News from The Personal of in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Advent 2018 Issue

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or the great human family guides our journey, Fit is necessary to renew always the the pilgrimage of common horizon toward which we all of the People ??Schoenstatt 2019 are journeying. The time of Advent of God; and by returns us to the horizon of hope, a its light even the other peoples can hope that does not disappoint because walk towards the Kingdom of justice, it is founded on the Word of God. A towards the Kingdom of peace. hope that does not disappoint, simply because the Lord never disappoints! What a great day it will be, when the ??Being Ordinariate He is faithful! weapons will be dismantled in order to be transformed into instruments The time of Advent that the of work! And this is possible! We bet celebrates in preparation on hope, on the hope of peace, and it for Christmas, a new journey of the will be possible! The journey is never ??: The with Jesus Christ, our finished. Just as in each of our own Shepherd, who guides us in history lives, there is always a need to restart, towards the completion of the to rise again, to recover a sense of the Kingdom of God. goal of one’s own existence. ??Marydale visit Let us rediscover the beauty of being Mary serves as a model of this together along the way: the Church, spiritual attitude, to this way of being with her vocation and mission, and and of journeying in life. Although she the whole of humanity, the people, the was just a “simple girl,” she carried in her civilizations, the cultures, all together heart the hope of God. In her womb, on the paths of time. But on the way the hope of God took flesh, became ??Haddington visit to where? man, and made history: Jesus Christ.

In the , the People Mary’s song of praise in the of God journeyed toward Jerusalem Magnificat is the canticle of the ??Whithorm where the temple of the Lord was, People of God on the journey, and because from there, from Jerusalem, of all men and women who hope in came the revelation of the face of God God, in the power of his mercy. Let and His law. us be guided by her, she who is STOP ??Stonehouse Mill At the fullness of time, however, mother. Let us revelation found its fulfilment in be guided by PRESS Jesus Christ, and the ‘temple of the her in this time Wonderful News Lord’ became God himself, the Word of waiting and for the Ordinariate made flesh. It is the Lord himself who active vigilance. in Scotland: PAGE 3 ??Congratulations News from The of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 2 Schoenstatt Pilgrimage and Conference

ur 2018 Annual Pilgrimage and serving as the of Fulham - one of the ‘flying OConference at the Shrine of Our Lady at the ’ - from 1996 until 2010 when he resigned Schoenstatt Retreat Centre was a great success ... and was received into the Church. He but not at the time we expected to be there! was also a founding member of and its Chairman. He was ordained We originally a Catholic in planned to arrive on January 2011 along with Friday 2nd of March two other former CofE ... but snow stopped bishops, play! The Sisters at and . Schoenstatt were Schoenstatt on Monday 5th March 2018 Mgr John completely ‘snowed In his days as Bishop Broadhurst in’ from the Thursday to the following Tuesday Fulham and Chairman of when heavy digging equipment managed to dig Forward in Faith he came to Inverness to support them out. This was the view looking across to the Fr Len when he faced great difficulties with his bus stop at the end of the drive on the Monday. Bishop. Ever since, he has been a very good friend to the Ordinariate in Scotland and especially The Sisters had one weekend still free, so our to Fr Len, being present at his to the Pilgrimage and Conference was transferred to Catholic priesthood in Greenock in 2011. 25th to 28th May. We were delighted to welcome again Mgr Keith Newton, As our Guest Speaker we are delighted our Ordinary, who gave the devotional to welcome the well known Catholic addresses and the Right Rev Peter author, writer and broadcaster Joanna Moran, Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, Bogle DSG. She frequently writes for who gave two talks on the , the , The History Joanna Bogle Catholic Times Catholic Herald and Travails of the in the National Catholic Register and Scotland from 1560 until the Present Day. All appears on EWTN. In 2013, she became a Dame present agreed that it was an excellent weekend of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St Gregory enhanced by the decision to extend our stay by an the Great, one of the five Orders of Knighthood extra day this year. of the .

