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Mass of Ages quarterly round-up

Arundel & Brighton Huw Davies aandb@lms.org.uk 07954 253284

The weather was kind to us again for the annual Pilgrimage Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis at West Grinstead on the Feast of the Decollation of St John the Baptist. A Sung Mass was offered by Fr Ian Mcdole (who has since been appointed Catholic Chaplain to Eton College) followed by refreshments and a most interesting tour of the secret chapel in the presbytery. Benediction and the Rosary rounded off the day nicely. Thank you to all who served, sang or helped in other ways. The next Mass here will be on Remembrance Sunday, with another on Advent Sunday, both at 3pm.

On the Feast of the Assumption at St Hugh of Lincoln in Knaphill we said goodbye to Fr Gerard Hatton, who has departed the diocese for Edinburgh, with a Sung Mass followed by a shared breakfast in the presbytery. We were thankful to a number of visiting priests for supplying the Sunday Masses here for the following month. However, since mid-September the celebration of the Traditional Form of Holy Mass has ceased here for the time being. Please pray for Fr Gerard in his new endeavours and for a substitute Sunday Mass to be provided.

Masses continue to be offered at East Molesey (where on the feast of St Joseph Calascantius we celebrated a significant birthday for Theresa with a post-Mass party in the hall), Lewes, Caterham, Sutton Park and Eastbourne through the week on different days, and Lewes continues to have a Sunday Mass also, offered by Canon Jonathan Martin. Please ensure you check the listings in the months ahead for all churches, with multiple festal Masses and of course the great feast of Christmas.

Birmingham & Black Country Louis Maciel 07392 232225 birmingham@lms.org.uk birmingham-lms-rep.blogspot.co.uk/

The quarter kicked off with High Mass at the Oratory and a Low Mass at St Mary-on-the-Hill in Wednesbury for the Assumption, transferred to Sunday in the new calendar but celebrated on Monday in the old. This was followed at the Oratory by another High Mass for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and a Requiem Mass at 9am on the day of the Queen’s funeral. There was a special Vespers on the Feast of St John Henry Newman, which fell on a Sunday this year, and a few days later Solemn Vespers was celebrated again to announce the schedule of visitations for the new Birmingham Cathedral and South deanery. Our Lady of Perpetual Succour celebrated a High Mass on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, which I was unable to attend because of a crash on the M6. At the time of writing, All Saints and All Souls have not taken place but the usual schedule of Masses is planned.

It was remiss of me not to mention the death of Fr George Grynowski in my last report. Fr George celebrated the 1962 Missal in West Heath when I started as Rep, with an annual High Mass on the patronal Feast of SS John Fisher and Thomas More in the old Missal. A Requiem Mass in the 1962 Missal took place on 19 July at Holy Trinity, Bilston with his friends and family in attendance before his funeral the next day. He will be greatly missed.

Birmingham (North Staffs) Alan Frost north-staffs-lms.blogspot.com

Among several Missae Cantatae celebrated at Our Lady’s, Swynnerton in recent times, that on Sunday 9 October was of particular significance to parish priest Fr Paul Chavasse, Cong Orat, as it is the Feast Day of St John Henry Newman, and Fr Paul was a major promoter of the successful cause for his canonisation. More Sung Masses have also been celebrated at St Augustine’s, Meir, with members of the Swynnerton schola providing the music. These are celebrated by Fr Kazimierz Stefak, who invited Fr Michael Glover from nearby St Teresa’s (Trent Vale) to sing the 21 Sept Mass. The Feasts of All Saints (at St Mary’s, Swynnerton, 6 pm) and All Souls (Meir, 7 pm) will also be Missae Cantatae.

A regular server at Our Lady’s, Swynnerton, and St Augustine’s, Meir (Stoke-on-Trent) Masses, for some years, is discerning a vocation to the priesthood. He and several other young men have begun a year of prayer, study, and work at the ICKSP House in Preston. Another former regular attender at Our Lady’s, and later helper at St Mary’s Priory, Warrington, is also pursuing her vocation as a nun. Now Sr Mari Caritas of the Holy Trinity in an Order in the USA, she made her first Temporary Profession on 11 October in Minneapolis with Sr Petra Maria from the same Order. Her mother and one of her sisters were present. Two of her younger brothers are now regular servers in our North Staffs churches.

Given the relative rarity of young people answering the call of God, the little church of Our Lady’s, Swynnerton, can remarkably relate to a further vocation as the very talented organist, who occasionally had played at Traditional Latin Masses, has become a novice with the Dominicans. No wonder Fr Chavasse wonders with a smile what makes it special!

Birmingham (Oxford) Joseph Shaw oxford@lms.org.uk oxfordlmsrep.blogspot.com

Regular Masses continue. This is a busy time of year but some important events fall between my writing this and the publication of this edition ofMass of Ages, so I will report on them in the next one.

Birmingham (Worcestershire) Alastair J Tocher 01684 893332 malvern@lms.org.uk extraordinarymalvern.uk Facebook: Extraordinary Malvern

The established regular Masses across Worcestershire – Sung Masses at St Ambrose, Kidderminster on first Sundays, and Low Masses at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Redditch on first Fridays – continue as normal. Also, and as predicted in the previous report, regular mid-week Low Masses have now recommenced at Immaculate Conception & St Egwin, Evesham on Tuesday evenings at 18:30.

Our thanks to all our local priests – Fr Douglas Lamb, Fr Jason Mahoney, and Fr Christopher Draycott – who make the extra effort to celebrate these Masses for us and who support us in so many other ways; also, Archbishop Bernard Longley who generously grants permission for these Masses. Please remember them all in your prayers.

Brentwood Mark Johnson

The Mass continues at St Margaret’s Convent Chapel. My thanks go to Father Brett, Father Cullinan and others for their tireless efforts in providing the Mass.

We have been raising money for new vestments for use at the Mass in Canning Town, in particular a Low Mass set plus matching cope in green, as well as a Roman style cope to match the Low Mass white set we have. If you would like to contribute you can send your donation to the LMS office marking it clearly for the Canning Town Vestment Fund. If you are a taxpayer, I would ask that you fill in the gift aid form so that we may claim the tax. The forms are available from the office or I can provide a form in person at Canning Town.

Brentwood (East) Alan Gardner alanmdgardner@gmail.com

A very short report this time, as we are still in a state of flux. There are some encouraging signs of ‘green shoots of recovery’, but it is too early to be able to give details on that yet.

