DIOCESAN DIGEST

Mass of Ages quarterly round-up

Arundel & Brighton - Anne-Marie Mackie-Savage 01323 411370 aandb@lms.org.uk

Masses in Arundel and Brighton currently remain stable, if thinner on the ground than they have been. However, with the return to health of Fr Gerard Hatton - Deo gratias - and his return to his parish of St Hugh’s, Knaphill, youth Masses (let the reader understand) have resumed on Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm. The Masses in the Diocese that are available have congregation numbers that are steady at the least, and growing at best: 8.00 am Sunday in particular seem to draw a wider cross section of parishioners than mid-afternoon slots ever have, but that’s not surprising. Extra feast day Masses have been extremely well attended and it’s amazing how many people can sing, unaccompanied, traditional Latin responses with no trouble at all; the volume that can be achieved during a Salve Regina can be quite awe inspiring.

As usual, thanks to all our supporters and the wonderful priests who make this report possible. If anyone has any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

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

Several Feast Day Masses were celebrated at St Maryon-the Hill in Wednesbury in this quarter, including for St Bernard, St Bartholomew, St Pius X, the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Guardian Angels, as well as the Assumption and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in addition to the usual third Sunday Low Mass. Please remember that this church is close to junction 9 of the M6, which can be useful if you are looking for a Mass on a particular Feast day.

From September, the first Friday Mass at Acocks Green was preceded by Sacred Heart devotions, including a brief period of Adoration and Benediction. The third Friday Mass at St Dunstan’s took place in the conference centre while the main church is being refurbished. We look forward to moving back to the main church with its new centrally positioned altar and altar rails by the end of the year.

Fr Eamonn has now left Kingstanding parish, but is planning to travel back to celebrate the second Wednesday Mass at Maryvale. However, coverage has been patchy - please check the Mass is on before travelling.

At the time of writing, the Pontifical High Mass in honour of the canonisation of St John Henry Cardinal Newman has not taken place. Preparation for this did somewhat impact the opportunities at the Oratory to celebrate other High Masses, including the cancellation of the annual Quarant’ore. However, the Feast of the Assumption and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross were celebrated with a High Mass, the latter at rather late notice.

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

I am delighted to confirm that Sung Sunday Masses at St Wulstan’s increased from twice-monthly to weekly from September. Broadly speaking, Masses on 2nd and 4th Sundays will continue to be celebrated by Dom Jonathan Rollinson OSB whilst the additional Masses will be celebrated by Canon Scott Smith ICKSP and Fr Anselm Gribbin, who are based at St Winifride’s, Shrewsbury, a mere 65 miles away! Our thanks to them and to Canon Amaury Montjean of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest for helping make the additional Masses at St Wulstan’s possible.

With the increase in the number of Masses there is naturally a corresponding increased demand for refreshments afterwards so those will now be available every Sunday too. We thank those who have kindly volunteered to organise this and who clear up afterwards.

Although, as I write this report, we are still short of available servers we are nevertheless hoping to celebrate what is most likely the first Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Wulstan’s in the past 50 or so years on the feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday in October. God willing, it will be the first of many in the years ahead. That will be followed two weeks later by our annual Sung Requiem Mass on Remembrance Sunday.

Finally, our thanks to Fr George Grynowski who has kindly supplied on a couple of occasions over the past quarter and to our faithful servers and singers for their invaluable contributions.

Birmingham (North Staffordshire) - Alan Frost

At the time of writing, the celebrant of the weekly Mass at Our Lady’s, Swynnerton, Fr Chavasse, will be in Rome on 13 October for the canonisation of Cardinal Newman. Over the years, Fr Chavasse has been very involved in the promotion of Blessed John Henry Newman’s cause. We are grateful for Fr Stephen Goodman (Wolverhampton) and Fr Dominic Edwards (Oratory) for celebrating the Mass (each a Missa Cantata) when Fr Chavasse has been away in September and October.

Numbers at the weekly Mass remain fairly stable, with a number of new faces here and there, balanced out somewhat by regulars not being there every week! The attendance at the Saturday morning fortnightly Low Mass remains encouraging. Our thanks to the lads who serve the Saturday and Sunday Masses each week.

Birmingham (Oxford) - Joseph Shaw oxford@lms.org.uk

Our first St Tarcisius training event in Oxford, in August, was very successful, attracting people from as far as Birmingham and Malvern. Thanks are due to Fr Daniel Lloyd for letting us use Holy Rood, Abingdon Road, in Oxford, to our excellent instructors, and to Alasdair Tocher, the Malvern Rep, for bringing servers to this event.