Plans are well in hand for next year’s Pilgrimage Her books include various historical and Conference. Mgr Keith Newton is unable to biographies, including a book on the life of St be with us, but we are delighted that John Paul II and A Yearbook of Seasons and , who has always been a great Celebrations with ideas on celebrating the supporter and encourager of the Ordinariate in traditional feasts of the Christian calendar. She Scotland, will be our Spiritual Director. is a regular contributor to The Portal magazine and Editor of Faith magazine. You can find He was a bishop of the out more on her blog: “Auntie Joanna writes” -

The 2018 Pilgrims and guests after the Sunday Mass on 27th May News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 3

joannabogle.blogspot.co.uk We are delighted Schoenstatt Retreat Centre areFriday 7th to that she has agreed to be with us. The dates for Monday 10th June 2019. our 2019 Pilgrimage and Conference at the STOP PRESS Being Ordinariate! Wonderful News for Ordinariate Scotland. The Michael Thrusfield reports Columba Trust, which funds the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion in Scotland, has made he a of £4,000 “in the hope that it will be TAnglicanorum coetibus requires the helpful to the finances of the Ordinariate in Scotland”. Ordinariate to have a Pastoral Council ‘in order to provide for the This is a wonderful and most generous gift which consultation of the faithful’ will indeed assist us greatly in our Mission here in and to ‘offer advice regarding Scotland. We are most grateful to the Trust for their the pastoral activity of the confidence in, and support of, the Ordinariate here. Ordinariate’. It is presided over by the Ordinary with lay representatives from throughout the UK and meets in London twice each year. Michael Thrusfield is the Council representative for Michael Thrusfield the Ordinariate in Scotland. At the beginning of August he also attended the first Ordinariate Lay Conference, which was open to all lay members of the Ordinariate. He writes:

Sixty-six lay members of the Ordinariate (a Ordinary, Mgr Keith Newton, also shared mixture of Ordinariate Group delegates and detailed thoughts on the Ordinariate, and individuals) attended the first Ordinariate Lay undertook a comprehensive and invaluable Conference in West Sussex. The venue was ‘Question-and-Answer’ session. Worth Abbey School, which is associated with Worth Abbey, a Roman Catholic community of Delegates also were also given plenty of time to monks who follow the Rule of Benedict. exchange views, both informally and in formal discussions. Some key conclusions, among a The Conference focussed on the role of the substantial list for the Ordinariate’s future, are in the Ordinariate and an increase in development of stronger links with Walsingham; understanding Anglican Patrimony. Before improved communication; and salvaging English the Conference, Groups had supplied brief spirituality. (Electronic copies of the full report summaries of their experience of the Ordinariate of the Conference are available from Michael so far. Fr Ed Tomlinson gave a valuable talk Thrusfield.) on Catholicism in the British Isles, and Dr James Kelly of Durham University looked at The Conference was considered to be a great its historical political and social aspects. Our success, which should be repeated regularly. Too hot to Candle! e are now well and truly into Wthe throws of winter but do you remember back to those remarkably hot days of summer? The heat had a dramatic effect on the candles in the little Chantry Chapel of St Joseph in Fr Len’s back garden where the temperature reached 35 degrees Centigrade ... and the candles reacted in a most dramatic way! Too Hot to Candle News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 4

Divine Worship: The Missal hree years ago on Wednesday 22nd November 2015 at the General Audience on St Peter’s TSquare, Rome, Augustine Di Noia OP and Monsignor Steven Lopes (now Bishop and Ordinary of Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter), both of the of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, together with Pierpaolo Finaldi of the , presented with his own personal copy of Divine Worship: The Missal, the new order for the Celebration of Holy Mass for the Personal established in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI under the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus. Three years on from us receiving this wonderful gift of our own Missal it is appropriate to look at how it is settling down within the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Pope Benedict’s vision While it is disappointing to many Ordinariate and people, as the recent Lay Conference affirmed, that not all of the Ordinariate groups are using Divine Worship: The Missal for their main Sunday Mass, those who are, as we Pope Francis, Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, are in Scotland, find that it enriches our worship Pierpaolo Finaldi and Mgr Steven Lopes and fulfils the vision of Pope Benedict who conformity with the established the Ordinariates so as “to maintain The title page of the Missal itself bears the the liturgical, spiritual and pastoral designation “In conformity with the Roman Rite.” of the within the Catholic The Missal also includes a Rubrical Directory Church, as a precious gift nourishing the faith which proves instructions for those areas in of the members of the Ordinariate and as a which Divine Worship diverges from the treasure to be shared”. Roman Missal.

