Fr Z sighting

Seen in Wandsworth. More tomorrow!


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Early polyphony at St Anthony of Padua, Headington

We had a beautiful Mass today in St Anthony of Padua celebrated by the Parish Priest, Fr Aldo Tapparo. Fr Tapparo has been saying the Traditional Mass on his church on Thursday mornings at 9am for some time; this however is his first Missa Cantata.

The Schola Abelis, a choir which includes students and 'townies' (as we call them in Oxford) were there and sang the Chant propers and a lovely ordinary by Johannes Brassart, who lived through the first half of the 15th Century. Here is the Introit Justus ut palma, followed by Brassart's Kyrie. For more see the blog of the Schola Abelis.


Congratulations to the Schola, and above all to Fr Tapparo!

More photos here.

Walsingham Walking Pilgrimage 2011

You are invited to the second Latin Mass Society walking pilgrimage for the conversion of England. We will be walking from Ely to Walsingham from 26th to 28th August 2011. This is a bank-holiday weekend.

Pilgrims will meet in the evening of Thursday 25th August at St Ethelreda's Catholic Church, 19 Egremont Street, Ely. The pilgrimage will begin with the Traditional Mass in St Ethelreda's Catholic Church on Friday morning.

There will be a sung Traditional Latin Mass each day and Confession will be available throughout the pilgrimage.

Mass on the second day will be in the Catholic chapel at Oxburgh Hall.

The pilgrimage will conclude with Mass at Walsingham on Sunday afternoon.

This pilgrimage is open to all ages and to families.

Camping is compulsory for men, and optional for women and children. Women and children will be able to sleep indoors on the Thursday and Saturday nights. We are still looking for an indoor option for the Saturday.


To confirm your place on the pilgrimage please make a cheque payable to 'The Latin Mass Society' for the appropriate amount.
Adult, non LMS members: £60
Adult LMS members: £50
Under 18s and students: £30

Please send all cheques to:

The Latin Mass Society,
11 - 13 Macklin Street
London
WC2B 5NH

OR BOOK ONLINE

If you would like more detail on the route or the Mass times then please email me: Paul Smeaton - paulfsmeaton@gmail.com

We expect next year's pilgrimage to attract significantly greater number than this year. If you are prepared to assist in any way with the running of the pilgrimage, for example by marshalling or driving a support vehicle, then please let us know.

In Christ,

Paul

Posts on this blog about the 2010 Pilgrimage here and here. Slideshow of photos here.

LMS Annual Requiem 2010: pictures

My pictures have nearly all uploaded to Flickr so here's a selection.
See the full set; see a slideshow.

As I remarked on the day, this is always a very moving occasion. This year was particularly well attended, and the ceremonies and music (all Gregorian Chant) were very impressive. We had a very splendid cataphalque and the celebrant, Bishop John Arnold, blessed it with great solemnity.

The Epistle.

The press release gives the details:

The Rt Rev. John Arnold, auxiliary bishop in Westminster, celebrated a Pontifical High Mass of Requiem in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 6 November for the repose of the souls of all deceased members and supporters of the LMS. Father Nicholas Schofield was Assistant Priest, Fr Andrew Southwell, LMS National Chaplain, was Deacon and the Sub-deacon was Fr David Irwin. Gordon Dimon of the LMS was MC.

A congregation of some hundreds heard the men of the Cathedral Choir sing the plainsong Requiem Mass.

The Gospel.

The Mass was followed by a homily by Bishop Arnold and then the traditional ceremonies of Absolutions at the Catafalque. The coffin for the occasion was supplied by the Fairways Partnership, Funeral Directors.

Bishop Arnold washes his hands seated on the faldstool.

Before Mass, a wreath was laid by Dr Joseph Shaw, Chairman of the LMS, and other LMS Committee members on the grave of Cardinal Heenan in the cathedral nave in thanksgiving for the Cardinal’s efforts to preserve the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Father Patrick Hayward read prayers for the occasion.

Doctor Shaw said afterwards: “This was the second time that Bishop Arnold has celebrated the LMS’s annual Requiem Mass and we are most grateful to him. We also thank Canon Christopher Tuckwell, the Cathedral Administrator, and Fr Alexander Master, the Cathedral Precentor, for their help”.

He is incensed.

