I am presently aware of the following celebrations:
Palm Sunday
St Mary's, Barnard Castle. Distribution of Palms & Low Mass 9am
St Joseph's, Gateshead. Distribution of Palms & Low Mass 12noon
Easter Sunday
St Mary's, Barnard Castle. Low Mass 9am
St Joseph's, Gateshead. Missa Cantata 9am
PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE FOR ST JOSEPH'S, GATESHEAD TO 9am for EASTER SUNDAY ONLY
I hope to be advised of the ceremonies & times for Sacred Heart & English Martyrs, Thornley & St Dominic's Priory, Newcastle upon Tyne very soon.
If no information forthcoming I suggest both will be as normal:
Sacred Heart & English Martyrs, Thornley. Low Mass 9.30am
St Dominic's Priory, Newcastle upon Tyne. Missa Cantata 11.30am
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
WARNING!
Please avoid contact with a blog 'Catholic Left' who responds to your personal email address whilst claiming anonymity because of his sensitive job.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Mass at Coxhoe recommences
Fr Swales has announced that the weekly EF Mass celebrated at his church of SS Joseph, Patrick & Cuthbert will recommence on Thursday 22nd March 2012 at 12 noon.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Is Communion in the hand illicit in England & Wales?
The 'Catholic Herald' (3rd Sept 1999) quoted Cardinal Basil Hume's letter, written before his death, as saying:
"Communion in the hand, moving the Blessed Sacrament from the High Altar, failure to genuflect have, in my experience,weakened the respect and devotion to so great a Sacrament."
Permission for this practice from Rome clearly states:
"The condition [for this permission] is the complete avoidance of any cause for the faithful to be shocked and any danger of irreverence towards the Eucharist."
In Cardinal Hume's judgement then this condition has not been met, so when we take his (the Head of the Church in England and Wales) comments along with the above from Rome, there can be little doubt that Communion in the hand is illicit in England and Wales. Is there a Catholic bishop who will now ban this abuse?
Please kneel and hold out your tongue to receive Our Lord in Communion.
"Communion in the hand, moving the Blessed Sacrament from the High Altar, failure to genuflect have, in my experience,weakened the respect and devotion to so great a Sacrament."
Permission for this practice from Rome clearly states:
"The condition [for this permission] is the complete avoidance of any cause for the faithful to be shocked and any danger of irreverence towards the Eucharist."
In Cardinal Hume's judgement then this condition has not been met, so when we take his (the Head of the Church in England and Wales) comments along with the above from Rome, there can be little doubt that Communion in the hand is illicit in England and Wales. Is there a Catholic bishop who will now ban this abuse?
Please kneel and hold out your tongue to receive Our Lord in Communion.
St Margaret Clitherow Pilgrimage in York
Following the tremendous success of the first LMS pilgrimage in honour of St Margaret Clitherow to York in 2011 a further pilgrimage is to be held on March 24th 2012. Last year's event took place in York Minster but this year the Solemn High Mass will be celebrated in St Wilfred's Church, just opposite the West Door of the Minster, in the presence of Bishop Drainey of the Diocese of Middlesbrough. The Mass will begin at 1.30pm.
The celebrant will be Fr Michael Brown, the Northern Chaplain of the LMS, and Mass will be immediately followed by a procession through York to English Martyrs Church where a relic of St Margaret will be venerated. The route of the pilgrimage will, as in 2011, process through The Shambles - where St Margaret lived - and past the place of her martyrdom - she was pressed to death.
We are encouraging as many as possible to be in York on March 24th for both the Mass and the procession of witness. The 2011 event was covered both locally and nationally by the media and was instrumental in introducing many new adherents to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
The celebrant will be Fr Michael Brown, the Northern Chaplain of the LMS, and Mass will be immediately followed by a procession through York to English Martyrs Church where a relic of St Margaret will be venerated. The route of the pilgrimage will, as in 2011, process through The Shambles - where St Margaret lived - and past the place of her martyrdom - she was pressed to death.
We are encouraging as many as possible to be in York on March 24th for both the Mass and the procession of witness. The 2011 event was covered both locally and nationally by the media and was instrumental in introducing many new adherents to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Sense of beauty in the liturgy 'Umbilically Connected to Music', composer tells meeting of choir Directors
James MacMillan ,the Catholic composer, and Fr Guy Nicholls, founder of the Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in Birmingham, addressed a meeting of around fifty choir directors and Chant experts at the second biennial meeting of the Gregorian Chant Network at the London Oratory on 18th February, sponsored financially by the Latin Mass Society.
The Network, which was founded two years ago by the Latin Mass Society, Una Voce Scotland, the Association for Latin Liturgy, the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge and dozens of Chant scholas across England and Wales, aims to promote greater knowledge of, and expertise in, the Church's most ancient musical form with the aim of fostering its wider use in the Catholic liturgy.
Dr MacMillan was the principal speaker and addressed the meeting about the role of music in the Church's cultural patrimony. He recalled that, as a young boy, he had attended what is now called the Extraordinary Form of the Mass and noticed that, 'the sense of beauty, the sense of sacred awe, was umbilically connected to the music,' He observed that beauty as a concept had largely been lost from contemporary Church music. Indeed it had been accompanied by the abandonment of any objective notion of beauty at all. This fitted in with the widespread liturgical trend, namely celebrations of Mass that have become self-preoccupied and centred on the notion of self-expression; a liturgy that too often focuses on community rather that the divine. In Dr MacMillan's experience, the singing of Gregorian Chant had helped priests and their congregations to recover their focus on what was important in the Mass - that sense of beauty and the sacred.