Divine Worship is the name given by the the sources Holy See to the liturgical provision for the Divine Worship: The Missal has been Ordinariates and Divine Worship: The drawn from two main sources: The Roman Missal is the liturgical provision for the Missal: the shape of the Mass, the Eucharistic celebration of Holy Mass. It gives expression to, Prayers, the arrangement of material for Sundays and preserves for Catholic worship, the worthy and holy days; and The Anglican Book of Anglican liturgical patrimony, understood as Common Prayer and various earlier translations that which has nourished the Catholic faith of the Latin Mass used by Anglicans: traditional throughout the history of the Anglican . Anglican devotions judged faithful to Catholic It has also prompted aspirations towards ecclesial doctrine. unity with the Holy See. The resulting Missal has the effect of bridging Our Anglican liturgical tradition draws on the the rupture between the English Church English monastic tradition as it emerged out before the and the present day. of the context of the ancient Roman Rite. The It emphasises the continuity with the Church celebration of the Holy expressed of the earliest English . The wonderful by Divine Worship is distinctively and illustrations on the pages of Divine Worship: traditionally Anglican in character, linguistics The Missal are by Martin Travers and have and structure, while also being clearly and been taken from The Anglican Missal published recognisable an expression of the Roman Rite. in 1939. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 5 relevant to the commission Divine Worship: The Missal is both Advisers to the commission included historic and ground-breaking. It points the way Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia (CDF), forward in ecumenical relationships that seek Mgr Steven Lopes (CDF), Mgr Andrew to fulfil Jesus’ own prayer that“they may be one”. Burnham (Ordinariate of Our Lady of (John 17:11). It is the first Walsingham), Bishop Peter time in history that the Elliott (auxiliary Bishop Catholic Church has taken of , Australia), into her own liturgical Archbishop Salvatore life, treasures found in the Cordileone (Archbishop reformed tradition in which of San Francisco), Fr Uwe the ’s work can be Michael Lang ( of discerned. St Philip Neri in London), Dr Hans-Jürgen Feulner (a Anglican traditions “in respected German Catholic accord with the Catholic faith” theologian), Dr Clinton have found expression in Divine Worship: Brand (University of St Thomas ), Fr The Missal and, as Pope Benedict affirmed, will Andrew Menke (director of the Secretariat enrich the whole Catholic Church. of Divine Worship for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops) and Mgr (a a gift to the Ordinariates Canadian Catholic priest, formerly a bishop in Divine Worship: The Missal was given the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada). ‘to the Ordinariates’, which means that it is restricted to the and communities of Divine Worship: The Missal in Scotland the Personal Ordinariates. Any Ordinariate The Ordinariate began using Divine priest may also publicly celebrate the Mass Worship: The Missal ‘officially’ on Advent according to Divine Worship outside the Sunday, 29th Nov 2015, although permission was Ordinariate with the permission of the given to use a draft form of the ‘new’ Rite a few priest of the corresponding church or parish. months earlier. Priests of the Ordinariate may also celebrate Mass without a congregation, according to Fr Stanley Bennie writes: Divine Worship. I think myself so fortunate to be part of the Ordinariate In cases of pastoral necessity, or in the absence of Our Lady of Walsingham. of an Ordinariate priest, any Catholic priest in It is such a relief after the good standing may celebrate Mass according tensions of the Episcopal to Divine Worship for members of the Church which had broken all the promises made Ordinariate who request it. in 1993 when traditionalists were promised “an honoured place for all time” within the church. The making of Divine Worship: The Missal Divine Worship: The Missal came into I was pleasantly surprised when Divine use within the Ordinariates on Advent Sunday, Worship: The Missal, the Ordinariate Use 29th November 2015. It was developed by for the Mass, was issued and how familiar the the Interdicasterial Commission Anglicanae texts were. I soon realised that the reason was Traditiones of the Congregation for the Doctrine that an influential number of the members of the of the Faith (CDF) and the Congregation for commission who drafted the text came from the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the American Episcopalian tradition. to be the for all Ordinariate parishes worldwide. Their eucharistic liturgy was based on the Scottish Episcopalian eucharistic rite because News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 6 the first American Episcopalian bishop, Samuel Deighton, London/Cambridge; reprinted 1969, Gregg Seabury, was consecrated in Aberdeen on 14th International, Farnborough, is fascinating reading.) November 1784 by Scottish Episcopalian bishops. Prof Tony O’Rourke comments: The text is conservative and is similar to the The things are like about 1929 Scottish Liturgy that was used in my Divine Worship: The Missal boyhood, so much so that I find that I can recite are: it’s similarity to Use of familiar texts from memory. It is good also to be Sarum, thus making a forceful able to sing familiar eucharistic musical settings, connection into pre-Reformation such as that by John Merbecke, that are such an church; the use of the Roman important part of our Anglican patrimony. which connects us into centuries of faith and belief; those elements of One of our difficulties in the Ordinariate is the Anglican tradition which bring dignity and that many people think that ‘we have become reverence to the celebration of Holy Mass; and the Roman Catholic’ with the implication that we fact that Divine Worship: The Missal is very have embraced entirely the worship forms and adaptable for the Missa Cantata and other sung liturgical customs of the present-day Western settings generally. Rite Catholic Church. How do we inform Anglicans that this is not so? And are people All in all, Divine Worship: The Missal, is from an Anglican background still responsive to a great gift to the Ordinariates and something traditional Prayer Book patterns of worship? indeed to be treasured.

