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News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Pilgrimage 2016 Issue in this issue... Celebrating Saint Andrew Ordinariate Pilgrimage to St Andrews ? Pilgrimage ? New Ordinariate he OrdinAriATe is on TPilgrimage throughout the UK during this Jubilee Year of Mercy. ey began in North Wales at the Shrine of St Winifrede at Holywell, and as you read this, Mgr Keith Newton, will be in Rome and Loreto with a group of Ordinariate Pilgrims. Monsignor Keith Newton writes: “Pilgrimage holds a special place in the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. For many of us, pilgrimages to the shrine from which we take our name have been central to our spiritual life. members ? Bl John Henry Newman ‘miracle’ ? New Ordinariate Mass routine “Our entry as members of the Ordinariate into the full communion of the Catholic ? First Ecumenical Chapel in Church was in itself a pilgrimage – travelling together, oﬅen at some personal cost, to answer God’s call and to receive His grace. It is natural therefore that pilgrimage should be at the heart of our observance of the Year of Mercy.” Scotland ? Mgr Newton’s Scottish visit e Apostle Andrew was the first disciple to follow Jesus. He was present during the Last Supper and in the Garden at Gethsemane. He saw the Risen Christ aﬅer the Resurrection and was amongst those who received the Holy Spirit at ? The Oratory ? Lent Appeal ? On-line Shopping ? Welcome Pentecost. According to ? Holy Land and tradition, Andrew leﬅ the Holy Land aﬅer Pentecost to spread the Word in Greece and Asia Minor. In 60 AD, during the reign of Emperor Nero, while working in Patras, Andrew was crucified on a cross in the shape Poland ? Abbey establishes pilgrimage is will be followed by a Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Boniface in Crediton in Devon, and then comes the turn of Scotland when, on Saturday 18th June we are on Pilgrimage in St Andrews in Fife, honouring Saint Andrew the Apostle. ? Tobias Parker ? The Prayer Book and the Catholic Church of an on the 30th November. X? Ordinariate e bones of the martyred Saint were buried in Patras and Flying Missionary! <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">news from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland </li><li style="flex:1">Page 2 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">remained there </li><li style="flex:1">the city. In 1879, </li></ul>until 357 AD, when most were removed to Constantinople at the command of the Emperor a year aﬅer the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in Scotland, the Archbishop of Amalfi gave a Relic of the Constantine. Legend has it that the Relics of St Andrew were brought to Scotland by St Rule from Patras but more probably, they were brought from Rome by St Augustine in 597 AD as part of his great mission to bring the Gospel to the Anglo-Saxons. Apostle Andrew to the Cathedral in Edinburgh. A second Relic was given in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. Pilgrimage Programme Pope Saint John Paul II visited Saturday 18th June 12.30pm Introduction and Devotions by St Rule’s Tower in the ruins of the Cathedral 12.45pm Pilgrimage Walk with a Relic of Saint Andrew to St James’ Church, entering through the Porta Sancta, the Holy Door Scotland in 1982. Recalling the Parable of the 1pm Confessions - Priests will be available to hear Confessions 1.30pm Solemn Pilgrimage Mass and Veneration of the Relic of Saint Andrew 2.30pm Picnic lunch in St James’ Parish Hall (tea and coffee will be available) Loaves and Fishes, the Holy Father stressed that In 732 the Relics of Saint Andrew were brought from Hexham to Fife by Bishop Acca who was seeking asylum with the Pictish King Oengus (Angus). e Relics were held at Kilrymont, which was later renamed St Andrews. e Relics were initially housed in St Rules Church and eventually in the great medieval Cathedral of St Andrews. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">3pm </li><li style="flex:1">Talk on Saint Andrew and St Andrews by local historian, Colin McAllister </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4pm Depart </li><li style="flex:1">3.45pm Final Pilgrimage Devotion and Benediction </li></ul>anything is possible with God. He said: “St Andrew gave Jesus all that was available, and Jesus miraculously fed those five thousand people, and still had something leﬅ defining of the Scottish Nation. over. It is exactly the same It was commonly believed that the Apostle Andrew had chosen the Scottish people to with your own lives. Leﬅ alone to face the difficult challenges of life today, you feel conscious care for and honour his Relics, of your own inadequacy and <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">In the 11th century St </li><li style="flex:1">and so the Patron Saint, the </li></ul>Saltire Flag, the Relics and afraid of what the future may hold. I say to you this: place your lives in the hands of Jesus. