On Tuesday 21st September the confreres travelled to the Abbey of Tongerlo in Belgium to assist at the funeral and burial of our dear confrere Fr. Stephen.
A requiem Mass was held at St. Chad’s the following Thursday.
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Requiem for Fr. Stephen
Posted in Community Events on October 2, 2008 | Comments Off
Fr. Stephen Cansse RIP
Posted in Community Events on September 19, 2008 | Comments Off
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“Et audivi vocem magnam de throno dicentem ecce tabernaculum Dei cum hominibus et habitabit cum eis et ipsi populus eius erunt et ipse Deus cum eis erit eorum Deus. Et absterget Deus omnem lacrimam ab oculis eorum et mors ultra non erit neque luctus neque clamor neque dolor erit ultra quae prima abierunt”
(Revelation 21.3-4)
Almighty God, [...]
Solemnity of Our Holy Father Augustine & First Profession
Posted in Community Events on September 1, 2008 | Comments Off
The 28th August marked the Solemnity of Our Holy Father Augustine.
It was also the occasion of Br. Rupert’s first profession of vows. We were delighted to welcome many of our friends and a great number of parishoners for the day.
“The Lord grant that you observe all these things with love, as lovers of spiritual beauty, [...]
Jubilees
Posted in Community Events on July 22, 2008 | Comments Off
Last week the canonry celebrated the jubilees of two of our confreres. Fr. Michael Gallagher celebrated 50 years of priestly life, having been ordained in 1958 - he was the first Premonstratensian to be ordained in England since the Reformation. Fr. Cadoc Leighton celebrated his 25th anniversary of priesthood. A Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated on [...]
Holywell
Posted in Community Events, St. Chad's on July 7, 2008 | Comments Off
On Sunday members of the community were pleased to attend the Latin Mass Society’s Annual pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Winefride in Holywell, Wales. Members of our choir from the First Friday masses accompanied the Mass and were a great success!
More pictures can be found here.
Ad multos annos
Posted in Community Events on March 23, 2008 | Comments Off
In addition to the celebrations of Easter, the community today marked the 79th birthday of our dear confrere Fr. Stephen Cansse O.Praem
Ministry of Acolyte
Posted in Community Events on February 23, 2008 | Comments Off
Members of the community were delighted to be present at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome where Br. Bernard Sudlow O.Praem received the ministry of acolyte. Congratulations, Brother Bernard, on this important step towards the priesthood.
Statue of St. Norbert on the south side of the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square, as viewed from the Dutch [...]
Missa Cantata in the Premonstratensian Rite
Posted in Community Events on February 1, 2008 | Comments Off
Continuing our regular First Friday Masses, this Friday saw a Sung Mass in the Premonstratensian Rite for the Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch.
“And pray ye without ceasing in behalf of other men. For there is in them hope of repentance that they may attain to God. See, then, that they be instructed by your works, if [...]
Papal Vespers
Posted in Community Events, O.Praem Pictures on December 4, 2007 | Comments Off
On Saturday 1st December this year our two juniors studying in Rome, Br. Bernard Sudlow O.Praem and Br. Ambrose Barlow Lawler O.Praem has the great privilege of serving Vespers for the Holy Father in St. Peter’s. They are pictured below with other students of the Norbertine Generalate who served at this splendid occasion.
Requiem aeternam dona eis
Posted in Community Events on November 17, 2007 | Comments Off
During November, the month in which the Church particularly asks her children to pray for the faithful departed, the Premonstratensians of Corpus Christi Canonry said Mass in the cemetery chapel for the deceased confrers buried at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Moston.
REQUIEM aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.
