Life Walk Sat 31st at 12noon

An important annual event.

It will start at the War Memorial near St Giles' church, which is where the Woodstock and Banbury roads begin to split. Look out for people wearing animal suits and carrying a sign saying "Save the humans!"

See last year's walk here.

Oxford Chant Day

This took place on Saturday, and was a great success. It was attended by twenty people, including four priests (not including our host, Fr John Saward), from as far away as Liverpool and Leeds. It was led, as last year, by Mr Philip Duffy, formerly Director of Music at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.

Mass was a votive Mass of Our Lady. Here's video showing the repeated verse of the Introit (Salve Sancta Parens); the Kyrie and the beginning of the Gloria (Mass IX).



Here's the Offertory, Ave Maria



Here is part of the sermon, preached by Fr Saward:



Here is the consecration:

Corpus Christi at the Oratory

More pictures from the Oxford Gregorian Chant Society, which provided the singers. The Mass was very well attended. The latest news on the question of celebrating Corpus Christi, Ascension and Epiphany on their traditional days is that Rome is telling enquirers that this is NOT forbidden. The force of the decision of the Bishops of England and Wales is that these feasts are no longer obligatory, and that on the following Sunday the Mass of the feast should be repeated as an external solemnity.

May Procession at SS Gregory & Augustine

Saturday 31st May

Traditional Sung Mass in Mapledurham House 11.30am

Assist at Sung Mass for the Queenship of Our Lady in the private chapel of this historic hosue, where the Faith was kept alive during the years of persecution. The house is on the 'Oxford side' of Reading.

Pro-Life Witness 3-4pm

The Rosary is said by the entrance to the John Radcliffe Hospital, next to the Catholic Church of St Anthony of Padua, Headley Way, where meanwhile the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. The JR is the only place in Oxford where abortions take place. See Streetmap.co.uk here.

Yes! You can do both.

Chant Day Saturday 24th May

Places still available. Programme confirmed.

Gregorian Chant Training Day
with Mr Phillip Duffy,
formerly Director of Music at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

sponsored by the Latin Mass Society
and St Catherine’s Trust

Saturday 24th May 2008,
Church of SS Gregory & Augustine,
322, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 7NS

PROGRAMME

9.00 Registration
9.30 First Session in hall
11.00 Traditional Latin Benediction in the Church
11.15 Coffee in hall
11.15-11.45: Priests only session, Presbytery
11.45 Second Session in hall
13.00 Lunch (provided)
13.30-14.00: Priests only session, Presbytery
14.00 Third Session in hall
15.30 Missa Cantata: Votive Mass of Our Lady
16.45 Tea and departures

Booking is required, as spaces are limited:
Fee: £15; students: £7.50; free for those in Holy Orders

Please send cheques,
special dietary requirements,
and contact details to:

Joseph Shaw (Oxford LMS Rep)

96 Oxford Road, Cumnor, OXON OX2 9PQ

joseph.shaw@philosophy.ox.ac.uk

Mass in Milton Manor this Sunday, 18th May

Please support this Mass in a historic Catholic house. It has been in Catholic hands since 1764; the Chapel was consecrated by Bishops Challoner in 1771. A number of Challoner's possessions are kept in the house.

Mass is at 6pm.

To find Milton Manor, turn off the A34 for Didcot (etc.), between Newbury and Abingdon, and follow signs for Milton. The village is very near this interchange. Turn left in the middle of the village for the Manor, by the Admiral Benbow pub. You can park in the drive, outside the front of the house.

For more information on the Mass in Milton Manor, please telephone David Joyce on 01635 874101.

Map with pointer to Milton Manor