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, endowed a Ferry Service across the See of St Andrew became the River Forth and Hostels at North and South Queensferry for Pilgrims. crucial symbols of nationhood. He will accept you and bless you, and will make such use On 14th June 1559 the great Cathedral at St Andrews, including the Shrine and Relics, was destroyed by reformers who had accompanied John Knox to of your lives as will be beyond your greatest expectation!” rough the dark ages and medieval period of Scottish history, the Apostle played a major role in the creation and Our Pilgrimage will be led by Monsignor Keith Newton, our Ordinary and will begin from <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">news from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland </li><li style="flex:1">Page 3 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">the ruined church behind St </li><li style="flex:1">where we will begin to recite </li><li style="flex:1">aﬅer which we will hear again </li></ul>Rule’s Tower in the ruins of the the Processional Psalm. ancient Cathedral. from local historian, Colin McAlister. e Pilgrimage Local historian, Colin McAlister, will first set Walk, with a Relic of Saint Andrew, will follow the Our Pilgrimage will end at around 3.45pm with Benediction of the Blessed <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sacrament in St James’, aﬅer </li><li style="flex:1">the scene and </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">explain why we </li><li style="flex:1">road along the which we will all begin our </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">are standing on </li><li style="flex:1">cliff top, past </li></ul>the Castle ruins and through the Porta journeys home. that exact spot. He will go into more detail about Saint Andrew and St Andrews aﬅer lunch. An invitation is extended to all who wish to join us ... not just Catholics who are part of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, but everyone will be most welcome! Sancta, the Holy Door, into St James’ Catholic Church for the Pilgrimage Mass. Mgr Keith will then begin e Liturgy of Penance aﬅer which we will move in silence to the crossing point in the Nave of the ruined Cathedral Aﬅer Mass we will go into St James’ Parish Hall to eat the picnic lunch each Pilgrim will have brought with them Saturday 18th June at 12.30pm new members of the Ordinariate in Scotland hiS yeAr so far we Thave received seven new members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. In 2011 Michael was received the Personal Ordinariate of <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">into the Greek Catholic </li><li style="flex:1">Our Lady of Walsingham. </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Melkite Church in London, </li><li style="flex:1">Although he lives in Norfolk, </li></ul>but subsequently was ordained Michael spends much of his in the Traditional Church of time in Scotland and will be part of the Scotland group. So Michael Chenery England. Last year welcome Michael ... at last! Michael Chenery, Baron of Horsburgh, a good friend to he began his journey back into the fold James Reed At the start of the Ordinariate in Scotland and a frequent the year James Reed was received into the Catholic Church through the Ordinariate in the Church of St Peter of the Catholic Michael Chenery worshipper with us, was restored to full communion in Church with the the Catholic Church. Michael has an interesting history. He was a member of St Michael’s intention of becoming part of the Ordinariate. However, because he began his and St Benedict in Fortrose. James Reed Episcopal Church in Inverness Catholic life with the Greek Fr Len first came to know until his work as a Senior Melkite’s he had first to become James at St Michael’s Episcopal part of the Catholic Church of Church, Inverness. James the West before he could then be part of the Ordinariate. Community Mental Health Practitioner took him south to Norfolk in 1985. He is also a Councillor serving on both Norfolk County Council and e Borough Council of King’s Keith confirmed that all had Lynn & West Norfolk, having served since 1987. is an experienced church organist and choirmaster, having studied the organ at At the beginning of May, Mgr Peterborough Cathedral and at Christ Church, Oxford. We welcome him as a member of the Ordinariate. been resolved so that Michael could become fully part of <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">news from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland </li><li style="flex:1">Page 4 </li></ul>Simon and Sarah he explained, “I trained as an Beveridge into the Catholic amateur jockey at the British <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Church through the </li><li style="flex:1">Racing School at Newmarket </li></ul>attending the Amateur National Hunt Course together with riding out regularly for the Race Horse Trainer, Jimmy Frost, in Devon enjoying my Ordinariate. e date is important because on that day, Simon celebrated his 55th birthday, bringing to an end his service as a Chaplain in the Royal Navy! first full season racing Point to Point 2006-7 and achieved a winner at Wadebridge in Cameron and Elaine Macdonald Simon was ordained in Cameron & Elaine Macdonald the Church of England in 1987 Cornwall. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">On our last Sunday at </li><li style="flex:1">and served as Curate at St </li></ul>Fortrose, Cameron Macdonald Brannock in Braunton, North “at season culminated was also received. Cameron was ordained in the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1990 and served as Priest-in-Charge of St Columba’s, Nairn, before becoming an Army Chaplain. Devon, before being appointed in me representing the Royal as Team Vicar in the North Greedy Team in Crediton, Devon. In 1993 he became a Navy in e Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown Park where I met a spectacular end Royal Navy Chaplain and lately by being run out into the rails served as Chaplain at the Naval by two loose horses when <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">On leaving the Army he served Base at Faslane on the Clyde </li><li style="flex:1">leading nine lengths clear of </li></ul>as a prison Chaplain and then as Mission to Seafarers Chaplain in Aqaba and then on the Humber. before his retirement this year. the rest of field! “I continued to ride out with other trainers and race Point to Point until 2010. I have since retired from the racing saddle, my last race being under rules at Stratford. I have firm intentions to provide a home for a couple of retired race horses to join us once the Mill is completed and the paddocks are ready.” Cameron’s wife, Elaine, was received into the Catholic Church by Canon Duncan Stone in Inverness in 1995 while Cameron was serving as an Army Chaplain in wartorn Bosnia (with Cameron’s support and encouragement). Elaine had remained at home in Nairn so that their son, James, could continue his education uninterrupted. Elaine has now, as a “Member of the Lay Faithful of the Simon and Sarah Beveridge inside their new home In 2011 Simon and Sarah purchased an old ruined water mill, Stonehouse Mill, at Sorbie near Whithorn in Galloway. Simon has been working on the Mill for the past 5 years during his summer leave with his brother Mark. Now, in his retirement, Simon and Sarah, while living in a mobile Simon and Sarah have been warmly welcomed by the parishioners of St Martin and St Ninian, Whithorn, which has become their spiritual home. We wish them well in their new life in Galloway. Catholic Church originally of the Anglican Tradition” been admitted as a member of the Ordinariate. We welcome them home beside the mill, are busy Alan Grüber both into the Ordinariate. turning the ruined building into a splendid home. e most recent person to become part of the Ordinariate is Alan Grüber who worships Simon & Sarah Beveridge On Saturday 12th March in St Martin and St Ninian’s, Whithorn, Fr Len received ere is one ‘secret occupation’ in the Catholic parish of St that Simon is very proud of ... he was an amateur jockey! As Margaret’s, Dunfermline. Alan was a Church of Scotland <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">news from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland </li><li style="flex:1">Page 5 </li></ul>minister for ten years before being received into the Catholic Church. student at New College. Catholics before, or since the Ordinariate began now joining the Ordinariate. is is something that many people are unaware of, namely that “a Member of the Lay Faithful of the Catholic Church who is either, Originally of the “Much of my inspiration came through reading Anglo Catholic authors. I believe that the Fr Len first came in contact with him in 2011 when Alan worked for the St Barnabas Society, a wonderful organisation which provides pastoral and financial help on behalf of the whole Catholic community to former clergy from other Anglican Tradition or, who is a Ordinariate brings Member of a Family Belonging Alan Grüber great treasures into to the Ordinariate” may <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">the Roman Catholic Church, </li><li style="flex:1">apply to become part of the </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Ordinariate. </li><li style="flex:1">from the Caroline Divines, </li></ul>through Blessed John Henry Newman and via Hope Patten” (who was responsible for is does not affect the fact that they may well continue churches who have been led by reviving the Anglican Shrine at to worship in the Catholic faith and conscience to come into full communion with the Catholic Church. e Society gave great support to Fr Len and to other former Anglican clergy when they began their journey into the Catholic Church in 2011. