Ss Peter and Paul

Masses for the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul

Friday 29th June

9.30am: Mass (said OF)

7pm: Missa Cantata (EF)

Before anyone comments, his cope is white rather than red because even I do not have a full set of miniature copes for the smaller statue!

We will be making the traditional Dedication of England to St Peter at the end of Mass.

O Blessed Prince of Apostles, 

Vicar of Christ, 

Shepherd of the whole flock, 

Rock on whom the Church is built,

we thank the Prince of Pastors,

who in the ages of Faith, 

did bind this country

so sweetly and strongly to thee

and to that holy See of Rome

from which her conversion came.

We praise and bless our Lord

for those steadfast Confessors

who laid down their lives for thy honour and prerogative

in the hour when schism and heresy broke upon the land.

We desire to revive the zeal,

the devotion and the love of ancient days.

We consecrate our country,

as far as in us lies,

fervently and lovingly to thee.

We offer thee our homage.

We renew our loyalty to the Pontiff, thy successor,

who now fills the Apostolic See.

Do thou confirm and strengthen,

by thy powerful intercession,

the faith of the Pastors and people who invoke thee,

save us from apostasy,

from disunion, from religious indifference,

and from the losses to which ignorance 

and temptation expose our little flock. 

O most sincere and most humble penitent,

obtain for us tears of true repentance for our sins,

and a strong personal love

for our Divine Master; 

O Key-bearer of the Heavenly Kingdom,

open to us the gate of Heaven,

that we may enter into the joy of the King of Glory.

Remember this realm of England,

which grew in grace and unity

under thy blessed apostolic influence

for nigh a thousand years.

Pray to Jesus that all may see the 

and be Drought back to thy Fold,

which is the One Fold of Christ.

Amen.

V. Thou art Peter.

R. And upon this rock I will build My Church.

Let us pray.

Raise us up, we beseech Thee, O Lord, 

by the apostolic might of Thy blessed Apostle, Peter; 

that the weaker we are in ourselves, 

the more powerful may be the assistance 

whereby we are strengthened through his intercession; 

that thus, ever fortified by the protection of Thine 

Apostle, 

we may never yield to sin 

nor be overwhelmed by adversity. 

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Improve your theology of the Blessed Eucharist

Eucharistic Conferences 11-14 June 

‘Ego Eimi – It is I’ (John 6:51)

A series of conferences on the Most Holy Eucharist by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, at St Mary's Shrine Church in Warrington, England, in preparation for the National Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool (7-9 Sept. 2018). Each 40-min conference starts at 7:00pm GMT and will be broadcasted live on LiveMass.net, and on demand on the same channel.

• Monday 11 June: Transubstantiation: how the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ occur under the externals of bread and wine. Watch it here https://vimeo.com/274553225 
• Tuesday 12 June: Concomitance: how Christ’s Blood also is in the Host, and His Body also in the Chalice. Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/274752427  
• Wednesday 13 June: Fragments: why each of them is Christ, and how to treasure them. Watch it here:https://vimeo.com/livemass 
• Thursday 14 June: Gradation of the modes of presence of God in His creation: how God’s presence is supreme in the Holy Eucharist. Watch it here https://vimeo.com/livemass

Fr Seth Phipps FSSP Ordination

Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool celebrated Pontifical High Mass for the Ordination of Deacon Seth Phipps to the sacred Priesthood at the Shrine of St Mary in Warrington, Lancashire last Saturday. The Shrine is run by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter. It is the second year that the Archbishop has celebrated ordinations there and only the second time ordinations have been conducted in the Traditional Form of the Roman Rite in Great Britain in the last 50 years.

Before Mass stars the Archbishop prays at the Lady Chapel.

Seeing once again the full glory of the Mass in the context of our beautiful and noble traditions reminded me of the breadth of inspiration that the Faith has been in the arts.

Music  -  architecture  -  sculpture  -  art  -  vestments  -  poetry.

All so readily available to us as part of our heritage and a gift to the world and to civilization but sadly so often dismissed in these days. Putting our God-given talents to use in the glory of God and the inspiration of our neighbour is surely such a great service to bolstering our own faith and evangelising others.

The Ordinand, Seth Phipps, trained at the FSSP American Seminary in Denton, Nebraska. He hails from the South West of England and holds a doctorate in Classics from Oxford.

