NEXT SATURDAY BLESSED GERARD AND ROSARY CRUSADE

OUR HOLY FOUNDER'S FEAST

Next Saturday, 13th October, is the feast of our holy Founder, Blessed Gerard. A solemn sung Mass will be celebrated by the Chaplain of the Grand Priory, Dr Antony Conlon, at the Church of St James Spanish Place, W1U 3QY, at 11.30 am. 

Mass will be followed by a buffet lunch in the Social Centre in the crypt. A contribution of £20 will be asked to cover the cost of food and wine. Please email Caroline de la Force ,basmom(AT)btconnect.com, substituting @ in the usual way, if you are planning to stay for lunch. 

ROSARY CRUSADE OF REPARATION

At 1.45pm the Rosary Crusade of Reparation leaves Westminster Cathedral, SW1P 1QW, to walk to the Brompton Oratory for solemn Benediction of the Most August Sacrament. 

While historically the reparation is for sins against the Blessed Sacrament committed in this country since the Reformation, this year more than ever it is important to attend in reparation for the vile sins committed also against Our Lord’s Sacred Body in the Church. Only by prayer and fasting will reparation truly be made, and this procession of thousands is a wonderful witness both to the world and the Church. Please be ready vested to form up in the procession by 1.45pm at the latest. 

Would Knights and Dames please inform Caroline de la Force (as above) if they are planning to attend the Procession. Choir-dress will be worn for both the Mass and the Rosary Crusade, it has been very firmly requested that everyone should robe for the latter, to make clear the formal participation and witness of the Order of Malta at a time when our public witness is so very important. Indeed if we are not prepared to make this kind of public witness we might do well to question our entire disposition towards to the Order.