News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Easter 2019 Issue

Pope Francis’ Easter message in this▸ issue... May we be renewed by Christ!

n his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (‘to the city [of IRome] and to the world’) message to pilgrims in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday emphasised to all young ??10 years: Apostolic people that Christ is our hope, and Constitution in a wonderful way, brings youth to our world. Everything he touches becomes young, new, full of life. Christ shine in the darkness of conflicts in Yemen, Libya, Burkina ??Rome Symposium “This message,” he went on to say, “is Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, also addressed to every person in the Sudan, South Sudan, eastern Ukraine, world. The resurrection of Christ is Venezuela, and Nicaragua. the principle of new life for every man and every woman, for true renewal He concluded his message by asking ??Schoenstatt 2109 always begins from the heart, from that “before the many sufferings of the conscience. Yet Easter is also the our time, may the Lord of life not beginning of the new world, set free find us cold and indifferent. May he from the slavery of sin and death: the make us builders of bridges, not walls. world open at last to the Kingdom of May the One who gives us his peace God, a Kingdom of love, peace and end the roar of arms, both in areas of fraternity. conflict and in our cities, and inspire ??St Ninian’s Cave Pilgrimage the leaders of nations to work for an “Christ is alive and he remains with end to the arms race and the troubling us. Risen, he shows us the light of spread of weaponry, especially in the his face, and he does not abandon all economically more advanced countries. those experiencing hardship, pain and sorrow. May he, the Living One, be “May the Risen Christ, who hope for the beloved Syrian people, flung open the doors of the tomb, victims of an ongoing conflict to open our hearts to the needs of ??Blessed John which we risk becoming ever more the disadvantaged, the vulnerable, Henry Newman resigned and even indifferent. the poor, the unemployed, the marginalised, and all those who knock “Easter makes us keep our eyes at our door in search of bread, refuge, fixed on the Middle East, torn by and the recognition of their dignity. ?? Scalan Restoration continuing divisions and tensions. May the Christians of the region “Dear brothers and sisters, Christ is patiently persevere in their witness alive! He is hope and youth for each to the Risen Lord and to the victory of us and for the entire world. May of life over death.” Pope Francis also we let ourselves be renewed by him! ?? Notre Dame: Fr prayed that the light of the Risen “Happy Easter!” Stanley was there! News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 2 Deacon Michael Thompson f everything had gone Newton and told him that I Ito plan we would be looking have been advised not to take ahead to the Ordination to the on any further work. I notified Sacred priesthood in June of him that I am withdrawing Deacon Michael Thompson. from the apostolate of the Sadly, however, this is not to be. Ordinariate in Scotland. I won’t be attending any of your On Saturday 9th March future meetings. I would be Deacon Michael wrote to Mgr obliged if you would cease all Keith Newton and then to Fr correspondence. I will be, as I Len Black saying: say, taking a rest.” not the news anyone was expecting and we assure him “I will not now be with you Every member of the of our prayers and best wishes on Sunday. My blood pressure Ordinariate in Scotland was for the future. He has told Mgr is high and I have been advised deeply saddened by Deacon Keith that he is considering to rest. I have written to Mgr Michael’s decision. This was returning to Ireland. The Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus en years ago, on changes have been made to T4th November 2009, the Complementary Norms the Memorial of St Charles as the Ordinariates grew Borromeo, at St Peter’s, and developed. It was not Rome, Pope Benedict XVI however until 8th March 2019 published the Apostolic that the new and updated Constitution Anglicanorum Complementary Norms were Coetibus, providing for Personal approved by Pope Francis and Ordinariates for Anglicans signed by Cardinal Luis Ladaria entering into Full Communion and Archbishop Giacomo with the Catholic Church. Morandi, Prefect and Secretary of the CDF, respectively, on The document began, 19th March 2019, the Feast of “In recent times the Holy St Joseph. Spirit has moved groups make available the means of Anglicans to petition necessary to bring this holy The updatedComplementary repeatedly and insistently to desire to realization.” Norms integrate the be received into full Catholic experience of the past 10 communion individually Along with this document, years and seek to make their as well as corporately. The the Congregation for the application more in tune with Apostolic See has responded Doctrine of the Faith published the spirit of the Apostolic favourably to such petitions. the Complementary Norms Constitution, introducing Indeed, the successor of for the Apostolic Constitution several modifications to those Peter, mandated by the Lord Anglicanorum coetibus outlining promulgated in November 2009. Jesus to guarantee the unity how these Ordinariates would of the episcopate and to be governed and the scope of Liturgical celebrations preside over and safeguard the their mission. The most substantial change universal communion of all regards the use of the Missal, the Churches, could not fail to Over the ensuing years small known as Divine Worship, News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 3