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Walsingham). </li><li style="flex:1">parish they attend at present. </li></ul>ey can continue to do so while also being present at We warmly welcome Alan to the Ordinariate in Scotland and an Ordinariate Mass when delighted that he feels comforted occasion permits. Fr Len by the Ordinariate Mass from Divine Worship: e Missal as well as enjoying singing wonderful hymns! will be happy to supply more information and an Application Form. As for Alan, he explains that his journey to Rome began All this surely disproves rumours being spread by some that the Ordinariate in Scotland “dying” ... untrue! It is very encouraging to with High Mass at Old St Paul’s see more Anglicans and <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">in Edinburgh while he was a </li><li style="flex:1">Episcopalians who became </li></ul>Vatican investigates 2nd newman ‘miracle’ he ArChbiShOP TOf birMinghAM has welcomed reports that the Vatican is “It would be a great joy to see him take a step closer to being named among the saints and would be an encouragement to all who have been inspired by him to seek the truth by seeking Christ. investigating a possible second “miracle” which may lead to the canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman. “At the same time, and <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">especially during this </li><li style="flex:1">Archbishop Bernard </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Longley said it was a </li><li style="flex:1">Jubilee Year of Mercy, I </li></ul>“great joy” to know that the Cause was making progress. “Blessed John Henry legacy — not least through the am sure that Blessed John two Oratory communities in Birmingham and Oxford - as Henry Newman would want us to continue praying for Cardinal Newman has leﬅ an extraordinarily rich spiritual well as to the Church nationally the canonisation of Blessed <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">and internationally. </li><li style="flex:1">Dominic Barberi, the </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">news from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland </li><li style="flex:1">Page 6 </li></ul>Passionist priest who first conclude that the healing is case at the present time. enabled Newman to receive the a divine sign of Newman’s Sacrament of Confession at his sanctity the Pope will be invited reception into full communion to canonise him as the first Blessed John Henry Newman, the esteemed 19th century with the Catholic Church at Littlemore in 1845, and who gave him a new insight into the merciful love of God.” English saint since 1970 and the Anglican theologian, founded first British saint since 1976. the Oxford Movement which tried to return the Church of England to its Catholic roots before he converted to the Catholic faith. Two healing miracles are normally required for a <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">candidate to be declared a </li><li style="flex:1">e archbishop spoke aﬅer </li></ul>e Tablet, the Catholic weekly, saint. Cardinal Newman <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">reported that the Archdiocese </li><li style="flex:1">was beatified in Coﬅon </li></ul>He was renowned for his virtue and for his reputation as a brilliant thinker and Pope Leo XIII rewarded him with a cardinal’s red hat. He died in Birmingham in 1890, aged 89, and more than 15,000 people of Chicago had investigated the Park, Birmingham, by Pope inexplicable healing of a young Benedict XVI in 2010 aﬅer American mother who prayed the Vatican approved the first for the Victorian cardinal’s intercession when she became afflicted by a “life-threatening pregnancy”. miracle, which involved the inexplicable healing of Jack Sullivan, an American deacon who recovered from a crippling lined the streets for his funeral spinal condition which had leﬅ procession to pay tribute to him. him “bent double”. Doctors who treated her have reported that they have no explanation for her sudden and complete recovery. e He was beatified on 19th An earlier alleged healing of a baby in Mexico at Newman’s September 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI who at its creation in January 2011 declared him to be Patron of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. file on her case has been passed intercession was dismissed to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and if Vatican Vatican is refusing to disclose theologians and doctors further details about the latest by the Congregation and the new routine for the Ordinariate Mass he neW routine for the Ordinariate TMass in Scotland is settling down well, despite one or two minor hiccups! e monthly routine is now: First Sunday: Oratory of St Joseph, Inverness; Second Sunday: Royal Northern Infirmary Chapel, Inverness; ird Sunday: St Columba’s, Edinburgh and St Mary’s, Stirling; Fourth and Fiﬅh Sundays: Royal Northern Infirmary Chapel, Inverness. Our first Ordinariate Mass in the Royal Northern Infirmary Chapel on the banks of The Highland Ordinariate Group the River Ness was on Easter Sunday. All went very well until the Offertory, when two fire engines arrived! Despite the fact that Fr Len Black had checked the week before that it would be possible to use incense (the Orthodox Group who also use the chapel had told him that they have no problem with incense), the incense had set off the hospital smoke alarms.

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