Sunday Bulletin 30 June 2024
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FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 30 June 2024
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: Christ the King Church, Harrowden Road, Bedford MK42 0SP; and on Sundays and major feasts at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church, Chesham Bois, 30 Amersham Road, HP6 5PE
fssp.org.uk/bedford or fssp.org.uk/chesham
facebook.com/bedfordlatinmass
Chaplain: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP: malleray@fssp.org
Visiting Priest: Fr Miguel Coelho: 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: Children must be accompanied to the loo by a parent.
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
HOLY MASS TIMES
BEDFORD: Sunday: 8:30am; Mon 10:00am; Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 8:00am; Sat 10:00am
CHESHAM BOIS: Sunday: 12noon
Holy Days: (check website before travelling)
Bedford CONFESSIONS TIMES
Sat 9:00am-9:55am. And during or around Holy Mass when possible, including in Chesham Bois.
Fr de Malleray endeavours to be in the confessional for anyone on Sunday morning from 8:00am to 8:25am.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Michael Baron, Mrs Courtney, Claire Barret, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Patsy Crocker, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Carl Roberts. Please email to sick list.
Congratulations to James Leonard and Tanith Pearce who have completed their one-year preparation and were received into the Church on Sat 29 June, 9:00am, at Christ the King, on the feast of Sts Peter and Paul. Let us keep our new fellow-Catholics in our prayer. Their perseverance and their faith commitment are an inspiration to all of us!
SAVE THE DATE: after consultation,
Saturday 28th September 10am-5pm
has been chosen and booked for our community gathering at Buckden Towers, High St, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA.
We look forward to spending a splendid day together with families, children and single adults. There will be activities for every age, including
- workshops for children,
- Holy Mass,
- conference by chaplain on Fidelity, Joy, and Merit in Marriage (the mansion is the last-but-one place of internment of Queen Catherine of Aragon),
- and picnic.
Last Sunday nine of our young girls made their investiture as wolvets. It is a beautiful and formal commitment made by our children to grow in virtue as part of a strongly Catholic movement. Many adults wish they had had that opportunity.
Thank you to the parents who dedicate themselves so generously to coordinate the events. Let us pray for all our cubs, wolvets, scouts and guides.
Our Lady of Walsingham will this Sunday stay at the home of Rita Carroll and her son Declan. We thank them for including the intentions of our two congregations in their daily recitation of the litany of Loreto before the statue.
Book for Our Lady’s visit: it is a simple and deep way of building up brotherly unity among all of us through a shared focus on Our Lady. Her statue was blessed on the very spot of her apparition, during our community pilgrimage to Walsingham.
Juventutem Summer Weekend on 2-4 August at Ampleforth Abbey for 18-35s: £165/person including all accommodation, food, and a space on the coach to/from York Station if required.
Liturgies and talks by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, Fr Thomas Crean, OP, LMS Chairman Dr Joseph Shaw, Benedictine Nuns of Gower on vocation, William Carry of SPUC Scotland on pro-life, Mother-of-ten and convert Alison Cotton on Catholic upbringing. Simply complete the form at bit.ly/juventutem2024 or email juventutemldn@gmail.com if you have any queries!
Well done 20 parishioners who attended our monthly meeting for all in Chesham Bois last 22 June. The topic on How what we wear hinders or fosters our sanctification and that of other people provided food for thought. For further reading we recommend Colleen Hammond’s book Dressing with Dignity.
The meetings will resume in September after the summer recess.
Further to the talks about the way we dress, may all be thanked for their help in gradual improving of our dress standards especially at Sunday Mass. In particular, let us commit together not to wear sport items in church (sport shoes, t-shirts, sport trousers or shorts).
Dr Teresa Clayton is a Catholic Clinical Psychologist
Contact: drteresaclayton@outlook.com ; Website: https://www.icatc-world.com/?lang=en
While awaiting his visa Fr Coelho is helping out Fr O’Donohue in Ireland (Waterford). We look forward to his return soon.
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| Sun 30 Jun The annual collection (traditionally called Peter’s Pence) for the Pope’s apostolic and charitable ministry takes place on the Sunday nearest to the feast of Ss Peter and Paul. There will be a second collection at our Masses. In accordance with the Fifth Commandment of the Church (“to contribute to the support of the Church”), the offering is a tangible gesture of loyalty to the Successor of St Peter, given for the various needs of the universal Church and for the relief of those most in need. |
| DEADLINE APPROACHING BOOK BY 1 JULY! |
 FSSP SUMMER CAMPS 2024 for children aged 10-17 Boys’ Camp: 5-10 Aug Girls’ Camp: 12-17 Aug Savio House, Bollington, near Macclesfield Book here! Worried about the cost? Speak to one of the priests about bursaries… |
| GENERAL ELECTION 2024 Thu 4 Jul |
| The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales has prepared some information and guidance to help inform Catholics how to vote in the election. Please take some time to read it. The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Nichols, asks us particularly to consider how we can “construct a society in which families can flourish”. In light of that, there are some useful tools on the website of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), including a pro-life analysis of the manifestos of all the main political parties. Find out where your candidates stand on abortion and assisted suicide here. |
| THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT 2239 It is the duty of citizens to contribute along with the civil authorities to the good of society in a spirit of truth, justice, solidarity, and freedom. The love and service of one’s country follow from the duty of gratitude and belong to the order of charity. Submission to legitimate authorities and service of the common good require citizens to fulfil their roles in the life of the political community. 2240 Submission to authority and co-responsibility for the common good make it morally obligatory to pay taxes, to exercise the right to vote… Catechism of the Catholic Church (1997) [emphasis added] |
Altar servers’ simple black cassocks are needed for next month when we begin at our new church. Before we spend money buying some, does anyone have some in good condition to donate or lend, or has anyone ever made such cassocks? The same for simple servers’ white cottas (surplices).
Summer Ceilidh Sat 6 July 7:30pm-Midnight, St Albans, Al1 5 AX. Contact Emma John sizimizi@yahoo.co.uk.
MORE BOOKS at Sunday repository:
Just arrived: Know Your Mass comic book: £10.00/copy. FSSP colouring books on the Gospels at the heavily discounted price of £5.00/copy.
RETREAT FOR CLERGY
(FOR PRIESTS/DEACONS/SEMINARIANS)
preached by Fr Armand de Malleray FSSP
Mon 14 – Fri 18 Oct 2024
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| “In the Footsteps of the Great Saintly Priests” Reflections on St John Fisher, St John Vianney and St Padre Pio Book here Please tell your priest friends, religious, seminarians! Cost: £375 (includes single, en-suite room and full board) |
Online family event:
Saints’ Club on Sunday 7th July, 4.30 – 5.00 pm UK Time (17.30 – 18.00 h Swiss/Austrian/French/German Time). Please see the details on the attached flyer. We are looking forward to celebrating the Parents of Our Lady, St Anne and St Joachim, together as well as the Parents of St Therese of Lisieux, Sts Zelie and Louis Martin. All their Feast Days are coming up in July!
ZOOM LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83384870719?pwd=Vcde8814kuavDlK9OA48tCagwlDLr6.1
Meeting ID: 833 8487 0719 ; Email ilonaharrison19@gmail.com for passcode.
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