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1 March - April 2021 Newsletter of the SSPX in Great Britain and Scandinavia Be nothing solicitous! Nervous moments (2016) before the definitive commitment to the service of the altar during the ordination cere- mony to the subdeaconate on the Saturday before Passion Sunday, called “Sitientes” (after the first words of the Introit of the Mass).

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Be nothing solicitous

Don’t worry, just pray

Rev. Robert Brucciani, District Superior

Be nothing solicitous; but in grace, we will profit from this for- everything, by prayer and supplic- cible detachment by not only seeing ation, with thanksgiving, let your the worth of spiritual things, but by petitions be made known to God. putting them in their proper order: (Phil 4:6) loving God above all things and then loving our neighbour as ourselves My dear faithful, for the love of God.

As the modern world rushes head- One of the natural consequences of long into political tyranny, economic this rearrangement will be a more meltdown, and cultural persecution, fervent and efficacious prayer life. it is natural, and supernatural, for faithful Catholics to turn to God. Definition of prayer As we are forcibly detached from our dominion over material things, Prayer in the narrowest sense, is the it is natural that we cling more raising of the mind and the heart to tightly to the spiritual goods in our God in order to ask Him for seemly lives: our relationship with God, things: the graces or gifts that we family and friends, and with need to live on earth and to attain ourselves. With the help of God’s eternal life.

6 March - April 2021 Regular prayer, therefore, is neces- Prayer, in a broader sense, is the sary to obtain heaven for those who raising the mind and the heart to have attained reason. God, not only to ask Him for things, but to adore Him, thank Him and make reparation to Him. Types of prayer

Prayer in the broadest sense is a There are a number ways we can conversation with God, sometimes classify prayer. called a colloquy. Prayer is a conver- – Prayers may classified accord- sation, a two-way communication ing to their end: worship (that because God always answers our is, adoration, thanksgiving and prayers whether by interior inspira- reparation) or petition. tions or exterior events; we just – Prayer may public or private. need to be listening. Public prayers in this sense are the official prayers of the The nature and finality of prayer is Church, also called the Liturgy. shown in Figure 1. These prayers are contained in the official books of the Church: the Missal, the Divine Office Necessity of prayer (Breviary), the Ritual and the Martyrology and are prayed by Prayer is our first duty not only as or with a minister of the Christians, but even as men. It is Church. natural and necessary (ie. part of – Prayer may be personal or col- natural law) that we beg graces lective. from Him from Whom we have – Prayer may be vocal or mental. everything - even our existence. It is natural and necessary that we ac- The various types of prayer are best knowledge, abase ourselves before, shown in Figure 2. honour and thank the Supreme Be- ing. It is natural that we converse with God, union with Whom is our Efficacy of prayer ultimate end, the ultimate purpose for sanctification of our existence. Prayer produces three marvellous

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effects in the soul: Efficacy of prayers – it detaches us from creatures of petition – it unites us entirely to God, – it gradually transforms us into Prayers of petition will always be God. answered, for we have the promise of Christ Himself: Prayer detaches us from creatures Ask, and it shall be given you; in so far as they are an obstacle to seek, and you shall find: knock, our union with God. This effect of and it shall be opened to you" prayer follows from its very nature (Mt 7:7); as an elevation of the heart to God. "Therefore I say unto you, all The second effect of prayer - union - things whatsoever you ask when is realised through intimate con- ye pray, believe that you shall re- verse and is preserved by the fear of ceive" (Mk 11:24) losing God through mortal sin, or impeding Him through venial sin or There are, however, some condi- imperfections. tions attached. First, God only ac- cords us those things that are truly Prayer gradually transforms us into good for us, which means that we God by the sanctifying grace that should only pray for things that dir- God bestows upon. St. Francis de ectly or indirectly pertain to our sal- Sales says: vation or the salvation of another.

"If prayer be a colloquy, a dis- Then, when we pray we should pray course or a conversation of the with attention, firm faith, ardent de- soul with God, by it then we sire, hope, meekness and humility. speak to God, and He again speaks to us; we aspire to Him When we pray in this way for some- and breathe in Him, and He recip- thing, we are never left unrewarded. rocally inspires us and breathes For although God has known from upon us." all eternity our every need, and has His will fixed for all eternity, His foreknowledge of our prayers is woven in into His providential plan for the universe. And in this way, we

8 March - April 2021 the raising of the mind nature Adora�on and heart to God by affec�ve (causa formalis) acts and pe��ons Thanksgiving purpose to give glory to God (causa finalis) & ask Him for things prayer Repara�on means intellect & will, senses, (causa efficiens) memory & imagina�on Supplica�on

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can say that our prayers really are but we must concentrate on God. the cause of God’s munificence.

If what we demand is not the best Mental Prayer for our salvation, our prayer never- theless does not fail to shower Mental prayer is a higher form of down upon us new graces and an in- prayer in that it is more spiritual crease in faith, hope and charity as and hence more proportioned to long as we pray with humility. union with God. It is also more difficult, which is why very few pray well in this way. Vocal prayer Mental prayer can be broadly di- When we decide to pray, most of us vided into meditative prayer or con- instinctively have recourse to vocal templative prayer in view of the op- prayer which involves the recitation erations of the soul in each. It is of fixed texts such as the liturgy of divided further by the spiritual au- the Church or devotions such as the thors. rosary, hymns, litanies, acts of con- secration etc. or speaking with Figure 3 is St. Teresa of Avila’s divi- words of our own composition. sion of mental prayer.

