 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
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/.
The Concept
A DIFFERENT KIND OF PILGRIMAGE
A different way of pilgrimage is offered to all those who are unable to walk to Chartres for various reasons (family, school, professional or religious obligations, age, physical condition, hospitalization, expatriation, etc).
A WORLDWIDE CHAIN OF PRAYER
During the 3 days of Pentecost, in France and abroad, people of all ages and from all walks of life unite spiritually with the Chartre pilgrims in a missionary spirit.
UNITED WITH THE WALKERS
Guardian Angel pilgrims take part in a common process of penance, conversion of hearts, sacrifice and apostolate.
In the communion of saints, through the Marian prayer of the rosary, they pray for the great intentions of the Church, call for the restoration of the reign of Christ the King over the Nations, and reciprocally carry the intentions of the pilgrimage and their own, which will be deposited on Whit Monday at the feet of Our Lady of the Pillar in Chartres Cathedral.
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.
Five new priests on 28 May: please pray for Michael Caughey, Matthew Jagas, Steven Kalinowski, Ronald McCann, and John-Francis Sulzen who will be ordained to the sacred priesthood at our American seminary. More priests will be ordained at our European seminary on 28 June. Fr Coelho will represent our Chaplaincy there.
Twelve new deacons on 31 May: please pray for candidates Stjepan Androic, Duarte Cabral Moncada, Jacopo Maria Calloni, Jan Celmer, Henri Constant, Simon-Xavier Danielsson, Géraud de David-Beauregard, Benoît Faivre, Miguel Medeiros Cardoso, Aleksander Nozdryn-Płotnicki, Matyáš Razím, Clemens Maria Reithofer, and Péter Uhel.
Fundraising lay initiatives in support of FSSP Chaplaincy: we thank the participants in the Spring dance last 26th April who kindly donated £180 in support of our ministry – we also thank the organisers, in particular the Tyldesley family. We thank the Moxham family and other participants who made Easter items put for sale after Easter. Finally we thank the John family and other participants who raised £120.00 through a bake sale. We also thank our dedicated team at the second-hand books stall, most Sundays after Mass, whose proceeds also go to the Chaplaincy.
In addition to their financial merit, all such initiatives foster fraternal interaction among the members of our congregation, and enable people to contribute not only through prayer but though such concrete means as well. Well done and thank you!
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.
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 before 11 May 2025: £135
Booking after 11 May 2025: £170 Event Fee(s)
LAST SPACES for our August summer camps!
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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