We remain grateful to all our priests: working hard to coordinate and encourage provision around the diocese; ‘going the extra mile’ in saying TLM in their own and other parishes; allowing TLM in their own parish despite not being able to say the Latin Mass themselves.

Prayers very much continue to be needed, please; there are many gaps to fill before we can be satisfied that all who wish to attend TLM are able to do so.

This is a large region undergoing much fluctuation, so do please keep me informed about developments in your local area so that I can circulate details (in some cases attendance would have been higher if details had been better known). If you are not currently on my local email (bcc!) circulation list (you should be receiving something from me at reasonably regular intervals), do please feel free to get in touch.

Cardiff Andrew Butcher cardiff@lms.org.uk Mobile: 07905 609770

Holy Mass is continuing to be offered daily in Cardiff at Saint Alban on the Moors, with a High Mass on Sundays and Low Mass every Sunday at The Most Holy Trinity, Ledbury. Times can be found in the Mass listing of this edition of Mass of Ages.

Earlier this year, the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Mark O'Toole as our new Archbishop and Bishop of Menevia, uniting both diocese in ‘persona Episcopi’. Please remember the Archbishop in your prayers as he takes up his new office and also for Archbishop Emeritus George Stack as he begins his retirement. Ad multos annos.

On Tuesday 11 October 2022, the Holy Father appointed Canon Peter Collins, parish priest of Saint Mary of the Angels, Canton, Cardiff as Bishop of East Anglia. On behalf of the local LMS, I extend our prayers and best wishes to Bishop-elect Collins as he prepares to leave the diocese for the next chapter of his life.

Be assured of my prayers and when the time comes a very happy and holy Christmas season to you all.

East Anglia (West) Alisa and Gregor Dick 01954 780912 cambridge@lms.org.uk

We invite readers of Mass of Ages to pray for Bishop-elect Peter Collins, who has been appointed Bishop of East Anglia by the Holy Father. His episcopal consecration will take place on 14 December, which, in the traditional calendar, will be the Ember Wednesday in Advent. We wish to renew our gratitude to and prayers for Bishop Alan Hopes, who has been unfailingly generous to us in his time as bishop of the diocese.

The theme continues: Fr Euan Marley OP completes his term as Prior of Blackfriars, Cambridge in November, and we thank him for his pastoral solicitude over the last six years, for his patience in handling our endless e-mails and not least for the time that he took to learn and celebrate Mass according to the Traditional Dominican Rite. We assure him of our continuing prayers.

Sunday Masses at Blackfriars continue as normal. The dates on which these Masses are planned to be sung are now listed on the noticeboard inside the entrance of the priory.

East Anglia (Withermarsh Green) Sarah Ward 07522 289449 withermarshgreen@lms.org.uk

Daily Masses in the Old Rite continue, with two Masses on Sundays and a monthly Sung Mass on the last Sunday of the month. The “Friends of Withermarsh Green Latin Mass Chaplaincy” charity continues to offer teas and coffees after 11am Sunday Mass. We continue to see a steady rise in attendance and are always pleased to welcome new faces.

On 8 October the Chaplaincy held a “Maker’s Day” where people were invited to bring their arts and crafts for display and workshops took place on Icon painting, lino cutting and printing and model making. It was a great day and everyone enjoyed a bring and share lunch.

Guild of St Clare Sewing Days continue every 6-8 weeks.

A reminder to visitors that in wet weather, the parking area can become very muddy indeed and you may wish to park a little way up the lane and walk down to the chapel.

Hexham & Newcastle Keith McAllister 01325 308968 07966 235329 k_mcallister@ymail.com

Another active period for Traditional liturgies, with those at Gateshead, Thornley, Coxhoe and Alnwick proceeding as on previous schedules.

We can look forward to Low Masses at Gateshead for the Immaculate Conception, Epiphany and Candlemas.

Lancaster Bob & Jane Latin 01772 962387 lancaster@lms.org.uk latinmasslancaster.blogspot.com John Rogan 01524 858832 lancasterassistant@lms.org.uk

During the last week of August, the ICKSP met for their annual Chapter meeting and we are pleased to say that our three Canons will continue their present ministry in Preston for another year. We have also been joined by a new Deacon, Abbé Almeida from Portugal. Sisters Aline-Marie and Bianca-Marie have moved to the House of Maria Engelport in Germany and in their place we have welcomed Sister Alexandra-Marie and Sister Isabel-Marie. October saw the arrival of seven new candidates to the House of Discernment in Preston – five British, one Irish and one French – who will spend the next year testing their vocation and learning about the life of the Institute.

After preparing for a few days at the house of the Sisters Adorers in Le Noirmont, on 26 September, our five 2021/22 candidates were among the 30 new seminarians who received the cape of the postulants of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest from Canon Mora, the Superior of the Seminary at Gricigliano; this will be their choir habit which they will wear every time they participate in the Divine Office.

The work on the new premises for St Benedict's Academy has been going well but the project team decided that it would cause less disruption to replace the windows this year rather than next, so it was not possible to move in at the start of the Autumn term. It is hoped that the transfer will take place at the end of the year. Consequently, the noon weekday Mass continues at English Martyrs on those days when the Academy is meeting, that is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesdays and Saturdays, the noon Mass is celebrated at St Walburge's. The 8.30 am Mass from Monday to Saturday continues at St Walburge's, and there are no changes to the Sunday Mass schedule. Meanwhile, Canon Ducret and members of the congregation have worked very hard to tidy and clean the old Talbot Library building. This will be used as a study area for the Academy but Canon's hope is that one day funding will be available to restore this to a fine library. On 22 September a small group of children from the Academy went to Lancaster Cathedral to venerate the relics of St Bernadette.

A full day of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was held on Monday 12 September to pray for the repose of the soul of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our country, our new King Charles III and the royal family. A book of condolence was available for signing in the church. 23 September was the anniversary of the Consecration of St Walburge's and this was celebrated with a Solemn Mass on the following Sunday. During Communion we were treated to Mozart's Laudate Dominum beautifully sung by young Rosabel Walton, followed by our choir singing Bruckner's Locus iste. (Incidentally if you are interested in joining our choir, they meet for half an hour after the 10.30 Sunday Mass and for an hour on Thursday evenings.) Following the Mass, a group of some 30 people had a festive meal at a nearby Italian restaurant. A good time was had by all and a profit of £190 was made for the restoration fund. The next fundraising event was a Barn Dance in October – raising money and having fun, a good combination.

We are immensely grateful for two most generous benefactors who, having stayed in the Presbytery during the summer and noticing the dreadful state of the ceilings and the multiple leaks, have undertaken to pay for the complete restoration of the Presbytery roof. May God pour His blessings on them!