Questions, questions, question ... but despite Fr Len Black writes: all of them, we share the great joy of being part I remember, in 2011 when of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of I first became a Catholic Walsingham. Deo gratias! priest through the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Prof Michael Thrusfield writes: Walsingham, being asked by Now that the Ordinariate a Catholic priest in Inverness what made the Use, Divine Worship: The Ordinariate different from simply becoming a Missal, has ‘bedded down’, Fr Catholic through the normal Diocesan process. Len asked me to share some brief views on it, as a ‘man in the pew’. I remember explaining to him that through the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus It feels like an old familiar Pope Benedict made it possible for ‘groups friend, containing much of the 1662 Book of of former Anglicans’ to enter into the full Common Prayer, on which I was brought up. Its communion of the Catholic Church along with use of traditional language imbues a degree of their people, and to bring something of their reverence that modern lack. Moreover, Anglican heritage with them. it also contains components of the earlier 1549 pre-Reformation liturgy (as well as later Scottish The phrase“along with their people” was very liturgies), which dates back to the Sarum Use. As important to me. There were many times in my such, it is a very appropriate Anglican contribution days as a Scottish Episcopalian priest when I could to the larger Western Church, symbolizing have happily sought refuge in the Catholic Church, a continuity which was fractured during the but encouraged by wonderful, understanding Reformation, and which we are now healing. Catholic priests, like Father Duncan Stone of St Mary’s, Inverness, and Mark Dilworth of (For those who wish to explore earlier Anglican Fort Augustus Abbey, I ‘held on’ for the sake of liturgies, and their relationships, W. Keeling’s those people in my charge who looked to me for Liturgiae Brittanicae, 2nd edn., 1851, Pickering/ guidance. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 7

In September 2009 my prayers were answered proceeds from the Presence of the when Pope Benedict published the Apostolic risen Christ. Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus. This made the way ahead absolutely clear, and along with sixteen the Peace of the Lord of my lay people, at Easter 2011 we were received It is the Lord, risen from the dead, who is the into the Catholic Church. source of true peace, and hence the exchange of peace among the faithful echoes the Lord’s I am not certain that the priest who asked the words to his disciples in the post-Resurrection question was fully convinced by my answer, but appearances: “Peace be with you”. when Divine Worship: The Missal was given to the Ordinariates we at last had something The Roman Rite has always insisted that the special and unique ... a gift from our Anglican exchange of peace issues from the Lord who is heritage to the whole of the Catholic Church sacramentally present on the altar.

The Peace in Divine Worship: The Missal received from the altar The Peace within the Mass, and not just within Thus the celebrant, receiving the peace from Divine Worship: The Missal, has always the One who is Peace, passes it to the been very important to me, but I have never felt and to the other ministers, who in turn pass it to ‘at ease’ with the rushing around shaking hands, the assembly and so forth. What is exchanged or even worse, in some places. is received from the altar. It does not originate from within the believer, but rather draws the The Peace was omitted from later editions of the believer into Eucharistic communion. and therefore its usage did not develop organically in an Anglican context Understanding more fully that what is until it was reintroduced, often at the Offertory, exchanged, is received from the altar, negates the into Anglican worship around 50 years ago. One need to interact with those around us, something notable feature of ‘our’ Mass is the location of that may be particularly helpful for those who the exchange of peace at the classically Roman view the ‘exchange of peace’ as introducing an position following the Lord’s Prayer (as also in undue “distraction” just before receiving the Sarum and the 1549 Book of Common Prayer). Eucharist.