The prayer of vocal prayer, however, is not in the recital of words; it Meditation is in the raising of the mind and Meditative prayer is the simplest heart to God by the affective acts of form of mental prayer and may be humility, faith, hope, charity, gratit- defined as “a loving discursive ude and sorrow that the words consideration of religious truths” evoke or permit. It is important to by which we raise our minds and understand this, for it will help us hearts to God. see that attention to God Whom we address is necessary and it will pre- What this means is that, after hav- vent us falling into the error of mul- ing put ourselves in the presence tiplying our vocal prayers without of God (imagining ourselves affective acts of virtue. We do not kneeling before His throne, or sit- have to concentrate on the words, ting at His feet or however we

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might wish to become conscious lovers and divine lovers is that, of His presence) we begin to con- instead of wondering whether the sider Him or consider some as- other loves us, we know that God pect of His created world and its loves us with the certainty of faith creatures as being ordered to and reason. Our meditations Him. But the object of this effort therefore are an exercise in dis- of discursive reasoning is not to covery and elucidation of this become more knowledgeable love and an eliciting of our love about the truths of our faith (or for Him by this discovery. even truths of philosophy or sci- ence in relation to Him) but to The prayer of meditation, al- discover manifestations of His though freer than vocal prayer, love for us. should not be void of structure al- together, for our weak human St. John of the Cross says suc- nature requires some sort of sup- cinctly: “The end of meditation port. Typically, meditative prayer and mental consideration of di- should include the following vine things is to obtain some steps: knowledge of the love of God.” – Putting oneself in the Thus, meditation can be seen as presence of God, part of the first stage of court- – Reflecting on the subject of ship. Just as when two kindred meditation (eg. the Gospel of spirits are attracted to each other, today), they find themselves conversing – Considering the points of with delight and then, when meditation alone, pondering on their conver- – Conversing with God sation, by meditation we ponder – Forming resolutions the words and actions of God in Scripture, in theology, in the lives St. Teresa of Avila admitted to great of the saints or in our own lives to difficulty in concentration in medita- discover new reasons to love God tions and so advocated meditation and new signs of God’s love for with a book so that one could read us. and re-read a section of text.

The difference between human One thing that we must avoid when

12 March - April 2021 we meditate is making ourselves the our colloquy ceases and our soul is subject of our meditation. Our stilled in silent contemplation of prayer must not be an extended tor- God. This is the consummation of turous examination of conscience. the prayer of contemplation: a simple intuition of the Truth. In con- Contemplation templation the soul seeking God is Meditation is but the first stage of illuminated by His light and is courtship; it is a prayer of means to drawn intensely to Himself. the perfection of prayer which is contemplation. St. Teresa of Avila This is the highest form of prayer describes contemplation as “nothing and is not something that can be but the intimate commerce of achieved by a method; it is a free friendship, in which a soul con- gift of God given in brief moments verses one to one with this God by or for extended periods to encour- Whom it knows itself loved.” age souls in their work of sanctification. At first it is an intimate colloquy, wholly personal and spontaneous, without preoccupation about form Be nothing solicitous and order, and proceeding only from the overflowing love of the heart. Having reminded ourselves of the Just as two lovers, convinced of nature, necessity and types or their mutual love, feel total liberty prayer, as we watch the clouds of and delight in each other’s company, revolution gathering, let us also re- contemplation is that unrestrained, member that no tyranny, no poverty uninhibited relationship of love with and no religious persecution can God. Sometimes the soul speaks, take away that greatest good, that sometimes it holds itself in silence, pearl of great price which is our per- listening interiorly in order to personal relationship with our loving ceive the movements of grace which God. As St. Pauls says, are God’s answer Be nothing solicitous; but in When all our love’s desires have everything, by prayer and sup- been spoken, just as two lovers plication, with thanksgiving, let might gaze at each other in silence, your petitions be made known to

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God. And the peace of God, & Leonard, Edinburgh on 30th which surpasseth all under- May and at St. Michael’s School, standing, keep your hearts and Burghclere on 31st May. Please minds in Christ Jesus. register through the website or Amen, so be it. (Phil 4:6-7) with the forms in this newsletter. In Jesu et Maria, Rev. Robert Brucciani School raffle thanks St. Michael’s Raffle raised a re- ______cord £5158 this Christmas. Thank you very much indeed. The winner of the bottle of Red- News & notices breast whiskey expressly wished to remain anonymous.

Subdeaconate 20th March Stole fees Mr. Bernard Bevan of Dover, Stole fees (also called stipends) brother of Rev. Fr. Rupert are offerings in consideration of Bevan, will be ordained to the expenses incurred by a chapel subdeaconate on the Saturday or priest in the course of minis- ofSitientes at St. Pius X Semin- tering to the faithful. The stole ary, Ecône on 20th March. This is fees are waived at the discretion the first of the major orders of the priest in cases of hard- which entails an implicit vow of ship. The present stole fees have celibacy and the commitment to remained unchanged for a num- the recital of the Divine Office ber of years (at least since I was in order to continue the public ordained in 2004) and the num- prayer of the Church. Please ber of Mass requests are grow- keep Mr. Bevan in your prayers; ing all the time. In view of this, he is a modern-day hero and an and the growing discrepancy example to all boys and young with our international confreres men. Deo gratias. (which makes it difficult to send the surplus Masses to the mis- th st Confirmations 30 & 31 May sionary priests), a new schedule His Lordship Bishop de Galar- of stole fees will come into ef- reta will confer the sacrament fect after Easter as follows: of confirmation at Ss. Margaret

14 March - April 2021 Mass: £14 Novena of Masses: £140 Gregorian of Masses: £600 Weddings £150 Funerals £100 Baptisms: £50

Masses requests may be made in person, by letter or by elec- tronic means to any priest or to the nearest priory.

