Monday, March 13, 2023

From the Catholic Herald

 

Letter from Rome: the Roche rescript comes with all the zeal of Saul the Pharisee

Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
(Photo: Marcin Mazur)

VATICAN CITY

Still breathing threats against the Church’s ancient liturgy in a way not unlike Saul’s persecution in Acts 9:1, Cardinal Arthur Roche has now begun strong-arming bishops to “ensure the correct application” of Pope Francis’s 2021 apostolic letter restricting the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), Traditionis Custodes.

The latest crackdown by the prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has come in a rescript that severely restricts the freedom of bishops in matters of the TLM and their autonomy as “directors, promoters, and guardians of the entire liturgical life” in their dioceses (Canon 835 §1).

The 21 February rescript, signed by Cardinal Roche, and approved by Pope Francis during a private audience one day prior, states that the Pope has confirmed that diocesan bishops must obtain permission from the Dicastery for Divine Worship to use a parish church in their diocese for the TLM, erect a personal parish for the celebration of the usus antiquor, or allow a newly-ordained priest to offer Mass using the 1962 Roman Missal.

Pope Francis has also decided that bishops who up to now have exercised their dispensing authority (given to them in Canon 87 §1) must inform the Dicastery for Divine Worship which will decide either to affirm or overrule those decisions.

The rescript became an urgent necessity for Cardinal Roche amid growing opposition to his crackdown on the traditional liturgy, continuing resistance from bishops to his desired implementation of Traditionis Custodes, and mounting criticism from canonists that he had been exceeding his remit and venturing into canonical lawlessness. 

Letters and Lawlessness?

Since December, Cardinal Roche has been sending letters to US bishops who had cited Canon 87 §1 of the Code of Canon Law as their reason for not asking permission from Rome to allow the Traditional Latin Mass in parish churches. That canon stipulates that a bishop may dispense the faithful from “universal and particular disciplinary laws” (eg certain provisions of Traditionis Custodes) when he judges it to be for their spiritual good.

In one of these letters, sent to a bishop in California, Cardinal Roche insisted that his dicastery alone had the power to dispense from the provisions of Traditionis Custodes to allow a parish church to be used for the TLM. The same holds true, he said, for granting permission to a newly-ordained priest to offer the Mass using the 1962 Missal. 

Cardinal Roche also stipulated in this letter that, should the bishop petition the dicastery for a dispensation to allow the TLM in a parish church, he must submit a report detailing “the number of participants at these Masses” and recounting “the steps being taken to lead the faithful who are attached to the antecedent liturgy” to the Novus Ordo.

The letters reiterated several of the disciplinary instructions Cardinal Roche had issued a year prior in his Responsa ad dubia (on applying Traditionis Custodes) but which many bishops had not implemented and which a number of canon lawyers have described as an overreach.

In an interview following the release of the Responsa, New York canonist Father Gerald Murray argued that the document went beyond what was canonically possible on certain points and that bishops were free to dispense with its disciplinary provisions for the spiritual welfare of their flock. 

Cardinal Roche’s more recent letters were therefore a further attempt to tighten the screws, but canonists continued to maintain that bishops did not need to petition Rome for a dispensation to allow the TLM to be celebrated in parish churches. 

In comments to the Catholic Herald before the rescript was issued, Fr Murray noted that Cardinal Roche “seems to presume that the diocesan bishop lacks the power to dispense from this rule, which power is granted to him by Canon 87 §1, because he seems to presume that such dispensation has been reserved to the Holy See.” 

“The problem with this claim,” Fr Murray said, “is that nowhere does Traditionis Custodes state that dispensation from the prohibition of allowing the use of a parish church is reserved to the Holy See.”

He continued: “The provisions of Canon 87 §1 that permit the diocesan bishop, for reasons of ‘spiritual welfare,’ to dispense from disciplinary ‘universal laws and those particular laws made by the supreme ecclesiastical authority for his territory or his subjects’ remain in place unless the Pope specifically reserves such dispensation to himself or to some other authority. No such reservation is stated in Traditionis Custodes nor in the Responsa.”

