Next Mass in Hull

The next Latin Mass in Hull will be a Low Mass on Wednesday 6th July at 6.30pm.  As usual the celebrant will be Father Peter Mulholland.

Feast of St Peter & St Paul

Wednesday 29th June, being the Feast of St Peter and St Paul, is a Holyday of Obligation.  In fact it is one of very few holydays observed in the modern church.

There will be a sung Latin Mass at St Wilfrid's Church in York at 6pm on that day.

Some Good News from East Anglia

I recently read on the website of the Diocese of East Anglia that they currently have 8 seminarians training for the priesthood.  In addition, one new student is due to start training later this year, and another next year.  In addition to these, there are said to be 10 "nibblers" (expressions of interest).

Considering that East Anglia is a relatively small diocese, these numbers look impressive, especially when compared with similarly sized dioceses, such as our own Middlesbrough.

Looking at the website in a little more detail reveals that by the time that these 10 are ordained, about 20 of the existing clergy will have reached the age of 75, so the number of priests will continue to decline. Nevertheless, I suspect that East Anglia is doing better with vocations than any other diocese.

Congratulations to Bishop Hopes.

Corpus Christi Report

There was a good turnout last night for the Sung Mass at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Marton.  There were about 20 in the congregation, which I thought was good for such a remotely located church.  In addition, there were two servers, a chorister and a priest in choir, as well as the celebrant, Fr Mark Drew.

I was particularly pleased to see Fr Simon Leworthy, who had traveled from Bridlington to be in choir; and we are indebted to Mike Forbester who sang the propers of the feast.  At the end, he sang the York version of the Salve Regina, which is considerably longer and more complicated than anything I am used to.