All Saints & All Souls

All Saints - Friday 1st November - the Church Triumphant

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

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

7.30 p.m. St. Austin's, Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield

All Souls - Saturday 2nd. November - the Church Suffering

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

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

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

3.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Back Street, Pontefract WF8 1NL

5.00 p.m. St. Mary's, Bishophill, York, YO1 6EN (Middlesbrough Diocese)

Confessions at call.

Christ the King and His Church triumphant and suffering

This weekend marks the Feast of Christ the King being the last Sunday of October. The week ends with the Holy Day of Obligation of All Saints . Masses as follows:

Sunday CHRIST THE KING

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

1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Broughton.

Monday.

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

Tuesday.

8.30 a.m. St. Ignatius, Storrs Hill Road, Ossett

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

Wednesday.

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

Thursday.

9.30 a.m. St. Anthony's, Bradford Road, Clayton.

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

Friday ALL SAINTS

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

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

7.30 p.m. St. Austin's, Wentworth Terrace, Wakefield.

Saturday ALL SOULS

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

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

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

3.00 p.m St. Joseph's, Back Street, Pontefract.

Confessions at call.

Pentecost XIX

This weekend sees the nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost with the Gospel ending with the words that many are called but few are chosen. Multi enim sunt vocati, pauco vero electi.
We have three Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

I have been asked to provide some training for serving Mass. If any other men or boys would like to learn how to serve Mass please speak to one of the celebrants at any of our Masses and then something can be arranged which is mutually convenient.





 

Pentecost XVIII - Newman Sunday!

This weekend sees the eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost and we have two Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

Preparations are well underway for Masses for the feasts of All Saints, All Souls and the annual Mass of Requiem at the Cathedral - all in November. I am also hoping to arrange a Mass at Settle at the request of the Parish Priest and a group of parishioners. It is now many years since the late Fr. Leo Woodward was Parish Priest there when we had third Sunday of the month Masses at St. Mary and St. Michael's.
More details when I have them.

Please pray for an outcome from the Synod which doesn't eventually split the Church.
We should be consoled and strengthened in the knowledge that the Church has given us a new saint who was no intolerant liberal, modernist or heretic.
I was very privileged to have been invited, with our eldest daughter to a front row place in Birmingham's Cofton Park when the Pope emeritus beatified John Henry Newman just over nine years ago.
In the meantime:

St. John Henry Newman, pray for us!

 

Ordinariate Evensong

Evensong, according to the Ordinariate Customary, will take place monthly in Saint Joseph's Catholic Church. The next Evensong will take place on Monday, 7th October at 7pm, and will continue on the 4th November and the 2nd December.

Pentecost XVII

Reminder that on Saturday there will be Mass in the Ordinariate Rite at St. Joseph's, Bradford at
3.00 p.m.

This weekend marks the XVII Sunday after Pentecost and we have two Masses:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart chapel, Broughton Hall, Skipton (missa cantata)
1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Confession at call.

Agnes Rutherford

It was with great sadness that I recently reported the death of Mrs Agnes Rutherford who was for many years the Leeds Diocese Representative of the Latin Mass Society and Secretary to the Diocesan Reps for the LMS.
I understand that her passing was serene and she had received the last Sacraments shortly before death. Please remember her soul in your prayers and please remember her husband and two daughters whom she leaves.

Agnes was the Rep for Leeds when things were very much more difficult with regard to universal provision of the old Mass - let alone locally. Only a few weeks ago she told me that at one time the only priest who publicly dared to offer the Mass was Fr. Harry Tattan at St. Urban's, on a Friday evening and for her to simply hear the words Introibo ad altare Dei was like a breath of fresh air.  Fr. Tattan was followed by Monsignor Diarmuid Scannell at Burley in Wharfedale whose Masses were an aid to many vocations. Agnes' own brother, Mgr. Hugh Boyle of Glasgow, regularly offered Mass at the Shambles, York and St. John the Baptist, Normanton when he was on holiday in Yorkshire in the summer months.

As a former LMS rep I shall personally always remember Agnes' kindness, diplomacy and wise and measured counsel when I took on the job following her eventual successor Gerry Lyons.

Only a few months ago she passed on some of her papers to me and the amount of work these represent to keep the Mass on the altars of our churches was breath-taking and in itself worthy of Almighty God's reward.

Perusal of these papers tells the story of how the Mass was kept alive here and the kindness of Bishop Wheeler is eminently clear from their first exchange.
Some letters are less encouraging yet she was always keen to point out how much progress had been made from the days of when many Catholics were traumatised at the recent changes and many who seemed to rely solely on damnatory private revelation and unpleasantness. She maintained that such behaviour was a thermometer of those distant times.

She had an encyclopaedic recollection of events local, national and international and as a Classics and Modern Languages graduate she was always able to help me with translations from and into Latin at the drop of a hat! On liturgical and legal matters her brother, Mgr Boyle, was always at hand to offer candid advice.

The sung Mass of Requiem will take place today at Ss. Peter and Paul, Yeadon, Leeds  at 12.30 p.m. followed by private interment locally.

