Pentecost VI

 As it is the first Sunday of the month the 1.00 p.m. Mass at Saint Patrick's will be livestreamed.

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Pentecost IV and First Holy Communion

Sunday's 1.00 p.m. Mass for the fourth Sunday of Pentecost will be a missa cantata. The polyphonic Mass, Byrd's Mass for three voices,  also marks our grandson's First Holy Communion. It is 52 years ago this week since I made my own First Confession and Holy Communion. 

Dominic will act as "boat boy" at the Mass.

Father Hall will be hearing confessions before Mass.

Pentecost III

 This Sunday's Mass for the third Sunday of Pentecost at 1.00 p.m. at Saint Patrick's will be a Low Mass.

Confessions available before Mass.

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Retreat for Priests with Fr Armand de Malleray FSSP - October 5-9 in England

Clergy Retreat on 5-9 October 2026, Stonyhurst, England

Topic: The priest at the altar as sacrificer

In this retreat, Fr de Malleray will reflect on the liturgical role of the priest and the sacrificial nature of his ministry at the altar.

Drawing on the Church’s long-standing liturgical tradition as expressed in the Traditional Rite of the Roman Church, the retreat will offer a deeper awareness of the Mass as making present the Sacrifice of the Cross.

The retreat will be an opportunity to gain a further understanding of this central aspect of the Mass and of the structure of the Traditional Rite, serving also as an enrichment for the celebration of the New Rite.

For: Any priests and (male) religious, friars, seminarians.

Schedule: Silent retreat with two conferences per day, holy hour with confessions, Latin Compline, private Masses, table readings, and time to rest or go for walks.

About the preacher: Fr Armand de Malleray is the superior of the English apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, the chaplain to the youth movement Juventutem, and the author a dozen books on the priesthood, the Eucharist, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the liturgy, the fine arts, and fiction (cf malleray.com). Videos of earlier retreats and homilies by Fr de Malleray are available on https://www.youtube.com/@FSSPLiveMass/featured.

Location: Stonyhurst is the oldest Catholic school in England, started in 1593. The beautiful architecture and grounds provide inspiration during our retreat, with access to the stunning St Peter’s Chapel. JRR Tolkien stayed there on several occasions, hence the “Tolkien trail”, a two-hour walk along the Ribble Valley starting from Stonyhurst. The college includes a museum with many significant relics such as the episcopal ring of Cardinal St John Fisher, which we venerated on a previous clergy retreat

External Solemnity of Corpus Christi

This Sunday's 1.00 p.m. Mass at Saint Patrick's, Bradford for the External Solemnity of Corpus Christi will be a livestreamed Low Mass. It will be followed by a procession  around the church and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

As June is the month of the Sacred Heart, we shall recite this Litany 

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The Blessed Trinity

 

Sunday's 1.00 p.m. Mass at Saint Patrick's, Bradford for the Feast of the Blessed Trinity will be accompanied by Mr Watson who used to play the organ for us at Saint Joseph's and Saint Patrick's until he retired three years ago. Father Driver asked me to invite George back and he readily agreed. The Mass setting will be De Angelis (missa viii). Many thanks to George for so readily agreeing.

I have been in Cologne this week and it is always a pleasure to hear Mass at the FFSP Maria Hilf church in the city's Chlodwigplatz area. It is a few years since we last attended Mass there, but reassuring that the congregation was (as in Cracow at Easter) made up of mainly young people including the celebrant who was also under thirty years of age.

When I lived in Germany 36 years ago religious sisters were a common sight in the cities and on public transport. In the past week I didn't see one religious in the traditionally Catholic cities of Duesseldorf or Cologne. A sad indictment of the times in which we live.

We are hoping to visit Brussels later in the summer where the Traditional Mass is available daily in several churches. 

Blessed be the Holy and Undivided Trinity, now and forever.

Pentecost

The late Father Parfitt of Sacred Heart, Broughton always began his Pentecost Sundays wishing everybody a happy birthday. Pentecost is the birthday of the Church. Acts 2:41 recalls the Apostles baptizing three thousand people after receiving the Holy Ghost when tongues of fire descended upon them.

This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, next Sunday is Trinity Sunday and then we have the green Sundays until Advent.

Mass at Saint Patrick's for the feast of Pentecost Sunday at 1.00 p.m. will be a Low Mass. The father of one of my former pupils, very kindly, sent me some money at Christmas and I told him I would buy some new vestments with it. This red gothic set gets its first outing this Sunday.  Thank you, Michael!

Confessions before Mass next Sunday (Trinity).