Fr Murray also explained that “for a newly-ordained priest to obtain authorization from his bishop to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass, the promulgated Italian text of Traditionis Custodes states that the bishop is simply required to ‘consult’ with the Holy See. The later official Latin translation of Traditionis Custodes [whose existence was unknown until Cardinal Roche issued the Responsa] changed the wording to say that the bishop must ‘ask for permission’ from the Holy See to give such an authorization.” 

“This substantive change in law carried out through an unannounced changing of the original wording when producing a translation is most irregular,” the canonist observed. 

Noting that the EnglishItalian and Spanish versions of Traditionis Custodes on the Holy See website still do not include the change found in the Latin version, Fr Murray said “this confusion and inconsistency can give rise to a doubt that this changed provision enjoys legal force. An Apostolic Letter is not subject to re-writing by a translator unless the change is specifically authorized and promulgated by the Pope. There is no evidence that this occurred in the case of the Latin translation.” Other canonists have made similar arguments.

To overcome his opposition and forge ahead in laying waste to the Church’s ancient rites, Cardinal Roche needed to convince Pope Francis to put into legislation what he had been trying to enforce without proper canonical backing: hence the rescript. 

Operation Rescript

In comments to the Catholic Herald on the day the rescript was issued, Fr Murray insisted it was “evidence that Cardinal Roche understood that reasonable doubts existed about his claim that bishops could not dispense various provisions of Traditionis Custodes using Canon 87 §1.”

He observed:  “The rescript states that Pope Francis ‘has confirmed’ three things ‘about the implementation of his motu proprio Traditionis Custodes’ which were not stated in Traditionis Custodes; namely, that only the Holy See can grant permission to newly ordained priests to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass, that diocesan bishops cannot dispense from the prohibition of a parish church being used for the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, and that they cannot dispense from the prohibition of the erection of personal parishes for such celebrations.” 

Fr Murray noted that this new legislation “further withdraws from diocesan bishops their ordinary power to decide the most pastorally beneficial approach to take in these matters.” And he called it “regrettable” as “both a diminution of the pastoral authority of bishops and as an unmistakable sign that the Holy Father has decided that Catholics attached to the ancient liturgical heritage of the Church do not deserve the same place in the Church as the other faithful.” 

“Banishment from parishes and restrictions on young priests who would like to be of pastoral service are harsh and repressive measures which are undeserved and manifestly contrary to the Pope’s call for going out to the peripheries,” he said. Meanwhile, a source close to the Dicastery for Divine Worship has confirmed to the Catholic Herald that no permissions have or will be granted to priests ordained since Traditionis Custodes.

Appearing on The World Over on Thursday, 23 February, Fr Murray summed up the situation, saying: “It’s a persecution of Latin Mass Catholics, plain and simple. And it can’t be justified by saying this is going to help promote the mission of the Church. This is damaging the Church.”

One question that arises is how the dicastery will enforce the rescript given its severely limited resources? Will Cardinal Roche himself “enter house after house” to banish traditional Catholics from their spiritual home?

Reports have it that the prefect has sought an Apostolic Constitution with still more sweeping measures against the traditional Roman Rite. Whether this recent act is a more limited response to this alleged request, or a foretaste of more to come, only time will tell.

But another and perhaps more pressing question is why Cardinal Roche needs to exert such pressure on diocesan bishops, when the majority were – supposedly – unhappy with the application of Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum

Pope Francis said in Traditionis Custodes that “the wishes expressed by the episcopate” in a consultation of bishops, carried out in 2020 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, called for a crackdown on the traditional Latin liturgy. And in his accompanying letter to the motu proprio, he said that he was “responding to [their] requests.” 

The Vatican never disclosed the results of this consultation, something which “remained mysterious” even to Pope Emeritus Benedict himself. 

Extensive leaks of the 2020 consultation have appeared, however, and seem to tell a rather different story about episcopal reaction to Benedict XVI’s 2007 motu proprio, with many testimonies to its fruitfulness and the peace it achieved. In fact, they revealed that the message from the majority of bishops was to continue with a prudent and careful application of Summorum Pontificum.

Questions of ecclesiastical prudence are never for the faint hearted, but in the present case it might be worth recalling the warning of Saul’s own teacher, Gamaliel, to the Sanhedrin in Acts 5:39: “If it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found to be opposing God.”