Quarterly Sunday Masses in Holy Trinity, Hethe, continue. In October we had a lovely Dominican Rite Mass celebrated Fr Richard Conrad OP of the Oxford Blackfriars, with the assistance of two young friars, one as MC and the other in the choir loft. Mass was followed by the blessing of roses for the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, a Dominican custom. On December 15th there will be another Sung Dominican Rite Mass at Hethe, for Gaudete Sunday. Please note that the time of these Masses will be changing from 12 noon to 11am. Do come along to hear Mass in this beautiful historic church.

Masses on Sundays and feasts continue in Oxford: please see the Mass listings. Of particular note, the Sunday Masses at Holy Rood at 5pm are now Sung. And there will be a Sung anticipated Midnight Mass of Christmas at SS Gregory & Augustine’s, Woodstock Road, at 6pm on Tuesday 24th December.

Joseph Shaw, Representative for Birmingham Archdiocese, Oxford area

Report from the Society of St Tarcisius

Over the Summer there were enrolment ceremonies for the Society at the St Catherine’s Trust Summer School in Ramsgate, during the Walsingham Pilgrimage, in Oxford and in Preston. Training days also continue in London: the last one of the calendar year will be on 30th November, in St Mary Moorfields.

It is very pleasing to see that demand for our training events is not drying up, and indeed we continue to see new faces, as well as servers trained in some roles returning to learn more. Accordingly, we plan to organise new training days in London for next year, approximately every two months, as we have this year.

The vestment mending days organised by the Guild of St Clare, which usually take place alongside the server training (in the basement at St Mary Moorfields, for example) have also continued to attract good numbers, and the Latin Mass Society’s vestment presses will continue to benefit from work done by the Guild’s supporters in 2020.

As always I would like to hear from anyone willing to help organise server training events outside London.

Joseph Shaw, National Coordinator of the Society of St Tarcisius

Birmingham (Worcester) - Margaret Parffrey 01386 750421

Our new Mass times at Mount Carmel Redditch are now the first Friday at 6pm.

We now have a full-time newly ordained priest, Fr Mahoney. We are in need of altar servers; Redditch is a large town and we hope to produce a team of regular servers. Please ring Fr Mahoney or me to offer your service. We are praying to St Philomena for help (Feast Day 11 August).

Fr Lamb at Kidderminster will say a Tridentine Rite Mass on Remembrance Sunday, 10 November at 3pm and Christmas Day Mass at 9am.

Fr Christopher says, at Evesham, a Tridentine Rite Mass every Monday at 12 noon. Please note this a change from previous times. Please pray for all these priests and servers. Our Lady of Fatima Pray for us.

Brentwood (East) - Alan Gardner alanmdgardner@gmail.com

We continue to be fortunate in the extended ‘country’ region of the diocese in so many ways. Our regular Masses at Chelmsford, Kelvedon and Leigh are a boon; Saffron Walden is becoming more so (thank you, Lech and all who work for this), with a growing traditional community. For instance, it was a joy to have Fr Ryan visiting from Malta to say his first ‘Old Rite’ Mass on the Feast Day of St Michael the Archangel. We continue to be so grateful to Mgr Gordon Read who travels from Kelvedon to Old Hall Green for a Mass at 3pm on third Sundays for the benefit of a small but faithful congregation – who would welcome more support from those in Hertfordshire and Essex. And, of course, we must remember that Mgr Read also provides a Mass at Epping on fourth Sundays, in addition to his own parish duties and all fifth Sundays when they occur! Let us pray for similar vocations!

At Chelmsford, the Corpus Christi procession was well-represented by the traditional faithful – thank you to Abbot Hugh for putting on an extra Mass for us, which facilitated a good attendance. We are in fact blessed with abundant attendance at the bi-monthly Masses in the Priory Chapel, so much so that it is often a somewhat cramped affair! On the plus side, there are many families and young people. Please continue to pray for the Norbertine Fathers, that ever more vocations might see the provision of the Usus Antiquior in Chelmsford increase, Deo volente.

Other little gems are sent to encourage us on our way; for instance, it was a thrill to see Zachariah receive his First Holy Communion at Leigh (his elder brother serving), whilst the accompanying well-chosen words from Mgr Kevin Hale helped even hoary old shellbacks approach their own Communion with renewed reverence and joy.

