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Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Tue, 17/08/2021 - 11:23

Online Latin Course

The Latin Mass Society is pleased to announce a special course designed to assist the clergy – and laity – to improve their Latin, with independent certification, with an 80% discount to the usual price for Catholic priests, seminarians, those accepted for seminary admission, permanent deacons, those studying for the permanent diaconate, and novices and professed religious of both sexes who come from or are based in England and Wales.

The tutor, Matthew Spencer, writes:

Submitted by Gareth Copping on Thu, 12/08/2021 - 12:45

Pilgrimage in honour of St Margaret Clitherow and the Catholic Martyrs of York

Pilgrimage in honour of Saint Margaret Clitherow & the Catholic Martyrs of York.

Monday 30th August 2021

10.30am - Prayers at the Bar Convent, 17 Blossom Street, York. YO24 1AQ
10.46am - Procession, passing the Ouse Bridge, where St Margaret was martyred, and her shrine on the Shambles
12 noon - Sung Latin Mass at the Oratory, Petergate House, 11 High Petergate York. YO1 7EN
2pm - Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at the Oratory

Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Thu, 12/08/2021 - 09:35

Online Greek Course

Matthew Spencer, an experienced teacher of ancient languages, has organised a series of online Greek courses between Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 25th August.

Sessions will take place – lasting an hour – both mornings and afternoons each day with two hours of New Testament and possibly some additional patristic Greek (the Greek of the Church Fathers) being read, by you, each day!

The cost is £250. To enrol, contact [email protected]

Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Fri, 23/07/2021 - 16:44

Canonical guidance on Traditionis Custodes

The Latin Mass Society is pleased to present the fruits of our consultations with a number of Canon lawyers.

It is clear to us that many bishops, priests, and lay Catholics, are finding it difficult to see exactly what the force of the Apostolic Letter might be.

It is our hope that the arguments contained in this Guidance will commend themselves to careful readers from across the spectrum of opinion, and contribute to a calm and reasoned discussion.

Submitted by Gareth Copping on Tue, 20/07/2021 - 16:37

Marian Franciscan Vocations retreat in August

From the Friars at Gosport

Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Fri, 16/07/2021 - 14:25

Some Comments on the Apostolic Letter 'Traditionis Custodes'

This document will be a grave disappointment to those many priests and lay Catholics who responded to the words of Pope St John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, who encouraged the use of the earlier liturgical tradition, calling it a ‘rightful aspiration’ and ‘riches’ for the Church, respectively.

Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Thu, 08/07/2021 - 12:15

The St Robert Southwell Consort

Consortium Sancti Roberti Southwelli A new polyphonic consort based in London to accompany the Extraordinary Form

The Latin Mass Society is delighted to announce the formation of a new polyphonic ‘consort’—a small choir specialising in the liturgical music of the Renaissance.

Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 14:13

Walk in the footsteps of St Thomas More

The walk takes place on the 10th July 2021 from Chelsea to the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden.

Meeting at 9.30 am for Mass (OF) at 10am at Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Cheyne Row, followed by a guided tour of places associated with St Thomas More in Chelsea before visiting Tyburn Convent for Mass (Extraordinary Form) at 1 pm, the place of execution of so many Catholic martyrs in this land. Pilgrims then head over to Harlesden to the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden.

Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Mon, 24/05/2021 - 13:02

Saint Benedict’s Catholic Academy

Saint Benedict’s Catholic Academy, in the city of Preston provides a classically taught curriculum for children in a Catholic environment. They have released a promotional video which can be viewed HERE.

Submitted by Stephen Moselin... on Thu, 15/04/2021 - 10:46

Catholic Academy in Warrington

In 2019, a few families in Bedfordshire took the initiative to bring a successful U.S. model of Classical Catholic education to the U.K. and founded Regina Caeli Academy UK, with pastoral support from the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter. In its second year, the number of families using the Academy has already doubled, with more families joining and moving to the area this year in anticipation of September 2021.