Archbishop Malcolm addresses the ordinand and the congregation.

The Litany of Saints.

The ordinand's hands are bound in service to Almighty God.

When the chasuble is first placed on the newly ordained, it is folded up, only being released at the end of the Mass as the newly ordained is sent out too minister in God's Church.

His Grace, the Most Rev. Malcolm McMahon, O. P.

The Archbishop of Liverpool.

The Sacred Ministers and servers.

The giving of First Blessings by the new priest.

We give thanks to God for another priest to serve His Church and continue to pray for vocations.

You can access many more photographs of the occasion at:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums/72157667970978197/page1

Photographs used here with the kind permission of

John Aron Photography

Corpus Christi Mass

Missa Cantata 

at 

7pm 

this 

Thursday 

for the 

Feast of Corpus Christi.

Light refreshments 

in the Pope John Paul Room to follow.

We will also be keeping it on Sunday.

8.30am - said Mass

10am - Solemn Mass

11.30am Low Mass (EF)

Summer Conference at Chavagnes College

Europe and the Faith : 

an inter-disciplinary Catholic conference

30th July to 3rd August 2018

Joseph Pearce will be the Keynote Speaker  -  “The Catholic vision of JRR Tolkien”  -  at the Summer Conference in Chavagnes, France, this year. Now in its third year, the Conference has proved to be a lively and interesting event in a convivial atmosphere, with daily Mass and visits to local places of Catholic interest. 

Although in France (Nantes is the nearest airport) the Conference talks take place in English (which is also the language in which the College and Studium teach their secondary and tertiary students.)

JOSEPH PEARCE is a senior fellow at The Cardinal Newman Society and editor of its journal. He is a senior contributor at The Imaginative Conservative and senior editor at the Augustine Institute. Up until recently, Director of the Center for Faith and Culture at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee he was previously on the staff of Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire,  Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan and at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida. His books include biographical works on C.S. Lewis, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Chesterton, Wilde, Solzhenitsyn and Belloc. He is a visiting professor for the Studium’s new Liberal Arts degree being launched in September 2018.

Pontifical High Mass from one of the previous Conferences.

"A man’s view of himself is not an “aspect:” it is a comprehension. Now then, so it is with us who are of the Faith and the great story of Europe. A Catholic as he reads that story does not grope at it from without, he understands it from within. He cannot understand it altogether because he is a finite being; but he is also that which he has to understand. The Faith is Europe and Europe is the Faith.”                                                                                                                                              Hilare Belloc

You can find out more about the Conference (which is very reasonably priced and will also provide transport to and from Nantes Airport) - as well as an online booking form at:

http://chavagnes.org/conferences/

The College is set in the beautiful countryside of the French Vendée.

Bishop Athanasius Schneider speaking at a previous Conference.

The Little Office of Our Lady being sung in the Baudouin Chapel.

Fr Baudouin was the founder of Chavagnes

A convivial evening in the gardens.

Pilgrimage for the English Martyrs

It was a beautiful sunny day for the pilgrims walking from St Walburge's to the Shrine of the English Martyrs in Preston yesterday. I walked with the Canons of the Institute of Christ the King along with a small group of parishioners from the parish here at St Catherine's.

The procession was led by a bier on which was carried relics of the martyrs.

The witness of the English and Welsh Martyrs should be a great inspiration to us today to give witness to the Faith. Among other things, they gave their lives for the celebration of the Mass, which seems to sit so lightly with so many Catholics today. Of course, the manner of celebrating the Mass needs to reflect its dignity, power and the glorious sacrifice of Calvary. When its celebrated in a way that doesn't speak of that, we can hardly expect people to think of dying for it, let alone giving up their Sunday shopping or the football to attend it. Fortunately, the Mass yesterday spoke of all that it should be to inspire our wonder.

Some of the Sisters from the newly established convent also walked with us - 

and sang beautifully at the Mass.

Great witness to the Faith walking through the streets of Preston.

Arriving at the Shrine.

 

  

 

The Altar to the English Martyrs.

Wonderful  photographs 

used with kind permission of Michael Durnam.

It was lovely to hear the Sisters singing at the Mass, as well as the Octavius singers.

Organist David Scott-Thomas treated to a magnificent rendition of Vierne's Westminster Carillon at the end, while everyone came to the altar rails to venerate the relics.

A version here to listen to.