8 SEPTEMBER 2019 I On 22 newreligion. Henry’s - thatis,heresy against John forheresy chancellor,, Henry’s to tryBlessed decided and This wasthentheusualpunishmentforheresy to death. burnt was uniqueamongtheminbeing John Forest quartered. drawn and Some diedinprisonandsomewerehanged, andin1534theirorderwassuppressed. them werearrested Friarsthe Observant Because Henry,not support did manyof Supremacy wasthetest. The Oathof title. this to deny of hightreason it anact made the Treasonsand Earth oftheChurchEngland” Act of1534 on head only supreme the kingwas“the that 1534 declared of The ActofSupremacy of theChurchEngland. Head his way. In1531hetookthetitleofProtectorand Supreme have could he that so in Church of the head himself maketo decided Henry Church, from the annulment an obtain FailingAnne Boleyn. to marry his wifeinorder aside to put to But itwasalltochangeonceHenryembarked onhiseffort and continuedtopreachthereregularly. Wolseypulpit ofStPaul’sat theimportant topreach Cross, Cardinal by invited He was to QueenCatherine. confessor at GreenwichPalaceas eventually served andJohnForest family royal the Greenwich served at him. Theirfriary before Friars,Henry VIIIhadfavouredtheObservant had hisfather as Oxford andwasordainedattheageof26. he joinedtheFranciscanFriars. Observant at He laterstudied should becutjoint afterjointormembermember, brent he wouldnotbelievehim,andthat if hisbody his lifetimepast all Heaven andshow himanyotherthingthanhehad believed followeth : Thatifanangelshouldcome downfrom as Bishop the to loud voice with a declared “openly Forest would die, spoke andwhenLatimerfinallyaskedhe himinwhat state wrote thatForestremainedsilentwhile Latimer courtiers, Wriothesley,would notrecant. but Forest oneoftheking’s Latimer,Bishop by the heretic There hewasharangued his prisonatNewgatetotheplaceof execution atSmithfield. B lessed John Forestwasbornin1471nearOxford.At17 lessed nstitute of Bl. nd May 1538 Father May takenwas Forest hurdle from ona J ohn C F the samesite. that stillexistson by ChristopherWren building designed replaced bythe London in1666and the GreatFireof was destroyedin old cathedral Cathedral. The the oldStPaul’s located outsideof influential pulpit St Paul’s Cross- hrist the orest Blessed JohnForest atShrewsburyCathedral K ing S overeign P riest hanged, or what pain soever might be done to his body, he would burnt and a statue of St. Derfel was brought from Llandderfel in Wales never turn from his old sect of this Bishop of Rome.’ and put on the fire as fuel to burn our martyr. Many remembered an old prophecy that the image of St. Derfel would burn down a forest. “In all the Acts of our Martyrs there is no braver confession of the faith than this, and its value is enhanced by having been preserved to As they hoisted him in chains above the fire, Forest said “Neither fire, us by an enemy[Wriothesley].” (Comment and quote from Dom Bede nor faggot, nor scaffold shall separate me from Thee, O Lord.” And Camm, Lives of the English Martyrs declared Blessed by Leo XIII his last words: “The holy man beat his breast with his right hand, and in 1886 and 1893, Vol. I,1914, p. 16.) then raised both his hands to heaven and said many prayers in Latin, his last spoken words being, Domine, miserere mei : and when the fire That Latimer had reached his breast he spoke no more and gave up his soul to God.” himself sold out to Henry’s cause was Before this, when his time was near, he wrote words of encouragement observed by Forest to another martyr-to-be, Blessed Thomas Abel: “Count not your when he said, “Thou tortures, my son, for that is to add pain to pain…For our Saviour hast known me for says ‘he that shall endure unto the end, he shall be saved.’ Therefore, many years, Latimer, neither the tortures of thirty-seven days, nor of a thousand years, and I am still more but the last end will crown your combat. Think you, my son, that we astonished at thee, shall run together, and drink of the same chalice? A greater combat that for the pomps of awaits for me; but for you lighter sufferings remain. Whatever they the world thou hast be, act manfully, our Lord supporting you. Farewell.” (Henry Sebastian endangered thine own Bowden, Mementoes of the English Martyrs and Confessors, 1910) soul.” Enraged at this speech, Latimer then New Mass Times shouted “Burn him! Burn him!” Did he Starting 14th and 15th September, Masses on Saturdays and perhaps recall these Sundays will start at the new time of 11.15 am. Please remember words when, some to check times of all Masses in the weekly newsletter. years later when the wheel of fortune had Please note new Mass Schedule for St Wulstan’s, Little Malvern. turned, he, Latimer, found himself facing a St.Winefride’s Presbytery, Mynd Close, Hugh Latimer, by anonymous, National Shrewsbury SY2 5RA similar death sentence. Portrait Gallery Rev.Canon Scott Smith This was also a time when Cromwell was keen to destroy statues, email: [email protected] shrines and places of pilgrimage as part of his effort to wipe out the telephone: 07366 321039 Catholic Faith in England. Statues and crucifixes were usually publicly website: https://icksp.org.uk/shrewsbury/

Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest Weekly Schedule *

Ordo Cathedral St Winefride’s Mass Intention Sun 8 Sep XIII Sunday after Pentecost, Comm. of 11.45 Confessions Private Intention the Nativity of the BVM. 12.15 Mass

Mon 9 Sep Commemoration of St. Gorgonius Martyr, 7.30am Mass Private Intention Comm. Tue 10 Sep St. Nicholas of Tolentino Confessor, III class. 7.30am Mass 7pm Mass Private Intention Private Intention Wed 11 Sep Commemoration of Ss. Protus and 7.30am Mass Private Intention Hyacinth Martyrs, Comm.

Thu 12 Sep The Most Holy Name of Mary, III class. 7.30am Mass Private Intention 11am Holy Hour Fri 13 Sep Feria. 7.30am Mass 6.30pm Confessions Private Intention 7pm Mass Private Intention Sat 14 Sep On the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, II class. 10.45am Confessions Private Intention *11.15am Mass

Sun 15 Sep XIV Sunday after Pentecost, Comm. Seven *11.15am Mass Private Intention Sorrows of the BVM.

* Changes to usual schedule: Sunday September 15th at 3.15pm Sunday Mass at St. Wulstan’s Little Malvern. Please also note changes to Mass times at St Winefride’s.