Rosary Crusade Please remember to offer your rosaries for the intention of the Superior General’s Rosary Cru- sade for the liberation of the Mass (it is still forbidden in many places such as Ireland and Scotland), and for vocations. Send your tallies to [email protected] or by post to the District House in Wimbledon.

Mr. Bernard Bevan will be ordained to the subdiaconate on 20th March.

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Pray without ceasing

Rev. John Brucciani SSPX

Amidst the humdrum routines of supernaturally persuasive daily life, our Lord's voice calls us capacity. Our baptismal character to attention. He reminds us that gives us free entrance to the our first duty is to always focus heavenly courts where we are on the one thing necessary: "Seek received and heard with attention ye therefore first the kingdom of and compassion. God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you." Such a privilege should not be (Mt. 6:33) used sparingly. On the contrary, we should use and abuse our right The greatest challenge in life is to to come before our Lord and remain focused on developing and makes known to Him our love, enhancing the powers we have our gratitude for graces received received at baptism. Baptism does and our needs. indeed empower us and makes us capable of fulfilling our duties of St. Paul bids us to "pray religion in a manner truly pleasing unceasingly." It is not a counsel to God. but a command. Yet, how is the fulfilment of our duties of prayer We receive in particular the possible with the busy lives we power of prayer. Our lead? Does St. Paul forget how conversation with God and our weak we are and, regardless, bid supplications to Him take on a us become like the Seraphim who

16 March - April 2021 sing God's praises unceasingly? called desire: "Your continuous How can we spend our lives in desire is your continuous prayer. prayer, when at the same time If you cease to desire than you God asks us to subdue the earth will have fallen silent in your and make it bear fruit, and prayer." moreover, by the sweat of our brow? True prayer is not made up of gestures and words. These are Our perplexity only increases preparatory measures that when we hear our Lord asking separate our minds and hearts that we pray not only from the things of the world and continuously, but in few place them in God's presence. words:"When you are praying, Then prayer takes over. "Prayer is speak not much, as the heathens. the language of the heart’s For they think that in their much yearning for God; it is the speaking they may be heard." (Mt interpreter of the heart’s desire. 6:7). Must we shorten our prayer, “The mouth speaks through the whilst at the same time medium of words, the heart prolonging it? What does our Lord speaks through the medium of its mean by continuous prayer? desires. It is your heart’s desire that is your prayer.” Continuous prayer is given only to select souls. It is one that does “It is not words that God wants of not use words and is not made up you, but your hearts.” “It is with of supplications and litanies. It the heart we ask; with the heart, does not require that we bend our we seek; and it is with the voice knees or take up our missal. of the heart that the door is Continuous prayer is something opened.” that can happen in any place and in the course of any occupation. A keen desire of the heart is, Multiform, it is fundamentally therefore, the way to God. It does simple. It invades everything, it not matter if we are frustrated in transfigures everything, it prayer or that we are distracted. sanctifies everything. What is important is that we desire to please God and to love According to Saint Augustine, him ever more and that we avail continuous prayer is simply ourselves of the means God has

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given us to join our prayers to patient fulfilment of our duties those of the Church. Hence the of state. In St. Paul's words: importanceDivini of Holy Mass. "Whatsoever you do, do it from the heart, as to the Lord, and not BaptismRedemptoris has given us the power to to men." This is the key to desire union with God and to making the humdrum holy and effectPope that Pius union XI through the prayerful. On communism 1937

THEEXERCISEOFTHEPRESENCEOFGOD The Spiritual Life. A Treatise on Ascetical & Mystical Theology Summarised by Hansby Coessensthe Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S., D.D.

The affective knowledge of God leads us in us, within the very centre of our to the holy exercise of the presence of soul, yet without ceasing to be distinct God. We shall now note briefly the found- from us. As we have said above, it is ation, the practice, and the advantages of the Triune God that lives in us: the this exercise. Father, Who loves us as His children, the Son Who deals with us as His A) Its foundation is the doctrine of God's brethren, and the Holy Ghost Who omnipresence. God is everywhere, not gives us both His gifts and Himself. only by His all-contemplating vision and His all-pervading action, but likewise, by B) The Practice of This Exercise. To His substance. As St. Paul told the find God, then, we need not seek Him Athenians: "In Him we live, and move, in the heavens. and are." This is true from both the nat- a) We find Him close by in the ural and the supernatural point of view. creatures round about us. It is there As Creator, after having given us our be- that we look for Him at the outset. One ing and our life, He preserves us and and all suggest to us some divine per- quickens our faculties by His concur- fection, but it is especially so of those rence. As Father, He begets us unto the creatures which, endowed with intel- supernatural life, which is a participation lect, are the dwelling places of the Liv- in His own, He co-operates with us as ing God. These constitute for us the principal cause in its preservation and its steps, as it were, of a ladder by which growth, and He is thus intimately present we ascend to Him.