From the Universe Catholic Weekly

 Bishop steps in to secure Latin Mass for Leeds faithful - Universe Catholic Weekly


Bishop steps in to secure Latin Mass for Leeds faithful

Andy Drozdziak

Bishop of Leeds Marcus Stock has expressed  his support to ‘secure provision’ of the Latin Mass in the light of new Vatican instructions.

Diocesan bishops must now have Vatican authorisation to allow the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass in a parish church after Pope Francis issued rules restricting the celebration in July 2021.

Any bishop who has granted a dispensation from those rules must inform the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, “which will assess the individual cases,” said a rescript approved by Pope Francis during a meeting on 20th February with Yorkshire Cardinal Arthur Roche.

In July 2021, Pope Francis’ apostolic letter “Traditionis Custodes” stated that priests must have their bishops’ permission to celebrate the “extraordinary” form.

Since May 2016, the ‘home’ of the Leeds diocese’s Latin Mass was the parish church of St Joseph’s, Bradford. During Advent 2021, the Bishop moved this Mass to the non-parochial St Patrick’s Mission in Bradford’s city centre, for which he needed no dispensation.

Last Sunday, after Mass, an announcement was made that Bishop Stock ensured their regular Sunday Mass in the Extraordinary Form would be safe after the publication of Traditionis Custodes– although six weekday TLM Masses will be lost under the new instructions in the Diocese of Leeds.

The Bishop said: “The recent rescript from Cardinal Arthur Roche confirmed that such dispensations are now “reserved in a special way to the Apostolic See”. Consequently, in light of this latest directive, those temporary permissions had to be revoked. I took this action with a view to ensuring that all current and future provision for the celebrations of Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal in this diocese would be undertaken in accordance with the wishes of the Holy Father Pope Francis.”

“This is the surest way of securing such future provision.”

The congregation at St. Patrick’s has been described as ‘diverse, 60-plus-strong, comprising students and young families.’

Fr Michael Hall is Episcopal Delegate for the traditional Latin Mass and one of a dozen or more priests from the Diocese of Leeds who celebrate the vetus ordo: all are also celebrants of the novus ordo Mass of Pope Paul VI.

“Though the rescript constrains the evident fruits of the Traditional Mass both in evangelisation and spiritual formation, I value immensely Bishop Marcus’s support for the work that is being done in our spiritual home of St Patrick’s,” Fr. Hall told the Universe.

Last week, the Bishop explained his decision with the priests involved and with layman Neil Walker, who runs the independent blog Latin Mass Leeds. Mr Walker noted that Bishop Stock assured him that he ‘intends to do all within his power as Bishop to continue to provide for the legitimate spiritual needs’ of supporters of the Latin Mass.  

“Other than at St Patrick’s in Bradford, this may mean looking at alternative venues to the parish churches previously used in the diocese. However, he has also pointed out that it is not easy to designate existing churches as non-parochial since most of them form part of the patrimony of an existing parish and have their own juridic personality in Canon Law; nevertheless, I understand that he will be exploring all possibilities,” he said.

The Archdiocese of Liverpool explained that the ‘two parish churches’ who currently celebrated the traditional form will ‘no longer’ be able to do so under the new instructions.

“Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP granted dispensations so that Mass according to the 1962 Missal could be celebrated in two parish churches in the Archdiocese of Liverpool,” the Archdiocese told the Universe.

“The recent rescript makes it clear that these dispensations are dependent on the Archbishop informing the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the assessment of the Dicastery in each case.  Given that the Archbishop will not be approaching the Dicastery, Mass according to the 1962 Missal will no longer be celebrated in these parish churches.  The Archbishop has been flexible in the timeframe for the cessation of the celebration of the Masses in these parish churches, and has not required their immediate cessation.”


Having read this article: 

I should add that the Bishop Stock spoke after the rescript of February 20th 2023 and not Traditiones Custodes when he moved the TLM Community from St. Joseph's to St. Patrick's, Bradford to geographically higher and liturgically safer ground. God bless Bishop Stock. Gratias agimus ei!

Friday, March 10, 2023

Weekly Sunday Mass


 

Mass offered according to the books in force in 1962 every Sunday at St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford at 1.00p.m.