In October we were delighted to welcome our Bishop, Paul Swarbrick, to St Walburge’s for a pastoral visit, his first since 2019. He was delighted to meet the congregation, especially so many children, and he was able to view the progress of the renewal of the fabric of the church. A significant number of people took this opportunity to demonstrate their appreciation for his paternal support.

As I write, we are looking forward to the great Feast of Christ the King at the end of October, which is the Institute's Patronal Feast. This will be the first Sunday that our new Candidates will be with us, and the 10.30 Mass will be followed by a Eucharistic Procession in the streets around the church. On Monday, 31 October, following First Vespers, there will be the traditional All Saints Party for the children. They are encouraged to come dressed as their favourite saint – and to know some facts about them – a beautiful antidote to Halloween! Finally, our traditional Novena to the Immaculate Conception will take place at St Walburge's starting on 30 November. Each evening there will be a guest preacher, Rosary and Benediction. For details, please see the website icksp.org.uk/preston/ or the Facebook page www.facebook.com/icksp.preston/

With effect from the New Year, there will be a change in our line-up. Bob, having reached a venerable age, will be standing down as Local Representative. John Rogan will take over that role and Jane will be the Preston contact. Nicholas will continue as Assistant Rep in Carlisle.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Society is extremely grateful to Bob and Jane Latin for the many years of dedicated service they have given as Local Representatives. It is good to know that Jane will still keep her hand in with assisting John.

New seminarians received the cape of the postulants of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest from Canon Mora, the Superior of the Seminary at Gricigliano.

Lancaster (North) Nicholas Steven 07715 539395 warwickbridge@lms.org.uk

What a glorious quarter it has been for Marian devotion, with so many wonderful Feasts of Our Lady to sustain us throughout our current liturgical winter.

There is not a lot to report beyond our usual Saturday 10am Mass at St Margaret Mary's. This is usually a Low Mass but is sung once a month.

We have lost one of our regular servers but to a good cause. William Steven has departed to begin his seminary training at Valladolid. May God go with him.

On a personal note, I was delighted to host a one-week silent retreat for seven Marian Franciscans at the Presbytery, Warwick Bridge and also to make a personal pilgrimage to the Transalpine Redemptorists on Papa Stronsay. If you have not yet been there, I earnestly recommend it.

It may be that we shall be seeing more of the Marian Francisans now they have a presence in both Portsmouth and Dundee - Carlisle is a convenient refreshment stop on the journey between their two Friaries. For those who may venture across the border, by kind permission of the Bishop of Dunkeld, Traditional Latin Mass is now being offered at St Joseph's Chapel, Lawside Road, Dundee, as follows: Sundays: 9am (Low Mass) & 11am (Sung Mass); Monday to Friday: 7am (usually a Sung Mass) & 10am (Low Mass); Saturday: 7am & 9:30am (Sung Mass). Ad multos annos Marian Francisans!

Back here in Cumbria, as we go to press a Sung Requiem Mass in the Old Rite is planned for the historic recusant chapel at Naworth Castle, near Brampton, on Tuesday, 25 October, by kind permission of the Hon. Philip Howard. This will be the first time that a Catholic Mass has been offered in the Castle since the 1640s. Requiem Mass will be offered by Fr Daniel Etienne for all deceased members of the Howard Family and all souls enrolled in the Cumbria Purgatorial Society www. prayforsouls.uk.

On 2 November we are planning a candlelit procession from Our Lady and St Wilfrid to the "lost cemetery" of the Benedictine Nuns of the former Holme Eden Abbey, followed by a Sung Requiem Mass. This will be our Schola's final preparation for the Cumbrian Purgatorial Society's annual Sung Requiem at St Margaret Mary’s on Saturday 5 November. Following Mass, Fr Serafino Lanzetta will give a talk on The Four Last Things and the Purgatorial Society will hold its AGM.

Liverpool Neil Addison liverpool@lms.org.uk

The Traditional Rite in Liverpool Archdiocese continues to depend mainly on the FSSP in St Mary’s Warrington. There is a Tuesday 12 noon Latin Mass in St Catherine Laboure in Leyland and a Thursday 7.30pm Mass in St John, Standishgate, Wigan but in no other Churches. The Archbishop has not done anything to either restrict or encourage the Traditional Rite, so the situation can best be described as stable.

The Relics of St Bernadette were with us for nearly a week and my wife and I went to join the many other pilgrims visiting them in the Metropolitan Cathedral. We also attended the Requiem Mass in the Cathedral held for Her Majesty the Queen and led by Archbishop McMahon. It wasn’t in the Traditional Rite but it is important that the LMS participate in the ordinary life of the Archdiocese and Her Majesty was our Queen too.

Interestingly, King Charles, as Prince of Wales, was a patron of the Prayer Book Society www.pbs.org.uk which is in many ways the LMS of the Church of England since it seeks to retain and defend the traditional liturgy of the CofE as set out in the Book of Common Prayer. Whatever we might think of the BCP theologically, there is no doubt that it, together with the King James Bible, has a beautiful cadence and has played an immense part in the development and spread of the English language. There is no CofE equivalent to Traditionis Custodes and Anglican Vicars are free to use the BCP or the newer liturgies as they see fit.

It is worth noting that the Funeral Services for Her Majesty held in Westminster Abbey and Windsor Chapel were carried out in accordance with the BCP and not the newer CofE liturgy. It is sad to reflect that today the Bishops of the CofE seem better at guarding Anglican traditional worship than Catholic Bishops are at defending Catholic tradition.

Liverpool (Warrington) Alan Frost

After a little respite for the priests and helpers at St Mary’s Priory, the usual busy schedule of liturgical services and events resumed in September. The Academy at St Mary’s Priory (stmarysacademy.warrington@gmail.com) re-opened on 21 September. Forty people from St Mary’s went with Fr de Malleray and Fr Quirke to London on 3 September to take part in the March for Life. A further group also went to London on 8 October to take part in the Rosary Crusade walk from Westminster Cathedral to Brompton Oratory. In the same week the Shrine Rector, Fr de Malleray, led a clergy retreat at Stonyhurst for 12 priests, considering the postCovid position and challenges for the clergy. As in previous years, this year’s conferences will be posted on https:// radioimmaculata.org/various-podcast/fssp-conferences, the good Catholic radio run by the Marian Franciscans.