Fr Guy Nicholls of the Birmingham Oratory, gave the meeting a brief but fascinating update on the progress achieved at the Newman Institute of Music, which was established in the wake of the Holy Father's visit to Britain, and which was dedicated to meeting the musical needs of both clergy and laity.
The meeting was chaired by Dr Joseph Shaw, Chairman of the LMS, who reported the activities of the GCN over the past two years and looked forward to further success in the months to come.
The very successful gathering concluded with Vespers in the Little Oratory, led by Fr Andrew Southwell, the LMS National Chaplain.
The Network, which was founded two years ago by the Latin Mass Society, Una Voce Scotland, the Association for Latin Liturgy, the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge and dozens of Chant scholas across England and Wales, aims to promote greater knowledge of, and expertise in, the Church's most ancient musical form with the aim of fostering its wider use in the Catholic liturgy.
Dr MacMillan was the principal speaker and addressed the meeting about the role of music in the Church's cultural patrimony. He recalled that, as a young boy, he had attended what is now called the Extraordinary Form of the Mass and noticed that, 'the sense of beauty, the sense of sacred awe, was umbilically connected to the music,' He observed that beauty as a concept had largely been lost from contemporary Church music. Indeed it had been accompanied by the abandonment of any objective notion of beauty at all. This fitted in with the widespread liturgical trend, namely celebrations of Mass that have become self-preoccupied and centred on the notion of self-expression; a liturgy that too often focuses on community rather that the divine. In Dr MacMillan's experience, the singing of Gregorian Chant had helped priests and their congregations to recover their focus on what was important in the Mass - that sense of beauty and the sacred.
Fr Guy Nicholls of the Birmingham Oratory, gave the meeting a brief but fascinating update on the progress achieved at the Newman Institute of Music, which was established in the wake of the Holy Father's visit to Britain, and which was dedicated to meeting the musical needs of both clergy and laity.
The meeting was chaired by Dr Joseph Shaw, Chairman of the LMS, who reported the activities of the GCN over the past two years and looked forward to further success in the months to come.
The very successful gathering concluded with Vespers in the Little Oratory, led by Fr Andrew Southwell, the LMS National Chaplain.
LMS announces 6 new patrons
The LMS has announced the establishment of 6 patrons, including well-known figures from the worlds of music, journalism, politics and the law.
This marks a major advance for the LMS and for the cause of the Traditional Latin Mass in England and Wales which are both attracting the support of mainstream figures within the Church.
The new patrons include Dr James MacMillan CBE, who composed the setting for the Beatification Mass of John Henry Newman and is well known for his tireless campaigning for excellence in Church music. Charles Moore, a convert to Catholicism, is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph and a prominent national journalist and political commentator. Prince Rupert Lowenstein is a former President and long time supporter of the Latin Mass Society. Lord (Brian) Gill is the second most senior judge in Scotland and was recently honoured with a papal knighthood. He has supported the Traditional Latin Mass for many years. Colin Mawby is another composer who is highly respected in Catholic music circles. He was Director of Music at Westminster Cathedral under Cardinal Heenan and more recently has been very supportive of the LMS's attempts to nurture a wider knowledge of Gregorian Chant. Sir Adrian Fitzgerald is President of the Irish Association of the Knights of Malta, a former mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and was previously a Chairman of Governors of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School.
Announcing the establishment of the LMS's new patrons, Chairman Dr Joseph Shaw said: "I am delighted they have agreed to be patrons. This is a real indication of the Society's standing in the Catholic community and the Church. Since 'Summorum Pontificum', our support of the Traditional Latin Mass is no longer considered an eccentricity, to be tolerated at best, but an important apostolate for the good of the whole Church and recognised as such by the Holy Father."
This marks a major advance for the LMS and for the cause of the Traditional Latin Mass in England and Wales which are both attracting the support of mainstream figures within the Church.
The new patrons include Dr James MacMillan CBE, who composed the setting for the Beatification Mass of John Henry Newman and is well known for his tireless campaigning for excellence in Church music. Charles Moore, a convert to Catholicism, is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph and a prominent national journalist and political commentator. Prince Rupert Lowenstein is a former President and long time supporter of the Latin Mass Society. Lord (Brian) Gill is the second most senior judge in Scotland and was recently honoured with a papal knighthood. He has supported the Traditional Latin Mass for many years. Colin Mawby is another composer who is highly respected in Catholic music circles. He was Director of Music at Westminster Cathedral under Cardinal Heenan and more recently has been very supportive of the LMS's attempts to nurture a wider knowledge of Gregorian Chant. Sir Adrian Fitzgerald is President of the Irish Association of the Knights of Malta, a former mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and was previously a Chairman of Governors of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School.
Announcing the establishment of the LMS's new patrons, Chairman Dr Joseph Shaw said: "I am delighted they have agreed to be patrons. This is a real indication of the Society's standing in the Catholic community and the Church. Since 'Summorum Pontificum', our support of the Traditional Latin Mass is no longer considered an eccentricity, to be tolerated at best, but an important apostolate for the good of the whole Church and recognised as such by the Holy Father."
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