Octave Day of the Nativity

Formerly referred to as the Circumcision of Our Lord,  Masses on Sunday are as follows:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton (Sung Mass)

12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford (Low Mass with carols)

Happy New Year!

Best Christmas present

Yesterday I accidentally caught sight of one of the best presents I have ever received - above. It wasn't even for me personally. It said something to me that was of more value to me than anything.

Deo gratias and Merry Christmas.

Venite adoremus

Saturday 24th. December, Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.30 p.m.

Sunday   25th. December, Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m. 

                                           St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford 12.30 p.m.

Friday 30th. December, Wakefield Chantry Chapel, Wakefield, 7.30 p.m. (not 7.00 p.m.)

Confessions at call.

Masses this week

Masses daily during the week at Sacred Heart, Broughton at 9.30 a.m.

Saturday 24th. December, Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.30 p.m.

Sunday   25th. December, Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m. 

                                           St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford 12.30 p.m.

Confessions at call.

Advent IV

The last Sunday of Advent is here and we have three Masses this weekend:

8.00 a.m. St Anne's Cathedral, Cookridge Street, Leeds

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton

12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

I will post dates and times of Masses for Christmas later in the week.

Gaudete

Gaudete - the third Sunday of Advent is almost upon us and means that this year Christmas is only two weeks away. The lightning of the mood with rose vestments is a gladness at the nearing of Christ's coming in the glory of his birth.
Masses on Sunday:


11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's Pakington Street, Bradford (Sung Mass)

I was very lucky to be able to attend Wednesday's Cathedral Lecture (unlike the nightmare we had failing to get to the last lecture on All Souls day).

This month's talk was delivered by Professor John Rist, now of Cambridge University and formerly of Washington's Catholic University to name only two.

I hope to give a summary of the professor's talk soon.

Immaculate Conception

Thursday is the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Mass at Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton at 11.00 a.m.

Mass on Tuesday is at the earlier time of 9.00 a.m. Masses on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at the usual time of 9.30 a.m.

Cathedral lecture. On Wednesday this week (December 7th.) Professor John Rist will give a lecture at 7.00 p.m. at the Cathedral's Wheeler Hall entitled The past, present and future of the Papacy. Free admission. 

O God our refuge and our strength, look down in mercy on thy people who cry to Thee and through the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Blessed Joseph her spouse, the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul and of all the saints, mercifully and graciously hear our prayers for the freedom and exaltation of our holy mother, the Church. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Advent II

Masses for the second Sunday of Advent this weekend are as follows:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton

12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Thanks to Frs. Parfitt and Crawley for these Masses.

Advent I

My annual lament at how quickly the first Sunday of Advent seems to come round! The older I get the faster things seem to come round.
This Sunday we have three Sunday Masses:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford (This is a sung Mass)
4.00 p.m. St. Anthony's, Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford

Advent is a season of repentance, "Do penance for the kingdom of God is at hand" and the Advent liturgical propers express this spirit of prayer and mortification - the Gloria is omitted, but the gloom of the penitential aspect is lightened by the joyful expectation of the Nativity of the Lord.

I have been asked about when Masses at Christmas are and so here is the list of Masses fulfilling the obligation in the EF:
Christmas Masses:
Christmas Eve - 11.30 p.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
Christmas Day - 11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
                           12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Cathedral Mass - report

Many thanks to Fr. Hall, Canons Moger and Wiley and the schola gregoriana who made the Mass at the Cathedral such an excellent occasion. Fr Hall spoke very movingly about the Dies Irae and compared it with another hymn of another ecclesial community - namely Rock of Ages and in developing the thrust of his sermon he referred to Bishop Wheeler as the bishop who never said no to requests for the Mass and Sacraments in the old Rite - the reason we remember him with such gratitude and affection.
Clearly a lot of hard work had gone into today's Mass by the clergy, singers, servers and Cathedral staff and I am sure that together we made a very worthy sacrifice to the Lord.

Picture shows the the Lady altar at the cathedral where the EF is offered on the third Sunday of the month at 8.00 a.m.

REMINDER

SUNG MASS OF REQUIEM FOR BISHOP WHEELER AT ST. ANNE'S CATHEDRAL, LEEDS ON SATURDAY 19th. NOVEMBER at 3.00 p.m. FOLLOWED BY ABSOLUTION AT THE CATAFALQUE

Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday falls this weekend when a Requiem Mass of anniversary may be offered for those who died in the world wars. It is also the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany for when a Requiem Mass is not offered.

Masses:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall.
12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford. Sung Requiem.

(Confessions at call.)




Please remember next week's annual requiem for Bishop Wheeler at the Cathedral at 3.00 p.m.

Annual Requiem Leeds Cathedral

+Annual Mass of Requiem  +

for Bishop Wheeler

St. Anne's Cathedral, Leeds

There will be a sung Mass of Requiem at the Cathedral on Saturday 19th. November at 3.00 p.m. this will be followed by absolution at the catafalque.  The schola gregoriana will sing the Mass. Celebrant Fr. Michael Hall.

Congratulations Canon Wiley

I have just been informed that Fr. Timothy Wiley, the co-ordinator for the EF Rite of Mass in our Diocese has been made a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter by His Lordship Bishop Stock. Congratulations to him.
The photo shows Fr. Wiley officiating at my youngest daughter's wedding earlier this year at St. John's in Bradford.

