News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland www.ordinariate.scot Summer 2019 Issue The Seal of the Confession in this▸ issue... PPROVED BY He decided to involve the APope Francis, the Church, as a “necessary Holy See has recently instrument” in this work of released a “Note on the salvation, and, in her, those importance of the internal whom He has chosen, called, forum and the inviolability and constituted as His ? Whithorn Cave of the Sacramental Seal”. ministers.” Pilgrimage It upholds the absolute inviolability According to the Note, Priests of the Seal of Confession, meaning should therefore “defend the Seal that priests can never be forced of Confession even to the point to reveal what they learn in the of shedding blood, both as an act Sacrament of Reconciliation. of loyalty to the penitent and as a witness -martyrdom - to the unique It states, “The inviolable secrecy of and universal salvation of Christ and Confession derives directly from revealed the Church”. ? Canonisation of Blessed John divine law and is rooted in the very Henry Newman nature of the sacrament, to the point of In an interview with Vatican admitting no exception in the ecclesial or, Radio, Cardinal Piacenza said that even less so, in the civil sphere. the goal in releasing the note is “to instil greater trust, especially in these “In the celebration of the Sacrament times, in penitents who come to ? Saved by her of Reconciliation, in fact, the very confess themselves... and ultimately to Guardian Angel essence of Christianity itself and of advance the cause of the sacrifice of the Church is encapsulated: the Son Christ who came to take away the sins of God became man to save us, and of the world.” Relics of St Thérèse visit Scotland HE RELICS of St Thérèse have been on an Tinternational pilgrimage since 1994, and are to ? Before . visit Scotland from 30th August to 20th September. and After www.littleflowerinscotland.co.uk is where you will find the full itinerary for all eight dioceses. For the Ordinariate in Scotland here are some dates: 1st-3rd Sept St Margaret’s Cathedral, Ayr 3rd Sept St Teresa’s Church, Dumfries 7th-8th Sept St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh 9th-10th Sept St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen ? Ordinariate 11th Sept Pluscarden Abbey Pilgrimage to 11th-12th Sept St Mary’s Church, Inverness Rome in 2020 News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 2 This will be the very first the Blessed Sacrament. While time the Relics of St Thérèse there will be times of organised of Lisieux have been brought prayer in each church during to Scotland. It is planned that the time the relics are with us churches will not close at any in Scotland, there will also be time during the visit of the times of silence and quietness Relics, giving all who wish to for personal devotions and visit the opportunity to do so. to approach the relics to offer prayer, and the Sacrament of our intentions through St Reconciliation will be readily There will be the opportunity Thérèse and spend time before available. St Ninian’s Cave Pilgrimage EMBERS AND used to construct it, or the MASSOCIatES of the whitewash used to paint it. Ordinariate in Scotland will join Bishop William Nolan, The annual pilgrimage brings Bishop of Galloway, for the Catholics together from all away, for the St Ninian’s Cave Pilgrimage to St Ninian’s over Scotland and beyond Pilgrimage Mass at 4pm. Cave on Sunday 25th August, to honour the memory of St the annual event held to Ninian and we hope as many as From the Car Park at Kidsdale celebrate the life of Saint possible from the Ordinariate in the cave is about a one mile Ninian, Scotland’s first saint, Scotland will take part. There walk, first, down a track who brought Christianity to will be Solemn Ordinariate through a wooded glen. Scotland in the 5th Century. Mass at 10am in St Martin and St Ninian’s Church in the Bishop William warns that Ninian was probably born centre of Whithorn. since the last mile is on foot around 360 south of Hadrian’s along an often muddy path, Wall in today’s Cumbria. He After Mass there will be an sensible shoes are advisable, studied in Rome and came to opportunity for coffee and a then its out into the open again Whithorn around 394 bringing visit to the ruined St Ninian’s before turning right along the with him stone masons from Priory and the St Ninian Trust’s shore over a lovely pebbly bay Tours to built the first stone Museum with its rich collection to reach St Ninian’s Cave. The church in Scotland, Candida of items. We will have lunch cave itself is a very special place