Fr Gwilym Evans thanked everyone for their generosity in offering a financial gift after his first Mass at St Mary’s after ordination. He also led a party to Ely on 25 August to join the annual LMS Walking Pilgrimage to Walsingham (see pages 28-29) before celebrating his first Mass in his native Wales (St Alban’s, Cardiff) and taking up his new duties in Reading.

For those young men who feel they may be being called by God, there is an Annual Vocation Weekend, 25-27 November, at St Mary’s Priory, led by Shrine Rector Fr de Malleray, FSSP, assisted by FSSP priests Fr Verrier, Fr Stewart and Fr Quirke (contact: malleray@fssp.org). Currently, six young men from the UK and Ireland are in formation at FSSP seminaries, while in recent years, three of the deacons from England were ordained priests at St Mary’s, by Archbishop McMahon OP of Liverpool, including Fr Alex Stewart. Those were the first EF priestly ordinations by a diocesan bishop in England for nearly fifty years. And now the number of FSSP priests serving in the UK and Ireland has reached double figures. In your prayers for them and many more to enter the lists, more information can be found on: www. fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/

Continuing on the theme of vocations, a young woman, formerly a member of the congregation at St Mary’s (and whose family are regular worshippers and helpers at the Shrine) made her first Temporary Profession as a religious sister on 11 October in the USA as Sister Mari Caritas of the Holy Trinity (Welsh spelling). Her mother, Alison Cotton, presented a spiritual bouquet, a large card signed by many worshippers at the Priory Shrine. Another young woman, Estefania, who attended Juventutem events with Sr Mari Caritas after moving from Colombia, and occasionally attended Mass at St Mary’s, has also become a nun. She now leads a cloistered life nearby at Birkenhead Carmel. She has just been clothed with the Carmelite habit as Sr Mary Magdalene of the Holy Face.

Two online references to note are the new Instagram page for St Mary’s Shrine: https://www.instagram.com/ fssp.warrington/ and Fr de Malleray’s homily on the death of Queen Elizabeth II has attracted over thirteen thousand views on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJu1z7fk7KA

Also worth noting is the specialist work of a parishioner, Mark Chatwood (mark.chatwood@gmail.com). He is a bookbinder and repairer of old missals, etc. and does personalised prayer books for children.

Last but not least, after a very long administrative delay, Warrington Borough Council just granted Planning Permission for the long-awaited conversion work at Priory Court. In due course, this will allow for organizing activities on a larger scale. The approved plans include a dozen cells for clergy and pilgrims to St Mary’s Shrine to stay the night when travelling for devotions, and a large hall fitting 200 guests at a time for Sunday coffee and one-off events such as conference days. Several more people have relocated from distant parts of England to benefit from the fullyfledge pastoral life at St Mary’s Shrine.

Menevia Tom & Elaine Sharpling meneviastabatmater.blogspot.com

What a glorious Rosary Sunday was had by our traditional community! Thanks to the spiritual care of Canon Jason Jones, we were able to have Rosary Devotions, Benediction and a Missa Cantata and a blessing of roses for the home – once again our thanks go to Father for his ongoing attentive care to the traditional congregation. Holy Mass also continues in Haverfordwest once a month offered by Father Liam, so please get in touch if you are ever on holiday in West Wales.

In sadder news from Menevia, we share the news of the death of Father Michael Burke (RIP). Fr Michael offered the Traditional Mass every 1st Saturday morning at Swansea Cathedral from about 2002. At that time, those attending Mass had to head for the cellar, and so it continued for many years. After 2014, and when Fr Michael moved from Morriston to become Dean of the Cathedral, Mass time was changed from Saturday morning to 12 noon one Sunday a month, and so it continued until he was transferred to Clydach parish and thereafter to America.

We don’t know if Fr Michael was ever a member of the LMS, but he once shared that the Traditional Mass was a treasure of the whole Church, which should be easily available to all. No matter whether he was a member or not, he was a senior diocesan priest who, as Dean of the Cathedral, offered the sacrifice of the Holy Mass month in and month out and we remain grateful for his priestly service.

The Requiem Mass for Father Michael is planned, as we go to press, for Friday 14 October in the Cathedral in Swansea. He will be buried on Caldey Island and if you ever visit the monks there, please take a moment to pray for the repose of the soul of Father Michael and for consolation for his mother and sister especially.

Middlesbrough Paul Waddington waddadux@gmail.com

All Masses at the York Oratory continue to be well attended, with good numbers of York University students during term time. The pilgrimage in honour of St Margaret Clitherow at the end of August was also well attended, despite it partially clashing with the LMS Walsingham pilgrimage. The Thursday evening Masses in Hull are less well attended, but it is hoped that, with a new batch of university students arriving, numbers will increase. The attendance at the Sunday afternoon Mass in Stokesley remains steady.

Northampton North (Northamptonshire) Paul Beardsmore 01858 434037 northampton@lms.org.uk

Masses have continued at St Brendan, Corby, according to the published schedule, with some additional Masses on significant feasts and during the Forty Hours Devotion in September. At the end of that month, we said goodbye to Sr Cecilia OSC, who had given 30 years' service to the parish, and who for the last fifteen years had given quiet but significant support to Fr Byrne's efforts to re-establish celebrations of the old rite at St Brendan's. Sr Cecilia has returned to Ireland following the closure of the Corby convent.

December will see the 60th anniversary of the opening of St Brendan's church, and we look forward to a special Mass to commemorate this event.

Apart from the obvious thanks due to Fr Byrne for his tireless work for the old rite, I should also like to thank the servers, and Fr Thomas Crean OP who has deputised for Fr Byrne, suffering a particularly trying journey on the Feast of the Holy Rosary! I should also mention John and Stephen Parker, who not only serve, but also ferry Fr Crean backwards and forwards from Leicester when needed (but cannot be held responsible for the trying journey!)

Northampton (South) Barbara Kay 01234 340759 mbky3@outlook.com

On 16 August we celebrated seven years of the Traditional Latin Mass at Christ the King, Bedford and on 8 October, five years of the FSSP priests saying the Masses there. Our numbers at Christ the King continue to increase and we had a record congregation of 230 one week in September, many of them associated with our recently formed Scouts of Europe troop. We are planning to start a Guide group in the near future.

One of our recent highlights at Bedford was the visit of the newly ordained Fr Gwilym Evans FSSP on 21 August to give First Blessings. He had also visited Chesham Bois, the other FSSP apostolate in the Northampton Diocese, earlier in the same week to give First Blessings on the Feast of the Assumption. We are hoping that Fr Evans, who is a gifted singer, will be visiting Bedford over the coming months to train our schola and thus carry on the good work started by Dominic Bevan earlier this year.