in liturgical celebrations. An the pastor of the church gives ministry in the United States. entire article, number 15, was his permission. Third, if a added to regulate the liturgical pastoral necessity exists or no Baptism of lay faithful form approved by the Holy See Ordinariate priest is available, A new paragraph is inserted for use in the Ordinariates. any diocesan or religious priest into Article 5. It says any may celebrate Mass according validly baptized Christian Divine Worship “gives to Divine Worship for members who was evangelized by the expression to and preserves for of the Ordinariate. Non- Ordinariate may join it by Catholic worship the worthy Ordinariate priests may also receiving the Sacraments Anglican liturgical patrimony, concelebrate Mass under the of Confirmation and the understood as that which liturgical form. Eucharist. A person who has nourished the Catholic has not been validly baptized faith throughout the history Pastoral Provision may also join through the of the Anglican tradition and Two changes are made to Sacraments of Initiation. prompted aspirations towards Article 4. The updated Norms ecclesial unity.” extend the Ordinariate to allow Clergy formation former Anglican ministers Article 10 regards the First, use of the liturgical already incardinated in a formation of clergy, and form is restricted to the Catholic Diocese by virtue of was adapted to the current Personal Ordinariates. Second, the Pastoral Provision to be situation. The new Norms the Norms allow any priest incardinated into a Personal change “candidates for priestly incardinated in an Ordinariate Ordinariate. They also say that ordination” to “Ordinariate to celebrate Mass according clerics joining an Ordinariate Seminarians”, who study at to Divine Worship when not must excardinate from their institutions with Latin-rite in a parish belonging to the former Diocese. The Pastoral seminarians. It also allows the Ordinariate, if done privately. Provision was issued in 1980 to Ordinariate to organize its own The celebration of Mass with receive married former Anglican programmes for the ongoing a congregation is possible, if clergy into ordained Catholic formation of clergy. SYMPOSIUM: 10 Years after Anglicanorum coetibus he Congregation for the TDoctrine of the Faith (CDF) is Rome Symposium hosting an academic symposium at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome on 15th October with papers presented on the historical, ecumenical, canonical and liturgical implications of Anglicanorum coetibus, Pope Benedict 10 years after XVI’s Apostolic Constitution that provided for the establishment of Anglicanorum coetibus Personal Ordinariates. perspective; Mgr Mark Langham of Cambridge While primarily aimed at academics and University on the ecumenical perspective; and those involved in the administration of the Professor Hans-Jurgen Feulner of the University Ordinariates the symposium is open to of Vienna who on the liturgical perspective. all. The speakers are Archbishop DiNoia, Adjunct Secretary of CDF, on the historical Mgr Keith and a number of priests from the perspective; Fr Gianfranco Ghirlanda, of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham Pontifical Gregorian University on the canonical hope to be present. including Fr Len. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 4 Schoenstatt Pilgrimage and Conference lans are well in hand for our annual visit Pto the Schoenstatt Shrine that peaceful oasis nestled in seventeen secluded acres at the foot of the Campsie Fells, north of Glasgow, from Friday 7th to Monday 10th June. Bookings are looking good this year with only 4 rooms still available ... so it’s not too late to book.

Our Pilgrimage will be led by the distinguished scholar, Ordinariate priest and popular blogger, Father John Hunwicke who will give three devotional addresses and the Sunday homily. ... including the Canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman and how we will celebrate Our guest speaker is journalist and broadcaster the event, 10 years afterAnglicanorum coetibus, Joanna Bogle, a great supporter of the Pilgrimage to St Ninian’s Cave, Pilgrimage in Ordinariate, who will give two talks: John Paul, honour of St Margaret of Scotland and the Benedict, and the Background Story and Stories to Ordinariate Pilgrimage to Rome, to mention just Encourage: Tales from the Ordinariate in Britain. a few!