The theology of the Peace within in the Roman We are very fortunate to have this Order of Rite has a long and noble history. Unlike the Mass for the Ordinariate which has provided an Byzantine form which focuses on the exchange of opportunity for re-discovering the beauty and peace “prior to offering one’s gift” (cf. Mt. 5:24), power of the sacred liturgy, and for that we must the Roman theology of the exchange of peace continue to give thanks. Anglicanorum coetibus anniversary special Symposium had been Despite this disappointment, Mgr Keith and Aplanned in Rome for November 2019 to Bishop Lopes are planning a joint Pilgrimage mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of to Rome in celebration of Anglicanorum coetibus the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus. in the Spring of 2020 when the weather might The three Ordinaries had hoped that it would be be better. This will be much more geared to an something to invite lay people to be present at opportunity for Ordinariate lay people to meet and with a pastoral perspective, but unfortunately each other, both within the liturgy and with this was not what the Superiors of the some opportunities for fellowship and getting to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had know one another. Plans are at an early stage and in mind. They wanted a much more academic further information and possible dates will be presentation considering issues. circulated when known. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 8 Visit to Our Lady and St Bean Marydale n July the Highland Beauly Priory was one of three IOrdinariate had a ‘day out’ to priories founded in Scotland the small village of Marydale in about 1230 for monks of the near Cannich to the north west of Valliscaulian order who came Inverness to visit the beautiful little from Val-des-Choux (Valley of the church of Our Lady and St Bean. Cabbages) near Dijon in France, whose monks adhered to strict ideals Saint Bean was born in Ireland of poverty, chastity and obedience. in 536 in Ireland, a first cousin of Columba, and was one of the monks This must have seemed to these chosen by St Columba to be part of monks a wonderful location in the band of missionaries who set sail which to devote themselves to with him for Scotland in 563. worship and prayer. They referred to it as Prioratus de Bello Loco (Priory According to tradition, Bean Our Lady and St Bean’s of the Lovely Spot). As the monks evangelised Strathglass and his name survived at St Bean’s Spring on the hillside across the road from ruined church near Marydale at Clachan Comar.

The church dedicated to Our Lady and St Bean was completed in 1866 according to the date on one of the original drainpipes still in place. The architect was Joseph Hansom, who was The Marydale Pilgrims also associated with the Hansom Cab.

After Mass, at which we were joined by some of the local parish, we enjoyed a splendid lunch at the Cnoc Hotel in Struy, and then travelled on to visit the ruins of Beauly Priory. The 2019 Ordinariate Scotland Calendar for is now available

A4 size The Pilgrims at Beauly Priory ~ full were French-speaking it is likely that they gave colour the location and the river the name Beau Lieu ~ spiral (beautiful place) which we now know as ‘Beauly’. bound Full Calendar of It is often said that the name “Beauly”, coming from the French “beau lieu”, originated from a Ordinariate Saints comment made by Mary Queen of Scots during and Sundays a visit in 1564, but its more likely that the name £5.50 - email: [email protected] actually dates back to the arrival of the French monks who set up the Priory in 1230. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 9 The Shrine of Our Lady & the Three Kings n August, on ceiling of the tower, Ithe Feast of Nativity choir and transepts of the Blessed Virgin using fibreglass. Mary, the Edinburgh and Whithorn The most unusual Ordinariates headed feature of this ancient to Haddington to the church dedicated ancient St Mary’s to St Mary is that, Parish Church although it is now a (Church of Scotland) Church of Scotland and the Lauderdale parish church, on Aisle, with its chapel dedicated to The Virgin the north side of the chancel, only accessible Mary, the Christ Child and the Three Kings, from within the church, is the Lauderdale Aisle. the chapel of the Maitland family, set aside and Originally the funerary chapel of the Earls of protected by trust deed for ecumenical worship Lauderdale, it was restored by Patrick Maitland, by the mainstream churches. the 17th Earl, a Scottish Episcopalian and formidable Anglo Catholic, The earliest reference to a church following the restoration of St Mary’s in Haddington dates from 1139. in 1973. A few years later the chapel Founded as a in was re-consecrated as an ecumenical 1380, and taking over one hundred place of worship dedicated to The years to build, the church was largely Virgin Mary, the Christ Child and ruined during the mid-sixteenth the Three Kings. century Siege of Haddington. After a guided tour of the church, At the instigation of John Knox, Br Barnabas Francis Solemn Mass was celebrated in this the ‘reformer’, born in Giffordgate just across the very special little Shrine Chapel during which river, the Town Council repaired the Church in Brother Barnabas Francis MacPhail (above 1561 “frae steeple to the west end”. A wall was built left), a former Anglican Franciscan, was received and the nave served as the parish church for over into the Catholic Church. Br Barnabas Francis 400 years. The last and greatest restoration took intends to continue his Franciscan vows within place in the early 1970s and involved the re- the Ordinariate.