May she rest in peace - a good and faithful servant.

Feast of St. Michael (Pentecost XVI) etc.

Sunday is the feast of St. Michael and this takes precedence over the green Sunday. This is hardly surprising given the number of references to Holy Michael in the traditional Mass and his importance in Catholic theology.

We have two Masses: 

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

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

Confessions at call.

On Wednesday at 12.30 p.m. there is the sung Mass of Requiem for Agnes Rutherford at Ss. Peter & Paul church in Yeadon, followed by private interment. Fr. Driver will offer the Mass.

Next Saturday (5th. October) there will be the monthly Mass of the Ordinariate of our Lady of Walsingham at St. Joseph's, Bradford and on Monday at 7.00 p.m. there will be evensong in the Lady Chapel, again at St. Joseph's.

Pentecost XV

This weekend is the fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost and we have two Masses:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart chapel, Broughton Hall, Skipton
1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Confessions at call.

Agnes Rutherford

It was with great sadness that I recently reported the recent death of Mrs. Agnes Rutherford who was for many years the Leeds Diocese Representative of the Latin Mass Society and Secretary to the Diocesan Reps for the LMS.

Her passing was serene and she had received the last Sacraments shortly before death. Please remember her soul in your prayers and please remember her husband and two daughters whom she leaves.

Agnes was the Rep for Leeds when things were very much more difficult with regard to universal provision of the old Mass and only a few weeks ago she told me that at one time the only priest who publicly dared to offer the Mass was Fr. Harry Tattan at St. Urban's, followed by Monsignor Diarmuid Scannell at Burley in Wharfedale. Her own brother Mgr. Hugh Boyle of Glasgow regularly offered Mass at the Shambles, York and St. John the Baptist, Normanton when he was on holiday in the summer months.

I shall personally always remember Agnes' kindness and wise and measured counsel when I was the LMS Rep following her successor Gerry Lyons.

She had only recently passed on some of her papers to me and the amount of work these represent to keep the Mass on the altars of our churches was breath-taking and in itself worthy of Almighty God's reward.

Even a cursory perusal of these papers tells the story of how the Mass was kept alive here and the kindness of Bishop Wheeler is eminently clear from her first written exchange with him.

Other letters are less encouraging and she was always keen to point out how much progress had been made from the days of when many Catholics were traumatised at the recent changes and who seemed thereafter to rely solely on damnatory private revelation and unpleasantness to further the cause. Moreover she was clearly aware of how such behaviour was a thermometer of those distant times.

She had an encyclopaedic recollection of events local, national and international and as a graduate of Classics and Modern Languages she was always able to help me with translations from and into Latin at the drop of a hat!

The sung Mass of Requiem will take place at the church of Ss. Peter and Paul, Yeadon on October 2nd at 12.30 p.m. followed by interment at Guiseley Cemetery.

May she rest in peace - a good and faithful servant.

(I shall repost this section nearer the funeral.)

Pentecost XIV

This weekend is the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost and we have three Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

I am sorry to have to announce the death of Mrs Agnes Rutherford on Monday 9th. September in Leeds. Details of the requiem Mass and a fuller account will be posted when I have them early next week. Requiescat in pace.

Pentecost XIII etc.

Having recovered from a hectic week in Germany last week it is time for a quick update of events.

Saturday September 7th will see the next Ordinariate Rite Mass at St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford at the usual time of 3.00 p.m.

Sunday is the thirteenth after Pentecost and we have two Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

On Monday at St. Joseph's, Martin Street,  Brighouse there will be Mass at 10.00 a.m. Thanks to the new parish priest, Fr. Michael Hall for adding the EF into his already busy schedule. Fr. Hall is a regular celebrant at St. Joseph's, Bradford and offered our first Mass there on the first Sunday the church was officially designated as a home for the Extraordinary Form three years ago this week.

Also a reminder that the regular 9.30 a.m. Mass on Thursdays at St. Anthony's, Clayton, Bradford. The Mass there is offered by the parish priest, Fr. Winn, who will be joining the rota of priests who offer Mass at St. Joseph's, Bradford on Sundays.

Our seminarian James Baxter left for Italy on Monday to commence his studies at Gricigliano towards ordination in seven years. We wish him every success and look forward to hearing from him and seeing him in the future. His giving page is: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-another-english-icksp-seminarian?fbclid=IwAR1CGy18sP2XsXy5FRf_TQ-zNwAkFmauuW_VpxPK_X0trWBzgD3q6CLMj7g
 

Pentecost XII

This Sunday is the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost and we have two Masses:

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton missa cantata
12.30 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford

Confessions at call.

Pentecost XI

This Sunday is the eleventh after Pentecost and we have two Masses:

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

1.00 p.m. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford missa cantata

Confessions at call.

Canon Wiley has told me that the Cathedral is now booked for a Solemn High Mass of Requiem at the Cathedral on Saturday 16th. November at 3.00 p.m. Details and reminders will follow nearer the time.

Pentecost X

O God be merciful to me a sinner.

