Sunday Bulletin 4 August 2024
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin, 4 August 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 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 11:30am ; 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
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: 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: 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.
DAILY HOLY MASSES
Holy Masses on the ASSUMPTION of OUR LADY. Thursday 15th August is a holy day of obligation, meaning that every able Catholic (from First Communion onward) must attend Holy Mass that day under penalty of grave sin. Please ask your priest in advance if you foresee an impediment and are not sure whether it dispenses you from the obligation.
Holy Mass will be offered at Our Lady of Ransom at 7:30am, and at Chesham Bois at 11:00am.
(Those times are selected as the ones more accessible for all, the “prime time” evening weekday slots being booked for English parish Masses in Bedford and Chesham.)
36 CONFIRMED! Thank you from our hearts to His Excellency Bishop David Oakley of Northampton who confirmed our 36 candidates on Sat 27 July. The Bishop wrote: “It was a joy for me to be able to confer the Sacrament of Confirmation to your young people.” Thank you to the Chaplaincy Secretary Mrs Rita Carroll who worked very hard behind the scenes to get all the paperwork ready and also attended the Confirmation classes. Thank you to the sponsors, families, clergy, singers, servers, photographer, and buffet arrangers (link to picture album soon.)
Thank God for a joyful first Sunday Mass at our new place of worship in Bedford West, All Saints on 28 July. The church was full and everyone was pleased with the beauty of the medieval architecture, with the spacious car park and the light-filled parish hall by the river.
Note below the rare example of a rood screen (a life-size depiction of Our Lord on the Cross, or “rood”, flanked by Our Lady and Saint John, as a powerful visual reminder that Holy Mass is the very sacrifice of the Cross re-enacted.)
HOST COUNT at All Saints: Because the Blessed Sacrament cannot be reserved in a tabernacle after Holy Mass, the priest must consecrate just the right number of hosts. Therefore, BEFORE MASS please could each communicant put one host in the container by the church entrance door when walking into the church. Thank you.
All Saints: men wanted by 8:15am to set up benches and chairs, and after Mass to put them back where they were. Adults wanted to serve tea and coffee from 9:30am, and tidy up hall at 11:30am.
CHILDREN BEWARE: Safeguarding/Health & Safety awareness at All Saints Kempston. As stressed by our safeguarding officer William Currie last week:
Because of no fence along the steep riverbank, children are strictly forbidden from being in the churchyard or hall yard unsupervised. The same applies of course for access during holy Mass to the lavatories situated in the parish hall. Please direct all questions about this to the Safeguarding Representative William Currie telephone: 07825089336 or safeguardingfssp@pm.me
Weekday Mass Times at Our Lady of Ransom
- Mon 9:30am (Confessions 9:10am-9:25am)
- Tue 6:30am (Confessions 6:10am-6:25am)
- Wed 7:15pm (Confessions 6:55pm-7:10pm)
- Thu 9:30am (Confessions 9:10am-9:25am)
- Fri 11:30am (Confessions 11:10am-11:25am)
- Sat 11:30am (following 10am Eucharistic Exposition, Confessions & Eucharistic Benediction all ended by 11:20am.
The site made available to us every Sunday consists of the church, a church car park for about 40 cars, the parish hall, and the hall car park for about 20 vehicles (priority to family vans).
We thank Bishop Oakley of Northampton for granting us canonical “permission to celebrate the sacraments” at All Saints by letter dated 5th July 2024. We are also grateful to Canon Seamus Keenan from Our Lady of Ransom, and to the Parochial Church Council of All Saints for the use of their respective churches.
Congratulations to Eamon and Beata Long, whose newborn child Simon will be baptised by Fr Coelho on Sat 3 August at Our Lady of Ransom, 12:30pm.
Sponsoring offered for Regina Caeli Academy by benefactors willing to assist parents in our congregations of Bedford and Chesham Bois who would like to send their child(dren) to RCA. Please contact Fr de Malleray: malleray@fssp.org.
MARRIAGE BANNS:
Marriage is scheduled on Saturday 21st September 2024 between two members of this FSSP Chaplaincy congregation, Mr Alex Windo, and Miss Alejandra Lopez. If any one knows of a grave reason why these persons should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, let they contact the chaplain. Let us pray for the young couple in these last two months until they become husband and wife.
Dowry Mag online: Visit https://fssp.org.uk/dowry-mag-summer-issue-now-online/
Save the date: March for Life in London on Sat 7 September. We hope to have a large delegation from our FSSP chaplaincy to this family-friendly event.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR VARIOUS SUMMER APOSTOLATES:
- Juventutem annual Summer Weekend in Ampleforth 2-4 August.
- St Peter’s Summer Camp for Boys 5-10 August.
- St Petronilla’s Summer Camp for Girls 12-17 August.
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 28th September 10am-5pm community gathering at Buckden Towers, High St, Buckden, Saint Neots PE19 5TA.
The chaplaincy pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Walsingham is staying at the home of the Baderko family this week.
FINANCES: online donations and standing orders are still gratefully received, being also much quicker and easier to process than cash. Thank you in advance for your generosity. Sort code: 30-80-27 Account number: 44025960 Thank you in advance.
GIFT AID: Increase your donation to the FSSP Chaplaincy by 25% at no further expense to you. Ask Rita for a Gift Aid form, fill it in and hand it back to her. That will help us a lot.
Pray for the sick in our congregations: 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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