By the time this Winter edition of Mass of Ages is published, there will have been Masses on 1 November for All Saints at both Bedford and Chesham, as well as trinated All Souls Masses at Bedford.

One of the highlights of the year is the visit by the Latin Mass Society to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Bedford for a High Mass of Reparation for Abortion, and 2022 was the fifth year this has taken place. This year’s Mass was on Saturday 12 November. After the pandemic restrictions of the last two years, hopefully in 2022 we will have had a normal-sized congregation and a full reception afterwards. This year’s celebrant was Fr Gerard Byrne, a Diocesan priest based in Corby, who also says the Traditional Rite. Dominic Bevan directed the music.

We are looking forward to a Sung Midnight Mass at Christmas at Bedford, as well as Christmas Morning Low Masses at 8 am at Chesham and 8.30 am at Bedford. There will be the usual Low Masses for Epiphany at Chesham at 11.00 am and at Bedford at 7.30 pm. As always, please see our Facebook page: www.facebook. com/bedfordlatinmass/ or the FSSP page fssp.org.uk/bedford/ for updates and other articles of interest.

Nottingham Jeremy Boot 0115 849 1556 / 07462 018386

At the start of the new academic year with newcomers, we would particularly encourage students to come to our Masses. Can you sing or serve? You will all be very welcome.

After two years, the monthly Cathedral Masses on 3rd Wednesdays at 6.15pm have been re-instated from August, DG. Other Masses: Saturday before the 2nd Sunday of the month at Good Shepherd Thackeray’s Lane, Nottingham (sung), 4.30pm; 3rd Sunday of the month at 3pm at Our Lady and St Patrick, in the Meadows, Nottingham (sung), and weekly at St Joseph’s, Burton Road, Derby at 8am. We need more attendees, though please. The pandemic took its toll not only on health but also on habits of Mass attendance. We have inconvenient Mass times unfortunately, but it’s important we make the effort to attend as often as we can.

Mass continues to be celebrated each Wednesday at 6.30pm at Our Lady of the Annunciation, Loughborough; any exceptions to the schedule are notified in advance. We were able to celebrate Sung Masses for Corpus Christi, SS Peter and Paul as well as for a parishioner’s Requiem Mass and for the Feast of the Holy Cross in September.

Our sincere thanks to our priests, and all who help in any way, musicians and servers as ever.

Nottingham South (Leicestershire and Rutland) Paul Beardsmore 01858 434037 northampton@lms.org.uk

A Sung Mass was celebrated for the feast of St Michael at Blessed Sacrament, Leicester, and Canon Cahill will again be offering a Sung Mass on 1 November. Otherwise, the Masses at Blessed Sacrament and St Peter's have continued as usual, with additional Masses on some feast days.

Fr Dye at Oakham continues to offer Mass on Friday evenings when he is available and able to do so, but it is important to check the parish notice sheet before travelling.

Members living close to the Lincolnshire border may like to note that there is a now a Thursday evening Mass at Stamford. Again, it is important to check the parish notice sheet as Fr Vellacott's commitments sometimes prevent him from being able to offer this Mass.

For information concerning Loughborough see report from Jeremy Boot.

Plymouth (Cornwall) Stefano Mazzeo cornwall@lms.org.uk

Lanherne continues to be a hub of activity, the renovations to the hall continue and the sisters and congregation have been busy harvesting apples. The sisters are grateful to the Providence of God who supplies their needs through the generous support of the faithful. Masses are at 8:30 and 10am on a Sunday and 8am throughout the week, with an extra one on Thursdays at 6:15pm. Please continue with your prayers and support for the work here, contact Canon Smith at canon. smith@institute-christ-king.org or by phone to the Chaplain’s house 01637 861752.

Christendom Rising is a video magazine based at Lanherne and episode five is now live on my You Tube channel. This episode is dedicated to Traditional Catholic dating and Marriage. Sophie Oliver, now Mrs Sophie O'Shaughnessy, discusses Catholic dating and marriage with Mrs Michelle Buscomb. Fittingly, we have some lovely video footage of Sophie's wedding at the Solemn Nuptial Mass at Holy Angels Torquay, presided over by Canon Tanner. Canon Montjean and Fr de Malleray also contribute to this episode. I give an update and say a big ‘thank you’ to all who took part in the making of my latest film The Message of Lourdes which will be premiered on EWTN on 8 December.

Plymouth (Devon) Maurice Quinn 07555 536579 devon@lms.org.uk

It is pleasing to report that once again, some summer visitors to Torquay managed to find their way to Holy Angels in Chelston in order to attend one of the Sunday Sung and High Mass celebrations that have now become the norm. Indeed, among these visitors we had families from as far distant as Scotland and Ireland – people whose first priority on holiday was to seek out Torbay’s Traditional Mass Shrine for their Sunday obligations. These good people were not disappointed, but were often pleasantly surprised to discover that Canon Tanner (ICKSP) also has a full spiritual schedule for weekdays, comprising of Mass, Vespers and Adoration, with daily opportunities for Confessions. Although still in its infancy as a designated shrine for the West Country (since September 2021), Holy Angels has become a magnet for young people with large families, many of whom travel from the main Devon cities of Exeter and Plymouth, and from the surrounding small towns and hamlets. What is lacking at Holy Angels is an organist to accompany the excellent choir for the Sunday Mass, so if any reader is in a position to help out, your services will be most welcome – just contact me as above. You need to take note of the Mass and services change at Holy Angels on Fridays – Mass is now at 12noon, with Vespers at 4.30pm followed by Adoration at 5pm, otherwise things are as normal for the rest of the week.

There have been changes to Mass times at St Edward the Confessor in Plymouth that need to be noted. The Sunday 3pm Mass has been brought forward to the much earlier time of 8.30am to allow Canon Tanner enough time to get back to Torquay for the 10.30am Mass, but the 1st Saturday Mass at St Edwards is still at 11.30am. Please also note that the Exeter (Blessed Sacrament) and Chudleigh (St Cyprian’s, Ugbrooke House) Mass celebrations are on hold until such time as more willing hands are available to help out (feel free to contact me about this).

As always, do check the Mass Listings before travelling to attend any of the Devon Mass venues, and/or contact me to discuss any of the above.