The Haddington Pilgrims outside the Shrine of the Virgin Mary, the Christ Child and the Three Kings News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 10

After lunch the pilgrims listened to a recording made with Patrick Maitland, the 17th Earl of Lauderdale, in 1998 in which he explained the origins and history of the restored chapel. Lord Lauderdale was a close friend of Fr Hope Paten who restored the Anglican Shrine at Walsingham in the 1920s. It was he who discussed the possibilities and St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington encouraged Lauderdale to restore the Shrine of Our Lady of Haddington. Mary, the Christ Child and the Three Kings by Bishop Alastair Haggart, Primus of the Scottish The original Shrine was ‘lost’ during the Siege Episcopal Church, Dr Roy Sanderson, a former of Haddington, 1548-50. One clue to its likely Modera­tor of the General Assembly of the appearance was a medieval carved panel of the Church of Scotland, the Polish Orthodox priest Adora­tion of the Magi in the crypt of St Nicholas in Edinburgh and the Catholic Abbot of Nunraw. East Church, Aberdeen. This depicted the Kings running in haste to bring their gifts to the Christ- The Lauderdale Aisle soon became the focus child, and clad in toga-like plaid kilts. of an annual Ecumenical Pilgrimage de­scribed by Patrick Maitland as a “demo for God”. The Patrick Lord Lauderdale commissioned a wood- first pilgrimage was attended by only 30 people. carver from Oberammergau, living in Norfolk, Thirty years later, some 2000 pilgrims were to carve figures of the Magi and of Christ in his coming to the various services. mother’s arms. The result was, as Lauderdale described it, a “wonderfully tranquil portrayal of Being the Feast of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Christ’s mother”. Mary, our day concluded with the Litany of the Saints and Solemn Benediction in the beautiful In 1978 the Lauderdale Aisle was re- shrine chapel dedicated to The Virgin Mary, the consecrated as a chapel dedicated to The Virgin Christ Child and the Three Kings. Whithorn Ordinariate Mission he Ordinariate Anglican patrimony background Tgroup in the South simply wish embrace the West of Scotland meets to opportunity to celebrate and celebrate the Ordinariate share in the Divine Worship Mass each Tuesday at 11am Mass. The feed back from at St Ninian’s, Whithorn our supporters and Associate where came Members is that they love the ashore nearly 200 years prayers, the eastward orientation before St Columba. St Ninian’s, Whithorn and the prayerful solemnity which Divine Worship expresses. For hundreds of years Whithorn was the place of Pilgrimage for the Scottish Faithful and the Most recently we are singing more of the Royal Household. Attendance at the Ordinariate Mass too. One couple travel 70 miles to be Mass is between 7 and 16 but averages at 12. there each week. The of Confession Most of our group are Catholics from the is available before each Mass and regularly of Galloway. This serves as evidence expressing made use of. Immediately after Mass we sing the intention of Pope Benedict that the the Angelus before we adjourn to a local café Ordinariate should also serve the wider Catholic for tea/coffee and a catch up, share books, book community. Those who do not come with an recommendations, and discuss concerns. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 11 Ordinariate People e are delighted to welcome four new people to Wthe Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland - one new member, Brother Barnabas Francis MacPhail (left, with his companion dog, Leyla) who was received into the Catholic Church in Haddington, and three new Associate Members, Alexandra and Raymond McMullen (right front row) and Andrew Kerr (middle back), from the Ordinariate Mass in Whithorn. Associate Members hile the Ordinariate is only open to former Anglicans, any Catholic who Wappreciates being with us at an Ordinariate Mass is invited to become an Associate Member. It costs nothing! Speak to any of our priests for further information. We are also delighted to welcome Catholics who like to attend a Latin Mass when possible and are most grateful to Una Voce Scotland for publicising our Mass times around Scotland in their Newsletter and on their website www.unavoce-scotland.uk Stonehouse Mill in August 2017 Stonehouse Mill update ork continues apace Wwith the rebuilding of Stonehouse Mill near Whithorn which will soon be the new home of Fr Simon and Sarah Beveridge. Stonehouse Mill in November 2018 Sarah and Fr Simon outside At present they are living in a residential caravan close by as the work continues. their caravan home Professionally they have been assisted by Fr Simon’s brother, Mark, in the race against time towards the completion of their new home in early 2019. It has been a huge commitment and taken them on a comprehensive learning curve of experience since work began preparing the site in 2012. They have been working full time on the Mill for the last two years during which Fr Simon also underwent his formal Formation for Catholic Priesthood, regularly travelling up and down to London. There is now a roof on the Mill, windows, balustraded balcony, boiler, hearths for a wood burner, and another for a range cooker and there has been a first fix on both the plumbing and electrics. Many of the fixings are on standby for installation. Most recently, Fr Simon laid the upstairs floor screwing it down and gluing the tongue and groove sheets together as part of the process. Once Mark has completed the slating of the roof, their attention will switch to plaster boarding throughout, having the electrical sockets and fixtures installed, then them plastering the interior and fitting out the bathrooms. Finally, this will leave only the decorating before planning a solemn blessing. Congratulations ongratulations to Shirley and David CMcKay from the Inverness Ordinariate group who became the proud grandparents of twins on the 8th August. Freya Joy McKay and Harris David McKay were born in Edinburgh. The twins are progressing well, as are their proud parents who even dressed them up for Halloween (see photo on next page)! News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 12