Confessions at call.

Continued thanks to the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal for their hospitality and welcome for this opportunity to hear Mass in a non-parochial setting.

Monday, February 27, 2023

Following my last post

This blog which usually gets between 40 and 60 hits a day has had over 2000 hits since Saturday and has unsurprisingly created a lot of interest. The Diocesan Communications Officer received a text from Christopher Lamb, the Editor of the Tablet asking if what I had written was true. She asked me to respond to Mr. Lamb and I am reproducing what I wrote to him below. I have also been in contact with the bishop on several occasions since and when he rang me on Saturday he asked me to speak to the congregation after the Mass yesterday at St. Patrick's, as he was unable to attend himself due to being at the Rite of Election at the Cathedral later that afternoon. I am very grateful to him for his obvious concern and his desire to help us make the best of a bad job. 

The Communications Officer took this photograph of some of the congregation with Fr. Winn following my announcement after Mass. Many people there expressed dismay at the new regulations from Rome but also their gratitude at things being able to continue as usual at St. Patrick's. 



My response to the Tablet:

My statement about cancellation of Masses in parish churches across the diocese is sadly true. 

Providentially the bishop had already moved the celebration of the Extraordinary Form Mass from the parish church of St. Joseph’s, Bradford to a church in the care of a Rector who was freely appointed by him which was the redundant parish church of St. Patrick’s, also in Bradford. The bishop did not and does not therefore need to seek a dispensation from the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments for permission for the 1962 Missal at this church.

The norms of the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes state that parish churches ‘ecclesiis paroecialibus’ (Art.3 §2) may not be designated by the diocesan bishop for celebrations of Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal for the benefit of groups of the faithful.

The bishop did, however, give temporary dispensations to some priests to continue to celebrate the old Mass in their churches within their parishes as they had done under the permission given in Pope Benedict's Summorum Pontificum.

The recent rescript from Cardinal Roche confirmed that such dispensations are now “reserved in a special way to the Apostolic See”. Consequently, in light of this latest directive those temporary permissions had to be revoked. Some, I am sure, will argue that the bishop did this with undue haste, but I know that he took this action with a view to ensuring that all current and future provision for the celebrations of Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal in his diocese would be undertaken in accordance with the wishes of Pope Francis and the canonical faculties available to him as a diocesan bishop, and that this is the surest way of securing such future provision.

I have spoken at length with the bishop about these changes and he assures me that he intends to do all within his power as bishop to continue to provide for the legitimate spiritual needs in this diocese of those groups of the faithful who remain attached to the celebration of Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal.

Other than at St Patrick’s in Bradford, this may mean looking at alternative venues to the parish churches previously used in the diocese. However, he has also pointed out that it is not easy to designate existing churches as non-parochial since most of them form part of the patrimony of an existing parish and have their own juridic personality in Canon Law; nevertheless, I understand that he will be exploring all possibilities.

 As I put in my original post, it had generally been assumed that the so-called liturgy wars were at an end and things had been running very smoothly in this diocese with the two forms of the Roman Rite peacefully co-existing. Without exception all the celebrants of the vetus ordo Masses were also celebrants of the novus ordo Mass of Pope Paul VI. Sadly, that peace has now been shattered and has left a bitter taste in people’s mouths, not only in Yorkshire, but across the world.

Ends




Saturday, February 25, 2023

Feed my sheep.

It is with a very heavy heart and no little dismay that I have to announce that Bishop Stock has, in light of the latest directives from Rome, been forced to rescind previous permissions for Masses offered in parishes across the diocese. This will take force from 27th. February.

Fortunately for us, in this diocese, the regular Masses at St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford WILL continue and are unaffected by this vicious new legislation. Dismay from priests who do not even offer the Traditional Mass has been palpable and I have been gratified by direct and indirect messages of support from these priests. The absurd unfairness of the whole business is a common theme in things which have been said to me. Everybody thought the liturgical wars were a thing of the past, thanks to Ratzinger's Summorum Pontificum.

I am ashamed that the author of this wicked new document is a former bishop of this diocese and I cannot help but wonder what Bishop Wheeler would have made of it.

