Monday 7 May 2018

Successful Marian Day Organised by Cheltenham YCA





The Marian Day, organised by Cheltenham Young Catholic Adults, was an enormous success with c.30 people attending. The event was opened up to all ages and included Adoration, Confessions,  a Rosary, the Crowning of Mary and a talk by Dominic Meigh on "the Renewal of Marian Devotion.

Saturday 28 April 2018

ROSARY ON THE COAST - SUNDAY 29TH APRIL 2018 - STAND UP AND BE COUNTED





ROSARY ON THE COAST - SUNDAY 29TH APRIL 2018 - STAND UP AND BE COUNTED Every Catholic should make their way to the coast to pray the Rosary for faith, life and peace in the British isles. There is still time to sign up! Visit www.rosaryonthecoast.co.uk for all the info you need, including locations, posters and material for the event! Do not miss this historic event!

Thursday 26 April 2018

The Catholic Association Statement on the Alfie Evans Case



April 26, 2018

“It’s confusing and disappointing to see the Catholic leadership in the U.K., both the bishops and lay leaders like Austen Ivereigh of Catholic Voices U.K., abandon Catholic social teaching and split from the Pope by defending the government instead of Alfie and his family. The Church has long been the first and only voice to speak out for truth and defend the vulnerable. True to that legacy, the Pope spoke out in defense of Alfie Evans and the fundamental human rights of his parents to do all they can to save the life of their child. The Pope heroically spoke out for them long before outlets like People magazine were fretting over the fate of this toddler, who is now being held hostage in his hospital and slowly starved to death. The Catholic faithful along with citizens of good will around the world have rallied and stood with the Pope and with Alfie and his parents in defending their rights and defending the beauty of Catholic social teaching – which expressly condemns exactly what the U.K. government is doing: denying Alfie’s parents their rights to what is best for their child and forcing the child to suffer in his last moments.  It is moments such as these that Catholics, especially leaders like Austen Ivereigh, are called to stand apart from the fray and defend the truth even when it contradicts the powers that be. We thank the Pope for his leadership and look to U.K. Catholic leaders to join him in standing for Church teaching.” Ashley McGuire is a Senior Fellow with The Catholic Association



“The parents of Alfie Evans have a natural right to accept the Vatican hospital’s offer to try to extend the life of Alfie and provide more humane care. Baby Alfie and his parents should not be prisoners of a British hospital. The failure of the British Catholic Bishops and so-called leaders like Catholic Voices of England to recognize these simple and basic truths is disgusting and shameful. We urge all faithful Catholics to stand with Pope Francis, who called on the British government to allow Baby Alfie’s parents to seek the alternative treatment that has been generously offered.” Grazie Pozo Christie, M.D. is a Policy Advisor for The Catholic Association.

Wednesday 25 April 2018

UPDATE Alfie Evans RIP

 UPDATE28/4/18

Sadly Alfie Evans RIP passed away this morning:- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/28/alfie-evans-dies-long-running-legal-battle/

One Peter Five has the following story:-

https://onepeterfive.com/video-from-alder-hey-hospital-theyre-covering-something-up-big/


From BBC News:-

The parents of seriously ill toddler Alfie Evans have lost their latest bid to take him abroad for treatment.

Tom Evans and Kate James wanted to move the 23-month-old from Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital to Rome.

Lawyers for the couple had urged judges to reconsider the case when Alfie kept breathing despite his life support being removed on Monday.

But the Court of Appeal upheld Mr Justice Hayden's earlier High Court ruling.


Sunday 22 April 2018

It Now Turns Out That Paul VI Disliked the Liturgical Reform he Promoted






Interesting revelations have surfaced about Paul VI's personal reactions to the reform he promoted. Fr. Hunwicke at http://liturgicalnotes.blogspot.co.uk/ writes:-

"I hope readers will have seen the article in the Settimo Cielo Blog, concerning new information about what Blessed Paul VI really thought concerning the liturgical 'reforms' which Hannibal Bugnini deceived him into approving. Paolo VI. Una storia minima, by Mgr Leonardo Sapienza, clearly contains reliable archival information about Papa Montini and the years in which he uneasily used the Liturgy he had himself authorised. Sapienza publishes diaries in which Virgilio Noe, then the Master of Pontifical Ceremonies, noted the daily remarks of the Pontiff. This looks to me like another piece of a jigsaw which has been forming in my mind for some time.

This source sits very comfortably beside the account given by Montini's friend Louis Bouyer.

It renders more believable the well-known story about Pope Paul's surprise that he had abolished the Pentecost Octave.

It also fits neatly into the account given by Dom Cassian Folsom a few years ago in Adoremus; in which he meticulously demonstrated that the disastrous events (such as the authorisation of alternative 'Eucharistic Prayers') by which the Roman Rite was so horribly corrupted, were the result of the Pontiff being persuaded that the liturgical chaos throughout the liberal West (at that time, more than 200 rogue EPs were circulating unauthorised, for example) could only be brought under any sort of control by a very limited number of alternative Eucharistic Prayers, under the careful direction of Rome, being permitted.

Another important piece of the jigsaw is contained in the fine biography of Archbishop Lefebvre by His Excellency Bishop Tissier de Mallerais. This demonstrates that Pope Paul's mind could only be poisoned against the Archbishop by the gross and palpable lies which his enemies put into the pope's ears. They assured Paul that, in the SSPX, the Old Mass was promoted simply as a banner of anti-papal rebellion; that Lefebvre made his seminarians swear an oath against the pope. In other words, those evil and mendacious men realised that affection for the Mass of Ages would, of itself, be insufficient to corrupt Montini's view of the Great Archbishop. God forgive them for what they did.

Indeed, Papa Montini was, in the words of his predecessor, un po' amletico. He is not one of my heroes. All the same ... and I know some readers will disagree with me ... my personal judgement is that he was not an evil man, and I am willing to accept the Church's judgement about his current location. So, as we draw closer to his canonisation, I feel it is good and timely to begin to come to a more balanced picture on the man whose weak capitulations to devious men did undoubtedly lead to the greatest calamity in Latin Christianity since the Reformation. As he himself perceived (another piece of jigsaw here), the smoke was indeed of Satan; and Montini's failures arose mainly from his poor judgements upon those competing for his ear.

When Pope Paul learned the truth, he lost little time in heaving Bugnini, mitre, zucchetto, (?)apron and all, out of Rome, and over the hills and far away. That I regard as the final piece of the jigsaw.

It is clear that in some circles, this canonisation is being promoted as a political move to fasten down upon the Church a particular understanding of Vatican II, indeed, a hermeneutic Magisterially condemned by Benedict XVI. In God's providence, it may be that a fuller understanding of the real Paul VI will frustrate that knavish trick. 

Does anybody seriously think that the author of Humanae vitae would have favoured a regime bent upon promoting the acceptability of habitual Adultery?"


Monday 16 April 2018

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is 91 today







Former pope Benedict XVI is due to spend his 91st birthday in "quiet and peace," states the Vatican's official news site.

Saturday 14 April 2018

Young Catholic Adults South West Event - Marian Day of Recollection at St. Thomas More Church, Cheltenham, May 5th 2018

Marian Day of Recollection



 



At: St. Thomas More Church,
Cheltenham, Tanners Lane, Cheltenham,
GL51 0BL.

Date: 5th May 2018 starting at 10am

Timetable

Preceded by Mass (OF) 9:30am

10:00-11:00am Confessions/Adoration

11:00 -11:15am Enrolment in Brown Scapular (to be confirmed)

11:15-11:45am Rosary followed by Crowning of Mary (hymn "O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today" during crowning)

11:45-12:15 Break for lunch (please bring a packed lunch)

12:15-1pm
Talk by Dominic Meigh on the "Renewal of Marian Devotion"

To conclude everyone to sing the "Regina Coeli."

Lots of parking available. Or take the A bus from Cheltenham High Street (stop 12) to Hesters Way, St. Thomas More’s Church.

ALL AGES WELCOME
Organised by Chelt YCA 


Thursday 12 April 2018

Archbishop Chaput creates ‘quasi-parish’ for Traditional Mass

Source:wikicommons 

From the Catholic Herald:-


"Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has created a new ‘quasi-parish’ for Catholics interested in the Traditional Latin Mass.

From August 1, the former St Mary parish in Conshohocken – which was subject to a merger in 2014 – will be handed to the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP). Under canon law, a quasi-parish is equivalent to a full parish but with certain exceptions. If the venture is deemed a success, Archbishop Chaput can turn it into a permanent parish.

“In response to a growing interest, it has become timely to provide additional pastoral care for those wishing to participate in Divine Worship in the Extraordinary Form,” Archbishop Chaput said.

“While it remains to be seen if this community will flourish so as to become a parish, the establishment of a quasi-parish to provide this spiritual care appears to be most fitting at this time,” he added."

For the whole story see:- http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/04/12/archbishop-chaput-creates-quasi-parish-for-traditional-mass/

Monday 2 April 2018

Cheltenham Young Catholic Adults April 2018 Events




Wednesday 4th Apr - Low Mass (EF Form) at 7pm St. Gregory's Church, Cheltenham (GL50 3PR) -  Rosary and Confessions before Mass. The Rosary and serving are organised by Cheltenham YCA.

Saturday 21st Apr - Party. Text 07908105787 for more details.

Date for your Diary

May 5th approx 10am-1pm. Marian Half- Day of Recollection at St. Thomas More Church, Cheltenham, Tanners Lane,  GL51 0BL. Event organised by Chelt YCA but open to all ages.  Guest speaker - Dominic Meigh on the "Renewal of Marian Devotion."
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