There is a great deal of interest in Fr Doyle (his great niece is a Chelmsford parishioner), a war hero killed in 1917, Military Cross, recommended for the Victoria Cross, revered apparently by all who knew him. Having fulfilled his priestly duties in an outstanding fashion for almost two years, he was killed in the Battle of Ypres on August 16, 1917, “having run all day hither and thither over the battlefield like an angel of mercy”. This good shepherd truly gave his life for his sheep. EWTN have now made a film, Bravery Under Fire about the life of Fr Doyle, available on their UK/ Eire website. Fr Doyle’s own accounts of his ministrations to wounded soldiers on the battlefield is incredibly – and heartrendingly – moving. I understand it is hoped to open his Cause in the near future. (The DVD is also available from the LMS online shop. Ed)

Cardiff - Andrew Butcher 07905 609770 cardiff@lms.org.uk www.lmscardiff.org.uk

There have been a couple of changes in the Archdiocese since the last edition of Mass of Ages. The Cardiff Oratory in Formation has now moved to the parish of Saint Alban on the Moors, Splott, Cardiff. Daily Mass is now offered at 7.30am Monday-Friday and 8am Saturday. A Sung or Solemn High Mass is offered every Sunday at 11am. Please note that the church does not have a car park and street parking may be limited until around 10.50am due to the parish Mass at 10am. Please pray for Fr Sebastian, Fr Alexander, Brother Ambrose and Brother Illtyd and the parish community.

All Saints, All Souls and Christmas Mass times have not yet been released, so as always, please keep an eye on the website for the latest Mass times and information.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact either Shaun Bennett (Hereford) or myself. The latest Mass listings have been included in this edition of Mass of Ages. In Domino.

Clifton - James Belt & Monika Paplaczyk clifton@lms.org.uk lmsclifton.blogspot.co.uk

Our annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Glastonbury took place on Saturday 7 September, with approximately forty people attending. We started with a Solemn High Mass for the Nativity of Our Lady, in the Shrine Church. Dom Bede Rowe, the Rector of the Shrine, was Celebrant, with Fr James Bradley as Deacon and Dom Anselm Redman as Subdeacon. The Rupert Bevan Singers provided the music, which included Byrd's Mass for Five Voices.

After lunch in the parish garden, we visited the ruins of the ancient Abbey to pray the Rosary. The day concluded with Exposition, Confessions and Benediction back in the Shrine Church.

Some of the priests in the diocese have recently moved parishes. Fr Philip Thomas, who was in the parish of SS Joseph and Teresa, Wells, is now Parish Priest of Tetbury and Cirencester. He will continue to celebrate the Latin Mass on Tuesdays and Fridays at St Peter’s, Cirencester (see listings).

Fr Alexander Redman, now known by his Benedictine name of Fr Anselm, has moved from Weston-Super-Mare to Glastonbury, to join Fr Bede Rowe in forming the Benedictine community of Our Lady of Glastonbury. Latin Mass will now be seven days a week at St Mary’s, at 7.30am every day except Sunday, when it will be at 6.00pm, as it is now.

Also, under this new arrangement, the twice-weekly Masses in Wells will continue; please see listings. We wish Frs Bede and Anselm every blessing in this new venture.

Fr Rupert Allen, Chaplain at Bristol, University, will now celebrate the Traditional Mass on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings, and First Friday evenings, as well as the existing Masses on Sundays. Please call to confirm before travelling (see listings for number).

East Anglia (East) - Michael Chenery 07884 491111 the.baron@virgin.net

I have been able to attend the Traditional Mass at Our Lady & St Joseph’s Church in Sheringham quite regularly on the last Sunday of each month. Sadly, Fr Denys Lloyd has now retired from the parish and is living in Norwich, but the good news is that he is able to continue celebrating Mass in Sheringham as before. The congregation last week numbered twenty, with quite a few young people present.

At the Cathedral in Norwich the Traditional Mass in still celebrated on the first Sunday of the month. Fr Denys explains that there are now three priest who can say the Traditional Mass in the Cathedral, the other two being Fr Davies and Fr Eburne.

Another piece of good news is that I attend Beccles Minster (Suffolk/Norfolk border) occasionally, a Benedictine Parish served from Downside Abbey. Dom Martin Gorman OSB, the parish priest, is hoping to start celebrating the Traditional Mass in the very near future. There was apparently a good response to his request for interest in serving at Mass and interest from the congregation in general, particularly from younger members of his Parish.

Finally, I have a friend who has recently moved to Norwich and he presently runs a schola called Cantabo Domino . He says he would be more than happy to provide the music at a High Mass should the occasion arise.

East Anglia (West) - Gregor and Alisa Dick 01223 322401 cambridge@lms.org.uk

Sunday Masses continue as usual at Blackfriars in Cambridge. Having made their simple professions, Br John Church and Br Daniel Rowlands have now departed Cambridge for Blackfriars in Oxford. We would like to thank them for all of their assistance during their time here, not least in their readiness to serve at the Dominican-Rite Masses, and we commend them to readers' prayers as they continue their formation.