18 March - April 2021 b) We know, moreover, that God is near feats of valour, should we not be ready those that confidently invoke Him: "The to undergo the most strenuous labours, Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon to make the greatest efforts when con- Him," and our soul delights to call to scious that not only does the eye of God Him now by ejaculatory prayers, now by watch us in our struggle, but that His long supplications. victorious arm ever sustains us? Could c) Above all we recall the fact that the we lag, when encouraged by the immor- Three Divine Persons dwell within us tal Crown He holds out to us, and above and that our heart is a living tabernacle, all, by the greater love He bestows on us a Heaven, wherein They give Them- as a reward? selves to us even now. It is enough, then, c) What great trust does not this thought simply to recollect ourselves, to enter inspire in us! Whatever may be our tri- within the inner Sanctuary of our soul, als, our temptations, our weariness and as St. Catherine of Sienna calls it, and our weakness, are we not assured of fi- contemplate with the eyes of faith the nal victory, when we recall that He, Who Divine Guest Who deigns to abide there. is All-powerful, Whom nothing can res- Then shall we live under His gaze, under ist, dwells within us and invests us with His influence; then shall we adore Him His power? Doubtless, we may sustain and co-operate with Him in the sancti- partial reverses and experience excruci- fication of our souls. ating anguish, yet we are certain that, supported by Him, we shall conquer, and C) It is easy to see the advantages of that even our crosses will but make us this exercise for our sanctification. grow in God's love and multiply our a) It makes us carefully avoid sin. Who merits. shall dare offend the majesty of God d) Lastly, what a joy for us is the while realising that God actually dwells thought that He Who is the Joy of the within him, with His infinite holiness Elect, and Whom we shall see one day that cannot endure the least blemish, face to face, is even now our portion, with His infinite justice obliging Him to Whose presence and conversation we punish the slightest fault, with His may enjoy all day long! power to punish the guilty, above all with His goodness, forever seeking our The knowledge and the habitual thought love and our fidelity! of God are, therefore, most sanctifying. b) It stimulates our zeal for perfection. The same is true of the knowledge of If a soldier fighting under the eyes of his self. commander is inspired to multiply his

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Failures & remedies in prayer

Summary of an essay by Archbishop Alban Goodier S.J.

Prayer is a gift from God—one but immediately we are lost. He readily bestows on those People we know wander who dispose themselves to its through our brain, above all reception. Prayer is not easy, it two classes: those we like best is like a delicate flower that re- and those we like least. quires nurturing. Many books have been written on how to (ii) We make ourselves pray but the lessons of our own comfortable—mindful of experiences are probably the St. Teresa’s warning than no best. one can pray whose body is in torture. After the first half minute, the restful attitude has Our failures led to a complete blank; it has either soothed us into slumber Our failures in prayer most of- or else has let our minds ten fall into three categories: wander to the moon. Of how many meditations is this the (i) We begin well enough—or history? we did not, which is more common than people allow— (iii) The desire and relish of

20 March - April 2021 Distraction, discomfort, dissipation and disordered affection are the enemies of prayer.

spiritual things deserts us as relation that exists between soon as we try to pray. There prayer and mortification, and remains nothing but weariness realise that, to some extent at and languor; mean and least, one is the price of the shameful thoughts then come other. careering through our minds which are totally absent at other times. We have scarcely The remedies begun our prayer but we long with an almost irresistible longing for the end. Recollection In the first place, if excessive These are more likely than not pre-occupation is a hindrance to our own experiences of prayer, prayer [as it most often is in our but fortunately they have their busy world], then we must train remedy written right across ourselves to resist this preoccu- them: we have but to acknow- pation. This does not necessar- ledge them, to discover the right ily mean doing less work in or-

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der to pray more, but it does “Jesus, I love Thee,” or “Jesus, mean that, no matter how much, my Lord and my God” etc.], or or how engrossing, or how ur- a visit to the Blessed gent our work may be, it must Sacrament, or to pray the never be allowed to master us. Angelus. Pray when nature is We must learn to shut the door not in conflict; gradually nature to interference; this is the active itself will learn to “taste and side of the virtue known as see howsweet is the Lord.” peace of mind. (ii) If prayer is not a matter Mortification of duty, if it is irksome (when Secondly, if bodily ease is found body and soul are weary) it is to be a hindrance to prayer, then of little use driving the soul not only during times of prayer against its own inclination. To but at other times too, we must pray long at such times, simply train the body to give up its because one has made up one’s comfort for the sake of energy mind to do so, does but make a of mind and heart. prayer a matter of greater horror. Prudence Thirdly, if nature resists the su- (iii) On the other hand,when pernatural effort to be made in prayer is of duty (due to one’s prayer, if prayer is a time of state in life or according to weariness and agony, then it is one’s religious rule), our prac- likely that the hindrance to tice must be the complete prayer comes from without opposite. We must not clip the rather than from within. It is time but train ourselves to much more likely to be a real prolong it; and the reason is trial than the consequence of that prayer is then something our own faithlessness and self- more than a matter of indulgence. There are three inclination. It is the fulfilment things to be done: of a duty and no yielding in duty can possibly make for (i) First of all, at times which growth in prayer. are not strictly times of prayer, seize the opportunities for prayers of aspiration [e.g.

22 March - April 2021 Other failures & remedies Summary in prayer Hence to sum up the remedies The above failures represent the to our failures in prayer: we most common hindrances to need to cultivate discipline of prayer, but sometimes the fer- thought, discipline of body, dis- vent, with all the best will and cipline of nature and discipline effort and preparation in the of heart. May Jesus grant us this world, still seem to make little grace. progress. In such cases it is likely that thetrial comes from the hand of God Himself.He sometimes makes prayer difficult [how many saints have had to pass through the “dark night of the soul?”] to confirm a soul in the virtue of disinterested love. To such souls that per- severe, He rewards them richly. Retreats 2021 Finally, there is another Saint Saviour’s House, hindrance, one which a soul is Bristol often loathe to admit, something clothed in the garments of good- Mar 6 : Lent Day of Recollection ness but which leads us away Mar 22-27 : Passion Retreat from God. This is adisordered May 3-8 : Marian Retreat affection for a person or a Jun 25-27 : Couple’s W/E Retreat thing. A disordered affection is Jul 12-17 : Men's Ignatian not just a distraction to be dealt Aug 2-7 : Women's Ignatian with by mortification of the Aug 20-22 : Youth Conference senses, it is something to be Sep 10-12 : Men's Ignatian rooted out. By a disordered af- Oct 8-10 : Women's Ignatian fection, we place a creature in Dec 4 : Advent Recollection competition with its Creator for our love.

