There is the prospect of there being a regular Sunday Latin Mass in Hull.
After making a request to Bishop Stock, the matter was referred to Mgr Gerard Robinson, the Vicar General of the Middlesbrough Diocese. He has referred the matter on to Canon Grant, the Dean who covers the Hull area Deanery. He wishes to make an assessment of the number of people who would be interested in attending Latin Masses on Sundays in Hull. To this end, he has asked anyone interested to write to him.
Depending on the number of responses that he receives, he will decide on whether to ask a priest in Hull whether he would be willing to be the celebrant.
Anyone who would be interested in attending a Sunday Mass in or near Hull is incouraged to write to Canon Grant indicating their interest. The contact details are as follows:
Very Rev Canon David Grant,
St John of Beverlet Presbytery, 5 North Bar Without, Beverley. HU17 7AG
email: stjohnofbeverley@rcdmidd.org.uk
The closing date is Friday 13th November.
This year, the Feast of All Saints (1st November) falls on a Sunday. At the York Oratory, the usual schedule of Sunday Masses will apply, with a Sung Latin Mass in the fraditional form at 12 noon. The musical setting will be Victoria's O quam gloriosum est regnum, with motets by Byrd. Later in the day at 4pm, there will be Vespers and Benediction.
The following day, the feast of All Souls, there will be a Low Requiem Mass in Latin at 8.15am and Solemn Requiem Mass at 6pm, to the setting of Durufle's Messe de Requiem.
There are to be Latin Masses in Sheffield. The location is to be St Michael's Cemetery Chapel in Rivelin Valley Road (postcode S6 5GL)
The first Mass is to be on Sunday 11th October 2026 at 2pm. Thereafter there is to be a Mass on the first Sunday of beach month at 2pm.I understand that the Institute of Christ the King will be sending a priest from either OPreston or New Brighton to say these Masses.
Here is a picture of the interior of St Michael's Cemetery Chapel.
In October, there will be two weekday Sung Masses at the York Oratory.
To celebrate the Feast of St John Henry Newman on Friday 9th October, there will be a Solemn Mass at 6pm. The Musical setting will be Rheinberger's Cantus Misae, with the motets, Os justi by Bruckner and Beati quorum via by Stanford.
A few days later on Monday 12th October, again at 6pm, the feast of St Wilfrid will be celebrated with another Solemn Mass. This time the Mass will be set to plainchant. The Oratory choir will be singing the seldom heard Mass II, Kyrie fons Bonitatis.
A full list of the music at all the Sung Masses during October at the York Oratory can be found on their facebook pages.
On the eve of the visit of Pope Leo to France, the French newspaper, Le Figero, has published the results of a poll probing into the practice of Catholicism in France.
One figure to emerge from the survey is that 55% of priests in France aged from 25 to 34 claim to celebrate Mass in Latin and/or the Extraordinary Form. This compares with only 2% of priests over 75 who claimed to do the same.
The annual pilgrimage in honour of St Margaret Clitherow and the Martyrs of York Will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August. Pilgrims are invited to assemble from 9.30am at the Bar Convent, swhere tea and coffee will be available. The procession will start outside the convent at 10.45, and pass through the streets of York, arriving at St Wilfrid's Church in time for Mass at noon. There will also be benediction at 3pm.
The sixth Nuestra Senora de la Christiandad pilgrimage to Covadonga in Spain took place in late July. The 100 km walk attracted 1,700 pilgrims, an increase of 40 percent over the number taking part in 2023. A total of 39 chaprers took part including ten international chapters from the United States, France, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands Poland, Australia and Mexico.
As in the previous two years, the organisers were prevented from holding the Traditional Latin Mass in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Covadonga. Instead, Mass was celebrated at the campsites along the way.
The Feast of the Assumption, Saturday 15th August, will be celebrated at the York Oratory with a High Mass at 12.10pm.
The York Oratory has given information on its facebook page about Corpus Christi, and clearly intends that its public procession through the streets of York will make a big impression. The Date given in the poster is Sunday 7th June, which is when Corpus Christi is celebrated in the Novus Ordo. Bishop Marcus Stock will be leading the procession , which will be departing from St George's Church at 3pm. It will conclude with Benediction at 4.30pm at the York Oratory.
No doubt, there will also be celebrations on the Thursday for Traditionally minded folk.
