Sunday Bulletin 6 September 2026
LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS FOR THE MARCH FOR LIFE ON SAT 5 SEPTEMBER:
WE STILL HAVE A DOZEN SEATS AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON OUR COACH DEPARTING FROM ALL SAINTS, KEMPSTON AT 8:10AM:
CONTACT ASAP BEDFORD@FSSP.ORG !
Mass tomorrow Sat 5th Sept at OLOR: 9:30AM, not the usual later time.
FSSP Chaplaincy Bulletin
6–20 Sept 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 [‘OLOR’], 307 Bedford Rd, Kempston, Bedford MK42 8QB
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 Priest: Fr Conán McGonagle, FSSP : conanmcgonagle@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 latest Chaplaincy homilies and more on the dedicated FSSP YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@FSSPLiveMass.
Daily Holy Mass readings: www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl
CONFESSIONS TIMES
Check online before travelling from afar: 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.
Holy Mass Intentions:
Update: Saturday 5th September: the Mass at OLOR will be earlier than announced on the previous newsletter,
hence 9:30am (after 9:00am Confessions)
to allow the priest to join the March for life starting at 1:30pm in London.
| Sun 6 Sept 8:30am | 15th Sunday after Pentecost II Cl | Marriage of Anna and Lee | Currie family |
| Sun 6 Sept 12:00pm | Titmus family | Chaplaincy | |
| Mon 7 Sept 9:30am | Feria IV Cl | Morin family | J. Kedward |
| Tue 8 Sept 6:30am | Nativity of the BVM II Cl | Teresa Reynolds | Laura Sallion |
| Wed 9 Sept 7:15pm | Feria IV Cl | Lubbock family | Jon & Ja. Moxham |
| Thu 10 Sept 9:30am | St Nicolas of Tolentino C III Cl | Joelle Fofana | Seb. Petit-Frere |
| Fri 11 Sept 8:30am | Feria IV Cl | Holy Souls | Ruth Dyson |
| Sat 12 Sept 8:00am No adoration owing to diocesan clergy event | Most Holy Name of Mary III Cl | Clayton family children | Clayton family |
| Sun 13 Sept 8:30am | 16th Sunday after Pentecost II Cl | Abiel Matthew Contreras | Marissa Contreras |
| Sun 13 Sept 12:00pm | FSSP Fraternity | Chaplaincy | |
| Mon 14 Sept 9:30am | Exaltation of the Holy Cross II Cl | Alex and Ale Windo | Jon & Ja. Moxham |
| Tue 15 Sept 6:30am | 7 Sorrows of the BVM II Cl | Titmus family | Chaplaincy |
| Wed 16 Sept 7:15pm | Ss Corn. & Cyprian MM III Cl | Melville D’Rozario RIP | Hazlewood family |
| Thu 17 Sept 9:30am | Feria IV Cl | Doreen D’Rozario RIP | Hazlewood family |
| Fri 18 Sept 8:30am | St Joseph of Cupertino C III Cl | Eliah Isaac | Currie family |
| Sat 19 Sept 9:00am No adoration owing to youth trek | St Januarius & Comps MM III Cl | Priests/religious sisters’ souls | Anonymous |
| Sun 20 Sept 8:30am | 17th Sunday after Pentecost II Cl | Catherine Donner RIP | Sabina Leigh |
| Sun 20 Sept 12:00pm | Aleksander & Neli Nasur | Alina Ivorra Nasur |
First Holy Communion classes: if your child has reached the age of reason, please register with us for enrolment in the catechetical preparation. The ceremony will take place like every year on Corpus Christi Sunday, 30th May 2027. We await the decision by the diocese regarding the date for our Confirmations scheduled last year with Bishop Oakley on Sat 8th May 2027.
Our first gathering for children between 13 and 17 last month went well with about 30 teenagers attending, led by Fr McGonagle with lay volunteers. Thank you to the parents who shared their preferences as to the format. Location, time and activities may need adjusting, especially now that the school year has begun and daylight is diminishing. The next date will be announced soon.
Our next monthly trek for unmarried young adults (18-35) will take place on 19th September at Ashridge Estate. We will meet at 11:00AM at Ashridge visitor centre car park HP4 1LX. At 13:00PM we will be having lunch at The Trooper in Aldbury HP23 5RW. Contact the Chaplaincy or Daniel to be added onto the WhatsApp group.
Well done our pilgrims to Walsingham with the LMS last 27-30 August.
Congratulations to Justin & Grace Bozzino on the happy birth of their son Alban, and to Barnabas & Anna Woodward on the happy birth of their son Jude: both baby boys will be baptised on 6th September at OLOR, 11am. Let us keep in our prayers parents expecting children, and any couples hoping to conceive.
