Dilston & Biddlestone Masses cancelled

Each year, for a number of years, we have celebrated Missa Cantata at both Dilston Hall, near Corbridge, and Biddlestone, north of Alnwick, in Northumberland. Sadly, this year both will be missing from our calendar.

Dilston Hall was the home of the recusant Earls of Derwentside and was run by North Pennine Trust. The main hall was residential accomodation for Mencap but the trust looking after the ruins and the chapel has been disbanded and access is no longer possible.

Biddlestone Chapel was the site of another EF Mass but it is no longer possible to make the necessary arrangements for the Mass to continue, largely due to its isolated situation. We must thank Mr Jack Harvey (a former LR of the LMS and a leading light in the early days) for his devotion to maintaining the Mass over the years.

Bishop Rifan of Campos Brazil to visit Britain this summer

The Latin Mass Society is pleased to announce that Bishop Fernando Rifan, Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney in Brazil, will be visiting Britain this summer and will celebrate Pontifical High Masses at three locations across England and Wales at events organised by the LMS.

The main events are:

Saturday 30th June 2012 at 3pm
Pontifical High Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 294 Harrogate Road, Morrtown, Leeds LS17 6LE

Sunday 1st July 2012 at 2.30pm
Holywell Pilgrimage, St Winefride's Catholic Church, Well Street, Holywell, Flintshire CH8 7PL. (Pontifical High Mass)
The Mass and Pilgrimage will be filmed by EWTN as part of a forthcoming television series. There will be a coach leaving for Holywell from London (contact Graham Moorhouse on 01322 409231) and also, we hope, Birmingham (phone 020 7404 7284), Liverpool (phone Jim Pennington 0151 426 0361) and Wirral (phone Anthony Sibert 0151 625 9033).

Saturday 7th July 2012 at 11am
Annual General Meeting and Pontifical High Mass at St George's Cathedral, Southwak, London SE1 6HX. (Mass at 11am, AGM at 2pm addressed by the bishop).
We are hoping to run coaches from Cambridge, Reading and Brighton if there is sufficient demand. Please phone the LMS office (020 7404 7284) to book a place or for more information.
There will be a buffet lunch at the AGM for all paid-up members of the LMS. The cost per head will be £5, payable at the door. But if you are intending to come, please tell us beforehand so that we can budget for the catering.

Bishop Rifan will also be visiting Scotland during his time in Britain and will celebrate Mass in Edinburgh (venue to be announced by Una Voce Scotland) on Monday 2nd July 2012 at 7pm.

This promises to be a wonderful week of events in the summer giving full witness to the Traditional Mass and the Faith that goes with it. We warmly encourage everyone to attend at least one of these Masses.