Posts by Andrew Leach

God is gone up

Thursday 13 May 2021

God is gone up with a merry noise: and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Alleluia. Ascension Day is Thursday 13 May. The usual Thursday evening Divine Worship Mass will be sung at Christ the King Church at 7:00pm, after Exposition from 6pm. Mass will also be celebrated at noon; and in the […]

Ecce Homo, St Albert Chmielowski (1845–1916), 1879–1888; Albertine House, Krakow

Holy Week and Easter 2021

Sunday 14 March 2021

Due to the current requirement to restrict numbers in church, more than one celebration of the days of the Sacred Triduum is provided where that’s possible. All the details are together on their own page.

Plenary Indulgence for the Tenth Anniversary of the Ordinariate

Friday 15 January 2021

The Apostolic See has granted a Plenary Indulgence to mark the tenth anniversary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Blessing of the House at Epiphany

Thursday 7 January 2021

It’s customary to bless the house each year at Epiphany, with chalk and water which has been blessed for the purpose. You may have been able to obtain some; it’s generally distributed after Mass at Epiphany, and many churches make it freely available during the days afterward. Even if you’re isolating and can’t get it […]

Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts 2021

Thursday 7 January 2021

The announcement of the year’s liturgical calendar, following an ancient tradition, is made after the Gospel reading in the Mass of the Epiphany.

Statement from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Thursday 5 November 2020

Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Malcolm McMahon (Archbishop of Liverpool) issued a statement following the approval of new Regulations on 4 November which enforce national restrictions on movement, association and commerce. The cardinal is President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales and Archbishop McMahon is Vice-President. Today, Parliament passed into law the […]