Wednesday, 16 May 2012
LMS Request for Novena for the success of the talks between the Holy See and the SSPX.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
You will doubtless have been
following the latest news of the negotiations between the Holy See and the
Society of St Pius X on a reconciliation of the latter. It is now seems pretty
evident that there is much good will on both sides of the negotiations for a
successful outcome, notwithstanding evidence of some division within the SSPX
over the matter. We note that the SSPX have asked their supporters to offer a
Novena requesting the necessary graces for the Holy Father and Bishop Fellay
(Superior of the SSPX) in this matter from 8 May until the Vigil of the
Ascension (17 May).
The LMS is asking all people of
good will to offer up a similar Novena for the success of the current
negotiations. The Novena should start on Friday, 18 May and conclude on the
Vigil of Pentecost (Saturday, 26 May). Please pray the prayers Veni Creator
Spiritus followed by the Memorare. These can be found (in Latin and English) on
the LMS website here:
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY For Immediate Release
2
May 2012
Bishop Rifan of Campos Brazil to visit Britain this
Summer
The Latin
Mass Society is pleased to announce that Bishop Fernando Rifan, Apostolic
Administrator of the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary
Vianney in Brazil, will be visiting Britain this summer and will celebrate Pontifical
High Masses at three locations across England and Wales at events organised by
the LMS.
The main
events are as follows:
Saturday,
30 June, 3pm:
Pontifical High Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 294 Harrogate Road,
Moortown, Leeds LS17 6LE
Sunday,
1 July, 2.30pm:
Holywell Pilgrimage, St Winefride’s Catholic Church, Well Street, Holywell,
Flintshire CH8 7PL (Pontifical High Mass)
The Mass and Pilgrimage will be filmed
by EWTN as part of a forthcoming television series. There will be a coach
leaving for Holywell from London (Contact Graham Moorhouse on 01322 409231) and
also, we hope, from Birmingham (phone 020 7404 7284), Liverpool (phone Jim
Pennington on 0151 426 0361) and Wirral (phone Anthony Sibert on 0151 625 9033).
Saturday,
7 July, 11.00am:
Annual General Meeting and Pontifical High Mass at St George’s Cathedral,
Southwark, London SE1 6HX (Mass at 11.00am, AGM at 2.00pm, addressed by the
bishop).
We are hoping to run coaches from
Cambridge, Reading and Brighton if there is sufficient demand. Please phone the
LMS office (020 7404 7284) to book a place or for more information.
There will be a buffet lunch at the AGM
for all paid-up members of the LMS. The cost per head will be £5, payable on
the door. But if you are intending to come, please tell us beforehand so that
we can budget for the catering.
Bishop Rifan will also be visiting
Scotland during his time in Britain and will celebrate Mass in Edinburgh (venue
to be announced by Una Voce Scotland) on Monday 2 July at 7pm.
This promises to be a wonderful week of
events in the summer giving full witness to the Traditional Mass and the Faith
that goes with it. We warmly encourage everyone to make the effort to attend at
least one of the Masses.
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For
further information, please contact Mike Lord, General Manager,
Thursday, 26 April 2012
News on the visit of Bishop Rifan to Britain and the AGM.
As many of you will already know,
Bishop Fernando Rifan of Campos in Brazil will be visiting Britain this summer.
The past few weeks have involved
our organising and finalising the arrangements and I am now in a position to let
you know the confirmed schedule. This has been a team effort by the office staff
and a number of our Reps and volunteers, and I thank them all, but I would
particularly like to thank David Lloyd and Neil Walker for their sterling
efforts.
We are delighted that Bishop
Rifan will be present at three LMS events. The bishop’s public engagements for
us are as follows:
Saturday, 30 June, 3pm:
Pontifical High Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 294 Harrogate Road,
Moortown, Leeds LS17 6LE
Sunday, 1 July, 2.30pm: Holywell
Pilgrimage, St Winefride’s Catholic Church, Well Street, Holywell, Flintshire
CH8 7PL (Pontifical High Mass)
Saturday, 7 July, 11.00am: AGM
and Pontifical High Mass at St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, London SE1 6HX
(Mass at 11.00am, AGM at 2.00pm, addressed by the bishop).
Some notes about
transport:
For Holywell, we hope to run
coaches from London, Birmingham and Liverpool/Wirral. The London coach (and
overnight accommodation) is being organised by Graham Moorhouse, for the
Birmingham coach, please contact the office (020 7404 7284), and for
Liverpool/Wirral, please contact Jim Pennington (0151 426 0361) and Anthony
Sibert (0151 625 9033) respectively so that we can gauge the level of demand.
