FSSP Parish Priest in Rome Fr Joseph Kramer on Catholic News Service here.

Like four years ago in Quebec (15-22 June 2008),

the FSSP will be part of the official programme at the 

50^th International Eucharistic Congress, Dublin

Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, Superior of the English apostolate and Chaplain of the Juventutem  International Federation, Fr Hubert Bizard, FSSP, Vice-Rector of the International St Peter Seminary in Wigratzbad (Bavaria) and former Parish Priest of the 1^st FSSP personal parish in Ottawa, plus FSSP deacons, will assist Archbishop Prendergast of Ottawa at a Solemn Pontifical High Mass; they will hear confessions; will offer a Solemn High Mass; give lectures on the Holy Eucharist and will meet with participants.

1932 Int. Euch. Congress logo

The 50th International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Dublin, Ireland, next month - and Traditional Catholics will not be left out, as well they should not be, since the International Congresses were first inspired by the Traditional Mass and eucharistic devotions. The Latin Mass Chaplaincy of the Archdiocese of Dublin (located in St Kevin’s Church, Harrington St, Dublin 8) sends us the program of their activities during the Congress, including Masses and conferences:

Traditional Latin Mass program

[Source] Sunday 10^th June: 2^nd Sunday after Pentecost

10.30 a.m. High Mass (Music by St Kevin’s Schola)

3.30 p.m. Blessed Sacrament Procession and Solemn Benediction

Monday 11^th June: St Barnabas

9.30 a.m. Solemn Pontifical Mass. Celebrant: The Most Rev. Terrence Prendergast, Archbishop of Ottawa

(The Lassus Scholars will sing Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli)

7.30 p.m. Evening Devotions: Rosary, Novena to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, and Benediction.

8.15 p.m. Talk in the Parish Hall: “Apostle of the Trenches: The Life and Spirituality of Fr William Doyle, SJ”

Speaker: Mr Patrick Kenny, Editor of fatherdoyle.com

Tuesday 12^th June: St John of San Facundo

8.00 a.m. & 8.30 a.m. Low Masses

11.30 a.m. Conference in the Parish Hall: “The Presence of Christ in the Eucharist”

Speaker: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP

7.00 p.m. High Mass. Celebrant: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP

(The Lassus Scholars will sing Palestrina’s Missa Brevis)

8.15 p.m. Talk in the Parish Hall: “Prayers and Religious Folktales from the Irish Oral Tradition”

Speaker: Dr Pádraig de Paor, Dept. of Irish and Celtic Languages, Trinity College Dublin.

Wednesday 13^th June: St Anthony of Padua

8.00 a.m. & 8.30 a.m. Low Masses

11.30 a.m. Conference in the Parish Hall: “Understanding Transubstantiation”

Speaker: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP

[7.30 p.m. In the RDS: Blessed Sacrament Procession]

Thursday 14^th June: St Basil the Great

8.00 a.m. & 8.30 a.m. Low Masses

[10.00 a.m. In the RDS: Confessions]

7.00 p.m. High Mass. Celebrant: Fr Gerard Deighan, Adm., Chaplain to the Dublin Latin Mass Community

(The Lassus Scholars will sing Victoria’s Missa O Quam Gloriosum)

8.15 p.m. Talk in Parish Hall: “Beauty and the Sacred” Speaker: Dr Mark Dooley, Philosopher and Author

Friday 15^th June: Sacred Heart of Jesus

8.00 a.m. & 8.30 a.m. Low Masses

11.30 a.m. Conference in the Parish Hall: “The Mass as Sacrifice: Old Testament Perspectives”

Speaker: Fr Gerard Deighan, LSS

7.00 p.m. High Mass and Solemn Benediction. Celebrant: Dom Mark Kirby, OSB, Prior of Silverstream Priory, Stamullen

(Music by St Kevin’s Schola)

8.15 p.m. Talk in Parish Hall: “Eucharistic Spirituality”. Speaker: Dom Mark Kirby, OSB

Saturday 16^th June: Saturday of Our Lady

 9.00 a.m. Low Mass (Confessions before/during Mass)

10.30 a.m. – 5.45 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

4.45 p.m. – 5.45 p.m. Holy Hour and Solemn Benediction with Confessions throughout the hour

(Music by Piccolo Lasso)

Sunday 17^th June: 3^rd Sunday after Pentecost

10.30 a.m. High Mass

(The Lassus Scholars will sing Lassus’ Missa Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera)

[2.00 p.m. In Croke Park: Statio Orbis]

 10 new members nationwide

to enrol into the Confraternity of St Peter on 5th May 2012, feast of St Pius V. We give thanks to God for all those who support our priestly ministry and priestly vocations across the British Isles.

O Lord grant us priests!  O Lord grant us holy priests! O Lord grant us many holy priests!

O Lord Jesus, born to give testimony to the Truth, Thou who lovest unto the end those whom Thou hast chosen, kindly hear our prayers for our pastors.
Thou who knowest all things, knowest that they love Thee and can do all things in Thee who strengthenest them.
Sanctify them in Truth. Pour into them, we beseech Thee, the Spirit whom Thou didst give to Thy apostles, who would make them, in all things, like unto Thee. 
Receive the homage of love which they offer up to Thee, who hast graciously received the threefold confession of Peter. 
And so that a pure oblation may everywhere be offered without ceasing unto the Most Holy Trinity, graciously enrich their number and keep them in Thy love, who art one with the Father and the Holy Ghost, to whom be glory and honour forever. 
Amen.