There will also be time to relax and enjoy Full details of our Schoenstatt Pilgrimage and each other’s company and to make plans for Conference, including a booking form, will be the Ordinariate in Scotland in the coming year found at www.ordinariate.scot St Ninian’s Cave Pilgrimage he St Ninian’s Cave Pilgrimage is Hadrian’s Wall in today’s Cumbria. He studied Tan annual event in the Diocese of Galloway in Rome and came to Whithorn around 394 event held on the last Sunday in August beside bringing with him stone masons from Tours to the cave which was a place of retreat for St built the first stone church in Scotland, Candida Ninian, Scotland’s first saint who brought Casa. The annual pilgrimage brings Catholics Christianity to Scotland in the 5th Century. together to honour the memory of St Ninian. The cave is about a mile’s walk from the car park Ninian was probably born around 360 south of down a well trodden path, through Physgill Glen and on to the shore and then along the stoney beach to the cave.

Two years ago Bishop William Nolan invited members of the Ordinariate in Scotland to join the Diocesan Pilgrimage and this year we plan to take up the invitation and invited all associated with the Ordinariate in Scotland to join the growing number of Ordinariate supporters in Whithorn the Machars on Sunday 25th August for the St Ninian’s Cave Mass at 4pm.

Plans for the Ordinariate presence at the Mass and how we might get there will be discussed further at Schoenstatt. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 5 Blessed John Henry Newman

ope Francis has are his book-length Essay on Pannounced that Blessed the Development of Christian Cardinal John Henry Newman Doctrine, On Consulting the is to be canonized following the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine, approval of a miracle attributed Apologia Pro Vita Sua - his to his intercession. spiritual autobiography up to 1864 - and Essay on the The papal decree comes Grammar of Assent. after the Vatican last year judged the healing of a woman Newman was named a to be miraculous. The case Cardinal by Pope Pius IX in relates to a law graduate in the 1879 and took as his mottoCor archdiocese of Chicago who ad cor loquitur — “Heart speaks had been inexplicably healed in to heart.” 2013 after praying for Blessed in Christ Church Cathedral, John Henry’s intercession Oxford and with Edward Pusey Newman was also a while suffering from a “life- and John Keble, he became regular visitor to Scotland to threatening pregnancy.” one of the leading figures in Abbotsford House, the former home of the historical novelist, The mother had “unstoppable playwright and poet, Sir Walter internal bleeding which Scott. He was a devoted reader threatened the life of her child of Scott and this interest in the womb,” said Father increased in 1847 when his close Harrison. “She had long been a friend in Oxford, James Hope, devotee of Blessed John Henry, married Scott’s grand-daughter. and in prayer she directly and explicitly invoked Newman’s In 1852 Hope managed the intercession to stop the defence in the libel action bleeding.” brought against Newman and it was at this time, while awaiting “The miraculous healing judgement, that Newman first was immediate, complete and stayed at Abbotsford. permanent, and the child was born normally.” While there, he celebrated Mass in Sir Walter Scott’s The date of the canonization former domestic chapel in the of Blessed John Henry has not basement of the house on a yet been announced by Pope number of occasions. Francis, but it is expected to take place later this year. The Following Hope’s death in speculation is that may happen 1873 Newman continued to on Sunday 13th October, just visit Abbotsford which had before the academic symposium the Oxford Movement. He passed into the hands of Hope’s in Rome. was received into the Catholic eldest daughter. Today in Church in 1845. the little Catholic chapel at Born in London in 1801, John Abbotsford there are two Henry Newman was ordained The author of 40 books and beautiful chasubles (left), as well an Anglican priest in 1825 21,000 letters, his most famous as his biretta and missal, which News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 6

