Assumpta est Maria

Gloria in excelsis Deo
et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te,
benedicimus te,
adoramus te,
glorificamus te,
gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam,
Domine Deus, Rex cælestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili Unigenite, Iesu Christe,
Spiritus et alme orphanorum paraclete,
Domine Deus agnus Dei, Filius Patris.
Primogenitus Mariae virginis matris.
Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Qui tollis peccata, mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram, ad Mariae gloriam.
Qui [...]

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Visit of Dario Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos

On Saturday 14th June members of the community were delighted to be able to attend Pontifical High Mass in the Extra-ordinary Form of the Roman Rite at Westminster Cathedral, celebrated by Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei. The sight of a packed Cathedral, with the majority of the congregation made of families [...]

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Solemnity of Our Holy Father Norbert

6th June is the Solemnity of Our Holy Father Norbert

 ”He who has God on his side is troubled at nothing”
Our Holy Father Norbert

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Maundy Thursday

“Bees fly from flower to flower to gather honey everywhere; likewise a soul must search into the various mysteries of our faith to acquire therefrom devotion and piety.  Especially when the Blessed Sacrament, the true Body of Christ, is exposed on the Altar or received by you in Holy Communion, be mindful to use all [...]

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Lourdes

To mark the 150th anniversary of the appearance of Our Blessed Mother at Lourdes there will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament throughout the day at St. Chad’s.
 
Praised be Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar and the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
 

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Choir Dress

One of our readers asked what our choir dress is composed of. In summer the habit is worn with almutium (for the solemnly professed) and biretta (for priests). In winter we begin to use the heavy white choir capes. Rochets are worn at both Lauds and Vespers.
The almutium is a piece of fur worn on [...]

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Christmas Mass Times At St. Chad’s

Monday 24th Christmas Eve
Confessions 11 a.m. - 12 noon
Mass 12.20 p.m.
Confessions 11 p.m. - 11.45 p.m.
Midnight Mass
Christmas Day
9 a.m. Dawn Mass of Christmas
10 a.m. Premonstratensian Rite Mass
11.30 a.m. High Mass of Christmas Day
5 p.m. Vespers and Benediction

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Carols for Gaudete

On Sunday 17th December a service of carols and readings took place at St. Chad’s in preparation for the coming Feast of the Holy Nativity of Our Lord.

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Mother Mary Joseph of Jesus C.P.

Today at St. Chad’s Church a Mass was held for the cause of beatification of Mother Mary Joseph of Jesus (Elizabeth Prout), Foundress of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion, a branch of the Passionist family. It was in St. Chad’s that Mother Mary Joseph and her companions received the religious habit on the [...]

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All Souls

Photo-graphs from All Souls Day at St. Chad’s, Manchester.

Fauré - Requiem in D minor.

 

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