Nihil obstat: Vic. Gen. FSSP, 05.II.2007
Imprimatur: Vic. Gen. Diœc. Laus. Gen. Frib., 28.II.2007

Last minute bookings possible until 6 May 2012:

Clergy pilgrimage to Catholic Bavaria

7-11/12 May 2012,

led by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP.

CLICK HERE to read PDF 

Quiz: in which country can one order a – very good local – beer at a local ‘Gasthaus’ with a crucifix in every room – and with, for every ‘Gasthaus’, two baroque churches to pray in? [Answer: AIRAVAB]

Programme:

Monday 7 May, 3.10pm: landing at Memmingen Airport (direct Ryanair flights from London-Stansted, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin) and 45-minute drive to Wigratzbad (45minutes);

Tuesday 8: visit colossal Baroque Benedictine Abbeys of Ottobeuren, and Weingarten (with a relic of the Precious Blood venerated at the largest annual equestrian procession in the world) ;

Wednesday 9: preached recollection;

Thursday: visit shores of Lake Constance (Lindau peninsula, Cistercian Minor Basilica of Birnau cf picture right, ferry crossing to ancient Monastery Island of Reichenau where monk Hermann Contractus composed the Salve Regina);

Friday 10: free time and take off from Memmingen at 3.10pm – OR stay on and attend Diaconal Ordinations at FSSP Motherhouse next door on Saturday 11 morning by Bishop Castet of Luçon (French Vendée), with take off at 3.10pm after ceremony and landing in London at 3pm (or any airport of your choice). Read Liverpool priest Fr Henry’s report on the latest ordinations here.

Also planned: next door is the International Seminary of St Peter and motherhouse of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger visited there on Easter 1990 (picture right) and offered Easter Mass in the usus antiquior. A visit of the seminary and meal(s) with community can be planned for us. Possibility of attending some of the community Masses and Divine Office.

Although a pilgrimage, it will not be penitential but surely Marian, especially in Bavaria in the month of May, when the immaculate Queen of the country – Maria Patrona Bavariae – is honoured in a particular way.

Accommodation: We will be staying at the Marian shrine of Wigratzbad, in the comfortable Pilgrims’ Hostel with the option of single rooms with en-suite bathroom.

Estimated cost: £300 (all inclusive for 5 days in single room). Cheaper if 4 days and no en-suite bathroom. For convenience, each priest will book his own flight (estimated Ryanair return: £100).

Booking: We only ask you to send us a £30 cheque as deposit made payable to FSSP ENGLAND. Please specify: 1/ your name; 2/ contact details; 3/ whether you wish a single or shared room; 4/ with or without en-suite bathroom; 5/ days of arrival and departure.

Liturgy: As a matter of course priests may offer daily Mass using the Missal of their choice.

Please contact Fr de Malleray if you have any questions:

Rev. Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP

St John Fisher House, 17 Eastern Avenue,

Reading, RG1 5RU, England

Tel: 0118 966 5284; Email: malleray@fssp.org

Web: www.fssp.co.uk/england; International: http://fssp.org/ 

Latest statistics on FSSP worldwide 

Last update: 31 X a.D. 2011. 

 New cd of chant and polyphony by the FSSP: watch and listen here. Order with us sending a £16 cheque made payable to FSSP ENGLAND, addressed to St John Fisher House, 17 Eastern Avenue, Reading RG1 5RU, England. Please include your full contact details. Shipping included (UK and Ireland only). 

Videos of Fr McCarthy's ordination here!

FIRST MASS: Nearly 400 faithful and a dozen clergy attended Fr Matthew McCarthy's first Solemn High Mass in England at Spanish Place, London, on Saturday 28th June 2011. All the sacred ministers and altar servers were members of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. Our heartfelt thanks to Fr Colven, P.P., who once again welcomed us in his beautiful church for the first Mass of one of our newly ordained British priests. Thank you also to the ladies who generously prepared the refreshments for all of us after the Mass and first blessings. Thank you to all for your support in attending or praying for that event.

Pictures: Ordination Fr McCarthy; First Mass Fr McCarthy (Carmel USA); first parish Solemn High Mass (St William of York Church, Reading).

Easter Triduum 2011:

We had a very splendid Mass for Maundy Thursday at the Church of St William of York, Reading with the Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP). An FSSP seminarian, Rev. James Mawdsley, joined us, making High Mass possible. Father Armand de Malleray was Celebrant, Fr Simon Leworthy, Deacon, and the Rev James Mawdsley, Sub-deacon. The Mass was very well attended; numbers have clearly increased over the years. After processing the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose and the Stripping of the Altars, Compline was sung by the clergy. The numbers attending throughout the Sacred Triduum were good - between 70 and 90 each day, with a 130 peak on Good Friday. The schola was composed of local people with extra voices coming in from some way away – including Cdr Neville McNally RN, of the Schola Sancti Nicholae from Portsmouth. The schola was led by Martin Martinez. Tenebrae were sung on every day of the Triduum. The MC was Thomas O'Sullivan from Oxford. On Easter day, after solemn high Mass celebrated by Fr Leworthy, a second solemn high Mass was offered for the faithful in Flitwick, our second Sunday Mass centre, north of London. Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia.
Slideshows:  Septuagesima; Palm Sunday; Maundy Thursday;  Good Friday; Good Friday (2^nd); Paschal Vigil (pictures courtesy Dr Shaw & Dr Doyle).