Hallam - Nicholas Ross hallam@lms.org.uk

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered information about the state of affairs in Hallam. Again, I'd like to invite members to please get in touch with me with any information - especially any green shoots where they see there might be potential for exploring our options for a Mass somewhere in the diocese. There will, shortly, be a website going up for Hallam in order that efforts between members can be coordinated, and where announcements can be made. Details of this will be sent by email to members.

I would also request any servers in the diocese to please email me, as well as those who would like to learn. This is important to ascertain in terms of the resources available in order to be able to approach clergy on a sure-footing.

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

This has been an active quarter with the Mass schedule maintained. On 6 July, Fr Shaun Swales celebrated a Missa Cantata at Thornley for the intentions of newly married Andrew and Stephanie McDowell, with, most unusually, Andrew as MC; ably assisted by acolytes Paul Duffy (father) and John Duffy (son – age eight). Music and chorals were performed by Paul Dewhirst & choir.

At Ushaw College chapel on 10 July, Fr Adrian Dixon celebrated a Sung Mass with M.C. Andrew Armstrong, to assist in accomplishing these ‘one-off’ weekday Masses we are thankful for the sanctuary participation of David O’Neill, Leo Darroch and Philip Dillon.

Fr Wilfrid Elkin (retired) celebrated his Diamond Jubilee in July and our diocese is most grateful for his impressive 60- year career, underpinned by a robust support to tradition, through liturgies, processions, pilgrimages, etc. as well as training clergy and servers. He is noted as one of the earliest initiators of Latin liturgies within Hexham and Nnewcastle post Vatican II. Ad multos annos!

We sadly report the death on 1 September of Miss Mary Hamill, aged 85, a former nun of the Marie Reparatrice community and retired schoolteacher. Mary had been a stalwart of Latin Mass celebrations over many years, using her immense musical experience and talent to grace hundreds of Masses and other services; she will be greatly missed.

Final arrangements are in place to reinstate the monthly Latin Mass at Barnard Castle (initiated by Fr Elkin many years ago) on second Tuesdays at 6.15pm starting on 12 November, thanks to the generosity of time and travel by Fr Shaun Swales.

Lancaster - Bob & Jane Latin 01524 412987 lancaster@lms.org.uk latinmasslancaster.blogspot.com John Rogan 01524 858832 lancasterassistant@lms.org.uk

By the time this goes to print, Canon Ruscillo will have departed for Jerusalem on Sabbatical where he will stay until April 2020. There will therefore be no Traditional Masses at St Mary's Hornby until May 2020. So far, we have been unable to find an alternative in the Lancaster area.

There have been clergy moves in Carlisle which has meant a change to the monthly Mass at St Margaret Mary. The First Sunday Mass has been discontinued but Fr Docherty now says Mass at 7.00 pm on Second Fridays. With the departure of Canon Ruscillo from the Diocesan Education Service, Fr Docherty's responsibilities there have increased so at Easter 2020 he will be moving to a parish nearer Lancaster; the Traditional Mass will continue in Carlisle until then.

Nineteen children started the new term at St Benedict's School in Preston, which is very encouraging for the Traditional community. However, it does mean that the premises at English Martyrs is somewhat crowded and the ICKSP are intending that, in due course, the school will move to the parish hall at St Walburge. Before this can happen, however, the first priority is to get the roofand dry rot fixed, an estimated cost of £322k. Another plan is to refurbish the old convent building at St Walburge and to move the Sisters Adorers there so that Perpetual Adoration can be set up – this refurbishment is estimated at £253k. Grants have been applied for and the ICKSP are placing their trust in the Providence of God; if you can help to make this happen then please go to their website www.stwalburge.org to donate.

Liverpool - Jim Pennington 0151 426 0361 liverpool@lms.org.uk

All the regular Sunday and Holyday EF Masses in the Archdiocese continue, as do the weekday Masses at Holy Spirit, Ford, and St John’s, Wigan.

With the departure of Fr Sean Riley to continue his studies we now have only one diocesan priest, Fr Leo Daley, able to offer Sunday Mass at St Anthony’s for us. The Canons of the Institute of Christ the King at SS Peter & Paul and St Philomena have generously offered to say Mass on three Sundays of each month. Nevertheless, it is important that diocesan priests should continue to have a prominent role in providing a regular city centre Mass, so we continue to look out for willing and able priests.

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

Our numbers at Bedford continue to grow! Over four Sundays in late September and early October, the Diocese of Northampton asked us to count the number of people attending Mass. Our normal attendance is around 100 and the first week we counted, we were able to report an all-time high of 111. This represents a very significant growth in our numbers from 16 since the Bedford Mass began just over four years ago. On this day (22 September) Gabriel Bozzino served for the first time; he has three younger brothers so there may be a whole Bozzino serving team in years to come.