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Gracious Providence

St. Michael’s School 30th anniversary

Rev. Fr. John Brucciani, Headmaster

Saint Michael’s will soon be cel- XIII) as well as the Sacred ebrating its 30th anniversary. Canons in which the Despite multiple challenges over frequenting of non-Catholic the years, God’s gracious schools, whether neutral or providence has worked many mixed, those namely which are miracles. St. Michael’s has per- open to Catholics and non- severed in its vocation to Catholics alike, is forbidden for provide parents with a means of Catholic children, and can be at fulfilling their very serious ob- most tolerated, on the approval ligations to preserve and nur- of the Ordinary alone, under ture their children’s Catholic determined circumstances of Faith. place and time, and with special precautions. It might be useful to remind readers of Pius XI’s words in his Neither can Catholics admit famous encyclical on that other type of mixed Education: school, (least of all the so- called "école unique," We renew and confirm the obligatory on all), in which the declarations of our students are provided with predecessors (Pius IX and Leo separate religious instruction,

24 March - April 2021 but receive other lessons in secondary schools regardless of common with non-Catholic parental opposition. Children pupils from non-Catholic can learn about all sorts of teachers. » (Encyclical DIVINI things that harm their souls, ILLIUS MAGISTRI, 1929) both in and out of the classroom, and parents are Although written a hundred powerless to protect them. years ago, Pius XI’s injunctions may not be discarded as a relic The Society of Saint Pius X in- of the past. Truth is timeless vests significant resources and does not age. On the con- throughout the world to provide trary, the pope’s words have be- Catholic schools to the faithful. come more pressing with time. These schools are the fruit of the prayers and sacrifices of There is no doubt that, in the parents, teachers and benefact- current educational climate, a ors alike. They are a tremend- child stands little chance of per- ous blessing and a token of severing in the Faith. Sex Edu- God’s provident protection. He cation is now compulsory in all truly does hear your prayers.

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the company of priests and In the light of papal teaching, teachers for whom our Lord Je- parents are under the grave ob- sus Christ is everything. It ligation to examine how they provides a boarding house for can fulfil their obligations as boys from anywhere in the educators. Parents should re- country. It provides bursaries to member that their decision in families who do not have the choosing a school for their chil- financial resources required to dren will, in most cases, determ- send their children to a Catholic ine not only their child’s tem- school. No family should feel poral future but also, and more that it is not for them. Our pu- importantly, their chances of pils do not come from privileged eternl salvation. backgrounds, but from families that want a truly Catholic edu- It is important to remember cation for their children. We are that, as custodians of baptised here to give Christ to your souls, parents have charge of children. children who first belong to God. And as the popes have Our Lord said: “Whatsoever you made repeatedly clear, it can be do to one of these little ones, grievously sinful to confide you do to Me.”. It is not good to what belongs to God to an insti- send Jesus to a place where His tution that does not believe in heavenly Father is neither re- Him but does believe in may cognised not honoured. other things harmful to the soul. To obtain more information about St. Michael’s School, Saint Michael’s School is open please consult https://stmi- to all Catholic families desirous chaels-school.uk/en or contact of God’s grace for their children. the Father John Brucciani: It offers a solid academic, moral [email protected] and spiritual formation to primary and secondary pupils in

26 March - April 2021 27 Confirmations in Chelsea Town Hall, 1986

28 Confirmation Registration 2021 for over 16yrs or St. Michael’s pupils signup by 30th April 2021

Please submit to a priest with copy of BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE if baptism was not in an SSPX chapel.

Full name of Candidate

Date ofb irth Date of baptism

Father’s name Father’s religion

Mother’s name Mother’s religion

Churchof baptism address

Home address

Tel:

Email:

Confirmation name

Conditional confirmation? Confirmation place NO□ YES □

29 Confirmation Course & Registration 2021 obligatory for all children 11-16yrs signup before Easter cost £18

Full name of pupil

Address

Date of birth Date of baptism Date of 1st Communion

Father’s name Father’s religion

Mother’s name Mother’s religion

Present School School Year (1-12)

Present Church Priests’ name

Name & address of person enrolling pupil Relationship with pupil

Email: Telephone

Have you previously enrolled with Our Lady of Fatima Catechism Correspondence? NO□ YES □

Enrolment is obligatory for all children (11-16) who are not pupils of St. Michael’s School. The sacrament of Confirmation will not be administered to children who have not followed this course.

Return completed form (a) to your local SSPX priest With BAPTISMAL or (b) email to [email protected] CERTIFICATE or (c) post to Society of St. Pius X, 125 Arthur Road,Wimbledon SW19 7DR

Payment by PayPal ([email protected]), credit/debit card (fsspx.uk/en/how-make-donations) or cheque to “SSPX” or scan QR code 30 March - April 2021 31

The Light of the World series is the 1954 Syllabus of Religious Knowledge in Scotland and based upon the Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (Penny Catechism 1933). This is the only known primary school textbook series which is written for the Penny Catechism. The series can be found in its en- tirety at: http://www.straphaelshomeschool.co.uk/the-light-of-the-world/ ✠ Of your charity please pray for the souls of

Mr. Andrew Courtney of Southport who died on 21st December 2020 Mrs. Marianne Alcindor of London who died on 2nd January 2021 Mrs. Esmé Patricia Morris of Newbury who died on 11th January 2021 Mrs. Nancy Bentley of Bingley who died on 27th January 2021 Mrs. Angela Straughair of Stocksfield, Northumberland who died on 13th February 2021