Please pray for our newly baptised Sam Kelleher and Claudine Sabet as they prepare to be united in holy Matrimony on Sat 12th September, 1:00pm, at Chesham Bois.
Chesham Bois Talk for All on Sat 26th September by Fr McGonagle on: The obligation and possibility of forgiveness in the Christian life, while also looking at how charity applies to our enemies and what exactly is expected of the Christian when dealing with persons and situations in which reconciliation seems infeasible. Contact Agostino Di Falco for address to location next to the church (not at the church).
Thank you for your generosity toward sponsoring our Chaplaincy coach to the March for Life on Saturday 5th September.
Sat 3rd October: join us for celebrating the 800th anniversary of the holy death of St Francis of Assisi as per the ongoing Jubilee Year. After our 10am Confessions and Adoration and 11:30am holy Mass, meet us (location to be confirmed soon) for a shared lunch and talk for all by Fr de Malleray on St Francis of Assisi.
Novena in preparation for this important Church event: daily from Friday 25th Sept until Saturday 2nd Oct, let us recite this traditional prayer:
Glorious Saint Francis, who voluntarily renounced all the comforts and riches of thy home to follow more perfectly the life of poverty and abnegation of Jesus Christ: Obtain for us, we pray, a generous contempt of all things in this world, that we may secure the true and eternal things of heaven.
O glorious Saint Francis, who during the whole course of thy life continually wept over the passion of the Redeemer, and laboured most zealously for the salvation of souls: Obtain for us, we pray, the grace of weeping continually over those sins by which we have crucified afresh Our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may attain to be of the number of those who shall eternally bless His supreme mercy.
O glorious Saint Francis, who, loving above all things suffering and the Cross, merited to bear in thy body the miraculous stigmata, by which thou becamest a living image of Jesus Christ crucified: Obtain for us, we pray, the grace to bear in our bodies the mortifications of Christ, that we may merit one day to receive the consolations which are infallibly promised to all those who now weep.
Pray for us, Saint Francis, that we may obtain the graces and favours we ask for in this novena; pray for us, especially, that we may obtain the grace of perseverance; of a holy death and a happy eternity.
Scout/Guide leaders urgently WANTED: Want to help build God’s kingdom in Our Lady’s dowry, but not sure how or where to begin? Now is your chance, with us in Bedfordshire! Any 18+ Catholics, men and women, please contact Scouts Troop Chief Matthew Blissett: matthew.blissett@gseuk.org, or Guides Troop Chief Sarah Titmus: sarah.titmus@gseuk.org.
Next Juventutem event in London for unmarried 18-35: Fri 25th September, after 6pm Confessions, 7pm Sung Mass followed by 8:15pm social. Cf. https://www.instagram.com/juventutemlondon/.
Annual Rosary Crusade of Reparation from Westminster Cathedral to the London Oratory on Sat 17th October: https://rosarycrusadeuk.org/. Support this the main Marian outdoor event in the UK, following the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, praying the rosary and singing hymns, until final devotions.
Help us raise money to buy our own place of worship. Thank you for £40k raised already. Contact Holy Family Project, our team of parishioners: holyfamilyprojectemail@gmail.com.
Marriage Help – Communication failure is a major cause of marital breakdown – 1,000’s of couples have found Retrouvaille helped their relationship. Retrouvaille is not counselling but a programme to help married couples work through conflicts more effectively. We focus on helping restore trust and hope. Bookings close 18th Sept. www.Retrouvaille.org.uk ; +44 7887 296 983
Fr de Malleray will be on annual retreat 13-20 Sept and requests your prayers as he assures you of his.
The Latin Mass Society (LMS) is seeking an efficient and experienced manager for its London office, managing a small team of staff and online bookshop, the production of its quarterly magazine Mass of Ages, and facilitating the work of its activities in supporting the celebration of the Traditional Mass in England and Wales and beyond. Full-time position, for the complete Job Description and how to apply, visit: lms.org.uk/vacancies.
SUPPORT FSSP Bedford/Chesham Bois:
Lloyds Bank; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 44025960; Account name: FSSP Bedford
Pray for the sick in our congregations: John Smith, Stephen Moxham, Malgorzata Anna Pietrak, Maureen Readings, Daniel Jahansouz, Jean-Francois Moore, Maria Chidell, Monika Oledzka, Mrs Henn, Eliah Isaac, Baby Vincent Jones, Tom and Inma Jones, Baby Joseph Osborn. R.I.P. Wailim Fook (late mother of Cindy Tang), Roger Johnson, Patsy Crocker, Prima Nevard, Carl Roberts. Please email additions to this list.
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