David and Shirley decided to ‘down-size’ earlier this year and sold their house in Ardersier. They are building a new house in Nairn(not by themselves, unlike Fr Simon and Sarah!) and hope soon to move in ... during March 2019. Meanwhile they are living in their residential caravan in Dornoch. We wish them well as they prepare to move into their new home ... and, of course, wish their new happy, smiling twin grandchildren the best of health.

Lay Communications Contacts Freya and Harris ne of the outcomes of the August Lay Conference was a recommendation that each Ogroup should have a nominated Lay Communications Contact. Their role will be, to be the contact point for the Pastoral Council Representatives, and this individual would also receive and circulate information from the Ordinariate office in London which did not need the ’s attention.

Fr Len has appointed two Lay Communications Contacts: Alan Grüber - [email protected] Alan Grüber - for Central and South Scotland, and Leslie Swan - Leslie Swan [email protected] - for the north. We are grateful to them both for taking on this task. Christmas with the Ordinariate in Scotland Christmas Day 11am Ordinariate Mass - St Martin and St Ninian’s, Whithorn DG8 8PZ 11.30am Ordinariate Mass - Royal Northern Infirmary Chapel, Inverness IV3 5SF Thurs 27th Dec 11.30am Ordinariate Mass - the Oratory of St Joseph, Inverness IV3 5RR St John the Evangelist followed by a Christmas buffet lunch and a Carol Sing-along with the Choir of Kings College Cambridge and Choir Tues 1st Jan 2019 11am Ordinariate Mass - St Martin and St Ninian’s, Whithorn DG8 8PZ Mary Mother of God 11.30am Ordinariate Mass - Royal Northern Infirmary Chapel, Inverness IV3 5SF Sunday 6th Jan 11.30am Ordinariate Mass , Blessing of Epiphany Chalk and Blessing of Homes Epiphany of the Lord - Royal Northern Infirmary Chapel, Inverness IV3 5SF Ordinariate Scotland Mass Centres Inverness Whithorn Edinburgh

Royal Northern Oratory of St Joseph St Martin & St Ninian’s St Columba’s Church Infirmary Chapel 49 Laurel Avenue IV3 5RR George Street 9 Upper Gray Street Ness Walk, Inverness IV3 5SF Tues: 11.15am Thurs: 10.30am Whithorn DG8 8PZ Edinburgh EH9 1SN every Sunday: 11.30am + Feasts - please check website every Tuesday: 11am Second Sunday: 2.30pm Priests: Fr Len Black - [email protected] Fr Simon Beveridge - [email protected] Fr Cameron Macdonald - [email protected] Fr Stanley Bennie - [email protected] Lay Communications Contacts: Alan Grüber - [email protected] Leslie Swan - [email protected] The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland, 49 Laurel Avenue, Inverness IV3 5RR - [email protected] Telephone: 01463 235597 www.ordinariate.scot Charity Reg No: 1141536