were used by him when he Harrison, postulator for Blessed contribution to Catholicism visited Abbotsford. John Henry’s cause, said that after his conversion in 1845.” everyone at the Birmingham Newman died in the Oratory, which Cardinal “Newman’s long spiritual Birmingham Oratory in 1890. Newman founded, is “absolutely pilgrimage ‘out of shadows He was beatified by Benedict delighted that the heroic and images into the truth’ XVI in Birmingham in 2010, sanctity has been recognised.” encourages all Christians to after the Vatican approved persevere in their quest for God the miraculous healing of The news “will be welcomed above all else. His conversion Deacon Jack Sullivan, a native by Catholics and Anglicans to Catholicism is a clear of Braintree, Massachusetts, alike, and many others. example of how God uses all who recovered from a crippling Newman was a central figure the circumstances of our lives spinal condition after praying to within the Oxford Movement to draw us to himself, in his Newman for his intercession. in the Church of England, and own good time, and in so many this helped him to make his different ways.” Oratorian Father Ignatius unique theological and spiritual Fr Len writes... t’s official! effect upon all who Edinburgh IThe ‘centre’ of gathered” there. It In Edinburgh the Ordinariate the Ordinariate in is a great joy to hear Mass is celebrated on the Scotland is no longer of this, something second Sunday of every month in Inverness but in which is shared by at 2.30pm, and the excellent Whithorn and The all members of the news is that we now have an Marches and this Ordinariate. organist to play at Mass. He is where the largest contingent of pilgrims at Inverness Schoenstatt this year will come In Inverness from ... and the smallest will be the Liturgies of from the Highlands! Holy Week were celebrated in the Whithorn and the Marches little Oratory of It is a great joy to see the St Joseph in our fruits of Fr Simon’s work in back garden. A Whithorn and the Marches few years ago and especially to hear of the I extended the Oratory of St Joseph enthusiasm and dedication with summer house, which is the is Bartosz (pronounced Bartek) which the number of Associates Oratory, and built on a pavilion Skrzypczak who came to us and others are embracing the which has drop-down sides, though my good friend, John Ordinariate Mass from Divine extending the area, allowing Blyth, of St Margaret’s and St Worship: The Missal. us to celebrate days such as Leonard’s Catholic Church, Maundy Thursday, Good the Tridentine Mass church in You will read in Fr Simon’s Friday and Holy Saturday with Edinburgh. He is doing a grand report how Maundy Thursday more people. We continue to job in conquering the Merbecke and Good Friday were celebrate Mass every Sunday setting of the Mass! celebrated in Whithorn at 11.30am in the Chapel of according to the Ordinariate the former Royal Northern At St Columba’s have been Missal and how these liturgies Infirmary on the banks of the very conscious, especially had “a holy and profound River Ness. since the departure of Deacon News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 7

Michael, of the fact that I have begin a monthly Ordinariate two days to pray together, to had little time to chat after Mass on the first Monday of discuss how things were going Mass over a cup of Michael’s every month for the growing for us in Scotland and to make excellent tea because of having number of Ordinariate plans for the future. It was to leave in time to catch the members living in Nairn. This a useful meeting and one we 4.30pm train back to Inverness. is excellent news and perhaps intend to repeat annually. The I have decided that from now the beginning of the Ordinariate one thing we all agreed was the on, in order to give me more Mass being celebrated mid- gratitude we would like to pay time with everyone, I will stay week in other locations. to all Ordinariate members, overnight in Edinburgh. Associate members, friends and Your Ordinariate priests supporters throughout Scotland Nairn During Lent all four and beyond for your support, In Nairn, to the east of Ordinariate priests in Scotland encouragement and prayers. Inverness, Fr Cameron is to met together in Inverness over Fr Simon writes... oly Week Mass. There were six Liturgy. Again, there were Hand Easter has candidates for Foot twenty-five people present. had me fully engaged Washing. After the At the Solemn Prayers twelve in the liturgical life Communion Rite people introduced each of the of the Parishes and we proceeded with categories for prayer from their even within the a solemn procession seats. This lay participation Diocese too as I to the beautifully continued as two children drove North to the decorated Altar of accompanied the crucifix cathedral church Repose at the Blessed with lighted candles from the of St Margaret’s, Ayr with sacristy back into Church for its Deacon Bob from Newton Veneration. Stewart to concelebrate at the Chrism Mass on Holy The sacredness and solemnity Tuesday. It is always a pleasure of two of these great days of the to be included and welcomed Triduum in accordance with in this way and it is great the Ordinariate Missal made a to meet up afterwards with holy and profound effect upon friends Sarah and I made on all who gathered which was Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome witnessed in the silence of our nearly three years ago shortly departure from these liturgies. after we were received. Altar of Repose at Whithorn Easter Vigil Holy Thursday Sacrament Altar for Vigil where The Easter Vigil at Whithorn On Holy Thursday we we sang Tantum Ergo offering was celebrated in the Novus celebrated the Mass of the incense. This was attended by Ordo and the lighting of the Lords Supper at Whithorn ten of the faithful and when we Paschal Fire from the brazier according to the Ordinariate had completed our devotions, outside suffered no accidental Missal in the company of five of us had remained to its quenching neither did it require twenty-five faithful. We made a end at 10pm. the assistance of a re-ignition merry joyful noise with our bells from a lighter on standby! for the Gloria with the music Good Friday Amazing! And Deacon Bob of Merbecke to accompany us The following day we sang the complete Exultet which was sung throughout the gathered for the Good Friday beautifully. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 8