This weekend marks the tenth Sunday after Pentecost and we have three Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

Mass for the feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Lady at Bradford was a beautiful occasion and had an attendance of nearly fifty. James, our seminarian sang the propers and Mr. Watson played the organ. Thanks to Canon Wiley for offering the Mass for us. This was his last Mass at St. Joseph's for a while as he now comes off the rota to take up his new duties in the Wakefield deanery, where I am sure he will be offering the traditional Mass at his new parish in Pontefract and Knottingley. Both churches are beautifully decorated and eminently suitable for celebration of the EF Mass.


 

The Assumption of our Blessed Lady

Thursday is a holyday of obligation and we have two Masses:

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

5.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford.
Unusually for a holyday this will be a missa cantata, thanks to our seminarian. James has offered to sing the propers and Mr. Watson who plays on the third Sunday will be the organist.
Please make yourself known to James who will be keeping us regularly updated on his life in Gricigliano. The diocesan Communications Officer agrees with me that this would make a good story for the website.

Confessions at call.

Pentecost IX etc.

This weekend marks the ninth Sunday after Pentecost and we have two Masses:

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

1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford - missa cantata

This week at St. Joseph's we will welcome Mr. James Baxter, a native of Bradford and old St. Bede's boy who will be leaving England in September to enter the Institute of Christ the King's seminary at Gricigliano near Florence. There he will commence his seven year course of studies towards ordination to the Sacred Priesthood.

Please chat with James after Mass who I'm sure will be pleased to discuss his vocation with you. In the meantime he will be helping with the singing or serving at Mass at St. Joseph's.

I think it is important that we help James in his studies and here is the link to the giving page:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-another-english-icksp-seminarian?fbclid=IwAR1CGy18sP2XsXy5FRf_TQ-zNwAkFmauuW_VpxPK_X0trWBzgD3q6CLMj7g

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-another-english-icksp-seminarian?fbclid=IwAR1CGy18sP2XsXy5FRf_TQ-zNwAkFmauuW_VpxPK_X0trWBzgD3q6CLMj7g

The feast of the Assumption of our Blessed Lady is a holyday of obligation on Thursday and we have two Masses:

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

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

(There will be no Mass at St. Anthony's, Bradford today.)

Confessions at call.

Reminder that on Saturday 17th. August there will be the annual sung Requiem with chant from monks of Ampleforth Abbey. The celebrant will be Fr. Creighton-Jobe Cong. Orat. The Mass will be for the deceased members of the Markenfield family who lost almost everything but their souls for the Faith following the uprising of 1569.

Pentecost viii

This weekend is the eighth Sunday after Pentecost and we have two Masses on Sunday: 

11.00 a.m. Sacred Heart, Broughton Hall, Skipton - missa cantata with the Saint Austin Singers

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

Reminder that there will be Mass in the Ordinariate Rite on Saturday 3rd August at 3.00 p.m. at St. Joseph's, Bradford.

Pentecost VII

This Sunday is the seventh Sunday after Pentecost with its salutary Gospel and we have two Masses:

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

1.00 p.m. St. Joseph's, Pakington Street, Bradford (missa cantata)

Confessions at call.

Later in the week there will be Mass at Markenfield Hall near Ripon on Tuesday at 6.00 p.m.

On Thursday there is Mass again at St. Anthony's, Clayton, Bradford at 9.30 a.m. and on Friday we have the first Friday Mass at St. Austin's, Wakefield at 7.30 p.m. The Masses at Clayton have been going very well and are scheduled at a time when all the rush hour morning traffic has dissipated.

On Saturday (2nd August) at St. Joseph's, Bradford there will be Mass again according to the Ordinariate Rite at 3.00 p.m.

As ever we are grateful to all the clergy who give freely of their time to offer the Mass for us.

Pentecost VI and other announcements

This weekend is the sixth Sunday after Pentecost and we have three Masses:

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

Confessions at call.

News from Markenfield Hall:
There are two Masses in the next few weeks at this beautiful moated manor house just south of Ripon:

Tuesday 30th July at 6.00 p.m. (missa lecta)
Saturday 17th August at 11.00 a.m. - this will be the annual sung Requiem with chant from monks of Ampleforth Abbey and celebrated by Fr. Creighton-Jobe Cong. Orat. The Mass will be for deceased members of the Markenfield family who suffered heroically for the Faith following the 1569 uprising.

 

New regular Mass

From September the Parish Priest of St. Anthony's Clayton, Fr. Simon Winn, will be joining the rota of priests at St. Joseph's who offer the EF on Sundays.
In addition Father Winn will also say Mass on Thursday mornings at St. Anthony's at 9.30 a.m. starting this week on 18th. July. Needless to say I am very pleased with this development and most grateful to Fr. Winn.

The address of the church is Bradford Road, Clayton, Bradford BD14 6HW.

Please also remember that the weekly Sunday Mass at St. Joseph's, Bradford will start at the slightly later time of 1.00 p.m. from next week for reasons alluded to in today's sermon by Fr. Hall.