Please also pray for the following whose anniversaries occur about this time

March

ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE, Father Jeremiah Donovan, Father Augustine Cummins, C.S.S.R, Father Guy Bouvier, Father Geoff Hilton, Cyril Empson, E. Watkins, Mrs. P. Fooks, Helen Guy, Robert Malcolm, Roy Hawkins, Bernard Kenworthy-Browne, Hannah Prior, Mrs. O’Farrell, Michel Flaherty, Joseph Pacholack, Wil- liam Thomas, Henry Vaughan, Mrs W. Thomas, Dr. Mather, Mary Osborne, Hubert Lewis, Mary Jones, Rosa Garrett, Colonel McSweeney, Bessie I’Anson, Leonard Hurst, Maxwell McGrath, Mollie Redmond, Guy Stan- hope-Pearce, Norah Firth, Mary Kelleher, Florence Bradley, Lilian Baker, Veronica Salisbury, Leonard Costello, Betty Cullen, Charles Allison, Thomas Leetch, Elizabeth Rowbury, James McMullen, Walter Hunt, Richard FitzMullen, Andrew Martin, Constance Clarke, Teresa Brown, Bridget Sullivan, George Shea, Francis Bucking- ham, Valerie Pollard, Veronica Brucciani, Maisie Woodward, Charles Tannant, Hugh Forshaw, Cyril Begley, Wil- liam Vinton, Agnes Callaghan, Valentina Libietis, Janet Wheildon, Bridget Duffy, Mary Mulligan, Teresa Welch, James Boyle, Thomas Parker, Joseph Drury, Eric Morley, Evelyn Cundy, Frank Wilkin, Ruth Carbery, Robert Wood, Carmen McAsey, Sister Moira, Josephine Richardson, John Joseph Barry, Marcia Thompson, Margaret Pennicott, Peter D. E. Budden, James O’Hare, Madeleine Primavesi, Dorothy Hardern, Martin Martinez Snr; Joan Sullivan, Kathleen Bryce, Rose Brannan, Edward Smith, Donald Halliday, Diana Palmer, Louis Brophy, Amey Davies, Edward Wiggins, Frederick Neesam, Catherine Connaughton, Edna Hartley, Margaret Taylor, Jeanne Cuttell, Mary Agnes Adams, Vincent Baker, Francis Fernhead, Virginia Nathan-Ciacci, Margaret Rowl- ing, Monica Kemp, Francis Thomas Cooper, Francis Green, Graeme Le Monier, Michael Osborne, Joan Evelyn Procter, Frank Critchley, Hilda Jackson, Truda Kendrick, John Olna, Irene McNicholas, Norah Dalgiesh, Marc Mac Brádaigh, Marisa Valori, Donald Edwards

April

BISHOP ANTONIO DE CASTRO MAYER; Fr.Anthony Chadwick, Fr. Hugh Thwaites, Alma Keily, Mrs. M. Gilbert, Teresa Kenefeck, Cyril Prescott, Margaret Tutt, Robert Carr, Jessie Nevard, Freda Walton, John Silk, John Clitheroe, Gwen Hartley,John McKimmie,Agnes Kay, Katherine Husain, Margaret Restieaux, Claude Couldery, Sudney Kay, Jane Ogden, Mary Judge, Mrs. M. McCarthy, Elizabeth Boyle, Patrick Carpenter, Veronica Mc- Cauley, Ida McNello,Josephine Lawlor,Henry Towers, Margaret Rennie, Gertrude M.Yates,Wilfred Dean, Kath- leen Buckland, Norah Taylor, Elizabeth Martin, Joseph Boyle, Basil Lewis, Nina Lynch, Mary Perry, Mary Keily, Maria Stigell, Muriel Smith, Mary Carnoustie, Pamela Kenward, Cecilia Gill, Margaret Brierley, Lady Denham, 34 March - April 2021 Catherine Skelton, Mary McDonald, Ellen Stew- art, Robert Hughes, Mervyn Goonesekera, Joan Gac, John Lane, Esther McGlame, Geoffrey Nutter,Michael John Dowey, Dorothy Marshall,William Gerrard-Crosby, Mar- garet Evans, Pamela Macdonald, Alan Green, James Brennan, Kenneth Collett, Bridgetta Johnson, Joseph Bryce, Albert Pollard, Barbara Mortimer, Werner Andersson, Eileen Ladnor, Dorothy Mungovin, Lynn Clarke, Edward Hales, Kathleen Simmons, Hugh Budden, Conception Traynor,Margaret Bradley, Francesco Vericonte, William Henry Riley, Margaret Laurie, Mary Patricia Mackay, Theresa Ogden, Rachel Turnedge, Geraldine Weir, Kenneth Parkinson Mary Bristow, Byron Harries, John Clague, John Wood, Cyril Pettitt, Anne Patricia Dougal, Cathleen Allen, Ursula Carr, John Cunnington, Louis Fisher, Jessica Vickers, Peter Baldwin, Ronald Warwick, Maria Williams,Anne Knott, Henry Fraser,Joan Harrison, Sheila Biggs, Pauline Edwards, Catherine Taylor,Ger- ard Pearce, Winifred Middlehurst, Arthur Randell-Hoile, Patricia Pass

From the archives: Truda Kendrick with daughter and grandson at St. Augustine’s Abbey after the Canterbury Pilgrimage 1990

After receiving the cassock as a first year seminarian at the Seminary of St. Curé d’Ars, Mr. John Kelly of Kenley, London wonders what the fuss is about. “Who wouldn’t want to give themselves to God?”

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42 Year Planner 2021

Mar 6 Lenten Day of Recollection, St. Saviour's House, Bristol CANCELLED

22 Passion Retreat, St. Saviour's House, Bristol CANCELLED Ordination to Minor Orders and Perpetual Engagements at the St. Thomas 26 Aquinas Seminary, Dillwyn, USA 27 Sitientes. Ordinations to the Subdiaconate in Ecône,Dillwyn & Zaitskofen.