Our Family Catechism Days started again on 29 September, led by Fr Patrick O’Donohue, FSSP. The under-8s had a Bible study, the under-16s started to look at the Ten Commandments, and the adults focused on the Old Testament, starting with Genesis and the Fall.

On 6 October we reached the two-year mark of the FSSP priests ministering in Bedford. As always, we extend our gratitude to them and look forward to the years ahead.

Our Patricians group, run by the Legion of Mary, continues on the second Saturday of the month and has seen some lively discussion about various ‘hot topics’ related to our Faith.

Perhaps our most exciting event in this quarter, after 18 months of prayer and planning, was the opening in mid-September of the Regina Caeli Academy UK, a hybrid home-schooling organisation based in the USA, of which the Bedfordshire Academy is the first in the UK. 17 children aged from 4 to 10 attend the Academy on Mondays and Thursdays, and work at home the rest of the week. Visit https://www.rcahybrid.org.uk/ to find out more. We hope to have a full report about the Academy in the Spring edition of Mass of Ages .

We have planned our usual evening Mass for All Saints and our morning Mass for All Souls. For the first time, Fr O’Donohue will trinate, or say three Masses in succession, for the latter.

By the time you read this, the Mass of Reparation at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Church of the Holy Child and St Joseph, Bedford on 23 November will either be imminent or have already taken place. We are delighted that Fr O’Donohue returned for a second year to celebrate the Mass, assisted by Fr Gabriel Diaz and Br Albert Robertson OP as Deacon and Subdeacon respectively. Also returning to play and sing was our Director of Music, Matthew Schellhorn.

Looking ahead to the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, we have our usual Christmas Day Low Mass at 8.30 am and a Low Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany on 6 January at 7.30 pm.

Our Facebook page is www.facebook.com/ bedfordlatinmass/ where you will find full details of our activities.

Nottingham - Jeremy Boot 07462 018386

Our regular Masses have not changed and continue to attract a stable congregation. Students come and go and are welcome, as are our various regular families, parishioners and everyone who attends.

Our Masses at the Good Shepherd, Nottingham (Saturday before the 2nd Sunday 4.45pm) and the Mass of the 3rd and 4th Sundays at Our Lady and St Patrick, Nottingham at 2pm are sung (3rd Sunday), with the 4th Sunday a Low Mass, but having also some music. Our monthly Mass at 6.15 on first Wednesdays at the Cathedral are Low Masses with Juventutem interest afterwards.

The photograph shows a Missa Cantata at Our Lady and St Patrick with Fr Paul Gillham IC as celebrant. He has regular Masses in his own church of St Mary’s in Loughborough, usually on Wednesdays at 7pm.

Thanks, as ever, to all, clergy and lay, who give their valuable time and services to maintain all these Masses.

Nottingham (Lincoln) - M. Carroll mcarroll3@hotmail.co.uk

The Latin Mass continues being celebrated at two locations in Lincolnshire. On the second Sunday of the month the Latin Mass is said at St Hugh's, 34 Broadgate, Lincoln, LN25AQ (there are plenty of parking spaces at the rear of the church). On the fourth Sunday of the month the Latin Mass is celebrated at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 22 Grosvenor Road, Skegness, PE25 2DB on the 4th Sunday of every month at 5pm. If you are travelling far, please check the Skegness Sacred Heart church website (skegnessrcparish.org) for any changes to the Mass times.

Missa Cantata at Our Lady and St Patrick

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

I am happy to report that things have been going very well indeed in both Exeter and in Plymouth, where we have seen a small but noticeable increase in congregation numbers. At the weekly 11.30am Sunday morning Sung Mass at St Edward the Confessor in Plymouth, where Fr Anthony Pillari is the celebrant, the increase consists mainly of young men attracted to the spiritual depth of the Traditional Rite, joining the many families with young children, the latter making infant baptisms a normal part of life for this ‘parish within a parish’. On my visit to St Edward’s during September, I was pleased to meet Miloz, a new young server learning the ropes under the expert guidance of the MC, Matt Villa Real (see Dorset report). Fr Anthony has full pastoral responsibility for the Latin Mass congregants at St Edward’s, and, as such, he carries out home visits, house blessings and everything that is expected of a pastor, including Confessions before Sunday Mass.

