FEAST OF BLESSED DAVID GUNSON, MARTYR IN SOUTHWARK

Today is the Feast of our third Martyr in the scourge of Henry VIII. Blessed David Gunson (Gonson, or Gunston) was this day dragged from the Kings Bench Gaol in the Borough, along the start of the Pilgrim Way to Canterbury, to be hanged, drawn and quartered at Saint Thomas Waterings, for his defence of the Pope's supremacy. Two years earlier his friends Adrian Fortescue and Thomas Dingley has suffered likewise at Tower Hill. May they pray for us, and for all who persecute the Church in our own day. May their example enlighten those engaged in the reforms of our beloved Order.

Holy Mass will be celebrated for the Order at the Church of Our Lady of La Salette, Bermondsey, (14 Melior Street, SE1 3QP), at 6pm this evening (Tuesday 12th July), followed by a silent walk to the site of the Martyrdom. The preacher and celebrant will be Fr Gary Dench of Brentwood Cathedral.

Blessed David Gunson, pray for us.