Easter sacraments to the sick in the On Easter morning we parish and once again enjoyed gathered in Newton Stewart being with people in their where I concelebrated with homes kneeling in prayer. Father William McFadden our Parish Priest. The Easter Vigil I very much enjoy this at Whithorn was celebrated in pastoral role which contrasts the Novus Ordo and the lighting with my 23 years’ experience as of the Paschal Fire from the a Naval chaplain where pastoral brazier outside suffered no duties were a little different. accidental quenching neither In fact; it takes me back to did it require the assistance my days having been a parish of a re-ignition from a lighter priest many years ago before I on standby! Amazing! And joined the Royal Navy: It is a Deacon Bob sang the complete welcome return indeed and yet St Martin and St Ninian’s Exultet beautifully. another joy of being a Catholic Ordinariate Priest serving here We are becoming used to On Easter morning we in Whithorn. singing various parts of the gathered in Newton Stewart Mass in the Merbecke Setting where I concelebrated with Every Tuesday I celebrate for the liturgy supported Father William McFadden our Mass according to Divine ably and enthusiastically by Parish Priest. Worship: The Missal in Raymond McMullen our Altar St Martin and St Ninian’s, Server together with Charles During the Easter Octave on Whithorn at 11am and it McEwan who is our Cantor. Easter Tuesday we celebrated is a great joy to welcome a The photograph above shows Mass as the Ordinariate growing number of people the Lady Chapel Altar is set out and again this morning on who find spiritual solace in the ready for the St George’s Day Easter ThursdayNovus Ordo. Ordinariate Use. Mass at which we had 13 people After Mass today I took the present. Fr Cameron writes... ith the This is a chance Wgrowing for those ordinariate number of members in the Ordinariate members area come to an in Nairn, 15 miles to Ordinariate Mass the east of Inverness, without travelling Fr Cameron has the 30 miles decided, with there and back to the permission Inverness. It will St Mary’s, Nairn of the parish priest of St also be an opportunity for Mary’s Catholic Church in those Episcopalians or lapsed St Mary’s Academy Street, Fr Damian Episcopalians in the area St Mary’s, Nairn, traces its Martell, to begin celebrating to explore the possibility of history back to 1861 when Fr Mass according to Divine being received into the full Donald MacKenzie set off from Worship: The Missal at communion of the Catholic Stratherrick to Nairn to find 10am on the first Monday of Church to find out more about residence there and care for the the month from Mary’s Month the Personal Ordinariate of Our growing number of Catholics of May onwards. Lady of Walsingham . in the town. He worked hard News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 9