Apr 4 EASTER SUNDAY

12 Alld ay adoration at St. Michael's School, Burghclere

18 Good Shepherd Sunday -for vocations

May 3-8 Marian Retreat, St. Saviour's House, Bristol

13 ASCENSION DAY

14 AllD ay Adoration, St. George's House,W imbledon

23 PENTECOST SUNDAY

30 Confirmations at Ss. Margaret & Leonard, Edinburgh, 11am

31 Confirmations at St. Michael's School, 12noon

Jun 6 Corpus Christi Procession at St. Saviour's, Bristol 11am Priestly Ordination of Rev. Dominic O'Hart at St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, 11 Dillwyn, USA Priestly Ordination of Rev. Emmerich Jeindl at Sacred Heart Seminary, 26 Zaitskofen, Germany 25-27 Married Couple's Retreat, St. Saviour's, Bristol Diaconate of Rev. Mr. Bernard Bevan at St. Pius X Seminary, Ecône, 29 Switzerland

Jul 3 Rev. Dominic O'Hart 1st Mass at St. Michael's School, Burghclere

11 Rev. Dominic O'Hart 1st Mass at St. John's, Dublin

12-17 Men's Ignatian Retreat

18 Rev. Dominic O'Hart 1st Mass at Corpus Christi, Athlone

? Boys' Camp

? Girls' Camp

23-25 Cantebury Pilgrimage

Aug 2-7 Women's Ignatian Retreat, St. Saviour's House, Bristol

20-22 Founder's Spirit Conference (18-35yrs), St. Saviour's House, Bristol

43 Triduum

Bristol 1900 Mass 1300 Way of the Cross 21300 1000 Sung Mass 1400 Confessions Confessions 1500 Good Friday Liturgy 2230 Easter Vigil Burghclere 1900 Mass & 0830 Tenebrae 0800 Tenebrae 0730 Low Mass Adoration until 1400 Way of the Cross 2230 Easter Vigil 0900 Sung Mass midnight followed by Rosary 1100 Low Mass 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

Edinburgh Gateshead 1900 Mass & 1300 Confessions 1800 Confessions 1200 Sung Mass Adorationf or one hour 1400 Way of the Cross 1900 Easter Vigil followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

Glasgow Herne 1830 Mass & 1300 Confessions 2200 Confessions Adorationf or one hour 1400 Way of the Cross 2230 Easter Vigil followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

Leicester 1900 Mass & 1300 Confessions 2130 Confessions 1100 Low Mass Adorationf or one hour 1400 Way of the Cross 2230 Easter Vigil followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

Liverpool 1000 Way of the Cross 1300 Low Mass followed by Rosary London 1900 Mass & 1300 Confessions 1830 Confessions 1100 Low Mass Adoration until 1400 Way of the Cross 1900 Easter Vigil 1230 Low Mass (St. Joseph) midnight followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

Manchester 1930 Mass & 1300 Confessions 1800 Confessions 1030 Sung Mass Adoration until 1400 Way of the Cross 1900 Easter Vigil midnight followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

Preston 1900 Mass & 1300 Confessions 2130 Confessions 0930 Sung Mass Adoration until 2200 1400 Way of the Cross 2200 Easter Vigil followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

Taunton 1400 Way of the Cross 1100 Low Mass followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy Woking 1930 Mass & 1300 Confessions 2200 Confessions 1030 Sung Mass Adorationf or one hour 1400 Way of the Cross 2230 Easter Vigil followed by Rosary 1500 Good Friday Liturgy

44 Mass Times

MARCH APRIL

7th 14th 19th 21st 25th 28th 4th 11th 18th 25th

Bingley 1500 1500 - 1500 - 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500

0900 0900 0800 0900 0800 0900 0000 0900 0900 0900 Bristol 1100 1100 1830 1100 1830 1100 1000 1100 1100 1100 0630 0630 0630 0630 0000 0630 0630 0630 0630 0630 0730 0730 0730 0730 0730 0730 0730 0730 Burghclere 0715 0715 0900 0900 0900 0900 0900 0900 0900 0900 1900 1900 1700 1700 1700 1700 1100 1700 1700 1700 Colleton 10th 7th ------Manor 1130 1130 0900 0900 0900 0900 0000 0900 0900 0900 Edinburgh 1230 1230 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100

Gateshead 1200 1200 1100 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200

0000 Glasgow 1030 1030 1830 1030 1830 1030 1030 1030 1030 1030

Groombridge 0830 0830 1100 0830 1100 0830 0830 0830 0830 0830

Herne 1230 1230 1830 1230 1830 1230 0000 1230 1230 1230

Jersey - - - - - ? - - - ?

0000 Leicester 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100

Liverpool 1300 1300 - 1300 - 1300 1300 1300 1300 1300

London 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100 1900 1900 (St. Joseph) 1230 1230 1230 1230 1230 1230 1230 1230 London 0800 0800 0715 0800 0715 0800 0800 0800 0800 0800 (Wimbledon)

Manchester 0930 0930 1230 0930 1230 0930 1030 0930 0930 0930

Middlemarsh 1600 1600 - 1600 - 1600 1700 1700 1700 1700 (Holnest)

Portsmouth 1700 1700 - 1700 - 1700 1100 1700 1700 1700

Preston 0930 0930 1100 0930 1100 0930 0930 0930 0930 0930

Rhos-on-Sea 1700 1700 - 1700 - 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700

