Sunday Bulletin 30 March 2025
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 30 March 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
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 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.
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
A beautiful large wall crucifix salvaged from a church skip was kindly donated to the Chaplaincy. Building a bespoke base to make it free-standing, plus professional restoration work (a finger and a toe on the Corpus were missing) and repainting cost £550.00.
The crucifix will be used for the adoration of the Cross this Good Friday.
We welcome donations to help us cover the cost. Thank you in advance!
New articles on www.dowry.org.uk.
Mothers’ Day celebration at the church hall after Mass on Laetare Sunday 30th March. Bring cakes, sandwiches and scones.
Mothers (and grandmothers!) are welcome to come and stand along the altar rail before the recessional to receive from the celebrant a flower as a token of gratitude for their motherhood.
Greenlight to fundraise 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.
Listen to talk on How we can imitate Saint Joseph, given by Fr de Malleray in Chesham Bois last week: https://youtu.be/9dpBA9yflCo .
Colwich Abbey trip date confirmed: Bank holiday Monday 26th May 2025. Due to a limited space in the nuns’ chapel and refectory, can we please give priority to young ladies and their mums?
Please email Rita Carroll to register interest.
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.
Learning our faith while having fun together, well done the…
- 12 young adults who walked the trek last week
- 17 gentlemen who attended the Men’s talk, Bedford
- 17 ladies who attended the Ladies’ group, Bedford
- 43 adults who attended the Chesham Bois evening
- 65 young adults who attended Juventutem London
APRIL GROUPS:
- Juventutem London: Friday 4th 7pm;
- Men’s group: Wed 9th, 8pm;
- Ladies’: Sat 12th, 1:30pm;
- Youth Trek: TBC Sat 26th, 11am.
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.
All Saints: kindly remember to put all the hassocks, chairs and pews away safely after holy Mass.
Improving safety together at All Saints: although there will be volunteers on the field to monitor the riverbank, parents still have responsibility for looking after their children.
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 Matthew and Ester Blissett on the birth of their baby boy last week.
Farewell Seminarian Luke Mazurek, FSSP: meet in hall after Sunday Mass on 6th April, ahead of Luke’s departure on Easter Monday after six months in pastoral placement with us.
Local Catholic Business of the Week: as a follow up on the earlier St Joseph Directory, members of our two congregations are welcome to advertise their professional skills in our newsletter and website.
Juventutem annual Summer Weekend in Ampleforth, 18-20 July 2025, for 18-35 singles. Visit Juventutem on X, Instagram & Facebook.
SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford
Monthly holy Mass will be offered at Regina Caeli Academy for the pupils and staff by Chaplain Fr de Malleray on Monday, 31st March.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: Monika Oledzka, Prima Nevard, Dominic Bozzino, 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. Carl Roberts.
Please email to sick list.
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