One might have thought that driving something underground is the surest way to ensure its survival and moreover its growth, as history has shown from early Masses in the catacombs of Rome, to recusant Masses in penal times and even the very existence of Catholicism in the former Eastern bloc countries.

Bergolio's little present of 2021 in the form of Traditiones Custodes stated:

Art. 2. It belongs to the diocesan bishop, as moderator, promoter, and guardian of the whole liturgical life of the particular Church entrusted to him, [5] to regulate the liturgical celebrations of his diocese. [6] Therefore, it is his exclusive competence to authorize the use of the 1962 Roman Missal in his diocese, according to the guidelines of the Apostolic See.

Now the diocesan bishop is no longer the one able to regulate those liturgical celebrations and that he is no longer able to authorise the use of the 1962 missal according to the guidelines of the Apostolic See. Why might this be the case?  Is the concept of the hermeneutic of continuity now discredited in the Nu- church? Did Bergolio and his acolytes think the bishops would jump at the chance to extirpate the old Mass from their sees and then become even more peevish when it dawned on them that most, but not all of them, actually didn't? 

God help and save us!

Monday, February 20, 2023

Week beginning 20th. February

 


Lent begins this week. Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence.
Masses this week:

Tuesday- 6.00 p.m. St Ignatius, Ossett
Ash Wednesday - 5.00 p.m. St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford
Thursday - 9.30 a.m. St. Anthony's, Clayton, Bradford
                - 7.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pontefract
Friday - 7.30 p.m. St. Austin's, Wakefield
Sunday - 8.30 a.m. St Ignatius, Ossett
             - 1.00 p.m. St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford

Confessions usually available at call


Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Week beginning 13th February

 


One or two differences to the regular schedule:

Tuesday - No Mass
Wednesday - 6.30 p.m. St Winefride's, Wibsey
Thursday - 9.30 a.m. St. Anthony's, Clayton
                  No Mass at Pontefract
Friday - 7.30 p.m. St. Austin's, Wakefield
Sunday - 8.30 a.m. St. Ignatius, Ossett
             - 1.00 p.m. St. Patrick's Westgate, Bradford

Confessions usually available at call.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Week beginning 6th February


 

This Sunday is the second of the -gesima Sundays:

Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. St Ignatius, Ossett

Wednesday - 6.30 p.m. St. Winefride's, Wibsey

Thursday - 9.30 a.m. St Anthony's, Clayton

                - 7.00 p.m. St Joseph's, Pontefract

Friday -  7.30 p.m. St. Austin's, Wakefield

Sunday - 8.30 a.m. St Ignatius, Ossett

             - 1.00 p.m. St Patrick's, Bradford

Confessions at call.

Monday, January 30, 2023

Week beginning 30th. January


Many thanks to Mgr. Smith at St. Austin's and to the singers and servers at last Friday's Mass of Requiem for Pope Benedict. Mgr. Smith spoke highly of the late pope's achievements and legacy for the Church. As ever, the choir added beautifully to the dignity of the occasion.

Just awaiting confirmation of Friday's Mass at St. John's:

Tuesday- St. Ignatius, Ossett, 6.00 p.m.

Wednesday - St. Winefride's, Wibsey, 6.30 p.m.

Thursday - St. Anthony's, Clayton, 9.30 a.m. This is the feast of Candlemas

                - No Mass at Pontefract until next week

Friday - St. John the Evangelist, Buttershaw, 6.00 p.m. Now confirmed.

           - St. Austin's, Wakefield, 7.30 p.m.

Sunday is the feast of Septuagesima which means it is just nine weeks to Easter Sunday. The colour of the Sunday vestments changes from green to the penitential purple.

              8.00 a.m. St. Ignatius, Ossett

              1.00 p.m. St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford

          

Monday, January 23, 2023

Week beginning 23rd. January

 One or two differences this week:


Tuesday - no Mass at Ossett

Wednesday - 6.30 p.m. St Winefride's, Wibsey tbc - please check later for update. NOW CONFIRMED

Thursday - 9.30 a.m. St. Anthony's, Clayton

               - no Mass at Pontefract until 9th. February

Friday- 7.30 p.m. Sung Mass of Requiem for Pope Benedict XVI St Austin's, Wakefield

Sunday - 8.30 a.m. St. Ignatius, Ossett

             - 1.00 p.m. St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Week beginning 16th. January

 A healthier looking picture this week ahead:

Tuesday - St Ignatius, Ossett, 6.00 p.m.

