LMS Year Planner – Notable Events

Walking Pilgrimage to Walsingham Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 August. Pilgrims gather in Ely on Thursday in preparation for the start of the walk on Friday morning. They arrive at the Shrine at Sunday lunchtime, with a 2 pm High Mass and Procession to the Priory Ruins following. There is also a PrePilgrimage from Cambridge to Ely. There will be a 10.30 am Sung Mass in the Slipper Chapel on Monday 28 August for pilgrims remaining an extra day. See lms.org.uk/walsingham.

Day Pilgrimage to Walsingham Sunday 27 August. A coach departs Westminster Cathedral at 9.15am to join the walking pilgrims at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham for lunch followed by High Mass at 2 pm. This is followed by a Procession to the Priory Ruins, the site of the medieval Shrine. Independent pilgrims can join at Walsingham. See lms.org.uk/walsingham

York Martyrs Pilgrimage Monday 28 August. Devotions at the Bar Convent at 10.30 am followed by a Procession through streets of York, visiting the place of St Margaret Clitherow’s martyrdom at Ouse Bridge and the Shambles, where she lived. The pilgrimage concludes with a Sung Mass at St Wilfrid’s Church at 12 noon.

Chideock Martyrs Pilgrimage Saturday 16 September. 11.30 am High Mass at the Shrine Church of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs & St Ignatius, North Road, Chideock, Dorset DT6 6LF. Followed by Veneration of the Relics, a talk and visits to the museum and the hidden Mass chamber. Bring a picnic.

Society of St Tarcisius Server Training Day Saturday 16 September, St Mary Moorfields, 10.30am until 3:30pm. See LMS website for sign-up and further details.

Snave Sung Mass Saturday 23 September. The now redundant thirteenth century church of St Augustine’s in Snave on Romney Marsh, Kent, opens its doors for the eighth annual Sung Mass organised by the LMS. The Mass is at Noon and The Victoria Consort will sing.

Iota Unum Talk – Dr Joseph Shaw Thursday 28 September. LMS Chairman, Dr Joseph Shaw, on 'Clericalism and Clerical Abuse'. Our Lady of the Assumption, Warwick Steet, London (enter via 24 Golden Square W1F 9JR), 6:30 pm for 7.00 pm. Refreshments provided. £5 on the door

Oxford Martyrs Pilgrimage Saturday 21 October. High Mass at Blackfriars at 11 am. At 2 pm there will be a Procession from St Michael’s Church, Carfax, to the place of martyrdom of Bl Thomas Belson and his Companions in 1589. The pilgrimage Concludes with Benediction in Blackfriars.

Guild of St Clare Sewing Retreat Friday 3 to Sunday 5 November, St Joseph's Centre, Southampton SO40 7DU. Further details on the LMS website.

Sung Requiem at Westminster Cathedral Saturday 4 November, Westminster Cathedral, 2.30 pm. Annual Sung Requiem Mass with Absolutions. Offered for the deceased members and benefactors of the LMS.

Mass of Reparation for Abortion Saturday 11 November. The Holy Child & St Joseph’s Church, Bedford, is the Shrine of the Relic Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. High Mass in Reparation for Abortion will be offered at Noon.

Guild of St Tarcisius Server Training Day Saturday 18 November, St Mary Moorfields, 10.30am until 3:30pm. See LMS website for sign-up and further details.

Requiescant in Pace

John Griffin

Linda Helm

Barbara Hustwick

Ilse Inman

Alexander Moody

Richard Rainbow

Michael Rutherford

Christina Sewell

Iveron Stone

Bernard Swinburn

Timothy Walker

Every effort is made to ensure that this list is accurate and up to date. However, if you know of a recently deceased member whose name has not, so far, appeared on our prayer memorial, then please contact the LMS.

The LMS relies heavily on legacies to support its income. We are very grateful to the following who remembered the society in their Will: James Atkinson, Patrick Brady, Joan Dixon, Helen Jimack, Winifred Smith, William Quirk and James Watkinson.