Repositioning the Altar at Holy Angels, work made possible by a grant from the LMS

Plymouth (Dorset) Maurice Quinn 07555 536579 devon@lms.org.uk

The Latin Mass Society’s pilgrimage in honour of the Chideock Martyrs took place on Saturday, 17 September in Chideock at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs & St Ignatius, being well attended and enjoyed by everybody present. Led by Canon Tanner (ICKSP), Prior of the Shrine Church of Holy Angels in Torquay, a reverent and dignified Solemn High Mass was the high point of the day, being followed by Veneration of the Relics. After lunch, a small group of pilgrims gathered in the beautiful sacristy to hear a short talk on certain aspects of the church and of the Chideock Martyrs, and to view the secret Mass Chapel in the loft of what used to be an old barn during Recusant days. Many attendees had time to view the shrine’s museum, which, along with the church itself, is open every day throughout the year. Pilgrims also had the opportunity of visiting the Weld family’s Mausoleum, situated just down the road from the church. This is a cruciform structure beautifully decorated inside, and like the church itself, is a unique part of the Catholic history of the area. It was also a joy to meet pilgrims from other parts of the country making the effort to join with us in honouring the Chideock Martyrs (seven men associated with Chideock died on the scaffold while an eighth died in prison). We have to thank everybody concerned with making the day a success - clergy, servers, choir members and choirmaster Mr Andrew Proctor, the Trustees of the Shrine and the PP of Bridport, Mgr Keith Mitchell, and the LMS for all the hard work involved. For the first time the LMS kindly produced special pilgrimage Mass booklets for congregational use, and, pleasingly, I have already been asked about next year’s event. Next year we will be looking at the possibility of providing some sort of lunch for pilgrims, so if anyone has any ideas on this do get in touch.

The Weld family's Mausoleum in Chideock

At Our Lady of Lourdes & St Cecilia in Blandford Forum, Mgr Francis Jamieson continues to provide a Latin Mass every Saturday morning at 9.30am, plus one other weekday Mass that takes place at 12 noon, this latter being followed by a social lunch. For the weekday Masses do check the Mass Listings and contact me if you have any questions. It is a sad fact that these Masses are often poorly attended, so please do try to attend them if you are in the vicinity.

Portsmouth Peter Cullinane

The most important news this quarter is the recent move of the Marian Franciscans from Gosport parish.

Readers may recall that an account of the activities of the Friars appeared in the Winter 2021 issue under the heading Ad Jesum per Mariam.

Having looked at several local options which were not entirely suitable, they have secured a new base in the form a currently disused convent in Dundee in the Diocese of Dunkeld.

The premises have been secured with the good offices of Bishop Stephen Robson, and there will be ample accommodation available, not only for the Friars but for the Sisters currently in nearby Bridgemary and those in Alderney also.

As many will know, both the Friars and the Sisters have been severely short of accommodation to house the stream of young men and women arriving to try out their vocation and the move gives them the chance to establish a more spacious house of formation.

Some Friars or postulants currently at St Joseph’s, Copnor, will also move as they are similarly short of living space, but celebration of the Old Rite will happily continue.

We should like to thank Fr Pio and his confreres for the celebration of Holy Mass in Gosport and we shall miss the exquisite choir provided by the Sisters.

Because the Friars are acquiring the ownership of the new premises an appeal will be launched in the very near future.

Bishop Philip Egan’s 10th anniversary of consecration as Bishop of Portsmouth occurred on 29 September and the LMS are delighted to celebrate this happy occasion with him, mindful of the sterling assistance he has given to the celebration of the Old Rite in the diocese. Ad multos annos!

Portsmouth (Reading) Adrian Dulston berks@lms.org.uk

What has become noticeable at St John Fisher Parish (FSSP) is the growth in youth attendance and participation in parish life.

Great to see young men determined to serve the Mass, and both young men and women sprinkling the congregation.

In fact, this has largely come about via the Juventutem (Youth Group). They have grown from approximately 7-10 active members to approximately 12-20, so it’s doubled. They arranged Solemn Mass of St Michael on the 29 September and have also started, on occasion, first Vespers, incorporating the Divine Office into their activities. They also organise day trips, as they did in July to Coughton Court to learn about the Throckmorton Family and how they supported the Church through the years, especially in the post-Reformation period.

In 2023 they are hoping to organise a Juventutem pilgrimage to Lourdes, linking with the FSSP apostolate there.

This is what we want to see as the fruits of the labours of so many previous Latin Mass attendees/servers whose youth has passed, and who can now watch as youngsters take over with a holy energy, which should give cause for thanking God.

Salford Alison F. Kudlowski salford@lms.org.uk

There has been no change in the provision of the Extraordinary Form Mass in the diocese. The Manchester Oratory at St Chad’s church in Cheetham, Manchester continues to celebrate Low Mass each Sunday at 4:45 pm according to the 1962 rite. Please consult the weekly newsletter on visiting St Chad’s for notifications and events, or check online at manchesteroratory.org

In October, the four FSSP priests in Warrington went on a day excursion to nearby Salford Diocese. At Wardley Hall (www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/diocese/visiting-us/wardleyhall/), they venerated the skull of local martyr St Ambrose Barlow, OSB and prayed in the “secret” chapel. They were later given a tour of St Chad’s, the Manchester Oratory. There, they prayed in the Lady Chapel where the Venerable Elizabeth Prout was once clothed, whose Sisters later founded St Mary’s School in Warrington. Devotions were followed by a fraternal lunch cooked by the Oratorian Fathers.

At the Christian Heritage Centre in Stonyhurst, from 3 to 7 October 2022, 12 priests attended the annual Clergy Retreat preached by Fr de Malleray, FSSP. It was a good turnout considering that the previous retreat had been cancelled owing to Covid. Most priest participants were diocesan from all over the country, two were FSSP and one from abroad. The Retreat Centre had kindly arranged with Fr Tim Curtis SJ, Parish Priest, for access to the beautiful college chapel of St Peter’s, next door. The retreat was silent, including two conferences a day, Holy Hour, table readings and traditional sung Compline. As in previous years, this year’s conferences are posted on radioimmaculata.org/various-podcast/fssp-conferences the good Catholic radio run by the Marian Franciscans.

Shrewsbury (Wirral) Neil Addison liverpool@lms.org.uk

Firstly, I have to apologise for missing my report for the last issue of Mass of Ages, which was due to technical issues; Mea Maxima Culpa.

In the Dome we have recently had two important anniversaries. In March we celebrated 10 years since the Dome Church was reopened as a Shrine in the care of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest and, in July, we celebrated 20 years since the Ordination of Canon Amaury Montjean, Rector of the Shrine and Principal for the ICKSP in Britain.