Prices will be publicised once we have received quotes from coach companies,
although Graham Moorhouse already has details for the London coach (phone him on
01322 409231).
For the AGM, we are looking at
the possibility of running coaches from Brighton, Reading and Cambridge. Please
contact the office if you know anyone who is interested. Also for the AGM, for
the first time, we are arranging a buffet lunch for all members attending. This
will take place in Amigo Hall (the same building as the AGM). In order to defray
our costs for the catering, we will be asking for a contribution of £5 per head
for the lunch, which I think is reasonable. The Officers have taken the view
that this allows ordinary members to meet each other and to meet and speak with
their Committee in a more informal environment. I have to say I think this is a
very healthy development. Although payment for the lunch can be made on the
door, we are asking anyone planning to attend to inform the office in advance,
as we need to know numbers for food. The Cathedral caterers have asked us to
give them 2 weeks’ notice, so that means we need to know by 22 June. Please
mention this in your publicity.
Publicity for all these events is
included in the forthcoming edition of ‘Mass of Ages’, and more will follow on
our website and Facebook page, but could I also ask you, our local Reps, to
publicise these events as appropriate on your blogs and newsletters, as much as
you can? I will be issuing a press release for the above shortly (probably next
week) for you to use for this purpose, although, please go ahead before then if
you wish!
You may also be interested to
know that Bishop Rifan will be visiting Scotland during his trip and he will be
celebrating Mass on Monday, 2 July at 7pm in Edinburgh. At the present time, the
venue is to be confirmed. The bishop is also intending to visit Ireland, but I
have no information about his schedule there at the moment.
If you have any questions about
the above, please phone or email me. Thank you.
Kind regards,
Mike
General Manager
Latin Mass Society
11-13 Macklin Street
London
WC2B 5NH
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020 7404 7284
Friday, 20 April 2012
Missa Cantata at Peterborough
The next Old Rite Mass at All Souls, Peterborough, will be on Monday 23rd April at 7pm and it will be a
Missa Cantata. Please do all you can to support this Mass.
Saturday, 7 April 2012
LMS Press Release
29
March 2012
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LATIN MASS SOCIETY
For Immediate Release
Bishop Drainey Leads LMS Pilgrimage to York
The
Bishop of Middlesbrough, Rt Rev Terence Drainey, led a procession through the
streets of York, as part of the Latin Mass Society’s 2nd Annual
Pilgrimage to York in honour of St Margaret Clitherow on Saturday, 24 March.
This followed a Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Wilfrid’s Church at
which Bishop Drainey had presided at the Faldstool, and which attracted pilgrims
from across England and Wales and overseas. The music was provided by the
Rudgate Singers who sang a Mass setting by contemporary composer Jeffrey
Ostrowski and pieces by Victoria, Bruckner and Scarlatti.
During
the Mass, the bishop preached on the danger posed in contemporary society by
moral relativism. ‘This relativism seems to permeate our world today to such an
extent that it is part of the cultural and societal air that we breathe. If we
are not on our guard it will taint us and affect us. It is an evil about which
our Holy Father, Pope Benedict has spoken on many occasions,’ said the bishop.
He went on to say that this was nothing new and, indeed, Bl. John Henry Newman
had spoken nearly two centuries ago about the dangers to the faith posed by liberalism
and religious indifferentism.
After
Mass, Bishop Drainey led the procession through the narrow streets of the city,
as pilgrims prayed the Rosary. Passing St Margaret Clitherow’s house and her
shrine in The Shambles, the line of people crossed Ouse Bridge where the bishop
drew attention to the site of St Margaret’s martyrdom, now marked by a plaque.
The procession reached the Church of the English Martyrs where Solemn
Benediction was celebrated. A relic of St Margaret’s hand, which was kindly lent
by the Sisters at the Bar Convent, was exposed for veneration by the faithful.
LMS
General Manager Mike Lord commented, ‘The pilgrimage was an important witness
to the Catholic Faith in times when our religion is once again under attack.
This was brought home by some of the negative comments made from the crowd as
the procession made its way through York’s city centre. We were delighted that
Bishop Drainey was able to join us and his encouraging sermon was much praised
by pilgrims on what was a very successful day.’
Photo
attribution: Andrew Sheffield
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For
further information, please contact Mike Lord, General Manager,
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