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Bishop Barron Rosary
Earlier this year Bishop Robert Barron released a video and podcast series of him guiding listeners through the Mysteries of the Rosary, which can be found here and here. It has already been lauded in the Catholic blogosphere, including by London’s very own ‘A Repentant Catholic’ here.
In Memoriam
Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the souls of Mother Eugenia Pantalleresco and Fr Olivier Maire SSM (French Provincial Superior of the Montfort Missionaries).
Summer Break
Pure in Heart, Corpus Christi Prayer Group, and Soul Food are currently on summer break for the month of August. Soul Food will start meeting again on Thursday 9th September with an opening Mass.
Mass at Fountains Abbey
If you want a break from the city Fr Richard Duffield, Provost of the York Oratory, is celebrating Mass at Fountains Abbey (a World Heritage Site) for the feast of St Bernard on Friday 20th August at 12 noon. The Oratory’s schola will be singing.
RENATE Anti-Trafficking Short Film Competition
RENATE invites 16-24 year olds in European countries to create a film (approximately 4 minutes long) based on the slogan ‘Slavery - Human Trafficking - Near YOU!’ and the hashtags #Stopthedemand #Breakthechains and #EndthecycleTOGETHER. The film can be produced by an individual or a team. The deadline for entries is Friday 20 August. For more information and to enter the competition please visit RENATE’s website.
Enterprising Catholics
Enterprising Catholics is a mentoring scheme offering free advice and support for all aspiring and early-stage Catholic entrepreneurs.
Dates for your Diary
Now to 22 August, Exhibition: Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint, British Museum.
Thursday 26 August to Sunday 29 August, Latin Mass Society Walsingham Pilgrimage.
Tuesday 31 August 6pm, Catholic History Walks. Beginning at the Salesian church, Trott Street walk along the Thames to Battersea Park and discover the story of St Ethelburga and a forgotten abbey. For more information contact chwalkslondon@gmail.com.
Friday 3 September to Sunday 5 September, Catholic Student Leadership Summit.
Friday 3 September to Sunday 5 September, Young Catholic Adult Network Summer Social. A weekend away in the Lake District for fellowship, Mass, and walks. For more information contact rina@youngcatholicadultnetwork.uk and book here.
Saturday 4 September, March for Life UK. For more information please vist the website.
Friday 10 September to Sunday 12 September, Lectio Divina Retreat, Ampleforth Abbey.
Sunday 12 September, RENATE Film Festival: a day of films and presentations on modern slavery from 10am till 3pm at the Royal Society of Arts, 12 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ. RSVP by email to renate.filmfestival@gmail.com or phone 07784342801.
Sunday 19 September 3.30pm, Corpus Christi Procession from Warwick Street to St James’s, Spanish Place.
Wednesday 29 September 6.30pm-8pm, Common Good series event 3. The common good: what does it mean for society.
Friday 8 October to Sunday 10 October, Steadfast in Faith: Being Catholic in Today’s World, Pluscarden Abbey. A Retreat for Young Catholics (18+) organised by the the Young Catholic Adult Network. For more information contact rina@youngcatholicadultnetwork.uk and book here.
Regular Events
Young Adult Mass, Farm Street Church, Sunday 7pm.
Cenacle Charismatic Prayer Group, St Patrick’s Waterloo, Monday 7.15pm. Rosary, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Praise and Worship music, followed by social with tea and coffee.
Pray the Rosary, online with Across Charity, Tuesday 6.30pm.
St Willibrord Fellowship, a Lectio Divina and theology reading group, Wednesday 8pm. For more information contact Kate Banks and Theo Shack at kateminolabanks@gmail.com and theoshack@live.co.uk.
Sodality of the Blessed Sacrament, Corpus Christi Maiden Lane, first Thursday of the month at 6.30pm.
Rosary group for young adults, Thursday 9pm (online). For more information contact yam@jesuit.org.uk.
Live-streamed Rosary, Rosary Shrine, Friday 8pm.
Open Lectio: an opportunity to share Lectio on Sunday’s Gospel with a group from the Weave of Manquehue, Saturday 9.30am (online).
Taizé Prayer Group, Notre Dame de France, Leicester Square, Saturday 7.15pm.
Plenary Indulgences
Being the year of St Joseph, plenary indulgences can be obtained for the following:
Contemplation of the Lord’s Prayer for at least 30 minutes, or participation in a spiritual retreat of at least one day which involves meditation on St Joseph.
Fulfillment of a corporal or spiritual work of mercy, after the example of St Joseph.
Recitation of the Rosary in families and between engaged couples.
Daily entrustment to the protection of St Joseph, and invoking his intercession so that job-seekers may find employment.
Recitation of the Litanies to St Joseph or Akathistos to St Joseph, or some other prayer to St Joseph, for the relief of Christians suffering from persecution.
Recitation of any prayer legitimately approved in honour of St Joseph on the 19th of every month and every Wednesday.
Sunday Mass Readings
Sunday, 22 August: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69
Sunday, 22 August: 13th Sunday after Pentecost (1962 Missal)
Galatians 3:16-22; Luke 17:11-19
Traditional Latin Mass
Listings of Traditional Latin Masses can be found here.
London Shrines
Westminster Cathedral (shrine of St John Southworth)
Rosary Shrine (diocesan shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary)
Corpus Christi Maiden Lane (diocesan shrine of the Blessed Sacrament)
Tyburn Convent (Shrine of the Martyrs at Tyburn)
Volunteering Opportunities
Accommodation
Netherhall House (male)
Ashwell House (female)
Confraternities and Guilds
Resources for Group Discussions
The Wild Goose, a 14-part video series on the Holy Spirit. A downloadable study guide can be found here.
Sycamore, a catechetical programme designed for use in parishes, chaplancies, and schools.
The Lay Community of St Benedict have a website full of helpful resources for those running or planning to run a Lectio Divina group.
Quote of the Week
“It is a Christian’s duty, and a citizen’s duty, to defend and promote, out of piety and general culture, those monuments that are found along streets and highways — the wayside crosses, the statues of Our Lady, and the like. And we should reconstruct those which have been destroyed by vandalism, or the passage of time.”
St Josemaria Escriva, The Forge, 719
Postscript
Inevitably I will have left out events, prayer groups, and volunteering opportunities so please feel free to get in touch with me at edwardckendall@gmail.com if you know of anything worthy of inclusion in this newsletter. And please subscribe and share this newsletter with all your friends and anybody who you think might be interested by clicking the buttons below.