It is astonishing what the Institute has accomplished in those 10 years. I well remember attending Mass in the early days, with water coming into buckets when it rained. Now we have a repainted, structurally sound and extremely attractive church building.

Whilst the Canons are to be congratulated there has also been an immense amount done by volunteers giving up their time to assist. This was recognised by the Canons who organised a special Mass for all the volunteers followed by a meal and social. It made us recognise what a family we have all become over these 10 years.

Canon Montjean was given a surprise Te Deum and a new set of vestments to celebrate his 20 years of ordination, nine of which have been spent in the Dome as a Missionary to the English! A few months later the Institute mission in Britain was raised to the status of a Province, with Canon Montjean appointed as the first Provincial, a worthy recognition of the sterling work of all our Canons over the past ten years.

Southwark (Kent) Marygold Turner

We are very lucky to have the Victoria Consort of Ben Bevan as our ‘artists in residence’ at Tenterden, with twice monthly Sung Masses.

Our main excitement has been the annual Sung Mass at Snave, one of the Romney Marsh Churches. The music was truly sublime – 9 singers, and the addition of a theorbo was inspired and made a very beautiful accompaniment to the singers.

Next year, we shall be at Snave again on 23 September. The attendance was down this year, with 34 in the congregation, unlike last year with at least double that number. May we urge as many people as possible to come next year as it is very special, with excellent acoustics!

We continue our Sunday Masses at 12 noon and these will include the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the Epiphany on 6 January 2023.

Southwark (St Bede’s, Clapham Park) Thomas Windsor claphampark@lms.org.uk

Our Guild of St Clare is again now regularly meeting after the 9.30am Mass on the first Saturday of the month. They have been busily working through the endless repairs to vestments, as well as making new items to beautify the sanctuary. We hope to soon restart our servers’ training mornings to coincide with the Guild mornings.

Over the summer we once again had Fr Southwell staying with us, and this year we also had Fr Howell, who is also studying in Rome. This allowed our resident priests some time off but also allowed us to have two Latin Masses most days.

Our Mass attendance continues to rise, with many new families filling our church, so many I have lost count of the number of baptisms this quarter. Our catechetical programmes have restarted on Friday nights, beginning with Low Mass at 7pm. We have First Holy Communion and Confirmation classes for children after Mass on Sundays and an adult programme in the evening.

Our choir continues to sing every Sunday and most feast days, this quarter our programme started with a Sung Mass for the Feast of SS John Fisher and Thomas More, we then had polyphonic Propers on three consecutive Sundays, the Isaac Communion Inclina aurem tuam on the VII after Sunday after Pentecost, Isaac CommunionGustate et videteon the VIII Sunday, and the Palestrina Offertory Justitiae Domini and the Issac Communion Qui manducat on the IX Sunday. We celebrated a well-attended Solemn Requiem for the 10th Anniversary of the death of Fr Hugh Thwaites on 3 September.

Our Children’s choir sang the Ordinary and Marian anthem on 4 September, with the adult choir singing the chant Propers. Over the summer our choir has been learning new Polyphonic Ordinaries: we sang the Byrd 4-part Mass on the third Sunday in September, with the Aichinger Stabat Mater, Elgar’s Ave Verum, the Isaac CommunionPanis quem ego dederoand the PalestrinaSalve Regina.For Ember Saturday in September, we provided theservers for the quarterly Sung Mass at St Georges Cathedral and for Michaelmas we had a Sung Mass, while also providing servers to a neighbouring parish who were also having a rare Latin Low Mass at midday.

On Rosary Sunday we sang Mass IX with the sublime ParsonsAve Maria,andByrd’sO Gloriosa Domina,the following Sunday coincided with the Feast of St John Henry Newman with the choir singing Palestrina’s MissaIste Confessor, with the chant setting of the HymnIste Confessor,Mozart’sLaudate Dominum from the Vespers of Confessors, Josquin des Prez'Ave Verum, and a Domine Salvum facto a 4 voice Fauxbourdon from the use of the Church of Paris 1739. After Mass we enjoyed a shared lunch followed by a talkon the Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus from Fr Edouard Marot and Alicia Beauvisage. Fr Marot is the former Rector of the Shrine of Paray le Monial. This was followed by a consecration of the Parish to the Sacred Heart at 3.30 pm and veneration of the relic of St Margaret Mary.

Please check our website/newsletter stbedesclaphampark. blogspot.comfor all our Mass times, catechetical programmes, talks and activities.

Southwark (St Mary’s Chislehurst) Christopher Richardson chislehurst@lms.org.uk

Our Sunday morning Missa Cantata remains very well attended and indeed numbers are growing. We continue to have two weekday Low Masses.

Southwark (Thanet) Antonia Robinson

This is my final report as LMS Area Representative for East Kent, and I cannot help but reflect on how terrifically fortunate we are in East Kent to be blessed with a supportive Archbishop, enthusiastic and holy clergy and an ever-growing Traditional Mass community. Recent highlights include a number of new young servers – two from the same family, first blessings from a newly ordained priest, and a visiting Ukrainian organist. Mass numbers have shown a steady rise since Covid, with Sunday attendance averaging around 50 souls. We were delighted to welcome Archbishop John Wilson to celebrate the 10th anniversary of St Augustine’s becoming a Shrine and it was wonderful to see many familiar faces, including Fr Marcus Holden our former Parish Priest.

In terms of regular Traditional Latin Masses, the status quo continues, with Sung Mass every Sunday at 12 noon at the Shrine Church of St Augustine, as well as a Low Mass on Wednesdays at 9:30am at St Ethelbert’s. On Holy Days of Obligation (as well as major feast days) there are evening Masses (usually at 7:30pm). These are often Sung Masses, and are usually at St Augustine’s. If in the area, it is worth telephoning the parish in advance to confirm both the time and location.

That ‘the young are the future of tradition’ is a truism we see lived each Sunday at St Augustine’s. Bearing this in mind, I am happy to introduce Mass of Ages readers to East Kent’s new LMS representative, Dr Christopher Serpell, father of five young boys, two of whom started serving the Mass this year (and are doing a marvellous job). Chris and his wife Gerry have been regulars at the Latin Mass in Thanet for many years – first in Margate and later at the Shrine of St Augustine. They are both fine singers, and know their chant. With five lovely boys, Chris is keen to see the Traditional Mass flourish, and I can’t think of a better custodian to continue the work of the LMS in East Kent. It will be wonderful to have more than one ‘LMS face’ in the area, and I am looking forward to reading, rather than writing, the next local report.

