22 SEPTEMBER 2019 I eminence orauthorityecclesiasticalspiritualwithinthisrealm;…” power,have anyjurisdiction, hath oroughtto or potentate superiority, pre- things orcauses,astemporal,andthatnoforeign prince, person,prelate,state her Highness’s dominionsandcountries,aswellinallspiritualorecclesiastical William Cecil, 1 William Cecil, courtiers, her twofavourite were him, as by much impressed . Shewas professor, knownanorator.for histalentas Whenhewas26thequeenvisited St John’sat scholar popular and charismatic a later Oxford and College 1581) hadbeenabrilliant (24January1540-1December students totake theoathlasteduntil1854. for Oxford The requirement the EnglishMission.Manyof them weremartyred. for priests supplying up andbegan set were subsequently such seminaries Furtherformation ofEnglishpriests. for the there seminary a up set in 1658 a kindof Oxford in exile.Among them wasWilliam(laterCardinal)Allen, who now inFrance) Netherlands, in Spanish (then Douay at soon became it and at theUniversity left Englandandsettled Many EnglishCatholicacademics spies wereveryactiveandnoplace wascompletelysafe. Francisowned by The house, . Yates, but for Catholics, a centre was offered him their patronage. (Cecil described Campion as“oneof the diamonds (Cecil described offered himtheirpatronage. martyred. the meansbywhichhewas The ropeandknifeindicate EdmundCampion. diamonds ofEngland. calledEdmund Campiononeofthe ’sclosestadvisors,he National Portrait Gallery. Oneof Marcus GheeraertstheYounger, William Cecil,attributedto him istheJesuit emblemwiththelettersIHS. over hisarmand holdingtheknifeusedforhis disembowelling. Beside Saint Edmundis shownwiththeinstrumentsof hismartyrdom,therope nstitute of S st BaronBurghley,Robert and Dudley, EarlofLeicester, whoboth t. supreme governor of thisrealm,andallother conscience that theQueen’s Highnessistheonly B., doutterlytestifyanddeclareinmy A. “I, swear asfollows: to office andthosestudyingattheuniversities holding public those required of 1559 Supremacy of Act the For example, Elizabeth. under increasing was legislationinmanyareas Anti-Catholic of newones. dieoff old priests while preventing theformation the all letting by in Catholicism destroy to of theCatholicChurch,soshehoped is attheheart Q E ueen Elizabeth I understood that the priesthood the that understood I Elizabeth ueen men) were betrayed at Lyfordat betrayed were men) in Grange (bothOxford and On 17 on 16thJune,disguisedasajewelmerchant. at Dover He arrived mission toEngland. Jesuit but in1580waschosentobepartof the first in Austria, serving Jesuit a as years happy several He then spent to becomeaJesuit. TwoRome,he wentto later years desiring Douay.at new Englishseminary to jointhe left he In 1571 suspicion. him under brought once againtohisCatholicfaith,whichsoon However,and turned to haveregrets hebegan religion. Aglitteringcareerlayahead. new in the a ordained even was and Campion hadtaken theOathofSupremacy Though fromaCatholicfamily,of England.”) C th dmund July 1581 he and two resident priests, priests, July1581heandtworesident hrist the

C K ing ampion S overeign P riest He died a in prison. Both men are among the canonised of England and Wales. It is true what Tertullian, early ecclesiastical writer, said about the blood of martyrs: The oftener we are mown down by you, the more in number we grow; the blood of Christians is seed. (Apologeticus, 50)

The trial was unfair and the outcome inevitable. Campion was the first of three priests to be hanged, drawn and quartered at on 1st December 1581. His companions were and . Campion was 41 years old, Sherwin 31 and Briant only 28. They were finally canonized in 1970, nearly 400 years after their martyrdom. By the sacrifice of our martyrs and the grace of God we can attend Mass and practice our Catholic faith in this country. It is worth remembering the price they paid and the value of what they died for.

Edmund Campion dragged on a hurdle to Tyburn. Tyburn Tree is in the background. Shrewsbury Cathedral West Window. Two days before their martyrdom, Ralph Sherwin points to the sun, saying “Ah, Father Campion, I shall soon be above yon fellow.”- Window at Shrewsbury Cathedral.

Before his capture Campion published a defence of the and Announcements a challenge to Protestant opponents to publicly debate with him. When the debate finally took place, he was a prisoner in the Tower. His opponents, the October 4th after the 7pm Mass there will be an open house in English Protestant doctors of divinity, had plenty of time to prepare and were Honour of First Saturday. well equipped with reference sources at hand. Campion was given no time to prepare, had no resources but his own wit and had recently been subjected to October 5th: First Saturday Day of Prayer and Family Activities in repeated severe torture. He had been racked and his fingernails pulled out. His Honour of the Blessed Virgin from 10.45 am until 5pm. treatment was so harsh that he thought they intended to kill him by torture. St.Winefride’s Presbytery, Mynd Close, Nevertheless, many witnesses declared Campion the winner of the debate. Shrewsbury SY2 5RA Among those present was a young lawyer, , who later Rev.Canon Scott Smith attended Campion’s execution and was sprinkled with the blood of the martyr. Walpole decided to follow in Campion’s footsteps and was himself martyred email: [email protected] in 1595. Another who was present was Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, who telephone: 07366 321039 subsequently gave up his high life as a favourite courtier to return to the Faith. website: https://icksp.org.uk/shrewsbury/

Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest Weekly Schedule *

Ordo Cathedral St Winefride’s Mass Intention Sun 22 Sep XV Sunday after Pentecost 11.15 Mass Private Intention

Mon 23 Sep St. Linus and Martyr, III class, Com. of St. Thec- 7.30am Mass Private Intention la Virgin and Martyr. Tue 24 Sep Commemoration of Our Lady of Ransom, Comm. 7.30am Mass 7pm Mass Private Intention Private Intention Wed 25 Sep Feria. (Votive Mass St. Joseph) 7.30am Mass Private Intention

Thu 26 Sep Commemoration of Ss. Cyprian and Justina Virgin, 7.30am Mass Private Intention Martyrs, Comm. 11am Holy Hour Fri 27 Sep Ss. Cosmas and Damian Martyrs, III class. 7.30am Mass 6.30pm Confessions Private Intention 7pm Mass Private Intention Sat 28 Sep St. Wenceslaus Duke, Martyr, III class. 10.45 Confessions Private Intention 11.15 Mass

Sun 29 Sep On the Dedication of St. Michael Archangel, I class, 11.15 Mass Private Intention Comm. XVI Sunday after Pentecost. * September 29th at 3.15pm Sunday Mass at St. Wulstan’s Little Malvern.

* Changes to usual schedule: Please note changes to Mass times at St Winefride’s.