With the retirement of Mgr Adrian Toffolo (see previous issue of Mass of Ages), and with Fr Guy de Gaynesford being moved to north Devon as chaplain to the new order of contemplative nuns, the Sisters of Mary Morning Star (Maria Stella Matutina) at Lynford, the situation regarding celebrants for the usus antiquior in South and East Devon is now a serious matter, and may involve some unavoidable cancellations, so please contact me directly before travelling any distance. However, I am happy to report that Fr Peter Coxe - always willing to fulfil a real pastoral need - has agreed to celebrate all Latin Masses for the rest of the year at both Blessed Sacrament in Exeter and at St Cyprian’s, Ugbrooke house, Chudleigh, where Fr Guy de Gaynesford celebrated his last Latin Mass for us on the fourth Sunday of August. Fr Guy, ever popular among the Latin Mass congregations at both Buckfast Abbey (sadly no longer available to us) and at St Cyprian’s, is sorely missed, and we thank him for giving up his time over many years, wishing him well for the future.

It is worth noting that for the rest of this year, and for the whole of 2020, the regular third Sunday afternoon Sung Mass at Blessed Sacrament, Exeter, will be celebrated on the second Sundays and not the third as has been the case to date. Even with the loss of Buckfast Abbey as a Latin Mass venue, and the retirement/movement of our clergy celebrants, 2019 has been a good year for us in Devon, and we look forward to 2020 with the real possibility of adding one, or perhaps two, new Latin Mass venues to our calendar once the logistics are sorted out, but more of this in a future issue. There is more good news for us in that we have managed to obtain the services of Mr Charles Bradshaw, who has kindly agreed to MC the Latin Mass celebrations for us at Blessed Sacrament in Exeter.

Please also note that Canon Jason Jones (Cardiff), Chaplain of the World Apostolate of Fatima, let me know (whilst at Fatima) that if enough Latin Mass people accompany him to Fatima on the 2020 WAF pilgrimage, he would be happy to celebrate a daily Traditional Rite Latin Mass for them (servers to bring cassocks and cottas). Finally, an invitation and heartfelt plea to all diocesan clergy to help fulfil a very real and growing pastoral need, by learning to celebrate the Traditional Rite Latin Mass. This pastoral need ought not to be ignored, especially as more Latin Mass venues are on the immediate horizon in the South Devon (and Dorset) areas.

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

The Dorset Latin Mass scene suddenly burst into life with a renewed energy on Saturday, 28 September at the beautiful and historic Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels & St Ignatius in the village of Chideock, when around 100 people including young children crowded into the building in order to honour the oft forgotten martyrs (see article in previous issue of Mass of Ages) associated with Chideock. People have forgotten when the usus antiquior was last celebrated at this venue (please contact me if you have any information on this), where just above the present sacristy, in whatused to be the loftofan old barn, HolyMass was celebrated in secret during penal times.

Fr Anthony Pillari (who travelled up from Lanherne Convent in Cornwall) led the pilgrimage and celebrated the Mass of Many Martyrs (Missa Cantata) which began at 10.30am and was followed by Veneration of the Relics, placed on the side altar of St Ignatius Loyola – a patron of the Weld family. The MC, Matt Villa Real, assisted by brothers Oliver and Alajandro Proctor (aged 9 and 10 respectively), gave a masterclass of serving on the sanctuary, enhancing this beautiful celebration for all present.

Mass at Chideok

© Maurice Quinn

The Parish Priest of Bridport, Mgr Keith Mitchel, in whose parish the church is situated, gave a welcoming talk before Mass asking us to pray to the Martyrs for our country in this time of political turmoil. This theme was picked up in Fr Anthony’s homily, when we were reminded of the eight men who died rather than give up adherence to the same Mass which we were celebrating today, and who, in troubled times, held firmly to the rock of the teachings of Christ and of His One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, and that we must do likewise.

We have to thank the music department led by Mr Andrew Proctor, who provided the organ music and directed the choir, which consisted of Dr Andrew Beards, Dr Mary Coghill, and Mr John Tristram. The music consisted of pieces by Domenico Zipal and Bach, while full plainchant was sung with Ecce Panis Angeloram at Holy Communion, with the whole congregation raising the roof singing Faith of Our Fathers to conclude the celebration.

We have to thank Mr Amyas Martelli for giving us a talk on the history of the church after the celebrations, and also the team of ladies - Irene Richardson, Brigid Crawford, Chrystine Riley and Karen Warburton for tea, coffee and biscuits after Mass, and a very special ‘thank you’ to Gaby Martelli for her constant work, support, help and advice, without whom this special day would not have happened. On behalf of the Trustees of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs & St Ignatius, Gaby Martelli thanks everyone for such a generous financial donation from the collection for the upkeep of the church. We also have to thank those intrepid servants of Holy Church – Knights of St Columba – especially Bro. John Webber (Torbay Council 329 Province 19) who did such sterling unseen work throughout the day. Also worthy of thanks is Suzette Glover, who widely advertised this event around the Bournemouth area, Mrs Mary Quinn who greeted people and ensured that all who entered the church knew something about the Chideock Martyrs, and the other clergy who attended the day such as Mgr Francis Jamieson, Fr Timothy Finigan, and Fr Jose Romero OAR. During the day people took a tour of the church, including a visit to the ‘secret chapel’ in the loft, and spent time in the museum, where tables were set for pilgrims’ use during lunch. I might just add, that as many requests were made for a possible repeat celebration next year, preliminary work on this has already started.