To close, I would like to thank our dedicated and industrious priests: Parish Priest, Father Christopher Basden, whose generous nature and contagious love of Christ makes Ramsgate a beacon for good and holy priestly visitors; as well as our erudite Shrine Rector, Father Simon Heans, and dear Father Bernard McNally who hears confessions throughout the 12 noon Sunday Mass. I, along with all Catholics attached to the Traditional Mass in East Kent, am deeply indebted to these three for their tireless work in the service of God.

Chris Serpell writes:

Firstly, I’d like to thank our outgoing LMS representative for Thanet, Antonia Robinson, for all her hard work and enthusiasm in recent years. She’s now passed the baton on to me. The weekly Sung Sunday Masses have been carrying steadily on over the summer, with various new faces showing up as visitors and new regulars. These continue to be ably supported by Benjamin Scott’s remarkable leadership of the music, encompassing chant, polyphony, and organ playing. Our community of servers is growing, ensuring that we can replace those older ones as they move onto new places in their lives.

We recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the institution of St Augustine’s as a Diocesan Shrine. Over that time Pugin’s gem has been thoroughly restored, including the original positioning of the rood screen and altar. For the celebration, we welcomed Archbishop John Wilson, and the Latin Mass community were out to greet him along with other members of the parish, pupils, the Polish, Ordinariate, and SyroMalabar communities. We were especially happy to welcome Fr Marcus Holden who, in 2009, came here as an energetic 32-year-old and oversaw the painstaking work of raising funds to save our uniquely traditional church.thanet@lms.org.uk

Two of Chris Serpell’s five boys

Southwark (Wandsworth) Julia Ashenden

Life at the Oratory of St Mary Magdalen continues as usual, with the regular Sunday Missa Cantatas and a monthly Sung Mass with David Guest’s choir; a favourite being Mozart’s Missa Brevis. The Feast of The Assumption was kept with a 7pm Missa Cantata.

In addition there are the Friday evening 7pm Mass and the 10.30am Tuesday Mass followed by Benediction.

After the death of HM the Queen RIP, the Sunday Mass on the eve of her Funeral was a Sung Latin Solemn Requiem, said for the repose of her soul.

The highlight of this quarter was the Patronal Festival which was kept on Sunday, 25 September as the External Solemnity of the Feast of St Mary Magdalen to mark the Silver Jubilee of Canon Edwards as the Parish Priest of St Mary Magdalen’s. There was much to celebrate from these 25 years, especially that the TLM has been said throughout.

David Guest’s Choir sang Rossini’s La Petite Messe Solonnelle, the Abbot of Farnborough, Rt Rev. Cuthbert Brogan OSB preached and a Champagne Reception took place in the newly completed garden afterwards.

We are indeed grateful parishioners (as are those who come from further afield) to have had access to the Latin Mass for all these years. Thank you, Canon Edwards.

Westminster (Willesden) Anna Grayson-Morley willesden@lms.org.uk 07710 472295

I am happy to report that attendance at the Latin Mass has returned to pre-Covid levels - averaging about 35-40, although we are still eager to encourage more people to come along to the Mass which is celebrated on Sunday evenings at 5:30pm.

Our October Rosary Procession for Our Lady followed by Benediction was attended by 15 seminarians from Allan Hall allowing them the exposure to traditional worship.

The organ build continues, with the hope that a partial restoration will be possible to allow some use of it for Christmas. Covid disrupted much of the work, and it has continued in fits and starts, with the added delays of materials not being available as we have seen in so many industries.

Finally, I end on a sad note to report that Liam Smullen, a long-time supporter of the Latin Mass passed away a few weeks ago. He always had a kind word and the demeanour of a true gentleman. At times when we lacked an altar server, he would step and say the responses. He will be very much missed.Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.

Westminster (St James Spanish Place) Roger Wemyss Brooks

With the retirement after more than twelve years' valued service of Fr Christopher Colven we now have a new Rector, Monsignor Philip Whitmore, who comes to us from the Venerable English College in Rome. He is joined by Canon Roger Taylor, former Rector of Allen Hall. They need our prayers as they undertake their valued roles at Spanish Place - let'shope that their skills and experience may promote much needed vocations.

Fr Dr Michael Cullinan continues as our faithful Old Rite chaplain with a Faculty for this role from the Cardinal - a warm endorsement afterTraditionis Custodes. He also frequently offers Masses for the Latin Mass Society such as the recent Requiem for the late Queen, and the demanding ceremonies of Holy Week.

Monsignor Philip has given us the opportunity of reinstating the service of refreshments after the 9am Sunday Mass, which had been lost during the pandemic. This will be welcomed by many attached to the Extraordinary Form.

I am pleased to say that we shall again have the New Year's High Mass, this time on Monday, 2 January with the Mass of the Most Holy Name.

Please do continue to remember all our priests in your prayers.

Gregorian Chant Network Alastair J Tocher 01684 893332 chantnetwork@gmail.com gregorianchantnetwork.blogspot.com

The Gregorian Chant Network’s function is both to encourage the founding of new Scholas and to support the development of existing Scholas. At present we are actively supporting two nascent Scholas: one with the FSSP in Bedford and the other with the ICKSP in Lanherne, Cornwall.

Chant tuition in Bedford, led by tutor Dominic Bevan, is now firmly established. Dominic taught an initial two workshops in February and March which were well received, and a third was held in mid-October following a longish break over the summer, with more to follow.

Our most recent initiative has been in supporting the provision of chant training at Lanherne. Canon Scott Smith had already established a small Schola there but was keen to develop it further. We were extremely fortunate in being able to identify an experienced chant tutor, John Rowlands-Pritchard, who lives quite locally. John studied Gregorian Chant under Dr Mary Berry and formerly sang with the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge which she founded. John has in the past also run many chant workshops around the country and also made a number of chant recordings under the auspices ofOpus Anglicanum. A first session at Lanherne was run in mid-October which Canon Smith reports as having been a great success and more are already planned.

Society of St Tarcisius (Servers' Guild) Joseph Shaw tarcisius@lms.org.uk tarcisius.org

Many new servers were enrolled into the Society of St Tarcisius at the St Catherine's Trust Summer School. Since the start of autumn, we have had a training day in Holy Rood, Oxford, and at St Dominic's, Haverstock Hill, in London. The latter included the opportunity to learn the Dominican Rite as well as the Roman Rite.

Our next event will be in St Mary Moorfields, on Saturday, 19 November. Please see the event page on the LMS website to book.

I welcome offers to help set up training days and / or enrolments in other places, and indeed these have started to happen. Please contact me.