Monday, October 21, 2024

LMS Oxford Pilgrimage 2024: photos

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Last Saturday was the Latin Mass Society Oxford Pilgrimage, in honour of the city's Catholic martyrs. As usual we had a High Mass in the Dominican Rite, followed by a procession and Benediction. 

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The celebrant was Fr Lawrence Lew; you can read his sermon here.

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A hundred people attended Mass and 75 came on the procession.

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One of the distinctive things about the Dominican Rite is that they anticipate the Offertory: at odd moments the sacred ministers are preparing the chalice and so on. 

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Mass was accompanied by seventeen singers singing the chant and polyphony, thanks to the Schola Abelis of Oxford and the Southwell Consort based in London. 

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This year the procession went to the site of the martyrdom of Blessed George Napier in 1610 -- Oxford is blessed by two sites of martyrdom, both marked with plaques, and we alternate between them.

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The procession was an impressive sight going through the shoppers with the LMS banner and the processional statue of Our Lady of Walsingham. 

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A big 'thank you' to all who came along; please mark 18th October in your diaries for next year!

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