You'll also spot in the photos Fr Patrick Hayward and Mgr Gordon Read, the LMS South East Chaplain (in choir on the left/Gospel side) and Fr Tim Finigan (in choir on the right/Epistle side).

Orate fratres.

The Consecration of the Chalice.



Bishop Arnold incensing the cataphalque.



You might be wondering why we had bleached candles (for those who aren't, it is traditional to have yellow, unbleached candles at a Requiem). The answer is that the set we bought last year couldn't be found among the Cathedral's stores when they were needed. It seems they are not used by anyone else at the Cathedral - similarly, it seems we are the only people to want a catafalque, so we had to supply our own (with the kind help of Fairways Funeral Directors).

The lack of unbleached candles at the Cathedral will explain the oddity I noticed at the 'Treasures of the Cathedral' exhibition: the display of special Requiem candlesticks had bleached candles stuck in them.

Five Anglican Bishops resign to become Catholic

From 'Friends of the Ordinariate'. The last rumours I heard was that there might be three bishops eventually becoming Catholic; things have moved on!

Congratulations to them all.

------------

LIKE MANY in the catholic tradition of Anglicanism, we have followed the dialogue between Anglicans and Catholics, the ARCIC process, with prayer and longing. We have been dismayed, over the last thirty years, to see Anglicans and Catholics move further apart on some of the issues of the day, and particularly we have been distressed by developments in Faith and Order in Anglicanism which we believe to be incompatible with the historic vocation of Anglicanism and the tradition of the Church for nearly two thousand years.

The Apostolic Constitution, Anglicanorum cœtibus, given in Rome on 4th November 2009, was a response to Anglicans seeking unity with the Holy See. With the Ordinariates, canonical structures are being established through which we will bring our own experience of Christian discipleship into full communion with the Catholic Church throughout the world and throughout the ages. This is both a generous response to various approaches to the Holy See for help and a bold, new ecumenical instrument in the search for the unity of Christians, the unity for which Christ himself prayed before his Passion and Death. It is a unity, we believe, which is possible only in eucharistic communion with the successor of St Peter.

As bishops, we have even-handedly cared for those who have shared our understanding and those who have taken a different view. We have now reached the point, however, where we must formally declare our position and invite others who share it to join us on our journey. We shall be ceasing, therefore, from public episcopal ministry forthwith, resigning from our pastoral responsibilities in the Church of England with effect from 31st December 2010, and seeking to join an Ordinariate once one is created.

We remain very grateful for all that the Church of England has meant for us and given to us all these years and we hope to maintain close and warm relationships, praying and working together for the coming of God’s Kingdom.

We are deeply appreciative of the support we have received at this difficult time from a whole variety of people: archbishops and bishops, clergy and laity, Anglican and Catholics, those who agree with our views and those who passionately disagree, those who have encouraged us in this step and those who have urged us not to take this step.

The Right Revd Andrew Burnham

The Right Revd Keith Newton

The Right Revd John Broadhurst

The Right Revd Edwin Barnes

The Right Revd David Silk

Robert Macneil

Administrator
www.friendsoftheordinariate.com

Juventutem London

An exciting announcement, which I shamelessly lift from Smeaton's Corner.
http://smeatonscorner.blogspot.com/2010/11/juventutem-london.html

------

Juventutem London is being launched next Friday, 12 November, at Corpus Christi Church, Maiden Lane. Mass for the souls of deceased supporters of the Good Counsel Network begins at 6.30pm.

Afterwards we'll be going to a nearby Italian restaurant called Paradiso e Inferno, which approproately keeps the focus for the evening on our eternal fate :-)

These evenings are for people aged 18-35. Of course, everybody is welcome to come to the Mass, we're just tagging on a young persons' social evening. This will be a regular event from now on. The Good Counsel Network have these Masses every second Friday of the month. Always at 6.30pm. Always at Corpus Christi Maiden Lane. Always the Traditional Latin Mass. Do come along!

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

LMS Annual Requiem in Westminster Cathedral

We've just had our Annual Requiem, celebrated by Bishop John Arnold. It was as always a very beautiful and moving occasion.

In accordance with the LMS' longstanding custom, before Mass started I laid a wreath on the tomb of Cardinal Heenan. I was in Rome last year so this is the first time I have done this.

After it we had absolutions at the catafalque.

More pictures to follow.





One other thing I snapped with the IPhone was a very large bust of Pius XII in the corridor leading to the sacristy.





- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone