Dowry – an English periodical of Catholic Tradition by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (N°11, Summer 2011) Dowry(N°11, Summer 2011) "O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most gracious Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England thy Dowry." (Cardinal Wiseman) (Picture: Marian procession organised by the traditional youth movement Juventutem – including 22 English pilgrims – at World Youth Day in Spain on the feast of the Assumption 2011; Celebrant: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP; first cleric left: Rev Dominic Savoie, FSSP. Behind: church of the Carmel of Amorebieta, where our liturgies took place during the first week.) In this issue: Editorial: First usus antiquior Chaplaincy Witnesses to the Witnesses Priests’ retreat on the Prayers of the Missal Young ladies called? Sunny World Youth Day in Spain 6 monthly activities for all in 2011-2012 Ongoing ministry Forthcoming events Publications by the FSSP Support our apostolate 1 Dowry – an English periodical of Catholic Tradition by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (N°11, Summer 2011) Editorial: First usus antiquior Chaplaincy ear Friends, we are glad to share with you some of his office the faculty to hear the encouraging news. On the feast of St Vincent de Paul, confessions of the faithful entrusted to his D 19th July 2011, the Right Rev. Peter Doyle, Bishop of care, to preach to them the word of God, to Northampton, signed the contract establishing a chaplaincy administer Viaticum and the anointing of the dedicated to serving the needs of the faithful attached to the sick, and to confer the sacrament of Extraordinary Form of the Mass in his diocese. This contract is confirmation when they are in danger of with the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, whose Superior death.‖ General, the Very Rev. Fr John M. Berg, has also signed the document. We now quote from the Chaplaincy contract: ―[…] a Chaplaincy named ―Gregorian Chaplaincy‖ will operate in the The FSSP has such contracts in 113 dioceses on 4 continents. Diocese of Northampton. This Chaplaincy will have a priest Amongst these, 16 contracts are formal canonical parishes chaplain from the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. […] The entrusted to us by the local ordinary (including Pope Benedict faithful involved in the Gregorian Chaplaincy‘s activities (i.e. XVI as Bishop of Rome), while 97 others have chaplaincy liturgical, doctrinal, charitable, cultural and social) will be status. This status provides our ministry with greater stability under the pastoral care of the chaplain, whilst remaining and encourages the faithful who are eager to benefit from the members of their canonical parish who will kindly grant the range of pastoral services our Fraternity provides in many authorizations required by law for the preparation and dioceses. The Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church reception of the sacraments. defines that: ―Can. 564: A chaplain is a priest to whom is The Chaplaincy will work in collaboration with the Parish entrusted in a stable manner the Priest of Sacred Heart Parish, pastoral care, at least in part, of respecting the framework set by the some community or special group of motu proprio Summorum Pontificum Christ's faithful, to be exercised in and the constitutions and particular accordance with universal and laws of the Priestly Fraternity of St. particular law.‖ “The priest chaplain Peter. […].Occasionally the (and his possible collaborators) Chaplaincy may also provide clergy Chaplaincy status also facilitates the help for the celebration of the fruitful integration in the diocese of celebrates the Eucharist extraordinary form of Mass (1962 the faithful attached to the EF and the other sacraments Missal) or of other sacraments in liturgy and of the ministry of our as well as other blessings and other approved churches within the Fraternity, as it emphasizes the Diocese. […] The priest chaplain normality of our presence and sacramentals according to the (and his possible collaborators) service, one among various diocesan liturgical books in force in 1962, celebrates the Eucharist and the agencies. Many dioceses in England other sacraments as well as other have tailored their pastoral care in namely the Roman Missal and blessings and sacramentals order better to meet the needs of Roman Ritual.” according to the liturgical books in specific communities, whether it is force in 1962, namely the Roman university chaplaincies, migrants‘ Missal and Roman Ritual.‖ chaplaincies, hospital and prison chaplaincies, airport, school or ethnic chaplaincies. This often The Chaplaincy, termed ‗Gregorian‘, is still based in Sacred involves liturgical particularities, with the sacraments Heart Church in Flitwick (Pope Close, Bedford MK45 1JP – administered in foreign languages, e.g. in Portuguese, Indian, 10 minutes from the M1), where we have worked in friendly Chinese, Hungarian, Swahili etc.; or even according to collaboration with Rev. Canon Denis McSweeney, P.P. since Catholic rites distinct from the Ordinary Form of the Roman November 2008. Its weekly activity is the 5 pm Sunday Mass, rite, e.g. the Eritrean Gheez Rite, the Byzantine Slavonic Rite, preceded by Confessions from 4.30 pm and followed by the Chaldean Rite, the Slavonic Rite, the Syro-Malabar Rite, refreshments in the parish hall. Occasional overnight stays the Maronite Rite, the Melchite Rite. With such a diverse allow visits to the local faithful with catechism and Monday hinterland, it is very fitting that an equivalent framework morning Masses. should be given to Catholics attached to the usus antiquior, whose riches for the Church were emphasized again by the This is the first time that an EF chaplaincy has been established Holy See in the recent instruction Universae Ecclesiae (cf our in Great Britain. The faithful attached to the EF Roman liturgy article in Dowry 10). and the members of our priestly Fraternity are very grateful to Bishop Doyle for this important step and we thank him for his After presentation by FSSP Superior General Fr John Berg, trust. Deo gratias. Bishop Doyle has agreed to appoint as Chaplain Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP: ―Can. 565: Unless the law provides otherwise Yours devotedly in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, or unless special rights lawfully belong to someone, a chaplain is appointed by the local Ordinary, to whom also it belongs to Fr Armand de Malleray, appoint one who has been presented or to confirm one elected. Superior of the English FSSP Apostolate Can. 566 §1: A chaplain must be given all the faculties which due pastoral care demands. Besides those which are given by 14th September 2011, particular law or by special delegation, a chaplain has by virtue St John Fisher House, Reading □ 2 Dowry – an English periodical of Catholic Tradition by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (N°11, Summer 2011) Witnesses to the Witnesses By Matthew Pitt he literal meaning of the word ‗martyr‘ is Greek is include „Memoirs of missionary priests: as well secular as ‗witness‘. While we give thanks to God for so many regular and of other Catholics of both sexes, that have suffered T glorious martyrs in England and Wales, we must realise death in England on religious accounts, from the year of our that their examples would not have inspired us unless other Lord 1577 to 1684‟, which is the starting point for this article. men had provided us with reliable accounts of their lives and This book was the first documentation of the lives of the deaths. Some of those writers were not mere hagiographers, Martyrs of the Reformation; it is obvious that real stories were but eye-witnesses and to some extent victims of the same not kept in detail, if at all, as of course, if found, it would have persecution. Their testimonies led to imprisonment in the Tower are all the more vivid and of London, torture and perhaps a moving. most dreadful death. Information was gathered from the printed Bishop Richard Challoner accounts of the lives and provided a light in the dark days sufferings of the Martyrs, for Catholicism during the 18th published by contemporary Century and, throughout most of authors, and from manuscripts his life, Catholics were largely kept in the archives of the forgotten or ignored, with the English colleges and religious years of penal laws, state houses overseas, which were trickery, imprisonment, torture often written by eye-witnesses of and death beginning to fade into their deaths, one such the past. During the latter part of contemporary account being by Challoner‘s life, the Papists Act Dom Maurice Chauncy (circa was passed in 1778, becoming 1509-1581), an English Catholic one of the catalysts for the priest and Carthusian monk, and Gordon Riots in London. These a contemporary of St John riots were fuelled by propaganda Houghton, one of the proto- and fears of papism and were led martyrs of the Reformation on by the Protestant madman Lord 4th May 1535. George Gordon. They led to many of the remaining Catholic The account of those days by places of worship being smashed Dom Maurice Chauncy, then a and destroyed by the mob, professed member of the London including the Roman Catholic Charterhouse, was entitled „The chapel of the Sardinian Embassy Passion and Martyrdom of the in Duke Street, a refuge during Holy English Carthusian the height of persecution against Fathers: A Short Narrative‟, and the Faith. It should be noted that, published by SPCK in London in even as late as 1771, Dr James 1935. This book gives a direct Talbot, a contemporary of account of the arrival of the Bishop Challoner, was put on King's men under the first Act of trial at the Old Bailey on the Supremacy. That legislation charge of his priesthood and granted King Henry VIII Royal saying Mass, though he was Supremacy, effectively making acquitted with a ruling that there him head of the Church of was not sufficient evidence for a England, which the monks had to conviction.