Hot off the Press
Pope Francis has published a new Motu Proprio called ‘Traditionis Custodes’ to replace Summorum Pontificum, regulating the use of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. He has also released an accompanying letter in which he sets out his reasons for issuing this document which you can find here.
Enterprising Catholics
Enterprising Catholics is a mentoring scheme offering free advice and support for all aspiring and early-stage Catholic entrepeneurs.
Rosary Confraternity
The Rosary Confraternity is a pious association of the Catholic Church under the care of the Dominicans. There is no fee to join and the only obligation is to strive to pray the complete Rosary (15 decades) once a week. Members can acquire plenary indulgences on the day of enrolment and on seven feast days every year.
Dates for your Diary
Now to 22 August, Exhibition: Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint, British Museum.
Wednesday 21 July 7.30pm, Pope Francis’ Let Us Dream: Q&A with Austen Ivereigh, Las Casas Institute Discussion via Zoom. For more information contact Sr Margaret Atkins on margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk.
Saturday 24 July 12pm-4pm, House of Prayer Open Day. For more information contact admin@christian-retreat.org.
Wednesday 28 July 6pm, Walking together: how Christians can find a path to unity, webinar discussion Archbishop Ian Ernest (Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome) and Christopher Lamb of The Tablet.
Friday 30 July to Sunday 8 August, St Dominic Novena: A Novena of Festal Masses followed by a daily Rosary Procession with a statue of St Dominic, Rosary Shrine.
Wednesday 4 August to Friday 6 August, The God Who Speaks: Celebrating, Living and Sharing God’s Word.
Sunday 15 August to Monday 23 August, Reimagining the way of Saint Benedict in the 21st Century: could it be our way to making a difference? A week for young adults (18-35) at Douai Abbey.
Thursday 26 August to Sunday 29 August, Latin Mass Society Walsingham Pilgrimage.
Friday 27 August to Monday 30 August, Youth 2000: Rejoice, Ampleforth College.
Friday 3 September to Sunday 5 September, Catholic Student Leadership Summit.
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 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.
Regular Events
Mass for Young Adults, Farm Street, Sunday 7pm.
Pray the Rosary, online with Across Charity, Tuesday 6.30pm.
Young Adults Prayer Group with Eucharistic Adoration and Rosary, Corpus Christi Maiden Lane, Wednesday 7pm. For more information contact Annette at ccpguk@gmail.com.
Pure in Heart UK, Wednesday, Adoration from 7pm (Confession available) and Mass at 7.30pm at Maria Assumpta Chapel, Kensington, W8.
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.
Soul Food, a charismatic prayer group which meets at St Charles Borromeo Church, W1, Thursday 7pm.
Online Rosary for Young Adults, 18-35. Thursday 9pm. For more information contact yam@jesuit.org.uk.
Live-streamed Rosary, Rosary Shrine, Friday 8pm.
Taizé Prayer Group, Notre Dame de France, Leicester Square, Saturday 7.15pm.
Extraordinary Form Mass
Listings of Masses in the Extraordinary Form 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
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
“Faithfulness to the Pope includes a clear and definite duty: that of knowing his thought, which he tells us in Encyclicals or other documents. We have to do our part to help all Catholics pay attention to the teaching of the Holy Father, and bring their everyday behaviour into line with it.”
St Josemaria Escriva, The Forge, 633
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.