to build up funds and a new had been educated at the Scots church, St Mary’s, was opened College in Rome and at Blairs in 1864. College, near Aberdeen, for the Catholic priesthood but at the St Mary’s has one important age of 29, just before he was link with the Catholic Church due to be ordained, he gave up in Australia in that St Mary his training and emigrated to MacKillop of the Cross, an Australia. He arrived in Sydney Australian nun of Scottish in 1838 and, two years later, descent, visited St Mary’s on met Flora MacDonald who had her journey around Scotland emigrated from Fort William, in the 1870’s to visit the land arriving in Melbourne in 1840 St Mary MacKillop of her parents. She stayed one where they were married later and was encouraged in her work night in the priest’s house, now that year. Mary MacKillop, by Pope Pius IX. Pope Leo XIII the Church Hall of St Mary’s, born in 1842, was the eldest of gave official approval to the Nairn. their eight children. Josephites as a congregation in 1885, with its headquarters in St Mary MacKillop Together with Father Julian Sydney. Mary Helen MacKillop was Tenison Woods, she founded born on 15 January 1842 in the Sisters of St Joseph of the Mary Helen MacKillop what is now the Melbourne Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a died on 8 August 1909 at the suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria, congregation of religious sisters Josephite convent in North at the time part of an area that established a number of Sydney. The Archbishop of called Newtown in the then schools and welfare institutions Sydney, Cardinal Moran, said: British colony of New South throughout Australia and New “I consider this day to have Wales. Her parents had lived in Zealand with an emphasis on assisted at the deathbed of a Roybridge, before emigrating to education for the rural poor. saint.” Her canonisation took Australia. place on 17 October 2010, MacKillop travelled to Rome making her the first Australian Her father, Alexander in 1873 to seek papal approval to be recognised as a Saint by MacKillop, born in Perthshire, for the religious congregation the Catholic Church. Fr Stanley writes... n Monday April 15th O2019 I watched on-line Vespers from Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, as I have done frequently for many years, and all appeared normal - see http://bit.ly/ND-Vespers Less than an hour later I was shocked is that there is no U.K. Catholic TV Channel broadcasting on to hear on the BBC Radio 4 6 Channel that gives access to satellite and via the internet O’Clock News that there was a services containing church that was established in 1999 fire at the Cathedral. The BBC music that is akin to the music I thanks to the efforts of the late News Channel revealed how was brought up to value by my Cardinal Aaron Jean-Marie serious it was. Anglo-Catholic up-bringing. Lustiger, former Archbishop The Notre Dame services were of Paris, who had strong media You may ask why I watch broadcast by KTO (www.ktotv. links. KTO has around 60 full- services in French. The reason com), the French Catholic time equivalent posts and an News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 10 annual budget of around €10 Choir School), both men and Saint Sulpice and Cathedral million. It receives no money women, who have sung a wide altar servers and singers feature from the Church or from the variety of church choral music, prominently and so their French State (apart from tax accompanied by accomplished congregational life has been relief as a charity) and raises organists, to a high professional preserved to an extent. funds through donations, standard. regular giving, legacies, and the Our brothers and sisters sale of a programme magazine of Notre Dame, clergy, and DVDs. servers, singers, lay staff and congregation, have been hurt I was able to follow the psalms by their experience of being and canticle using the English excluded from their beloved translation in the Divine Office Cathedral because of the fire, and the Magnificat was sung in and they need our prayers and Latin to a selection of familiar support. gregorian plainsong chants, my favourite being the Tonus Let us hope that the effect of Peregrinus, the Wandering the fire will encourage French Tone, that as a boy I sang in people, in what is a highly- the Choir of St Michael & All secularised state where only 4% Angels, Inverness, at Evensong Church of Saint Sulpice of the population attend weekly on Easter Day for the appointed Sunday Mass, to reflect on the Psalms 114 and 115. Maintaining the work and message of the Christian faith ministry of Notre Dame, has and realise that the Cathedral KTO also broadcast from been a team of about 60 members is not just an achievement of Notre Dame the Sunday of staff who have dealt with the the nation but a witness to the Evening Mass where the many visitors who have flocked crucified and risen Christ. principal celebrant was normally to the Cathedral. Now that the the Archbishop of Paris with Cathedral will be out of service The Catholic Church faces his auxiliary bishops, the vicar for many years, I wonder what a challenging situation in general and other priests will happen to them? They face witnessing to the Gospel. In associated with the Cathedral. an uncertain future. The Arch- 1950, there were about 50,000 The Mass setting was normally Priest, Mgr Patrick Chauvet, priests. Today, there are about the Missa de Angelis that we wishes to have a temporary 10,000, mostly elderly and sung on Greater Festivals at St wooden church erected where approaching retirement. But Michaels, Inverness. the life of the Cathedral can there are signs of hope, such as continue during the period of the young people who prayed It was and is my way of reconstruction, but will the the rosary while the Cathedral participating live in the secular authorities be supportive? was burning. tradition of worship in the wider Western Church that it The Sunday night Arch- Pray for the Catholic Church in is not possible to experience bishop’s Mass has been France and for all committed to easily in remote areas of the transferred to the Church of the restoration of Notre Dame. country. Also, I have found it The following videos show a church at worship, full of faith and determined to encouraging to see the devotion witness to Christ: Chrism Mass - Saint Sulpice - https://youtu.be/hkd_FvkLyx4 and dedication of the young Mass of the Last Supper - https://youtu.be/BcxyLJi4dAg men serving as altar services Finally, an encouraging homily on Easter Day about Notre Dame from at Notre Dame, and also the Fr Jonathan Meyer - https://youtu.be/AjWLlMTlQLw members of the Mâitrise This link is to a documentary about the daily life of Notre Dame: Notre Dame (the Notre Dame http://bit.ly/ND-daily News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 11 Ordinariate Scotland News Columba Trust way of supporting the Personal diary so as to avoid any clashes In the last newsletter we Ordinariate of Our Lady of with other arrangements you announced the wonderful news Walsingham, and sharing in its might make. Further details that the Columba Trust, which aims and worship. will be circulated as soon as funds the advancement of the they are available. Roman Catholic religion in We are delighted to welcome Scotland, had made a donation two new Associate members, Sunday Missal to the Ordinariate in Scotland Charles and Adelina McEwan Those of you who bought of £4,000 “in the hope that it who support the Ordinariate copies of the excellent CTS will be helpful to the finances of Mass in St Martin and St Divine Worship Sunday the Ordinariate in Scotland”. Ninian’s, Whithorn. Missal may have noticed that the book has some This was indeed a wonderful Celebration significant omissions, in and most generous gift As part of the particular the omission of which has not only assist celebration of ten any reference to Trinity us in our Mission here in years since the Sunday. Scotland but brought us great publication by encouragement. They have Pope Benedict We were told that a also indicated that they will of the Apostolic supplement was being give careful consideration Constitution anglicanorum prepared so I contacted CTS to a future application of a coetibus the Ordinariate and have received the following project of the Ordinariate in will marking the event on message from Natallia Ushe, Scotland. We are most grateful Saturday 9th November with a Editorial Assistant at the to the Columba Trust for their celebration in Precious Blood, CTS, “My apologies for the confidence in, and support of, Borough, London Bridge, inconvenience this error has the Ordinariate here. sponsored by the Friends of the caused, but please rest assured Ordinariate. that we will have the missing Associate Members text added to the next reprint.” The Personal Ordinariate Rome Pilgrimage 2020 of Our Lady of Walsingham Preliminary plans are She attached the two was established to bring former also being made for a joint downloadable supplements, Anglicans and Episcopalians pilgrimage of the Ordinariates one with the readings for into the full communion of worldwide to Rome in the Trinity Sunday and the other the Catholic Church but over spring of 2020. Currently the containing Appendix 1 (Prayers the years many Diocesan dates being looked at are 10th- of Preparation) and Appendix Catholics have asked for a 16th May 2020 and although it 6 (The Last Gospel). You way to identify themselves is far too early to make any firm can download these at www. wit us in a more tangible way. arrangements you might want ordinariate.scot/dwsm Associate Membership is the to pencil these dates into your Restoration at Scalan ou will no doubt during the troubled times Yalready know about the of the 18th century. Scalan Scalan ‘hidden seminary’ which was ‘hidden’ because of its was once one of the few places remote position in the Braes of in Scotland where the Roman Glenlivet at the time when the Catholic faith was kept alive religion was illegal. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 12

