Pilgrimage in Preston

 

 Pilgrimage in honour of the Martyrs of England & Wales

Saturday 4^th May

There will be a pilgrimage in honour of the English Martyrs in Preston on Saturday 4^th May. The pilgrimage will begin with devotions in the Church of St Walburge at 10.30am before pilgrims process to the Church of the English Martyrs, which is a distance of about a mile. There will be a Solemn Mass offered by the Canons of the Institute of Christ the King at the English Martyrs Church beginning at around 11.30 and this will be followed by veneration of relics. Tea and coffee will be provided after Mass.

The postcode for St Walberge’s Church is PR2 2QE, and for English Martyrs Church is PR1 1NA.

Here is a picture of the procession leaving St Walburge’s taken in 2018.

Triduum Cancelled in Diocese of Westminster

 

The Latin Mass Society has issued a press release (reproduced below) about the Archbishop of Wstminster refusing peremission for the celebration of the sacred services of  Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday in the Diocese of Westminster.  This is despite these services having taken place in the diocese fcor almost 30 years.

It is interesting to note that the Archbishop states that his decision is "for trhe sake of the wider provision", although it is difficult to understand how the wider provision is affected by having the services in their ancient form at one locatiion.

Candlemas

 Friday 2nd February is the Feast of thbe Purification, or Candlemas.  There will be a Sung Mass at the York Oratory at 6pm.  See previous post for the music.

Music at the York Oratory

 

Each month, the York Oratory publishes a list of the music to be usedat Sung Masses.  Here is the list for February.

Feast of the Epiphany

Saturday 6th January is the Feast of thr Epiphany and a Holyday of Obligation.  There will be two Latin Masses at the York Oratory:

    9.15am             Low Mass asis usual on Saturdays

    12.10pm           High Mass with music by Mozart, Sheppard and Palistrina.

No doubt, having the 12.10pm Mass as a traditional Mass will introduce many new people to the Mass of Ages. 

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception occurs on 8th December, and will be celebrated at the York Oratory with due celebrity.  There will be First Vespers on Thursday 7th Dev at 6pm: and on thre feast day itself there will a Low Mass at 8.15am and a SZolemn Mass at 6pm.

The Music is listed below.

Dismissal of Bishop Strickland

The Vatican has announced that the Bishop of Tyler, Texas, Rt Rev Joseph Strickland, has been dismissed. The dismissal was made known in the following statement:

The Holy Father has removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Tyler, United States of America, and has appointed Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator of the same diocese, rendering it sede vacante.

The decision came after an apostolic visitation ordered by the Pope last June in the Diocese of Tyler, which was entrusted to two US bishops, Bishop Dennis Sullivan of Camden, and Bishop Emeritus Gerald Kicanas of Tucson.

No reason has been given for the dismissal, and no one has been able to point to any misdemenour on the part of the bishop, other than the accusation that  Bishop Strickland was undermining the authority of the Pope.  Bishop Strickloand has been a strong upholder of the Catholic Faith, and was well known as a defensor fidei.  

Friday 3rd November

There will be a Sung Requiem Mass at the York Oratory at 6pm for deceased members of the Oratory.  It will be the Plainsong Missa pro Defuncta.

This is in addition to the regular Low Mass in Latin at 8.15am.

Thursday 2nd November, All Souls Day.

 The Latin Masses at the York Oratory on All Souls Day will be as follows:

            8.15am        Low Mass

            6pm            Solemn Mass

The musical setting for the Solemn Mass will be Victoria'a Missa pro Defunctis for six parts.

There will also be a Sung Requiem Mass at 7.30pm at the Church of Our Lady and St Peter Chanel in Hull.  This will be a Plainchant.  Please support this Mass, as it is only occasionally that we have a Sung Mass in Hull.

Wednesday 1st November, the Feast of All Saints

 There will be Latin Masses at the York Oratory on the Feast of All Saints as follows:

                8.15am    Low Mass

                6pm        High Mass

The musical setting of the evening Mass will be Victoria's O quam gloriosum est regnum, with motets by Lassus and Byrd.