Wednesday- St. Winefride's, Wibsey, 6.30 p.m.

Thursday - St. Anthony's, Clayton, 9.30 a.m.

                - St. Joseph's, Pontefract, 7.00 p.m. (but no Mass next week)

Friday - St. Austin's, Wakefield 7.00 p.m. (note earlier time)

Sunday - St. Ignatius, Ossett, 8.30 a.m.

            - St. Patrick's, Bradford, 1.00 p.m.

Date for your diary:

Sung Mass of Requiem for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

Friday 27th January - 7.30 p.m. St. Austin's church, Wakefield.



The rumour drum appears to be banging in Rome as does the counter rumour drum about a possible document from the papal pen which would all but put the kybosh on the celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 missal. Whatever the case it behoves us all to pray fervently that there are no further restrictions on the celebration of this venerable rite. Indeed, I am constantly inspired by the words of Cardinal Ratzinger before he became pope:

“I am of the opinion, to be sure, that the old rite should be granted much more generously to all those who desire it. It’s impossible to see what could be dangerous or unacceptable about that. A community is calling its very being into question when it suddenly declares that what until now was its holiest and highest possession is strictly forbidden and when it makes the longing for it seem downright indecent.”Salt of the Earth (1997)

I hope and pray that because we use it, we must lose it, does not become the case. Such discrimination would be difficult to swallow.

Sunday, January 8, 2023

Week beginning 9th. January

 A very much reduced schedule this week:


Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. St. Ignatius, Ossett

No Masses on Wednesday Thursday or Friday

Sunday - 8.30 a.m. St. Ignatius, Ossett

           - 1.00 p.m. St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford 

Friday, January 6, 2023

Our late Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI

 



On hearing of the death of the late Holy Father I was neither surprised nor shocked. I was saddened, imagining his sufferings during his lifetime and  more recently in last days on earth. I was also glad that God had relieved him of all earthly suffering and that Christ the Good Shepherd would be welcoming one of his best sheepdogs home. 

The sheepdog who encouraged disillusioned separated brethren to enter the safety of the one true fold; the sheepdog who assumed the power of the shepherd  in stating clearly the legitimacy of the liturgical books in force in 1962 and thereby ending the so called liturgy wars. The sheepdog who guarded the sheep against the wolves in the pen in China. It was touching to see a frail Cardinal Zen at the Pope's funeral. This man is a cardinal who really deserves the cardinal's scarlet, representing its wearer's readiness to shed his blood for the Faith.

I was however sickened the other day when I watched a video of Abp. Georg Gänswein relating (in German) Pope Benedict's reaction to the motu proprio Traditiones Custodes. It broke his heart. What a terrible thing this burden must have been for him. Benedict's earthly race is run. I trust and pray that Joseph Ratzinger is now rejoicing in heaven. Requiescat in pace.

I am in the process of arranging a sung Mass of requiem for Pope Benedict. This will probably be a Mass of the the month's mind and will be in Wakefield on a Friday evening. More details as soon as I have them.

This morning as the Pope's funeral was taking place in Rome, Fr. Winn offered the Mass for him at St. Anthony's Clayton and I felt privileged to serve this Mass.

JOSEPH RATZINGER. 1927-2022. POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI  R.I.P.

       

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Week beginning 2nd January

 This week marks the feast of the Epiphany, which is a holyday of obligation. 


Masses as follows:
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. St Ignatius, Ossett
Wednesday - 6.30 p.m. St. Winefride's, Wibsey
Thursday - 9.30 a.m. St. Anthony's, Clayton  (No Mass today at Pontefract)
Friday - the Feast of the Epiphany - 5.00 p.m. St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford
                                                           - 7.00p.m. St. Austin's, Wakefield (note earlier time)
Sunday - 8.30 a.m. St. Ignatius, Ossett
              - 1.00 p.m. St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford

Confessions at call.