The latest news is that the planning committee of the Cairngorms National Park Authority has now granted planning permission to Crown Estate Scotland to carry out a variety of works at the site.

This means that the cluster of historic buildings where the Catholic priests were secretly Scalan seminary (left) and the north mill (right) - photos: Leslie Swan trained are to be restored and preserved. These include the Peter Argyle, planning The north mill, which restoration and repair of the committee vice-convener, said: houses a very rare threshing north and south mill buildings, “I am delighted to support this machine, believed to be bringing a timber waterwheel application, with Scalan being the oldest surviving one in back into working order and so historically and culturally situ in Scotland, will have creating new access paths. significant. Making the site both external and internal safe and easier to access will renovations. Planning officer Stephanie result in this hidden gem being Wade said: “The proposed a must see for visitors to the This includes the works look to help preserve the area.” restoration of the timber historic fabric and integrity of waterwheel, which alongside the mill buildings while giving The Roman Catholic seminary the reinstatement of the members of the public greater was originally built in 1767 in north lade will allow for accessibility to the site. the guise of a farmhouse, with manned demonstrations for mill buildings added in the late visitors. “It is very much supported 19th and early 20th century. by both Historic Environment Historic graffiti dating from Scotland and the Architectural These are considered to be as far back at 1874 will also Heritage Society of Scotland of significant importance in be preserved. Similarly, the and the plans meet with our terms of the historical, social nearby south mill will also be own policies around the reuse and agricultural development of sympathetically restored, but of old buildings and our support Scalan from the 18th century to its iron waterwheel will be for for cultural heritage projects.” the early 20th century. display only. The Personal Ordinariate in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Inverness Edinburgh Whithorn

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