We must not forget that the big Latin Mass event at Chideock was built upon the stable bedrock of our usual two Latin Mass celebrants in Dorset, Fr Martin Budge (St Mary’s, Marnhull), and Mgr Francis Jamieson (Our Lady of Lourdes & St Cecilia, Blandford Forum), who stoically celebrate the Old Rite for us in their respective churches on alternate months, followed by a free social lunch for everybody. We also have to thank Fr Martin for standing in for Mgr Francis at Blandford Forum for the noon Low Mass on Thursday, 19 September when the latter was away, and serves to show the real dedication and pastoral concern of these two priests.

Finally, please pray for Jeremy Hooper R.I.P., a stalwart of the Old Rite, whose Latin Requiem took place at New Wardour Castle on 6 August, and for his surviving wife Gillian and family, and take a look at the Obituary (elsewhere in this publication) of this very interesting, multi-faceted family man of faith.

Portsmouth - Peter Cullinane 023 9247 1324 portsmouth@lms.org.uk

The most notable event this quarter has been the introduction of a 9am Sunday Old Rite Mass at Holy Family Church, Redbridge in Southampton.

Numbers currently are about 30- 35 and I do urge anyone living in the Southampton area to attend if at all possible, in recognition of the opportunity which Fr Bradley has made available: ideally, we would like to swell those numbers to 50.

The Sunday Mass is in addition to the regular Thursday evening Mass at 7 pm.

I attended the Mass on the Feast of the Assumption and it was a wonderful liturgy celebrated by Fr Tim Finigan, preceded by a procession. More than 100 people of at least 15 nationalities attended, together with their delightfully well-behaved children, who did not seem become restless during the hour and a half ceremony. Luckily, we could socialise in the hall after Mass.

Shrewsbury (Chester) - Andrew Nielsen 01352 713633

The monthly Mass at St Clare's in Chester was in doubt over the summer as it looked as if the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, with increasing commitments elsewhere, would not be able to continue to supply a priest.

The July Mass had to be cancelled. The August and September Masses, being the X and XIV Sunday after Pentecost were celebrated by Canon Francis Doyle of Wrexham Diocese, a stalwart of the Latin Mass, who says the regular Masses at Holywell and Buckley.

Fortunately, after reviewing the situation at their recent General Chapter, the Institute has been able to recommit to the Chester Mass. Thanks to Canon Amaury Montjean and the Institute for their continued support and to Canon Doyle for helping out.

Shrewsbury (The Wirral) - Stefano Mazzeo 0151 638 6822

More good news from the Wirral, the Carmelite Monastery in Birkenhead is now having a daily Mass in the Extraordinary Form celebrated at 8:15am from Monday to Friday, and at 8:00am on Saturday and Sunday. The sisters have had a lot of work done to their extern house, which is now divided into two flats for traditional priests. This accommodation would be to provide a place of rest and retreat for priests, and a place where they can celebrate their private Masses in the chapel. They are asking for a suggested donation on a daily rate, so this little enterprise will help the Monastery to recover the outlay of the renovation, and also to ensure a little income for their own repairs and maintenance. They are also currently fundraising to pay for the costs of the repairs and renovations. Please visit their website http://www.carmelitesbirkenhead.org.uk/our_carmel or send donations to The Carmelite Monastery, 12 Grosvenor Place, Birkenhead, Prenton CH43 1UA.

The Canons at the Shrine Church of SS Peter & Paul and St Philomena, (The Dome of Home) have been a great boon to the Traditional Catholic community on the Wirral and Merseyside, providing Masses and support throughout the area. They are also engaged in a programme of faith formation and catechism classes: please see the Dome's website for dates and times. It is perhaps because Catholics have such a rich and deep knowledge of their faith that we have been at the forefront of Pro-Life and Pro-Natural Family causes.

We say goodbye to Fr Gribbin who has now been installed at the Institute of Christ the King's mission in Shrewsbury. Thank you for all your work at the Dome, Father! Fr Gribbin is also a noted historian and I'm very pleased that he has agreed to help with EWTN's The Reformation and Mary Queen of Scots films, especially as he is a proud Scot himself.

The pressing of St Margaret of Clitherow, a scene from a new EWTN film.