All Saints and All Souls



Please remember that Tuesday is the holy day of obligation when we give glory to God as we remember and thank Him for those who have gone before us now sharing eternity with him in heaven.
On All Souls we remember and pray to God especially for those good souls who haven't yet been purged of  all their sins and are still waiting to see God in all His glory and to be eternally happy with him. Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.




Masses:


Tuesday - All Saints:
11.00 a.m.  Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
5.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Bradford



Wednesday - All Souls:

9.00 a.m, 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m.  Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
5.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Bradford




There was a very good attendance at Mass on Sunday and many people commented on how uplifted they felt afterwards. Mr Watson played the missa viii as well as the Adoro te devote and a rousing Hail Redeemer at the end. It was a truly festive atmosphere and it was good to see old and new faces again. It is always very pleasing to see families with small children and babies at Mass; this particularly always strikes me  at the Notre Dame de Fatima chapel near Lille which is under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Christ the King. Throngs of little children are brought by their parents and it is a pleasure to see everybody mingling outside afterwards as the toddlers run about and the adults chatter away.

Christ the King

We were blessed with fine autumnal weather on Tuesday at  Bewerley Grange which attracted a good twenty souls for the feast of St. John of Beverley. It was good to see new and old faces and in one case Mr Jim Carroll who is our oldest active member.

Masses for the Feast of Christ the King, which in the 1962 calendar is always the last Sunday of October are as follows:

11.00 a.m.  Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton

12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Bradford (with missa de angelis)

This week we have the feasts of All Saints and All Souls. Masses are as follows:

Tuesday - All Saints:

11.00 a.m.  Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
5.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Bradford

Wednesday - All Souls:

11.00 a.m.  Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
5.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Bradford

Also on Wednesday there is another lecture at Wheeler Hall, Leeds Cathedral at 7.00 p.m. This month Mrs Rowan Morton Gledhill (the Bishop's press secretary) will speak on the topic "Evangelizing Auntie" which is an insider's view of how Catholicism is understood and portrayed at the BBC, and how Catholic broadcasters and contributors can- and must- take the initiative to make the media work for them.

Pentecost XXIII

Once again we have three Masses this Sunday for the twenty third Sunday of Pentecost. In two weeks we shall be using up the readings of remaining Sundays after the Epiphany.

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford (Missa cantata)
4.00 p.m. St. Anthony's, Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford

Reminder that on Tuesday there will be a sung Mass in honour of St. John of Beverley at Bewerley Grange chapel, Pateley Bridge at 11.30 a.m.

Looking ahead to the week after next I have organised Masses at St. Joseph's, Bradford for the feasts of All Saints and All Souls in addition to the Masses at Sacred Heart, Broughton. Details to follow.

Pentecost XXII

There are three Masses this Sunday for the twenty-second after Pentecost:

8.00 a.m. Leeds Cathedral, Cookridge Street, Leeds
11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton
12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Despite the baby's parents suffering from food poisoning last week the baptism went ahead last week and the baby "behaved" herself with very little crying.

Pentecost XXI

Masses this Sunday for the twenty-first after Pentecost are as follows:

Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton. 11.00 a.m.
St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford. 12.30 p.m. (Sung)

Following the Mass at St. Joseph's the baptism of Thea Alexandra Illingworth will take place.

Things are continuing well at St. Joseph's and it is lovely to see so many children there. Even crying babies!

May I just apologise for having forgotten to advertise the Batley Torchlight Procession last week? One of my colleagues did go, however and said that her family couldn't fit into the church and had to stand outside as it was so very well supported. Many of us will remember the Masses we had, often daily, at St. Mary's in Batley a few years ago. The procession was of course resurrected under Archbishop Roche and is a great witness to the Faith.

Notice - there will be Mass at Bewerley Grange chapel near Pateley Bridge on Tuesday 25th. October at 11.30 a.m.

I have not had time to find out how the Cathedral lecture went on Wednesday as I was unable to attend. I am however looking forward to hearing Rowan Morton Gledhill's next Cathedral lecture in November when she will talk about the BBC. I love as much as I loathe about the BBC but continue to regard it as part of the family.

Cathedral lectures

This Wednesday sees the first of the Cathedral lectures:

 Wheeler Hall, St Anne Street 

Wednesdays @ 7.00pm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Admission free; retiring collection

Wednesday 5th October 2016

Fr. Marcus Holden

(Priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark)

“Special Divine Action - The Theology, Meaning, and Reality of Miracles”

(An examination of the Catholic understanding of the miraculous both in the bible and in the life of the Church, exploring specific divine action from both philosophical and theological viewpoints)

Wednesday 2nd November 2016

Rowan Morton-Gledhill

(Diocesan Communications Officer and Press Secretary to the Bishop of Leeds)

“Evangelizing Auntie”

(An insider’s view of how Catholicism is understood and portrayed at the BBC, and how Catholic broadcasters and contributors can - and must - take the initiative to make the media work for them)

 Wednesday 7th  December 2016

John Rist

(Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.)

“The Past, Present and Future of the Papacy”

(Papal authority viewed in parallel to the development of Catholic doctrine; the new papal prospects in 19th and 20th centuries; how future popes should handle the contemporary situation)

Wednesday 11th January 2017

Fr. Andrew Pinsent

(Priest of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton)

“What is the Good News?”

(An examination of new perspectives on divine grace from the subject areas of science, philosophy, and religion)