Interview with Mgr Alfred Gilbey: book launch 10th July

I am delighted to announce the sponsorship of this booklanch of this fascinating book, a long interview  with the great Alfred Gilbey, which will take place in the St Wilfred Hall of the London Oratory on Thursday 10th July. Doors open at 6:30pm. 

Click here to register for the launch (so we can keep track of numbers)

 The Absolute Uniqueness of Monsignor Alfred Gilbey: The Final Interview by Alexander Haydon; foreword by Christopher Monckton 

The celebrated priest Monsignor Alfred Gilbey (1901–98) was Chaplain to the (male) Catholic undergraduates of Cambridge from 1933 to 1965, and from some time in 1965 to 1997 the sole resident member of the Travellers Club, Pall Mall, from where he pursued a unique apostolate. His book We Believe, a commentary on the penny catechism, which had sold more than 15,000 copies before his death, had by then inspired more than forty vocations to the priesthood and religious life. It has no doubt inspired many more since. As Chaplain he received unusually large numbers into the Church. His charismatic personality and extraordinary charm, combined with his elegance of dress and manners, enabled him to attract many to the Faith who might have been put off by a more active evangelical approach. In him devotion fused with culture in a peculiarly harmonious way.

Endorsements from Dr Joseph Shaw, Fr Ronald Creighton-Jobe, C.O. (London Oratory), and Henry Sire!

Available from Arouca Press, Amazon, and various online retailers.

Special price on the day! £13 (paperback) £20 (hardcover).

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Bishop Schneider in England: Reading

The final Mass of Bishop Schneider's tour was in St William of York, Reading, the church used by the Fraternity of St Peter, on Sunday 15th June. 

Bishop Schneider was assisted by Fr Seth Phipps FSSP (clerical MC), Fr Gwilym Evans FSSP (AP), Fr Thomas Crean OP (deacon) and Rev Mr James Forde-Johnson. Mass was accompanied by the choir of the TLM community.

Bishop Schneider in England: Conference and Vespers in London

Bishop Schneider was the first speaker at our conference in London in the St Wilfrid Hall at the London Oratory; you can see all the speeches here.

At the conclusion of the conference he celebrated Vespers, which was celebrated with some solemnity, with polyphony provided by the choir of the Oratory. The chapel, the Little Oratory, is directly downstairs from the hall. Bishop Schneider was assisted by four priests in copes: Mgr Gordon Reid, Fr Michael Cullinan, Fr Giles Pinnock, and Fr Stephen Dunn.

Bishop Schneider in England: Ramsgate

On Friday 13th June, Bishop Schneider celebrated Pontifical High Mass in the Shrine of St Augustine in Ramsgate. As with the Mass in Northampton, people came from far and wide to assist at the liturgy: as members of sanctuary team, or to fill the church.

Bishop Schneider was assisted by Fr Jonathan Routh (the Shrine Rector, as Assistant Priest), Fr Stephen Morrison OPraem (deacon) and Fr Francis Lynch (subdeacon). Mass was accompanied by a small professional group directed by Matthew Schellhorn.

Bishop Schneider in England: Northampton

Bishop Athanasius Schneider has just concluded a short tour of England, at the invitation of the Latin Mass Society. The first major event was a Pontifical High Mass in Northampton Cathedral, with the kind permission of Bishop David Oakley, who was there to greet Bishop Schneider and others as we arrived.

We are grateful to all who took part, with clergy, servers and singers coming from all directions, and an excellent turnout of the faithful.