Regarding these projects, many have helped from the Dome and further afield making costumes, props or as actors and extras. We do not yet have any dates and times for broadcast but please check out my Twitter and Facebook accounts for news on this.

Please contact Canon Montjean or Canon Poucin for information on the Dome and their projects on 0151 6386822, email: newbrighton@incrisp.org

Southwark (Kent) - Marygold Turner 01580 291372

We continue to carry out faithfully the rota for four parishes, arranged in 2002 by Bishop John Hine, who was asked to do this by the then Archbishop of Southwark, Kevin McDonald. We owe the Archbishop huge gratitude! But it’s not easy: we rely on our beloved priests as always.

The main event has been our Missa Cantata at Snave Church, on the Marsh, and one of the Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust’s buildings, now redundant. (For more on this see our feature on page 40). This was our fifth year and the most well attended with about 85 people. A beautiful autumn day, and the Mass was superb, with Fr Gabriel Diaz the celebrant, and the Victoria Consort, as always, singing as if in heaven! The acoustics of the church are excellent. We are very grateful to be invited again, and thank the Trust most warmly.

A new development has been Missa Cantatas at St Simon’s, Ashford – on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 12.30pm. The Victoria Consort, under Ben Bevan, have most generously invited themselves to come due to their changed circumstances, and with the invaluable help of the two Robinson boys (Hugo being the MC) we have been able to have two marvellous Masses so far and are promised more as a regular fixture.

In the summer, Monsignor Conlon was well enough to stay with me and celebrate Mass for us in July - a great joy, likewise Dom Andrew Southwell, and recently Fr Hunwicke came all the way from Oxford for Mass at Ashford.

Westminster (Spanish Place) - Roger Wemyss Brooks spanishplace@lms.org.uk

Once again, we have many priests to thank for supplying Masses when Fr Michael Cullinan is away for his duties at Maryvale. Fr Mark Elliott-Smith is now happily resident in the Spanish Place Rectory; others come from far and wide – newly ordained Fr Rosario Joseph Mary from Gosport, Fr Michael Rowe from Western Australia (celebrating his 25th anniversary of ordination with us), Fr Gabriel Diaz Patri from St Bede’s, Clapham Park, and Fr John Hemer from Allen Hall Seminary.

We are blessed to have such inspiring priests who share our devotion to the usus antiquior. It is no easy matter finding priests who know the Old Rite and who are free to help us on a Sunday. Please always say a prayer for each of them.

Please also spare a prayer for our sacristan, Linda Helm, who has been incapacitated for several months with a broken leg. And also, for our dedicated team of servers Joe, Steven, James, Anthony, Andrew and Michael. I was at another training day for servers recently, attended by a good crowd of men and boys eager to learn the ceremonies of our beloved Rite. Their enthusiasm and the skills they learn will be a blessing to the Church here and abroad.

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

We had the great joy of welcoming Fr Rosario Mary Joseph on 9 July to celebrate his first Marian Mass. As many readers will know, he was ordained priest in the Traditional Rite at Portsmouth Cathedral on 5 July, as reported in the autumn 2019 Issue of Mass of Ages.

We also welcomed Fr Tomasz Margol who covered one of our regular Sunday Masses this September while Fr Stephen was away. Fr Tomasz was recently ordained, on 20 July 2019, at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark by Archbishop Peter Smith. Fr Tomasz is Assistant Priest at St Bartholomew’s in Norbury. His personal humility and moving homily touched more than a few attendees.

Fr John Scott, Chaplain at Westminster Cathedral, kindly celebrated Mass on the 25 August, on what was probably the hottest day of the year in London. He confessed his favourite spot to beat the heat was in the Cathedral’s crypt!

Lastly, we are very pleased to offer our heartfelt congratulations to two of our young regular E.F. Mass attendees, Yagoda and David, who were recently married in Poland. We wish them a long and fruitful marriage.

Wrexham - Kevin Jones 01244 674011 wrexham@lms.org.uk lmswrexham.weebly.com

Masses continue at St Francis of Assisi, Llay (2nd Sunday), Our Lady of the Rosary, Buckley (2nd Saturday) and St Winefride’s, Holywell (4th Sunday).

The usual break at Llay took place in August, which afforded Canon Lordan his well-deserved period of leave. We resumed the Mass at Llay in September and our numbers were quite depressing!

I urge all those who can attend Masses to come along. These Masses have been arranged with supporters of the Traditional Mass in mind and with priestly time extremely limited these days, to have low numbers in attendance begs many questions.

On Saturday, 12 October at the Cathedral in Wrexham, will be the annual pilgrimage and Sung Mass in honour of St Richard Gwyn at 11.30am – Canon Post ICKSP will celebrate and give blessings of a newly ordained priest immediately following veneration of the relic.