Taunton 1100 1100 1130 1100 1130 1100 1100 1100 1100 1100

0000 Woking 1030 1030 1930 1030 1930 1030 1030 1030 1030 1030

45 DISTRICT HOUSE BRISTOL Saint George’s House Saint Saviour’s House 125 Arthur Road Saint Agnes Avenue, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2DU Wimbledon SW19 7DR [email protected] Tel: 0208 946 7916 Tel: 0117 977 5863 [email protected] Resident: Resident: Rev. Fr. John McLaughlin (Prior) Rev. Fr. Robert Brucciani (District Superior) Rev. Francis Gallagher Rev. Fr. Håkan Lindström (District Bursar) Rev. Fr. Lawrence Barrett Rev. Fr. Francis Ockerse (District Secretary) Sr. Marie-Charbel JssR Rev. Fr. Matthew Clifton Sr. Mary Joseph JssR

BURGHCLERE Scotland Saint Michael’s School Chapel Harts Lane, Burghclere, Hants RG20 9JW ABERDEEN Tel: 01635 278 137/173 Aberdeen Foyer Marywell Centre, [email protected] Marywell St, Aberdeen AB11 6JF Resident: Tel: 01857 616206 Rev. Fr. John Brucciani (Headmaster) Rev. Fr. Reid Hennick CARLUKE Rev. Fr. Thomas O'Hart Saint Andrew’s House Br. Ignatius 31 Lanark Road Br. Gerard Mary CssR Carluke, Lanarkshire ML8 4HE Tel: 01555 771523 CHULMLEIGH [email protected] Colleton Manor Chapel Resident: Chulmleigh, Devon, EX18 7JS Rev. Fr. Sebastian Wall (Prior) Tel: 01769 580 240 Rev. Fr. Anthony Wingerden GATESHEAD EDINBURGH Church of the Holy Name of Jesus Saints Margaret and Leonard Gladstone Terrace West, Bensham 110 Saint Leonard’s Street Gateshead NE8 4DR Edinburgh EH8 9RD Tel: 07443 588 039 Tel: 01555 771523 GROOMBRIDGE (Tunbridge Wells) GLASGOW Church of Saint Pius V, Saint Andrew’s Church, Station Road, Groombridge TN3 9QX 202 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6TX Tel: 01892 654 372 Tel: 01555 771523 HERNE STRONSAY Saints John Fisher & Thomas More Church St Columba’s House, Herne Street, Herne CT6 7HR Stronsay, KW17 2AS , Tel: 01857 616206 Tel: 020 89467916 Resident: Rev. Fr. Nicholas Mary CssR LEICESTER Br. Louis-Marie CssR Church of Saint Anne Abingdon Road, Leicester LE2 1HA Tel: 01858 555813 England LIVERPOOL BINGLEY The Church of Saints Peter and Paul The Little House 35 Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool L8 7LA Market Street, Bingley BD16 2HP Tel: 01772 562428 Tel: 01274 567786 LONDON Church of Saints Joseph and Padarn Salterton Road, N7 6BB Tel: 020 8946 7916 46 March - April 2021 MANCHESTER Church of Saint Pius X, Scandinavia 16 Deer Park Road, Manchester M16 8FR Tel: 01772 562 428 AALBORG, DENMARK

MIDDLEMARSH / HOLNEST OSLO, NORWAY Saint Lawrence Chapel Tel: 01963 210 580 [Mass celebrated in Holnest in wintertime] MALMÖ, SWEDEN

PORTSMOUTH STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Our Lady Help of Christians 14 Kingston Road, Porstmouth PO1 5RZ Tel: 01635 278137 Rev. Fr. Håkan Lindström, St. George’s House, 125 Arthur Road, PRESTON London SW19 7DR St. Mary's House Tel: +44 20 8946 7916 12 Ribblesdale Place, Preston PR1 3NA [email protected] Tel: 01772 562 428 www.fsspx.uk/en/scandinavia [email protected] Resident: Rev. Fr. Vianney Vandendaele (Prior) Rev. Fr. Gary Holden

Our Lady of Victories Church East Cliff, Winckley Sq, Preston PR1 3JH Pious Groups

TAUNTON THIRD ORDER OF ST. PIUS X Church of Our Lady of Glastonbury Rev. Fr. Gary Holden 17 South Street (off East Reach), TA1 3AA [email protected] Tel: 01823 652701 ARCHCONFRATERNITY OF ST. STEPHEN WOKING Rev. Fr. Lawrence Barrett Church of the Holy Cross Mr. Richard Cullen Sandy Lane, Maybury, GU22 8BA [email protected] Tel: 01483 767 537 EUCHARISTIC CRUSADE Rev. Fr. Vianney Vandendaele Wales [email protected]

RHOS ON SEA MILITIA IMMACULATAE Saint David’s Chapel Rev Fr. Robert Brucciani Conwy Road, (A547) Mochdre LL28 5AA, Mr. Howard Toon Tel: 01492 582586 militia-immaculatae-1.org [email protected] Jersey ST. RAPHAEL'S HOMESCHOOL & OL FATIMA CORRESPONDENCE Saint Nicholas Centre, Greve d'Azette CATECHISM COURSE St. Clement, Jersey Miss Monica Marshall Tel: +44 1534 857 186 [email protected]

EMERGENCY NUMBER: 0754 888 0281

47 The Society of St. Pius X is an international priestly society of common life without vows, whose purpose is the priesthood and that which pertains to it.

Since its foundation by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1970, the Society has formed priests according to the immemorial teachings of the Catholic Church. By offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the traditional Latin rite and ad- ministering the sacraments according to the traditional rites in vigour in 1962 (before the Second Vatican Council 1962-5), the Society’s priests perpetuate what the Church has taught and done throughout its history. By the exercise of the teaching office of its priests, the Society fights against the errors that presently afflict the Church.