Casa, meaning White House, together before making our way with many carved crosses made referring possibly to the stone to the Isle of Whithorn, 4 miles by pilgrims over the centuries. Symposium on Anglicanorum coetibus HE CONGREGatION for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), Tthe body responsible for promulgating and defending Catholic doctrine is holding a Symposium in Rome from 12th to 16th October on Anglicanorum coetibus in the Gregorian University. This follows theCanonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman in St Peter’s Square by the Holy Father on Sunday the 13th of October. A number of our Ordinariate priests, including Fr Len, will be attending both the Canonisation and the Symposium at the invitation of the CDF. News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 3 10th Anniversary Mass in London S THIS year marks the preach on this occasion. I hope such an event, if anyone does A10th anniversary of the we will have a good number of find themselves in London promulgation of the Apostolic priests and laity present. on the day, they will be most Constitution Anglicanorum welcome at the Mass. coetibus, we are holding a When we celebrated the celebration Mass at Precious first anniversary of the setting He has chosen to have the Blood Borough on Saturday the up of the Ordinariate with Mass at Precious Blood as it 9th of November at 12 noon, Evensong at Spanish Place, a has recently been restored and followed by a reception. large number of priests and consecrated and looks very people made an effort to be splendid and it will be a good We are fortunate that H.E. there. Although Mgr Keith opportunity for many people Cardinal Nichols, Archbishop appreciates it is not easy for outside London to see what has of Westminster, has agreed to us in Scotland to be present at been achieved there. Ordinariate Clergy Walsingham Pilgrimage AST YEAr’S Clergy Dr Rod Strange will be LPilgrimage to Walsingham giving two presentations on was such a success last year our recently canonised patron, that it was decided to hold it Blessed John Henry Newman, over two nights rather than one who by then will be “Saint”. from 12th to 14th November. There will also be time for That’s the ‘official’ view, but more pilgrimage devotions none of the Ordinariate priests and we will be arranging a full in Scotland were there because, programme from the 12th to Fr Cameron will drive the 17 as you may know, Walsingham the 14th November. miles from Nairn to Inverness is not the easiest place to get to to meet up with Frs Stanley and from Scotland This year the Ordinariate Len who has arranged to hire a priests in Scotland will be large car. They will then drive there, thanks to a generous 270 miles south from Inverness to grant from The Friends of the Whithorn to collect Fr Simon. Ordinariate to fund a long, but carefully planned journey From Whithorn they will there and back. The journey drive a further 172 miles to begins when Fr Stanley will Catterick where they will stay leave Stornoway on Friday overnight at the Premier Inn, 15th November and travel leaving first thing on Tuesday by Calmac Ferry to to drive the 192 miles to Little Ullapool and then on Walsingham and the Shrine of to Inverness by bus in Our Lady of Walsingham in order to be at Mass time for the beginning of the on the Sunday - a Ordinariate Priests Pilgrimage. total distance of 111 miles. On the Thursday they repeat the journey, with an overnight First thing stop again at Catterick, on Monday dropping Fr Simon off back morning, at Whithorn, getting back to News from The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Scotland Page 4 Inverness on the Friday night extra distances Fr Stanley and but worth it all to spend time with … all except Fr Stanley who Fr Cameron travel, the distance their fellow priests at the Shrine will leave for Stornoway on the from Inverness Walsingham and of Our Lady of Walsingham. Monday. Not counting the back is a total of 1,260 miles ... Schoenstatt 2019 UR SCHOEnstatt Pilgrimage and OConference in June was a great success and the Schoenstatt Shrine was again a peaceful oasis nestled, as it is, in seventeen secluded acres at the foot of the Campsie Fells. Our Pilgrimage was led by Father John Hunwicke, the distinguished scholar, fascinating talks: John Paul, Benedict, and the Ordinariate priest and blogger, who gave two Background Story and Stories to Encourage: Tales excellent devotional addresses on How to read the from the Ordinariate in Britain, demonstrating Scriptures with Jesus in the Church and another on her great supporter of the Ordinariate.